The Aron Bender Podcast
Everyone has a story. I get them to tell it.
We found 7 episodes of The Aron Bender Podcast with the tag “police”.
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Silva Harapetian: Journalist, Storyteller, Entrepreneur
May 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 37 mins
#blacklivesmatter, #stopaapihate, #stopasianhate, 2020, 2021, armenian genocide, aron bender, austin, bias, blm, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, detroit, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, fresno, germany, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, iran, journalism, joy, loss, love, mental health, miami, news, oklahoma, pandemic, podcast, police, positivity, race, racial identity, racism, recovery, religion, retirement, self care, self love, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, widower, wife, youtube
Aron Bender talks with journalist and entrepreneur Silva Harapetian. She was born in Iran. Her family fled that country for Germany when she was 12, and a few years later moved to the United States. I’ve known Silva for 20 years now, since we worked together at KMPH NewsRadio in Fresno. She’s since worked in several markets, including Austin, Detroit and Miami. In this episode we talk about the importance of mental health and self care — especially as a journalist, a woman, a person of color. We also discuss life in war-torn Iran, adjusting to a relatively brief stay in Germany, navigating life in the US as the oldest child in an immigrant family — and how she adjusted not just during the pandemic but when her life was forced to change in 2018.
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Julie Chang: TV Journalist, Activist, 940 Life Founder
May 7th, 2021 | 27 mins 39 secs
#stopaapihate, #stopasianhate, 2020, 2021, 940 life, aron bender, bias, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, loss, love, mental health, motherhood, news, pandemic, podcast, police, positivity, race, racial identity, racism, recovery, religion, retirement, self care, self love, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, widower, wife, youtube
Julie Chang is a TV journalist most recently with Fox 11 here in Los Angeles but she also spent a lot of time working in New York. She’s a wife, a mother of two adorable little ones, an activist, an actress, and a brain tumor survivor. She’s also the founder of 940 Life, which she explains in this quick conversation that we had to squeeze into an afternoon a few weeks ago is about the 940 weekends we have with our children from the time they're born to when they turn 18. Julie and I talked about the crimes targeting the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, how she talks with (and learns from) her kids about racism, sliding into her now-husband's DMs, and how my late wife nudged her to say yes to coming on the podcast to begin with. Thank you for your time, Julie. Means the world!
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Emily D. Baker: The Badass Lawyer
April 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
2020, 2021, aron bender, bias, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, daunte wright, depression, derek chauvin, district attorney, emily d. baker, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, george floyd, george gascon, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, james charles, journalism, joy, law, law nerds, lawyer, legal commentary, loss, love, mental health, news, pandemic, podcast, police, positivity, race, racial identity, racism, recovery, religion, retirement, self care, self love, struggle, success, tati westbrook, tennessee, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, widower, youtube
Aron Bender talks with "The Badass Lawyer" Emily D. Baker. She traded the courtroom for the creator studio, and now has one of the more popular legal commentary channels on YouTube. We talk about moving from Southern California to Tennessee in the middle of the pandemic, grappling with identity when your career is taken away and how her family has grown from it, how she picks the cases she covers and how her channel gained 55,000 subscribers in a month, and we get her thoughts on Los Angeles County's new District Attorney George Gascón.
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LZ Granderson: Chauvin Verdicts Reaction, Justice vs. Accountability, Racial and Sexual Identity
April 21st, 2021 | 57 mins 33 secs
2020, 2021, abc, abc news, aron bender, bias, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, daunte wright, depression, derek chauvin, espn, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, gay, george floyd, god, grief, hard work, instagram, journalism, joy, la times, los angeles times, loss, love, mental health, news, pandemic, podcast, police, positivity, race, racial identity, racism, recovery, religion, self care, self love, sexual identity, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, widower, youtube
Aron Bender talks with LZ Granderson of Sedano, LZ & Kap weekday afternoons 4-7 on ESPN LA 710, the LA Times Sports & Culture Columnist, and can be seen on ABC News and other platforms. We talk about the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the differences between justice and accountability, growing up in Detroit, how he manages trauma, struggling with his racial and sexual identity, impostor syndrome, the role God has played in his life even if LZ wasn’t listening, and an unexpected deep dive into the tennis world. I'm so grateful for this conversation. Thank you, LZ!
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Elex Michaelson: Recognizing Bias
April 19th, 2021 | 41 mins 6 secs
2020, 2021, abc7, aron bender, bias, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, daunte wright, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, fox 11, george floyd, grief, hard work, instagram, journalism, joy, kttv, loss, love, mental health, news, pandemic, podcast, police, positivity, race, racism, recovery, religion, san diego, self care, self love, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, trump, tv news, twitter, widower, xetv, youtube
Aron Bender talks with Elex Michaelson -- a Southern California native who went to USC double majoring in broadcast journalism and political science — graduating at the top of his class. He started his career at XETV San Diego 6 but quickly made it back to LA as a reporter for ABC7. He made the move to Fox 11 in 2017 and in addition to anchoring multiple newscasts a night he’s the host of the political talk show “The Issue Is …” and co-host of a nightly special on COVID-19. In this episode we talk about recognizing bias in reporting, the difficulty of covering politics at a time when that arena’s full of hate, the future of news and how it’s delivered, and his love for storytelling.
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Star Harvey: Weather Star
April 16th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
2020, abc7, aron bender, bias, colorado, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, cw39, daunte wright, denver, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, george floyd, god, grand junction, grief, hard work, houston, instagram, journalism, joy, krex, loss, love, mental health, motherhood, news, pandemic, podcast, police, positivity, race, racism, recovery, religion, self care, self love, single mom, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, weather, widower, youtube
Aron Bender talks with Star Harvey -- a meteorologist at CW39 in Houston. Before getting to Texas she was a reporter and did the weather at KREX5 in Grand Junction, Colorado. But even before that she was one of my students at California State University, Northridge. And Star lived up to her name. Still does. She went from an on-again-off-again college student to single mom to standout university graduate to making one of the biggest TV market jumps ever … from 187 to 8. It’s a testament to her drive, ambition, and faith. Not only in God but ultimately herself. I talk with Star about why she thought she couldn't be on TV, conversations with her son about playing with guns and interactions with police, being black in Colorado, Houston humidity, and her message to her mom who raised 7 kids on her own.
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Jake Warner: Big Brother Love
February 24th, 2021 | 1 hr 10 mins
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Aron Bender talks with Jake Warner aka @bigbrotherjake. He is a father of three daughters, hosts The Big Brother Jake Podcast, runs audio for Clippers and LA Kings broadcasts, and wears a lot of hats at Podcast One. Jake's worked alongside such greats as Vin Scully and Ben Maller. We've been wanting to do a podcast together for a long time, and finally knocked it out! We talked about being Girl Dads, how fathers can best talk to their daughters, his divorce, the loss of my wife, growing up on the mean streets of San Bernardino and avoiding gang life, how he ended up in the Navy, how Jake was shamed into attending and graduating from the University of La Verne, surviving financially during the pandemic, and we reminisce about Ice Cube's early days.