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Posted on: July 8, 2021

[ARCHIVED] INTERN PODCAST Episode 3 Strength & Character with Brad Speights from Public Works

The idea is to cast light on the relationship between a municipal environment and mental health. We have been offered a partnership with KHEA Radio to produce and promote the podcast. Different interns will host each podcast episode.

Episode 3 In this episode, Interns Jeffrey Marquess and Landen Garner interview Bradley Speights, a member of the La Marque Public Works Team, about his role in the city and how mental health plays a role in his career.
“Strength & Character: Diggin’ Deeper with Brad Speights” 
Listen now: https://anchor.fm/city-of-la-marque-summer-interns/episodes/Strength--Character-Diggin-Deeper-with-Brad-Speights-e14d0u9
Episode 2Mindset is Key: Diggin' Deeper with Tonia GriffinIn this episode of Diggin' Deeper, Intern Sundos Nofal as the interviewer sits down with Tonia Rene Griffin, a community activist, to discuss her role in La Marque, the importance of positive attitudes, and her nonprofit organization Khambrel Foundation. 
Listen now: https://anchor.fm/city-of-la-marque-summer-interns/episodes/Mindset-is-Key-Diggin-Deeper-with-Tonia-Griffin-e14cv13/a-a64i2ns

Episode 1A Heart for Service: Diggin' Deeper with Mayor Keith Bell
The City of La Marque Summer Interns have been busy, working a series of 10 podcast-style interviews with city officials. Special thanks to KHEA Radio for partnering with the Intern Squad and empowering them to have faith in their ideas. 

Today, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, the series begins with an interview with La Marque Mayor Keith Bell.

Update from Mckinsey Criss, City Clerk Summer Intern: The Intern Squad has been hard at work putting together a podcast that consists of a series of interviews educating the public and highlighting how working in a municipality affects one's mental health. I'm so happy to say that after lots of planning and hard work, the first episode is live!

Here's the link to listen: https://anchor.fm/city-of-la-marque-summer-interns/episodes/A-Heart-for-Service-Diggin-Deeper-with-Mayor-Keith-Bell-e14bn0r

Summer Interns Partner with KHEA Radio to Deliver Podcast Series Called Digging DeeperThe City of La Marque Summer Interns met at KHEA Radio this morning for a tour of the studio. Jai and Mckinsey are going live with Gardy Garcia to talk about their new podcast called Digging Deeper. 

Digging Deeper is a series of 10 podcast-style interviews with different city officials and employees from each major department highlighting how working in a municipality affects a person’s mental health. Stay tuned for updates! The first episode is scheduled to drop Tuesday, July 13, 2021.