817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show
Fort Worth Weekly Critic's Choice Podcast of the Year
"Fort Worth's Monday morning meeting." - Bud Kennedy
Do you love Fort Worth and care about what goes on in our amazing city? Well, welcome to the 817 Podcast, a weekly Monday morning show hosted by two Fort Worthians who banter and dissect the biggest stories in local culture, politics, and business. EJ Carrion is a local entrepreneur, and Ann Zadeh is a former city council member.
Ann and EJ will host a diverse guest list of local leaders that drive Fort Worth’s future. We believe Fort Worth can be a nationally known destination for innovation, creativity, and economic opportunity. However, the climate in the city today is polarizing between an evolving community that deals with historic Cowtown roots and a wave of progressive newcomers. What we do today and in the next decade is crucial to the future of the Funk. How we respond to political friction, wealth inequality, and social injustice in our communities can make or break our national reputation.
Join us weekly as we do our part to prevent either from happening. Do you have a story you want us to highlight? DM us @817pod on Instagram or email us at 817podcast@gmail.com.
817 Podcast - Fort Worth's Monday Morning Show
The Crisis of Data Centers in Fort Worth Communities
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BIG STORY: We spoke with Sue Weston, the owner of the historic Weston Gardens & Nursery, which is being surrounded by the $10 billion data center planned by Black Mountain. We also spoke with Caleb Roberts from Downwinders at Risk and the Fort Worth Environmental Coalition of Communities to talk about the negative impacts that data centers have on the environment, our resources, and our city.
SHORT STORY 1: Primary runoff election results
- What The Tarrant County Primary Runoffs Tell Us
- Democratic primary runoffs: Jared Williams wins nomination for Tarrant commissioners race
- Former Tarrant GOP chairman Bo French wins primary runoff for state office
- Racism. Patriarchy. Christian Nationalism. Power.
SHORT STORY 2: Pushback to the Fort Worth Way
- Fort Worth Inc's Top 500 Most Influential People
- Deborah Peoples' response to Fort Worth Inc's Top 500
SHORT STORY 3: Muslim school admin under attack by Islamophobes
- Fort Worth principal reassigned over BLM, Sharia law social media posts
- Religious leaders, educators call for reinstatement of Muslim Fort Worth ISD principal
WINS:
- Patrice Jones nominated as Vice Chair of the Tarrant County Democratic Party!
- South Fort Worth residents celebrate return of library 4 years after closure
- Fort Worth is burning more land. More diverse plant life is the result
- Welman Project continues mission to supply educators, creatives at new headquarters
- Fort Worth African American Museum to officially open in June with joint exhibition
- Fort Worth receives international acclaim for film and TV production boom
- Esperanza prevails as FWISD renames César Chávez Elementary with Spanish word for hope
LOSSES:
- Fort Worth furthers discussion on possible street maintenance fee
- Black Mountain buys land near Weatherford. What to know
- Former detainees report water price-gouging at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center
ACTIONS:
- June 2 - Fort Worth City Council work session about data centers
- June 3 - 817 Gather at the Table (District 6)
- June 5 - 14 SparkFest at Amphibian Stage
- June 6 - Weston Gardens Anti-Data Center Rally
- June 9 - Fort Worth City Council Vote on Black Mountain Data Center
- June 11 - 20 Freedom Vibes
- June 27 - Trinity Pride
- June 28 - 817 Gather
- Stop the Data Center Next to Our Historic Gardens
- Stop Data Centers in Fort Worth Neighborhoods
- Fort Worth Data Center Moratorium
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