R.J.'s Retort

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Synopsis

A confluence of news, politics, commentary and popular culture from journalist, talk show host, former political candidate and lobbyist, and PAC chair R.J. Dickens. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rj-dickens/support

Episodes

  • An open letter to my pro-life friends

    06/04/2020 Duration: 09min

    A lot has changed since Susan Wagle first bottled up every bill even remotely related to Medicaid expansion. Given what has happened since, was it the right decision? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • W(h)ither Mike Pompeo

    21/02/2020 Duration: 08min

    My personal perspective and thoughts on the 72nd US Secretary of State. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • That giant sucking sound

    07/01/2020 Duration: 10min

    The late Ross Perot had it wrong about that giant sucking sound-- it wasn't coming from Canada and Mexico, but from the mass of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • War on Intelligence

    26/12/2019 Duration: 14min

    All of a sudden, if you are educated, ergo, you are an elitist. I don't think I resemble that remark. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • R.J,'s Legislative Agenda--A Call Center Bill of Rights w/Dr. Tanisha Ranger and Remembering Jerry Karr

    10/12/2019 Duration: 17min

    Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Tanisha Ranger, some ideas on a Call Center Bill of Rights, and remembering the late Kansas Senate leader Jerry Karr.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • R.J.'s Legislative Agenda... THIS TIME, IT'S PERSONAL! w/Dr. Tanisha Ranger

    28/11/2019 Duration: 19min

    Studies in 12 countries around the world show a link between call center work and disorders such as depression and anxiety. It's time to take action. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • NEWS FLASH--You CAN walk and chew gum at the same time.

    19/11/2019 Duration: 11min

    Too many members of the Kansas Legislature don't want to hear any ideas from constituents because they say they're going to be too busy with Medicaid expansion in the 2020 session. The Legislature was designed to handle many issues at once in a 90-day session. So why don't they? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • Election 2019--Some final thoughts

    06/11/2019 Duration: 12min

    A live feed following the final results of Wichita local elections. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • Election 2019--Every vote counts... and speaking of counting...

    01/11/2019 Duration: 10min

    Some final thoughts on Election 2019--every vote counts... and speaking of counting.... answering your questions about the census amendment, an issue near and dear to my heart. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • R.J.'s Legislative Agenda, Part 5: Medicaid Expansion--Confusing the Radical Right with the Facts; Plus, a Mayor's race update

    28/10/2019 Duration: 12min

    Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning announced his Medicaid Expansion plan... it's better than we thought, but not as good as we need it to be.  Plus, we update the neverending story of the Wichita Mayor's race. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • R.J.'s Retort Special Edition--The Neverending Story... errr, Mayor's Race

    21/10/2019 Duration: 06min

    We had to do this special edition because, well, you-know-what happens--and in a Wichita mayoral race, lots of it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • The Mayor's Race--As the World Burns

    15/10/2019 Duration: 08min

    Party like it's 2005! We have another write-in attempt to try and throw a monkey wrench into the November vote with three weeks left. Don't be fooled! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • R.J.'s Legislative Agenda, Part 4: 17th In Age, 46th In Protecting Older Workers--WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???

    07/10/2019 Duration: 15min

    Kansas is the 17th oldest state in the country, yet we are 46th in the protections afforded older workers. Since we'll never be a magnet for young people, we need to fix this. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • Water Hazard

    30/09/2019 Duration: 10min

    Supporters of Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell are trying to turn this non-partisan election into a partisan fray by making himself a victim of Trumpian proportions. Don't fall for it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • R.J.'s Legislative Agenda, Part 3: Suspended Reality

    21/09/2019 Duration: 06min

    Too many cities and counties across America are too dependent on traffic fines to pay for local government. The ACLU reports that it takes people 13 times longer to pay a traffic fine if your license is suspended--and there's a 51% chance it will cost you your job.  It's time to stop this Jim Crow-era practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • Leave Me A Loan

    12/09/2019 Duration: 15min

    What the "experts" who never attended college don't know about the student loan crisis from a Kansas perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • R.J.'s Legislative Agenda, Part 2: I Hate the 70s, Traffic Stop Edition

    05/09/2019 Duration: 12min

    With nearly every law enforcement officer having access to either body cam or dash cam video, it's time to update our traffic laws to reflect the technology of 2019... not the attitudes of 1974. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • Casualties of (Cold, Uncivil) War.

    28/08/2019 Duration: 05min

    It's easy to demonize someone like the late David Koch. It's harder to keep in mind that to others, he was a brother, father, colleague, and friend. Even in the real Civil War, people on both sides could take time out for events like weddings and funerals. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • R.J.'s Legislative Agenda, Part 1: Rage Against the... Algorithm

    25/08/2019 Duration: 14min

    Artificial Intelligence is not making our lives better. At best, it's a gigantic pain in the ass; and at worst, it's a growing nightmare that has the potential to ruin people's lives. This week, R.J. revives his proposal for a "real person" law to address these abuses. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

  • #GiveToSomething

    21/08/2019 Duration: 17min

    Groups on our side of the aisle are being plagued by people who just sit around and do nothing... and their inactivity has reached crisis proportions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rj-dickens/message

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