Sonoma County : A Community Portrait

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WEBSITES:Volunteer at So Co Pride events: https://www.sonomacountypride.org/volunteer/Full Year Calender of Pride events: https://www.sonomacountypride.org/calendar/Camp Widow: https://campwidow.org/

Lynda Hopkins a progressive politician currently running unopposed for a third term and perhaps final term as Sonoma County District 5 Supervisor ( Comprising West County and the Coast North from Bodega ).She began her career as a mother, small farmer, local journalist, activist, and student of progressive party.With those strengths and illusions she entered the political process at the beginning of an 8 year stretch of County emergencies.She is now a settled incumbent with a sophisticated, operable understanding of how this County works - or, more often fails to.Considering the end of her political career she is, perhaps, at a greater freedom to talk about the real complexity of political machinations and the limits of government led change. She invited me to ask difficult questions and I did my best to oblige.WEBSITES: Hopkins District 5 : https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/district5CA County Board of Supervisors : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_supervisorsPress Democrat Articles with Hopkins: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/search/?q=Lynda+hopkinsRe-Election Website: https://lyndaforsupervisor.com/

This is a conversation about self-marriage but, more to the point, self-love, and our prospects for healing and wholeness ( self union ).With Compasha Mama, I recommend this conversation and her 9 week self-love and self-marriage course, to those who are desperately yearning to find “the one.” That perfect companion and lover might just be you.WEBSITES:https://www.compashamama.comhttps://www.instagram.com/compashamama/ https://www.instagram.com/cristiekileydesign/https://www.facebook.com/cristiekileydesign

The sacred vow the sisters repeat each time they don grease paint and boa-trimmed habit is to embody wild joy and expiate the stigmatic guilt of all faiths and factions.That vow names their presence, encountered at the dozens of yearly fundraisers for Sonoma County's greatest charities and causes. They have worked to bring visibility to hundreds of local charities and emergencies to date and raised millions of dollars.This interview is with the co-founder of the river land chapter of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (there are one hundred chapters world-wide), Sister Plenty Sparkle, who reflects on 23 years in rhinestones, stilettos and sacred vestments.WEBSITE:https://www.rrsisters.org/FUNDRAISER BINGO:https://www.rrsisters.org/bingo-schedule

A conversation with Serphina Palendech, three months into her tenure with The Sebastopol Center Of The Arts, which barely survived closure last year. She reads as manifestly the person for the job of transitioning the center, being a trained painter, veteran fundraiser and event organizer for the former SF AIDS Walk, and a successful serial entrepreneur - notably co-founding Hip Chicks organic poultry. In this episode Serafina talks about her vision for the center, recently outlined in her first fundraising gala, centering on financial discipline and transparency, community, and innovation.  Be introduced to the center, and the woman now in charge, and its incredible set of offerings including the fiber arts biennial, the literary pub crawl, the ceramics program, kids classes the Oscar consideration qualifying documentary film festival, the new artist incubator and more! This is a great time to get involved, they need you, your dollars, your passion and ideas!WEBSITES The Center : https://www.sebarts.org/Serafina Palendech CV https://www.linkedin.com/in/serafina-palandech-85b6094a/

Battling a cold, Supervisor Coursey kept our appointment for something that is supremely rare in American politics today. He had long format, open ended interview with the press, with no prearranged questions, and no holds barred.Listen and learn from a conversation both lofty and humble, adversarial and cooperative, as we attempt define and explore Supervisor Coursey's career in q and a, - his motivations, his office - its powers and its limitations. We explore the big issues, his agenda, his progress and accomplishments, and his frustrations.This is a great introduction to Chris and the office of Supervisor as well as a partial answer to the question of how prepared Sonoma County is to meet its future! Enjoy!WEBSITES:Coursey's District 3 : https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/board-of-supervisors/supervisorial-districts/board-of-supervisors-district-32024 Re-Election Campaign : https://www.supervisorcoursey2024.com/

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I had the sharp pleasure of sharing some slow time with Luz Navarrette in the bizzy run-up to the 23rd Annual Dia de los Muertos celebration on Santa Rosa's Courthouse Square.The two day observance, held every November 1st and 2nd, invites the entire community to participate in this centerpiece and altar of the Mexican culture of death and grieving. Strictly non-commercial and deeply reverent, this celebration which Luz first organized in the aftermath of 9/11, has been a place of cathartic release, reunion, and joy for the living and the departed.Listen and learn about how she sanctifies the ground, constructs an altar, and invites her dear departed to give her help and guidance and to remain a living part of her life.Listen, and be comforted.https://www.facebook.com/santarosadiadelosmuertos/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead

Miguel Elliott is a local visionary attempting to revive one our most ancient building practices cob construction ( similar to Adobe or Daub and Waddle ) to alleviate our environmental and housing crises in one beautiful and economical solution.Although we are stuck on one conventional material process of building ( that is expensive, unsustainable, and highly toxic when burned ), cob construction is a compelling alternative, capable of producing the entire city-set of practical structures ( even six story towers ! ). And rather than be dependent on Corporate and vast dubious global supply chains, cob-construction could make Sonoma County self -dependant and sovereign by turning our subsoil, straw, and sea shells (lime) into an unlimited and cheap building resource! We can live off and in the land ! These cob structures are water-proof, fire proof, and earthquake resistant! And if properly maintained, they can last a thousand years! Amazing!Listen and be inspired by Miguel's vision! And reach out to him, he's local and happy to sell his skills and teach what he knows!WEBSITES:https://www.livingearthstructures.com/https://www.instagram.com/sir_cobalot/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob_(material)

[ interview starts at 3:50]An interview with the Editor of The Bohemian and The Pacific Sun Daedalus Howell in three parts!In the part first, Daedalus and Cincinnatus discuss his upcoming film shot entirely in Sonoma County, Wolf Story! It is a werewolf adventure romantic comedy that uses fiction and fantasy to impart grounded truths about life changes, identity and growing older.In the second part, they elaborate Howell's lengthy and varied career with dozens of roles in film and newspapers, which can nevertheless be simplified into career "story-teller." Daedalus gives something of his philosophic perspective on story and story tellers and myth-makers and how story imparts instructions about how to be a human being.In the third part of the interview, Daedalus talks about his role and responsibility as editor of two of the North Bay's most impactful newspapers. They discuss the master narrative of Sonoma County and whether it is true or false, empowering or despairing.Main Website: https://daedalushowell.com/Daedalus Howell Articles: https://muckrack.com/daedalushowellQuantum Deadline Book Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aojkAfWq3Y0Pill Head Film Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aojkAfWq3Y0The North Bay Bohemian : https://bohemian.com/

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I could listen to Joe, rapt, for hours on end, as he speaks with one of the most beautiful and prized American accents - the Italian South Philly sound. Joe is an all around  host and entertainer, and together we tell three great strands of his story through the development of his three performance forms - drummer and conga player,  swing dancer, and background talent ( film extra ) in some of the biggest films filmed in the North Bay! One of the more fascinating through lines in his story from Philly to Sonoma is how the basic conditions of the Sicilian village were recreated in the Americas - first in So. Philly's little Italy, and again in the conditions of a big Hollywood film production.WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/joe.senteneri

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An interview with music scene MVP,  Doug "DJ" Jayne,  who five days a week hosts Mid-Day Music on KRCB, Sonoma County's NPR station. He draws from a deep crate knowledge gained pulling shifts in Sonoma County's best record store for over 40 years, The Last Record Store ( now renamed The Next Record Store in new partnership with his wife, son, and long term employee ). In this celebratory episode I toast and roast Doug. We reflect the survival of his business across hammering change in the music industry, the secrets of his success, holding every support position in Sonoma County music ( Record Store Owner, Label Owner, Promoter, DJ, Father of a Rock Star ), Sonoma County's best bands, nostalgia, and selling over 1 Million Cassettes, CD's, and LPs! We close out with a recording by Doug, "the one good song he's written," "I'm Not Dead Yet!WEBSITE:Profile: norcalpublicmedia.org/radio-programs/krcb-midday-music-with-doug-jayneLink to his latest Connections local music compilation : https://norcalpublicmedia.org/radio/connections7

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What follows is a single conversation with, Pomo, Wailaki, and Maidu indigenous educator and public health expert Rose Hammock on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (#MMIW). That phrase refers to both an epidemic and a movement that is at the forefront of the modern indigenous civil rights movement. For context we also discuss  the colonial history and colonial present of Sonoma County California.It is a difficult conversation, filled with the pain of a people but also the beauty and resilience of the native people of this land. And we have an instinct that it may be necessary to take some of that pain on to become a true friend and ally to them. Listen but stop at any point you need to.Toward the end of the discussion Rose gives several offerings of how to play a part in the modern native civil rights movement including observing and marching on The Federal Day of MMIW Awareness, May 5th.I want to thank Rose for trusting me, a white, Anglo-Saxon man to mediate in this, her presentation on  MMIW to the wider Sonoma County Community.  Trust is a choice and it is a courageous one.WEBSITES :Sovereign Bodies Institute : https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/California Indian Museum and Cultural Center: https://cimcc.org/Redbud Resource Group : https://www.redbudresourcegroup.org/who-we-areRose Hammock IG : https://www.instagram.com/rosie_hammock/Local and Global Map of Native Land  : https://native-land.ca/

Sonoma County has 63 000 acres of vineyards and produces on order of 200 000 000 bottles of wine a year. The wine industry is huge part of our exporting and tourist economies and a large part of the experience of living here. Which is why I am excited to host our first industry expert.In her twenty years in the Wine Industries of Italy, Spain, and Sonoma County, Brooke Herron has had a dozen roles, from wine pourer to e-commerce consultant to wine judge - most recently with the SF Chronicles Annual, which is the biggest survey of North American wines. As Sonoma County's most prominent wine journalist she has written for the likes of Decanter, The SOMM journal, Sonoma Magazine, The North Bay Bohemian, Fodor's, and Italy Magazine. Brooke talks breaking into wine journalism, judging, tasting, the romance of wine, wine as a model of connoisseurship,  Sonoma county's 19 grape growing regions, the branding of Sonoma County as Wine Country, reactions against that, problems the industry has engendered, and the major trends and changes the industry faces heading into an uncertain future.WEBSITES: https://muckrack.com/brooke-herron-1https://www.instagram.com/winewalksandlanguageimmersion/https://www.linkedin.com/in/herronbrooke/

   In this, the fifteenth and last interview of the first season, I sit down with Gary Saperstein, head of development at Face to Face. Development is the work of raising money for a non-profit fighting a cause. And Face to Face is Sonoma County's non-profit effort to end HIV / AIDS and bring comfort to those facing the affliction.   In this chat we go to the institutional origins of Face to Face, 40 years ago, at the very beginning of the health crisis that would in ten years kill 600, 000 Americans and decimate a whole generation of young gay artists and creatives in the most horrific way - total immune system collapse and, some would say, societal neglect.    The story is one of a small angry group of Sonoma County locals organizing themselves in the face of Government inaction and denial with no resources but their own love and compassion. This is Sonoma County's part in a movement that would become a total mobilization of the gay community and a successful campaign to force government action, find an effective treatment, and continue to become our modern gay rights movement.   Gary and I talk through all of that, Face to Face's evolving mission, current set of services, the intersections between the opioid crisis and the housing crisis, remembering those we have lost, survivors guilt, memorials, safe sex tips, and tips on how to develop a donor network for your cause.   Join us, listen, cry, and be inspired by over 40 years of love and compassion for Sonoma Count's most vulnerable citizens!WEBSITE : https://f2f.org/donate/ 

   Sean Quan & Jenny Quan, who as partner and partner and man and wife, own and operate quick moving and adaptive SECOND STAFF - a restaurant pop-up here in Sonoma County.The ever changing set up allows them to test locations, dishes, save money, and incubate fun restaurant concepts such as Asian street food custom car nights and Michelin-technique discount small bites - with all ingredients sourced from Costco!   This episode is about their love of food and their love story which intertwines it, and it contains many lessons for those of us who would like to work for our partners or families.   Listen, nibble, learn, and enjoy some hot takes on haut cuisine in Sonoma County!WEBSITE: @_secondstaff on Instagram

Local bartender Danny Ojinaga began his career in the late 90's, pouring cheap shots at rowdy dives but grew and matured with the industry in the advent of the craft cocktail.  As the co-host of bar theory podcast he mapped the local industry of craft bars and distillers and bring that community together. But all wasn't right with Danny, behind the tall dark masculine party persona he had carefully cultivated he was sick at heart. He was cut off from the child the artist and the feminine within him. It occurred to him that he might be an alcoholic. So at 40, 20 years into bartending Danny decided to quit and become an artist. Now he is returning to the industry introducing craft non-alcoholic cocktails and the new Danny O!We talk classic cocktails, inventing new ones, working bar, persona and identity, father figures, trauma, toxic masculinity, leaving your old self and old life, healing and becoming whole. A very beautiful episode.WEBSITES :Amazing North Bay Craft Industry Podcast : https://podbay.fm/p/bar-theoryNew Instagram : the_doprojectOld Instagram : cart00ndan

Comfortably dressed Marta Koehne has stood as a pillar of the Sonoma County fashion scene for 40 years, nearly as long as the vintage business has existed. Most days you can find her in her store Hot Couture Vintage on Rail Road Square where she has collected one of the smartest sets of vintage clothing to be had in the whole North Bay. This despite rapid turn over of her stock and the ever turning fashion and business cycles. Hear how she has survived and thrived as a local small business owner and vintage buyer, about assessing clothing, the modern history of fashion, assessing fashion trends, the transformative power of fashion, the surprisingly tender moments in both buying estate clothing and dressing people,  shop parties, and mentoring and supplying generations of Sonoma County's hippest denizens. Listen and appreciate this true Sonoma County Legend!WEBSITE : https://www.instagram.com/hotcouturevtg/

Why do people want to date* monsters? In this episode we talk to mother, author, herbalist, Aztec dancer, and Sonoman Scarlett West about sexy monsters, bad boys, romance, sexual fantasy, empowerment fantasy, and the rehabilitation of the reputation of this "woman's genre." WEBSITES : https://scarlettwestwrites.com

Mya Constantino is currently a reporter and feature writer for The Press Democrat. We will talk about her experiences with The PD at a later date. For this episode we sat down to talk about her life and her passion project - which is a full expression of that life, "The Deep Take Project." It is a long format interview show like this one but audio and video. The theme and aim of her project is the subject of this episode : conversations that heal. We talk about how to have healing conversations within difficult and contentious dialogs and have one ourselves. Listen and heal with us.WEBSITE : The Deep Take Projects : https://lynkflow.me/thedeeptakePress Democrat Feature on Mya Constantino : https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/pd-reporter-mya-constantino-journalism-is-in-my-blood/

Sonoma County progressive, 40-something, mom, lunch lady ... and secret graffiti art legend! In this interview we sit down with super prolific street artist THE VELVELT BANDIT ! who's late meteoric rise in the scene has doubled as a public record of the events of the quarantine and Trump administration. Hear about her work and origins, the planning and execution of a tagging run, the rules of the game, TAG WAR, being a public servant, forming a Mom graffiti gang and her vision of a Sonoma County bedecked in street art! We hope you will join us and be inspired!WEBSITE : https://www.instagram.com/thevelvetbandit/ & https://www.thevelvetbandit.com

Each ten episode season of this podcast, the host Cincinnatus Hibbard issues one editorial piece and one gratitude piece, this first editorial enjoins Sonomans to continue the process of building bridges across generations and races in our community by meeting and making new friends. In addition to knitting our community more closely together, it would lessen political problems based in misunderstanding, othering, and unequal distribution of resources. Have a listen!WEBSITE : The American Way Film : youtu.be/2vLgwGCtEi8

Each ten episode season of this podcast, the host Cincinnatus Hibbard issues one editorial piece and one gratitude piece. In this first gratitude piece, Cincinnatus observes a beautiful virtue in our character - that we're open and available to eachother - it's as if there are no strangers in our community. Enjoy!

Fine artist and career art curator Karen Gutfreund has organized over 40 art shows in social justice themes with a special emphasis in feminist art shows, exploring the latter to the depth of 25 different feminist themes. She most recently curated the feminist art show "Agency," at the Sonoma County Museum of Art in Santa Rosa. In this discussion Karen talks about art with impact, activism, advocacy for marginalized artists, how to engage with art, and a step-wise and how-to process of mounting a show in support of your local cause! Enjoy!

In this in-depth interview Cincinnatus converses with Ammon Jordon, who in the wave of Sonoma County activism that followed the killing of George Floyd brought forth an initiative to establish a local organic food production system in the yards and patios of Sonoma County homes. This not only addresses the food injustice that make healthy organics a privilege of the wealthy but the re-greening of Sonoma County which currently imports 90 percent of its fruits and vegetables. Enjoy!WEBSITE : neighborhoodgardeninitiative.org