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Joe Downtown Radio

Join Joe Schoenmann for a half-hour look each week at what's happening in downtown Las Vegas. Joe doesn’t just cover downtown, he lives and works there. Schoenmann is Greenspun Media Group’s embedded downtown journalist, working from an office in the Emergency Arts complex. His radio show airs at 7 a.m. Wednesdays on KUNV 91.5 The Source and is available along with lots of downtown news at lasvegassun.com/joedowntown.

Changing downtown
Wed, Jan 29, 2014 (9 p.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to a writer and editor Doug Puppel about the many changes that have come to downtown Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas fantasies
Wed, Jan 22, 2014 (9 p.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to Justin Oswald, Sarah Johnson and Chad Hardy about the Game, a fantasy experience. He then talks to City Councilman Bob Beers and Terry Murphy, president of the Downtown Las Vegas Alliance, about the city's arena dreams for downtown.

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Facing suicide
Wed, Jan 15, 2014 (9 p.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to a downtown resident who attempted suicide about her experiences as well as a licensed therapist who did grief counseling downtown after last week’s death.

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A Las Vegas take on African tech
Wed, Jan 8, 2014 (9 p.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to Josh Ellis, who has been a critic of how redevelopment is taking place downtown and just returned from Africa, where he was researching the use of technology for a book.

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Dreamers and dreams
Wed, Jan 1, 2014 (9 p.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to Krista Whitley Castellarin, the CEO of EGO: Entertainment and Growth Opportunities.

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Raising kids downtown
Wed, Dec 18, 2013 (7 a.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to three parents about their experiences, fears, joys and challenges of raising kids in the heart of Sin City.

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Downtown's new murals
Wed, Dec 11, 2013 (7 a.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to Jennifer Cornthwaite of The Beat and Emergency Arts, about a decision to paint over a mural on the side of her building, and Ed Fuentes, who writes about street art.

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Matt Heller and Millenials 101
Wed, Nov 27, 2013 (10:08 a.m.)
Matt Heller, author of “Millennials 101,” talks about how he sees millennials: what they seek, what they desire and what they are bringing to society as a whole.

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Downtown's millenials
Wed, Nov 20, 2013 (7 a.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to Krissee Danger, the face of the Downtown Project, and Daniella Capitano, a new business owner in the Downtown Container Park.

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Two takes on downtown from the City Council
Wed, Nov 13, 2013 (7 a.m.)
Joe Schoenmann talks to Ward 3 Councilman Bob Coffin, who has lived downtown for decades and Councilman Bob Beers, who represents Ward 2, a huge swath of land in the western valley.

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