San Diego Political Podcast BowlersDesk.com 4-15-14: Tijuana Tuesday | Political Podcast with Vicente Calderon from TijuanaPress.com Tijuana is the elephant in the room for San Diego news. Tijuana is an ignored city in San Diego news circles. Only stories that are sensational make even the back pages here in the states. And they almost always seem to be about violence. I don’t think it because of a systemic racism. No it’s just about the dollars. The rating companies don’t give San Diego media t...
Apr 13, 2014•34 min
BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast with Matt Bowler and Ric Epps: Crybaby Commission and the Ukraine vs Crimea For this BowlersDesk.com Political Ric Epps and I chatted about some interesting local politics. There is a San Diego commission that is behaving like a child and trying to take there ball and go home. Then we talked about the Ukraine and Crimea. Ric had made some prediction that came true and we look into his crystal ball for some more. And as always … If you want to hop on your politic...
Mar 11, 2014•47 min
For this BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast We have the special guest Dan Carlin, podcaster, journalist, and provocateur. Hopefully you already listen to Dan’s podcast’s Hard Core History and Common Sense. They are some of the best out there. We talked about media, news, and how that is impacting our political possess. Dan had some great insights. I have to admit I got us of to a rocky start. My normal partner in crime Ric Epps was sick and completely lost his voice. But Dan cut me some slack and...
Feb 19, 2014•49 min
BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast with Brad Kierkegaard, religious studies professor from San Diego State University. And no he’s not a relation of the famous 19th century philosopher. We talked about the Pope. The Pope is making waves inside and outside the church. His views on what the Catholic Church should be focused on. The poor over birth control. His criticisms of global capitalism. He’s even come out in favor of breastfeeding, though we don’t talk about that. I waited as long as I did af...
Jan 20, 2014•1 hr 19 min
For this Bowler’s Desk political podcast I met up with Matt Awbrey. Matt is mayoral candidate Kevin Faulconer’s Communications Director. He’s a nice guy. Everyone likes Matt. We talked a bit about where this young gun came from. Matt just turned 30 and he’s already running mayoral campaigns. We talked about: Who this Matt Awbrey guy is and where he’s from. How he knows Faulconer. San Diego republicanism and how he (Matt) fits into that. And a lot more. As always if you want to hop on your politi...
Jan 09, 2014•38 min
I asked myself what San Diego political issue is both under talked about and very important to the mayor’s race? The answer for me is Barrio Logan zoning regulations. Now before you yawn think about this … While at first blush zoning regulation don’t seem that exciting, these rules determine what you can do with your land, what business are allowed in a community, even how many people are allowed to live in a neighborhood. So zoning has a direct and very important impact on your life. Barrio Log...
Dec 11, 2013•49 min
BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast with me Matthew Bowler and San Diego’s Political Professor Ric Epps This time we are on board the official Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. The original was blown up by the French equivalent to the CIA. So Greenpeace just built another one. This time it has a very interesting and avant garde design. The ship has a traditional engine, an electric engine, and two sails. However the sails don’t fly from a traditional mast. Green Pease is hopping the new design they...
Nov 26, 2013•1 hr 3 min
For this Bowler’s Desk political podcast I met up with Rory Pendergast. Rory is campaigning hard for the underdog in San Diego’s mayoral special election. We sat in the back of David Alvarez's tiny Encanto campaign office ... Lots of kids, community members, and part activist excited to hit the streets and campaign for the dark horse candidate. No one thought his campaign would gain the momentum it has. Last UT San Diego poll has him neck and neck with Nathan Fletcher. Who is going to show up at...
Nov 18, 2013•34 min
Hello and welcome to another San Diego Political Podcast. I’m Matthew Bowler from BowlersDesk.com. This time Ric Epps and I sat down with the President of the San Diego Police Officers Association, Brian Marvel. We spent about an hour chatting about San Diego Police Department and there roll in our community. Their mayoral endorsement and why they endorsed whom they did. And how the POA see’s itself when compared to other labor organizations, like the Service Employee International Union (SEIU)....
Nov 04, 2013•1 hr 18 min
Welcome to another Political Podcast from BowlersDesk.com. We have a different sort of show for you today. This time we talk about our country and how it keeps secrets. I sat down with Chase Madar civil rights lawyer, Slate.com blogger, Blogger for the Nation and now author of “The Passion of Bradley Manning”. Chase is an advocate for whistle blowers. He wants everyone to know how our country creates secrets and what it means to be a whistleblower. Chase thinks Manning and Snowden a leaked info ...
Oct 25, 2013•40 min
Welcome to another Political Podcast from BowlersDesk.com. Ric Epps and I went met up with Kevin Faulconer at his campaign headquarters. While Kevin is the official Republican candidate for mayor he wants to be seen as a moderate Republican that can work with San Diego Democratic City Council. We were able to touch on lots of things in our half an hour with him. How are you going to help San Diego’s middle class? What does it take to get our economy back on track? How is his record helping or hu...
Oct 21, 2013•25 min
Welcome to another Political Podcast from BowlersDesk.com. This time Ric Epps and I sat down with Mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher. This is Nathan’s second bite at the mayoral apple. We talked about everything from the economy, to the federal shutdown, and beer. To me his campaign doesn’t seem to be that different substantively this time around, with the exception of his staff. Reaching across the aisle and working with other is a main theme. His campaign wants voters to see him as the boss you...
Oct 07, 2013•35 min
Hello and welcome to this special BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast. This week Ric Epps and I tackled the tough issue of gun control. No matter what side of the gun debate you fall on everyone needs to be at the table on this. Both fervent pro gun activists and anti gun activists. We went out to a pro-second amendment rally in east San Diego County. The Lemon Grove Rod and Gun Club hosted the rally. They let anyone that wanted to come out and shoot guns, under the supervision of a club member of...
Sep 22, 2013•43 min
This time around we sat down with one the latest mayoral candidates, David Alvarez. David is the city councilman for District 8. He is the son of a farm worker and grew up in one of San Diego’s toughest neighborhoods, Barrio Logan. He met us at his campaign headquarters witch is also his garage. The soft-spoken Alvarez is confidante he’s going to win this and is trying to cast himself as the “new normal” or “new typical” face of San Diego. It was enlightening and interesting. He promises to figh...
Sep 15, 2013•59 min
Welcome to another outstanding Political Podcast from BowlersDesk.com. This week Ric Epps and me (Matthew Bowler) talked about whose going to run for San Diego’s, now open, mayor’s seat. What does Nathan Fletcher have to offer? Will Fletcher lock in Democratic support or will Mike Agurrie? Carl DeMiao has had a rough week … Is he going to continue his run for congress or go for the Mayor’s office? Who else is going to jump into the frey? Then on the National stage Syria is on the tips of everyon...
Sep 01, 2013•51 min
Welcome to the BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast. This time I sat down with Rachel Laing for just about 40 minutes. We met up at Balboa Park on a picnic table in between the science museum and the Cultural Centro de la Raza off of Park Ave. Many of you will remember Rachel from her days as a Deputy Press Secretary for Mayor Jerry Sanders. Since leaving her job with Sanders she has started her own firm Laing Strategic Communications. Most recently she was the spokeswoman for the recall Bob Filner...
Aug 25, 2013•43 min
Welcome to this special edition of the BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast. I talked to Michelle Burton President of Run Women Run a non-partisan group that encourages woman to run for public office. Michelle and I talked about what else Bob Filner, his anticipated resignation, and who she would like to see become San Diego’s next Mayor. Enjoy. Interesting and fun. As always if you want to hop on your soapbox … you can by hopping on ours … call us at 619-663-4531 … And please remember to post, re-...
Aug 23, 2013•19 min
Welcome to another edition of the BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast. This time Ric Epps and myself recorded the podcast in front of San Diego’s City Hall. We were there just before a Resign/Recall Bob Filner Rally/March. We talked to two of the organizers. 1: Republican Kathryn Vaughn: Member of USO San Diego Board of Directors and Partner with Vaughn & Vaughn Attorneys at Law. She was named California’s Volunteer of the Year in 2010 and is a workshop leader on sexual harassment in the workp...
Aug 19, 2013•53 min
Welcome to another edition of the BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast. This time Ric Epps and myself recorded the podcast at Union Station or Santa Fe Station in downtown San Diego. We were out by the fountain. So you could hear some water falling, train horns, traffic, and even some people. We did our normal thing and touched on local, national, and international political events. However this time we spent some time focusing on the Snowden controversy. Jack Anderson a software developer joined u...
Aug 12, 2013•53 min
Welcome to another edition of the BowlersDesk.com Political Podcast. This time Ric Epps and myself recorded the podcast at Old Trolley Barn Park in University Heights. We were joined by San Diego City Councilman Kevin Faulconer. Kevin talked with me early Sunday morning over the phone before the podcast’s recording. Of course San Diego Mayor Bob Filner’s sexual harassment scandal is top of things he wanted to talk about. However, I did get him to touch on a few things that are being overshadowed...
Aug 04, 2013•1 hr 11 min
This time around Ric Epps and I (Matthew Bowler) talked all about the Bob Filner fiascoe. Filner a former Congressman, City Councilman, and current San Diego Mayor is embroiled in the mother of all sex scandals. At the time I wrote this seven women came forward and levied sexual harassment allegations against the powerful Democrat. These woman says Filner grabbed them, groped them, and in some cases aggressively kissed them. One accuser described Filner slobbering all over the side of her face. ...
Jul 29, 2013•48 min
Political Podcast Comic Con Special (7-15-13) This is the Bowler’s Desk Political Podcast Comic Con special This time around Ric Epps and I (Matt Bowler) spent some time chatting with Jamie Newbold at his comic book shop Southern California Comics . This place is great. If you want comics, graphic novels, collectable toys, this is the place to go. We chatted about politics in comics and the politics of Comic Con. Jamie clearly loves comics. He’s knows comics. And can talk endlessly about them. H...
Jul 15, 2013•1 hr 18 min
Bowler’s Desk Political Podcast with Matt Bowler and Ric Epps. This week we met over in Balboa Park off of 6th ave. In-between the Bridge Club (I thought it was the Chess Club) and the 6th ave playground. It was a great day. We found a nice shady spot at a picnic table and hung out and chatted about what we love to talk about what we love to talk about …. politics. This time around we shot video of our chat too. You can still get the podcast off of iTunes and listen there but now it’s been segme...
Jul 08, 2013•1 hr 9 min
Political Podcast from BowlersDesk.com With Matthew Bowler and Ric Epps. This time around Ric Epps and I met up in front of San Diego’s County administration building at 1600 Pacific Coast Highway right across form the Star of India … it was a crazy week for San Diego politics … Mayor Filner was all over the news … some of his top aids quit … he brought Sunroad back … remember them they are a major developer here in town … just one thing after another for the Mayor … And we dug into Prop 8, DOMA...
Jul 01, 2013•1 hr 11 min
This Bowler’s Desk Political Podcast is in honor of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Often torture is ignored and oversimplified in main stream media It’s hard to talk about torture and sell ads It’s hard to talk about torture without diminishing to topic It’s hard to talk about torture But we’re going to try and do the hard thing … According to Cornell Law School’s web site torture is defined as http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2340 (1) “torture” m...
Jun 26, 2013•1 hr 6 min
Bowler’s Desk Political Podcast June 26th is the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. I’ll be putting up a special Political Podcast. But this is a sample of what you can expect. We talk about surviving torture and how governments (the USA included) use torture. www.un.org/en/events/torturevictimsday/ www.notorture.org
Jun 22, 2013•1 min
This time to record Bowler’s Desk Political Podcast Ric Epps and I met up over at Roucco Park. It’s a nice park with some very cool modernist/minimalist flair. My only criticism is that the park doesn’t have any shade. While the park was named for a local Architect Lloyd Ruocco. The park is designed to honor Ruocco’s minimalist and modernist style. However it is in desperate need of shade. There are benches that no one sits in unless they want to fry in San Diego’s famous sunshine. Let’s be hone...
Jun 17, 2013•57 min
This time on San Diego Political Podcast I sat down and talked to Josh Board at Polite Provisions and we spend the better part of an hour talking about movie and politics. Josh ate a massive pork sandwich and was a pleasure to hang out with. He doesn’t think movies play an important role politically while I think they do. Oh and about 3 minutes in we talked about the Equal Time for more info on that go HERE. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Time Listen Share Talk San Diego Political Podcast Mo...
Jun 08, 2013•48 min
San Diego Political Podcast from BowlersDesk.com This week Ric Epps and I (Matthew Bowler) met up at Kensington Park next to the library. We talked about Republican Carl DeMaio announcing his run for Congress against Democrat Scott Peters. Even though Peters has only been in office 5 months. What kind of affect could an openly gay Congressman from San Diego have on the Republican Party? Nationally? The European Union approved shipping arms to the Syrian opposition. Russia and China are arming an...
Jun 02, 2013•56 min
San Diego’s Political podcast number 5 ! This time we recorded at Polite Provision … this place is very cool … it have a European vibe … I half expect James Joyce of Ernest Hemingway to come stumbling in … they make their own soda and fancy craft cocktails … I got say I was worried they would be very expensive but no … decent prices … 5 – 9 for a cocktail type of prices … I had a fancy soda that they make themselves … 2 bucks … Lots of light … cool tables… I this place is going to last. I hope a...
May 25, 2013•51 min
