Civil Discourse

Civil Discourse


Latest Episodes

Chris Gilbert on hockey, politics and society
May 23, 2019

Chris Gilbert, a Chicago native and friend of mine, sits down to discuss the state of our country and what it looks like from his point of view. We discuss the 2019 Stanley Cup playoff race and Chris' predictions to take home the cup.  We also touch

Shawn Poole for Mayor, Spokane, Washington
May 02, 2019

Today we had the privilege of sitting down with another candidate running for mayor in the City of Spokane, Mr. Shawn Poole.   Shawn is a retired US Army Colonel, a current City of Spokane firefighter and wants to be the next mayor.  We dis

Dante Rumore, LICSW, PTSD Readjustment Counselor
May 02, 2019

Super happy to have Dante Rumore, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), working for the Veteran's Administration.  Today we are talking about combat veterans coping with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and discuss some coping mechanisms

Chris Chaffee - Director, Lightbenders Institute of Photography
April 26, 2019

Chris Chaffee, the Director of Lightbenders Institute of Photography, sits down with us to discuss how he is using photography as a means to heal himself as well as other veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).    Lightbenders

Ben Stuckart - Spokane City Council President
April 25, 2019

We had an opportunity to sit down with the City of Spokane's City Council President, Mr. Ben Stuckart who is running to be Spokane's next mayor.  Ben and I discuss some of the top issues facing Spokane and the solutions that he has brought to them as

Eric Goetz - Police Officer, Portage, Indiana
April 18, 2019

Eric Goetz is a great friend of mine and has been part of my life for decades now.  He is a US Army veteran, a former Indiana Department of Corrections correctional officer and currently works as a Master Patrolman for the city of Portage, Indiana. &

Dante Rumore - LICSW, PTSD Readjustment Counselor
April 17, 2019

Dante Rumore is a Social Worker specializing in counseling services and readjustment for US Veterans with PTSD.  We discuss real issues facing our returning veterans and how Dante goes about providing treatment and reintegration services as a US Vete

Chris Schroll - City of Spokane Mayoral Candidate
February 24, 2019

Chris Schroll is running to be the next mayor of the city of Spokane, Washington.  We sit down to discuss some of the issues affecting the Inland Northwest and his vision on leading Spokane through the next several years.  Part of our discussion

Vic Sipriano - Cloud Engineer
February 19, 2019

The discussion with Vic Sipriano, a cloud computing engineer, focused heavily on civil liberties and the rights afforded to us all.  We discussed the recent Edmunds, Washington "Build That Wall" cookie that was used as a launchpad for Social Justice

Anthony and Taylor Donatelli
February 13, 2019

Our very first podcast in which we discuss "success" as it is viewed by others.  Is there a gauge of what a successful person is in our current society?  Is it a doctor or lawyer, or is it a plumber or electrician?  The value of higher educ