In 2019’s final episode of “Request To Speak,” host Garrick Taylor, executive vice president of the Arizona ���ϳԹ��� of Commerce and Industry, asks his guests for their “Arizonan of the Year” — anyone from the state who they feel has had a significant impact on Arizona residents. Featuring Bob Charles, director of First Strategic; Jessie Armendt, Compass Strategies senior associate; and Lorna Romero, owner and founder of Elevate Strategies.

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Next up on “Request To Speak,” host Garrick Taylor asks his guests about their predictions for 2020, including the presidential election, a U.S. Senate race and the Arizona Cardinals. Featuring guest panelists: Bob Charles, director of First Strategic; Jessie Armendt, senior associate at Compass Strategies; and Lorna Romero, owner and founder of Elevate Strategies. Join us again tomorrow!

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On the latest episode of “Request To Speak,” Garrick Taylor, executive vice president of the Arizona ���ϳԹ��� of Commerce and Industry, welcomes a panel of political experts to discuss what happened in the world in 2019 — for better or for worse. Featuring guest panelists Bob Charles, director of First Strategic; Jessie Armendt, senior associate at Compass Strategies; and Lorna Romero, owner and founder of Elevate Strategies. Stay tuned for Episode 8: Predictions for 2020.

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Host Garrick Taylor sat down with Roy Herrera and Courtney Shadegg on the latest episode of Request to Speak to discuss why we see politicians change their minds on different issues, the relevancy of ideological identifiers and their book recommendations.

Read/Watch/Listen:

• Roy Herrera recommends a book: “Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration” .
• Courtney Shadegg recommends a book: “Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution” .
• Garrick Taylor recommends a graphic novel: “A Fire Story” .

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In the latest episode of Request to Speak, host Garrick Taylor talked with President of Data Orbital George Khalaf and Chief Strategist of Elected Digital Joshua Zaragoza. They discuss how polling data and voter behavior has changed over the years, what Arizona’s senatorial hopefuls should look at for the 2020 election and their recommendations on what you should be reading.

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In this episode of Request to Speak, host Garrick Taylor talks to Sam Richard of Creosote Partners and Matt Benson of Veridus about the importance of political endorsements, why vaccines are such a hot topic at the State Capitol and their recommendations for what you should be reading and watching.

Read It/Watch It/Listen To It:
Sam Richard recommends two books:

(1) ‘Sunbelt Capitalism’ by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer () tells the story of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater’s rise through city politics and the start of the Greater Phoenix ���ϳԹ��� and the beginning of major growth in the Valley; and

(2) ‘Call Him Mac: Ernest W. McFarland, the Arizona Years’ by Gary L. Stuart () describes the personal backstory of well-known politician and Arizona Supreme Court justice Ernest McFarland in the 20th century.

Matt Benson recommends a documentary:

‘The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley’ on HBO () follows the quick rise and dramatic fall of Theranos, a health care tech startup once valued at $9 billion and founded by Elizabeth Holmes, who is now on trial for fraud.

Garrick Taylor recommends a TV series:

‘Losers’ on Netflix () is a sports documentary series that explores how individuals and teams handle failure — what happens to the ones who lose, and how they pull themselves “up off the mat?”

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In the latest episode of Request to Speak, Sophie O’Keefe-Zelman from OH Strategic Communications and Barrett Marson from Marson Media shared their thoughts on social media protocol, whether Mark Kelly will be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020 and what they are reading and watching.

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In this episode of “Request to Speak: Arizona’s best web-based political talk show”, host Garrick Taylor sat down with Associate Director of Veridus Annie Vogt and former state legislator Mark Cardenas to get their insights and predictions on what’s ahead for candidates in the next election cycle.

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As the Arizona Legislative session starts next week, CBN sat down with former Arizona House Minority Leader Chad Campbell and Kirk Adams, former Chief of Staff to Gov. Doug Ducey, to talk about what the major issues will be this session and their advice to new lawmakers.​

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