775 Alive

Nevada'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, President of Repair The Vote who was instrumental in getting the Voter ID Initiative on the ballot. Dave discusses the long process involved in getting a ballot initiative passed in Nevada. A central issue is the frequent lawsuits filed by groups associated with Marc Elias as well as Nevada's complex requirements for sub...

Artificial 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 subject again. While data centers remain the touch-button concern, we have a wider discussion about where AI might be going. Among the topics are flock cameras, AI for government auditing and uses, opt-in/opt-out data collection, and whether the issue is AI or the people running it--and what they want it to do.

As 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 perspectives. Tommy was fire battalion chief for the National Forest Service in Elko when 9/11 happened, and shares stories of the immediate impact on northern Nevada in the midst of fire season. Within a few days, he was called to New York to assist the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) with support during the after...

Are 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 extensive travels across the United States and the world since the COVID pandemic have led to what he describes as 'epiphanies' that we might not be as divided as the media makes it seem. We discuss the various divides--red-vs-blue, urban-vs-rural, America-vs-other countries--and what those differences mean in light of...

Water 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 on at the moment. We start with the recent Colorado River Compact and the recent decisions that have effectively punished Nevada for doing the most to conserve water usage. Two key points are the inability of conservation alone to address the water issues and the question of overstepping the rights of property-owners ...