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It's Friday, August 28th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Nigerian Christian farmers are being targeted by Fulani Muslims For many Christian farmers in the Plateau State of Nigeria, traveling to their own farms has become dangerous, reports International Christian Concern. Some have stopped going altogether. Others now move in groups, hoping that numbers will offer some protection. But for families who depend on agriculture for survival, abandoning their land is not an easy choice.  The fear has grown following a series of attacks by armed men suspected to be Fulani Muslim militias which have targeted farmers traveling to and from their fields.  On July 30, according to Christian leader Joseph Yonkpa, 60-year-old Christian farmer Bulus Turu was “attacked and macheted while returning from his farm.”  At least 27 people have been killed in ambushes, many of whom were Christian farmers traveling to their farms.  Yohana Boh, a community leader, said, “We received early warning, but the Nigerian Army ignored it. We can't sleep. We can't farm. We're calling for help.” Send a polite, 4-sentence note to Lateef Kayode, the Nigerian Ambassador to America, asking him to urge his government to protect the Christian farmers there. Address your letter to the Nigerian Embassy, 3519 International Court, NW, Washington, DC 20008. You can find that address, and the spelling of the Nigerian Ambassador's name, in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com. Flash flood in Nepal killed 360 The deadly flash flood in Nepal on August 26th has killed 360 people and left 1,400 missing including 90 Americans, reports Weather.com. The flood was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river.  That may have led to the backed-up water surging downstream with enormous force a few hours later. In fact, water levels in rivers across the flood-affected region rose by as much as 29.5 feet in 30 minutes. The U.S. State Department said it is not aware of any U.S. deaths, but three Americans have been rescued. Hundreds have lost their homes across the Himalayan region, and officials reported large-scale damage to critical infrastructure, including hydropower dams, roads, buildings and bridges in the region. US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical' due to Iran war An unnamed U.S. defense official in Europe and an unnamed NATO official told the Associated Press that the U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump's war with Iran. This raises concerns about vulnerabilities in NATO countries to a potential Russian attack. The U.S. defense official said the most concerning shortfall involves Patriot missile interceptors, which can shoot down Russia's high-speed ballistic missiles. The NATO official confirmed the low inventories of Patriots among American and NATO forces in Europe. President Trump renames Lake Ontario to Lake America On August 27th, President Donald Trump said he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada, reports the Associated Press. The president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake's name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Girl Scouts promotes Islam The Girl Scouts organization in America already has plunged neck-deep into transgenderism and abortion, with ideologies that support such leftist agendas. Now, the group is jumping into Islam, reports WorldNetDaily.com. An online report confirmed the Girls Scouts are offering "badges" that are earned by little girls when they visit mosques and learn the "Pillars of Islam." Not surprisingly, social media commenters were outraged. Turning Point USA, founded by Charlie Kirk, tweeted, “Nothing says Girl Scouts of AMERICA like learning the pillars of Islam.” And another wrote, “Never buy Girl Scout cookies again.” According to a new investigation by Natalie Winters, the White House correspondent for Steve Bannon's War Room, she documented that, "Girl Scout troops across the U.S. are incorporating Islamic religious instruction, prayer and activities, [like wearing the hijab head covering and participating in the Ramadan fast] into scouting programs.” Winters reported, "Girl Scouts Heart of Central California knew about the Sacramento Area League of Associated Muslims' religious integration years earlier. The council's 2009 annual report said that four troops with 30 girls began …  [incorporating] Girl Scouting into the mosque's youth programming. It highlighted a Ramadan sleepover involving fasting and girls 'praying through the night.'" The examples appear to involve individual troops and local councils rather than a nationwide requirement imposed on all Girl Scouts. However, there is a "nationwide pattern of Girl Scout troops based at mosques incorporating Islamic prayer, Quranic instruction, and lessons on hijab into activities conducted under the Girl Scouts banner." In Exodus 20:3, God said, “You shall have no other gods before Me.” And, to be sure, Allah, the Islamic god, is not the one true God. Mom banned from school after protesting push of sexual perversion And finally, an Oregon mother is suing Portland Public Schools for banning her from her children's elementary school for protesting its promotion of homosexual transgender “pride,” reports LifeSiteNews.com. The Oregonian reports that Allison Roberts, who has two children at Meriwether Lewis Elementary School, took issue with benches painted with “Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride” rainbow designs. She also objected to an assignment in which one of her kids was tasked with filling out an “identity flower” exercise including gender. After a meeting with school officials to discuss her concerns, she began distributing letters about the situation outside the school, leading to a “heated exchange” with one parent. That led to a one-year trespass order keeping her off the grounds ostensibly for “threatening and intimidating members of the school community” with “harmful, unlawful and/or disruptive behavior.” As a result, Roberts was forced to miss one of her children's graduations from elementary school. Now, she is suing to reverse the trespass order and secure her rights to engage in free speech about her children's education.  Mrs. Roberts should prayerfully consider pulling her children out of the pro-perversion government schools and homeschool them instead. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, August 28th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ

Patrick answers questions that spiral from halal dietary practices and biblical references to the surprising origins of indulgences and the nuances of detachment from sin. Alongside spirited exchanges about feast days, the roots of the Church in Rome, and the difference between supernatural and preternatural, personal and touching stories surface. Faith’s everyday grit meets thoughtful explanations as Patrick connects with listeners in ways both thoughtful and unexpected. Paul (email) - Can you clarify how your conversation regarding animals Peter says are OK to eat, and how Halal meat might differ in the way the animal is killed. Isn't Halal killing a sacrifice? (00:30) Alex (email) - Why is the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome, even though Jesus lived and died in the Middle East? (07:31) Patrick in Central California (email) - How can 1 John 1:5 say God is light with no darkness in Him when Exodus 20:21 and 1 Kings 8:12 describe Him dwelling in thick darkness? Travis - There are different feasts for different saints. How should we celebrate a saint's feast day? (18:02) Matt - What does it mean to be detached from all sin? (24:13) Mark - Is there a point in which the pursuit of indulgences could become sinful? (30:46) Maria - Who created indulgences? Are they in the Bible? (36:52) Maria - Is there any way I can get a physical copy of the 'Keep Going' album? I want to get a copy for my husband. (39:51) Val - What re Preternatural gifts? Can you explain what this term means vs supernatural? (46:37)

Deep sea mining is no longer theoretical. In this episode, Andrew sits down with Matthew Gianni, co-founder and Political and Policy Advisor of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, for an in-depth look at what's actually happening on the seafloor and in the negotiating rooms deciding its fate. Matthew spent years as a commercial fisherman, including five years as a deep sea trawlerman off the Central California coast, before moving into ocean conservation with Greenpeace International and eventually co-founding the DSCC to fight destructive bottom trawling on seamounts. That history shapes everything he has to say about what's coming next. The conversation covers the science and the politics in equal measure: what seamount trawling studies off Tasmania revealed about how quickly deep coral ecosystems can be destroyed, why the deep sea is far from the "biological desert" some mining proponents describe, and the 2024 discovery of "dark oxygen" being produced by the very polymetallic nodules that mining companies want to extract. Matthew also walks through the current state of play at the International Seabed Authority, including a fresh update from the July 2026 meetings in Kingston, Jamaica, the leadership change from Michael Lodge to Leticia Carvalho, the legal fight over The Metals Company's push for a US mining license outside ISA authority, and why the economics of nodule mining may not add up even on the industry's own numbers. Whether deep sea mining moves forward is still being decided right now, and Matthew makes the case for why the decisions being made in 2026 will shape the deep ocean for generations. This is a dense, detailed update for anyone trying to understand where deep sea mining policy actually stands, straight from someone who has been in the room for over a decade. Takeaways: Matthew Gianni co-founded the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition after years as a commercial fisherman and deep sea trawlerman, then a career at Greenpeace International running its ocean program. Seamount trawling studies off Tasmania showed how fast deep coral ecosystems can be wiped out once bottom trawling begins. The 2024 discovery of "dark oxygen" production from polymetallic nodules raises new questions about what deep seabed mining could disrupt before science even understands it. The International Seabed Authority is legally obligated to act "for the benefit of humankind as a whole," which is central to the current fight over mining regulations. The Metals Company is pursuing a US mining license through NOAA to bypass ISA authority entirely, a move Matthew calls "unilateral mining" that risks undermining the Law of the Sea Convention. The economics of nodule mining are being challenged even within the ISA's own analysis, with mined metals representing a small fraction of global terrestrial supply. A leadership change at the ISA, from Michael Lodge to Leticia Carvalho, has shifted the tone of negotiations, though Matthew says the fundamental disagreements remain unresolved. Support Independent Podcasts: https://www.speakupforblue.com/patreon Need help with your ocean non-profit, company, or project? Get the help you need with Pisces Oceans Inc.: https://www.piscesoceans.ca Connect with Speak Up For Blue Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube  

Today on the show: US imperialism under Trump, expanding a right-wing agenda into a half-dozen Central and South American countries. The US does almost everything in its power to sink the Cuban revolution. We'll speak with human rights Attorney and a leader at Witness at the Border Camilo Peres Bustillo for a sweeping update of the region. Flashpoints contributor and resident troubadour, Francisco Herrera reports from a community meeting called to deal with the ongoing ICE raids in Northern and Central California. Farmworkers and Advocates, Including Legendary Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta, Rallied at the State Capitol to Demand Accountability from California's Pesticide Regulators. We'll speak to two members of Californians for Pesticide Reform who have been right in the middle of the debate. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post US Imperialism Under Trump, Expanding Into a Half-Dozen Central and South American Countries appeared first on KPFA.

Introduction As California works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, the transition to energy-efficient homes is an important opportunity for climate careers. The Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, a California-based nonprofit managed by Julia Hatton, helps address challenges faced by those in underserved communities when it comes to job training. Through hands-on programs, participants can gain valuable skills as they work to improve green buildings. Background Buildings account for over 40% of the global energy consumption and carbon emissions, making improvements to the energy and water efficiency of local homes an important part of climate strategy. As a result, the transition to clean energy creates a high demand for workers trained in energy efficiency and green construction—and there is a global shortage of workers with the applicable skills.  The Rising Sun Center for Opportunity assists not only with the immediate need, but also in building career pathways focused on long-term climate resilience. By employing young people from low-income backgrounds in the Bay and Central California, this nonprofit works as a launchpad for future climate action. Advantages Climate job training addresses both economic and environmental challenges simultaneously. Participants gain practical skills to help them enter the green industry, while households can receive services that save energy and water.  The hands-on approach that the Rising Sun Center for Opportunity utilizes furthers this endeavor, especially with the focus it has on leveling the playing field. With programs specializing in preparing youth, women, and individuals in reentry, a diverse range of participants can work directly in homes and communities. This provides immediate climate benefits to recipients of service, while workers gain experience in real-world projects that equip them with skills necessary for a long-term career. Drawbacks and Critiques Some contend that climate job training doesn't always translate into long-term climate employment. Although the Rising Sun Center for Opportunity may provide an efficient starting point, participants are not guaranteed a green career, especially if employers require other additional experiences or skills.  There is also a need to ensure that the climate transition doesn't just create jobs; it should also help establish economic power for those who have been marginalized from careers, as Hatton emphasizes. Although the Rising Sun Center for Opportunity aims to coordinate efforts from a wide group of historically disadvantaged communities, it's crucial that efforts translate into real impact. The Guest's Take Ms. Julia Hatton believes that investment in workers in green jobs is crucial to advance response to climate change. Rather than identifying job creation and reducing emissions as separate goals, Hatton sees potential in merging and combating both actions at once: by allowing them to reinforce each other. About the Guest Ms. Julia Hatton is the President & Chief Executive Officer at Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, committed to climate job training for underserved communities to lead climate action. She takes charge in leading innovation in the workforce and climate sector alike. Other Resources & Further Reading Rising Sun Center for Opportunity Website: Rising Sun ScienceDirect: Energy-related carbon emissions in the building sector Green Jobs Network: Climate Job Training California Climate Investments: Workforce Development

California lawmakers want abortion pills offered at community-college student health centers—even though the pills can already arrive by mail. John Girardi breaks down AB 2540, Claire Densmore's argument for greater “access,” the limited capabilities of campus health centers, and the lack of comparable prenatal support. He then turns to the Comstock Act, blue-state shield laws, and whether Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will follow through on a reported promise to stop abortion pills from being shipped into states that prohibit abortion. Then Ann Marie Paden, Executive Director of Tulare-Kings Resources for Life, joins John to preview Advancing the Mission 2026 on Thursday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Visalia First, featuring Riley Gaines, Officer Brandon Tatum, and Seth Gruber. Paden reflects on last year's sold-out gathering and explains TKRL's expanding work in FertilityCare, the Creighton Model, school and parent education, and life-affirming resources across the Central Valley. Doors open at 5 p.m.; tickets and details are available at tkrl.org. Right to Life Radio is a production of Right to Life of Central California, heard on KMJ. Support the July–August matching drive at rtlcc.org, or invite John to speak at your church, school, or group by calling 559-229-2229 or emailing info@righttolifeca.org.

On the Great Trials Podcast, hosts Steve Lowery and Yvonne Godfrey welcome California trial lawyer Ed Dudensing of the Dudensing Law Firm to discuss a Sacramento County verdict (March 2026) in an elder abuse/wrongful death case for 100-year-old Mildred Hernandez, brought by her daughter Teresa Ludlow and three sisters   CASE DETAILS: Mildred, a dementia patient at Greenhaven Estates Assisted Living Facility, allegedly suffered worsening wandering that was not documented or reported, and an alarm system was not working; she exited near her room, fell downstairs, and died of hypothermia after temperatures dropped to 38 degrees. The jury awarded $10.2M compensatory damages (including pre-death pain and suffering) and $100M punitive damages, allocated $92M to Colony Capital and $8M to Formation Capital. Dudensing explains long-term care corporatization, REIT/RIDEA structures, discovery strategies to trace control through layered LLCs, and proving notice, understaffing, and neglect. (READ MORE)   GUEST BIO: As the founder and lead counsel at Dudensing Law, Edward P. Dudensing specializes in representing plaintiffs in elder abuse cases, with a particular focus on neglect and abuse that takes place in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, acute hospitals, home health agencies, and hospice agencies. He is widely recognized as one of the nation's most successful and knowledgeable elder abuse attorneys. Based in California, Mr. Dudensing serves clients across the state, including Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, Central California, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego. His ability to navigate the intricacies of elder law and his relentless pursuit of justice have solidified his standing as a leader in the field. During his 23+ year career dedicated to compassionately representing victims of elder abuse and their families, Mr. Dudensing has successfully brought cases against some of California's largest assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and healthcare conglomerates, securing well over $250+ million in recoveries on behalf of his clients. (READ MORE)   CONNECT WITH OUR GUESTS: Ed Dudensing on LINKEDIN Ed Dudensing on FACEBOOK   LISTEN TO PREVIOUS EPISODES & MEET THE TEAM: Great Trials Podcast Show Sponsors: Legal Technology Services  Harris Lowry Manton LLP - hlmlawfirm.com Production Team: Dee Daniels Media Podcast Production   Free Resources: Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 1 Stages Of A Jury Trial - Part 2   FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Podcast Open 00:14 Small World Plane Story 02:26 Meet Trial Lawyer Ed 05:31 Case Overview and Verdict 06:54 How Mildred Died 10:13 Big Finance in Elder Care 14:34 Unmasking the Corporate Web 22:24 REIT RIDEA Defense Explained 25:31 Understaffing and Notice Evidence 28:04 Multiple Theories for the Jury 31:30 Missing Documentation Exposed 35:10 Finding Former Employees 35:57 Hunting Witness Statements 36:56 Damages For Centenarian 41:06 Humanizing The Plaintiff 45:24 Trial Strategy And Humility 50:30 Punitive Damages Breakdown 55:58 Jury Debrief And Verdict Form 57:43 Focus Groups And Alternatives 58:44 Corporate Veil Theater 01:03:31 Closing Lessons And Wrap Up    

Anthony Fauci faced the Senate and answered with the Fifth Amendment—111 times. John Gerardi and Jonathan Keller unpack the “explosive non-testimony,” the legacy Fauci and Francis Collins left behind, and how federal research funding helped create a market for fetal tissue obtained from abortion providers. They revisit Sen. Joni Ernst's questions about fetal-tissue research, David Daleiden's Planned Parenthood investigations, and why so many Americans now see medicine through a political lens. Then, in Stories from the Sidewalk, Linda Teliha shares what happens when a pregnant young woman arrives at Planned Parenthood with a car full of friends, why the quiet friend may matter most, and how one flower, one honest conversation, and one person willing to say “I'll help you” can change everything. Right to Life Radio is a production of Right to Life of Central California, heard on KMJ. Support the July–August matching drive at rtlcc.org, or invite John to speak at your church, school, or group by calling 559-229-2229 or emailing info@righttolifeca.org.

There's nothing new under the sun. In this evergreen audio essay, host John Gerardi traces a startling line from the child sacrifice of the ancient world to the abortion debate in modern California. Reading through Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, John unpacks why the Israelites were tempted to worship pagan gods like Baal, Asherah, and Molech, and how those religions divorced worship from morality (think Julius Caesar as both high priest and war criminal) in ways that made discarding inconvenient children disturbingly ordinary, from Roman infant exposure to Spartan eugenics. Then John turns to the revolution: how Judaism and Christianity reshaped Western civilization by insisting that women, slaves, the poor, and the unborn all bear the image of God, and how the earliest Christians stood apart precisely because they refused to abandon their children. Finally, he tackles the question every pro-lifer wrestles with: if the science is settled, why is abortion more popular than ever? His answer is a challenge to rethink compassion itself, from moral imagination and the difference between empathy and sympathy, to the cold economics of Medi-Cal that pay for abortion while maternity wards like Madera Community Hospital shut their doors. Right to Life Radio is a production of Right to Life of Central California, heard on KMJ. Support our summer matching drive (every gift doubled through August) at rtlcc.org. Want John to speak at your church, school, or youth group? Call 559-229-2229 or email info@righttolifeca.org.

Hey Dude, I took my dad back up to Yosemite where we found serenity along the South Fork of the Merced River, the Oakhurst Lodge swimming pool, the garden at the Mariposa Coffee Company and the cool little Wawona Library.  QUOTE: "Is this my Tom Bopp musical? Maybe." CAST: Tom Bopp, Diane Keaton, Huell Howser, Hell's Angels, Marlon Brando LOCATIONS: Yosemite, Wawona Hotel, The Redwoods in Yosemite, Oakhurst, Oakhurst Lodge, Los Angeles, Burbank, The Grapevine, Central Valley, Bakersfield, Bass Lake, Yosemite Gateway Art Center, Mariposa Coffee Company, Mariposa, Topanga Canyon, San Luis Obispo, California, Bigfoot Bakery and Grill, Wawona, South Fork of the Merced River, Pioneer Village, Wawona Library, Central California, Northern California, Echo Park, Altadena, England PROPS: DOGE, American Songbook, The 5, California's Gold, Nikon D3100 DSLR, The Wild Ones, 1967, hybrid bathrooms, Dodgers, A's, Giants, manna from Heaven, Vietnam War, 21 grams, 2005 Ford Rangers 4.0 V6, muscle cars, photo slides, fondue  SOUNDS: wind,  Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes  (more cowbell), car muffler  PHOTO: "Old Wooden Covered Bridge" shot with a Nikon D3100 DSLR RECORDED: July 10, 2026  in "The Cafe" under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 35:37 FILE SIZE: ~ 35 MB GENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional  HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.

California's girls are achieving in school and beyond, yet many are struggling with serious psychological distress. Dr. Linda Farley, CEO of Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, and Girl Scout Amelia Reyes-Stone join host Scott Syphax to discuss the 2026

Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that officials say killed at least 188 people and left more than 200 trapped. More were feared dead from the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck Wednesday evening - among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century and felt throughout the region. Firefighters and police across Central California are cracking down on illegal fireworks as the Fourth of July holiday approaches. Across the region, firefighters and police say they typically see an increase in illegal sales leading up to the holiday. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

il drilling and hydraulic fracturing could become more widespread throughout Central California thanks to two Tuesday decisions by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). One pertains to the Central Coast field office, affecting Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Joaquin counties. Google's YouTube has settled a social media addiction case brought by a 15-year-old in Florida who accused the platform of causing mental health harms to children, according to the plaintiff's lawyers. The terms of the settlement in the state court lawsuit against the social media giant were confidential. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

il drilling and hydraulic fracturing could become more widespread throughout Central California thanks to two Tuesday decisions by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). One pertains to the Central Coast field office, affecting Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and San Joaquin counties. Google's YouTube has settled a social media addiction case brought by a 15-year-old in Florida who accused the platform of causing mental health harms to children, according to the plaintiff's lawyers. The terms of the settlement in the state court lawsuit against the social media giant were confidential. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Venezuelans searched for survivors beneath collapsed buildings Thursday and rescue teams raced to northern areas rocked by a pair of powerful earthquakes that officials say killed at least 188 people and left more than 200 trapped. More were feared dead from the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes that struck Wednesday evening - among the strongest in Venezuela in more than a century and felt throughout the region. Firefighters and police across Central California are cracking down on illegal fireworks as the Fourth of July holiday approaches. Across the region, firefighters and police say they typically see an increase in illegal sales leading up to the holiday. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE SURE THING Gib is a college freshman who can't catch a break with women. When he hears a gorgeous girl in California is interested in him, he joins a cross-country carpool to meet her. The catch? Alison, the uptight classmate who already rejected him, is along for the ride. What starts as a nightmare road trip slowly turns into something neither of them expected. Craig, Elisabeth and guest Derek McCaw talk about if opposites attract, 50-year-old undergrads, summer in central California and the movie “The Sure Thing” on this week's Matinee Heroes! Show Notes 1:01 Craig, Elisabeth and Derek talk vacationing in Central California. 9:46 Craig, Elisabeth and Derek discuss "The Sure Thing." 50:45 Recasting 1:13:20 Double Feature 1:17:58 Final Thoughts 1:24:48 A preview of next week's episode "The Great Outdoors." Next week, we wrap up our summer fun movies with "The Great Outdoors."

Legal Analyst, Roger Bonakdar joins Philip Teresi breaking down some stories from a legal perspective. The decision set new limits on federal prosecution of gun owners who are targeted simply for having a history of drug use. It was especially welcomed by millions of American cannabis users who have had to disarm or risk up to 15 years behind bars. A member of a prominent Central California farming family was arrested over the weekend in Los Angeles County following what neighbors described as a series of threatening and antisemitic outbursts. Instead of certifying their own removals, Mayor Alvaro Preciado and councilmembers Leticia Gamez and Pablo Hernandez — three of four officials voters sought to remove — voted to reject the recall results and remain in office. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Legal Analyst, Roger Bonakdar joins Philip Teresi breaking down some stories from a legal perspective. The decision set new limits on federal prosecution of gun owners who are targeted simply for having a history of drug use. It was especially welcomed by millions of American cannabis users who have had to disarm or risk up to 15 years behind bars. A member of a prominent Central California farming family was arrested over the weekend in Los Angeles County following what neighbors described as a series of threatening and antisemitic outbursts. Instead of certifying their own removals, Mayor Alvaro Preciado and councilmembers Leticia Gamez and Pablo Hernandez — three of four officials voters sought to remove — voted to reject the recall results and remain in office. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're talking with Kevin Hoban and Jordie Simkovic, the creators and starring characters of Captain & Cat, a popular YouTube kids show with 200,000 subscribers and over 200 million views. The educational show for preschoolers tells stories using entertaining songs and narratives. They've just launched a new series called Explorasaurus: Healthy Food and You, aimed at teaching kids about healthy food and how it's grown. Their first episode about SugarBee apple growers in Washington State has over 500,000 views on YouTube. Interview Summary So, for people who aren't familiar with your show, for those few people out there who may not be, tell us about Captain & Cat, the characters, what they do, and how did you guys get started doing this? Kevin - Gotcha. Well, Jordan and I have been best friends since college. We went to Northwestern University in Chicago, and we were in a band together. We would perform live on campus, in the streets. And we realized that kids would stop and really enjoyed what we were doing. And I think that was the seed of the whole thing was, "Hey, maybe our act that we have, this two-man show is something for kids." And then we graduated. We both moved out to LA. Jordan came out here to act. I moved out here to produce TV shows, and on the weekends, we started performing for kids. Jordie - Yeah. Actually, we did a show called The Bubble Show. And we were doing probably six to eight shows a weekend for about 10 years. And then during the pandemic we started putting our stuff online because all live performances stopped. And for about three years it was nothing and crickets, and really just our parents watching. And then we won the award for best kid song of the year in 2023. And then that kinda put us on the radar of YouTube Kids who invited us to be one of the featured channels on their platform. And for a while we were doing jingles and music and educational songs and stuff like that. And then towards the end of last summer, we had connected with SugarBee Apples and that whole kind of growing cooperative out there about doing an apple song. And they actually were like, "You know what would be even cooler than that? Why don't you come out here and meet the farmers and see the harvest in action?" And we're like, "Whoa, this is really cool." And honestly, it was a life-changing experience. We now say that we have aunts, uncles, and cousins out in Central Washington. And honestly, I grew up in Miami, I went to college in Chicago, and then I've lived in Los Angeles ever since. I had never stepped foot on a farm, really, in any significant way. And just to be able to get exposure to this incredible pocket of people that otherwise I would have never had a chance to see and meet was completely eye-opening. Kevin - I would say I went out there thinking, "This is a huge apple company. They sell them all across the country in every grocery store." I went out there thinking, "Well, this is sort of like a big industrial corporate farm," right? Must be just one giant farm with robots harvesting apples. And what we found was it was a co-op of family-owned farms. Smaller families. We met the families. We met the grandparents, the parents, the kids, the grandkids. And we learned so much about apples and how you grow them. That every apple is picked by hand, first and foremost. Jordie - We honestly expected there was going to be like a machine just going around and shaking the apples off, you know. Because you have no idea. And there's been so much dialogue around factory farming, which has become kind of like the negative word. And honestly, yeah, as Kevin was saying, we expected just a giant faceless corporation there. And it was the exact opposite. Can I ask you guys a question? I'd like to dive in a little deeper than this, because you're saying something that resonates with me very personally. When I moved to North Carolina from Connecticut, I was offered the opportunity through the North Carolina Farm Bureau to do a tour of farms. Two-day intensive tour of farms in Eastern North Carolina. And we went to a blueberry farm that harvests millions of pounds of blueberries a year. Soybeans, corn, hog farmers, chicken. I mean, we did everything. And it was incredibly interesting. And there was the technology part of it, or the lack of technology that I was learning about, just as you related. But there was also a very moving human part of this. The people, I thought, were really interesting. And the generational nature of farming and all. So, tell me a little bit more about the people part of it. How much that affected you. Jordie - We met the farmer who like seven generations back, their family introduced the Granny Smith apple to the United States, you know? It's going back and we literally see it's a whole family working and living very close to where they farm. And so, kind of just, it's Uncle Farmer Peoples now, you know? And so, we were kinda talking to him about chemicals and pesticides and stuff like that off the record because we're like, "All right, so now tell us how much you spraying on these?" He's like, "Why would I ever do anything destructive to this land? This is where my family and I live." Kevin - Yeah. And I think you also picked up on the pressure that these farmers feel to carry on the farm itself. It's been in their family for generations. They need to keep it running. And all of the pressures and anxieties that come with that just to keep this farm afloat. Because again, it's not some huge corporation, it's a family farm that's part of this co-op of other family farms. And they've all kind of banded together to pool their resources to keep everything going, which is just a wonderful... It's a wonderful lesson, I think. These farms rely on people working together day in and day out for their own collective good. Jordie - The guy who runs the packaging facility is the brother-in-law of one of the growers. So, we thought that they were pranking us, because literally every car that drove by, they're like, "Oh, that's my brother-in-law. Oh, that's my aunt. That's my niece," in this little town right off Lake Chelan. And you really see the impact. We actually were just there last week again to film a new segment about apple blossoms and pollination and stuff like that. And one of the coolest experiences we had there was we went to an elementary school. One of the families in the co-op had donated shoes to a lot of the kids in the elementary school, and we helped go distribute them there. It's honestly so cool to see that the same way that LA is built around the film industry, there they're literally built around the apple and cherry industry, and pears. Ever since we went there, I off-camera would not, you would not catch me eating anything other than a SugarBee. And that's the truth. You know, so interesting to hear you talk about this and your experience with the apple production facility and the people being related to one another. It's exactly what I found on a sweet potato farm here. North Carolina's the largest producer of sweet potatoes, and I visited a very large farm owned by a man and his daughter. I mean, they really ran this business. And they were farmers at their heart, but this was $100 million a year business. And they're looking at international trade markets and deciding when to release the sweet potato. I mean highly sophisticated financial decisions they were making. But at the end of the day, they were related to their land, and that's what this was all about. I mean, to say it was a spiritual relationship doesn't... I don't know what word captures it. But it was something very special in that sometimes you think about farmers exploiting the land, and that happens with the big factory farms. But in these cases, you find farmers want to be at peace with their land. And I heard it many times, that they wanted to turn the land over in better condition to their children than it was turned over to them. It's obvious from affectively and emotionally the way you're talking about it and the way I'm talking about it, something very special is occurring here. How do you communicate that in a video, especially to children? Kevin - Well, I think for us, we always lead with the enthusiasm that we have, but then also trying to tease out the enthusiasm that the farmers have themselves. Because some of them are not used to being on camera, and certainly not on a YouTube Kids show. But once we ask the right questions and probe a little bit of, for an example, we just shot with them last week. And we asked for students that we work with around the country to submit questions. And one of the questions was, "Does the farmer talk to his apples?" And we asked one of the farmers that, and he lit up, and you just saw all the sudden that passion that he really does have for his apples. And I think the more that we can bring that out of the farmers, show kids and families how passionate and excited they are about the fruit, that hopefully that will get the kids excited as well. You can imagine the farmer talking to an apple when it's falls from 30 feet on his head. Jordie - They're pretty sturdy up there, honestly. And I think another way to kinda communicate the care is to show how much work goes into it. Because literally, this was informative for us just because going from the blossoms, they go through and prune by hand. And hand select it because there are so many variables involved. And what we found is the confluence of this incredible intergenerational wisdom and technique and craft that has been passed down and honed. Also, kind of meeting within the packaging facility. The technology there is honestly mind-blowing. And I think it's only getting more and more advanced. We shot an episode at a dairy farm. And one of the farms we visited recently had AI milkers - AI robotic milkers. And we're like, "Oh, does this make it so that the cows have a different and negative relationship with you since they're used to robots?" And they're like, "Actually, it's the exact opposite. Now, they're much friendlier with us because they know that we're not coming to do anything, you know. We're not coming to milk them." It's incredible to see. And I recommend everybody getting a chance to go visit a farm and see where their food is made, because it changes your relationship with how you eat, I think. You know, I can see why your offerings to children and their parents would be so popular. Because you guys have this neat sense of wonder. You know, you learn, you're out there, you're meeting interesting people, and these interactions sound like they mean the world to you. And of course, the wonder is something amazing that children have naturally. And if that can keep invigorated for as many years as possible, hooray. Kevin - Yeah. You asked earlier whether you should refer to us as Captain and Cat or Kevin and Jordan. And I think the truth is they've become one in the same. I mean, when we go out there and we film these episodes. Sure, we're in costumes and we're wearing bright colors. But for the most part it's just us, Kevin and Jordan. They're excited to learn about whatever we're talking about or talking to. And there is a natural curiosity that I think we both have. We're not acting, we're not faking it. To go to these farms and see, down one row of apples they're harvesting hundreds of thousands of apples. And they've got to get it done within a matter of weeks. You don't have to pretend, that's just impressive. Yeah. That is just impressive to us. Jordie - And the world is cool out there, honestly. I don't put on anything. We actually pride ourselves on not talking to kids in a silly voice. I talk in our episodes exactly the way I'm talking now. We don't dumb down our content, and we love having kind of complex words and complex ideas, which we then take upon ourselves to translate into simile that helps our audience understand. You know? We're processing all this in real time. And Kevin and I come from an educational background. I'm a teacher at heart, and I've always have been. And it's just amazing to be able to receive and absorb this information, and at the same time relate it to an audience that we believe will catch up with us if we use the right words. Tell me how you remain optimistic. So, let's talk about kids and food. The average child is exposed to tens of thousands of messages over a period of time that are mainly for unhealthy food. They're being given food in schools and elsewhere that is engineered to hijack the brain chemistry to keep them coming back for more. You know, Tony the Tiger is not on plain cornflakes, and the Trix Rabbit is not on an unsugared cereal. And you can go on and on. They're obviously exposed to a very tough environment. Are you optimistic that can get turned around? Kevin - I'm optimistic just based on what we've seen with what we're doing with healthy foods and produce. I think we are trying to, in some sense, be the Tony Tiger of apples, right? We want to be there going, "Hey, apples are really exciting because they're healthy, and they're good for you, and they're sweet." And if we can get kids excited about it, we feel like we've done our part. And what we've seen by this classroom program, we're working with classrooms around the country where we're sending in our content, but we're also sending apples with the help of SugarBee. And then the kids and the teachers have been filming videos and sending it to us about how excited they are to eat apples. And I think kids are wonderful. I have two of them of my own. And they will get excited about what you get excited about as an adult. If you say, "Apples are the coolest, most fun thing I've seen," they get excited about it, too. And they wanna learn, and they wanna share, and they wanna talk about it. Jordie - There's also a really cool, I think, trend that's happening within the produce industry which we've noticed. And we've noticed that since we've gotten in, which is that it's not enough to just be on the shelf anymore. You want to have a branding, and you want to have a logo, and you want to have a messaging, and you want to have connotations around your brand. And I think produce companies are starting to catch up and use a lot of the same marketing tactics and strategies that kinda junk food was using for a long time. And you know what I always say? It's this. If you actually take the time to bite into an apple and really enjoy it, there's nothing sweeter and more nuanced, in my opinion, than that. I think the more we can change the relationship with how and when we eat, the more we'll start to appreciate food that's of a different quality. And I think bringing attention to that, we're obviously swinging since probably the 1950s, maybe even earlier than that, in terms of just mindless, quick-to-go eating. But I think you see that we're changing the way that we think about how and when we eat. And I think that will favor the swing back towards it. And that's why, honestly, I think we're just optimistic people no matter what. If we went out there and did a despairing series about healthy foods, then that's not going to work, you know? But we love what we do, and we really believe in it, so that's our cause for hope. You mentioned interacting with classrooms. So, you could just post your material out there and not get involved with actual children and actual classrooms. Why the decision to do that? And tell us how that works. How do you interact with classrooms, and are teachers responsive? What kind of reaction are you getting? Kevin - Well, this actually came out of a conversation we had with the people at SugarBee. They said, " We would love to get into classrooms to teach kids about healthy foods. We've been asked before to send our apples to classrooms, but we just don't know what to do or how to do that necessarily." And so, we took it upon ourselves to start reaching out to teachers one by one on email, Instagram, TikTok, and say, "Hey, we have this healthy food episode. And we're going to create a worksheet for kids, so they learn how apples are grown. And SugarBee has generously said that they will send a bag of apples to every classroom that wants to be participate in this." And we didn't know how teachers were going to react, if they had the time for that or interest, and the response was overwhelmingly, "Yes, please, and thank you." I think teachers are looking for new lesson plans, interactive lesson plans, and obviously want to encourage kids to be eating healthy. And the fact that we can facilitate this to hundreds of classrooms around the country, it was a win for all sides really. And then we didn't ever ask anybody to film anything or post anything on social media. That's not part of the program. But they took it upon themselves to film videos of either the teachers or the kids thanking us. Thanking Sugarbee for doing this. It was more rewarding than I think we even realized going into this. Jordie - There have been people who reached out to us and got back to us, and they're like, "We just want you to know somebody's offering us a scam of free apples using your name." And we're like, "Actually, that's not a scam. That's a real thing." And I think we all see a huge opportunity. And one of our guiding philosophies and what we've realized is this: at home, you're very set in your ways, and you've created your habits around eating. And it's very hard at that point to disrupt it because at home, you're rebelling against your parents, you're set in your ways, you're not willing to try anything. And that becomes a position or in a place where you kinda dig your heels into the ground and say, "This is what I like, and that's it." But in school, we found that everybody is so open to trying new things. I remember growing up, I would just, anything that they'd put out at snack for me, I would eat. And, because it was a nice break from being in school, you know? And we think that hitting them in this environment is actually much more effective even than hitting them at home with this. And if we're looking to create lasting habits and changing the narrative around these healthy foods. The last thing we want to do is make it feel like you should eat this. Because the second someone tells you what you should do, that becomes the last thing in the world you want to do. Can you give us a peek at what kind of foods you might be wanting to take on next? Kevin - Ooh, spoilers. Yeah, we got some cool ones. We just released an episode this month about Sunkist mandarins. We went to Mandarin Farms in Central California. Same thing, we filmed with the farmers. It's also a co-op, all family farms. We went to the processing plant where they wash the mandarins and sort them and bag them and ship them. And so those mandarins are going to go out to classrooms in the next couple of weeks, and then we've got some really fun stuff planned. So basically, our goal with this is honestly to create a healthy food/product of the month club that we would send into participating schools. It's going to be very, very seasonal because we kind of want to create that sense of it. And luckily, we've got a lot of different brands signed on already. Our summer is looking pretty busy, which is a blessing for us. And really a blessing for the kids that we hope will be learning about this and receiving new foods. It's not too hard to get kids to like the idea of eating something sweet like an apple or mandarins. What about things like broccoli and cauliflower and Brussels sprouts and asparagus? Will you turn your attention to those at some point? Kevin - Absolutely. Yeah. Jordie - Absolutely. Kevin - We're up for the challenge. I know from my own experience with my five-year-old, if you dip anything in ranch, they'll like it. Or, or do a deep fry it. Or deep fry it. Jordie - Right? But it's a pairing issue, you know what I mean? And it's a context issue. So, it's the way you eat it. So raw broccoli is probably not your gateway broccoli. You know what I mean? Right. But you can always find different ways, whether or not it's incorporating it into a smoothie, incorporating it into a sandwich, or anything like that. It's kind of a gateway thing. And there's also a cool thing we're doing. So, for example, we are talking to a potato company. We don't want teachers to have to go home and make mashed potatoes, right? Because that's a barrier to entry, and that's kind of a pain. But what we found is a little workaround with a few of these is like, oh, there's an opportunity to send potatoes into classrooms and have them grow their own potato and get a sense of how it goes. It's not only about trying the food, because honestly, nothing has given me more appreciation for blackberries than trying to grow blackberries myself. You know? And so being part of the process and realizing, wow, the stuff that we're getting is remarkable. And remarkably effective and really delicious and gigantic, and the quantity of it is mind-blowing. So just there's so many different angles that we're getting kids into the idea of farming. And getting their hands dirty, and that's stuff that I feel like is really, really missing from modern society. Your messaging is focusing on how delicious these foods can be, how interesting their story is, who grew them, where it came from, and things like that. Is part of the messaging what these foods do for you? That mean that they can make you run faster, jump higher, whatever. I mean, is there a functional part of what you're trying to communicate? Kevin - Yes, absolutely. We try to say it gives you superpowers. And then with each food that we're working with, we do get into the science and try to present it in a way that's appropriate for young kids. But getting into even what flavonoids are in an apple, we just  did a whole segment of that and all the nutritious benefits. We've partnered with nutritionists. We were just filming with one in Washington to try to expose kids to the ideas that there are, inside of an apple, all of these natural vitamins and things that can help them. And we've even been doing fiber. Now, trying to present fiber in a way that ... doesn't say poop. Jordie - But we've started saying poop on our show, by the way. We're like, "You know what? We can say it as long as it's an academic context," you know? Kevin - Yeah. Yes, exactly. We find the way to toe the line, and quite honestly, kids will lean in if they hear something that makes them giggle a little bit. But understanding, I mean, even for me as a grown adult, understanding that apples are a good way to clean out your digestive system. That fiber is good for that. It's even a good reminder for me at my age to be like, "Oh, yeah." If I'm feeling a little bit of indigestion, maybe I need some more fiber. Jordie - And a cool thing we also did on our Sunkist episode, Captain and I actually dressed up as these ridiculous California surfer bro characters named Sonny Sunkist and Manny Mandarin, and the idea was that we were talking about why it's a perfect snack for surfing. But at the same time, we're also giving kind of the sugar pill treatment, which is like we're doing these ridiculous characters, but at the same time we're actually providing information about why they're so healthy for you. We're doing one about whey where Kevin and I are gonna go and hijack a LA Fitness and as these muscle bros and talk about why whey protein is so rich in protein and calcium and stuff like that. We're always evolving, and each episode ends up being different. But the one thing that we've found is like the story that we can tell of these is really infinite. And will there be any part of your messaging that will talk about foods kids might eat less of? I mean, you're focusing very positively and optimistically, so the answer to this could very well be no, because it just becomes complicated. But you've got lots of kids eating sugared cereals and drinking sugared beverages and things like that. I'm just wondering if that's part of the picture. It needn't be, but I'm wondering if it is. Kevin - I think up until now our thought has been if we can try to get them equally or more excited about the healthy options. Hopefully that's enough to sway them in that direction. And honestly, as a parent, I think just giving kids the idea of getting excited about produce, that they go home to their parents and then maybe the parents' job is just a little bit easier. Because I'm faced with that every day when my daughter says she wants a snack, and she wants candy, and I'm trying to say, "No, how about this apple over here?" If we can be on Team Apple, you know, if we can be the helper to the parents that's encouraging the kids to eat a little healthier, I think that we've done our job there. Jordie -  I think it's never about us wanting to disparage or discourage or make anybody feel bad about their habits, because I think a lot of the problem around our eating habits in this country is that there's a lot of shame involved in it. And you're not only getting a dose of those unhealthy foods that kind of give a quick release of dopamine or whatever. It tricks your body into thinking it's also you're getting a little dose of that shame. And the last thing we ever want to do is to turn into police, you know, and policing each other. Nobody wants to take advice from the police, you know? And nobody wants to feel disparaged or talked down to. It's interesting. We never really kinda thought about it, and obviously we just want to keep it an entertaining and enticing picture rather than any sort of daunting... because when you get into the facts of some of those unhealthy foods, it can really seem a little bleak. And it is. Well, and making foods seem like fun and having] interesting characters associated with them is something the food industry has done successfully forever. It makes perfect sense to do that, but attach these things to the healthy choices. Kevin - Let's use their tricks for good. Lord knows we're steeped in them, you know? Jordie - Yeah. Let's wield that as a cause and weapon for good. I think that's what we're trying to do. Kevin - We've also been learning about the history, a little bit, of produce, of the produce business, and how for so long these companies looked at their products as commodities, right? It wasn't necessarily SugarBee apple, it was, "We're a company that sells apples. We're trying to be in as many grocery stores as you can." Which I understand. That makes sense. But I think what probably was lost in the process was if you're just a commodity and every apple is just a different Red Delicious or Golden Delicious. You're losing that opportunity to put a fun character behind it. And I think you're seeing now a lot more of these even different produce companies coming together. Like avocados from Mexico. I think is a great example that you see a lot more of their branding and their advertising where all of these avocado growers are coming together and saying " let's just market avocados. Let's get people excited about the food itself." Jordie - I think there's also going to be an interesting trend away from going to physical grocery stores that will only continue in the future. So I think if we're ordering online from let's say a whatever warehouse, Amazon warehouse, right? And they have 20 different apples there, it's really important to have brand loyalty. And that becomes things that they're having to consider now. And we just happened to release this series at a really nice time, which they're all trying to do that. Because probably 10 years ago they would've been like, "We don't listen to apples. They sell themselves." You know? But now you're dealing with so much competition and so much branding and so many name things that It can be overwhelming. And at a certain point you might just disconnect unless you know what you're looking for. What I found that historically is that the people selling these foods were pretty splintered. There would be a plum association and an apple association and a pear association. And, they're loosely grouped into a broader produce organization and things like that. But those organizations tend to not to be very well-funded or have a lot of clout because they were so splintered. I wonder if that's beginning to change. Do you see any evidence that the industry as a whole is beginning to unite effectively? Kevin - It's funny. Just on Instagram alone, there are, like, places that it's like, " we just love cranberries so much." And then it's like cranberries from Wisconsin. That has their own little thing, you know? I feel like there hasn't been that coalescence, and I feel like also there's probably some sort of advocacy group. I think it's largely statewide policy as well from what I've gleaned off of this. They're each focusing on their own state policy. Jordie - And then maybe there's a national organization. And this honestly, we are just scratching the surface on this because this is more complex than we could have ever imagined. And we are learning every single day in our talks. And we love to just go out to lunch with the people who are on the business side and straddling the business and the farming side. And the things that they are grappling with are fascinating because all these companies ship internationally. So, you're subject to international law, like weather, there are so many different variables that we're like, "I've never felt so connected to the weather in my life." Well, before talking to you guys, I was having a day of my ordinary level of hopefulness, but it's gone way the heck up now.And you make me feel really optimistic about the future. And I love the work you're doing. And boy, you could have no two more perfect people doing this kind of thing. And also, I wanted to say, I've done hundreds of podcasts, and I think this is the first one ever where I haven't asked a single question from the prearranged script. It just flows so naturally with you two. That's how we do this series, too. Oh, yeah. Farmers will be like, "Can you send us a script of what we got?" And we'll send them just the most generic questions of all time. But the things we end up talking about conversation that grows naturally, in my opinion, is by far the best one. So here we are just talking like old friends, you know? That's nice. Yeah, and it's much more human that way. And that's what registers with people. So, in any event, thank you for the good work you do. And I just hope this incredible visibility you have just continues to grow, and that more and more kids are exposed to it. Congratulations. BIOS Jordie "Cat" Simkovic was born in Miami, FL and has worked in early childhood education for almost 20 years, specializing in children with ADHD and learning disabilities. He is a classical flautist and enjoys studying music, martial arts, and gardening. He majored in political science and international studies at Northwestern University, and was this close to applying to law school, but is glad he didn't, although he still teaches the LSAT. This new series about farming and healthy foods is the culmination of his interest in nutrition, education, and meeting new people all across the country.  "Captain" Kevin Hoban, born in Detroit, Michigan, has spent two decades travelling the world and producing content for networks like National Geographic and the Discovery Channel. As a lifelong camp counselor, he's always had a passion for teaching children in a fun, interactive (and often musical) setting. Captain & Cat's "Explorasaurus" series allows him to share his love of exploring and learning about the world with kids and families! Kevin lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two adorable daughters and his dog, Charlie.

Fresno's own Max Arfsten is playing for the USMNT at this year's World Cup. Mason Gonzalez joins CK to talk about Max, the World Cup watch parties at Dave and Buster's in Fresno and what a great moment this is for Max and for all young players from Central California.

The Fresno City Council has approved street drinking during special events in a one-year pilot program. What’s your reaction? Central California marked the 82nd anniversary of D‑Day. Focus was on local veterans, especially figures like Captain Arthur Hill. The message was simple, Remember their stories so their sacrifices aren’t forgotten. California isn’t slow by accident—it’s slow by design to ensure accuracy and fairness. A few reason why are Mail voting dominates, Ballots arrive after Election Day. Signatures must be checked. Errors must be fixed (curing) and Millions of ballots + huge population. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Fresno City Council has approved street drinking during special events in a one-year pilot program. What’s your reaction? Central California marked the 82nd anniversary of D‑Day. Focus was on local veterans, especially figures like Captain Arthur Hill. The message was simple, Remember their stories so their sacrifices aren’t forgotten. California isn’t slow by accident—it’s slow by design to ensure accuracy and fairness. A few reason why are Mail voting dominates, Ballots arrive after Election Day. Signatures must be checked. Errors must be fixed (curing) and Millions of ballots + huge population. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

APEX Express is a weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. On this episode, host Miata Tan is joined by guests from the South Asian Coalition, an emergent national network committed to collective liberation and solidarity. Together they explore what it means to build South Asian political power in this moment—and how cross-movement solidarity can shape a more just, multiracial future. Learn more about the South Asian Coalition Website | Instagram | Policy Priorities   The South Asian Coalition was convened in October 2024 by: Manavi, Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, Muslims for Just Futures, and Raksha.   Transcript ​[00:00:00]  Miata Tan : Hello and welcome. You are tuning in to APEX Express, a weekly radio show uplifting the voices and stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. I'm your host, Miata Tan. Tonight, we're focusing on South Asian communities and the organizers working to build political power. South Asians are one of the fastest-growing racial groups in the United States, Over six million people [00:01:00] and roughly a quarter of the Asian American population. South Asian is used as a broad umbrella term for people with roots in countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and sometimes Afghanistan. Though exact definitions can vary across communities and organizations. And as we'll talk about tonight, within the South Asian diaspora who call the United States home, you have a mix of nationalities, religion, immigration status, and more. Tonight, I'm joined by four people working to address the issues impacting South Asian communities in the US and beyond. At a time when questions of belonging, safety, and political power continue to shape immigrant communities across the country, South Asian organizers are building new forms of solidarity while also grappling with the diversity and complexity within their own communities. The first voice you'll hear is Sabiha Basrai Sabiha is the daughter of Muslim Gujarati immigrants and has been [00:02:00] organizing with the Bay Area-based Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, or ASATA, since 2009. Here's Sabiha helping us to understand how South Asian political organizing has evolved in the United States, especially in the post 9/11 era Sabiha Basrai: Thanks for the opportunity to do some reflection this year marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11, which was a real a political flashpoint that absolutely changed my life because I was a 19-year-old college student trying to figure out a lot of things about how the world works and my place in it, and my own identity and the multiple identities I hold. Uh, and also where my responsibilities lied in solidarity, not just with other Muslims who were being targeted, but our broad immigrant diasporas and allies, uh, who have experienced discrimination in different forms from the state. So thinking about the ways in which- organizing happened in the, months and years after 9/11 to support immigrant [00:03:00] rights that was really a time in which new projects formed, um, or existing projects kind of found a new focus. ASATA as an organizing project, as a group of volunteers, has both done things like shown up to support folks being called up for the NCR's Special Registration Program and also participate in direct action protests in solidarity against the war, and has continued to be part of coalitional work regionally in the Bay Area. And, you know, more recently, uh, when we think about the ways in which our communities under, are under increased pressure with the Trump administration's immigrant policies, there have been also opportunities to build more relationships and make sure that as we advocate for our community's rights, we're doing so in formation with others, not just focusing on one particular bad piece of legislation, but connecting that to a larger story, to really build towards liberation for all of us. I'll [00:04:00] just add, too that those relationships that were kind of seeded and invested in in that moment of crisis and anxiety and fear have endured in many ways to now. The fact that that very ecosystem is actually growing in this moment is a testament to the relationships that were built in those days. Miata Tan : That was Sabiha Basrai grounding us in the history of South Asian political organizing in the US. As she mentioned, for many South Asians, 9/11 marked a particularly mobilizing moment, one that helped our communities organized and built solidarity. To help us better understand how that moment influenced the evolution of progressive South Asian activism, we now turn to Deepa Iyer, South Asian American writer, strategist, and lawyer. Deepa leads projects on solidarity and social movements at Building Movement Project and brings more than 25 years of experience in Asian American organizing and advocacy Deepa Iyer: I think that I would say that there [00:05:00] were, looking back, a couple of trends and themes that we can pull out from that time. one is that there was definitely a shift in the general consciousness of South Asian communities about our place in American society, our understanding of racism, Islamophobia, and also the role of the state. And so we had a situation where both hate violence and state violence were actually being endured by South Asian, Muslim, Arab communities. And so I think that there was a shift in the ways in which our communities began to think about ourselves in the United States. A second piece is the growth of a field, an ecosystem of South Asian organizations in the wake of the attacks and the global war on terror. So we began to see a lot of groups that were actually formed or becoming more staffed up in the weeks and months after 9/11. For example, the Sikh [00:06:00] Coalition was actually birthed the evening of the attacks, and an organization that I was close to, SALT, was also emerging and forming in the months after 9/11 as well. So we began to see that a, a field was growing. And the third, sort of theme I would point out that Sabihah alluded to is this sense of solidarity, that instead of sort of being siloed as, you know, South Asians working within just our communities and just talking about certain specific issues, there was real sense that we needed to collaborate and build bridges with Arab, Muslim, Sikh, and, Black communities in the United States to understand the trajectory of racism and xenophobia, and how they were all kind of coming together in the weeks after 9/11. Those three themes and trends are what, when I look back, I see coming up over and over again in our messaging and in our advocacy. Miata Tan : [00:07:00] That was Deepa Iyer, as you heard from Deepa, collaboration across movements was essential in helping South Asian communities to understand and respond to the waves of xenophobia in the wake of 9/11. Now we turn to Rajiv Narayan and Farah Mahesri, who lead national policy work at the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, or ASATA together they launched and now co-lead ASATA's new political base building group, ASATA Power. Rajiv begins by reflecting on what South Asian communities are facing today and what has and hasn't changed since 9/11. Rajiv Narayan: I think unfortunately many of the challenges present in the early 2000s remain today. They take new form. Some have evolved and transformed, but they were ex- existed in, in much the same form following 9/11. One of the, the instances in which I, I learned about that is at the recent South Asian Coalition convening where we did this exercise in mapping a number of [00:08:00] historical and present day events, as well as a future vision of things that are important to our organizations and to our movements. And something that we reflected on together in the convening is that a number of these attacks on our communities have waxed and waned, uh, at different periods in time, dating back to the, the 1960s and truly at, even at the beginning of, you know, the 19th century and the late 18th century. And so, to answer your question specifically, in the early 2000s, like Deepa and Sabihah mentioned, we've dealt with, uh, an incredible expression of Islamophobia of, uh, anti-Brown and anti-Black racism and hate speech. There was a, in, in general a skepticism and unwelcoming of South Asian communities. And unfortunately with the current federal administration and political discourse in our country, uh, a number of those same themes are relevant today and take on similar forms, whether they're in [00:09:00] response to what the federal administration is doing in countries like Iran or previous administrations have done in Afghanistan or Pakistan. I think all of those events underscore all the more so that it's important for our organizations to, organize together, much as we did in the early 2000s, to address these harms, to remember what they look like at previous stages of history, and to fight to prevent them again from happening in the future. Miata Tan : Farah, perhaps you could speak a bit to the organizing. What did that look like, a few years ago, and what does that look like today? How has that changed? Farah Mahersi: Rajiv and I started ASATA Power a couple of years ago specifically to be able to look forward to practice radical imagination, and fight for not just protection of our communities, which we will always do. That is built into our DNAs. It's what we know. It's how we move. And also to fight for things that we want, to build the world that we want to live in so that we're not constantly caught in these cycles. And as we're doing [00:10:00] that, we are learning a lot about how organizing is happening today, the BLM movement, Black Lives Matter, and incredible street power, but also that movement's ability to change our national discourse and change what is baseline, what we should be demanding, and how we are visioning a future that is built on policies governance and hard material changes in our lives is profound. beyond that, also the Palestine solidarity movement over the last couple of years has rewritten every book about organizing. And so I think that it is an interesting moment of both a little bit of sadness, to be honest, that we are still fighting some of these same fights and we are still in some of these same dynamics that we have been for 25 years, and the profound opportunity that we have to build power and to look forward, and I think that is, more true in the Bay Area than it is almost everywhere else. Uh, because of what our workforce looks like, because of the sheer [00:11:00] amount of wealth that is accumulated in this little corner of our world, and also when you look around at the political power and people who hold political power or are running for political power and elected office around the Bay Area, you could really start to see not just how South Asians are increasingly politicized and increasingly looking to build electoral and political power, but also s- very specifically progressive political power. And so when you look to Congress now, The progressive caucus is full of South Asian progressives who are leading the charge, who are doing some of this critical work, that's part of our organizing strategy, is to be part of those conversations and to continue to push and to continue to, again, advocate for policies and changes at that big level to make the future we want possible. Miata Tan : I love that. Coming together to dream and really fight. Rajiv, you are leading this work at the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action. Can you speak more to why the Bay Area [00:12:00] is a, like, a distinct microcosm in this progressive South Asian movement? Rajiv Narayan: Of course. So Farah and I, we both work together at ASATA Power, and ASATA is sort of political power building project within the auspices of, uh, ASATA which has been operating in the Bay Area for more than 25 years now. I think what makes the Bay Area a microcosm of the South Asian diaspora is a tremendous amount of diversity and, uh, a set of interrelated intersectional challenges. So you have, uh, folks of South Asian descent with all different immigration histories. So I'm, for example, a person, um, who has birthright citizenship in the United States as I was born here. But there are folks who immigrated here, like my parents and had to attain their citizenship uh, through the, the US legal system, and folks beyond that who are refugees or asylees or are undocumented due to a variety of political and social and economic pressures. And so we all coexist in this same space across an economic gradient. So there are folks [00:13:00] who are very well compensated in the tech sectors and healthcare sectors sometimes, uh, characterized, uh, as part of a, a model minority myth, um, as representatives of the South Asian diaspora, um, within the San Francisco Bay Area and the United States broadly. And then there are whole variety of South Asians who are working in less well-compensated, often quite exploited industries. For example, in, care industries as people who are providing childcare or senior care services, people who are working in the restaurant industry folks who are lesser compensated within healthcare as well as in tech industries and other ways. Of course, those economic positions interact with the political and legal system. So for example, even if a person might be, um, well-compensated in a tech job in the Bay Area, um, which they attained by way of an H-1B visa that person might be subject to exploitative labor conditions based on the, uh, the legal configuration of how H-1B [00:14:00] visas are treated. For example, that you depend on your employer for your immigration status in this country, which changes the worker-employer relationship in a way that makes it very difficult to identify workplace abuses. beyond that, we also have a diverse range of South Asians across the age gradient. So we have folks who are quite young, who are in Gen Z, and are entering politics in a completely different way than somebody like myself or Deepa entered politics at, in earlier in, in our lives and experience it today, which provides an opportunity for us to learn from earlier generations and to also share lessons from our political experience. So like with many things, the Bay Area has it all, the good and the bad, and ASATA and ASATA Power work within that, that space to identify opportunities for solidarity. Miata Tan : That was Rajiv Narayan and Farah Mehestri. Through their work with the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, or ASATA, Rajiv and Farah are helping to build South Asian political power here in the Bay Area and [00:15:00] nationwide. The ASATA team and all four of our guests tonight are connected through the South Asian Coalition, a network of local and national organizations focused on advancing policy issues affecting South Asian communities and building shared spaces for strategy and collaboration. To better understand this evolving movement of progressive South Asian action, let's return to Deepa Iyer, who shares how and why this coalition came together Deepa Iyer: Yeah. I really appreciate Rajiv bringing up, um, how- what is happening in the Bay Area is part of a larger movement. And what I would say about this ecosystem, this field that I talked about earlier, and I've been able to understand this through the course of the work I've done, but also a book I've written about post 9/11 America, is that so much happens on the coasts, and we often forget that there are organizations and are communities that are really [00:16:00] growing in other parts of the country, right? You know, I grew up in Kentucky, um, and there are places like Kentucky and Indiana where you are seeing, um, more South Asians settle and build their lives there. So one of the things that I think has been important in thinking about as we come up on this 25th anniversary of 9/11 is how our coalition of South Asian groups, how that field has grown with these additional organizations, in geographic areas that are different, as well as the ways in which folks are organizing. So now we've got, for example, groups that are working with Bhutanese refugees or Nepali-speaking community members, or groups that are organizing around the exploitation of community members based on caste. These are, um, really important movement interventions and organizations that are growing. one of the key aspects of network infrastructure is the ability to connect with each other, [00:17:00] not to flatten our experiences and say we're all the same, but to actually find some threads of commonality in our shared struggle and our experiences, and to also know that together as collectives, as Farah mentioned earlier, we can actually build the futures that we wanna see. One of the really, I think, inspiring pieces of coalition building that I've been fortunate to work with and support along with, um, everyone here is the South Asian Coalition, which is this emergent network of now 35 organizations around the country, and this coalition really seeks to build relationships and strengthen relationships, engage in peer learning and skills building, make it clear that there are certain policy issues that we need to uplift and to advocate around, and to create opportunities and pathways for solidarity with larger movements. This coalition and the infrastructure that it's been [00:18:00] creating is a way for us to look at our ecosystem of South Asian organizing in this moment, and to really see what happens when we galvanize our power collectively. Miata Tan : and Deepa, can you share a bit about the various co-conveners that make up the South Asian Coalition?  Deepa Iyer: So the South Asian Coalition, um, as we've mentioned, is this emergent network of groups that address various issues but are aligned around shared values. And the groups that really came together to co-convene it include Asad the Power, as well as Muslims for Just Futures, Raksha, which is an organization in the South, and Manavi, which is based in New Jersey. And these four organizations really had the vision to set up the structure for the coalition. the organization where I work at, Building Movement Project, supports the coalition through infrastructure, so providing facilitation, providing resources, policy analysis, and creating the container to support [00:19:00] movements in that way, which is so critical for coalitions. Miata Tan : That was Deepa Iyer a South Asian American writer, strategist, and lawyer. after the break, we'll hear more from organizers and advocates working to address issues shaping South Asian communities today. Stay with us  [00:20:00] [00:21:00] that was “Phenom” by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. You are tuned into [00:22:00] APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA, a weekly radio show uplifting the voices and stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. I'm your host, Miada Tan. Tonight, I'm joined by four people who are working to address the issues impacting South Asian communities in the US and beyond. Back in March, organizers, advocates, and community leaders from across the country gathered in Washington, DC, for a national convening focused on the challenges and possibilities facing South Asian communities today. Here's Sabiha Basrai with the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, or ASATA. She speaks about how this coalition of progressive South Asian groups formed and why this moment called for it. Sabiha Basrai: So this new emergent South Asian Coalition had its first convening in Washington, DC in March, and this was, the culmination of, a little over a year of monthly Zoom calls which started because [00:23:00] we knew we were on the verge of a Trump re-election. Uh, we knew that there was this ecosystem of South Asian activism and organizing across the country. Some of us knew each other from previous collaborations, but some of us didn't. New organizations were forming, and there was this recognition that we need each other in order to face what's coming, and we are stronger together. And we know that being South Asian is not a monolith, uh, that we deal with within our own communities based on labor exploitation, caste discrimination, anti-Muslim violence. And when we talk to each other, when we connect, we give ourselves the best chance at being able to move through those pieces of pain and build towards a future where we can all feel a sense of belonging, feel represented, and an agency in shaping that future together. So what started with a few conversations with a few folks, grew steadily [00:24:00] and, um, and through some intentional work to, to kind of invite each other in, which is of course an ongoing process, we were able to unite under this umbrella called the South Asian Coalition. Uh, we committed to some shared political points of unity and kind of community agreements to really set some expectations with one another on how we could move well in formation. And, made sure we had pathways to share information with each other so that someone like me working in Oakland could understand what, uh, someone working in Texas or in Georgia was facing, what local policy positions they were needing to, to navigate. And, uh, we could give each other advice, give each other moral support, and also sharpen our political understandings. So, uh, these kind of, uh, regular check-ins was one way of just understanding what we were all facing and feeling connected. But, actually being together in person was remarkable. I cannot overstate how much of a difference it makes to be able to share [00:25:00] space and see each other as whole people and not just representatives of a particular organization or a particular issue area, and, have those in-between moments where we actually build, build some friendships. One of the things that was also really important for me to understand when we met together was just how important that intergenerational work is. we had folks in the room who were, in their 50s and 60s who had been doing this work for decades. And we had folks in the room who were in their 20s for whom 9/11 was, something that happened in history. The conversations that were happening across generations informed the way that we think about ourselves as a coalition and helped me also to let go of some of the constraints that, kept my imagination small about what we were capable of. I was really grateful that so many people attended and chose to prioritize that work. It's hard, you know, to take a pause from The daily work to leave, fly to [00:26:00] DC take those risks as well because for many of us, uh, going through TSA is no small thing. There's a lot of harassment and racism that still permeate, you know, these institutions. So not to minimize just the effort that ta- it takes to convene and really make the most of our time together. One of the things that we did while we were in DC together was hold a congressional briefing to really, uh, amplify and share the issues that were coming up for our communities that folks were already working very hard on. Miata Tan : That was Sabiha Basrai with the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, or ASATA. Now let's return to Rajiv Narayan, another member of the ASATA team and co-lead of their political action group, ASATA Power. Rajiv will take you inside the congressional briefing that Sabiha mentioned and how South Asian organizers from across the country shared the issues shaping their communities and what support is needed now Rajiv Narayan: We in ASATA Power worked in [00:27:00] collaboration with a number of the organizations in the South Asian coalition, to put together a congressional briefing on the issue of South Asians and immigration in the heart of Washington, DC, in the halls of Congress in Capitol Hill. And we were fortunate to do so in collaboration with Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Grace Meng. we had a number of, speakers representing, different perspectives and political struggles within the South Asian, uh, space in the United States, especially as it relates to immigration. So, for example, we had representatives from the Dalit Solidarity Forum talking about the plight of oppressed workers, caste-oppressed workers, in New Jersey working in a Hindu temple.  ​ Dr Roja Sunganthy-Singh – Dalit: I stand here as a Dalit, formerly known as an untouchable in India's caste system, speaking for over two hundred skilled Dalit artisans who were brought to the US from India to build the largest Hindu temple in New Jersey. In their words, ” We are the Indian stone workers of America, workers [00:28:00] rescued by the FBI in twenty twenty-one from forced labor conditions constructing the BAPS temple in New Jersey. we were brought to the US on R one visas and compelled to perform construction labor for over eighty-seven hours a week and paid just a dollar twenty an hour. Rajiv Narayan: We heard from, um, the executive director of the Sikh Coalition talking about Sikh truck drivers and religious workers and their experience under the federal regime's, uh, rule-making efforts. Harman Singh – Sikh Coalition: Uh, Punjabi Sikhs began entering the US trucking industry in large numbers during the nineteen eighties, and Sikh truck drivers and business owners have played a critical role in addressing driver shortages over the past several years. Unfortunately, Sikhs in this critical industry have become the subject of harmful rhetoric and policy from this current administration. These drivers are being excluded solely because of their specific immigration status and regardless of their driving histories, skills, knowledge, or English proficiency.  Rajiv Narayan: We heard from, the executive director of Asian Refugees United, who [00:29:00] spoke about the experience of Bhutanese refugees who have been rendered stateless by the current administration's, deportation efforts Robin Gurung – ARU: Because of the ethnic cleansing campaign of Bhutan government, more than hundred thousand Bhutanese citizens were forced to flee the country. For twenty years, I lived in a refugee camp in Nepal. In 2008, the government of this country came to rescue us. We were promised safety and security. But last year, that promise was broken. As of March 2025, over seventy of our community members are deported to Bhutan, the same country that persecuted us and made us refugees. These community members are kidnapped from their homes and jobs. They have been taken from their routine ICE check-ins. We know due process was not followed. Rajiv Narayan: We also heard from the executive director of Raksha, a domestic violence organization based in the Southern United States that has played an instrumental role in supporting South Asians who have been the victims [00:30:00] and who are now survivors of domestic and intimate partner violence, about the needs for supporting these kinds of organizations, with federal dollars and through the grant-making systems conditions. Aparna Bhattacharyya – Raksha: For thirty years, we have supported community members in navigating interpersonal violence, but also waves of racism and policy backlash.  South Asian and Indo-Caribbean survivors need safe places to turn, safe places that speak their language, understand their unique immigration and cultural needs. Raksha recently had $700,000 in OVC grants terminated by DOGE. additionally, we are still waiting for OVW sexual assault cultural funds for five months, where we have gotten no determination of whether we're getting that funding or not. Five months. Rajiv Narayan: We also heard from, the director of the South Asian American Justice Collaborative, which is currently, before the US Supreme Court in the birthright citizenship case, and [00:31:00] filed this foundational amicus brief detailing the story of South Asians in the United States going back to the 1600s. Klapana Peddibhotla – SAAJCO: Our brief pushes back against this notion that we are forever foreign.  South Asians actually arrived on these shores in the sixteen hundreds, and by the seventeen hundreds, South Asians were already asserting their rights here. In an Afghan immigrant actually fought in the Civil War in the Union Army. by the late nineteenth century, the largest farming group in Central California was formed by Punjabis. Today, South Asians are one of the largest immigrant populations in the US, but many families are caught in immigration backlogs that last for decades and make them vulnerable to the President's executive order restricting birthright citizenship. Rajiv Narayan: Across all of these speakers, you know, the, the, the message became very clear that we have so many different struggles, but they're all [00:32:00] united by a sense of solidarity for each other's political experiences under the same system of exploitation and oppression, and that there, there's so much that Congress can do in this moment to support the South Asian diaspora in the United States and, and even abroad in some cases. for ASATA Power's part, we, had the opportunity to put together over the course of the last year a policy brief on undocumented South Asians, and it was during the congressional briefing that we shared some pretty startling statistics that we, collected and collated from a number of public sources. And so what we were able to identify for the room is that there are about eight hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand undocumented South Asians in the United States, and because there are only six point five million South Asians in the US, both those who are undocumented and those who have birthright citizenship or are otherwise naturalized, refugees, asylees, and, and everyone in between. Of those six point five million South Asians One in eight of [00:33:00] them is undocumented, which is shocking and not something that somebody would understand at the outset given these problematic narratives like the model minority myth and whatever you see these days on X or Twitter about South Asian immigrants. So it's important for us not only to, to set the narrative straight and to identify both the diversity and opportunity for solidarity across our struggles, but to do so in the halls of power and to speak that truth to power directly. Miata Tan : That's Rajiv with ASATA Power reflecting on a recent congressional briefing in Washington, DC he helped to organize alongside other progressive South Asian leaders, organizers, and activists. Here's a snippet of Rajiv's opening remarks at the briefing Rajiv Narayan: I want to draw your attention to the slide behind me, they'll show a couple of images of South Asian community members who've been impacted recently by the horrific policies and practices of the federal administration. These members include Sheraz Fatehali Sachwani, a forty-eight-year-old citizen of Pakistan who died in ICE [00:34:00] detention last December. They include seventy-three-year-old Harjit Kaur, who was arrested during a routine ICE check-in, separated from her family, and deported to India without notice. I should say, I grew up seeing Harjit Kaur behind the counter at Sari Palace in Berkeley. She would help my mom try on saris. Her home was here. Her community was here. You know, these are just some of the names and stories of community members who have been affected by immigration policy as of late, and we hope that you will keep them in mind as you hear from our speakers today. There are many more we were not able to picture or name, but their stories are just as important. We'll be making many asks over the course of today's briefing. Some of those include the following: Congress should not increase funding for ICE or Border Patrol, including providing funds for detention facilities, especially in this funding moment. We have to remember that ICE is not a long-standing American institution. It was created in two thousand and two, recently, as part of the Homeland Security Act following nine [00:35:00] eleven. Miata Tan : That was Rajiv Narayan with ASATA Power speaking at a recent congressional briefing in Washington, DC. The briefing was part of a larger national convening organized by the South Asian Coalition, bringing together progressive South Asian groups from across the country. Now let's return to Deepa Iyer, who leads projects on solidarity and social movements at Building Movement Project here's Deepa reflecting on her takeaways from the congressional briefing Deepa Iyer: I think that there were so many pieces in that briefing that maybe people didn't know about that organizations are struggling with, and part of it is that, um, our communities, and Sabihah said this earlier, are not a monolith, right? And there are so many different ways in which we are experiencing what is happening right now in the United States, the fractures and the fissures that we're seeing. Rajiv spoke so well about the community needs and issues. One thing I'll lift up is actually the impact on nonprofit [00:36:00] organizations. Several of the groups that were, uh, speaking at the briefing noted how the attacks on nonprofits that are specifically working on issues like immigration in terms of losing federal funding and grants, being forced to certify that they are not addressing issues work that deal with undocumented immigrants, as well as the ways in which, um, nonprofit organizations are being, in some ways, seen as doing risky and un-American work. there is the, the exploitation of domestic terrorism as a frame that is being used right now to target certain nonprofit organizations. This is something that I think is not necessarily known to many people in terms of the ways in which national security, immigration issues are also affecting the nonprofit sector as a whole. And where I work at the Building Movement Project, we really look at the nonprofit sector and the health of the nonprofit sector, and we're [00:37:00] seeing that these types of external threats, the spotlight on organizations that are on the front lines, including South Asian groups, um, Muslim groups, Palestinian groups, that are working with, um, immigrant communities, queer and trans community members that are providing- Vital language access, service provision, community safety are really under threat right now, and this includes many of the organizations that were present at the, coalition's convening. So that's something that I also wanna lift up, that in addition to our communities who are facing the impact of the current moment in really acute ways, our nonprofit sector and our organizations are also dealing with a range of constraints and threats and difficulties. So that is one thing that came up over and over again. Miata Tan : That was Deepa Iyer with the Building Movement Project, highlighting the pressures facing the nonprofit sector right now, [00:38:00] especially as it relates to South Asian organizers, advocates, and communities. Let's return to Farah Mahesri with ASATA Pawa.  Farah Mahersi: One of the other things that I am very proud of for this congressional briefing that we did was that it was us telling our own stories and us presenting our own policy recommendations. There was no need to have, like, an expert come in and talk on behalf of our communities or try to represent our communities. We were the experts in the room, and we were really recognized and seen as that. As Rajiv mentioned, you know, there, the room was packed with Hill staffers and congressional staffers who were taking diligent notes as we spoke our truths Miata Tan : That was Farah Mahesri with ASATA Pawa reflecting on the recent congressional briefing she helped to organize, one that brought greater visibility to the experiences of South Asian immigrants. You'll hear more on how South Asian activists, organizers, and community groups [00:39:00] are mobilizing after this. Stay with us ​ Miata Tan : [00:40:00] [00:41:00] [00:42:00] That was Lion on the Hunt by Thao and the Get Down Stay Down. You are tuned into APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA, a weekly radio show uplifting the voices and stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. I'm your host, Miata Tan. Tonight, we're talking about South Asian organizing in the United States and how community leaders are responding to immigration challenges, political representation, and the shifting landscape of civil rights back in March, organizers and advocates from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for a national convening focused on the challenges and possibilities facing South Asian communities today. Here's Rajiv Narayan with the Alliance of [00:43:00] South Asians Taking Action, or ASATA, reflecting on the importance of honoring both the diversity of the South Asian diaspora and the shared struggle that connects these communities Rajiv Narayan: Something I appreciate about, your work, Miata, at APEX Express, is to highlight both that diversity of the South Asian diaspora and the many struggles and experiences that unite our political experiences and our commitment to social justice. It, it used to be, and in, in some places it still is the case, that folks will use an over-broad group to represent all of the South Asian diaspora. For example, talking about all Brown people as Indian or Desi or to, to collapse all the differences in our community. And part of the power of the congressional briefing is that we are able to show that what it means to be South Asian is at once an incredibly diverse expression and at the same time a collective expression of solidarity. We can do two of these things at the same time. We can recognize our differences and fight for each other. One of my [00:44:00] favorite takeaways that I, I heard from Deepa at the briefing is that there are some staffers that came up to her and said, “I've never heard my story, my experience, my political struggles represented in a panel in this building in front of other congressional staffers.” And that's something that we can do, and we should do more of. There are so many ways in which we can tell the stories and highlight the campaigns of folks from different parts of the South Asian diaspora who are all fighting for a better life for all of us. Miata Tan : That was Rajiv Narayan with ASATA, in the recent congressional briefing that Rajiv helped to organize through the South Asian Coalition, organizers also pointed toward the future of South Asian organizing in the United States and the role of a new generation shaping it. back to Deepa Iyer with Building Movement Project. Here, Deepa Iyer: Some of the young folks that are entering or working at nonprofits now, supporting South Asian nonprofits don't have a living memory of 9/11 and the global war on terror, [00:45:00] and they have been politicized in different ways, right, over the last eight years, for example, the pandemic global wars, et cetera. And so there are a couple of ways in which I've been thinking about how we can support South Asian young people. so for example, how can we share historical analysis and political analysis so that young people understand that they are part of a trajectory of South Asian activism that actually started well before 9/11, before the 1960s, right, and that continues to today, so they don't feel fragmented. So that's something I've been sitting with a lot. Another is around pathways into public service and community service and into the nonprofit sector. So how could we support young people in terms of building their skills, in having pathways open to them into our nonprofit organizations? And then finally, how do we support them, um, so that they, can do this work for the long run? You know, we all struggle with burnout, we all [00:46:00] struggle with sustainability. what are some lessons learned that we can pass on? What are some best practices? that's something that's been sitting with me quite a bit since the gathering that we had, and I hope that the coalition will really think about, supporting young people's leadership and finding different avenues and pathways to do that. Miata Tan : That was Deepa Iyer reflecting on how movements can better support the next generation of South Asian organizers. Within the South Asian coalition, that work also means building long-term infrastructure for better collaboration. Now back to Sabiha Basrai with ASATA. Sabiha Basrai: I'm also really appreciating that the South Asian Coalition is this model for creating a container for many, many organizations to unite as a group while maintaining regional focus and individual issue priorities. I also wanna name that the place where I first learned how to do national coalition work was as a member of the National South Asian Coalition that ASATA had been part of. [00:47:00] It was facilitated by a group called SALT which played such a critical role in the post 9/11 era and continued to then work on DACA, creating resources for undocumented South Asians, along with other issues facing our diverse diasporas. And SALT closed a few years ago. It was a decision that I don't understand and was- has really left me with a lot of sadness and confusion. but I al- I know that sometimes institutions do end, but that the work does not end and the relationships do not end. And the South Asian Coalition is this emergent space that, um, is not led by any one organization. it is a space that is being invested in collectively, and we're really moving at the speed of trust so that we can be really laying that strong foundation that supports the work ahead. I'm really sitting with the ways in which sometimes this labor of Building the container, creating the container, [00:48:00] investing in the network. It's sometimes invisible labor, but it is the most critical because without it we can have moments of mass mobilization, but then that wasn't actually building any power over the long term. And I'm really looking forward to all of the very good work ahead, because I trust the relationships and the containers that we're building. Miata Tan : That was Sabiha reflecting on the collaborative infrastructure that the South Asian Coalition is helping to build. Now let's return to Deepa Iyer. I asked Deepa what campaigns are on the horizon for the coalition, especially as this year marks 25 years since 9/11. Deepa Iyer: As Sabiha mentioned, the coalition is a space for invested leadership, and so there are lots of different campaigns that groups within the coalition are eyeing and taking on. One of them Rajiv mentioned already is the fight around birthright citizenship. And so there are groups like SACHCO and others that showed up with a South Asian [00:49:00] delegation at the Supreme Court on April 1st when that case was being heard, and it was really great to see so many South Asians out there in a delegation along with other communities, to raise their voices on this really vital, pivotal issue. And so that is a campaign that some of the groups within the coalition are going to continue to be lifting up as we get the results of that case and moving forward. Another one that you mentioned, is around the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and there are groups that are considering, along with others in other movement spaces what does narrative strategy look like as we go into this time period? How do we think about the fact that we're marking the 25th anniversary in the same year that we're marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, right? how do we use 9/11 and its anniversary as a lens through which we understand empire, through which we understand the ways in which domestic [00:50:00] policies are being recirculated against other communities? And also this piece around awareness and education. this is an opportunity to share some of the personal experiences that many of us have around that moment in time, but also the ways in which our communities have built up themselves as well as the solidarity with other communities. So I think there are lots of ways in which organizations are thinking about that anniversary and how they can, utilize that moment, to draw greater attention to our community's experiences. Miata Tan : Rajiv, Farah, would you like to add anything about upcoming campaigns and how you're thinking about the South Asian political power movement moving forwards?  Rajiv Narayan: Yeah, I'm happy to talk about one sort of continuing campaign, which is that, like I mentioned, we put together this policy brief on undocumented South Asians, and we had this great opportunity to circulate and talk about it on Capitol Hill in DC. But it's also important for us to bring that story home. And so part of [00:51:00] what we'll be doing, um, for the remainder of, of this year is identifying opportunities to do town halls both, with community members and potentially with elected officials to help educate, do political education about the nature of undocumented peoples in the South Asian community. A large part of what we did in that policy brief is to collate all these numbers to tell you, how many folks might be undocumented, what is the proportion of undocumented people in the South Asian community. But an important, equally important contribution of that report is the nature of undocumented experiences. Why do people become undocumented? What are the factors that put them in that position, and what does it mean for a person to become undocumented? How can we support them, not just in different policy prescriptions, but also the ways that we talk about undocumented people and the South Asian community as a whole? So that'll, that'll be, um, a focus that we have, uh, and a contribution that we hope to make both in the, the Bay Area and beyond.  Farah Mahersi: I'll add to that, that it is election year. It is [00:52:00] a… I feel like we say every election is a critical election, and I do believe that that is very true this year. And so ASATA Power, as a political organization, will be making endorsements and talking through not just that it is important to vote, but it is really important and critical for us in this moment to vote for progressive candidates who are part of our, what is often called like a build coalition, who are here to help us build this world that we are dreaming of, who are aligned on policy positions. The other thing that we are working on locally and nationally is around the war budget. So as a group that has been so directly impacted by the global war on terror 4.5 million Muslims around the world who have been killed by US war-making in that global war on terror, and just watching kind of what the United States foreign policy in particular over the last couple of years has been, we have a particular point of view and a particular interest on tracking and watching things like the [00:53:00] largest, request for a defense budget in US history. How are those dollars being spent, And how those dollars that are being spent abroad to do war-making are also having a boomerang effect and coming back to impact our communities at home. So the same technologies that were developed and used in war-making through the global war on terror that impacted, uh, so many of our communities around the world for 25 years, a lot of that is the same technology that ICE is now using to go after undocumented South Asians in the United States, right? And so that's another way in which we really see our struggles are interconnected, and that we are wanting to dismantle als- a lot of these systems of harm, and also, again, at that intersection between both hate violence and state oppression that's happening. Miata Tan : That was Farah Mahestri with ASATA and ASATA Power. As she shared, ASATA Power is focused on the midterm elections and how war spending and post 9/11 policies continue to affect South Asian communities today. [00:54:00] To close out, we return to another ASATA organizer, Sabiha Basrai. Sabiha Basrai: So I wanted to bring the conversation back locally to the Bay Area again, and just thinking about, the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, which is, part of a network of AAPI and Asian organizing in the Bay Area as a space where South Asians progressive South Asians can actually build community, sharpen our political analysis, embrace our responsibilities here in the Bay Area in this political moment. And just also, lifting up that ASATA currently is working on things like the Oakland Arms Embargo or local community defense against ICE , environmental justice projects, and also looking for more ways to fight supremacist ideologies of Hindutva but in collaboration with anti-Zionist Jewish community activists. these are opportunities that we have here in the Bay Area. And also thinking about ways that we participate in mobilizations. Like, we show up for Reclaim MLK Day, [00:55:00] International Working Women's Day, May Day, the Trans March every year because we understand our responsibility to show up and to show up consistently. And so when I think about the South Asian Coalition and this moment of, okay, we've been trying to- we've built- been building towards this convening and this congressional briefing, and now we're on the other side of this moment, and we are kind of reflecting and coming back together around how we maintain this energy. Also wanted to highlight,  Some of the amazing work that many of our coalition members are, are already doing. One is Savaira, so Savaira United Against Supremacy is actually a coalition of work as well, they focused, their energy on addressing Hindu nationalism and and Hindutva ideology and the, and the many ways in which, the supremacist ideology is kind of insidiously part of institutions, policy even cultural work, uh, within our diaspora. they're so committed to both, like, [00:56:00] resisting the tides of hatred but also combating all forms of supremacist politics and the intersections between them. so their, their work has been a big part of my political education, and I'm really glad that they're part of this coalition. Every member of the coalition is bringing analysis and experience that cross-pollinates to the rest of us. So I'm looking forward to just more of that   also considering what ASATA's role is and how ASATA working in the Bay Area alongside so many other amazing organizing projects here can be strengthening those relationships nationally. Miata Tan : That was Sabiha Basrai with the Alliance of South Asians Taking Action, or ASATA.  This is APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA, a weekly radio show uplifting the voices and stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. APEX Express airs every Thursday evening at 7:00 PM. And with that, we're at the end of our time here [00:57:00] tonight. We really appreciate you for tuning in to listen, and a huge thank you to our wonderful guests. For a transcript of tonight's episode, please visit our website. That's kpfa.org/program/apex-express  We've also added links on the episode page for tonight's show so you can learn more about the South Asian Coalition, ASATA, and all of the organizations we've talked about tonight, along with their upcoming campaigns as well. APEX Express is produced by Ayame Keane-Lee, Anuj Vaidya, Isabel Li, Jalena Keane-Lee, Miko Lee, Miata Tan, Preeti Mangala Shekar and Swati Rayasam. Tonight's show was produced by me, Miata Tan. Get some rest y'all. 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Farmers in Central California have grown peaches for Del Monte for generations. But the nearly 140-year-old company recently initiated bankruptcy proceedings and closed two of its processing plants in the state, leaving cultivators with a whole lot of fruit they can't sell.According to the Independent, the cannery closures in Modesto and Hughson caused hundreds of farm workers to lose work and growing operations to lose lengthy contracts with Del Monte. The impacted farms stand to lose significant revenue, but lawmakers are stepping in to help mitigate the financial burden.A bipartisan group of lawmakers said the USDA has granted their request for aid and will make up to $9 million available to fund the removal of up to 420,000 clingstone peach trees — approximately 3,000 acres — prior to the 2026 harvest season. They said based on USDA's analysis, removing 50,000 tons of peaches from production could save growers roughly $30 million in projected losses.It sounds like a drastic step to destroy so many peach trees when selling them to wholesale food distributors seems like an obvious solution. But clingstone peaches are typically reserved for canning or making jelly since they are sweet and juicy but very stuck to their pits. Their relatively firm flesh is better equipped to deal with heat and machine processing. Freestone peaches, with flesh that separates much more easily from their pits, are the types of fruit often found in produce sections.Nevertheless, it's a shocking number of trees to destroy. But, according to the Associated Press, it's an effect of consumer preferences moving away from canned fruits and vegetables, and toward fresher options. That shift has caused sales to lag for Del Monte's signature products and forced the company to restructure and pursue a sale of its assets.#DelMonte #Agriculture #CaliforniaFarming #Peaches #FoodIndustry #Manufacturing #USDA #Bankruptcy #FoodProcessing #Farmers #Agribusiness #SupplyChain #CannedFood #FoodManufacturing #California #FruitIndustry #FarmNews #AgricultureNews #FoodProduction #ClingstonePeaches #FreshFood #EconomicImpact #IndustrialNews #FactoryClosures #FoodSupply #Farming #ProduceIndustry #BusinessNews #FoodProcessingPlant #RuralEconomy

Clovis West High School was placed on lockdown after a suspicious phone call, prompting a response from law enforcement. Students and staff were kept inside classrooms while police investigated, and a nearby elementary school was also put on safety protocols before the situation was cleared and the campus deemed safe. After several hours, the initial search was called off amid reports the cub may have returned to its habitat. However, another sighting was reported a few hours later about a mile away near Spruce and Marks, prompting wildlife officials to resume their search. A massive cyberattack on the Canvas online learning system is affecting colleges across Central California, including Fresno State, UC Merced, and College of the Sequoias. The hack disrupted access to assignments and coursework, and officials say the incident may involve unauthorized access to student data, as schools work to restore systems and assess the impact. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --Philip Teresi on KMJWeekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | -Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clovis West High School was placed on lockdown after a suspicious phone call, prompting a response from law enforcement. Students and staff were kept inside classrooms while police investigated, and a nearby elementary school was also put on safety protocols before the situation was cleared and the campus deemed safe. After several hours, the initial search was called off amid reports the cub may have returned to its habitat. However, another sighting was reported a few hours later about a mile away near Spruce and Marks, prompting wildlife officials to resume their search. A massive cyberattack on the Canvas online learning system is affecting colleges across Central California, including Fresno State, UC Merced, and College of the Sequoias. The hack disrupted access to assignments and coursework, and officials say the incident may involve unauthorized access to student data, as schools work to restore systems and assess the impact. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --Philip Teresi on KMJWeekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | -Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Legendary radio station WKRP is returning to the airwaves in Cincinnati, reviving one of the most famous call letters in broadcasting history. The comeback blends nostalgia with modern radio, aiming to honor the station’s pop‑culture legacy while reconnecting with a new generation of listeners. A new study suggests a possible link between GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs and hair loss. Researchers say the hair loss may be tied to rapid weight loss and nutritional stress, not the medications themselves, as doctors urge patients to monitor side effects and overall health. A Wall Street Journal report examines how ChatGPT and other AI tools were mentioned in connection with a mass‑shooting investigation, prompting renewed scrutiny of AI safety and misuse. Philip looks at what AI systems can and cannot do, how companies like OpenAI respond when their tools are cited in violent crimes, and the broader debate over responsibility as generative AI becomes more widespread. Our news partners, ABC30 is marking its 70th anniversary, celebrating seven decades of serving Central California with local news, weather, and community coverage. The special looks back at historic moments, longtime broadcasters, and how the station has evolved alongside the Valley it serves. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Legendary radio station WKRP is returning to the airwaves in Cincinnati, reviving one of the most famous call letters in broadcasting history. The comeback blends nostalgia with modern radio, aiming to honor the station’s pop‑culture legacy while reconnecting with a new generation of listeners. A new study suggests a possible link between GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs and hair loss. Researchers say the hair loss may be tied to rapid weight loss and nutritional stress, not the medications themselves, as doctors urge patients to monitor side effects and overall health. A Wall Street Journal report examines how ChatGPT and other AI tools were mentioned in connection with a mass‑shooting investigation, prompting renewed scrutiny of AI safety and misuse. Philip looks at what AI systems can and cannot do, how companies like OpenAI respond when their tools are cited in violent crimes, and the broader debate over responsibility as generative AI becomes more widespread. Our news partners, ABC30 is marking its 70th anniversary, celebrating seven decades of serving Central California with local news, weather, and community coverage. The special looks back at historic moments, longtime broadcasters, and how the station has evolved alongside the Valley it serves. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A major change to a federal farmworker visa program known as H-2A is sparking a heated debate across California. The program allows farms to bring in temporary workers from other countries, but a change from the Trump administration has altered how they are paid, sparking a lawsuit from the United Farmworkers Union. Supporters say it's a lifeline for farmers facing rising labor costs. Critics call it a wage cut that could push local workers out of the fields. Reporter: Madi Bolanos, The California Report A man who was shot multiple times by immigration agents last month in the Central California community of Patterson pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges. San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney is trying again to expand drug-free housing for people leaving homelessness, after Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill last year. A bill moving through the California legislature would require independent evaluations of new education programs, like transitional kindergarten. Reporter: Elly Yu, LAist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning picture book author and self-proclaimed “National Park Gramma” living on a cattle ranch in Central California. With nearly 30 books (including the beloved Mouse Traveler series that takes kids on adventures to America's National Parks), Tricia weaves real facts into fun, heartwarming stories. After a 20+ year hiatus and personal challenges, she returned to her passion in her 80s — independently publishing under Write ‘em Cowgirl Publishing and even crowdfunding new titles. A former archaeology student, rancher, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Tricia brings warmth, wisdom, and an uplifting message about using stories to spark curiosity, conservation, and lasting family values in the next generation.https://triciagardella.com/

In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we're talking to the Chief Sustainability Officer of one of the largest utilities in the US — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).  PG&E is a combined natural gas and electric utility serving more than 16 million people across 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California. During San Francisco Climate Week 2026, we sat down with Aaron Johnson, who took on the CSO role at the start of the year.  Aaron explains PG&E's long-term decarbonization strategy and the utility's investments in adaptation measures to address climate hazards like wildfire and sea level rise, which are priorities in PG&E's California markets.    He also discusses growing energy demand from data centers to power booming AI usage — a topic that is front and center in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Aaron says PG&E is seeking to attract data center load to PG&E's service territory while driving down costs for customers.   Across all these topics, Aaron explains how PG&E is balancing sustainability, affordability and energy security.   "I don't think it's an either/or," he says. "They all come together. The organizing principle for us as a company is that triple bottom line concept of people, planet and prosperity."  This interview is the latest installment in our CSO Insights podcast series, where we talk to Chief Sustainability Officers around the world about how they're navigating the changing sustainability landscape. Listen to all the episodes here: CSO Insights by All Things Sustainable - YouTube  Further reading:   How high-resolution data translates flood risk into financial risk | S&P Global  Why climate adaptation is key to US energy expansion | S&P Global  Upcoming events:   The All Things Sustainable podcast will be live in London April 29. Learn more and register to attend: Sustainable1 Summit 2026: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity | S&P Global  All Things Sustainable is the official podcast of the inaugural Climate Week Zurich May 4-9. Learn more here: Climate week Zurich 2026 : Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity | S&P Global  Copyright ©2026 by S&P Global    DISCLAIMER  By accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty, guarantee, or representation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of the information featured in this Podcast. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this Podcast are for general information only and any reliance on the information provided in this Podcast is done at your own risk.   Any unauthorized use, facilitation or encouragement of a third party's unauthorized use (including without limitation copy, distribution, transmission or modification, use as part of generative artificial intelligence or for training any artificial intelligence models) of this Podcast or any related information is not permitted without S&P Global's prior consent subject to appropriate licensing and shall be deemed an infringement, violation, breach or contravention of the rights of S&P Global or any applicable third-party (including any copyright, trademark, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary rights).   This Podcast should not be considered professional advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, S&P GLOBAL does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this Podcast, and information from this Podcast should not be referenced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. The third party materials or content of any third party site referenced in this Podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions, standards or policies of S&P GLOBAL. S&P GLOBAL assumes no responsibility or liability for the accuracy or completeness of the content contained in third party materials or on third party sites referenced in this Podcast or the compliance with applicable laws of such materials and/or links referenced herein. Moreover, S&P GLOBAL makes no warranty that this Podcast, or the server that makes it available, is free of viruses, worms, or other elements or codes that manifest contaminating or destructive properties.   S&P GLOBAL EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL'S USE OF, REFERENCE TO, RELIANCE ON, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS PODCAST OR THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THIS PODCAST.  

From an upbringing in Central California to life now in northern Utah, Bill Baker has spent decades chasing adventure outdoors: road and mountain biking, climbing iconic spots like Yosemite National Park and Joshua Tree National Park, and living all-in on movement. In addition to his career in pharmaceuticals most of his life, he was a private pilot for 35 years. However, in early 2025, everything changed. After a spinal complication left him unable to walk,  Bill didn't back down. He set bold goals that he has already surpassed, defied expectations, and fought his way back onto a bike, eventually competing at the Huntsman World Senior Games in a 25-mile gravel biking race at just a fraction of his strength. Bill continues to rebuild, push, and chase new goals along with his wife, three sons, and four grandsons.Send us Fan Mail

In this episode, I was lucky enough to interview Ryan Johnson, the CTO and VP of Engineering at Seek.Growing up on a farm in Central California, Ryan learned early lessons about hard work, authenticity, and service—values that later guided him through the fast-moving world of startups and engineering leadership. From working on the early product team at Livescribe to launching a web development agency by literally walking door-to-door along Newbury Street, Ryan reflects on how genuine relationships—not aggressive sales tactics—were the foundation of landing his very first customers.Ryan also dives into the evolution of his career, from building agencies and consulting with major financial institutions to co-founding companies in the fintech and analytics space. Now serving as CTO of Seek, he discusses how engineering culture, curiosity, and collaboration shape better products—and why empowering engineers to ask “invasive” questions often leads to stronger outcomes. Ryan shares insights on partnerships, scaling engineering teams responsibly, and why serving customers and colleagues with authenticity remains the most powerful strategy in business.Learn how Ryan Johnson blends engineering culture, leadership, and real human connection in this episode of The First Customer!Guest Info:Seekhttps://seekinsights.com/Ryan Johnson's LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ryancharlesjohnson/Connect with Jay on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jayaigner/The First Customer Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@thefirstcustomerpodcastThe First Customer podcast websitehttps://www.firstcustomerpodcast.comFollow The First Customer on LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/company/the-first-customer-podcast/

Well we are headed back to Cali and this time were on the farm. From sweet potatoes to almonds Corbin Cash does it all. We talk to David, and lets just say epic. I sip on a hazmat single barrel Merced Rye and let the man tell the history and science behind running a farm that just happens to have a distillery. Enjoy.Corbincash.comBadmotivatorbarrels.com/shop/?aff=3https://www.instagram.com/zsmithwhiskeyandmixology?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==Patreon.com/offtopicwhiskeyFAMILY COMES FIRST.OUR SPIRITS ARE A CLOSE SECOND.For over 100 years, we've been lucky to have farmland in California's beautiful San Joaquin Valley, where rich soil and endless sunshine create the perfect conditions for raising the best sweet potatoes. When David John Souza took the reigns of the family business, he set out to discover new ways people could enjoy this delicious food. A love of good times, plus a dose of entrepreneurship, led him to create an ultra-premium spirits company called Corbin Cash, named after his son Corbin Cash Souza.Merced Rye WhiskeyCorbin Cash Merced Rye Whiskey is made from an ultra-rare, 100-percent California native Merced Rye mashbill. The whiskey ages in our custom-charred American white oak barrels for up to 6 years. With its bold, robust bite, this rye whiskey is full of character.“California Gold Rush”2 oz. Corbin Cash Merced Rye Whiskey.75 oz. Honey simple syrup.75 oz. Fresh, strained lemon juice2 dashes of orange bittersCombine whiskey, honey simple syrup, lemon juice and orange bitters in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously until chilled and strain over ice into a chilled double old-fashioned glass.5 GENERATIONS SINCE 1917Since 1917, the Souza family has grown sweet potatoes and Merced rye on our California farm. For generations, new ideas and risk-taking have been cornerstones for us as American farmers, and for us, starting a distillery was the next step in our legacy.SWEET POTATO SPIRITS & RYE WHISKEYOur crop rotation is specially designed to be ideal for both farming and distilling all our sweet potato spirits and rye whiskey. Sweet potatoes thrive in our sandy soil and Central California's arid climate and Merced rye is planted as a drought-tolerant cover crop throughout the fall and winter.

John Gerardi with Right to Life of Central California sits in for John Broeske and gives an update on a controversial abortion law coming out of Sacramento. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Broeske & Musson' on all platforms: --- The ‘Broeske & Musson Podcast’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- ‘Broeske & Musson' Weekdays 9-11 AM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Facebook | Podcast| X | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | InstagramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

California’s Museum of History, Women & the Arts has announced its 19th class of Hall of Fame inductees, celebrating figures who embody the state’s spirit of creativity, influence, and impact. Kevin Spacey has reached confidential settlements with three men in London ahead of upcoming civil trials alleging sexual assault dating from 2000 to 2013. Two of the accusers were part of his 2023 criminal case, which ended in his acquittal; the settlements have paused the civil proceedings slated for the fall. Communities across Central California are rapidly reassessing César Chávez’s legacy after New York Times revelations of alleged sexual abuse of minors. Reactions from leadership across the state include covering university statues, reconsidering Chavez’s name on schools, streets, and parks—and even renaming March 31 as Farmworkers Day instead of César Chávez Day. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

California’s Museum of History, Women & the Arts has announced its 19th class of Hall of Fame inductees, celebrating figures who embody the state’s spirit of creativity, influence, and impact. Kevin Spacey has reached confidential settlements with three men in London ahead of upcoming civil trials alleging sexual assault dating from 2000 to 2013. Two of the accusers were part of his 2023 criminal case, which ended in his acquittal; the settlements have paused the civil proceedings slated for the fall. Communities across Central California are rapidly reassessing César Chávez’s legacy after New York Times revelations of alleged sexual abuse of minors. Reactions from leadership across the state include covering university statues, reconsidering Chavez’s name on schools, streets, and parks—and even renaming March 31 as Farmworkers Day instead of César Chávez Day. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the world of Human Resources, the journey is often marked by continuous learning and community engagement. Join us on this episode of HR Like a Boss as Kimberly Smith and Cherish Holland from Central California discuss the upcoming Workplace Symposium on March 19th. They also share their insights on navigating a career in HR, the significance of volunteering, and how to truly make an impact in the workplace.ABOUT KIMBERLY SMITHHR & Payroll Manager for 13 Prime Steak, Yolked Kitchen, PC Solutions, and MP Consultants, President of Central California SHRM. Kimberly has been in the human resource and payroll field for over 27 years. She brings a deep understanding of both people and business operations. Kimberly is passionate about creating opportunities for HR professionals to connect, learn, and grow. During her time on the CCSHRM board, she has focused on strengthening partnerships within the Central California HR community and ensuring CCSHRM continues to be a trusted resource for members and employers alike. Kimberly is committed to building a strong, inclusive network where professionals can share best practices and support one another's success.ABOUT CHERISH HOLLANDCherish has 20+ years in Human Resources and Talent Acquisition.

TEATIME WITH MISS LIZ SERVES: PETER EBERHARDTTitleFrom BMX to Building Wealth: Flipping the ScriptTaglineWhen one dream shifts, another foundation is built.Date & Time February 19th 7 PM ESTTopicResilience, reinvention, and building financial freedom through house flipping and real estate investing. In this evening Teatime, Miss Liz welcomes Peter Eberhardt, a former nationally ranked BMX racer turned real estate investor and house flipper. From racing on small-town tracks in Northern California to renovating multi-unit properties, Peter's journey is one of grit, reinvention, and calculated risk. After chasing Olympic-level BMX dreams and earning national rankings, Peter recognized the financial realities standing in his way. What began as a move to control living expenses became a powerful realization: from purchasing his first condo at 21 to repositioning a 4-plex largely on his own, Peter now focuses on building a thriving house-flipping real estate business that could create stability and opportunity. From driving Uber to purchase his first condo at 21, to repositioning a 4plex largely on his own, Peter now focuses on building a thriving house flipping business in Central California. This Teatime dives into discipline, setbacks, pivoting from one identity to another, and the mindset required to build wealth from the ground up.“Welcome to Teatime with Miss Liz, where I don't serve a beverage — I serve real-life change-makers. I sit with Peter Eberhardt — a man who chased big dreams on a BMX track and then chose to rebuild his future through real estate. This is a story about discipline, reinvention, and learning when to pivot.”Peter's story will remind us that success isn't always about holding onto one dream — sometimes it's about recognizing when to build a new one. From the racetrack to renovation projects, he shows us that resilience can be redirected into lasting foundations. Peter Eberhardt is a former nationally ranked BMX racer turned real estate investor and house flipper based in Central California. After pursuing Olympic-level racing, he pivoted into real estate, purchasing his first condo at 21 and later renovating a 4plex himself. Today, he focuses on building a successful house flipping business.#TeatimeWithMissLiz#PeterEberhardt#HouseFlipping#RealEstateInvesting#TranscendEmbraceEnvision New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get a $10 discount!  

Stuart Young, Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office, DARPA joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss DARPA's RACER (Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency) Program and the development of high-speed autonomous vehicles capable of navigating unstructured off-road terrain without maps or GPS.The operational backbone of this program is a departure from the breadcrumb approach of the Grand Challenge, challenging robots to navigate complex, unstructured environments at speeds faster than manned formations. By removing the dependency on pre-existing maps and GPS, DARPA is forcing the autonomous systems to generalize across environments.In the field, RACER has rigorously tested platforms ranging from modified Polaris RZRs to Textron M5 tracked vehicles across diverse landscapes, including the Mojave Desert, Camp Roberts, and Fort Hood. This ecosystem has not only spurred the creation of companies such as Overland AI and Field AI but also demonstrated tactical relevance, as seen when the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment utilized RACER technology as an opposition force at the National Training Center.Looking ahead, Stuart envisions a future where autonomy shifts from simple movement to strategic maneuver, enabling a single operator to command platoons of vehicles. This evolution aims to fundamentally change the risk calculus for soldiers while opening new opportunities for dual-use applications in mining, agriculture and search and rescue.Episode Chapters0:00 The History of Autonomy at DARPA: From the Grand Challenge to Today6:54 How RACER Differs from The Grand Challenge11:59 Operating Without Maps or GPS14:00 Managing Heat, Acoustic, and Visual Signatures in Autonomy19:43 Testing in the Mojave, Central California, and Texas25:11 Building the RACER Brain and Spawning New Companies (Overland AI, Field AI)27:12 The Rules of RACER: Speed Metrics and “No Maps” Constraints33:36 The Hardware: Modifying Polaris RZRs and Textron M5 Tanks37:37 Requirements vs. Possibilities40:01 Field Testing with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at the National Training Center44:43 Deploying RACER in the Field46:12 The Legacy of RACER: Dual-Use Applications and Saving Lives--------About The Road to AutonomyThe Road to Autonomy provides market intelligence and strategic advisory services to institutional investors and companies, delivering insights needed to stay ahead of emerging trends in the autonomy economy™. To learn more, say hello (at) roadtoautonomy.com.Sign up for This Week in The Autonomy Economy newsletter: https://www.roadtoautonomy.com/ae/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Happy Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day weekend. Nothing says romance like Swedish meatballs, felony pickleball charges, and a prophecy called Liquid Shadow finally coming true in someone else's mesh shorts. Yeah. That happened.Make America Moon Again. Rafe's Ememoriam. Friday Fails. Donny at Hardees.On today's episode of The Rizzuto Show, Clownvis storms the studio and helps navigate this superstition season. We break down a legendary St. Louis IKEA shopping experience featuring suspiciously enthusiastic employees and what might've been using Colombian customer service rocket fuel. We also tackle a listener email about marrying someone with zero ambition… because nothing screams “forever” like spaghetti-in-bed energy and motivational drought.Oh, and that 317-day Edgar Allan Poe-level prediction? It ends in betrayal, athletic fabric, and a white couch that barely survived the blast radius. Trust a fart after 40 at your own risk.Plus in this beautifully unhinged daily comedy show episode:Friday the 13th superstitions that cost the economy millionsA Texas police department offering to “arrest your ex” for Valentine's DayWhy getting married on Valentine's Day might be a terrible omenA Florida pickleball Fight Club that proves retirement communities are lawlessAI-generated Brad Pitt vs. Tom Cruise fight footage that looks WAY too realRyan Gosling hosting SNL, Kid Rock vs. ticket scalpers, and Galentine's Day movie debatesA troll who accidentally linked his LinkedIn to his hate emails (bold strategy, Cotton)A political candidate campaigning to “Make America Moon Again”If you like your funny podcast loaded with weird news, celebrity chaos, St. Louis nonsense, and sarcastic humor that makes you question your own life choices — congrats. You found your people.Subscribe for more clips from your favorite comedy podcast, and hit the bell so you never miss the daily nonsense.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.Study Shows Certain Wedding Dates Have A Higher Rate Of Divorce — And 1 Is Coming Up‘Arrest your ex': Harris County constable revives viral Valentine's Day traditionWendy's celebrating 'singles' with $1 burgers on Feb. 15.Florida couple gets into 'heated' pickleball brawl with 'over 20' country club membersHeatUpStLouis, Hardee's partner for 26th annual ‘Rise and Shine' fundraiserA fugitive on the run for years is arrested when he turns up at the Olympics to watch hockeyBeehives stolen from Central California recovered in Yolo County, suspect arrestedAmazon driver arrested for DWI after crashing into China Spring mailbox while delivering packagesTruck doing donuts on frozen lake falls through ice, gets stuckSnow leopard mauls skier in China's Xinjiang regionRomantic Is Busted Over Stripper GiftsAffidavit: Man walks out on his bar tab; comes back the next day because of a forgotten phone chargerDriver ends up in ocean after Huntington Beach chaseFormer Little Caesars employee arrested after breaking into shop, making pizzas for customersMan accused of ‘sexual performance with a vacuum' at Florida resortSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In his eighth and final year representing southwest and downtown Fresno, Arias developed a reputation for pressing staff and diving deep on issues. He will seek information ranging from major policy matters to mundane agenda items, often citing the public’s right to know. Rep. Kevin Kiley announced Thursday he’s weighing running in one of two Congressional districts in Central California. Television advertising records show his potential decision has already been made. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Known on Tiktok as TruckerVee she joins the show to tell her journey into the trucking industry. Hailing from Central California she went to college where Sorority life wasn't for her, went into the retail world, then into baking, which is where she started talking to drivers.TruckerVee now works as an OTR trucker who maintains a "hybrid athlete" lifestyle combining both her passion for power lifting while also running. We talk on how she stays locked in OTR, and how you can do the same.You can follow her on Tiktok just look for TruckerVee!If you need truck parking go to www.truckparkingclub.com and use the promo code lombard25 for $25 off your next booking!Download the FREE Offshift app today to help you build healthy habits over the road.

Send us a textWe trace Jacob Martinez's path from outsider to builder and unpack how Digital NEST turns first-gen talent into confident leaders through transparency, training, and courageous asks. Real talk on hiring, culture, and stress gives a grounded playbook for turbulent times.• founding story shaped by class contrast and belonging• embedding leadership training for staff and youth• professional development funds and clear advancement• nonprofit hiring realities and people decisions• COVID pivot to online tools and community support• post-pandemic outreach to bring youth back• radical transparency with finances and access• compensation strategy tied to equity and runway• fundraising courage and mentorship on the ask• stress management, sabbaticals, and boundaries• advice for emerging and seasoned leadersSupport  & Hire the youth! Find us at digitalnest.org and on socials. Email Jacob at jacob@digitalnest.orgBioJacob Martinez, founder & CEO of Digital NEST, is a social entrepreneur, tech educator, keynote speaker, and cutting-edge community collaborator. His mission is to bridge the digital divide and create opportunities for young people in rural communities to access the economic and social benefits of technology.Recognition for Martinez's work includes: 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award, the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur Fellowship, 2024 UC Santa Cruz Alumni Achievement Award, and the 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year for Santa Cruz County, among others. He speaks frequently about his work at events, including TEDxSantaCruz and the 2015 White House Tech Meetup. He sits on the boards of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation and the Center for Rural Innovation. He is an External Special Adviser to the UCSC Chancellor as well as an Advisor for Reservoir Ventures, a modern investment firm focused on supporting entrepreneurs in Central California and the Monterey Bay Area. When Jacob is not making sure youth in rural communities are ready for big careers, he spends time with his wife and three kids, and enjoys gardening and traveling.Support the show

Peter Eberhardt was this week's guest on Success Profiles Radio. He is a former BMX semi-professional that leveraged driving Uber to buy his first multifamily property. After he got a taste for real estate investing, he dove all in to flipping properties in Central California to fund development deals in southern California. We talked about why real estate is his favorite investment vehicle, how he saved for the down payment on his first deal, how driving for Uber allowed him to connect with people he has done deals with, creatively coming up with funding for a deal, and where he finds his best deals. In addition, we discussed we discussed his checklist for what he looks for in a great deal, how to improve your credit, the mindset required to be a successful real estate investor, and having a high tolerance for risk. Finally, we talked about his most difficult deal, the deal he wishes he would have done, and his top core values. You can hear the show on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify, Audible, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and at Success Profiles Radio | Live Internet Talk Radio | Best Shows Podcasts

In this episode of the Real Estate Pros podcast, host Michelle Kesil interviews Devaniel Adams, a wholesaler in Central California. Devaniel shares his journey from humble beginnings to becoming a successful real estate investor. He discusses the importance of focusing on wholesaling, the transition from being an agent to an investor, and the keys to growing a successful business. Devaniel emphasizes the significance of character development, data-driven decision-making, and maintaining liquidity in a challenging market. He also shares valuable lessons learned from his experiences and offers insights on connecting with sellers and building a strong team.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

Click Here for the Show Notes In today's Throwback Thursday Ask Marco episode, Marco revisits a timeless question from Martin, who's preparing to pay off his debts and move from Central California to Central Oregon. Martin wants to know whether buying a multi-unit property with an FHA loan—living in one unit while renting out the others—is a smart move. Marco breaks down the strategy known as house hacking and explains how it can help you live rent-free (or close to it) while building equity and learning the ropes of real estate investing. He also shares key tips on budgeting, running the numbers, and making sure the investment truly makes sense. If you've been thinking about getting started in real estate or maximizing your first home purchase, this short but value-packed episode is for you. And remember, if you enjoy these Ask Marco sessions, make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! -------------------------------- Throwback Thursday Episode (The episode originally took place in the year 2021) This episode is part of our Throwback Series and may include references to older content such as web classes, events, promotions, or links that are no longer active or available. While the conversation and insights still hold value, please note that some information may be outdated. -------------------------------- If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to TBT: Ask Marco - Is it Better to Use Our Cash or Home Equity to Invest in Real Estate? Download your FREE copy of:  The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Our team of Investment Counselors has much more inventory available than what you see on our website.  Contact us today for more deals.

Yesterday, Supreme Court justices heard arguments and asked questions about whether an emergency powers law could be used by a president to overhaul international trade and bring in lots of money through import taxes — all without getting Congress to go along. The justices were skeptical, to say the least. We'll discuss. Plus, we'll hear how suspended SNAP benefits are playing out at one food bank in Central California.

Yesterday, Supreme Court justices heard arguments and asked questions about whether an emergency powers law could be used by a president to overhaul international trade and bring in lots of money through import taxes — all without getting Congress to go along. The justices were skeptical, to say the least. We'll discuss. Plus, we'll hear how suspended SNAP benefits are playing out at one food bank in Central California.

When a Central California businessman vanishes while on a fishing trip in Kings Canyon National Park with friends, few clues emerge as to what happened. When his background reveals a substantial windfall decades earlier in his life, the mystery only deepens.NAMUS: The investigating agency for the disappearance of Fred Gist in August 1975 is the National Park Service in Sequoia and Kings Canyon. They can be reached at 559-565-4228.View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-councilman Park Predators is an audiochuck production. Connect with us on social media:Instagram: @parkpredators | @audiochuckTwitter: @ParkPredators | @audiochuckFacebook: /ParkPredators  | /audiochuckllcTikTok:  @audiochuck Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.