Liberally Social

Y'all, in this episode Jimmy Lewis and the LibSoc team pop a can of ice cold, bubbly facts having to do with code we identify by number, salacious gossip about aluminum can production, and other nerdy, super hot, but totally SFW topics. You won't want to miss this one! Nerdiest nerd fact: 76% of aluminum ever manufactured is still in use today Canned wine is cool. Best Pizza in ALX is Benny's bc it's GIANT Bathroom aesthetic: Jula's! (Jimmy and his mom get it!) If you didn't want to be Indiana Jones, were you even a Millennial? Friends in Low Places is quality 1990s karaoke. (Not you, Chris Gaines.) That one Waterfront installation that could hear you! Boat Parade at Christmas Joss's Buffy is an acceptable answer Barbara Lee worked for Shirley Chisholm and used to hang out w Black Panthers Is Rent Trap a thing? It's Googleable, but there's no Wikipedia entry, so we cry Mandela Effect. We have old pipes. ECCAP Pg 9 of the , tracking greenhouse gas ECCAP Figures 17 and 22 show the effects of flooding and heat on most vulnerable communities JamesLewisVA.com

In this episode, we are pretty sure Canek opens a beer with a club of some kind, it turns out he's running against Joe Biden, City Council loses count of our birthday cupcakes, and it's inexplicably time to start the Census all over again—OR ARE WE HAVING AN ANXIETY DREAM?! Are any of us getting enough sleep? Only one way to find out: listen to the most chill episode ever! Having a bottle opener/club is so normal, it's ungoogleable. Canek says La Casa (in Foxchase) has the best pizza... We're too busy for everything but Rick and Morty, too. No pets, not even dust bunnies Learn about Edward Roybal! Write a letter of complaint to Canek's mean childhood science teacher TWU mural, the one on Edsall, and DASH Bus Welcome to the West End wrap Scooter - most fun! We are reclaiming Canek's time from Lulu Cupcakes at ALX birthday party For the record, elevator pitch was almost exactly 30 seconds! Hazel is a "BAD MAMAJAMA"! We agree! Nerd fun fact: Hazel was named after Hazel Johnson Page 92 - heat map and vulnerability indexes Let's all go to the Puebla Historic District in Mexico! The Vulcan site , not to be confused with a salute of the same name. (LLAP) What keeps up at night: Dying too soon: New report reveals deep and persistent health disparities in Northern Virginia ALX had 100% participation in the 2020 Census! Democrats love librarians—we book hoarders/dragons approve! CanekforCouncil.com

Prayin' man Kevin Harris forgives our dog poop opening, but has no room for pets (who don't even pay rent) himself, gets the BFF question right, tells us about a great youth training program, aaaand gives us an excuse to put a Simpson's monorail gif in the show notes! We barely even talked basketball—this must be serious! Listen! It counts as local if it's from Preeti's 7-Eleven Del Ray Pizza Butterfly Effect mural wins again! Sponsor us, Jeni's! Most relatable karaoke choice Philly Cheesesteak is Philadelphia Cheesesteak Factory Alexandria Birthday Celebration's gonna be BIG this year! Shogun, let's go! Check out Howard County Eco Works! Big fan of a tree, that Kevin Harris! Supreme Court overturned Affirmative Action—BIDEN OR BUST IN 2024! ALX was sued by a White defense contractor for "discrimination" <eyeroll> What keeps up at night: Dying too soon: New report reveals deep and persistent health disparities in Northern Virginia My Hoop Life! $175k x 30 = $5,250,000 We're just proud that we did the maths, so look at it. Did someone say MONORAIL?! https://www.voteforkevinharris.com/

Listen in as we chat with Metro engineer, SB member, and double Alexandrian, Abdel Elnoubi and (from afar) his—are you ready?—BUNNY! The important thing for you to know about this episode is that Diane may have some feelings about Abdel's choice of pizza joint—WHO CAN KNOW?! Shirley Temples are coming back! Sometimes with *ginger ale*! Catch up on House of Cards Lost Dog Pizza Small little white bunny called Fuzzy Butterfly mural—shout out to EBP! We forgot to ask this WMATA engineer if time travel is possible Get this man to karaoke! Abdel admires Bernie Sanders ACPS's MLK Arts Display! More 100-year storms now! ECCAP Figure: Figure 25, heat disparities, along with figures 24 and 26, which show climate inequities! Overcrowding in our schools, esp on West End What keeps up at night: Dying too soon: New report reveals deep and persistent health disparities in Northern Virginia Info on that biiiiiig budget increase School Board sent to Council Rashmi QUIT engineering to enter what we're sure is a more lucrative profession, art.

This episode has it all: detailed pizza descriptors, middle school "lingo" that'll make your kid pretend they don't know you on the street, JewBu philosophy, and a lottttt of nerd talk. Give Charlotte-branded Charlotte Scherer a listen now! Middle school boy translator, @mr_phlindsay_sped Monterey's Pizza Sing along with Charlotte!: Walk of Life by Dire Straits King Street Cats! Poetry enters the chat: WH Auden Appalachian Trail: the Rollercoaster! Ed note: for the record, Sandy was a baby when the mean cowboy from City Clickers did Ripley's Believe It of Not ALX has Gold LEED certification More EV stations ECCAP Figure: Heat Index Ron "The Worst" DeSantis ruined New College Hitchhiker's Guide reference incoming! Sanse and Naja What keeps up at night: Dying too soon: New report reveals deep and persistent health disparities in Northern Virginia Nope! Not the only renter running for Council! But we get the point! CharlotteforALX.com

Anti-arena candidate Jonathan Huskey's comin' in HOTTT! Listen as this changiest change agent gives a Diane-approved pizza answer, demonstrates empathy for opponent Jesse O'Connell's hair, shows great flexibility toward root vegetables, and shows off his Labor chops! You're gonna wanna listen to Ep 0: Arena Explainer with WaPo's Teo Armus to get ready for this one! Where is Warwick Village? Stracci Pizza Wins the 2023 NoVA Wars Pizza Madness Jets Pizza (Diane approves!) Bathroom question gets the answer it deserves... Someone send us a Josephine bathroom selfie! DC Animal Shelter where Butter's from! I Think You Should Leave Become a National Park Ranger Two Degrees by Alan Gratz Figure ES-2. Relative summer land surface temperatures in Alexandria What keeps up at night: Dying too soon: New report reveals deep and persistent health disparities in Northern Virginia Was Council really in Richmond lobbying for the arena? Huskey contradicts our Arena Explainer...check it out! Zoning for Housing passed unanimously, but Jackson and Chapman voted to consider single family zoning separately, which failed 5-2. www.huskeyforcouncil.com

Fan of the show, Kirk McPike, validates our existence, solidifies his sci-fi chops with a Dune deep cut, and is the first one to make clear to us that our bathroom question is...weird. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAM! Last season, on Liberally Social... Frank Pepe's! Robinson's Landing has a public bathroom on the waterfront, but that's not exactly what Marta's looking for. Asteroid hits waterfront! Kirk correctly pluralizes poets laureate Ice Ice Baby Leo McGarry is the GOAT Congressman Takano! mmm...Los Tios. mmm...Spice Kraft. 58 boards and commissions! Get on one! Stormwater Advisory Committee We're planting more trees than our neighbors! 275 more this year! What's the gift for 275-iversary? Induction stoves, Marta approved! What keeps up at night: Dying too soon: New report reveals deep and persistent health disparities in Northern Virginia MORE PIE! Everyone loves pie! ALX has an AAA credit rating! KirkMcPike.com

Climate! Equity! Budget! Change! Smartypants guest Jesse O'Connell joins us with his smartypants Zoom background and gives smartypants answers we like on erudite topics such as pizza and vacation reads! (FYI: this is where The Bathroom Question starts to go off the rails, folks. Listen as Jesse tells us "it's a great question" out of pity and concern.) Jesse's hair looks like Captain Pike's IYKYK Stracci Pizza—correct! The Diplomat is def not a guilty pleasure! The Simpson dog park bathroom—that's been closed for 14mo. (That's a long time to hold it, Jesse.) Jesse's Girl Your Love by the Outfield Jesse was a track star! Art on the Ave Learn about Pisceseseses I Love You at the Waterfront This is How You Win the Time War Jesse is apparently an eyebrow man Day job: American Council on Education ECCAP Figure 2: Trends in Alexandria’s GHG emissions by sector from 2005 through 2020 Greenhouse gas emissions from buildings are predicted to DOUBLE by 2050! ...mmmm...grow the pie...sounds delicious. "Things" Jesse has written JesseforALX.com

Welcome to the first full episode of Liberally Social! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hear us flex our rusty interviewing joints and Sarah Bagley patiently answer such hard-hitting questions as, "Who's your best friend?" PRESS PLAY, FELLOW NERDS! Hi, Diane! Anchovies! Call Your Mother's bathroom Bachelor recaps online Adopt a Buster! Sarah on an e-bike! I Wish I was a Little Bit Taller Spoken word, aka Baby Got Back Oasis foreverrrrrrrrrr It's Taurus Season Article about parades? I'm just Ken Where is Noosa Heads, Australia? Alexandria Democratic Committee Moms Demand Action in Alexandria ALX gun violence prevention policies 2 biggest physical climate risks in ALX Grant programs Figures 9 + 7 in the ALX Energy and Climate Change Action Plan Harvard Business Review article on DEI burnout What keeps up at night— Dying too soon: New report reveals deep and persistent health disparities in Northern Virginia Sarah's proposed e-bike rebate pilot in ALX sarahforcitycouncil.com Rashmi Pappu Photography

Before we jump into this Season 3 with FOURTEEN local candidate interviews, let's take a minute, take a breath, and talk about the arena with a neutral party—a journalist, who brings the facts, can give us a gut check, and level set so we’re all on the same page as we start the season!

FOURTEEN CANDIDATES! SEVEN SEATS! Find out what happens when people stop being polite, and start getting real. Welcome to the Real World—wait, no. Welcome to Liberally Social: your political infotainment, wrapped in a pod party, wrapped in nerd fun, recorded from the best city in the world, Alexandria, VA!

A Special Election! In January! In School Board District A! In this ep, we learn a) what makes Gina Baum tick, b) how to get booted from the GWMS Facebook group, and c) that she's willing to go the extra mile for good takeout! This boards and commissions vet has a ton to tell you about her campaign—so join us! Gina's website is here Send her some moolah here (via Donorbox?) This is your chance to become one of a handful of people who even know about this race, let alone will vote in it! So listen up, and tell your friends!

A Special Election! In January! In School Board District A! We're talking to Tim Beaty, aka "Mr. Tim from School," about his experience subbing in ACPS, sharing some big love for Quinta Brunson and another special teacher, and getting schooled on collective bargaining for teachers by a real live Teamster—partially in Spanish! Tim's website is here Throw him a donation here (via ActBlue) This is your chance to become one of a handful of people who even know about this race, let alone will vote in it! So listen up, and tell your friends!

Y'all! It's our last episode in District B—and, man, it's entertaining! (At least weeee were entertained!) In this ep, School Board candidate Tammy Ignacio surprises us with answers that have us laughin' out loud and wishin' we'd had a few less sips before we started! She covers her decades in ACPS and what she gets from overzealous private Facebook groups that hate bike lanes—and we discover that OMG! we've met Tammy's favorite teacher, AND SHE'S A TRIP! Join us! AND THEN GO VOTE! Ignacio4SchoolBoard.com Donate to Tammy! Are you sure you vote in District B? Check the map! Yellowstone The Color of Water, by James McBride La Casa Fairlington Pizza Tammy really, really—and she cannot stress this enough—loves Councilwoman Amy Jackson!

If you’re shoppin’ for a candidate who has superior Betta fish-naming skillz, then getta load of what Bridget Shea Westfall, candidate for School Board in District B, is sellin’! We cover binge-worthy TV, what the heck is up with OpenACPS, and the weirdness of running for office as a federal employee—with our bubbles in fancy crystal because we’re klassy. Well, at least Bridget is! Join us! BridgetforACPS.org Donate to Bridget Impeachment—the Monica Lewinsky thing on FX Money Heist Succession Real Housewives on Bravo Elmo’s fish, Dorothy! RT’s on Mt. Vernon Ave. OpenACPS private Facebook group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

Are you lookin' for a megaboost of positive energy to get your day goin'? THEN PRESS PLAY! Retiring Principal PreeAnn Johnson, School Board candidate in District B, has it in spades. And is it just us, or does her description of her childhood self sound suspiciously like Blind Melon Bumblebee Girl? Pop those AirPods in and hear PreeAnn's vision for the whole child, practical solutions to our schools' challenges, and why all this talk of Critical Race Theory is making her head implode! Your faithful hosts couldn't hold back their...uproarious...reaction!  PreePreeontheBoard.com Donate to PreeAnn’s campaign! Are you sure you're in District B? Check the map! Wait—was PreeAnn the Blind Melon Bumblebee Girl? Return SRO’s [sic] to ACPS private Facebook group White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin J. DiAngelo Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, by Zaretta L. Hammond Education Association of Alexandria ​​

"That was the most succinct answer we've ever had and we don't know what to do now." Dr. Ashley Simpson Baird, candidate for School Board in District B, shocks and amazes us with her ability to articulate a full, clear thought—with an ending—in English AND Spanish! Teach us the secret to organizing our brains like this, Doc! You'll want to eavesdrop on this convo about deep, critical thinking, getting back to the basics of teaching our kids, and...Michelle Pfeiffer? Yes! Michelle Pfeiffer! By the end, maybe you'll be roaming Beverley Hills, lookin' for an ASB yard sign! AshleySimpsonBaird.com Donate to her campaign! Are you sure you're in District B? Check the map! Dangerous Minds Spicekraft on Mt. Vernon Ave. Brandi Carlile's You and Me on the Rock Building the Federal Schoolhouse, by Douglas S. Reid Alexandria Community Alliance Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

“Guess what? CHICKEN BUTT!” Come for the civic education, stay for the dad jokes and iphone app recs! Former School Board member and current School Board candidate Kelly Carmichael Booz, of District B is back, baby! Only this time with fewer babies and more big kids! Listen with us to Kelly’s thoughts on school safety, online advocacy, and die-hard support of teachers and the labor movement! This episode’s got it all! KellyCarmichaelBooz.com Donate to her campaign! Are you sure you're in District B? Check the map! American Federation of Teachers Clue for iphone! A review of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off entitled “Fun with Swear Words”! Doooo doo doo! DOO doo doo! Education Association of Alexandria Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America #VOTEPROCHOICE

You know the little Ruby Tucker Readers are friends of the pod—now their fearless leader makes her LibSoc debut! Are the kids really alright? How 'bout the teachers? In between laugh/snorts, the team tackles some serious issues with Jacinta Greene, incumbent candidate for School Board in District A—including going to the mat for ACPS teachers, keeping electeds accessible to parents, and acknowledging the fact that we're goooorrrgeous! JacintaGreene.com Donate to Jacinta's campaign! Are you sure you're in District A? Check the map! Homeland on Showtime Building the Federal Schoolhouse, by Douglas S. Reid  ACPS Equity for All Strategic Plan Ruby Tucker Readers! Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Education Association of Alexandria

In Alexandria, our electeds READ BOOKS! Listen in as incumbent school Board member Michelle Rief (District A) shares her reading list, her own academic journey, and a great local take-out spot! We also go deep on ACPS's work toward academic achievement and meeting our kids' and families' basic needs—like keeping everyone fed and connected to the Internet during the shutdown. Y'all, this has been an intense couple of years—learn why Michelle is back for more!  MichelleforAlexandria.com Donate to Michelle! Are you sure you're in District A? Check the map! Thai Peppers  Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It, by Chris Voss  FLORIDA STATE, FLORIDA STATE, FLORIDA STATE—WOOOOOO!  Building the Federal Schoolhouse, by Douglas S. Reid ADC  Labor Caucus  Education Association of Alexandria NOVA Labor Federation, AFL-CIO