Spotlight 19 is New York Congressional District's 19's original podcast to keep Representative John Faso accountable for his voting record. Borne out of the various grassroots efforts in the aftermath of the November 2016 election, the podcast explains Faso's votes and conducts interviews with activists and candidates. This summer and fall, Spotlight 19 will be speaking regularly all of the Democratic candidates including our Congressman, Antonio Delgado, and state level candidates whose districts overlap with NY19. Sajaa and Justin Tracy host, and record at Hurley Sound Studio in Hurley, NY. Previous guests include:
- March Gallagher, Candidate for Ulster County Comptroller
- Indivisible Saugerties Activists, Brian and Meghan
- Gareth Rhodes, NY19 Democratic Candidate and Executive Director of Show Up 2018
- Carla Nordstrom, Founder of SeedsofDemocracy
- Lyndel Urbano, Amida Cares
- Pat Ryan, NY19 Democratic Candidate
- Antonio Delgado, NY19 Democratic Candidate and Congressman for NY19 (as of January 2019!)
- Jeff Beals, NY19 Democratic Candidate
- Sue Sullivan, former NY19 Democratic Candidate
- Dustin Reidy, NY19Votes
- Representative John Faso
- Joe Concra, O+ Festival Mission Control
- Maitreya Motel, 11-year-old NY19 Activist and EyeOnPolitics host
- Dave Clegg, NY19 Democratic Candidate
- Representative Chris Gibson, former Congressional Rep for NY19
- Emilio Gironda and Lynne Lamoree, Citizens Action of NY and Faso Friday (Kingston) organizers
- Melanie Whaley and Scott Duquette, Indivisible The Fight is On (ITFIO)
- Aidan O'Connor, candidate for New York State Assembly District 102
- Alex Panagiotopoulos and Fox Green, Kingston Creative
- Lisa Lindsley and Bernard Greenwald, Tin Horn Uprising
- Caroline Crowell, ACLU Youth Activist
- Pat Strong, candidate for New York State Senate District 46
- Liam Kahn and Jazmin Kay, Hudson Valley Votes Founders
- Senator Jennifer Metzger, New York State Senate District 42
- Chad McEvoy, candidate for New York State Assembly District 101
- Karen Smythe, candidate for New York State Assembly District 41
- Iris Fen Gillingham, ThisIsZeroHour, EarthGuardians and Climate Change Youth Activist
- Tistrya Houghtling, candidate for New York State Assembly District 106
MISSION
The "Resistance" needs a podcast to keep up to date on their member of Congress, especially in a district as vast as #NY19, which includes all or part of 11 counties and borders four states--this means no single media market serves the entire district. Modeled on Crooked Media's Pod Save America (but without the snark and HBO deal), Sajaa and Justin Tracy decided to make use of their respective backgrounds in government and in music to produce Spotlight 19. Spotlight 19 is not affiliated formally with any other group or the Democratic Party, and is an independent, not-for-profit production of Hurley Sound Studio. Spotlight 19 will be essential during the election in order to educate the volunteer base about the issues before they canvass by phone, in the era COVID.