In this week's episode of the 1819 Podcast, API Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis is joined by our Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Phil Williams to discuss Governor Ivey's renewal yet again of Alabama's coronavirus restrictions and mandat ...
Podcast – Moving in the State House: Transgender Bills and the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Act
On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, host Scott Stantis is joined by API's Parker Snider, Director of Policy Analysis, to talk about a few social bills that are moving in the Alabama State House. Specifically, Scott and Parker discuss 1) A bill ba ...
Podcast: Rebalancing the Balance of Power
In this week's episode of the 1819 Podcast, API Chief Policy Officer Phil Williams and Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis discuss two bills in the Alabama legislature meant to rebalance the imbalance of government power we've seen demonstrated thro ...
Podcast: The Omnibus Gambling and Lottery Legislation
In this week's episode of the 1819 Podcast, API's Chief Policy Officer Phil Williams and Public Affairs Officer Scott Stantis take a look at Sen. Marsh's omnibus gambling bill and what it could mean for Alabama.Listen below or search '1819' in your f ...
Podcast: Feed Government Budgets or Help the People: Two Options for the Alabama Legislature
In this edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Scott Stantis and Justin Bogie discuss how legislators are considering increases to the state's budgets even as Alabama residents struggle to stay above water as the pandemic continues. Bogie, API's Senior D ...
Podcast: Unveiling the API Watchlist: A Legislative Scorecard
In this week's edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Scott Stantis and Phil Williams unveil the API Watchlist: A Legislative Scorecard. In the 20-minute episode, Scott and Phil explain the scorecard's criteria, some of the key votes API will be grading ...
Podcast: President Joe Biden and Where Conservatives Go From Here
On this episode of the 1819 Podcast, Parker, Phil, and Scott discuss the inauguration of President Biden, what it means for the conservative movement and for Alabama, and how Christian conservatives can embrace the biblical command to live not in a s ...
Audio Op-ed: Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
This is an audio version of API Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel Phil Williams' most recent op-ed entitled "Where Have All the Heroes Gone?" Listen below or search ‘1819’ in your favorite podcast app and look for our red logo. ...
Podcast: The Lottery and Gambling with Todd Strange, Chairman of the Governor’s Gambling Study Group
In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, Scott Stantis and Parker Snider get on a Zoom call with former Mayor of Montgomery Todd Strange, who is the chairman of Governor Ivey's study group on gambling. In December, the governor's study group released its ...
1819 Podcast: Words We Can’t Say Anymore
In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, API's Scott Stantis, a nationally syndicated cartoonist, and API's Parker Snider discuss a list of words from the University of Michigan that have been deemed offensive, including the word "picnic". Is t ...