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Do you know the true story of the Kingdom of the Happy Land? Tune in for an inspiring discussion with Dolen Perkins-Valdez on her new book Happy Land.  Moments with Marianne airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio affiliate! Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Take My Hand. Dolen is an Associate Professor of Literature at American University, a graduate of Harvard, and a former University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA. https://dolenperkinsvaldez.com  For more show information visit: www.MariannePestana.com

Brad speaks with Dr. Funie Hsu and Chenxing Han about race, heritage, and Asian American Buddhisms. They discuss the ways Asian American Buddhists are often misunderstood in the United States due to the incomplete representation of Buddhism in American culture and the contemporary predominance of Whiteness in Buddhist spaces.Dr. Funie Hsu is currently Associate Professor of American Studies at San José State University and was a former University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Davis. Her first book, Instructions for (Erasing) Empire: English, Domestication, and the US Colonization of the Philippines (under contract), demonstrates how English language instruction served to erase the violent reality of US occupation.Chenxing Han (she/her) is the author of Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists (2021); one long listening: a memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care (2023); and numerous articles and book chapters for both academic and mainstream audiences. A frequent speaker and workshop leader at schools, universities, and Buddhist communities across the nation, she has received fellowships from Hedgebrook, Hemera Foundation, the Lenz Foundation, and the University of Michigan. Learn more about APARRI. APARRI's vision is to create a society in which Asian Pacific American religions are valued, recognized, and central to the understanding of American public life. Since 1999, The Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI) has been a vibrant scholarly community advancing the interdisciplinary study of Asian Pacific Americans and their religions. Producer: Dr. Bradley Onishi: @bradleyonishiAudio Engineer and Musician: Scott Okamoto: @rsokamotoFor more information about research-based media by Axis Mundi Media visit: www.axismundi.usFunding for this series has been generously provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Amy is joined by Dr. Maile Arvin to discuss her book, Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai'i and Oceania and the intersections between settler colonialism and patriarchy on the Hawai'ian islands.Dr. Maile Arvin is an associate professor of History and Gender Studies at the University of Utah. She is a Native Hawaiian feminist scholar who works on issues of race, gender, science and colonialism in Hawai‘i and the broader Pacific. At the University of Utah, she is part of the leadership of the Pacific Islands Studies Initiative, which was awarded a Mellon Foundation grant to support ongoing efforts to develop Pacific Islands Studies curriculum, programming and student recruitment and support.Arvin's first book, Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawaiʻi and Oceania, was published with Duke University Press in 2019. In that book, she analyzes the nineteenth and early twentieth century history of social scientists declaring Polynesians “almost white.” The book argues that such scientific studies contributed to a settler colonial logic of possession through whiteness. In this logic, Indigenous Polynesians (the people) and Polynesia (the place) became the natural possessions of white settlers, since they reasoned that Europeans and Polynesians shared an ancient ancestry. The book also examines how Polynesians have long challenged this logic in ways that regenerate Indigenous ways of relating to each other. Her work has also been published in the journals Meridians, American Quarterly, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Critical Ethnic Studies, The Scholar & Feminist, and Feminist Formations, as well as on the nonprofit independent news site Truthout.From 2015-17, Arvin was an assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside, in Ethnic Studies. She earned her PhD in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, San Diego. Her dissertation won the American Studies Association's Ralph Henry Gabriel prize. She is also a former University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow, Charles Eastman Fellow in Native American Studies at Dartmouth College, and Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow.

Dr. Tessa Hill is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis. She is part of the Bodega Ocean Acidification Research group there at the Bodega Marine Laboratory. Research in Tessa's lab focuses on the ocean and the impacts of climate change on environments in the ocean in the past, present, and future. Outside of work, Tessa, her husband, and their two children spend a lot of time gardening, skiing, hiking, camping, and going on vacations together. Additionally, Tessa is a long-distance runner, so she enjoys running half and full marathons. Tessa received her B.S. in Marine Science from Eckerd College and her Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Next, Tessa was awarded a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Davis before joining the faculty there. Tessa has received many awards and honors during her career, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, as well as an NSF CAREER Award. She is also a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, an American Association for the Advancement of Science Leshner Public Engagement Fellow, and a panelist on the West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Panel. Tessa is with us today to tell us about her journey through life and science.

An already wet March is now wetter. Another big storm is settling over southern California. We go In Depth into how already hard-hit areas are managing so far.  LAUSD schools may close for a few days if a labor dispute isn't settled. President Biden is in Monterey Park to discuss gun violence and take action to try to reduce it. We go In Depth into whether his executive order will make a difference.  Are tensions escalating between the U.S. and Russia following a Russian fighter jet collision with a U.S. drone. AI is so advanced now that you'll have trouble figuring out who on the radio is real and who isn't.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An already wet March is now wetter. Another big storm is settling over southern California. We go In Depth into how already hard-hit areas are managing so far. LAUSD schools may close for a few days if a labor dispute isn't settled.President Biden is in Monterey Park to discuss gun violence and take action to try to reduce it. We go In Depth into whether his executive order will make a difference. Are tensions escalating between the U.S. and Russia following a Russian fighter jet collision with a U.S. drone.AI is so advanced now that you'll have trouble figuring out who on the radio is real and who isn't.  To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rosalind Peterson is the California President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition (ADC), formed in 2006 to protect agricultural crop production from uncontrolled experimental weather modification programs, atmospheric heating and testing programs, and ocean and atmospheric experimental geoengineering programs. In 1995, Rosalind became a certified U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency Crop Loss Adjustor working in more than ten counties throughout California. Many crop losses throughout the State can be attributed to weather related causes. Rosalind earned a BA degree from Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies & Planning (ENSP), with emphasis on agriculture and crop production. Between 1989 and 1993 Rosalind worked as an Agricultural Technologist for the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture. After leaving Mendocino County she took a position with the USDA Farm Service Agency as a Program Assistant in Mendocino, Sonoma, and the Salinas County Offices. Ms Peterson has won several awards and recognition for her extensive efforts to protect drinking water supplies from toxic chemical contamination in Martinez, California.

Fat Studies explores the social experience and social construction of fatness, and Caleb Luna's (they/them/theirs) academic focus puts fat studies in conversation with other fields, like critical race theory, disability studies, gender studies, etc. Caleb shares how Margaret Cho, Beyonce, and being Texan, helped them accept their body and embrace being a fat slut in the world today.Caleb is an artist, public scholar and theorist of the body. Texas born and raised, they have lived as a visitor to Huichin, Ohlone land (Bay Area, CA) since 2016, where they earned their Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. They are the bestselling author of REVENGE BODY (Nomadic Press, 2022), an award-winning educator and scholar, and co-host of the podcast Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back. Dr. Luna is currently a University of California President's and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara. You can follow Caleb on Instagram and Twitter at @dr_chairbreaker, or get in touch with them at caleb-luna.comSophia reads the poem Hypothesis by Paul Tran on this podcast episode.All things Fat Joy are on Instagram, on the website, and on Patreon.And please don't forget to subscribe & rate the Fat Joy podcast, too!

Rosalind Peterson is the California President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition (ADC), formed in 2006 to protect agricultural crop production from uncontrolled experimental weather modification programs, atmospheric heating and testing programs, and ocean and atmospheric experimental geoengineering programs. In 1995, Rosalind became a certified U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency Crop Loss Adjustor working in more than ten counties throughout California. Many crop losses throughout the State can be attributed to weather related causes. Rosalind earned a BA degree from Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies & Planning (ENSP), with emphasis on agriculture and crop production. Between 1989 and 1993 Rosalind worked as an Agricultural Technologist for the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture. After leaving Mendocino County she took a position with the USDA Farm Service Agency as a Program Assistant in Mendocino, Sonoma, and the Salinas County Offices. Ms Peterson has won several awards and recognition for her extensive efforts to protect drinking water supplies from toxic chemical contamination in Martinez, California. - www.californiaskywatch.com *** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Greetings, Scorekeepers! It's another episode of your favorite podcast, THE SCORE! This week, we've got a very special show for you. In honor of our second Juneteenth together, we've brought together a group of Black women leaders and scholars from around the globe for a conversation that is equal parts empowering, hopeful, tactical, and provocative (0:16:10). We asked what organizations and communities like ours can do to support their work and the issues they champion, and their answers reflect the multiple perspectives and diverse experiences of the communities they represent. We invite all of you to join us in this opportunity to think in new ways about engaging this vital part of our community. Plus, a much-needed Pure Black Joy featuring The Circle, Jennifer Hudson, and the Queen Bey herself (1:05:45)! Let's do it to it, y'all! (And Lee, Rocky, and Iyawo would like to thank our friend, Fei Chen, for picking up the logistical responsibilities at a moment's notice!) -- Hosts: Lee Bynum, Iyawo Inawale, Rocky Jones Guests: Elizabeth Clay Roy, Jasmin A. Young, Ph.D., Nicole Richards Diop, Ph.D., Tanya Denise Fields Producer: Rocky Jones -- About Our Panelists: Elizabeth Clay Roy - Chief Executive Officer, Generation Citizen Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizclayroy (@lizclayroy) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-clay-roy-b0bb263/ (Elizabeth Clay Roy)  Elizabeth Clay Roy is a lifelong leader of civic engagement and social change initiatives, and the CEO of Generation Citizen (GC), a national nonprofit committed to providing youth with the knowledge and skills they need to actively participate in our democracy. Named a 40 Under 40 Rising Star by New York Nonprofit Media and a Trailblazer by Community Resource Exchange, she has worked toward a more inclusive, participatory and equitable democracy in several roles. These include TakeRoot Justice and South Bronx Rising Together in NYC, the Opportunity Nation campaign and serving Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick as a Policy Advisor and the Director of Grassroots Governance. She began her career working in participatory planning in India and remains engaged in international education as a member of the Board of World Learning.      Jasmin A. Young, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside Jasmin A. Young is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies. Prior to joining the faculty at UCR, she was a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of African American Studies at UCLA. Dr. Young holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from California State University, Northridge, an M.A. in African American Studies from Columbia University and an M.S.c in Gender Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Dr. Young received her Ph.D. in History from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in 2018.   Nicole Richards Diop, Ph.D. - Founder, Rose Pan African Education Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosepanafrica_/ (rosepanafrica_) Nicole Richards Diop lives in Senegal and was born and raised in Upstate New York. As a scholar, her research focuses on queer Black fatherhood- a theoretical contribution to the field of Black Studies. Nicole is the founder and executive director of Rose Pan African Education, a nonprofit that seeks to foster ties to West Africa through education, arts, and eco service. RPA will be running its inaugural Global Black Summer Institute this June and July in Senegal and will be welcoming 11 students for arts and immersive learning. Nicole is mother to three- year-old named Frederick— her little light —and wife to a handsome Leo named Moustapha. In her spare time, she enjoys them, food, and Netflix. Tanya Denise Fields - Executive Director, Black Feminist Project Facebook: https://facebook.com/tanyadenisefields (Tanya), https://facebook.com/theblackfeministproject...

Show notes for Episode 28 Here are the show notes for Episode 28, in which Dan talks to Dr Kendra Calhoun, University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, UCLA about her work on online communication, how racialised identities are performed and constructed online and the power of interdisciplinarity (fine if you can say it). Kendra Calhoun's UCLA page: https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/kendra-calhoun/ Kendra's website: https://kendrancalhoun.com/ research pages (where many of the projects we talk about are covered) https://kendrancalhoun.com/research/ and her teaching pages https://kendrancalhoun.com/teaching/ ‘They edited out her nip nops': Linguistic Innovation as Textual Censorship Avoidance on TikTok - this is the work on TikTok, censorship avoidance and linguistic creativity that we discussed: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BkagHBlDpZNqkMqXTlxsJcL9swApokqu Kendra Calhoun's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_kendracalhoun Contact us @LexisPodcast. Subscribe: Lexis Podcast | Podcast on Spotify Contributors Matthew Butler Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewbutlerwy Lisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates) Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog) Jacky Glancey Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey Music: Freenotes End music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys

#ufirstcapital #deeptech #futuretech #venturecapital INVESTING IN THE FUTURE- SHAPING TOMORROW Dr. Sanjit Singh Dang has been a successful Venture Capitalist, Corporate Executive, Board Member, Speaker & Writer in Silicon Valley for almost two decades. He is currently the Co-Founder and Chairman of U First Capital. They provide Venture Capital as a Service to Corporations by bringing Startups, University IP, etc into the Corporate's specific areas of interest. Prior to that, he was at Intel Capital where he led Venture Capital investments in Enterprise Software. He has been an Investor and on the Board of several companies, including True Fit -AI for eCommerce, Raised $100M, Reflektion -AI recommendation for eCommerce, Raised $42M, Helpshift -AI-driven Customer Service, Raised $38M & Enlighted -Smart Lighting, Acquired by Siemens in 2018. He is also an investor in Mirantis -Cloud Computing, raised $100M, GoodData -SaaS Business Intelligence, raised over $100M & Arcadia Data -Big Data 2.0, Raised $26M. Sanjit has been on the US-level Tech/Innovation Policy Advisory team. He is on the Advisory Council of the UN's World Artificial Intelligence Organization. He has also been on the University of California President's Innovation Council. ​ Sanjit has over a decade of Exec leadership experience in Product Design, Business Development & Strategy across several domains: Big Data, Natural Language Processing, 3D Cameras/Apps, Supply-Chain Analytics & Flash Memory. He has managed $2Bill/year accounts and executed 30 partnership deals in the $100M-$2Bill range. Always striving to be ahead of the curve, Sanjit worked on Big Data Analytics before the industry created the term 'Big Data. Similarly, he launched 2 online courses during graduate school in 1999 and published iconic papers on learnings, way before the MOOC revolution started. https://www.ufirstcapital.com https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/e28-sanjit-dang-investing-artificial-intelligence-tomorrow-tan https://twitter.com/sanjit66 https://www.forbes.com/sites/sanjitsinghdang

Dr. Cullen Buie is an Associate Professor and the Esther and Harold E. Egerton Career Development Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In Cullen's lab, they are working on a variety of projects that involve putting new nucleic acids or DNA into cells. For the most part, they use bacteria or other microbial cells and insert DNA that allow the cells to produce different things. When he's not working, Cullen likes spending time with his wife and three kids. He takes advantage of down time to catch up on sleep and also to indulge in watching stand-up comedy. One of his favorite comedians is Jim Gaffigan. Cullen is also a big college football fan, and he is always rooting for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Afterwards, Cullen was awarded a University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research at the University of California-Berkeley. Cullen joined the faculty at MIT in 2010. He has received many awards and honors in his career, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the DARPA Young Faculty Award, the DuPont Young Professor Award, and the NSF CAREER Award. Cullen was also named a Stanford Distinguished Alumni Scholar, and, in 2016, Cullen was named one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans by The Root. Cullen is joining us to give us an inside look into his life and science.

Rosalind Peterson is the California President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition (ADC), formed in 2006 to protect agricultural crop production from uncontrolled experimental weather modification programs, atmospheric heating and testing programs, and ocean and atmospheric experimental geoengineering programs. In 1995, Rosalind became a certified U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency Crop Loss Adjustor working in more than ten counties throughout California. Many crop losses throughout the State can be attributed to weather related causes. Rosalind earned a BA degree from Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies & Planning (ENSP), with emphasis on agriculture and crop production. Between 1989 and 1993 Rosalind worked as an Agricultural Technologist for the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture. After leaving Mendocino County she took a position with the USDA Farm Service Agency as a Program Assistant in Mendocino, Sonoma, and the Salinas County Offices. Ms Peterson has won several awards and recognition for her extensive efforts to protect drinking water supplies from toxic chemical contamination in Martinez, California. - www.californiaskywatch.com *** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Rosalind Peterson is the California President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition (ADC), formed in 2006 to protect agricultural crop production from uncontrolled experimental weather modification programs, atmospheric heating and testing programs, and ocean and atmospheric experimental geoengineering programs. In 1995, Rosalind became a certified U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency Crop Loss Adjustor working in more than ten counties throughout California. Many crop losses throughout the State can be attributed to weather related causes. Rosalind earned a BA degree from Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies & Planning (ENSP), with emphasis on agriculture and crop production. Between 1989 and 1993 Rosalind worked as an Agricultural Technologist for the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture. After leaving Mendocino County she took a position with the USDA Farm Service Agency as a Program Assistant in Mendocino, Sonoma, and the Salinas County Offices. Ms Peterson has won several awards and recognition for her extensive efforts to protect drinking water supplies from toxic chemical contamination in Martinez, California. - www.californiaskywatch.com *** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Zone TV Channel Radio Feed (Free - No Subscription Required) - https://www.spreaker.com/show/xztv-the-x-zone-tv-show-audio The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com (Free)To contact Rob McConnell - misterx@xzoneradiotv.com

Today we're joined by Jen Abreu, president and CEO of Redemption Row California.   We discuss Friday's hearing for Sirhan Sirhan, who was convicted of killing Senator Bobby Kennedy in 1968. Thanks to the Redemption Row team, Sirhan was recommended for parole by a two-person panel--a hugely important step that may soon result in his release. We discuss two perspectives on his ruling:   - This Los Angeles Times piece in favor of his release by Nicholas Goldberg, and - This Sacramento Bee piece by cartoonist Jack Ohman against his release   The RRC leadership includes a number of high profile inmates, such as Suge Knight, the founder and CEO of Death Row Records who is now serving 28 years after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a 2015 hit-and-run. He's one of two vice presidents of RRC. The other is Artie Guzman, former leader of the Mexican Mafia prison gang. The COO is a man named Joel Baptiste.   Every person involved in this work has a complex story and is working toward rehabilitation in spite of California's punitive prison system.   Thanks for listening, defund the police and, as always: Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @Flojaune, @guillotine4you Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity   Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Tuesdays at 5 pm and again Wednesdays at 8 am.   Also, if you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we'll make it happen.   And thank you to Be Brave Bold Robot for the tunes.

From the confining restrictions imposed by her Mormon upbringing to her newly found freedom, Lesley recently had the opportunity to sit with Wendi Kirby. With courage and transparency Wendi shares her emotional restrictive experience of being raised in an environment that denied her the right to her very thoughts, lest they disappoint God. This same restriction convinced her that she had no right to dream of being a concert pianist. Her sole choice being to teach children and be a good and faithful wife. In 2008 Wendi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. “I feel like being in the throat, it could be that "DNA expression" from repressing my voice...spending so many years keeping quiet and not speaking up for myself under fear or the belief that I "shouldn't", says Wendi. But his is not a sad story that Wendi shares. Rather one of grit, commitment to her own voice, and ultimate victory. It is a conversation, full of inspiration, about finding one's own path to living fully and freely.     Wendi Kirby, NCTM has had a passion for piano that began at age five and due to her high-level classical training she began teaching at age fifteen. Later, with the birth of her two daughters, Wendi focused her attention on the benefits of music for young children and became a certified Kindermusik instructor. After thirty successful years, Wendi recently launched Minuet, her own program for newborn through five-year-old children.   Wendi is currently the Music Director for Stevenson School, Lower Division in Carmel, California President of the California Association of Professional Music Teachers.    She is also an examiner for the Certificate of Merit Program and the State Presidents Advisory Council Chair for Music Teachers Association of California, and  She holds several accolades and roles with the Royal Conservatory of Music    To combine her love of a fine dining experience with her passion for piano performance, Wendi created Quintessence, a theme-based pairing of food, wine, and piano music for intimate audiences.  Wendi loves to compose for piano and listening to all genres of music.  wkmusicstudio.com  wkirbya@gmail.com 

Rosalind Peterson is the California President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition (ADC), formed in 2006 to protect agricultural crop production from uncontrolled experimental weather modification programs, atmospheric heating and testing programs, and ocean and atmospheric experimental geoengineering programs. In 1995, Rosalind became a certified U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency Crop Loss Adjustor working in more than ten counties throughout California. Many crop losses throughout the State can be attributed to weather related causes. Rosalind earned a BA degree from Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies & Planning (ENSP), with emphasis on agriculture and crop production. Between 1989 and 1993 Rosalind worked as an Agricultural Technologist for the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture. After leaving Mendocino County she took a position with the USDA Farm Service Agency as a Program Assistant in Mendocino, Sonoma, and the Salinas County Offices. Ms Peterson has won several awards and recognition for her extensive efforts to protect drinking water supplies from toxic chemical contamination in Martinez, California. - www.californiaskywatch.com ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

In the episode, Banc of California President and CEO Jared Wolff discussed his outlook for community bank M&A, the health of small business borrowers and their appetite for expansion, and the state of the economic recovery and the potential impact from the emergence of the COVID Delta variant. Wolff also discussed Banc of California's multi-year turnaround that has transformed the company's balance sheet composition, capital structure and management team.

In today's My Ag Life in Almonds, Sabrina Halvorson talks with Almond Board of California President and CEO Richard Waycott about the recent California Almond Objective Measurement Report from the USDA-NASS. Taylor Chalstrom talks with Tim Birmingham, director of quality assurance and industry services at Almond Board of California, and Guangwei Huang, associate director of food research and technology, about almond stockpile management. Supporting the People who Support Agriculture Thank you to our sponsors who make it possible to get you your daily news. Please feel free to visit their websites.   Agromillora – https://www.agromillora.com/ California Citrus Mutual – https://www.cacitrusmutual.com/ The California Walnut Board – https://walnuts.org/ Soil and Crop – https://mysoilandcrop.com/  For advertising inquiries, please contact us at 559-352-4456 or jay@jcsmarketinginc.com

Broadening our scope to national politics, President Biden recently returned from his first overseas trip as President, culminating with a summit between the President and Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland. That summit presented both opportunities and risks for the new Administration amidst a host of issues between the two nations.   To discuss further, KCBS Radio News Anchor Patti Reising spoke with Professor David McCuan and Steven Fish, Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're talking to Dominican University of California President Mary Marcy. Having spent many years at an array of public and private institutions, she's retiring after ten years at Dominican University. It's the last week of the semester and Dominican has been virtual for the whole last year and a half. President Marcy says last week they did their drive-through graduation ceremony, and it was powerful to be back together. This is President Marcy's last commencement as well, and she says it's bittersweet. Through this pandemic, President Marcy says her learning curve and relationship with the board has improved. She says, in fact, the whole community has strengthened because of this pandemic. They still don't know what things will look like next fall, but they are more certain about their mission of supporting students than ever. President Marcy says that before the pandemic she saw her biggest strength as gathering more facts and voices before making decisions. However, for purposes of the pandemic, this approach didn't really work. President Marcy says people need answers now, even if they'll change in the future, they need something to go off of. While her leadership has evolved, President Marcy says not all changes will remain after the pandemic ends. For example, the ways in which they made decisions at the beginning of the pandemic won't be how they continue. Some things that will remain are how much energy they're putting into student support. That's the biggest positive from the pandemic, is the institution is now absolutely focused on student success. President Marcy says to keep up student success, they also need to focus on staff and faculty success. One of the biggest learning experiences they had been in taking all their energy and putting it into technology. As President Marcy wraps up her time at Dominican, she has some advice for the next president. With a school of 1800 students, President Marcy says the real accomplishment has been in trusting each other and building each other's strengths. She's prepared a piece for her final board meeting that reflects on her time and outlines what's next. She wants the next president to know how they were positioned, what allowed them to continue, and what key choices were made. One such choice was that one time losses will be handled with one time funds. Where they're headed is a lot of program innovation. -- --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/innovationalliance/message

Jeannee Parker Martin, a pillar in the California aging community, joins the show and discusses the recent initiative among LeadingAge and other organizations to address the growing shortage of good caregiver jobs to serve our growing aging population.

As we've been reporting on KCBS Radio, President Joe Biden will mark his first 100 days in office with a joint session of Congress. The President is expected to lay out his agenda for the year ahead. It's a primetime speech that will look very different than in prior years as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. To discuss further, KCBS Radio Anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell spoke with Frank Spring, Political Strategist and Partner at the Truman National Security Project. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Joe Biden this week unveiled his 2 trillion dollar infrastructure package. It's the first step in what's expected to be a months-long negotiation with Congress to reach a final deal. The package includes billions of dollars for manufacturing, housing, and transportation - all with implications and benefits for California. To discuss further, KCBS Radio Anchors Patti Reising and Jeff Bell, and KCBS Radio reporter Mike DeWald spoke with Randy Rentschler, Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Joe Biden on Thursday held his first solo news conference with reporters at the White House. While the president was not asked about the pandemic, he did tackle questions about the border, the filibuster and Afghanistan. Mr. Biden says Vice President Kamala Harris will play a key role when it comes to immigration. For more, KCBS Radio Anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising spoke with San Francisco Chronicle Political Reporter Joe Garofoli. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Biden set to deliver his first prime time address to the nation today, a speech you can hear right here on KCBS Radio. Mr. Biden will speak on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic as well as making his case for the 1.9 billion dollar relief package he signed into law this morning.   To discuss further, KCBS Radio anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising, as well as KCBS Radio Reporter Mike Dewald, were joined by David Litt, former Senior Speechwriter to President Obama and the author of Democracy in One Book or Less. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KCBS Radio political reporter Doug Sovern spoke with Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of San Jose, she chairs the House Committee on House Administration and is on the Judiciary and Science, Space and Technology committee. They discuss the president's recent purge of officials who are not loyal to him and what that means.

Dr. Michael V. Drake, M.D., was appointed as the 21st president of the University of California this past summer. He oversees UC's world-renowned system of 10 campuses, five medical centers, three nationally affiliated labs, more than 280,000 students and 230,000 faculty and staff. Dr. Drake previously served as president of The Ohio State University from 2014 through June 2020. Prior to his six years at OSU, he served in several roles at the University of California, including nine years as chancellor of UC Irvine and five years as the systemwide vice president for health affairs. Dr. Drake received his A.B. from Stanford University, his M.D. and residency from UCSF, and his fellowship training in ophthalmology at UCSF and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He subsequently spent more than two decades on the faculty of the UCSF School of Medicine, ultimately as the Steven P. Shearing Professor of Ophthalmology. During his years as chancellor at UC Irvine, the campus rose to join the top 10 public universities in U.S. News & World Report's annual list and was ranked by Times Higher Education as the No. 1 university in the U.S. under 50 years old. During his tenure at the campus, the four-year graduation rate increased by more than 18 percent, while undergraduate enrollment and diversity increased significantly. Dr. Drake is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the UCSF School of Medicine's Clinical Teaching Award and the University of California Presidential Medal in recognition of exemplary service. Join this prominent academic leader the day after the election for a timely discussion of the challenges facing higher education during a global pandemic and societal unrest. NOTES This program is part of The Commonwealth Club's Series on Ethics and Accountability, underwritten by The Travers Family Foundation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPEAKERS Dr. Michael V. Drake M.D., President, University of California In Conversation with Monica Lozano President and CEO, College Futures Foundation In response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, this program took place and was recorded live via video conference, for an online audience only, and was live-streamed by The Commonwealth Club of California from San Francisco on November 4th, 2020.

Rosalind Peterson is the California President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition (ADC), formed in 2006 to protect agricultural crop production from uncontrolled experimental weather modification programs, atmospheric heating and testing programs, and ocean and atmospheric experimental geoengineering programs. In 1995, Rosalind became a certified U.S.D.A. Farm Service Agency Crop Loss Adjustor working in more than ten counties throughout California. Many crop losses throughout the State can be attributed to weather related causes. Rosalind earned a BA degree from Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies & Planning (ENSP), with emphasis on agriculture and crop production. Between 1989 and 1993 Rosalind worked as an Agricultural Technologist for the Mendocino County Department of Agriculture. After leaving Mendocino County she took a position with the USDA Farm Service Agency as a Program Assistant in Mendocino, Sonoma, and the Salinas County Offices. Ms Peterson has won several awards and recognition for her extensive efforts to protect drinking water supplies from toxic chemical contamination in Martinez, California.

The Promoter 101 Podcast features Live Nation Northern California President Jodi Goodman explains how she climbed from way up from Club Promoting to the Top of the Business 3 Questions with Loud and Live's Ross Gassman Hosted By: Works Entertainments' Luke Pierce + Emporium Presents' Dan Steinberg Podcast Direct: https://is.gd/ZiiSEA Email Dan + Luke: steiny@promoter101.net Spotify: https://is.gd/T5SPEC‬ Tweet the Guys: https://twitter.com/Promoters101 Tweet Dan: https://twitter.com/TheJew Tweet Luke: https://twitter.com/wlukepierce Follow us on iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/promoter101-29260148/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steinypromoter101/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/promoter101 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/promoter101 Website: http://www.promoter101.net/ itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/promoter101/id1163910658?mt=2 Google Music: https://is.gd/onEmSt Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/promoter101?refid=stpr Tumbler: http://promoter101.tumblr.com/ Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/user/promoter101 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/promoter101 LinkedIn‬: https://www.linkedin.com/company/promoter101 Edited by Connor Merritt - Connor@EmporiumPresents.com

The Promoter 101 Podcast features Live Nation Northern California President Jodi Goodman explains how she climbed from way up from Club Promoting to the Top of the Business3 Questions with Loud and Live's Ross GassmanHosted By: Works Entertainments' Luke Pierce + Emporium Presents' Dan SteinbergPodcast Direct: https://is.gd/ZiiSEAEmail Dan + Luke: steiny@promoter101.netSpotify: https://is.gd/T5SPEC‬ Tweet the Guys: https://twitter.com/Promoters101Tweet Dan: https://twitter.com/TheJewTweet Luke: https://twitter.com/wlukepierceFollow us on iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/promoter101-29260148/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steinypromoter101/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/promoter101Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/promoter101Website: http://www.promoter101.net/itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/promoter101/id1163910658?mt=2Google Music: https://is.gd/onEmStStitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/promoter101?refid=stprTumbler: http://promoter101.tumblr.com/Spreaker: https://www.spreaker.com/user/promoter101YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/promoter101LinkedIn‬: https://www.linkedin.com/company/promoter101 Edited by Connor Merritt - Connor@EmporiumPresents.com

In Policing Los Angeles, Max Felker-Kantor narrates the dynamic history of policing, anti-police abuse movements, race, and politics in Los Angeles from the 1965 Watts uprising to the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion. Using the explosions of two large-scale uprisings in Los Angeles as bookends, Felker-Kantor highlights the racism at the heart of the city's expansive police power through a range of previously unused and rare archival sources. His book is a gripping and timely account of the transformation in police power, the convergence of interests in support of law and order policies, and African American and Mexican American resistance to police violence after the Watts uprising. Felker-Kantor is in conversation with David Stein, a University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles.

Generation Justice shares a lecture from the Cortez Williams Spring 2019 Lecture Series! Dr. Gregorio Gonzales, 2018-2019 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at UC Santa Barbara, discusses race, indigeneity, and blackness in U.S. borderlands.

Dennis Montalbano was born in San Francisco and raised in San Jose. He started his career in the service station business and operated the largest Gulf station on the west coast in volume. Dennis then became the youngest Snap-On Tools dealer at 22 years old and then the youngest Field Manager for Snap-On at 30 years old. He moved to Fresno in 1982 with Snap-On and purchased German Auto Repair in 1989. Dennis shares his recent major health challenge and how he and his business survived. His message is clear, you need to have a plan. We are not immortal. A classic car collector who owns his first purchased car, a 1956 Corvette that he has owned for over 45 years. He is also a trained California certified Lemon Law arbitrator for over 16 years. Dennis currently serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board. As  ASCCA (Automotive Service Councils of California) President in 2011 and again in 2016, his passion for the industry is what drives him to serve. Listen to Dennis’ previous episodes  (https://remarkableresults.biz/?s=%22Dennis+Montalbano%22) .   Key Talking Points Aging of industry   Dennis had a health scare that changed perspective for living each day- time goes by too fast The doctor that performed surgery was a customer at the shop Need to have a succession plan no matter what age shop owner is- surround yourself with the right people and cannot control the entire business yourself Who has passwords? Who can get into the bank account? Who will pay the bills? Who will lead? The stress of business owner Health issues due to stress common with both men and women in stressful positions   Stress signs- waking up at 4 AM not because of alarm but because overthinking about something   Delegate responsibilities-Can’t have the mindset that you are the only one that can do job or task correctly   Can your business continue to run without you for 30 days? Plan for the unexpected and don’t back yourself into a corner you cannot get out of Starting in the automotive industry and staying in it- As cars are evolving the technology and equipment side of business rapidly changing What are your health requirements for business? Denial- it won’t happen to me Resources: Thanks to Dennis Montalbano for his contribution to the aftermarket’s premier podcast. Link to the ‘BOOKS‘ page highlighting all books discussed in the podcast library  (https://remarkableresults.biz/books/) . Leaders are readers. Leave me an honest review on iTunes (https://airtable.com/tblOgQmbnkHekpl0L/viwSbPkieMNhLOmtK/recQNomCKr1D5I9x4) . Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one of them.   (http://eepurl.com/bhqME9) Be socially involved and in touch with the show: Speaking (https://remarkableresults.biz/speaking)   Subscribe to a mobile listening app (https://remarkableresults.biz/app/) . (https://remarkableresults.biz/app/)   The auto care industry is revving up.  New technologies are changing cars and the way people use them. To stay in the driver’s seat of all these advancements, you need to take charge of your learning, your business, and your legacy. That’s where the 2020 NAPA EXPO comes in. With help from industry experts and the best suppliers and manufacturers, the 2020 NAPA EXPO will provide the innovations and answers you need to charge forward into the future. This is your chance to: network with experts in the industry, discover the latest innovations that will help you stay market competitive, and learn more about the new products, services, and equipment you’ll soon be using every day. Join us in Las Vegas, April 6-9, 2020!  Contact your NAPA AUTO PARTS store today to reserve your package for this can’t miss event. Enrollment is going on now. To learn more about NAPA AutoCare and the benefits...

Dr. Tessa Hill is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis. She is part of the Bodega Ocean Acidification Research group there at the Bodega Marine Laboratory. Tessa received her B.S. in Marine Science from Eckerd College and her Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Next, Tessa was awarded a University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Davis before joining the faculty there. Tessa has received many awards and honors during her career, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, as well as an NSF CAREER Award. She is also a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, an American Association for the Advancement of Science Leshner Public Engagement Fellow, and a panelist on the West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Panel. Tessa is with us today to tell us about her journey through life and science.

Dr. Cullen Buie is an Associate Professor and the Esther and Harold E. Egerton Career Development Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Afterwards, Cullen was awarded a University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research at the University of California-Berkeley. Cullen joined the faculty at MIT in 2010. He has received many awards and honors in his career, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the DARPA Young Faculty Award, the DuPont Young Professor Award, and the NSF CAREER Award. Cullen was also named a Stanford Distinguished Alumni Scholar, and, in 2016, Cullen was named one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans by The Root. Cullen joins us to give us an inside look into his life and science.

Panelists discuss University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the impact that postdoc mentoring has had on fellows and on UC faculty. Panelists: Sheila O’Rourke, Director, President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, UC Office of the President, Desiré Delia Whitmore, Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Roya Zandi, Associate Professor of Physics, UC Riverside. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Show ID: 25199]

Panelists discuss University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the impact that postdoc mentoring has had on fellows and on UC faculty. Panelists: Sheila O’Rourke, Director, President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, UC Office of the President, Desiré Delia Whitmore, Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Roya Zandi, Associate Professor of Physics, UC Riverside. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Show ID: 25199]

So, tonights show highlighted the education system, and the liberal agenda being pushed therein. First, however, we discussed California Senate Bill 1172 the bill that would take more parental rights away from parents, and open a door to making pedophiles a protected class in the State. Then, we spoke with the California President of Sons of Liberty to discuss their April 19th even "No Liberty No Peace Ride" in California. Listen to our show, or see www.sackheadsradio.com for more information. And back to "education" we went. We shared to a clip by MSNBC's contributor. discussing how YOUR kids belong to the community, not the parents or family. After a break, Ken from The Exceptional Conservative Show called in to discuss a a potential newly single mother of two in the Washington DC area. This, after the President makes a statement about California A.G. Kamal Harris. Oh, and Jay Carney's amazing non response to direct questioning about it. Finally, Vern called in to bring us the Slapshot News. This week had some interesting and bizarre topics that we gave out two cents and got change. Last but not least, an American University hires and convicted double murder on parole to be an Adjunct Professor. Yes, people are paying a ton of money to go to this school. Listen to the show, and try to laugh in an angry way....

So, tonights show highlighted the education system, and the liberal agenda being pushed therein. First, however, we discussed California Senate Bill 1172 the bill that would take more parental rights away from parents, and open a door to making pedophiles a protected class in the State. Then, we spoke with the California President of Sons of Liberty to discuss their April 19th even "No Liberty No Peace Ride" in California. Listen to our show, or see www.sackheadsradio.com for more information. And back to "education" we went. We shared to a clip by MSNBC's contributor. discussing how YOUR kids belong to the community, not the parents or family. After a break, Ken from The Exceptional Conservative Show called in to discuss a a potential newly single mother of two in the Washington DC area. This, after the President makes a statement about California A.G. Kamal Harris. Oh, and Jay Carney's amazing non response to direct questioning about it. Finally, Vern called in to bring us the Slapshot News. This week had some interesting and bizarre topics that we gave out two cents and got change. Last but not least, an American University hires and convicted double murder on parole to be an Adjunct Professor. Yes, people are paying a ton of money to go to this school. Listen to the show, and try to laugh in an angry way....

Rosalind Peterson is the California President and Co-Founder of the Agriculture Defense Coalition (ADC), formed in 2006 to protect agricultural crop production from uncontrolled experimental weather modification programmes, atmospheric heating and testing programmes, and ocean and atmospheric experimental geoengineering programmes. Here Rosalind talks about her research into persistant jet contrails, weather modification programmes. Rosalind also also talks about the the Navy's requests to "take" (kill) individuals from 32 species of marine mammals in their U.S. Pacific Ocean Warfare Testing Program over 5 years. For more information on Rosalind and her work you can visit her website at: www.californiaskywatch.com Bonnie Hoag is the founder of the "Bonnefire Coalition" and talks here about the upcoming Sky Awareness Week". You can find out more at: http://www.californiaskywatch.com/bonnefire/about.htm

Richard A. Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture (in IEOR 171 Organizational Leadership & Teamwork) Speaker: Kim Polese With commentary from: Jerry Fiddler, Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Executive-in-Residence and founder, Wind River Systems As CEO of SpikeSource, Kim Polese is responsible for guiding the company’s business vision: enabling businesses to harness the power of open source as a flexible, reliable and cost-effective solution for business-critical needs. Prior to SpikeSource, Kim cofounded Marimba in 1996, and as President and CEO she led the company to profitability and a successful public offering. She then served as Chairman until Marimba’s acquisition by BMC Software in April 2004. Before cofounding Marimba, Kim worked at Sun Microsystems and was the original product manager for Java, leading its launch in March 1995. Prior to Java, Kim worked in Sun’s software division on object-oriented development environments. Previously, she worked at Intellicorp, Inc., helping Fortune 500 firms implement expert systems. Kim earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. Kim serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a coalition of executives working to improve the economy, health and quality of life for all citizens of the region through advocacy on major public policy issues. Kim also serves on the board of the Global Security Institute and the University of California President’s Board on Science and Innovation. She is a Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Engineered Innovation.

Richard A. Newton Distinguished Innovator Lecture (in IEOR 171 Organizational Leadership & Teamwork) Speaker: Kim Polese With commentary from: Jerry Fiddler, Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Executive-in-Residence and founder, Wind River Systems As CEO of SpikeSource, Kim Polese is responsible for guiding the company’s business vision: enabling businesses to harness the power of open source as a flexible, reliable and cost-effective solution for business-critical needs. Prior to SpikeSource, Kim cofounded Marimba in 1996, and as President and CEO she led the company to profitability and a successful public offering. She then served as Chairman until Marimba’s acquisition by BMC Software in April 2004. Before cofounding Marimba, Kim worked at Sun Microsystems and was the original product manager for Java, leading its launch in March 1995. Prior to Java, Kim worked in Sun’s software division on object-oriented development environments. Previously, she worked at Intellicorp, Inc., helping Fortune 500 firms implement expert systems. Kim earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biophysics from U.C. Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. Kim serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, a coalition of executives working to improve the economy, health and quality of life for all citizens of the region through advocacy on major public policy issues. Kim also serves on the board of the Global Security Institute and the University of California President’s Board on Science and Innovation. She is a Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Engineered Innovation.

Audio File:  Download MP3Transcript: An Interview with Kim Polese CEO, SpikeSource, Inc. Date: July 17, 2007 NCWIT Interview with Kim Polese BIO: Kim Polese is the Chairman at CrowdSmart and former CEO of SpikeSource, Inc., a software company based in Silicon Valley. The company is backed by venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and has developed an advanced automated testing technology for certifying interoperability of open source software, creating a continual "UL"-style certification for Global 2000 companies that depend on open source software applications to run their core business operations. The automation enables the delivery of low-cost, high-quality software to a mass market, resulting in more affordable and dependable software applications for business of all sizes worldwide. Prior to joining SpikeSource in August 2004, Kim co-founded Marimba, Inc., a leading provider of systems management solutions, in 1996. Marimba was acquired by BMC Software in June 2004. Kim served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of Marimba, leading the company through a successful public offering and to profitability in 2000. Before co-founding Marimba, Kim worked in software management at Sun Microsystems and was the original product manager for Java, leading its launch in 1995. Prior to joining Sun, Kim was with IntelliCorp Inc., consulting for Fortune 500 companies in the development of expert systems. Kim earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. Kim serves on several boards, including the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, the University of California President's Board on Science and Innovation, UC Berkeley's College of Engineering, the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, and the Global Security Institute. Lucy Sanders: Hi, this is Lucy Sanders. I'm the CEO of the National Center for Women in Information Technology. This interview is one in a series of interviews that we're doing with fabulous IT entrepreneurs. With me today are Larry Nelson and Lee Kennedy. Larry is CEO of w3w3.com, and Lee is an insulate director. Welcome, Larry and Lee. Larry Nelson: Well, thank you. That's so great being able to get together and help support this type of thing. The Heroes program is sponsored by NCWIT, wonderful. At w3w3.com we archive everything and we push it out. We have a large audience, and we're happy to be part of this. Lee Kennedy: Thanks, Lucy. I'm excited to be here and be part of the interview series. Lucy: Today we're interviewing Kim Polese. We're so excited, Kim, to have you on the call. Kim Polese: Thank you, delighted to be here. Lucy: I have to say that your career has been one that I think is just awesome. When I look back at some of the things you've been involved with for example Java. I remember when Sun released Java. Us techies at Bell Labs were pretty excited about that, because it really enabled the Internet to come alive. You could bring applications along with the static web pages. That was just tremendously thrilling. Then, when you moved over into Marimba, worked on push technology, again, we were all rather thrilled that we could have stuff come to our desktop without even asking for it. That's pretty amazing. And now you have a new company Spikesource is a couple of years old, is that right? Kim: Yes. Actually, it was founded in 2003 and I joined. It was an incubation project at Kline & Perkins, a venture firm here in Silicon Valley. I joined in the fall of 2004. Lucy: I just think you've been on the leading edge of all of these different trends in software and software development. Why don't you give the listeners a little bit of information about Spikesource? Kim: Sure. I'd be happy to. So, Spikesource, basically its mission is in a nutshell to democratize software, and do that by bringing open source software to a mass market. When I say "democratize software", I mean make software as low‑cost and as easy to maintain, to use as possible. Software's a wonderful thing; it powers all sorts of service and appliances, the world around use every day. But it's also really complicated both to develop, package, maintain and support. Open source has provided a wonderful new abundance, a new ecosystem of software applications, components and infrastructure. It is really totally changing the software industry in a variety of ways, and really accelerating innovation. Software is getting better faster. There are many more people who are banging on it and making it better every day. That's a wonderful thing. It's an exciting time to be in the software world. But there's also a challenge with abundance. Businesses that have been using open source find very quickly that they get into a lot of overhead time and cost in maintaining open source application. The applications typically consist of dozens or hundreds of different open source components, all of which need to be updated, maintained and made to work together, continually integrated and tested. That's a huge problem. So, what Spikesource is doing is really helping that problem through automation. We're automating specifically the process of maintaining that software and ensuring that the software applications continue to work, stay up and running and are free of viruses, and so forth. It's really making the process of maintaining open source software invisible to the user. We're using very interesting approaches in computer science and automating the build test patch process, and creating an automatic test framework for basically packaging up, distributing, supporting and maintaining these open source applications. We're bringing to market a variety of open source applications. Basically taking many of the best applications out there on the Internet, email, content management, business intelligence, CRM and so forth, and offering those as packaged applications to business of all sizes. There's a low‑cost subscription maintenance stream along with it. So, in this way when I said "democratizing software", again, it's really about making software much easier to buy, to use, and to have supported at a much lower cost. That's now all possible because of open source and because of the new technologies that we're working on and others are participating in as well in innovating, automating and maintaining the software. Lucy: I think that the technologies involved with software engineering are some of the most complex. No question. And so, I can only imagine that the technologies that you're using at Spikesource are pretty advanced. Kim: Yes. Lucy: For sure. And that gets me to the first question that we wanted to ask you. In addition to some of the technologies that you're using today at Spikesource, what other technologies do you see on the horizon that you find particularly cool? Kim: Well, the open source world is really where most of the most interesting innovation is happening, in my view, in software today. That's because of the power of collaboration. You take, for example, virtualization. Virtualization, or virtualization software, there's a huge amount of innovation happening there. You see a lot of not only developers all over the world who are contributing to open source virtualization technologies, but also big companies that are standardizing on open source and using it to drive greater value in their hardware platforms. So, to me in general the most exciting place to be in software today is in the open source world. In virtually every category there's tremendous innovation happening and really a new generation of software is being developed. And there are a lot of very important supporting technologies and underlying infrastructure that's also helping make this happen. A lot of the service‑oriented architecture, the web services, the easy to use now APIs that make it possible to put pieces of software together more easily, and new techniques like Agile programming and so forth to make it easier to build software faster... But so much of that, again, really does come out of the open source world. We're finding that the open source model of building software is becoming more prevalent even within companies and across companies in vertical industries such as financial services and retail. Companies are now beginning to collaborate on creating applications that they can share to make their respective businesses more efficient. Lucy: In fact, I'm on a commission looking at the R&D ecosystem for IT. We were at Harvard and we listened to a researcher not too long ago who was studying open source and the movement of companies into open source. It was pretty interesting how that platform is really emerging. How did you first get into technology, Kim? Kim: I was actually a girl geek. I grew up in Berkeley, California and I was fortunate to really be exposed to science at a very early age. I started entering science fairs as a kid in elementary school and just found that I loved the idea of creating something new and exploring, and testing the limits of what was possible. Then, I found a place called the Lords Hall of Science, which is a public science museum here in the Bay Area. I went up there, again, as a kid in elementary school and started playing on the computers. There was a program called Eliza which was an early artificial intelligence software application that was running on the computers there. It was kind of like an online psychotherapist, and I really loved playing on the computer that ran Eliza and trying to get Eliza to go into a loop or act like a computer, again, see the limits of what was possible. So, all of that sparked my curiosity, my interest in not only science but specifically computers and software. I ultimately ended up getting a degree in biophysics, but at Berkeley I started to get more and more into computer programming and software development as an undergrad. That increasingly became where my interests were directed. Lucy: That's really cool. Kim, tell us why you're an entrepreneur and what it is about entrepreneurship that really makes you tick. Kim: Well, I've always loved creating new things. I love inventing and coming up with a new idea, running with it and seeing what's possible. There's nothing more exciting than setting out with a whole team of people on a mission, climb a mountain and actually doing it together, making it happen. So, I think it's the creativity. It's the element of being able to chart your own course, come up with your own idea. It's the challenge of making that idea actually into a successful business, which is two very distinct elements to building a successful company in the technology area. One is coming up with a great technology, but the other is actually making it work in the economic sense and the sense of the market acceptance. That turned out to be a whole separate creative process. All of that is very challenging. I love a challenge. I love climbing mountains and scaling new heights, because it's just fun when you get there and it's fun along the way. So, I found that that was just something I gravitated towards. I think it's just something that's been inside me forever. Lucy: And it's a pretty good view when you get to the top. Larry: I'll say. Kim, I can't help but reflect back. Quite some time ago, did I hear that you were one of those early radicals that were pushing free and open source software? Kim: Well, I did grow up in Berkeley, it's true. And I was hanging out at Cal when Bill Joy was a grad student. So, I do have it probably in my DNA by now. But I didn't actually get to immerse myself in open source until I joined Spikesource in 2004 and really started doing it as full‑time and really wrapping my head around the whole open source world and building a business. Larry: You've done a wonderful job. Now, you mentioned Bill Joy. We interview him probably five, six, seven years ago. Along the line, did you have any particular mentor, or support person or support group that really helped along the way? Kim: Well, I was very fortunate to work at a great company for seven years, Sun Microsystems. Sun was full of very bright I'd say demanding, people where there was a bar that was set high and you had to achieve more than you thought you were capable of. I look at the management team, the founders of Sun, Scott, Scott McNealy, Bill Joy, Vinod Khosla and Andy Bechtolsheim. They really were a great inspiration to me, each of them. Also, to me, at that time in the '80s as I was developing my career, Carol Vartz, who was a senior executive at Sun at the time, I really looked up to her. Sandy Kurtzig, Heidi Roizen, these were women who were really leading the way in building companies and proving that women could achieve great things in technology and software. So, I was surrounded I guess by many inspirational leaders, and I learned what I could from each of them and then really molded that into what I decided to do next, how I developed my career. Lucy: Kim, you've been in the thick of Silicon Valley and all the changes that have taken place over the last 10, 20 years, and you've had such an exciting career. When you look back, what's the toughest thing that you've had to do in your career? Kim: Well, there are many challenges in building a company. I'd say probably the toughest thing as a manager is letting someone go. It's actually making a decision that you know is right for the company and right for ultimately that individual, but always a tough thing to do. I'd say that's probably the top of the list, and that's just one of those management challenges that everyone has to deal with at a certain point. So, that's on the not so fun part. There are also challenges just inherently in building a business. I'd say the other thing that I have faced repeatedly, but actually is kind of a fun challenge, is the need to adapt to change. When you're starting a company and you're in a new market, you've got a new idea, it's unproven, there's precedent, you can't become attached to that one plan that you're going to execute on it. There's always going to be a reason why it doesn't exactly turn out that way, another twist in the path, another unexpected obstacle, but then unexpected opportunity at the same time. And so, adapting to change and being comfortable with change on a daily basis is something that can real tough at first, but once you get used to it, it's actually exhilarating. You love the challenge of being able to rise to the occasion and adjust course, change course as needed, and still keep your eye on the ultimate goal that you're headed towards. It's just that the path along the way is different from what you thought it would be. I'd say that's a more fun, tough thing that I've faced in business. Lucy: Well, and in face you ultimately get to the place where you really enjoy change. You wouldn't want to be working in something where that wasn't part of what you did every day. It really becomes part of the challenge. I think that's wonderful advice. You can share with us, a bit more advice that you might give to young people about entrepreneurship if they were sitting in the room with you right now. Kim: Sure. Well, there is a lot to say. If I were to boil it down to some of the things that come to mind first, it really has to do what I was just talking about. You might have a great idea, but you can't forget the market that you are launching it into, and all of the other constituents that need to contribute to the success of what you are setting out to do. For example, you may be launching a product in the market; the most brilliant product that anyone has developed or thought of but it turns out that it's just too early. A good example of this is I worked in artificial intelligence, AI, software back in the 80's. We built a fantastic software system that was an expert system, but the hardware requirements were prohibitive in terms of cost and just the overall expense of delivering an expert system. You had $50000.00+ computers required, and ultimately there wasn't a mass market for that back in the 80's. The software wasn't ready for the environment around it that it needed to rely on, so for entrepreneurs I'd say don't get too enamored of your idea. Make sure that you see the full picture and that you find a way to make it palatable in the market today and then chart a path to where you ultimately believe you can go and what the ultimate end goal is. But, don't be too wrapped up with getting to the end goal right off the bat. So, that's one thing. The other thing I'd say is get comfortable with saying "no" because as an entrepreneur you want to say "yes" to every possibility and every potential customer and partner that comes along. There is a temptation to do that, especially early on. You have to have the discipline to say, "You know what? We'd love to deliver this product into both the enterprise market and the consumer market, and we know the software is capable of working for both markets, but we're just going to focus on the enterprise market". That's the first step. From there we can build a bigger company and ultimately get to the broader market. Saying "no", we had to do this at Marimba, a decision we made very early on to focus on the enterprise and not the consumer market. It turned out to be the best decision we made, but it was a very tough one at the time because I knew we could do anything. We could absolutely serve a broader market, but you have to have the discipline to know what you are capable of and take one step at a time. Lucy: That's some very sage advice. What personal characteristics do you think have given you advantages as an entrepreneur? Kim: Probably the greatest one is persistence. It's never losing sight of that goal that you are charging toward and never losing faith that you will achieve that goal and being totally flexible and able to deal with any obstacle that comes along. Whether it's an obstacle in the market, a challenge with the team, whatever it happens to be, never giving up, never ever, ever, ever giving up. If you have that, you'll find a way to get to where you are going no matter what. I think that's probably for every successful entrepreneur you will find that that is the primary characteristic that made them. Lucy: In fact, we're finding that with this series of interviews. I believe that one of the people we interviewed a few weeks ago said there is this line between persistence and pesky. And it's OK to cross over it from time to time. Kim: Yeah, that's probably true. Lucy: I want to switch a minute into this issue of balance. I know there is a lot written about work and personal balance, and so we just wanted to ask, how do you bring balance into your life? Kim: Well, that's a great question. One thing I've always made sure to do is to continue to pursue the things I love to do in the rest of my life. One thing I love is dance. I've always done that, and I still do ballet and jazz. I've done it since I was a kid and will never stop. I find that it's tremendous; it's literally all balance. It's a great counterpoint, too, to do what I do all day long. It's also requires great focus and attention, and you just can't sort of space out while you're learning a piece of choreography. So, that's one thing I love. I love also mountain biking and getting out and just charging up a mountain. So, those are the things I have always done and will continue to do. I find also that the mind‑body balance is really important. If you are physically fit your mind is much sharper and you are able to run a marathon in business as well as physically. So, that's one way. The other is just time for family and friends. I always make time for family and friends. It's not enough ever, but you have to stand back every so often and think about what's really important in life. Those connections and relationships are really more important than anything, so I try and not always succeed as well as I'd like. But, I try as much as possible to keep that at the forefront, too. Larry Nelson: Kim, I want to thank you for what you've shared so far. It's easy to see by the discussion here why you were chosen as one of the heroes, that's for sure. Now, you have already achieved a great deal, and I know you are going to take Spike Source to another level. In addition to Spike Source, what is your next thing? What are you going to do next? Kim: Well, one thing I've always done is actually not plan too far in advance. Lucy: That's a good idea. Kim: The reason is sort of tongue‑in‑cheek, but I find that serendipity is a wonderful thing. I am in the most dynamic, exciting industry and, I think, place for the area and the world. I am surrounded by brilliant, creative people, and that network is ever expanding so I know that whatever I do next it will evolve from creating something new together with a team of people and doing our best to make an impact in some positive way in the world. I personally would like to find a way to make an impact in the world that goes beyond my industry. I haven't quite figured out when and how and what that will be, but that's something that I'd like to do in my life. I'm sure that the path will appear as it always has. As long as I follow my passion and surround myself with people that I love working with and respect and appreciate, I know that life will unfold in wonderful ways. I have faith. Lucy: I think that's just really well said. I'm just sitting here thinking you are just one of the top web entrepreneurs of our age. It's wonderful. We are so thrilled to have talked to you. Kim: Thank you. I am more than honored to be part of this series. Thank you. Larry: A couple of words that stick out in my mind, too, in addition to hear all this democratized, open source and serendipity. Lucy: That's great. And see I'm a techie so what stands out for me, open source, Java. So, Kim, thank you, thank you very much. Kim: Thank you. Lucy: We appreciate your joining us. I want to remind listeners where these podcasts can be found at www.ncwit.org and also at w3w3.com. Please do pass these along to friends who might want to listen. Kim, thanks again. Kim: Thank you, my pleasure. Series: Entrepreneurial HeroesInterviewee: Kim PoleseInterview Summary: Kim Polese has technology -- and innovation -- in her blood. Ever wondered who coined the term "Java"? That was Kim. Release Date: July 17, 2007Interview Subject: Kim PoleseInterviewer(s): Lucy Sanders, Larry Nelson, Lee KennedyDuration: 20:04