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Double dipping and big spending in the Biggest Little City, part 2

This episode is the second podcast in a two-part series. Kristen Hackbarth and Bob Conrad discuss the recent This Is Reno investigation Kristen did into spending at Reno City Hall. After months of digging, getting public records and combing through large amounts of information, we published a voluminous ten-part series about what we found. This Is Reno subscribers got access to this podcast before anybody else. If you value local, independent journalism and appreciate Kristen’s extensive work in this series, please consider becoming a paying subscriber [https://thisisreno.com/subscribe/].  Subscribers get access to all articles and extra benefits, such as getting behind-the-scenes information, like this podcast, before anyone else. In this two-part podcast, we discuss how we approached this story, what we found and what prompted us to start looking into city council spending in the first place. Read the series: https://thisisreno.com/investigation-city-hall-spending/ [https://thisisreno.com/investigation-city-hall-spending/] Support the show [https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTUwNjIx]

Double dipping and big spending in the Biggest Little City, part 1

This episode is our first podcast in more than a year. Kristen Hackbarth and Bob Conrad discuss the recent This Is Reno investigation Kristen did into spending at Reno City Hall. After months of digging, getting public records and combing through large amounts of information, we published a voluminous ten-part series about what we found. This Is Reno subscribers got access to this podcast before anybody else. If you value local, independent journalism and appreciate Kristen’s extensive work in this series, please consider becoming a paying subscriber [https://thisisreno.com/subscribe/].  Subscribers get access to all articles and extra benefits, such as getting behind-the-scenes information, like this podcast, before anyone else. In this two-part podcast, we discuss how we approached this story, what we found and what prompted us to start looking into city council spending in the first place. Read the series: https://thisisreno.com/investigation-city-hall-spending/ [https://thisisreno.com/investigation-city-hall-spending/] Support the show [https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTUwNjIx]

Edward Coleman discusses Reno’s new Black Community Collective

Edward Coleman is the executive director of a new Reno nonprofit called the Black Community Collective. In today’s show we discuss why he started the collective and why it is needed in the greater Reno community.  We also discuss some of his recent efforts including his work on the City of Reno’s charter committee – and what he thought of how the Reno City Council responded to that committee’s proposals in August.  This show is also available on KWNK Community Radio [https://kwnkradio.org/thisisreno/] in Reno. Learn more about the Black Community Collective online: https://thebcc1.org [https://thebcc1.org/] Support the show [https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTUwNjIx]

A brain-health clinic is helping revolutionize mental health treatment

The testimonials that Epic Brain Centers of Reno provide are hard to believe. Some of the anecdotes include those diagnosed with depression seeing results in few treatments. Other testimonials show people quickly recovering from conditions such as addiction and anxiety.  For this episode, I visited the Epic Brain Centers clinic in Reno. The clinic and the technology it uses are potentially revolutionary. Similar brain health treatments are being conducted across the country, unrelated to Epic Brain Center in Reno, including at the Mayo Clinic. Those clinics are also reporting remarkable results. Included on today's show are Epic Brain Center's Jordan Scott and Judi Kosterman, who is the cofounder of the Brain Health Leadership Foundation. They walk us through the technology they use, what patients experience and how the non-invasive treatment is helping people with various conditions. For more about Epic Brain Centers, visit them online at epicbraincenters.com [https://epicbraincenters.com/]. The Foundation is at www.bhlfoundation.org [https://www.bhlfoundation.org/]. Support the show [https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTUwNjIx]

Reno Food Systems is growing a vision

Lyndsey Langsdale helps to run the Reno Food Systems farm on Mayberry Drive. The nonprofit operation has been in business since 2018. For today’s show we talk with Lyndsey about her vision for the farm.  I visited Reno Food Systems in the fall as the farm was still harvesting produce, volunteers and staff were weeding and the farm was preparing for the winter.  Lyndsey describes the purpose of the farm being a “vibrant, resilient, and just local food system cultivated by an empowered community.” She gave me a tour of the farm and explained the operation. Visit Reno Food Systems online at: https://www.renofoodsystems.org/ [https://www.renofoodsystems.org/] Support the show [https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MTUwNjIx]