Extracurricular with Stephanie Vanos and Eddie Geller

Steph and Eddie begin by discussing two equally dramatic events: obtaining a Switch 2 this week and the recent Florida Board of Education meeting. They then welcome former member of the FL House of Representatives, Sean Shaw, and talk about David Jolly's entry into the race for Governor (7:25), the controversy at the DNC involving David Hogg (35:20), and how Sean predicted Trump's win based on barbershop banter (43:35).  

Congrats OCPS grads! Steph gushes about the graduations she's had the privilege to attend, then we investigate whether Eddie is getting enough protein and the latest on the FL budget process. Next, we get a 101 on charter schools from Steph and why not is all as rosy as it appears (12:22). Then, Texas is on the march to bring the Christian Nationalism into the classroom (27:05), and finally, we delve into the age-old question: Abundance or Anti-Corruption? (34:50)

We have a new name: Extracurricular! After doing a bit of a debrief on their week, Steph and Eddie dive back into Trump's B*g B**utiful B*ll and go over some of the truly wretched details (9:05). Then they talk a bit about the frustrations of communicating as a Democrat (21:35) before leaving to go see the new Mission: Impossible movie.

Our first guest! Steph and Eddie sit down with the Chair of the Orange County Democratic Party, Samuel Vilchez Santiago, to discuss the secret sauce of Orange County (7:45). Samuel also goes into detail about how the Democratic Party needs to embrace immigrants in the age of Trump if they want to win elections (38:03).Sam's Instagram: @samuelvilchezsantiago
Steph's Instagram: @VoteVanos
Eddie's Instagram: @gelleredSam in Teen Vogue: "Democrats Have Lost Ground With Immigrants. Under Trump, They Need to Fight for Them"

Steph and Eddie recount a busy weekend and explain what a “Vibes Pocket” is. But much more importantly, they explain the plan to gut Medicaid, how it impacts our schools, and what we can do to stop it (13:38). Then they dig into a provocative article from the New York Times entitled, “Has America Given Up on Children’s Learning?"(22:57) Lastly, they dig into Dr. Oz and the MAHA movement (32:32).
 
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Stephanie digs into some recent news about teacher layoffs (3:13) and then gives a quick update on the funding fight for AP, IB, CTE, AICE, and Dual Enrollment classes (6:37). Afterwards, Eddie and Steph count down their top (or bottom?) three bills from this most recent Florida legislative session (9:54). Lastly, Eddie and Steph debate the merits of political ambition and whether that’s a good thing, a bad thing, or just a thing (28:28).

On our inaugural episode, Steph walks through the first time a book challenge made it to the Orange County School Board (7:23), then we discuss the funding challenges facing Florida schools coming down from the Florida legislature (21:17) and finally how we should interpret Trump's sinking poll numbers (26:28).