Ep. 93 - Jay Nixon

The Tim McKernan Show

TMA STL | Hubbard Radio

Sports, Society & Culture

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

The former 2-term Governor and longtime Missouri Attorney General sat down with Tim in June 2018 to discuss his career, Ferguson, plus the Rams departure. The unique way Jay's parents introduced him to the world of politics How the state legislature has become more politicized since his term Progression which led the No-Call List to being effectively enforced Decision to run for Governor & strategy for engaging the entire state How much consideration did he give to running on the National stage His initial reaction to Michael Brown's death and role with Ferguson What led to announcing the task force of Dave Peacock & Bob Blitz When did Kroenke first become fixated with moving to Los Angeles Defending the use of public funds and land for venues and stadiums How can the St. Louis region have more cohesiveness in government How does Governor Nixon hope to define his legacy in public office Please support our sponsors: The Home Loan Expert, Ryan Kelley James Carlton Agency (State Farm) Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Design Aire Heating & Cooling Follow us on Social Media: @TimMcKernanShow or Facebook.com/TheTimMcKernanShow Thanks to Story of the Year for our theme. Please rate, review, and subscribe so more people discover the pod. Feedback is welcome: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yes, yes, welcome in to another edition of the Tim McKurney Show on the Inside
0:16.8	STL Podcast Network from the Home Loan Expert.com Studios and today we bring you an interview I have been looking forward to
0:25.1	conducting for a long time candidly didn't know if we would ever get this
0:29.4	guest on but we were very fortunate and enough to make it happen and today we bring you
0:35.3	his very first long-form sit-down interview since leaving the governor's
0:40.5	mansion former Missouri governor Jay Nixon
0:44.3	J Nixon so much that we discuss in this interview and a lot of it you've never
0:49.2	heard and it goes to his upbringing into S do how he got into politics his time as
0:55.0	attorney general
0:56.3	uh... his time is governor which was going so well
0:59.9	uh... convincing re-election in two thousand twelve that he was being discussed as a potential
1:06.0	uh... either presidential candidate in 2016 or an ideal running mate potentially
1:12.3	for hillary clinton 2016, so much so as a matter of fact that
1:15.8	he's quoted in political magazine and you hear Jay Nixon and I discuss this in the interview
1:21.2	about how he would have considered running for president had
1:25.7	Hillary Clinton not run but that interview was done before Ferguson And we discuss Ferguson in detail and his feelings on its
1:37.7	impact on his political career. And the thing that I was really really really looking forward to the most is
1:44.0	I'm sure many of you are his perspective on his dealings with the Rams, the
1:49.4	Stadium Task Force and what transpired with the NFL and I would imagine after you hear one of his
1:55.2	answers you will be really fired up over the course of this interview.
2:01.5	So former Missouri Governor Jay Nixon today a long-form
2:04.0	conversation his first one honored that he decided to do it with us here on the
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