Ep. 1: Star Parker and Jonathan Lockwood

Behind the Curtain with Jeff Reynolds

In my first segment, I talk with Star Parker, who hung out with me at the Oregon Freedom Fest to talk about her organization, The Center for Urban Renewal and Education. Star is a natural story teller and a very engaging guest. She talked frankly about her life prior to Christian conversion in which she used abortion like birth control, and her life after her conversion. She got a degree, she opened a business, she lost that business in the 1992 riots in LA, and she became a fierce advocate for welfare reform. She tells of the security threats she's faced for daring to challenge the liberal orthodoxy, she describes converting inner city pastors to free market ideals, she talks about biblical property rights, and she works tirelessly to eradicate the victimhood mentality. You can find Star on Twitter at @UrbanCure, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/UrbanCURE, and on the web at urbancure.org.

For my second segment, I sat down with Jonathan Lockwood, Oregon's bomb-throwing Republican communications strategist. He pushes back on the idea that telling the truth is akin to throwing bombs, and addresses the controversy surrounding the press release last week by his boss, Senator Dennis Linthicum, which used the death of Eric Garner to argue against new cigarette taxes in Oregon. We discuss messaging, strategy, and how Republicans can reach voters in blue Oregon. We also discuss all the horrible laws coming to Oregon courtesy of the Democratic supermajorities in both houses of the legislature. You can follow Jonathan on his unapologetic Twitter feed at @JNTHN_LCKWD.

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