Ask A Leader Celebrates Our 10 Year Anniversary

It’s the 10th anniversary of “Ask A Leader.” On today’s program I take stock with and have the pleasure of bringing to you: KUCI Station Manager Kevin Stockdale (minute 2:04), Activist/Producer/Performer Archer Altstaetter (minute 9:55), UCI scientist Kathleen Treseder (minute 25:02), and UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts theater director Jane Page (minute 0:39). The extentions of both Archer Altstaetter’s and Kathleen Treseder’s interviews will be available soon in separate posts on this same day for this podcast. http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/AnniversaryShow6-23-20.mp3

“The Power Worshippers”

For the full hour we hear from author Katherine Stewart, about her new book, “The Power Worshippers; Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism,” a definitive analysis of the vast infrastructure of Christian nationalism. Ms. Stewart is the featured speaker of a forum presented by Women For: OC June 20th at 2 pm PDT. Details pertaining to that forum are available by reaching the show host at: cshambaugh@kuci.org. The extended portion of this interview is available on this website askleader.com.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/StewartShow6-16-20.mp3

Moore Where She Comes From AND Teaching in the Age of COVID

KUCI’s very own program director and graduating senior, Claire Moore, takes stock of life up til now, then delivers her particular commencement address. Congratulations to Claire and to everyone in the Class of 2020.

In the second segment (minute 18:52), we hear from two Santiago High School teachers approaching their finish line for the school year of 2019-20 in the Garden Grove District: Teri Osborne and Cheryl Garcia.

http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/MooreOsborneGarcia6-9-20.mp3

Blockchain in Your Town AND Safety Net For All

Ben Leffel, Ph.D. candidate in the Dept. of Sociology and Public Impact Distinguished Fellow at UCI, returns with leading edge opportunities for municipal leadership to take up toward climate change, especially in the age of COVID. In the second segment, My Nguyen, community organizer at OC Communities Organized for Responsible Development, brings to our attention a new campaign: Safety Net For All of Us, offering some relief to undocumented residents in need during the pandemic: https://act.wpusa.org/we_need_a_safety_net_for_all_of_us

http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/LeffelNguyenShow6-2-20.mp3

COVID and the Practice of Disaster Medicine Part 2

This is the second installment of Dr. Carl Schultz’ coverage of the COVID pandemic. He is currently the Emergency Medical Services medical director at Orange County’s Health Agency, and for the full hour, speaks as a seasoned disaster medicine practitioner and researcher at UC Irvine.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/SchultzPodPt2_5-26-20.mp3

COVID and the Practice of Disaster Medicine Part 1

Today we peel back the curtain of disaster medicine during the pandemic with Dr. Carl Schultz’ frank and heartfelt insight. He is currently the Emergency Medical Services medical director at Orange County’s Health Agency, and for the full hour, speaks as a seasoned disaster medicine practitioner and researcher at UC Irvine. The extended portion of the interview is in Part 2 of this day’s posting.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/SchultzPod15-26-20.mp3

Sanctuary City: A Civil Grassroots Model in Los Alamitos

For the full hour, Pastor Samuel Pullen offers a useful case study on how grassroots is getting the job done in Los Alamitos in the sanctuary city movement. Lessons learned could sustain additional grassroots efforts as the post pandem financial pie is being carved.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/PullenPod5-19-20.mp3

Andrew Noymer Speaks on COVID-19; Part 2

We devote the full program to UCI epidemiologist Andrew Noymer. Already seen and heard on media platforms nationally and internationally; he offers his latest, compelling insights about the pandemics he has known, including the one we’re all sharing right now. This podcast is the second of two parts and pertains to Orange County.http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/984/Noymer5-12-20Part2.mp3