Episodes

This week, Reporter Daniel Rothberg and Host Joey Lovato talk about the still raging Caldor Fire, which has forced mass evacuations in South Lake Tahoe. After that, Reporter and Cohost Jacob Solis sits down with Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Chancellor Melody Rose to talk about vaccine mandates for students and possible mandates for staff. At the end of the show, Reporter Sean Golonka reports on the resurgence of the wedding industry in Las Vegas after the pandemic. 0:55 - Caldor Fir...

This week, Reporter and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talks with UCLA History Professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez about an immigration law that a Nevada-based federal judge has declared unconstitutional, citing its racist origins. Then, Reporter Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez heads out to the Walker River Indian Reservation to talk with business owner Andrea Martinez about why she opened a vegetarian coffee shop in rural Nevada. At the end of the show, Host Joey Lovato sits down with D.C. Reporter Humb...

This week, Host Joey Lovato is joined by Washington Post Soccer Reporter Steven Goff and Indy Reporter Howard Stutz to talk about Major League Soccer considering Las Vegas for their next expansion team. Then, Reporter Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez talks with Indigenous artist Melissa Melero-Moose about finding her voice in her art and her goal to get more Indigenous art recognized. At the end of the show, we have a discussion on vaccine mandates between two of our opinion page contributors — author an...

This week, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg comes on the pod to talk to Reporter Chanel Pulido about the infrastructure bill that recently passed the Senate, which will provide more than a trillion dollars to states. D.C. Reporter Humberto Sanchez also talks infrastructure in Nevada. After that, Reporter Tabitha Mueller talks with Host Joey Lovato about the housing market in Nevada as more and more homes are being purchased with cash. At the end of the show, Joey has a story on a small...

This week, Reporter Chanel Pulido has a big feature piece on a bill that passed the Legislature that promotes the teaching of diverse perspectives in Nevada public schools. After that, Reporters Humberto Sanchez, Tabitha Mueller and Jannelle Calderón have a story on an eviction moratorium that lapsed but is now back in many areas. At the end of the show, Host Joey Lovato and Reporter Jacob Solis talk about a controversy over whether Nevada colleges should require vaccines. 1:00 - Diversity in c...

This week, Intern Chanel Pulido talks with Daniel Kiser of the Desert Research Institute and Professor Luke Montrose about the interplay of wildfire smoke and COVID-19. Then, Reporter Daniel Rothberg sits down with Host Joey Lovato to talk about why the largest solar energy project in Nevada was canceled. At the end of the show, Intern Jannelle Calderón and Francine Lipman of UNLV’s Boyd School of Law talk about new child tax credits that many Nevada families have already seen clear their bank a...

This week, host Joey Lovato talks with Paul Petersen, the state fire management officer, and Tim Brown, the director of the Western Regional Climate Center, who come on the show to talk about wildfires. Then, reporter and producer Jacob Solis goes over UNR potentially acquiring the campus of Sierra Nevada University. At the end of the show, Reporter Humberto Sanches comes on to talk about what is going on in D.C. this week, from Cuban protests to new federal funding bills and more. 0:00 - Intro...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Megan Messerly discusses the Delta variant of COVID-19 and also talks with several Nevada experts on the subject. After that, Reporter Daniel Rothberg talks about how the drought is affecting the Colorado River and what that means for water supply in Nevada. At the end of the show, Intern Zach Bright comes on the show to talk about Reno’s new plan to track carbon emissions in real time. 0:00 - Intro 0:50 - Delta variant 15:12 - Drought in Southern Nevada 23...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Howard Stutz and Host Joey Lovato are back with the final installment of our three-part series “Flashback,” which explores the history of the gaming industry in Nevada. Then, Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels reports on the implications of decriminalizing traffic tickets and speaks with Leisa Moseley of the Fines and Fees Justice Center and attorney Martha Menendez. At the end of the show, Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson joins Michelle and Reporter Riley Snyder...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Howard Stutz and Host Joey Lovato are back with the second installment of our three-part series “Flashback,” which explores the history of the gaming industry in Nevada. Then, Joey and Reporter Tabitha Mueller interview Samantha Glover, a 16-year-old from Reno who helped write and pass a bill that would provide free menstrual products in school bathrooms in Nevada for students who struggle to afford them. At the end of the show, Reporter Humberto Sanchez discus...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Howard Stutz and Host Joey Lovato present, Flashback, part one of three on the history of the gaming industry in Nevada. Then Editor Jon Ralston continues his breakdown on the 2021 legislative session from last week, talking about the freshman class, one legislative leader who will be retiring and more. At the end of the show, Reporter Megan Messerly talks about vaccines as the state reopens, the 70 percent vaccinated goal set by the Biden administration and va...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez sits down with the 2021 National Teacher of the Year Juliana Urtubey, who teaches special education in Clark County. After that, Reporter/Producer Jacob Solis talks with Legislative Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about the end of the 2021 legislative session, mining taxes, changes to how elections will be run, possible special sessions and more. At the end of the show, Host Joey Lovato talks with Editor Jon R...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez talks with tribal members who were finally able to gather and bless the pine nut harvest for the first time since the pandemic started. After that, Host Joey Lovato talks with Alyssa Nota, the CEO and president of the University Studies Abroad Consortium, and a student, Tyler Moye, who was studying abroad in China when the pandemic hit last March. Then, Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels and Reporter Riley Snyder talk about the state budg...

This week on IndyMatters, Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talks with State Treasurer Zach Conine about fine-tuning a backlogged rental assistance program. Then, Environmental Reporter Daniel Rothberg talks about what’s ahead for wildfire season with Host Joey Lovato. After that, Producer Jacob Solis talks with Legislative Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about what’s in store in the waning days of the legislative session. At the end of the show, Reporter Riley Snyder...

This week, Environmental Reporter Daniel Rothberg talks with the Desert Research Institute’s Dr. Monica Arienzo about the effects that disintegrated plastics have on the environment. Then, Host Joey Lovato talks with Education Reporter Jackie Valley and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about the state of play for school funding in Nevada, which hasn’t been changed in over 50 years. At the end of the show we hear from D.C. Reporter Humberto Sanchez with the latest on an infusion of federal COVID...

This week, Intern Jannelle Calderón speaks with laid-off hospitality workers who are pushing for a controversial bill that would guarantee them the right to return to their old jobs as the state reopens. Then, Intern Sean Golonka talks with Host Joey Lovato about how inmate families are reacting as prisons reopen to family visits for the first time in more than a year. At the end of the show, Reporter and Producer Jacob Solis talks with Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels and Reporter Riley Snyder...

This week, Producer and Reporter Jacob Solis talks with UNLV President Keith Whitfield about his first academic year on the job, and how he plans on handling everything from COVID to the budget to increasing diversity among faculty After that, Host Joey Lovato talks with Reporter Jackie Valley and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels about people coming back to work, DETR’s reinstated policy that unemployment claimants must be looking for work and how some businesses are struggling to find employee...

This week, host Joey Lovato talks with UNLV Professor Tyler D. Parry about the Derek Chauvin verdict and policing reform in Nevada. After that, Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talk about what bills lived and died at the Legislature this week after deadline day. At the end of the show, reporter Humberto Sanchez discusses the bid for D.C. statehood, a Republican counteroffer to Biden’s infrastructure bill and more. 0:00 - Intro 0:58 - Policing Reform with Professor Ty...

Our thee-part arts series “The Callback” wraps up this week. Joey and Sean talk to Tsvetelina Stefanova, Shoshana Zeldner and Angelique Janowski about film festivals, music festivals, live events, time to reflect on art during the pandemic, coming back to work, unemployment for artists and the creative process amid major challenges. Later in the show, host Joey Lovato and Editor Jon Ralston talk about Best Picture nominations in Jon’s favorite segment — predicting Academy Awards! At the end of t...

Performing arts venues have been shuttered for over a year and reopening is not as simple as just lifting capacity limits. In our second installment of “The Callback,” host Joey Lovato and intern Sean Golonka talk with Myron Martin, president and CEO of The Smith Center in Las Vegas, and Dennyse Sewell, managing director at the Pioneer Center in Reno, about being closed for over a year now. After that, reporter Jacob Solis talks with UNR president and former governor and Brian Sandoval about the...

This week on IndyMatters, we have the first of our three-part arts series “The Callback,” where intern Sean Golonka and host Joey Lovato explore how the pandemic has affected the creative community and how they are coming out of it. After that, we hear from Republican Assemblyman Greg Hafen and Indy columnist David Colborne on a bill to restrict social media platforms from banning users. At the end of the show, our man in D.C. Humberto Sanchez gives an update on everything going on in the nation...

This week on IndyMatters, we have a segment on Blockchains LLC, the tech company looking to build a smart city if the proposed “Innovation Zone” legislation passes. After that, we hear from assistant editor Michelle Rindels and legislative reporter Riley Snyder on the goings-on in Carson City including updates on major bills and what new bills were recently introduced. At the end of the show, DC reporter Humberto Sanchez gives us an update from the nation's capital on a gun violence bill, the fi...

This week on IndyMatters, Reporter Riley Snyder and Assistant Editor Michelle Rindels talk with Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson about his prostate cancer diagnosis and his quest to raise awareness about the important men’s health issue. Later, we have highlights from our IndyTalks panel on mining taxes, featuring former Legislative Counsel Bureau Director Lorne Malkiewich, longtime mining lobbyist Jim Wadhams and Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada Executive Director Laura Martin. At the e...

This week on IndyMatters, reporter Riley Snyder gives an update on what’s going on in Carson City as the Legislature wraps up its sixth week and is about a third of the way through the 81st session. Later we hear from our man in DC, Humberto Sanchez, who tells us about the massive spending bill that will be sending Nevada around $4 billion in relief. At the end of the show Megan Messerly has an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and status of vaccines. 0:00 - Intro 0:55 - Legislative Update 11:0...