Monthly Archives: July 2018

Plastic Plastic Everywhere AND UCI Goes Off Grid

Posted on by
The marine scene is not so much water water every where but not a drop to drink-no, it’s more like plastic plastic everywhere . . . talking about this e x p a n s i v e l y is Katie Allen, Executive Director of Algalita Marine Research.  Information about their events around the corner and around the year is available at: https://www.algalita.org/.
In the second segment (min 27:38), Scott Lee, engineering researcher at UCI’s Advanced Power and Energy Program, walks us through the feat that his colleagues and he achieved, pulling the UCI campus off the grid and then bringing it back. We look under APEP’s hood and around at UCI’s Microgrid.

Deeper Breathing Over Fake News AND “Time’s Up; An Uncensored Look at the Time’s Up & #MeToo Movement

Posted on by
Christine Gagnier, attorney at law with a practice at Gagnier and Margossian LLP, adjunct professor at UCI’s Law School, and media literacy expert; takes up the underpinnings and nuances of fake news – around forever but oh so menacing to democracy in our time.
In the second segment (min 31:33), curator Anuradha Vikram and exhibitions director Carolyn Yarnell discuss the current exhibition at the Orange County Contemporary Art Center in Santa Ana: “It’s Time; An Uncensored Look at the Time’s Up & #MeToo Movements,” open at that Santa Ana venue through 8/11th. Artists using all matter of media, get through blood, sweat, semen, and tears. For upcoming events before the exhibit closes 8/11, consult the Center’s website: http://occca.org/. The installation is at 117 N Sycamore Street; open Thursdays-Sundays noon- 5 p.m.

Precarious Incidents of SCOTUS in Broad Daylight AND Medicare: New Card, Less Fraud

Posted on by

Rick Hasen, UCI Law School professor and nationally recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, weighs in on the effect of rulings from the recent Supreme Court term. He makes predictions about the US Supreme Court’s composition, and how SCOTUS nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh would affect that.

In the second segment (minute 32:27), Jack Cheevers, the public information officer for Region 9 of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, posts us on the roll-out of the new Medicare card. Pssst, it’s an improvement; no more Social Security numbers on it. Ways to find out more, download your own copy, and or report weird things happening include: 1-800-MEDICARE, 1-800-633-4227 or http://www.mymedicare.gov/. The tip line is also available at: 1-800-HHS-TIPS — or 1-800-447-8477.

Expressly at San Juan Hills High AND Solitary Confinement; Michael’s Story

Posted on by
Olivia Fu and Samantha Newman, formerly co-editors of “The Express” at San Juan Hills High School, got a little ink in a recent “New York Times” article. They make some radio waves on this program talking about sex, parents, sports, politics, and censorship.
In the second segment (min 29:15), Michael Saavedra, former detainee at the Pelican Bay Prison, spent the last 12 years of his 19 year sentence, in solitary confinement; a study of resilience and struggle, prior to and following his release in 2/2017. His appearance, originally scheduled with UCI professor Keramet Reiter on February 26, 2018, was deferred until today.  He offers his own story about his detention, his studies, his activism, and his career plans.

Chemists Know! AND Reinvigorating OC’s Needle Exchange Program

Posted on by

Some real fire works: UCI chemistry Professors Joonhee Lee and Ara Apkarian blow our minds with their nano, hyper nano single molecule electromechanical sensor proposition; a heady technology with consequential applications.

In the second segment (min 30:30), Dallas Augustine and Mahan Naeim, UCI students with the Orange County Needle Exchange Program, soldier on as the Orange County Board of Supervisors and other civic leaders turn their backs on a best practice. Details are available at: http://ocnep.org/ or on all social media platforms.