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Marcus Bailey ruins Halloween... AGAIN! Trump MSG rally last night. Immigration is moving this election. WashPo will not endorse, and the left goes nuts. Kamala Beyonce bait and switch. Big Indiana Sports Weekend. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe bombs at MSG rally, Anthony Richardson didn't want to lie, but maybe he should've. Left continue to call Trump a Nazi. JC Penny TV For Sale. Michelle Obama is anti-men. Capital Center sells for half the price it was purchased. How much money will Taylor Swift bring to Indianapolis. Spirit airlines in trouble, Families won't be broken by deportation, deport families. Celebs coming out of the closet for MAGASee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental talks to guests Sal Prizio and Katie Collins of Capital Center for the Arts on what it is like running a not-for-profit performing arts center.

California's legislative response to overturning Roe v. Wade. Implications on same-sex marriage and healthcare. Impacts of other recent Supreme Court Decisions on California. “The Landing Spot,” a non-religious LGBTQ+ safe space in Placer County. Today's Guests CapRadio Politics Reporter Nicole Nixon explains California's legislative response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Lisa Ikemoto, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis, on the impact of the Supreme Court's Decision on Roe and the potential implications for health care law and medical research.  Leslie Gielow Jacobs, Anthony Kennedy Professor and Executive Director, Capital Center for Law & Policy, McGeorge School of Law, discusses U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion and other and how other recent rulings will impact California. Pastor Casey Tinnin with Loomis Basin Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Placer County, discusses creating “The Landing Spot,” a non-religious safe space for LGBTQ+ youth and adults. 

PAUL ANGELO MEDINA has been a friend of mine since childhood -- and since then Paul has done a lot.  Paul's latest and greatest achievement has been the founding of CAPITAL ENERGY TRAINING -- a premier personal training experience.  What separates Paul from the rest of the training field is his expertise in kinesiology -- a comprehensive mastery of how the body moves and how all its parts interrelate.It was such a joy to sit down with an old friend to get reacquainted with what lights his fire -- which is helping other people achieve the best version of themselves through DISCIPLINE & CONSISTENCY!Please enjoy, and consult Paul with all your fitness and life goals!!

Set phasers for a KISStoric 'inside job' as we time travel with luminary KISStorian, PETER ARQUETTE of KISSAsylum.com and KISSMuseum.com. Few men have swum so far in KISS waters without without being forced at some point to "take heed" of our Gods of Thunder, Stanley/Simmons, in some capacity. And yet Peter has lived a life fully-immersed in KISS since 1987 as a curator of content and a beloved conduit for fans, all without ever even dipping a single toe into Facebook et al.! Yes, a KISS Bigfoot with no social media footprint (no small feat). Peter takes us back to his 'Trail By Fire', his first KISS concert at the Capital Center in 1977, a life-changing moment that would ultimately land him a seat with the Elders and Morpheus, laughing 'all the way' to Jendell & back. Discussions range from chopsticks with Paul Stanley, the 'Return of KISS' in '79, KISS at Hammerjacks, hanging in Europe with the original Catman, his appearances on ThreeSidesOfTheCoin, 'Crazy Nights' with Eric Carr, Peter's rich KISS Convention history, 'Cadillac Dreams' and a number of keen observations about the band at "The End Of The WORLD" (tour). Only just scraping the outer surface of a planet worth of KISStory, Arquette stops short of admitting he has the Talisman box. - KISStorian.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kisstorian/support

By Sasha Hupka If Your Time Is Short: In recent weeks, several California school districts have announced that students over the age of 12 will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to attend school in person. Some districts, such as the Los Angeles Unified School District, will only accept medical exemptions to the shot, while others, like the Oakland Unified School District, will also offer personal belief exemptions. California for decades has required schoolchildren receive vaccines for a range of diseases from measles to mumps to chickenpox, but experts say it's unclear whether districts can individually mandate vaccines under current state law.  California law allows the state Legislature and the department of public health to set vaccination requirements for schoolchildren but does not include a process for local school boards. Legal scholars expect that the mandates will be challenged in court. When the Culver City Unified School District announced in August it would require all eligible students to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the announcement was met with overwhelming support from the surrounding Los Angeles County community. But as other schools across California have announced similar mandates in recent weeks, questions have emerged about whether individual districts can legally require public schoolchildren to receive COVID-19 shots, spurring opposition. The Los Angeles Unified School District saw protesters when its board voted to mandate COVID-19 shots for students over 12 years of age on Sept. 9. The vote led to claims online that the district did not have the legal authority to require vaccinations. Last week, a crowd of parents holding signs with slogans like “My child, my choice” gathered outside a high school in Glendale, even though the school currently has no COVID-19 vaccination mandate in place for pupils. Experts say previous legal rulings indicate that schools can generally mandate vaccinations for students and employees. But in California, where the state Legislature has already passed laws on student vaccination mandates, it's unclear how much latitude districts might have to require schoolchildren to get the shot. Legal scholars expect that the courts will have to work out the details. In the meantime, here's what we know. Constitutional Challenges Leslie Jacobs, a professor of constitutional law at McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and director of the Capital Center for Law & Policy, said legal scholars “always” expect to see constitutional challenges to vaccine mandates. But in the case of school vaccination mandates, she said those challenges “should not be strong” and are unlikely to succeed in court given past rulings. “Religious liberty shouldn't be a winner constitutionally and bodily integrity — ‘I can't have a shot in my body' — should also not be a winner constitutionally,” Jacobs said. Government entities like schools and the U.S. Army have historically been able to require vaccinations based on legal precedent set by Jacobson v. Massachusetts in 1905. At the time, Massachusetts law empowered local health boards to enforce mandatory, free vaccinations for adults if it was deemed crucial to the health and safety of the surrounding community. Adults who refused to get vaccinated faced a $5 fine. During a smallpox outbreak in 1902, the city of Cambridge mandated the vaccination of all of its residents. One resident, Henning Jacobson, refused, sparking a case that eventually went before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court upheld the vaccination requirement. That decision firmly established the power of states and other government entities to enforce compulsory vaccinations in the interest of public health, according to legal scholars. "A community has the right to protect itself against an epidemic of disease which threatens the safety of its members," Justice John Marshall Harlan wrote in the majority opinion in the case. California's Current Vaccination Laws Vaccinations for California schoolchildren are currently regulated by Senate Bill 277, which passed in June 2015. The legislation was prompted by an outbreak of measles at Disneyland in 2014 that ultimately infected more than 150 people from eight different states, Mexico and Canada. For decades, California has mandated vaccinations against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, hepatitis B, influenza type B, polio, whooping cough, tetanus and chickenpox. But passage of the law removed personal belief exemptions, giving California one of the toughest vaccination mandates in the nation. Without a medical exemption, the only way parents could opt out of vaccinating their children was to home-school them or enroll them in an independent study program without classroom instruction.  The legislation also included several options for adding vaccinations to the mandated list. The state Legislature could pass a new statute or amend the law at any time, opting to add a new vaccination with or without a personal belief exemption. Alternatively, a clause in the law allowed the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to mandate new vaccines, taking into consideration advice from health experts. But if a vaccination is added to the schedule in this way, the legislation stipulates that personal belief exemptions must be offered to parents and students. The law raises several legal concerns for school districts currently mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for students. Dorit Reiss, a professor of law at UC Hastings in San Francisco and a member of the Vaccine Working Group on Ethics and Policy, said the law can be interpreted as a minimum standard that schools must follow and noted that one clause in the legislation gives districts “broad authority” to act in ways that do not conflict with the law. However, Reiss said legal challenges could stem from the fact that state law does not lay out any sort of formal process for individual districts to add vaccination requirements. “The argument is that because the state has extensively regulated this area, the state has occupied it, and districts cannot deviate from state law at will,” Reiss said. “The broad school immunization law covers it, and there is no room for local action.” Ultimately, it's unclear where courts will land on the issue. Jacobs said schools mandating COVID-19 vaccinations are “pushing the envelope” legally. Will More California Schools Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations? So far, just a handful of California school districts have mandated COVID-19 shots for students.  Culver City and Los Angeles Unified are the two largest districts to do so in Southern California. Neither are currently offering personal belief exemptions. Last week, the Oakland Unified School District and Piedmont Unified School District, both in Alameda County, became the first districts to mandate the vaccination in Northern California. While Piedmont Unified is only allowing medical exemptions, Oakland Unified will accept personal belief waivers. Other school districts seem less eager to jump into new mandates. Officials with the San Francisco Unified School District and the San Diego Unified School District told CalMatters earlier this month that they did not plan to set a vaccination requirement. When Culver City Unified announced its vaccination mandate, Superintendent Quoc Tran told EdSource that he believed the requirement was legally sound. He said school officials did not ask district lawyers to look at the policy. A spokesperson for Los Angeles Unified declined to comment on the school's legal authority for this article, and a spokesperson for Oakland Unified said they could not discuss legal specifics with PolitiFact California as the school believes “there is the possibility of litigation on this topic.” If school districts get challenged in court, Jacobs, with the McGeorge School of Law, said a judge could issue an emergency order to halt vaccination requirements as the case moves through the legal system. It's also possible that districts soon won't be making the vaccination rules in classrooms across the Golden State. During a media briefing last week, California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said officials are considering a statewide requirement, although no definitive decision has been made. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday said school mandates are “still on the table.” In the meantime, whether or not California school districts can independently require students to get vaccinated will likely be fought out in the courts.  That process may be repeated across the country as districts in other places confront their own state laws on vaccinations in schools. “State law controls,” Jacobs said. “It will be up to a court to look at these sources of state law to determine what's happening.” Source List:  Email interview with Dorit Reiss, a professor of law at UC Hastings and a member of the Vaccine Working Group on Ethics and Policy, Sept. 23, 2021 Zoom interview with Leslie Jacobs, a professor of constitutional law at McGeorge School of Law and director of the Capital Center for Law & Policy, Sept. 23, 2021 The Los Angeles Times, Culver City Unified to require student COVID-19 vaccinations, in what may be a first, Aug. 18, 2021 The Los Angeles Times, L.A. school officials order sweeping student vaccine mandate, a first by a major district, Sept. 9, 2021 ABC7, Parents protest vaccine mandates despite Glendale Unified not having requirement for students, Sept. 24, 2021 Cornell Law Library Legal Information Institute, Henning Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts California Legislative Information, Senate Bill No. 277 National Conference of State Legislatures, States With Religious and Philosophical Exemptions From School Immunization Requirements, April 30, 2021 The Los Angeles Times, California Legislature passes mandatory vaccination bill, June 29, 2015 SF Gate, State Assembly approves vaccine bill, June 25, 2015 Centers for Disease Control, Measles Outbreak — California, December 2014 - February 2015, Feb. 20, 2015 Culver City Unified School District, Facebook post, Aug. 17, 2021 Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Unified to Require All Students 12 and Older to be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 by January 10, 2022, Sept. 9, 2021 Los Angeles Unified School District, Safe Steps to Safe Schools: Frequently Asked Questions Piedmont Unified School District, PUSD Board Meeting Summary – September 22, 2021, Sept. 24, 2021 Oakland Unified School District, OUSD Board of Education Passes Vaccine Requirement for Students 12 Years Old and Up, Sept. 23, 2021 CalMatters, Other school districts in no rush to follow Los Angeles Unified vaccine mandate, Sept. 10, 2021 EdSource, Culver City Unified mandates Covid vaccine for students, possibly a first for California, Aug. 18, 2021 NBC Bay Area, California Considers COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Students 12 and Up, Sept. 23, 2021

Episode 004 - Get to know me: money is the root: Early in my adulthood, I asked God for 3 things: to see Stevie Wonder in concert, to own my own Mercedes Benz, and to retire at age 55 and enjoy it for at least 15 years. Two out of three ain't bad and I'm still working on the third one.  The first ask: Stevie Wonder is a musical genius and living legend. His songs have were the background throughout my lifetime and played a huge role in my memories. I'm glad that I got to see him live during his prime. He performed at the Capital Center just outside of Washington DC. I can't remember the exact year but Stevie was on for hours. It was like a tribute to himself and I enjoyed every last minute of it.  The second ask: I never owned a Benz but that dream has passed on by just like so many other material dreams of my youth. It's stuff. It's part of the American Dream BS right alongside with keeping up with the Joneses. It's utter nonsense and does nothing to improve you in God's eyes.  My third ask: A childhood friend's mom, whom I adored, passed on way before her time. I knew that she worked hard towards her retirement, but she never saw it. And from age 21, my hope was formed to retire at age 55 and enjoy it at least until I turned 70. At 21 though, of course I didn't know how it would all work out – because I grew up in the hood; we lived in survival mode and knew nothing of long-term anything.  But at one point I stopped wearing my earnings on my back and started putting it in the bank or in investments. That is another confidence booster: when you can see your money grow and you make the determined effort not to touch it – even in emergencies. Example#1: My old boss who was also a dear friend and mentor wanted to start an investment club. Too many of my coworkers didn't see the value in it but I did. I had plans. Long term. It was an interesting time and I learned a lot. I learned even more when I became the treasurer of this investment club because I learned how other people spend their money. It was frustrating that some people – as soon as they saw the quarterly statements – suddenly needed new tires on their truck and withdrew their money faster than I could say GMC Denali. Anyway, the constant withdrawals harmed the entire club's potential future investment strategies so we disbanded and I disbursed the monies per individual. In all that, I learned some very valuable lessons about the differences between mutual funds, stocks, and bonds because we had to do homework each month. And I also discovered that I like reading the prospectuses. So, I used all that knowledge to my advantage.  Example #2: One of my friends used to constantly complain that she was always broke and could never save money for a real vacation. Bored with the same story, I finally told her how it could be done simply. You see, she went to Starbucks twice a day – even on the weekends – and always got the Venti or Trenta sized cups. I told her to go once a day, instead, – we had free coffee at work - and to let me hold the money for the 2nd cup. So at the end of the 12 months, I handed her a check for $1200+ And when she realiThe Slow Traveling Soul Sister podcast is sponsored and hosted by SelfishMe Travel. Follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, or join my travel agency email list. You can also email me at info@selfishmetravel.com and/or check out my website.

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Today on Insight, we’re looking at how companies that made substantial contributions to Gov. Gavin Newsom received no-bid contracts from the state, influential appointments, or other opportunities related to the state’s pandemic. We’re also discussing the outcome of the impeachment trial with Ken Rudin, the Political Junkie. Today's Guests CapRadio State Government Reporter Scott Rodd discusses the no-bid contracts some of Governor Gavin Newsom's biggest donors received during the COVID-19 response. University of the Pacific Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Professor of Law and Capital Center for Law & Policy Director Leslie Gielow Jacobs discusses the outcome of the impeachment trial Republican political consultant and the California Republican Party's former deputy press secretary Luis Alvarado Ken Rudin's Political Junkie podcast host and longtime political journalist Ken Rudin Correction: We misstated former California Republican Party Deputy Press Secretary Luis Alvarado's title in a previous version of this page. It has been corrected.

President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration will be like no other, taking place in the shadow of the pandemic and just two weeks after a violent insurrectionist mob stormed the U.S. Capitol; we talk about how COVID-19 and security concerns have shaped Inauguration Day. Plus, with reports that President Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations, we take a closer look at presidential pardons, how it works, and its use by modern presidents. Today's Guests CapRadio State Government Reporter Scott Rodd checks-in with an update from the California Capitol after the FBI warned of possible armed protests throughout the country and what we might see on Inauguration Day CapRadio Reno Reporter and Producer Bert Johnson explains the Proud Boys’ involvement in the Capitol insurrection that took place earlier this month Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee offers her take on the inauguration of Joe Biden as President and Kamala Harris as Vice President, along with the historic second impeachment of President Trump University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill History Professor Emeritus Richard Kohn on security preparations and what to expect in the U.S. Capitol and around the country ahead of, and on, Inauguration Day Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Professor of Law and Director of the Capital Center for Law & Policy at the University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Leslie Gielow Jacobs navigates the history of presidential pardons, its use by modern presidents, and President Trump’s use to this point

On this weeks episode of Keep the Kayfabe the boys round out the best and worst of NXT 31 and the new look of the Capital Center. With what will be an eventful upcoming AEW Dynamite, the boys give their predictions of the title matches and what sort of mischief may ensue as AEW honors 30 years of Chris Jericho. Also a public apology to Miro from Mike.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg passed away last week after serving 27 years on the Supreme Court. She became one of the court’s most prominent members and was widely seen as a legal and feminist icon; we discuss what her death means to the election. Plus, a closer look at those most impacted by the pandemic, and the state’s efforts to isolate claims of fraud. Today's Guests University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Professor of Law and Capital Center for Law & Policy Director Leslie Jacobs Leslie Jacobs on the legacy of former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Founder and President of the Los Angeles Women's March Movement Emi Guereca discusses women’s rights in the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing CapRadio State Government Reporter Scott Rodd checks in with updates on the state’s efforts to isolate fraud at the Employment Development Department, which is freezing new applications for benefits UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities Director Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola explains why Latinos are amongst those impacted most by COVID-19    WelbeHealth Medical Director Dr. Colin Robinson talks about caring for the elderly during the pandemic.

Today's Guests: University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Capital Center for Law & Policy director Leslie Jacobs explains the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. UC Davis School of Law Dean Kevin Johnson discusses the DACA ruling and what an impermanent decision means   UC Immigrant Legal Services Center executive director María Blanco talks about what’s next for DACA Sacramento State University Peter H. Shattuck Endowed Chair Dr. Antonio Bly and UC Davis history professor Dr. Greg Downson the significance and history of ‘Juneteenth’ Natomas Unified School District Superintendent Chris Evans checks in on the district’s budget vote and back-to-school plan  Alpenglow Expeditions operations manager Sam Kieckhefer on the reopening of ski resorts, like Squaw Valley, and what to expect Resources Johns Hopkins University's global COVID-19 case tracker COVID-19 live tracker California's Health Corps Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation Stockton COVID-19 Resources San Joaquin County COVID-19 Resources

Today's Guests: University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Capital Center for Law & Policy director Leslie Jacobs explains the Supreme Court’s latest rulings  University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, Gordon D. Schaber Health Law and Health Policy chair Larry Levine discusses the Supreme Court’s rulings and what it could mean for future cases CapRadio politics reporter Nicole Nixon with the latest on state budget negotiations and lawmakers plans for reconciling a $54.3 billion projected deficit UC Davis assistant clinical professor Natascha Tuznik on staying safe in public amid reopenings  Sacramento Zoo executive director Jason Jacobs talks about the reopening of the Sacramento Zoo and its future plans   Sacramento Zoo associate veterinarian Dr. Jenessa Gjeltema on the impact COVID-19 has on the zoo Resources Johns Hopkins University's global COVID-19 case tracker COVID-19 live tracker California's Health Corps Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation Stockton COVID-19 Resources San Joaquin County COVID-19 Resources

Guests Miosa Bride: Sacramento Wedding Dresses owner Michael Summerfield talks about the weekend protests and how his store was broken into and stolen from CapRadio State Government Reporter Scott Rodd on what happened during the protests in Sacramento  CapRadio's Nicole Nixon, Emily Zentner & Sammy Caiola with a look at how demonstrators organized on Sunday  Political Junkie Ken Rudin with the latest on how nationwide protests are impacting the U.S. political landscape   University of the Pacific Law Professor and Capital Center for Law & Policy Director Leslie Jacobs on President Trump’s new executive order targeting at social media companies and big tech The Center for the Arts Executive Director Amber Jo Manuel talks about plans for a major remodel and how plans have been delayed due to the pandemic The People Of Sacramento founder and social media influencer Zayn Silmi on his efforts to clean up the city post-protest Genesis Church Pastor Tecoy Porter talks community impact and response to the weekend protests Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Nancy Wechsler discusses plans for reopening the congregation  Fremont Presbyterian Church Pastor David Burke on coping with the impact of COVID-19 and future plans Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims Services Religious Director Imam Amr Dabour, checks in on how the League managing during the pandemic and weekend-long protests Resources Johns Hopkins University's global COVID-19 case tracker COVID-19 live tracker California's Health Corps Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation

Lew Strudler credits the late George Michael and Ken Beatrice for much of the success of the Caps 1982 "Save the Washington Capitals" 30-day campaign~ "If it wasn’t for the two of them at that particular period of time, who every night got on the air for that 30 days. They came out to The Capital Center at that point, helped us when we were doing all kinds of special events to get the city involved, especially the corporate city..." Lew Strudler, Vice President Global Partnerships, Monumental Sports and Entertainment, and Andy Ockershausen in studio interview Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen. This is Our Town, and I've had the opportunity to talk to a man I've known for many, many years. A big part of WMAL incidentally, never as an employee, but as an in-house important friend: Lew Strudler, Vice President of Global Partnership for Monumental Sports. Lew, you could've knocked me over with a feather when somebody told me that. That's your title. Lew Strudler: That is my title. Andy Ockershausen: It's incredible, and I go back to you when you were working for the Wizards. You could've even been a player. I don't remember, and that was in the early '80s. Lew Strudler: In '82, I go back. It wasn't even the Wizards, it was the Bullets and the Washington Capitals when I started in July of 1982 with Abe Pollin. Andy Ockershausen: You know the Washington Capitals at one time was a basketball team, you knew that of course. Lew Strudler: That goes ways back even before that. That is correct. Andy Ockershausen: I mean, a very good basketball team. Lew Strudler: That's when you were a young boy, absolutely. Andy Ockershausen: At Uline Arena, I remember it all, Lew, but you're a big part of Our Town because of your association with Abe and with the organization for many years in my position at WMAL. You were the image of talking to people with Abe. Talk to Lew and then you'll get to Abe, and that was very important to our growth at WMAL. Lew Strudler Signed on with Abe Pollin and Company to Create with 30-Day Campaign to Save the Washington Capitals Lew Strudler: I started with Abe and he called me in the summer of '82 and was really distressed about the financial state of the Washington Capitals, and at that point in time, wasn't sure he was going to keep the team in Washington. And he called me to come onboard and put together a campaign called Save the Washington Capitals. Andy Ockershausen: Who were you with then, Lew? How Lew Strudler Met Abe and Irene Pollin Lew Strudler: I was working at the National Mental Health Association. I was their Director, but I was really staffing Rosalynn Carter in terms of her doing special events, fundraising events around the Country as First Lady, and Abe and Irene Pollin were on the Board of Directors of the National Mental Health Association, and that's how I got to meet them for a good period of time. Andy Ockershausen: You know, when we had Irene here as one of our first guests on Our Town, because she represented Abe and the city so well as a big part of us, but you bring up names, Lew, that were so important, but where did you start? Did you start in Hyattsville? You didn't start life- Lew Strudler: I was in Landover. I was working in DC. I grew up in New York City. Andy Ockershausen: That's what I thought, you were a New Yorker. Lew Strudler: I was a New Yorker and I came down here, was working at the Mental Health Association for about four years, and then got a phone call one night from Abe Pollin to come and have lunch with him on a Wednesday, and he started talking to me about the state of the Capitals and how he was either going to sell them, disband them, or give it a 30-day effort to try to make it work. And he asked me at that point in time would I come onboard totally outside the world of sports, even though I loved all sports, if I'd come on- Andy Ockershausen: But you were not in sports at the time. Lew Strudler: No.

Episode Sixty Five Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Currently Reading –Becoming – Michelle Obama (CW)(audio)Elevation – Stephen King (EF)Manhattan Beach – Jennifer Egan (CW)– Just Read –Kingdom of the Blind – Louise Penny (CW)His Favorites – Kate Walbert (EF)Ayiti – Roxane Gay (EF)– Biblio Adventures –Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT to see Virginia Sole-Smith discuss her book The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America.Emily went to the Guilford Library to see Andre Dubus III discuss his new novel, Gone So Long.Chris went to the Guilford Library to learn more about the return of black bears in Connecticut.– Upcoming Jaunts –Book-It Repertory Theater – production of My AntoniaDecember 9, 2018 Chris and Emily will head on a joint jaunt to Concord, New Hampshire to see Louise Penny discuss her new book Kingdom of the Blind. The event is sponsored by the Capital Center for the Arts and Gibson’s Bookstore.Emily is heading on a big trip to OR, CA and CO. Hopefully there will be some literary adventuring along the way.– Upcoming Reads –The Widows – Jess MontgomeryPassing – Nella LaursenThe Odyssey – Homer, translated by Emily Wilson (CW)– Readalong #9 –Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca MaraisBianca is happy to join your book club discussion. Check out her website HERE.If You Want to Make God Laugh – Bianca’s next book will be available July 16, 2019– Also Mentioned –Washington: A Life – Ron ChernowWill SchwalbeJ.K. RowlingGirl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg LarssonCriminal ElementThe Untamed State – Roxane GayThe Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals – Michael PollanStone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls – Robert M. ThorsonThe Classics ClubJames Benn – Billy Boyle seriesBorn a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood – Trevor NoahJust Mercy – Bryan Stevenson

Episode Sixty Four Show Notes CW = Chris Wolak EF = Emily Fine Purchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More. If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions. Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here. – Readalong #9 – Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais Have comments to us by December 6, 2018 – Currently Reading – Becoming – Michelle Obama (CW)(audio) His Favorites – Kate Walbert (EF) The Stan – Kevin Knodell, David Axe, Blue Delliquanti (CW) The Grain Bowl – Nik Williamson (EF) America: The Cookbook – Gabrielle Langholtz (EF) – Just Read – Becoming – Michelle Obama (EF) Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert (CW) Lift and Separate - Marilyn Simon Rothstein (EF) Starting From Scratch – Rita Mae Brown (CW) The Proposal – Jasmine Guillory (EF) The Vampires Heart (A Paranormal Lesbian Romance) – C.M. Blackwood (CW) Sea Prayer – Khaled Hosseini, Dan Williams (EF) The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel that Scandalized the World – Sarah Weinman (CW) – Biblio Adventures – Sadly, the weather foiled our plans on November 15, 2018. Due to a snowstorm, we were unable to make it to Bank Square Books in Mystic, CT to see Jean P. Moore (Tilda’s Promise) in conversation with Cheryl Suchors (48 Peaks). Chris and Emily went on a joint jaunt to see the movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? Chris met up with Our Mystery Man, John Valeri, at Wesleyan RJ Julia in Middletown, CT. Emily went to Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT for small business Saturday. Chris attended the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair and also had a chance to walk through the Boston Central Public Library in Copley Square. – Upcoming Jaunts – November 27, 2018 Emily would like to visit RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT to see Virginia Sole-Smith discuss her book The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America. December 9, 2018 Chris and Emily will head on a joint jaunt to Concord, New Hampshire to see Louise Penny discuss her new book Kingdom of the Blind. The event is sponsored by the Capital Center for the Arts and Gibson’s Bookstore. – Upcoming Reads – Kingdom of the Blind – Louise Penny (CW) Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (CW) Middlemarch – George Eliot (CW) Hum If You Don’t Know the Words – Bianca Marais (EF) The Perfect Mother – Aimee Molloy (EF) Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney (EF) Heads of the Colored People – Nafissa Thompson-Spires (EF) The Patch – John McPhee (EF) – Book Launch – We had a chance to chat with Shuly Xochitl Cawood about her new book, 52 Things I wish I Could Have Told Myself When I Was 17, which is now available in Paperback and Kindle. You can order it HERE. Shuly’s other book is The Going and Goodbye: A Memoir. You can learn more about her at https://www.shulycawood.com/. – Also Mentioned – Ohio – Stephen Markley Also by Marilyn Simon Rothstein: Husbands and Other Sharp Objects Also by Jasmine Guillory: The Wedding Date Roxane Gay Also by Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov My Absolute Darling – Gabriel Tallent A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara Russell at Ink and Paper Blog Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov) – Susan Smith Also by Lee Israel: Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger The Overstory – Richard Powers Kimberly McCreight Bookclub Bookstore & More Also by John McPhee: Oranges George Saunders

If you've ever wondered about why some states have legalized marijuana and some haven't, or why even though marijuana is legal in it's still illegal to posses or use it, then today's episode is for you. McGeorge Professor of Law Mike Vitiello gives a brief history of the legalization of cannabis in today's episode. It's from one of the Capital Center's Executive Training series, and this piece is the first of a few that we'll be putting out in the next few weeks.

California has exited a long period of high immigration, during which it struggled with whether and how to welcome newcomers. But other parts of the United States are still in the midst of reckoning with immigration and the questions it poses. What did California get right—and what did California do wrong—during its immigration wave? How many of the Golden State’s successes in integrating immigrants were a result of government and policy, and what is the product of our open culture and laissez-faire attitude about so many things? UC Immigrant Legal Services Center executive director Maria Blanco, Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly, California state director of Immigrant Integration Daniel Torres, and moderator Foon Rhee, a columnist and associate editor for The Sacramento Bee, discussed these issues in a Zócalo/The California Wellness Foundation event titled “What Can California Teach America About Immigrant Integration?” at Sacramento’s Capital Center.

Ben Winters is a little incomprehensible. Not his output, which is consistently great, but his wild imagination and range. He's a teacher, a playwright, an Edgar and Phillip K. Dick Award-winning novelist, he's written children's books, an existential detective series and landed a New York Times bestseller with the Jane Austen meets the kraken mash-up, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. His most recent novel, Underground Airlines, imagines an alternative American history - and present. The civil war never happened, and slavery is legal in four southern states under protection of the Constitution. Underground Airlines is an ingenious work of speculative fiction that at times seems chillingly plausible. It landed on several top ten lists in 2016...from Fresh Air contributor Maureen Corrigan to the BBC. We caught up with him at the Capital Center for the Arts in Concord, NH before interviewing him and The Underground Railroad author, Colson Whitehead. Episode music by Podington Bear Ad music by Uncanny Valleys

Irene Pollin, a major contributor to the growth of Washington DC metro, is Andy O’s special guest on this all new episode of Our Town podcast. Irene Pollin has recently released her memoirs, “Irene & Abe: An Unexpected Life”. Her book reveals the ins and outs of Irene’s life with her husband and business partner Abe Pollin. Irene now shares her memories with host Andy Ockershausen in this episode of Our Town. Irene Pollin and Abe Pollin were introduced by Irene's Aunt Fanny who happened to be married to Uncle Dan of the Pollin family. Irene was 17 and living in St. Louis with her family. Abe,18, was living on the East Coast. After they met, Abe wooed Irene long distance – writing one letter after another. Irene recalls visiting his family in Washington DC in 1941 at their beautiful home off of 16th Street, NW. Irene and Abe dated more than a few years. Eventually, Abe not only successfully convinced Irene to move to Washington DC to be with him, but he also convinced her entire family to move with her. The two finally married in 1945 after the war. Most know that Abe and Irene Pollin literally built Washington DC. Abe’s Dad was in the construction business through the 30s into the mid 40s. He owned an extremely profitable plumbing and heating business (during the Depression) and that made construction a natural path for Abe and Irene to follow. They built houses and apartments and then years later they found themselves building massive complexes such as the Capital Centre and the Verizon Center. The Pollins had a tremendous influence on Our Town and found it an exciting time of growth for Washington, DC. Before Irene and Abe built the Capital Centre they were owners of the Baltimore Bullets. Irene tells Andy they never had any intention of owning a sports team but buying the Baltimore Bullets was a way to level out their lives. Prior to, they had suffered the loss of their daughter, and then Irene’s parents, so buying and owning the team turned out to be a good diversion. Listen in as, Irene vividly describes the intense feeling the first time they entered the Civic Center knowing that they were the owners. Baltimore was not a basketball town, and their efforts to grow their team didn’t work. After 9 or 10 years, when the Pollins decided to leave, Baltimore did nothing to make them stay. Abe and Irene were builders so they decided to build an arena for their team, and that’s when the Captial Centre came into being in Landover, Maryland. The Baltimore Bullets became the Washington Bullets. Building the Capital Center changed Our Town in major ways. Many big events that couldn’t come to Our Town before, could happen now. One of the most memorable events for Irene was one of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration celebrations. Frank Sinatra was on the bill for that evening, and Irene shares a story of what it took to meet him. Let’s just say she was less than amused. Andy and Irene discuss the travels Irene writes about throughout her book. The Pollins traveled both with their sports teams, and for fun during off season. Together Abe and Irene enjoyed extraordinary trips to Africa, China and the Philippines. On their trip to the Philippines they were guests of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. Irene laughs as she tells Andy about a wardrobe malfunction and how Wes Unseld held her dress together in the back as she got off the plane in Manila to a crowd of people. In 1997, with a commitment from then Mayor Marion Barry, the Pollins decided to move their teams – the Washington Bullets and Washington Capitols – to inside the city limits of DC. At that time Pollins also decided to change the name of the Washington Bullets to the Washington Wizards. Andy reminds us that both the Capital Centre and the VerizonCenter were built with the Pollins’ own money, they weren’t looking for handouts and incentives from the government. The VerizonCenter, previously known as the MCI Center,

This week's Deadpod features the second set from March 16th, 1990 at the Capital Center in Landover Maryland. The set starts with an unusual Scarlet->Estimated combination, which then leads into Ship of Fools.. The Man Smart, Woman Smarter that follows has a unique sound as does the sweet jam leading into Space.. I'm not as big a fan of the intro into 'The Other One' this time.. Some folks dislike the Stella Blue that follows - its just too slow for some peoples' tastes. I'll let you judge that for yourself. I think this is a fine show that is representative of a fine period of the GD history. I hope you enjoy it as well.. Grateful Dead - March 16, 1990Capital Centre - Landover, MD Set 2:Scarlet Begonias ->Estimated Prophet ->Ship Of Fools ->Man Smart, Woman SmarterJam ->Drums ->Space ->The Other One ->Stella Blue ->Sugar Magnolia Encore:The Last Time You can listen to this week's Deadpod http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod031612.mp3">here:http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod031612.mp3">http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod031612.mp3 The Deadpod exists only through your support.. thank you my friends.....