The New Bohemians Podcast: Recent Episodes
Ashley Vanorny
Relating all issues back to the everyday, The New Bohemians Podcast is a shared platform with interviews, discussions, and collaborative creation to explore topics and their intersectionality with folks on the ground. Working to highlight local voices, this podcast is based in Iowa and is hosted by Ashley Vanorny who lends the mic to make space for those in the community to be heard.
In this episode we catch up with cowboy-hat-toting Johnson County, IA Supervisor Jon Green on his motivation to immediately step into action to assist Cedar Rapidians any way he could (but especially with his very useful skillset of tree trimming/removing trees from roofs) following the devastating Cedar Rapids, IA Derecho in August 2020. This Derecho, in a matter of hours, wiped out more than 65% of our tree canopy, forever changing the local environment for an entire lifetime. On June 8, 2021, Former Mayor of Lone Tree, IA Jon Green won a special election to fill a vacancy for the Johnson County, IA Board of Supervisors. He was the overwhelming leader in the special election with 9,718 votes, or 66% of the vote share. Take a listen to all things local in this podcast episode, and get to know one of our favorite maverick and Iowa cowboys!
We connect with local Social Studies educator and TedX licensee Breanna Oxley and discuss a wide array of topics like how host Ashley and her connected over a love for voter advocacy through the League of Women voters, the process of redistricting in Iowa, the importance of building future voters early in schools, the impact of social media on Social Studies, and the impact of food and housing insecurity on a child's ability to learn to name a few. Take a listen and enjoy!
Maurice Davis of Cedar Rapids, IA is an author, entrepreneur, and Business Coach for Empower by GoDaddy speaks with The New Bohemians Podcast about the realities of entrepreneurship including his own path to becoming an author of multiple books. He highlights how networking plays a critical role in building up a platform to have a successful business.
The New Bohemians Podcast, in its first episode, joins together two apparel brand owners to discuss how their influential brands have helped to inspire activism, create conversation, and be prominent staples of Iowans to wear. We host conversation in this episode with Mike Draper, founder and owner of RAYGUN and Lovar Davis (L.D.) Kidd, Chief Executive Officer of 100% Over Racism (among many other talents).