775 Alive
af Crystal Newton & Scott Gavorsky
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Ep063: Ballot Question # 7: Voter ID
Ep063: Ballot Question # 7: Voter ID
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775 is the area code of rural Nevada. The 775 Alive Podcast was created by Scott Gavorsky and Crystal Newton in 2025, after years of participating in the politics and economy of rural Nevada. Scott is a historian and consultant who currently serves on a number of government commissions and Crystal is a Business Strategist who has previously ran for office. Together they bring a three-dimensional look at modern culture and issues of rural Nevada, the United States & the Global Economy.
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- Ep063: Ballot Question # 7: Voter ID · 45 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 63Nevada's Ballot Question # 7, which would require Voter ID, is the second major ballot initiative returning in the 2026 Midterms. Crystal and Scott sit down with David Gibbs…
- Ep063: AI - Yay or Nay? · 50 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 63Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the hottest issues of the 2026 Midterm Elections, and Crystal and Scott could not resist the opportunity to talk about the…
- Ep061: Tommy Turk from Nevada · 55 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 61As the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 Terror Attacks passes, Crystal and Scott sit down with Tommy Turk, a retired firefighter who experienced 9/11 from both the Elko and New York…
- Ep060: The Global Tapestry (Guest: Wesley Warshawer) · 54 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 60Are the deep divisions we see across the country inevitable--or even real? Crystal and Scott sit down with Wesley Warshawer, a Fulbright scholar and business data analyst whose…
- Ep059: Nevada's Water Fights (Guest: Laura McSwain, Water Fairness Coalition) · 1 t. 9 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 59Water has been a perennial issue in Nevada politics. Crystal and Scott sit down with Laura McSwain, President of the Water Fairness Coalition, to discuss the myriad fights going…
- Ep058: Ballot Question # 6 - Abortion (Guest: Melissa Clement) · 52 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 58Melissa Clement, Executive Director for Nevada Right to Life, joins Crystal and Scott to discuss one of the major Nevada ballot initiatives this year: Ballot Question # 6. The…
- Ep055: Persian Power Plays · 41 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 55The ongoing situation with Iran continues to dominate the news. Crystal and Scott delve into the complexities of the conflict. We look at the recent history of Iran and the…
- Ep057: US-China-Nevada · 1 t. 4 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 57Crystal and Scott are joined by one of the up-and-coming names in northern Nevada politics, former Nevada CD-2 Candidate Sherman Tylawsky. In addition to hosting the "Friends and…
- Ep056: The Data Dilemma · 57 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 56Crystal and Scott wade into the booming debate about data centers. After all of our episodes on AI, we get to talk about AI infrastructure! Topics include the differences in data…
- Ep054: Gavel Governance · 56 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 54Crystal and Scott wade into the debates on three of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions at the end of June 2026: whether the counting of ballots can continue after…
- Ep053: Nevada's Brothel Model · 46 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 53Crystal and Scott are joined by Bella Cummins, Madam at Bella's Hacienda Ranch brothel in Wells and author of the book Sexual Healers, to discuss one of the unique aspects of…
- Ep052: Affirming Independence · 50 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 52With the America 250 Anniversary approaching, Crystal and Scott sit down to talk about the Declaration of Independence, both the history and its continuing resonance. After…
- Ep051: Nevada's Primary Wrapup · 58 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 51Nevada's 2026 Primary Election Day was June 9th, 2026--a week after California's. Crystal and Scott discuss the results of Nevada's primaries, particularly the bitterly contested…
- Ep050: The Bankruptcy of Cashless Bail · 56 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 50The concept of "cashless bail" has been a centerpiece of many of the legal reform movements for the past 6-8 years. Crystal and Scott sit down with Attorney Ken W. Good of the…
- Ep049: Ending the Parties (Guest: Metin Pekin, author of "Breaking Democracy's Chains") · 1 t. 4 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 49Metin Pekin's recent "Breaking Democracy's Chains" makes an argument that political parties, especially those in the United Kingdom and the United States, have perverted the…
- Ep048: Habitualizing Homelessness (Guest: David Marlon) · 44 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 48Homeless population growth has been a problem in both Las Vegas and rural areas such as Pahrump and Elko. Crystal and Scott sit down with David Marlon of Vegas Stronger, a Las…
- Ep046: Redistricting Revenge (Guest: Dr. Sondra Cosgrove) · 43 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 46Mid-decade redistricting and charges of gerrymandering continue to roil national political discussions, leading 775 Alive to revisit the issue. Dr. Sondra Cosgrove of the College…
- Ep045: Rural Election Issues 2026 · 36 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 45With the 2026 Primary Elections getting ready to start in Nevada, Crystal and Scott dig into some of the pressing issues for the 775 Alive. Two key ones emerge: data centers and…
- Ep044: Nonpartisan Primaries for Nevada? (Guest: Chad Peace, Independent Voter Project) · 52 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 44With the rapid increase in the number of nonpartisan voters in Nevada, Crystal and Scott sat down to discuss some of the reasons for switching to a nonpartisan "open primary"…
- Ep043: Arguing Affordability (Guests: Patricia and Garland Brinkley, Talk With A Conservative) · 1 t. 1 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 43Crystal and Scott sat down with our good friends from Talk With A Conservative, Patricia and Garland Brinkley, to discuss the biggest buzzword of the 2026 Election…
