BONUS: 'We Don't Have to be Conflict Averse'

On this week’s episode: Producer Alyson Spery brings us a special election edition, featuring conversations with candidates running for local office and the constituents they aim to represent. 

These conversions were recorded as part of KHOL’s local One Small Step initiative, produced in partnership with StoryCorps. One Small Step brings people with different beliefs into the recording studio to talk and discover their common ground. 

Featured here are: 

• Town Councilor and mayoral candidate Jessica Sell Chambers in conversation with Melissa Malm, the first woman on the Jackson Hole Ski Patrol 
• Town Councilor and mayoral candidate Arne Jorgensen talks to new father Brian Bultema 
• Town council candidate Perri Stern meets local businesswoman Paulina Juarez Quiroz
• County commission candidate Len Carlman in conversation with hospital board candidate Shannon Brennan
• County Commissioner Natalia Macker talks to school board candidate Amy Renova 

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