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No Filter Media Podcast

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Former Kansas City Mayor Sly James and Former Chief of Staff Joni Wickham of Wickham James Strategies and Solutions team up to speak with leaders both locally and nationally about a variety of topics where nothing is off limits and there's no filtering of the responses.
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Episodes

Advocacy Is Not Yelling

Often, people resort to a yelling contest to get their message heard. But advocacy isn't yelling. We talk about effective advocacy without resorting to who can be the loudest.

Aug 03, 2022•17 min

New Ideas, Better Results

We sit and chat about new ideas for government that would yield better results for the people.

Jul 20, 2022•23 min

Positively Hopeful

In this episode, we're concentrating on the positives. We discuss about the things we're hopeful for and the positives that we see.

Apr 06, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 5

Dr Leigh Anne Taylor Knight with DeBruce Foundation

Dr Leigh Anne Taylor Knight with the DeBruce Foundation stops by the studio to chat about how the DeBruce Foundation focuses on developing and supporting products, innovation, and sustainability primarily in the spaces of education and workforce development to change how people pursue careers.

Mar 23, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 4

Reimagining Work

With the pandemic, work has forever changed. Many organizations have had to adapt and reimagine the workplace.

Mar 09, 2022•17 min•Season 2Ep. 3

Government 101

Our time in the Mayor's office provided some interesting conversations with people who don't understand how government works.

Feb 23, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 2

Ban the Book Banners

Today's episode has to do with the recent surge in stories about how certain communities want to ban certain books because they don't like how ugly our shared history can be.

Feb 09, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Can You Have It All?

Is it possible to have your cake and eat it too? I guess that all depends on what your definition of "having it all" is.

Nov 30, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 34

A Passion For Purpose (Re-Air)

Original Air Date: May 4, 2021 We're on a short break so we're re-airing a popular episode. We're changing things up a little bit today and spending time talking about Sly's book "A Passion For Purpose" and the events that inspired the book.

Sep 21, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 33

Expertise vs Perspective

The difference between being an expert and having a perspective.

Sep 14, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 32

Social Media: Helpful or Harmful?

Social media is everywhere. But is it helpful or harmful? Recently, a Pew study showed that Twitter users are more likely Democrat and younger than the general population. It also showed that 10% of the users create 80% of the tweets. Knowing how skewed the content may be, is social media helpful or harmful? Link to article: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2019/04/24/sizing-up-twitter-users/

Aug 10, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 28

The Four Americas

Recently, The Atlantic featured and article called "How America Fractured Into Four Parts" by George Packer and it talks about how the US no longer agrees on the nation's purpose, values, history or meaning. Joni and Sly share their thoughts concerning this. Link to article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/george-packer-four-americas/619012/

Aug 03, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 27

Covid Vaccinations

With COVID numbers spiking again in certain areas including Missouri, we wanted to talk about vaccinations and the facts and myths behind them.

Jul 20, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 25

Roy Jensen, MD

Dr Jensen took some time out of his busy schedule as the Vice Chancellor and Director of The University of Kansas Cancer Center to chat with us and talk about his new role and the future of the Cancer Center.

Jun 22, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 21

Pandemic: The Good, The Bad, The Shitty (part 2)

We continue our thoughts about how the pandemic has affected our lives so far including how businesses transition back from working from home into working at the office and other things like mask etiquette now that mandates are being lifted nationwide.

Jun 15, 2021•23 min•Season 1Ep. 20

The Cupcake and the Bitch

Today, Sly gets to ask Joni anything he wants to...as it relates to her book "The Thin Line Between Cupcake and Bitch". 

Jun 08, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 19

Winston Fisher

Winston Fisher is part of Fisher Brothers Properties in NYC, a real estate development firm. He is also a person who has spent a lot of time devoting himself to philanthropic activities and to public service. Mr. Fisher is on the Board of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, and has been active through Team Intrepid Fallen Heroes in participating in extreme sports to raise funds to support our U.S. wounded troops. He also serves on the Board of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

Jun 01, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 18

Pandemic: The Good, The Bad, The Shitty (part 1)

Welcome to a new season of No Filter Media Podcast. Last season we focused heavily on guests but we've been receiving feedback that we should share our thoughts more. So this season, there will be more episodes where we just banter back and forth about different topics. We'll still have guests, just not as often. Today, we're focusing on the past year of the pandemic. All the good things that have happened, all the bad things and all the downright shitty things that happened.

May 25, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 17

George Burciaga

Today we chat with George Burciaga of Ignite Cities. He is an international thought leader and architect within the smart city category. As a response to the needs of our cities during the pandemic, Burciaga has accelerated work specific to homelessness, education, safety, and municipal broadband. He is highly regarded for his technology deployments across cities, company acquisition in 2016 and current advisory partnerships with mayors across the country. Among his numerous accolades, Burciaga ...

May 18, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 16