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When Caregiving Finds You: Navigating Alzheimer's & Family Care Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver 00:00 | 58:15 More Info Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver When Caregiving Finds You: Navigating Alzheimer's & Family Care Apr 01, 2025 Episode 124 Natalie Elliott Handy and JJ Elliott Hill "You have to be ready to roll with it." - Alfredo Botello Stepping into the role of caregiver isn't always a choice, it's a journey filled with love, loss, and unexpected lessons. J.J. and Natalie welcome novelist and screenwriter, Alfredo Botello to open up about caring for his mother after his stepfather's passing and navigating the challenges of Alzheimer's and assisted living.

"You have to be ready to roll with it." - Alfredo BotelloStepping into the role of caregiver isn't always a choice, it's a journey filled with love, loss, and unexpected lessons. J.J. and Natalie welcome novelist and screenwriter, Alfredo Botello to open up about caring for his mother after his stepfather's passing and navigating the challenges of Alzheimer's and assisted living.

All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton were honored to welcome Alfredo Botello Author of Spin Cycle Notes from a Reluctant Caregiver as guest to the show.     About Alfredo Botello:     Alfredo Botello is a novelist and screenwriter who has worked on projects ranging from the indie Sundance Global Short La Revolucion De Iguodala to the studio tent pole Fast and Furious 9. His debut novel, 180 Days, has garnered multiple literary awards. He is a Fulbright Fellow in architecture and a Nicholl Fellow in screenwriting. In addition to screenplays and the novels, he contributed a chapter to the Amazon bestseller Wellness     Through Words, and has written for The San Francisco Examiner Magazine, Metropolis, Diablo, Surface, The Utne Reader, Style, The East Bay Express, and The Monthly. Botello co-owns a cocktail bar in downtown Oakland, Little Bird Bar, and at home dotes on his two Corgis, George and Dotty.     About Spin Cycle Notes from a Reluctant Caregiver:     High school math teacher Ezra Pavic is having a hard time. His wife left him, his son barely tolerates him, and now he's being blindsided by something he never saw coming: the emotional spin cycle of parenting a parent. His mother Irene has dementia, and it's exhausting. Caring for her is a constant source of frustration, resentment, and guilt. Lots of guilt. Overwhelmed by it all, Ezra opens a strip-mall school to help others—and himself—become better caregivers. As he learns to handle the personalities of his nine misfit students, Ezra must also navigate the complex feelings he has toward his mother. It doesn't help that she adores his do-nothing slacker brother.     But Ezra hasn't told his students that he also has an agenda beyond becoming a more compassionate caregiver. And, it turns out, so does one of his students. Ezra confides the entire tale to his childhood friend Danny as he attempts to sort it all out and find room in his heart again for compassion and love.  

LeRon L. Barton, a writer, author, and speaker who talks about race, mass incarceration, being Black in tech, politics, business, storytelling, and dating, shares his perspective on  Losing friends for speaking out about racism How Color Blindness leads to not seeing all of a person The disease that is poverty How systemic racism limits some people's outcomes, despite having grit If you want to connect more with LeRon, visit LeRon L. Barton – Writer. Speaker. Artist. (leronbarton.com) ========================================== Thank you to our generous sponsor, Munn Avenue Press. As an author myself, I've experienced firsthand their magic in empowering aspiring authors, giving voices like mine the platform they deserve. If you've got a story to tell and a dream, Munn Avenue Press is the ally you need to publish and market your book. They turn books into bestsellers. Visit them at MunnAvenuePress.com to start your publishing journey, just like I did. ========================================== Full bio: LeRon L Barton is a writer, author, and speaker that writes and talks about race, mass incarceration, being Black in tech, politics, business, storytelling, and dating. He has appeared in Black Enterprise, Newsweek, Salon, East Bay Express, and Harvard Business Review. LeRon is also a three-time TEDx speaker that has given talks at the Oxford Student Union, United Way, and Bitly. ================================================ Dr. Wong will be releasing her brand new book, "Cancel the Filter" with Munn Avenue Press. The first 50 reservations will receive a signed copy.  Hear real talk about being a working mother! Spoiler: It's a hot mess behind-the-scenes! There are limited copies left! Reserve TODAY!

This week, Mario and Twenty unveil the origin, confirm the meaning, and assess the value of It's The Thought That Counts. Watch as Mario and Twenty are joined by Expression Appraisla Team member Fave and The Neighborhood Publicist Valese Jones to dissect how true it is that the thought is what counts over the actual gift. Valese J, is also known as The Neighborhood Publicist, makes public relations, brand management, marketing and event planning simple for her clients. she is community focused and love working with cause driven brands run by Black and Brown entrepreneurs. You can find her at sincerelynicole.net Fred Noland's specialty is visual storytelling, whether in animation, comics, or illustration. Noland's comics have appeared in the New Yorker, Popula and the East Bay Express. His illustrations have appeared in LA Weekly, Nickelodeon Jr., Xbox Magazine, Revolver, Canoe & Kayak and more. He was the chief artist on the animated short series “Priced Out” which has been shown world-wide. His graphic novel biography about turn-of-the-century champion cyclist Major Taylor is scheduled for release from Drawn & Quarterly in 2023. Fred lives in Oakland, California, where he is an avid but unremarkable cyclist and a proud poppa. You can find him and his work at frednoland.com SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnderdog 0:00 It's The Thought That Counts by Illustrator Fred Noland 2:47 Intro 3:19 Roll Call: Taking it one day at a time 4:37 Fave and The Neighborhood Publicist 8:03 That's All I Have To Say About That 11:50 Confirm the Meaning: Macmillan Websters and Dictionary.com 16:30 Unveil The Origin - Henry Van Dyke Jr and "friends" 23:29 Unveil The Origin - The Science of It's The Thought That Counts: Research Says 31:58 Unveil The Origin - Shout out Fred Noland 37:48 Assess The Value 44:07 Dictionary of Misinformation: Crocodile Tears Follow Appraise The Phrase: Official Site: ➡️ https://appraisethephrase.com/ ATP YouTube: ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClhOT41ItFBzpXanbzfT0oQ (Shorts and exclusive clips) Twitter: ➡️ https://twitter.com/TheATPShow Instagram: ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/theappraisethephraseshow TikTok: ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@appraisethephrase

We talk with editor Daedalus Howell (also a filmmaker, writer, actor, and conceptual artist) to talk about the state of so-called "underground" newspapers.

On todays episode I have the pleasure of speaking with authors Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham about their new book titled, The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption and Cover-up in Oakland.Their book is a meticulously researched and engaging account of a police force rotten to its core and serves as a poignant reminder that the problem with policing in America isn't just about crooked cops. The problem is a broken system that lacks the will to reform.During our conversation we'll be introduced to a group of sadistic cops known as “The Riders” whose disregard for the oath they took to protect and serve is on full, tragic, and infuriating display.We'll also meet the wide-eyed rookie, turned whistleblower who was unwittingly partnered with the leader of the Riders.The Riders Come Out at Night is the story of one city and the explosive scandals, and systematic corruption and brutality in its police department, but it's also the story of American policing - and where it is headed in 2023.The Show NotesThe Riders Come Out at Nighthttps://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Riders-Come-Out-at-Night/Ali-Winston/9781982168599Ali Winston is an independent reporter covering criminal justice, privacy, and surveillance. His work has been rewarded with several awards, including the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. Ali is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in New York.Darwin BondGraham has reported on gun violence for The Guardian and was an enterprise reporter for the East Bay Express. BondGraham's work has also appeared with ProPublica and other leading national and local outlets. He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and was the co-recipient of the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. He lives in Oakland, California. Grit Nation Webpagehttps://www.gritnationpodcast.comEmail Grit Nation:joe@gritnationpodcast.com

Over the course of his 35-year writing career, Oakland-based Joel Drucker's work has appeared in a variety of media outlets. These include broadcast venues such as HBO, CBS, Tennis Channel, as well as dozens of print publications, ranging from the New York Times to Tin House, Huffington Post, Salon, the San Diego Reader, Los Angeles Magazine, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Express, Cigar Aficionado, Forbes FYI and People. His primary topics have been sports, popular culture and business. In this engaging conversation with ATP Podcast reporter and former WTA player Jill Craybas, Drucker speaks about his favourite tennis memories and where he thinks the game is heading.

#036 - Today we speak with Liam O'Donoghue, the host and producer of the East Bay Yesterday Podcast.  Liam explores the stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.  It was named the “The Best Podcast about the East Bay” in 2017 by the East Bay Express.  Liam says he started the podcast to share the great untold stories he heard from residents.“every time I talked to people who lived around Oakland or lived around the East Bay for a long time, I realized they had really good stories - stories that I hadn't known about before. They told me, and I felt like stories that most people probably weren't aware of and I felt like someone needed to collect those stories and share them and celebrate them”.Liam is a trained journalist and his work has appeared in outlets such as KQED, Oaklandside, Berkeleyside, Mother Jones, Salon, East Bay Express, 99% Invisible, The Kitchen Sisters, and the syndicated NPR program Snap Judgement.  He intentionally decided to go with audio vs print medium to share these stories because the show is really about the guests and he wanted their voices to be the main thing driving the narrative.The podcast got picked up by KPFA and Liam now writes a monthly column for SF Gate.  Liam has given many presentations on local history at libraries, schools and bookstores and throughout the Bay Area, but he is most proud of the inclusion of his content by schools.“one of the things I'm most proud of is that it's actually being used in a lot of curriculums now by local teachers everywhere from the middle school level, up through the grad school level.  People who are looking for ways to get their students excited about local history are using the podcast and the radio show to get the kids excited about that. So that's been really rewarding to see that happen”.Be sure to listen to until the end to hear how the podcast has led to sold out boat tours on the bay.

Jimi Devine has been involved in cannabis reform since 2005 and has worked in the Berkeley cannabis industry since 2009 when he moved to California from Lynn, Massachusetts. Currently serving as Cannabis Columnist and Critic for L.A. Weekly, you can also find his writings on cannabis products and policy in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe, The Hill, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Cannabis Now, Marijuana.com, High Times, Irvine Weekly, Weedmaps News, 7×7 Magazine, The East Bay Express, Leafly, Civilized, Thrillist and Ed Rosenthal's book This Bud's for You. Jimi is one of the main journalists in the world covering the top shelf flower market. Jimi has a BA in Journalism and Media Studies from Franklin Pierce University.

Over the past few years, there's been a huge upsurge in efforts to remove books about gender and race from libraries and schools, and in some cases even ban them from being sold to minors altogether. One of the books frequently targeted by these campaigns is “The 57 Bus,” which examines a 2013 incident involving a nonbinary teenager who was lit on fire by an Oakland High student while taking AC Transit home from school. The book was a bestseller and won critical acclaim for its nuanced portrayal of what it's like to be a young person who doesn't fit into “traditional” gender roles, as well as its critical look into the failings of America's criminal justice system, but now it's being illegitimately denounced as “pornographic” by parents parroting the talking points of conservative organizations like Moms for Liberty. In reality, there's nothing sexual in the book—they're simply scared of it. Besides book banning, there are hundreds of anti-LGBTQ laws being proposed across the country right now, not to mention rising cases of violent intimidation like the Proud Boys' disruption of a “Drag Queen Story Hour” event right here in the East Bay earlier this month. Amidst this reactionary backlash, I interviewed the author of “The 57 Bus,” Dashka Slater, a longtime Oakland resident and former East Bay Express staff writer. In this episode, we discuss the battle over controversial books, the political power of historical narratives, and, of course, the disturbing crime at the center of “The 57 Bus.” Listen now on Apple, SoundCloud, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. To see images related to this story, visit: https://eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/theyre-scared-of-this-book/ East Bay Yesterday can't survive without your support. Please donate to keep this show alive: www.patreon.com/eastbayyesterday

This is an Encore Presentation of the Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast to honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Asian American food writing has persisted and come into its own, this episode pays tribute to a variety of voices within an vast and diverse community. Here is but a representation of one out of many Asian American food writers you can read and follow. To Find out more about Asian American and Pacific islander Heritage Month go to the below website, there are some great links there. https://asianpacificheritage.gov/ bio Carolyn Jung is an award-winning food and wine writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the recipient of a James Beard Award for feature writing about restaurants/chefs, a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism award of excellence for diversity writing, an award from the American Association of Sunday and Features Editors, and numerous first-place honors from the Association of Food Journalists, and the Peninsula Press Club. In 2015, she was named an IACP finalist for “narrative food writing.” She has judged a bevy of food contests, including the biggie of them all, the Pillsbury Bake-Off. For 11 years, she was the food writer/editor for the San Jose Mercury News. She also was a contributor to the “Good Living” section of Gourmet magazine, and to the book, “The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area.” Currently, she is a freelance food writer. Her work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco magazine, Silicon Valley magazine, EatingWell, Nob Hill Gazette, Coastal Living, Food Arts, Wine Spectator, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Plate magazine, Via magazine, East Bay Express, Oakland magazine, Alameda magazine, Edible Marin & Wine Country, Edible Silicon Valley, and other publications, including the online site, Tasting Table San Francisco. She ghost-writes and tests recipes for cookbook authors, as well as develops recipes for the Anova immersion circulator company. She lends expertise as a food industry/food trend consultant. In 2009, she served as a judge for the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Awards. Additionally, she hosts and helps coordinate chef cooking demos at Macy's. You can go to her wonderful blog "FoodGal" at this link https://www.foodgal.com/ This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I'm on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts

Bio: "I grew up in a liberal Mennonite family that had ditched headcheese, dumplings, and sauerkraut in favor of lentil casseroles and tofu stir-fries. After college, I cooked professionally for several years in San Francisco before leaving the kitchen for the supposedly lucrative world of journalism. I reviewed restaurants in the Bay Area and Seattle for 11 years as the staff critic at the East Bay Express, the Seattle Weekly, and SF Weekly. From 2014 to 2019, I was a features writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, where I covered the intersection of food and culture, with a particular focus on small and immigrant-owned restaurants — labor abuses in Taquerias, 50-year-old-neighborhood favorites ignored by the press, independent restaurants struggling with rampant gentrification. I have contributed to the Wall Street Journal, Eating well, New Yorker, Bon Appetit, Hazlitt, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco magazine, Eater, Men's Health, Wine & Spirits, and Lucky Peach (RIP). My first book, Hippie Food, came out in 2018. My reporting and criticism have won awards from the James Beard Foundation, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, the Association of Food Journalists, and the California Newspaper Publishers Association, and my articles have been anthologized in several editions of Best Food Writing." Website: https://jonathankauffman.com/ Hippie Food: On Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Hippie-Food-Back-Landers-Revolutionaries/dp/0062437305 This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I'm on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts

Bio: John Birdsall grew up near San Francisco and learned to cook at Greens Restaurant in that city. He spent the next seventeen years in professional kitchens there and in Chicago, and did some writing as a side gig, including food stories and restaurant reviews for the San Francisco Sentinel, a pioneering LGBTQ weekly. After leaving the kitchen, he was a restaurant critic and features writer at the Contra Costa Times and East Bay Express, and the editor of SF Weekly's food blog. In 2014, John won a James Beard Award for food and culture writing for “America, Your Food Is So Gay” in Lucky Peach, and another in 2016 for “Straight-Up Passing” in the queer food journal Jarry. He's co-author of the book Hawker Fare (with James Syhabout), published under the Anthony Bourdain imprint for Ecco–HarperCollins in 2018. The New Yorker's Helen Rosner called John's first solo book, The Man Who Ate Too Much: The Life of James Beard(Norton, 2020), “elegant and unvarnished,…beautifully unconventional.” The book was a finalist for a 2021 Lambda Literary Award, a finalist for the Publishing Triangle's Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, and an Amazon Top 100 Best Book of the Year. John has written for Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times, and taught culinary writing at the San Francisco Cooking School, and is a judge for the 2022 Publishing Triangle Randy Shilts and Judy Grahn Awards for gay and lesbian nonfiction. He's married to Perry Lucina, an artist and designer, and lives in Tucson. Website: https://www.john-birdsall.com/ The Man who ate too much. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Ate-Too-Much/dp/0393635716 This episode is sponsored by Culinary Historians of Northern California, a Bay Area educational group dedicated to the study of food, drink, and culture in human history. To learn more about this organization and their work, please visit their website at www.chnorcal.org If you follow my podcast and enjoy it, I'm on @buymeacoffee. If you like my work, you can buy me a coffee and share your thoughts

This episode is sponsored in part by Humane Network, Doobert.com and Maddie's Fund. This week, Stacy checks in with the very accomplished Dr. Gray Richter. Dr. Richter is a certified veterinary acupuncturist and certified veterinary chiropractor. In 2007 and 2008, Dr. Richter and his Montclair Veterinary Hospital team received awards from the community, including Best Veterinarian in the East Bay from Oakland Magazine, East Bay Express, and KRON 4 TV. Dr. Richter's professional interests are in emergency, general practice, alternative care medicine, and wildlife rescue. He is also the California Veterinary Medical Association's Alameda county representative regarding animal disaster planning. Dr. Richter is now an international bestselling author of The Ultimate Pet Health Guide. They discuss the shift in veterinary medicine away from treating cats as small dogs, and what might have prompted this enlightenment, including the Fear Free movement, more owner engagement, and the advantages it has for both veterinarian and patient. Dr. Richter also touches on the ongoing staffing shortages many veterinary clinics are experiencing and how important veterinary technicians are within the industry. The conversation continues with a discussion about how western and alternative medicine can be integrated for remarkable outcomes and he even offers valuable tips on feline nutrition. Dr. Richter tells Stacy about the importance of diet for outdoor community cats and gives some details about supplements he's created to help enhance the traditional diets we feed cats. As the conversation comes to a close, Dr. Richter shares his thoughts about end-of-life care for animals. If you'd like more information about Dr. Richter's supplements, you may visit ultimatepetnutrition.com and his book, The Ultimate Pet Health Guide, is available on Amazon. (It includes 50 recipes for dog and cat food you can make at home!) To learn more about integrated care, check out petvetexpert.com.

Liam O'Donoghue is the host and producer of the East Bay Yesterday podcast and co-creator of the Long Lost Oakland map. His journalism has appeared in outlets such as KQED Arts, Berkeleyside, Open Space, KALW-FM, Mother Jones, Salon, East Bay Express, and the syndicated NPR program Snap Judgement. In 2018, he was honored by the East Bay Express as “the best journalist-turned-historian” and presented with a “Partners in Preservation Award” from Oakland Heritage Alliance. O'Donoghue has given many presentations on local history at libraries, schools and bookstores and throughout the Bay Area, as well as at institutions such as The California Historical Society, The Hearst Museum, Oakland Rotary Club, and Nerd Nite East Bay. O'Donoghue's quotes on Oakland-related issues have appeared in media outlets including New York Times and Washington Post.

Monsters, resistance and overcoming fear. Listen to D. Scott Miller speak his truth and encourage you to not compromise yours. D. Scot Miller is the founder of The Afrosurreal Arts Movement through his publication of The Afrosurreal Manifesto in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 20, 2009.Managing Editor of The East Bay Express, Columnist-In-Residence at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Advisory Board Member of Nocturnes Journal of Literary Arts, and regular contributor to several websites and magazines.Follow on Instagram: @thehowwecreatepodcast You can find my artwork at www.corisamoreno.comInstagram @CorisaMorenoArt and recent pet portraits @CorisaPaintsPets.Original music by Deborah Stokol.Support the show

Indigenous women led movements have continued to disrupt the construction of Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy's Line 3 pipeline with over a thousand arrested. Police have escalated in a multitude of ways (felony charges, high bails, rubber bullets, tear gas, etc) against water protecting pipeline opponents. We know through the bold investigative journalism of The Intercept that Enbridge has created a fund through the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to finance local and state police for pipeline security. The company and state collusion has essentially privatized the police for a Canadian oil company. The journalism has been so embarrassing for Enbridge and the state of Minnesota that they've been begun to erect barriers to release of public information. We talk with investigative reporter Will Parrish and researcher Charlotte Grubb about this. Will Parrish (@willparrishca) is an investigative reporter whose work is rooted in tradition of muckraking journalism. His reporting appears in The Intercept, The Guardian, The Nation, East Bay Express, Counterpunch, Shadowproof, and other online and print venues. Charlotte Grubb (@CharlotteGrubb) is a freelance researcher, writer and climate justice organizer. Her work focuses on stopping fossil fuel projects and creating a just transition that centers decolonization and building power outside of state institutions. She is currently based in New Mexico. Links// Will's website: www.willparrishreports.com The Intercept: Minnesota Law Enforcement Agency Blocks Release of Public Records About Surveilling Pipeline Opponents (https://bit.ly/3zPYRkj) The Intercept: Paid by the Pipeline. A Canadian Energy Company Bought an Oregon Sheriff's Unit (https://bit.ly/3kVqD8P) The Intercept: Dakota Access Pipeline Company Paid Mercenaries to Build Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Environmentalists (https://bit.ly/3n1nw1F) Follow Green and Red// Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreenRedPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastGreenRed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenredpod... YouTube: https://bit.ly/GreenAndRedOnYouTube Please follow us on Medium! (https://medium.com/green-and-red-media). Donate to Green and Red Podcast// Become a recurring donor at https://www.patreon.com/greenredpodcast Or make a one time donation here: https://bit.ly/DonateGandR This is a Green and Red Podcast production. Produced by Bob (@bobbuzzanco) and Scott (@sparki1969). “Green and Red Blues" by Moody. Editing by Isaac.

Lou Fancher is a freelance choreographer, ballet master and teacher working in the Bay area since 2005. Most recently the Rehearsal Director for Dancing People Company in Ashland, Oregon, Lou for nearly three decades has been the Ballet Master/Rehearsal Director for contemporary dance companies and independent choreographers in the U.S. and Canada. Among the companies are Company C Contemporary Ballet, James Sewell Ballet, and the Alberta Ballet. She has staged and/or rehearsed the works of dozens of choreographers including Twyla Tharp, Anthony Tudor, Paul Taylor, Lynne Taylor Corbett, Crystal Pite, Mark Godden, George Balanchine, Peter Pucci, David Parsons, John Butler, Igal Perry, Daniel Ezralow, Ralph Lemon, Doug Elkins, Viola Farber, Merce Cunningham, David Dorfman, Donna Uchizono, Dan Wagoner, Bill T. Jones, Wil Swanson, Margie Jenkins, Brian MacDonald, Jose Limon and others.Lou holds a BFA in dance from the University of Cincinnati and as a choreographer has created ballets for James Sewell Ballet, Alberta Ballet Apprentice Ensemble, Theatre Ballet of Spokane, Ballet Pacifica, and New York Theatre Ballet. During the 18 years Lou was a resident of Minneapolis, her work was presented by the Minnesota Dance Alliance, Ballet Arts Minnesota, and others. She  twice participated in The Carlisle Project, a no-longer operating national program designed to assist the artistic growth of choreographers. A published author and journalist, Lou writes locally for East Bay Times, Oakland Tribune, San Jose Mercury News, East Bay Express, San Francisco Classical Voice, 48 Hills, wired.com, and other Bay Area publications. She is the author of two original children's books and has designed and illustrated over 60 picture books. You may visit her website online at www.johnsonandfancher.com

Carolyn Jung is an award-winning food and wine writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the recipient of a James Beard Award for feature writing about restaurants/chefs, a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism award of excellence for diversity writing, an award from the American Association of Sunday and Features Editors, and numerous first-place honors from the Association of Food Journalists, and the Peninsula Press Club. In 2015, she was named an IACP finalist for “narrative food writing.” She has judged a bevy of food contests, including the biggie of them all, the Pillsbury Bake-Off. For 11 years, she was the food writer/editor for the San Jose Mercury News. She also was a contributor to the “Good Living” section of Gourmet magazine, and to the book, “The Slow Food Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area.” Over the years, her work on other topics has been published in the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, the Boston Globe, and the Portland Oregonian. Currently, she is a freelance food writer. Her work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco magazine, Silicon Valley magazine, EatingWell, Nob Hill Gazette, Coastal Living, Food Arts, Wine Spectator, Every Day with Rachael Ray, Plate magazine, Via magazine, East Bay Express, Oakland magazine, Alameda magazine, Edible Marin & Wine Country, Edible Silicon Valley, and other publications, including the online site, Tasting Table San Francisco. She ghost-writes and tests recipes for cookbook authors, as well as develops recipes for the Anova immersion circulator company. She lends expertise as a food industry/food trend consultant. In 2009, she served as a judge for the James Beard Foundation Cookbook Awards. Additionally, she hosts and helps coordinate chef cooking demos at Macy's. Her first cookbook, “San Francisco Chef's Table” (Lyons Press), was published in winter 2013. Her second cookbook, “East Bay Cooks” (Figure 1 Publishing), debuted in September 2019. In 2008, she created FoodGal.com, a food and wine blog that features interviews with celebrated chefs, reviews of intriguing cookbooks and products, the scoop on new restaurants, irresistible recipes, and her singular take on how food touches every aspect of our lives. In 2009, her blog was awarded second place for “Best Food Blog” in the nation by the Association of Food Journalists. A native San Franciscan, she's always been passionate about food — from the rarefied, breathtaking cuisine at the French Laundry in Yountville, to the intricate morsels of dim sum at Yank Sing in San Francisco, to the plain and simple, yet utterly satisfying tangle of ramen and fresh clams at Tanto in Sunnyvale. She's obsessed with all things ginger, almond paste, and chocolate. And she's a sucker for a well-made cookie Carolyn Jung's Website https://www.foodgal.com/ ___________________ “Help us promote this podcast and share this episode with a friend” “Share on social and tag us at @WellLibrarian” “Follow The Well Seasoned Librarian Podcast on Spotify and get notified when new episodes are released" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dean-jones9/message

So, let’s just address the elephant in the room when it comes to Jamie Dewolf: It’s an open secret that while he is a vocal opponent of Scientology, he is indeed the great grandson of the notorious L. Ron Hubbard. And much like his forebear, he’s a dangerously charismatic redhead who has amassed a cult of devoted followers. However, Jamie has used his powers for good not ill, building a successful career as a writer, performer, and filmmaker. He’s written and performed with inmates at San Quentin Penitentiary, won “Performance of the Year” by NPR’s Snap Judgment, was voted “Best Poet” and “Best Filmmaker” from the East Bay Express, and has lead writing workshops at over 90 universities, high schools and juvenile detention facilities nation-wide. As one of the most in demand hosts in the Bay Area and beyond, he’s a regular ringmaster and curator for circus troupes, vaudeville showcases and music festivals across the U.S., and has produced and hosted the variety show Tourettes Without Regrets, now known as The Rumpus and Ruckus Revival, for over twenty years.  We've been friends since we used to smoke cigarettes in cemeteries as teenagers, and Jamie allowed me to do a deep dive into his sordid romantic past. Some highlights include: -How Jamie's worst date ever almost ended in death and dismemberment -Why every Scorpio has a scorpion tattoo -Being haunted by "ghost groupies"  -Jamie's problematic crush on Ivanka Trump ...and much more Relevant links: Battery's industrial cover of Gangsta's Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBr2Wm7yPlw Veronica Compton: https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Veronica_Compton Jamie's Website: https://www.jamiedewolf.com/ Jamie's Instagram: @jamiedewolf Show email: venusstarfruit@gmail.com  Big thanks to Jamie for being our guest, our graphic designer Pedro Recio, and Decek, who composed our sexy theme song "Euphoria".

Karen Ripley is a well-known comic and improviser who has been in the limelight for over 35 years. After finding her life’s purpose from watching I Love Lucy and wanting to make people laugh at the age of 5, she was finally able to find her voice into the gay comedy scene in 1977 in San Francisco. This is where it all started for her, appearing everywhere and being featured on the cover of Berkely, Ca’s East Bay Express opposite Whoopi Goldberg and being recognized as Ms. Magazine’s Top 100 Lesbian Comics in 2009. She also made her appearance in the 2005 SF Fringe Best Musical Comedy with Annie Larson’s original play “Show Me Where it Hurts,” and the 2006 Diva Fest. One of her most notable shows is “Waiting for FEMA,” that got her to travel all over the USA and the Carribean. In TV, she was not only featured in LOGO network’s show - Wisecracks, Karen was also among the focus of the Award-Winning documentary - Stand Up, Stand Out, a real life narrative that tackles the origins of LGBTQ+ stand-up comedy, which made her a prominent figure in the LGBT community comedic scene. To hear more of Scott Mason and the Purpose Highway™ podcast, join our community at https://purposehighway.com/ and subscribe to get notified when new episodes go live.

Guest: Chip MooreHosts: Julie Chiariello & Al GrahamBorn in San Francisco and raised all over the world, Chip Moore has made the Bay Area his home for the last twenty years. After storied careers in the music and culinary fields, his discerning palate and network of cannabis providers steered him towards consulting opportunities in the cannabis industry. Taking on brand activation, marketing strategy, operational development, logistics, and distribution, he saw a gap in the market. With expertise in the existing cannabis landscape, Moore founded 4&20 Blackbirds, a premier cannabis retail (delivery) boutique. With an eye towards 100% vertical integration, Moore formed a cannabis event subsidiary company (The Oakland Cup), and partnered with Javier Vega to form T.R.A.P. Security, an equity distribution and manufacturing corporation. Moore has been featured as a cannabis business expert by BET, VICE News, Comedy Central, as well as by The East Bay Express and The SF ChronicleTune In every Wednesday night at 8pm ET / 5pm PST to catch our LIVE show, only on the PACE Radio Network found at http://paceradio.net/Thanks for tuning in from all your hosts at The P.A.C.E. Radio Show! http://pace-online.ca/Thank you to all our sponsors....Legacy 420 located on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Ontario https://legacy420.com/Belleville Ontario's bma Hydroponics at https://www.bmahydroponics.com/Campbellford Lifestyle Shop in Campbellford OntarioDr. Buck Cannabis Trimming Solutions https://www.drbuckcts.com

About a week ago, Blake Gillespie reached out to me with a letter he had written to Adam Silver regarding the reopening of basketball. The letter, written so carefully and tenderly, is about much more than the game. Blake Gillespie is a professional writer. He began his career contributing to Impose Magazine, an independent music and culture publication based in Brooklyn. He was a partner in the publication from 2012 to 2016, serving as an Associate Editor on the West Coast. He has contributed to numerous online and print publications including; Vice Sports, Bandcamp Daily, The Sacramento Bee, The East Bay Express, and The Sacramento News & Review. Blake is also the author and publisher of Sacred, a literary journal dedicated to basketball's universal language. Sacred is his first book and encompasses sports, art and spirituality. He is based in Sacramento and enjoys the game of basketball on many levels. . https://www.sacredhoopsbook.com/shop/sacred-vol-1 You can follow Blake on instagram @scaredhoopbook and @busygillespie

On Sunday September 3rd, 2006 Nina Reiser dropped her kids off with their father Hans in Oakland California so they could spend time with him over the Labour Day weekend. But when she missed a couple of dinner dates and failed to pick up her children from school on Tuesday, friends alerted police she was missing. 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0:08 – Mondays with Mitch: Sanders vs. Biden debate, and COVID-19 bill passed in the House, will the Senate pass it? 0:34 – COVID-19 has now closed 85 percent of California schools. Jeff Freitas is the president of the California Federation of Teachers Brent Stephens is the Superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), and discusses the thinking behind the decision to close schools Plus, we take listener calls: If you work in the schools, or you're a parent or student, we'd like to hear how the school closures are impacting you. What questions do you want us to look into? Call 1.800.958.9008 to tell us what's happening, and what you need. 0:55 – KPFA News: College campuses across the country are shutting down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have told their students to pack up and leave. UC Berkeley's moved classes online and given students a choice: you can stay in campus housing if you want to, or you can leave now and get refunded. UpFront interns Danielle Kaye and Bee Soll went out to talk to students about the choice.  1:08 – Inside quarantine in New Rochelle, NY Jake Offenhartz is a journalist in New York with Gothamist who reported last week from inside the containment zone in New Rochelle. 1:20 – KPFA Listener calls about coronavirus 1:34 – BART to pay $6.3 million to family for wrongful death of Sahleem Tindle, who was shot and killed by BART officer Joseph Mateu in 2018. We speak with Yolanda Banks Reed, Sahleem Tindle's mother. 1:44 – Psychiatric emergency in Contra Costa County: Youth services are scarce and violence is rising, are we reaching a breaking point? John Geluardi is a writer and journalist covering Contra Costa Costa County. His latest investigation in the East Bay Express examines a crisis in psychiatric services for children and youth in Contra Costa County.  The post Coronavirus shut-down: 85% of CA schools are closed today, we take listener calls on impact; Plus: Psychiatric emergency care for youth in Contra Costa County appeared first on KPFA.

Bitch Magazine co-founder Andi Zeisler puts feminism through the waves into perspective for us, talks current feminism in pop culture, fills us in on what's going on with Bitch Magazine now and shares her tips on being the kind of feminist parent your tween can talk to. Andi Zeisler is the cofounder of Bitch Media including Bitch Magazine and the podcasts Popaganda and Backtalk . A long time freelance writer and illustrator, Andi's work has appeared in numerous periodicals and newspapers, including Ms., Mother Jones, Utne, BUST, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Women's Review of Books, and Hues. She is a former pop-music columnist for the SF Weekly and the East Bay Express, and also contributed to the anthologies Young Wives' Tales, Secrets and Confidences: The Complicated Truth About Women's Friendships (both from Seal Press), and Howl: A Collection of the Best Contemporary Dog Wit (Crown). She is the coeditor of BitchFest: 10 Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine, and the author of Feminism and Pop Culture (Seal Press). Her newest book on pop culture and the commercial co-optation of feminism is called We Were Feminists Once. She speaks frequently on the subject of feminism and the media at various colleges and universities.Andi is interviewed by Moorea Malatt and Madison Young. The episode is brought to you by Thinx period proof underwear and Early2Bed.com goodies for your sexual health.

Dr. Shelia Addison joins me to discuss her personal journey around body acceptance as well as her clinical work with folks in a variety of marginalized bodies.  Raised by a feminist single mother in the Midwest, Dr. Sheila Addison, LMFT was taught early on that women deserve equal opportunities. In her training as a Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Addison expanded her perspective on social justice to include intersections of gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, weight, and more.  She earned her Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Syracuse University where she developed and co-taught one of the first academic courses covering LGBT issues in family therapy. Currently, she heads Margin to Center Consulting which encompasses her private practice and supervision and cultural competency trainings for mental health professionals. She provides diversity and inclusion support, including the Ally Skills Workshop, to corporate, academic, and community clients. She lives in Oakland, California where her private practice, focused on couples and relationships, is also located. In 2018 she was named “Best Psychotherapist in the East Bay” by the East Bay Express. Show Highlights: Using anti-oppressive and feminist practices in her work The psychotherapy world still has a very conventional, very medicalized view of larger bodies Restricting, self-policing, denying and disconnecting from the body are all things that are encouraged in women and those assigned female at birth Her introduction into fat acceptance with the fatshonista blog The more images she saw of people in larger bodies the more her perspective started to shift in terms of how she viewed her own body A television show on ABC called “Huge” and how that show helped change what looked “normal” to her Helping clients view their bodies with more neutral descriptions Helping clients shift their “inner eye” when they assess their bodies How we view our bodies is relational and social Her clients teach her as well and this is her favorite part of being a therapist If your body changes, what else will you be self-critical about? Letting go of the fantasy of body change actually can help folks maintain health-promoting behaviors Health is multi-dimensional, rather than just being about what the scale says Asking yourself “How does it feel to live in my body?” The disability rights movement helps us acknowledge that not all bodies have the same access and potential People of color and black feminists theorists show us how body possibilities are racialized  Intentionally having images of higher weight bodies on her website Links & Resources Huge Shrill Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health by Glenn A. Gaesser Junkfood Science blog Health At Every Size by Linda Bacon www.cookierevolution.org Dr. Sheila Addison, LMFT

Melpomene Katakalos has been a freelance scenic designer, combining the art of storytelling with a compelling environment, collaborative processes, and the dynamics between collaborators. She has been designing predominately in San Francisco, NYC, and Philadelphia designing over 100 productions, many of which were world premieres, over the last 20+ years. Her designs have been seen on a variety of stages including La Jolla Playhouse, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Berkeley’s California Shakespeare Theatre, Los Angeles’ Cornerstone Theatre and Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre. In NYC, she has designed off-Broadway at the Clurman, at HERE Arts Center, La Mama, 45th Street Theatre, and the Triad. Her designs and devised works have been performed at the Beijing International Fringe and the Singapore International Fringe. Katakalos is the director of the New Play Design Lab at the Bay Area Playwrights Foundation, and is a co-founder of San-Francisco-based Crowded Fire Theater Company, which has been producing and commissioning new works for over 20 years. Among her many nominations and awards are two San Diego Playbill Awards, two Bay Area Critics Circle nominations, a Barrymore nomination, and the honor of Best Set Designer from The East Bay Express. Ms. Katakalos is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Lehigh University where she was recently appointed as the Class of 1961 Professor. She received her BFA in Theatrical Production Arts, Concentration in Design from Ithaca College, and her MFA in Scenic Design from UC San Diego.

The Bay Area is a unique sports market with 6 different professional sports teams for fans to follow and root for. While much can be made about the Giants and 49ers in San Francisco, the City of Oakland has played a major role in crafting its own contributions to the history of Bay Area Sports. That is all set to change soon, with the impending moves of the Oakland Raiders and Golden State Warriors to Las Vegas and San Francisco respectively, on top of the ongoing saga of the Oakland A's Stadium Hunt. These moves are striking at the heart of Oakland sports fans, who are some of the most loyal and passionate fans out there. Today our guest is Chris De Benedetti, sports columnist for the East Bay Express, to talk about the impact the East Bays 3 teams have had on fans and the community, and why these moves have the impact that they do on fans. 2:08 Getting Started 3:23 Background 7:29 The Golden State Warriors 12:26 Sustaining Their Success into Chase Center 19:57 KD Free Agency 23:07 The Oakland A's 27:01 A's Stadium Search 30:26 Howard Terminal Cleanup 35:58 Oakland Raiders Stadium saga 44:50 Raiders Move to Las Vegas 52:52 Memorable Moments in East Bay Sports History 55:14 East Bay Athletes Mt. Rushmore 58:43 Wrap up Thanks for watching! Listen to The Marc Guzman Experience on iTunes, iHeartRadio or Watch on Facebook or YouTube. WEBSITE: http://www.MarcGuzman.com FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/MarcGuzmanHomes INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/MarcGuzmanHomes SNAPCHAT: http://www.snapchat.com/add/MarcGuzmanHomes TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/MarcGuzmanHomes Company Website: http://www.BGAM.us Beer Sponsor: http://www.eastbrotherbeer.com/

World-renown tennis journalist Joel Drucker joins the podcast to discuss some of the underlying themes he’s observed that run through the course of tennis history. We discuss different ways to see the game - including how tennis is a game all about disrupting your opponent and the many different ways one can do it. We also get into his back story, what he loves about writing, how he critiques his own writing and the some of the processes he goes through when he takes on bigger projects. I’m really proud of this episode so I hope you can settle in and enjoy listening to this one as much as I enjoyed producing it! Jimmy Connors Saved My Life by Joel Drucker —> https://amzn.to/2U7E0US Joel’s article about the Pancho Segura memorial service in 2017 —> http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2017/12/pancho-segura-jimmy-connors-joel-drucker-tennis-channel/70872/ Joel’s Twitter account where you can stay up to date on his current writing —> https://twitter.com/joeldrucker Over the course of his 35-year writing career, Oakland-based Joel Drucker’s work has appeared in a variety of media outlets. These include broadcast venues such as HBO, CBS, Tennis Channel, as well as dozens of print publications, ranging from Tin House, Huffington Post and Salon to the San Diego Reader, Los Angeles Magazine, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, East Bay Express, Cigar Aficionado, Forbes FYI and People. His primary topics have been sports, popular culture and business. Drucker has written most extensively about tennis and is one of the world’s leading tennis writers. In August 2016, he was named a historian-at-large by the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Drucker’s tennis work spans the worlds of professional and recreational tennis – history, news, player profiles, psychology, instruction, travel, humor and participatory experiences. On the court, he has been berated by John McEnroe, hit with a ball by Jimmy Connors and beaten left-handed by Andy Roddick. A story Drucker wrote on the legendary player and coach, Pancho Segura, was awarded an “Honorable Mention” in the annual anthology, Best American Sports Writing. More recently, he wrote an exclusive piece, “The Making of a (Tennis) Player,” for a newly published anthology, Los Angeles in the 1970s. In the broadcast realm, Drucker has worked with Tennis Channel since the network first started to air in 2003, first as co-producer of the interview show “Center Court with Chris Myers” and currently as story editor-writer for the network’s coverage of the four Grand Slam events. He also works on a variety of Tennis Channel programs, including ongoing tournaments, special promotions and historic documentaries. In addition to Tennis Channel, Drucker has worked for the likes of HBO, CBS and TNT. He is also the author of two books, “Jimmy Connors Saved My Life” (2004), and, in February 2017, “Don’t Bet on It,” a portrait of his 28-year romance with his late wife, Joan Edwards. A history major, Drucker graduated with high honors from the University of California at Berkeley, earning a B.A. degree in 1982. --------- Follow me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/andygerst10s) to stay up to date on new podcast episodes or be sure to SUBSCRIBE on Soundcloud and iTunes! Also, be sure to check out Cadence Insoles and the new Spring 2019 collection from Adidas Tennis via the links below: Cadence Insoles: http://bit.ly/CadenceInsoles adidas SoleCourt Boost Parley: http://bit.ly/adiSoleBoostParley adidas adizero Ubersonic 3 Parley: http://bit.ly/adiUber3Parley adidas Men's Spring Parley Polo: http://bit.ly/adiParleyPolo adidas Men's Spring Parley Print Crew: http://bit.ly/adiParleyCrew adidas Men's Spring Parley 9" Short: http://bit.ly/adiParleyShort adidas Men's Spring Parley Pocket T-Shirt: http://bit.ly/adiParleyPocketTee

School bond measures almost always pass. More money for schools – and by extension, kids – seems like an obvious yes. But less attention is given to how that bond money gets spent and who is on the receiving end. One powerful lobbying group, nicknamed CASH, helps school districts get bonds passed. But critics say the arrangement is short-changing schools – and taxpayers. Guest: Brian Krans, Bay Area-based freelance investigative reporter Read Brian's full story: Cashing in on Education in the East Bay Express.

AT&T is operating top secret Internet monitoring facilities for the NSA in the heart of 8 major US cities according to a blockbuster report from The Intercept. Sitting on top of major digital communications arteries, these surveillance systems can track and record most communications within the US as well as many outside our physical borders. David Ruiz from the Electronic Frontier Foundation explains why these sorts of systems go way beyond the foreign spying mandate of the NSA and hoover up hordes of “incidental” data on ordinary, law-abiding US citizens. David Ruiz is a writer covering NSA surveillance and federal surveillance policy for Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights non-profit. As 2017 closes, he is deeply involved in covering the multiple bills before Congress that seek to reform or reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, a law that is currently one of the U.S. government's most powerful surveillance tools. Previously, David worked as a journalist covering legal affairs for some of Silicon Valley's largest companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Uber. He has also had his work featured in KQED, The East Bay Express, SFGate.com, The Sacramento Bee and KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM. Beyond writing, David also hosts a personal podcast called Death Knell, which explores the grieving process after death.  For Further Insight: Website: davidalruiz.com Follow on Twitter: @davidalruiz @EFF Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons Frontline’s United States of Secrets: https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-united-states-secrets-part-one/ The Intercept, AT&T NSA Spy Hubs: https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hubs/ EFF’s response to Intercept: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/07/eight-att-buildings-and-ten-years-litigation-shining-light-nsa-surveillance

Jonathan Kauffman is a San Francisco-based writer who’s made food the subject of his career. For eleven years he reviewed restaurants in the Bay Area and Seattle as the staff critic for the East Bay Express and the Seattle Weekly. In 2015, he joined the food section at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he broadly covers the intersection of food and culture. Add to those accolades his 2018 book, titled Hippie Food, How back-to-the-landers, longhairs and revolutionaries changed the way we eat, has been described as “an entertaining fusion of Tom Wolfe and Michael Pollan” and examines the way the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s has profoundly affected the way we eat today. In this episode Jonathan talks about how his upbringing contributed to his interest in the food of the counterculture movement. Raised in a liberal Mennonite family he was no stranger to tofu and brown rice. However, it wasn’t until he began to do research for his book, that he realized the depth and breadth of the history of these foods, and how the people who popularized them laid foundations for today’s trendy grain bowls and tofu stir fries.  

Oakland's own, DNas, is the host of both the Streets is Talking radio show and the Thizzler's That's My Word talk show. He was also awarded "Best Model Citizen" by East Bay Express in 2017. Twitter: @Dnas IG: @Dnastee https://www.trapxart.com/

A journalist at the East Bay Express wrote about Napa’s BottleRock music festival and criticized it for being by and for white people. Then the paper's publisher took down the stories and used the N-word in a meeting. Today, the story of Express reporter Azucena Rasilla and what led publisher Steve Buel to step down. Guest: Sara Hossaini, KQED reporter

The title's a pun, folks. A pun on the fact that we talk about a lot of things and also on the fact that we're talking to Phillip Kim, who has progressed from the primary to the general election for District 4 of the California State Senate. You may remember that we talked to him a while back about his work in health justice. Now he's running against the Republican incumbent Jim Nielsen, carrying a progressive platform into the center stage. Plus, he performs a few songs for us as part of Red Hearts Bleed, the best band to have ever performed in the V:RC studios. (Also the only. Don't blame them for Anthony's garbage skills in sound engineering.) Before that, though, V:RC founder Dave Kempa returns to discuss the fiasco around the heinous racism of the publisher of the East Bay Express and the plague of shitty publishers on community media. All that and more. I'd be more specific but I'm very tired right now.  If you'd like to know more about Phil's campaign and/or get involved, check these links: https://tinyurl.com/PhilForSenate; www.philthebern.org And to check out his band, Red Hearts Bleed, head here: http://redheartsbleed.com

East Bay Express film reviewer Kelly Vance joins us to talk about the "Now Playing" feature on filmnoirfoundation.org, a newly added guide to noir-tinged movie and streaming news. We also round up a bunch of great classic noir releases on Blu-ray in the last few years from specialty outlets who've all been releasing terrific films mostly unavailable on home video before now: -- KL Studio Classics: Pitfall, 99 River Street, Cry Of The City, Deadline USA. Hollow Triumph, Boomerang, The Woman In The Window, He Ran All The Way, Roadhouse, I Wake Up Screaming, The Chase, A Kiss Before Dying, I Walk Alone, The Taking of Pelham 123 -- Olive: Cry Danger, Try And Get Me, The Big Combo, Body And Soul, Plunder Road, Crashout, Odds Against Tomorrow -- Flicker Alley: Too Late For Tears, Woman on the Run, The Man Who Cheated Himself -- VCI: The Prowler, New York Confidential (DVD only) -- ClassicFlix: T-Men, Raw Deal, He Walked By Night, You Only Live Once -- Cohen Film Collection: Jamaica Inn, Sudden Fear -- Twilight Time: Kiss Of Death, Inferno 3D -- Warner Archive: Gun Crazy Follow the FNF's Now Playing listings here: http://filmnoirfoundation.org/now-playing.html Please send us any feedback you have on our show to podcast@filmnoirfoundation.org, and rate/review us on iTunes. Music: Themes from The Prowler, 99 River Street, Pitfall, Plunder Road, Deadline USA Dialogue from New York Confidential, with Anne Bancroft, Richard Conte, and Broderick Crawford.

Nato Green is an organizer, writer, and comedian in the Bay Area. The East Bay Express sums him up as, “a San Francisco-raised father, union organizer, gastronome, bibliophile, and political sparkplug.” Nato wrote for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell on FX. Nato's story takes us back in time to 1990s San Francisco, which was still finding its progressiveness. In this episode, he recalls an act of courage by one of his high school classmates at a time when coming out was even more complicated than today. You should definitely check out Nato's new album, The Whiteness Album, and follow him on Twitter @natogreen. If you liked what you heard today, please support Muni Diaries on Patreon and help us keep telling stories from everyday San Franciscans! You can find us on Patreon.com/munidiaries. 

Rudy Jacinto (http://bit.ly/3yFueraTW) reflexiona sobre un artículo del East Bay Express en el cual se exhorta a la ciudad de Oakland a demandar a la NFL y al dueño de los Raiders Mark Davis. ¡La NFL no termina y nosotros tampoco! Suscríbete en Itunes – http://bit.ly/3yFueraItunes Suscríbete en Youtube – http://bit.ly/HdFYoutube Sitio web – 3yfuera.com Nota del día - https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-should-sue-the-nfl-and-mark-davis/Content?oid=14996227

Rudy Jacinto (http://bit.ly/3yFueraTW) reflexiona sobre un artículo del East Bay Express en el cual se exhorta a la ciudad de Oakland a demandar a la NFL y al dueño de los Raiders Mark Davis. ¡La NFL no termina y nosotros tampoco! Suscríbete en Itunes – http://bit.ly/3yFueraItunes Suscríbete en Youtube – http://bit.ly/HdFYoutube Sitio web – 3yfuera.com Nota del día - https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-should-sue-the-nfl-and-mark-davis/Content?oid=14996227Mentioned in this episode:PRECIO DEL FANTASY

Rudy Jacinto (http://bit.ly/3yFueraTW) reflexiona sobre un artículo del East Bay Express en el cual se exhorta a la ciudad de Oakland a demandar a la NFL y al dueño de los Raiders Mark Davis. ¡La NFL no termina y nosotros tampoco! Suscríbete en Itunes – http://bit.ly/3yFueraItunes Suscríbete en Youtube – http://bit.ly/HdFYoutube Sitio web – 3yfuera.com Nota del día - https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-should-sue-the-nfl-and-mark-davis/Content?oid=14996227

Rudy Jacinto (http://bit.ly/3yFueraTW) reflexiona sobre un artículo del East Bay Express en el cual se exhorta a la ciudad de Oakland a demandar a la NFL y al dueño de los Raiders Mark Davis. ¡La NFL no termina y nosotros tampoco! Suscríbete en Itunes – http://bit.ly/3yFueraItunes Suscríbete en Youtube – http://bit.ly/HdFYoutube Sitio web – 3yfuera.com Nota del día - https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-should-sue-the-nfl-and-mark-davis/Content?oid=14996227

Your privacy and 4th amendments rights were dealt another blow last week, while no one was really looking. Congress opened the door to more warrantless surveillance by tacking on a little-known, unvetted bill to the monster spending legislation passed last week. This bill, benignly titled the Clarifying Overseas Use of Data (“CLOUD”) Act, removes the need for foreign countries to obtain a search warrant before demanding data from US companies. This bill was never debated. It wasn’t reviewed or marked up by a single committee. There were no hearings. But it is now law. David Ruiz, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, helps us to understand the stark implications of this new law and together we explore how it can be used to completely circumvent your 4th Amendment rights. David Ruiz is a writer covering NSA surveillance and federal surveillance policy for Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights non-profit. As 2017 closes, he is deeply involved in covering the multiple bills before Congress that seek to reform or reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, a law that is currently one of the U.S. government's most powerful surveillance tools. Previously, David worked as a journalist covering legal affairs for some of Silicon Valley's largest companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Uber. He has also had his work featured in KQED, The East Bay Express, SFGate.com, The Sacramento Bee and KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM. Beyond writing, David also hosts a personal podcast called Death Knell, which explores the grieving process after death. For Further Insight: Website: davidalruiz.com Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidalruiz Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Donate to the Electronic Frontier Foundation Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

An Oakland coffee shop that refuses to serve uniformed police officers attracts pro-Trump protesters. Coffee shops are often seen as symbols of gentrification. This one is trying not to be that. Guest: Janelle Bitker, East Bay Express staff writer

The U.S. attorney general calls out Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf after filing a lawsuit against California over its sanctuary state laws. During a speech in Sacramento, Jeff Sessions targeted The Town, specifically. Today, how Oakland became a defender against the Trump administration's recent immigration operations in the Bay Area. Guest: Robert Gammon, news editor and columnist for the East Bay Express

Many consider sprouts, tofu, yogurt, brown rice, and whole-grain bread to be health-food standbys, but how did these foods gain their reputation as such ubiquitous healthy choices? In his book Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat, food writer Jonathan Kauffman traces the colorful origins of once unconventional foods—and the diverse fringe movements, charismatic gurus, and counterculture elements that brought them to the mainstream. He returned us to the 1960s and 70s to tell the story of how a coterie of unusual men and women embraced an alternative lifestyle that would ultimately change how modern Americans eat. Joining Kauffman as an interlocutor is Seattle-based James Beard Award winning food writer Rebekah Denn. Kauffman and Denn delve into more than half a century of food history, from the mystical rock-and-roll cult known as the Source Family and its legendary vegetarian restaurant in Hollywood, to the Diggers’ brown bread in the Summer of Love, to the rise of the co-op and the origins of the organic food craze. Kauffman revealed how today’s quotidian whole-foods staples were introduced and eventually became part of our diets. Join Kauffman and Denn for a comprehensive history of hippie food’s journey from niche oddity to an honored staple of health-focused cuisine across the country. Jonathan Kauffman is a line cook turned journalist, and an International Association of Culinary Professionals and James Beard Award–winning staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. He served as the restaurant critic at the East Bay Express, Seattle Weekly, and SF Weekly for more than a decade, and has contributed regularly to San Francisco magazine, Lucky Peach, and Wine & Spirits. His articles have also been anthologized in several editions of Best Food Writing. Rebekah Denn is a Seattle-based two-time James Beard Award winning food writer. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Seattle Times, Seattle Magazine, and Seattle Business Magazine, and has been a guest on KIRO and KUOW discussing food-related topics on the locally produced NPR programs The Record, Weekday, KUOW Presents, and Sound Focus. In 2014 she curated “Edible City,” a comprehensive 5,000-square-foot exhibit on Seattle and food at the Museum of History and Industry. Recorded live at Westside School by Town Hall Seattle on Tuesday, February 27, 2018. 

Are undercover FBI agents responsible for pushing some of the terrorism suspects it arrests toward acts of violence? That is the question Peter B. Collins tackles in his brand new WhoWhatWhy podcast. In this premiere episode he talks with investigative journalist Darwin BondGraham of the East Bay Express in Oakland, CA, about his recent report “Terror or Entrapment?” (https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/terror-or-entrapment/Content?oid=12242075) BondGraham looked into five recent cases of “domestic terrorism” in the San Francisco Bay Area that seem to follow a predictable script, involving social media surveillance, paid FBI informants and the “pre-crime” strategy used by the Bureau. Collins says these five cases are among hundreds that represent a national trend. The investigations often seem to be tainted by undercover agents posing as terrorists, and by “recruitment” methods that verge on entrapment. All of these cases appear driven by a deep-seated Islamophobia, and arguably siphon off FBI resources that might better be used for more worthwhile counterterrorism investigations. At a time when the FBI is under the microscope, it's a must-listen.  

The law that enables the warrantless collection and searching of the communications of US citizens is set to expire at the end of 2017. In today’s show, David Ruiz and I discuss several bills in Congress that attempt to curb the rampant abuses of this legislation (Section 702 of the FISA law). These long-overdue reforms go a long way towards restoring the principles of the Fourth Amendment and reclaiming basic civil liberties that we let slip away in fear after 9/11. In the news this week, I’ll update you on the Reaper botnet and tell you about an effort to safeguard our elections systems before the next major election. I’ll also help you double-check your smartphone app permissions, making sure they don’t have any more access than they need to things like your camera, microphone, location, and contacts. David Ruiz is a writer covering NSA surveillance and federal surveillance policy for Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights non-profit. As 2017 closes, he is deeply involved in covering the multiple bills before Congress that seek to reform or reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, a law that is currently one of the U.S. government's most powerful surveillance tools. Previously, David worked as a journalist covering legal affairs for some of Silicon Valley's largest companies, including Google, Facebook, Twitter and Uber. He has also had his work featured in KQED, The East Bay Express, SFGate.com, The Sacramento Bee and KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM. Beyond writing, David also hosts a personal podcast called Death Knell, which explores the grieving process after death. For Further Insight: Website: www.davidalruiz.com Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidalruiz Additional Resources: Surveillance watchdog, Open Technology Institute: https://www.newamerica.org/oti/ End the Backdoor! https://www.endthebackdoor.com/ Lock Down Your LAN (IoT security): http://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/locking-internet-things-iot/ Protect yourself from nosy apps: http://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/smartphone-privacy-reining-nosy-apps/

Former managing editor of the East Bay Express, Sarah Burke and I discuss the exploitation of gallery artists and the masculinist nature of journalism. We also try to get to the heart of what makes a good editor. Photo by Janelle Kajisa. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.

"I am not the 'Boont' God." —Rod DeWitt About: With wave after wave of socioeconomic changes crashing into the Anderson Valley, a quiet and historically agrarian area, the lifestyle that gave rise to Boontling is quickly fading away. The fate and the future of the kitschy tongue lies solely in how the community comes to terms with market forces, the environment and, most importantly, its values.   Show Notes: [00:20] “Gymnopedies 2” by Blue Dot Sessions [01:10] Map of the Anderson Valley (SF Gate) [02:20] A list of some boontling terms Part I Part II [03:15] See more context here: [04:15] More on John Frati and Frati Horn (avwines.com) [05:25] “Veins of Coal” performed by Richie Stearns [06:45] Bruce Anderson response to Ep. 016 (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) [07:00] Instances of published satire gone awry [07:05] More light reading about the Anderson Valley Advertiser (Newsweek) [08:40] Light reading on David Severn’s time as publisher of The AVA (Editor & Publisher) [09:10] More on the “Redwood Summer” in Part I [09:20] “Lemon and Melon (Piano Version)” by Blue Dot Sessions [09:50] More on the wine explosion in Part II [10:05] Map of wineries and vineyards in the Anderson Valley (Chasingthevine.com) [10:05] List of the big wine players in the valley (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) Related reading on pesticides in the Central Valley (Pacific Standard) [11:10] Mendocino County’s history on GMOs (Wine Spectator) [12:00] “Rapids” by Blue Dot Sessions [12:20] Light reading on water use per California crop (Mother Jones) How much wine gets produced per acre (Wine Spectator) How many grapes in a bottle of wine (Vinepair) Light reading on what’s in a bottle of wine (Wine Folly) Related: The water footprint of other foods (Los Angeles Times) Related: A visual of California’s agricultural water footprint (Mother Jones) Background on an Olympic-sized swimming pool (Wikipedia) [12:30] On the issue of wine, water and drought (The Sacramento Bee) [13:10] Light reading on the vineyard irrigation debate (SF Gate) [13:40] More on Jim Doersken (The Press Democrat) [16:10] Light reading on the creek behind Doersken’s house (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) [18:50] A Brief History of California Water Policy (Public Policy Institute of California) [19:05] A little more on the City of  Los Angeles’ pueblo rights [19:45] A helpful video how water becomes a right (US Law Review) Related: Light reading on the Central and State Water Project Alexis Madrigal on the California Water Crisis (The Atlantic) John Muir on the Hetch Hetchy Issue in early 1900s (George Mason University) [21:00] Map of California’s water system (Capital Public Radio) Related: A quick primer on Gov. Jerry Brown’s water tunnel project (San Jose Mercury News) Part III of a short doc-series on tunnel project (VICE) ...and the politics playing out behind the scenes (Sacramento Bee) [21:20] Latest on Gov. Jerry Brown’s tunnel project (Los Angeles Times) [21:45] “Leavanger” (Minimal) by Blue Dot Sessions [22:15] More on The Wonderful Company and Stuart Resnick (Mother Jones) Related: The larger impact behind California agriculture (KCET) 2016 California Domestic Wine Sales and some additional background (Wine Institute) 2016 U.S. Box Office Domestic Sales (Box Office Mojo) [22:40] More on the state of California’s big green thumb (2016 California Department of Food and Agriculture) More on the race to the bottom (News Deeply) [25:20] The state of California wells (Marketplace) [26:15] More on California’s new groundwater law (KQED) And the criticisms of the mandate (Los Angeles Times) [26:25] And some light reading on California’s state mandate of 25 percent water reduction (Los Angeles Times) Related: The state of industrial well drilling (National Geographic) Related: On the prices of wells (Fresno Bee) Related: Opinion on the affordability of water (Los Angeles Times) [27:20] Light reading on the state of wells and water (Visalia Times-Delta) And from the USGS [27:45] Light reading on California’s subsidence woes from NASA [28:10] More on Will Parrish (@willparrishca) And here (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) [28:15] See his work on the wine industry here (East Bay Express) [29:55] “Kalsted” by Blue Dot Sessions [30:00] The landscape of money, politics and wine (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) More on the same story here [30:35] The “using of science as a political football…” (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) [32:40] More on Zac Robinson (Mendocino County Wine & Winegrapes) [33:30] Light reading on the groundwater basin around the Anderson Valley (California Department of Water Resources) [34:30] Overview of state water regulatory bodies and jurisdictions (California Legislative Analyst’s Office) [35:45] More on Navarro Vineyards here (princeofpinot.com) [36:00] “Exceter Lask” by Blue Dot Sessions [36:55] And another quick refresh on California water rights (UC Davis) [37:15] More on illegal diversions (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) [39:55] Light reading on Emerald Triangle [40:05] History of marijuana in California (KQED) [40:30] Light reading on Supervisor Dan Hamburg (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) [41:50] Light reading on Prop 215 (Wikipedia) Related: Breakdown of local growth limits (Green 215) [42:00] And some light reading on SB 420 (Sacramento County Public Law) [42:00] See: The Trump Administration’s stance on marijuana legalization (New York Magazine) [42:20] Results of Prop 64 (Ballotpedia) [42:30] And why 2018 matters... (Salon) Here (TIME) Here (Ukiah Daily Journal) [43:00] The association of Mexican cartels and pot growing seen here (The Press Democrat) [43:10] And on the topic of illegal pot cultivation and its impact on the environment (The Atlantic) [44:10] A further breakdown of Prop 64 with expected timeline delivery dates (California Growers Association) Related: Vineyards exploring involvement with new pot economy (Herb) Related: When pot meets wine (The New York Times) Related: Vineyards or marijuana farm? (Sacramento Bee) [44:20] More on the purchase of an old Fetzer Wine property for cannabis investment (The Press Democrat) Related: Behind the scenes on a pot farm (KALW) Related: On the topic of producing vices during times of drought (Nautilus) [44:30] The water that goes into marijuana (Marijuana Venture) [45:20] “Levanger” by Blue Dot Sessions [48:30] “Tolls Folly” by Blue Dot Sessions [49:00] More on the state of the Navarro (The Anderson Valley Advertiser) More at thisissomenoise.com

From jumping off pianos with James Brown to running the streets with Etta James, Sugar Pie DeSanto has led a wild life. In this episode, the soul singer shares memories of performing in Oakland’s legendary 1950s blues clubs, stunning global audiences with her risqué moves, and making grown men cry. As Sugar Pie puts it, “I’m one of the roughest women you could ever know. I ain’t to be played with!” Listen now to find out what happened when one aggressive fan learned this lesson the hard way. Special thanks to Mr. Jim Moore and Jasman Records. Support Sugar Pie DeSanto by purchasing her music at: http://sugarpiedesanto.com/ Also, check out my article about Sugar Pie in this week’s issue of East Bay Express: https://www.eastbayexpress.com/

This episode of Sup Doc is sponsored by GUIDEDOC - http://www.guidedoc.tv/supdoc/ For our 2 year anniversary, we're covering true crime documentaries all throughout our Month Of Mayhem series. Paco and George delve into the iconic Errol Morris documentary The Thin Blue Line (creating the exoneration/investigation genre) with our guest comedian, writer, and FrotCast podcaster Vince Mancini. The Thin Blue Line is the fascinating, controversial true story of the arrest and conviction of Randall Adams for the murder of a Dallas policeman in 1976. Billed as "the first movie mystery to actually solve a murder," the film is credited with overturning the conviction of Randall Dale Adams for the murder of Dallas police officer Robert Wood, a crime for which Adams was sentenced to death. With its use of expressionistic reenactments, interview material and music by Philip Glass, it pioneered a new kind of non-fiction filmmaking. Its style has been copied in countless reality-based television programs and feature films. Terrence Rafferty in The New Yorker has called it "a powerful and thrillingly strange movie. Morris seems to want to bring us to the point at which our apprehension of the real world reaches a pitch of paranoia -- to induce in us the state of mind of a detective whose scrutiny of the evidence has begun to take on the feverish clarity of hallucination." It was voted the best film of 1988 in a Washington Post survey of 250 film critics. Premiere magazine described it as one of the most important and influential movies of the '80s. Vince Mancini is a writer, comedian, and podcaster. A graduate of Columbia’s non-fiction MFA program, his work has appeared on FilmDrunk, the UPROXX network, the Portland Mercury, the East Bay Express, and all over his mom’s refrigerator. Fallout of the Justin Halpern Papa Roach meme: http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/paul-ryan-papa-roach-frotcast/Follow us on:Twitter: @supdocpodcastInstagram: @supdocpodcastFacebook: @supdocpodcastsign up for our mailing listAnd you can show your support to Sup Doc by donating on Patreon.

Robert Hurwitt, former drama critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, and before that the San Francisco Examiner and the East Bay Express, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky. Robert Hurwitt retired in April 2016 after a long and distinguished career as a critic and theater reviewer. Born as a “red diaper baby” and growing up in New York City's suburbs, his love of theater began early. After moving to San Francisco and working as a free-lance writer, he was hired by the Express and later the Examiner — and when the Examiner was bought by Hearst, the San Francisco Chronicle, where he spent several years as the single most important critic in the region. In this interview, he discusses his life and career, his feelings about criticism, and recommends three shows currently running in San Francisco. A shorter version of this interview aired on KPFA's Arts-Waves program.   The post Interview: Robert Hurwitt, former theater critic, SF Chronicle appeared first on KPFA.

Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2 A celebration of queer and trans black and brown genius...building on the groundbreaking first volume, Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives, Nia King is back with a second archive of interviews from her podcast We Want the Airwaves. She maintains her signature frankness as an interviewer while seeking advice on surviving capitalism from creative folks who often find their labor devalued. In this collection of interviews, Nia discusses biphobia in gay men's communities with Juba Kalamka, helping border-crossers find water in the desert with Micha Cardenas, trying to preserve Indigenous languages through painting with Grace Rosario Perkins, revolutionary monster stories with Elena Rose, using textiles to protest police violence with Indira Allegra, trying to respectfully reclaim one's own culture with Amir Rabiyah, taking on punk racism with Mimi Thi Nguyen, the imminent trans women of color world takeover with Lexi Adsit, queer life in WWII Japanese American incarceration camps with Tina Takemoto, hip-hop and Black Nationalism with Ajuan Mance, making music in exile with Martin Sorrondeguy, issue-based versus identity-based organizing with Trish Salah, ten years of curating and touring with the QTPOC arts organization Mangos With Chili with Cherry Galettte, raising awareness about gentrification through games with Mattie Brice, self-publishing versus working with a small press with Vivek Shreya, and the colonial nature of journalism school with Kiley May. The conversation continues. Bear witness to QTPOC brilliance. Included in the evening will be performances by:  Ryka Aoki is the author of Seasonal Velocities, He Mele a Hilo (A Hilo Song) and Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul. She has been honored by the California State Senate for her “extraordinary commitment to free speech and artistic expression, as well as the visibility and well-being of Transgender people. Ryka was the inaugural performer for the first ever Transgender Stage at San Francisco Pride, and has performed in venues including the San Francisco Pride Main Stage, the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival, the National Queer Arts Festival, and Ladyfest South. Ryka also appears in the recent documentaries “Diagnosing Difference” and “Riot Acts.” She has MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University and is the recipient of a University Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is a professor of English at Santa Monica College.Winner of the People Before Profits Poetry Prize, Meliza Bañales aka Missy Fuego is the author of Say It With Your Whole Mouth (Poems) and the Xicana-Punk-Rock-Coming-of-Age novel Life Is Wonderful, People Are Terrific which was a 2016 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. She was a fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area spoken-word and slam communities from 1996-2010, where she became the first Xicana to win a poetry slam championship in 2002. She is a Visiting Professor of Literature and Counter-Culture at UC San Diego and the feature film of her novel is currently in pre-production in Los Angeles.Nadia Ann Abou-Karr is an artist, writer and practitioner of holistic healing arts. She has been self publishing her own zines since middle school, with the most recent being THE ICONOCLAST Revolutionary Love series which highlights the complexities and confusion that arise from loving in the 5th dimension. Ultimately she always come back to the realization that self love is the best kind, and she uses all of her creative production to create an optimal climate for free love.Kim Tillman is an LA-based singer/songwriter, lead singer of the band Tragic Gadget and half of the music duo Kim Tillman & Silent Films. Her songs have been featured in film and television including American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky, the 2014 documentary feature Off the Floor, on Love & Hip Hop Atlanta and the ABC Family series Switched at Birth. Armed with a honey-velvet voice and precise, evocative lyrics, she aims simply to move you. Praise for Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2 “Nia King’s essential project is about demystifying the artist’s life, and centering expression at the heart of radically diverse QTPOC lives. This second volume of artists’ voices is full of heart and wisdom, struggle and triumph. Another must-read for anyone dedicated to living creatively.” —Jeff Chang, author of Who We Be and We Gon’ Be Alright“With all the talk in the entertainment industry about a lack of diverse voices in our media, Nia King does the big work that is necessary to rescue the entertainment industry from itself. She is going out there to highlight these voices, not because they are diverse, but because they are absolutely necessary.” —W. Kamau Bell, host of United Shades of America“Queer and Trans Artists of Color, Volume 2 continues to amplify beautiful voices that need to be heard. Refreshingly honest and illuminating, these interviews combine to form a powerful statement on the journey of the artist, and the person behind the art, towards creating a world where we can all thrive as our true selves.” —Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and Pym“Nia King once again provides a vital space where LGBTQ artists of color can share their unique experiences working in their creative fields. This volume, like its predecessor, will be a must-read for years to come.” —Hari Kondabolu, writer and comedian“This book shines a spotlight on QTPOC artists, activists and self-proclaimed weirdos, a group who rarely receive such attention. Through fluid and compelling conversations with King, readers learn about the creative processes, identities, organizing, and politics that inform their art. This is a beautiful archive as well as a rich source of information for creative people seeking inspiration.” —Farzana Doctor, author of All Inclusive and Six Metres of Pavement“In this new volume Nia King continues the invaluable work of amplifying the voices and interrogating the ideas of a new generation of joyous, committed creators. If you want to know who is shaping the culture of the next century, this is a book you must have: a book brimming with honesty, intelligence and heart.” —Nayland Blake, artist and professor“This book is a revolutionary literary gesture, providing both practical information to artists and also doing the work of expanding the archive. I love the way that King brings interviews to the page, disseminating artists’ knowledge while also creating a window into their language and lives. The honesty of the unscripted conversations feels both intimate and subversive.”—Virgie Tovar, author of Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion Nia King is a queer Black, Lebanese, Hungarian, and Jewish artist and activist from Canton, Massachusetts living in Oakland, California. She is the author of Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives and the host and producer of We Want the Airwaves podcast. Her writing and comics have been published in Colorlines, East Bay Express and Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory. She has spoken about her work at schools and conferences such as Stanford University, Swarthmore College, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Facing Race, the Allied Media Conference, and the National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference. You can find more of her work at artactivistnia.com and contact her at NiaKing@zoho.com. Elena Rose, a Filipina-Ashkenazi trans lesbian mestiza, rode stories out of rural Oregon and hasn’t stopped telling since. As an ordained minister, writer, and organizer, she has been published in magazines including Aorta and Make/shift, co-founded the Speak! Radical Women of Color Media Collective, co-curated the acclaimed National Queer Arts Festival show Girl Talk: A Trans and Cis Women’s Dialogue, works as a nationally-recognized interfaith educator on justice issues, and serves on the boards of the Solar Cross Temple and the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples. She can be contacted at takingsteps@gmail.comand on Twitter @burnlittlelight.

Aya de Leon directs the Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley. Kensington Books published her debut feminist heist novel, UPTOWN THIEF, in July 2016. Her writing and performance work has received acclaim in the Village Voice, Washington Post, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, SF Bay Guardian and the East Bay Express. A graduate of Harvard College, with an MFA from Antioch University, Aya has been an artist in residence at Stanford University, a Cave Canem poetry fellow, and a slam poetry champion. She publicly married herself in the 90s, and from 1995 to 2012 hosted an annual Valentine’s Day show that focused on self-love. She also blogs and tweets about culture, gender, and race. How Do You Write Podcast: Explore the processes of working writers with bestselling author Rachael Herron. Want tips on how to write the book you long to finish? Here you'll gain insight from other writers on how to get in the chair, tricks to stay in it, and inspiration to get your own words flowing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Halloween ya'll! In this episode, Summer Mason (@verano.mason) joins Dap (@dapisdope). The first half of the episode focuses on the 2014 horror film, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night. From queering on-screen violence to the importance of sound and black & white, they get into it. The second half of the show focuses on Summer's fight to stay black, a woman, and creative in the media industry and academia. Discussion covers racism, her creative agency ONX, and anti-cooning shoes. TW: Brief discussion sexual violence. Original photography by Perwana Nazif (@per.wa.na). Intros & Interludes by Shruggs! The East Bay Express article on Summer's college experience can be found here: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/cal-student-calls-for-more-black-voices-in-film-studies/Content?oid=4604842

Tonight on APEX Express, we talk with Kristyn Leach, a 33-year old Korean American farmer at Namu Farm in Sunol, CA. where she practices Korean Natural Farming. Sticking with our food theme, we hear from food writer for the East Bay Express, Luke Tsai. He wrote the cover story, “Cooking Other People's Food” and we tease out the problems that can result when fine dining chefs try their hand at cuisines outside their culture. And peppered throughout the show, we'll hear from some of the musicians performing in Kearny Street Workshop's APAture Music Showcase on Saturday night. Stay tuned because we have a ticket giveaway! Community Calendar Here's the whole line-up for Kearny Street Workshop's APAture 2016 Festival: (10/1) APAture 2016: Music Showcase (10/2) APAture 2016: Comics and Illustration Showcase (10/7) APAture 2016: Literary Arts Showcase (10/8) APAture 2016: Performing Arts Showcase (10/9) APAture 2016: Film Showcase (10/15) APAture 2016 Closing Reception & Artists Panel On Tuesday, October 4, join the San Francisco launch of Hotspot, Cool Country—Biodiversity in the Philippines, a new book for all ages by Almira Astudillo Gilles, published by Anvil Books. And next Thursday, Stories High opens.  This is the culmination of Bindlestiff Studio's long-running annual page-to-stage theater workshop series, which runs from October 13 thru October 29. This year's show features six one-act plays that feature pop divas, popping the question, urban legends, killer fashion, national tragedy, bike lane politics, and much more. The post Whose Food? Our Food appeared first on KPFA.

East Bay Express-turned-Guardian reporter Sam Levin doesn’t consider himself an artist or an activist, but in this interview I try to convince him otherwise, while also trying to get him to teach me everything he knows about journalism. We debate whether “the truth has a liberal bias,” discuss the differences between covering the local news for an alt weekly and covering the Western US for an international publication, and talk about why people across the world should/do care about what happens in Oakland. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.

Show #123 | Guest: After graduating from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Kara Platoni wrote for the East Bay Express and taught at the ‘J School.’ She was the co-host of the self-described nerdy science show, The Field Trip Podcast and is on Twitter, @KaraPlatoni. | Show Summary: Oakland award-winning journalist and science writer Kara Platoni sits down with Angie to discuss latest developments in the science of sensory perception and her book We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Perception, One Sense at a Time.

Finding Hope in Dire Times: Ocean Country by Liz CunninghamAired Tuesday, 22 September 2015, 11:00 AM ETOne Woman’s Voyage from Peril to Hope in Her Quest to Save the Seas – Liz Cunningham shows us how people around the world are practicing “hope in action” and why it’s time for all of us to join them. After Liz Cunningham was nearly swallowed by a rogue wave in a kayaking accident in which she was temporarily paralyzed, she was left with a sense of despair and alienation from the waters that she had always turned for solace and healing.As she recovered physically, Cunningham vowed that she would reconnect with the ocean and recover hope – hope for herself and for the planet’s ailing waters. Cunningham shares her two-year global journey to discover how communities and individuals are fighting to save the marine world that every living being depends on and how they are creating hope through action in dire times.Cunningham shows us how people throughout the world are beginning to see that we can have hope, that we must act, and – most importantly – that the two are interdependent.OCEAN COUNTRY is an adventure story, a call to action, and a poetic meditation on the state of the seas – but most of all – it is a story of finding true hope in the midst of one of the greatest crises to face humankind.Twenty-one percent of royalties will be given to the New England Aquarium’s Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF), which aims to protect and promote ocean biodiversity through funding of small-scale, time-sensitive, community-based programs. This amount was chosen to highlight the percentage of oxygen in each breath we take and that the fact that over one half of that oxygen comes from marine plants and algae in the ocean.About Guest Liz CunninghamLIZ CUNNINGHAM is the author of Talking Politics: Choosing the President in the Television Age (Praeger), which features frank and probing oral-history interviews with top television journalists such as Tom Brokaw, Larry King, and Robin MacNeil. She has written for Earth Island Journal, East Bay Express, the Marin Poetry Center Anthology, The Outward Bound International Journal, Times of the Islands, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She has collaborated with institutions such as the Academy for Educational Development, the Constitutional Rights Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution. She also serves on the board of Outward Bound Peace building and holds a B.A. in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine.Visit her at: http://lizcunningham.net More info sample slideshow photos: https://www.facebook.com/LizCunninghamAuthor  https://twitter.com/lizcunninghamwr

Who doesn't support the concept of “Affordable Housing?”  As rents climb to ever-ascending heights and ever more people are pushed from their housing, ‘affordable housing' is like motherhood and apple pie for activists and elected officials alike.  But are affordable homes truly affordable to people with disabilities who are low income or have SSI as their only income?  Today, Lynda Carson lays out the harsh reality in conversation with Eddie Ytuarte. They will be joined briefly by Christine Webster, a tenant organizer and stroke survivor from Healdsburg, California.  Mass evictions of 21 Latino tenants by a racist property group recently spurred calls for rent control in that city. A veteran community journalist, Carson frequently observes and critiques the non-profit housing industry in the East Bay area of California using the moniker Tenants Rule.  She believes “affordable” housing is often a misnomer because its income standards are too high for people with disabilities who receive SSI and other very low income people.  Aside from raising questions about who “affordable” housing actually houses, Carson has written about the dwindling of Section 8 housing and local elected officials who love to use their votes to enrich big-time housing developers. Lynda Carson writes for Street Spirit, the S.F. Bay View, East Bay Express, Beyond Chron. and many others.   She can be reached at tenantsrule@yahoo.com  The post Is ‘Affordable Housing' Affordable? appeared first on KPFA.

Meet Oakland, CA artist Thien Pham, whose graphic novel, Sumo, was published in December 2012. In this video, Pham demonstrates how to draw a four-panel comic strip. See more at KQED.org/EdSpace. Thien Pham has also worked as an illustrator on publications such as the graphic novel Level Up, and his food review comic strip called I Like Eating was featured in the East Bay Express. We dropped by his classroom to learn more about his art career and new book, and were treated to a hands-on lesson in how to draw four-panel comic strips, as well as ideas about how to develop characters.

Meet Oakland, CA artist Thien Pham, whose graphic novel, Sumo, was published in December 2012. In this video, Pham demonstrates how to draw a ninja girl. See more at KQED.org/EdSpace. Thien Pham has also worked as an illustrator on publications such as the graphic novel Level Up, and his food review comic strip called I Like Eating was featured in the East Bay Express. We dropped by his classroom to learn more about his art career and new book, and were treated to a hands-on lesson in how to draw four-panel comic strips, as well as ideas about how to develop characters.

It's Halloween! Scary local election updates from the East Bay Express; a final resting place for furry friends; Ask a Latvian: What's a Graveyard Holiday? Storycorps: A most peculiar playground; and San Francisco's Columbarium – where you can truly leave your heart.

TOPICS: Segment #1: "Reggie, don't be a veggie" After listening to introductory press conference for new Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie, Raider Greg was expecting a quick dismissal of many administrative personnel. There has been no announcement of such a reorganization so far, and Raider Greg and others are dissatisfied by that. Greg discusses his feelings on this topic and related issues. He comments on a recent article by Mike Silver of Yahoo Sports where Mr. Silver criticizes the firing of Hue Jackson. Segment #2: "The Raiders 2012 Search for a Head Coach" The Raiders have made no official announcements of who they are interviewing for head coach, but based on information coming out from "sources", Raider Greg and many others are not happy with the names being mentioned. Marty Mornhinweg, Mike Tice, and Dom Capers are the only ones with NFL head coaching experience, and their combined won/loss record is something like 80 wins, 140 losses. Segment #3: "Oakland's Proposal For Coliseum City" Raider Greg revisits an article that was published in the East Bay Express back on December 14th. It relates to an announcement that was made by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan about a plan to "build a massive sports village at the Oakland Coliseum. Dubbed "Coliseum City," the project is designed to be privately funded and would include a new ballpark for the A's, a new stadium for the Raiders, and a new arena for the Warriors, along with a convention center, hotel, and retail strip." The A's and Warriors are looking into their own plans to move those two teams, but the Mayor wants to try to keep all three teams in Oakland. Here is the East Bay Express article link: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/coliseum-city-unveiled/Content?oid=3068937 Segment #4: "The Tuck Rule Game Turns Ten Years Old. Why do we have to be reminded?" Raider Greg is tired of being reminded of the Tuck Rule game, so this will be his third rant of the show. NO BONELINE SEGMENT THIS SHOW. We only had one caller. Remember we are still doing shows throughout the off-season, so don't forget to call the Boneline as Raiders or other NFL news comes out that you want to comment about. You can call in to the Boneline and get on the podcast yourself. Toll-Free 1-800-620-7181. Try to keep your call around 2-3 minutes long. If we get a lot of calls we may not be able to air all of them, so make them good. Preference may be given to first time callers. Sorry if your call is not aired. Please call back to get on another show. - Join our forum at: http://www.raidernationpodcast.com/forum - Subscribe free in iTunes - Visit our YouTube page at: http://www.youtube.com/raidernationpodcast Running time - 35:13

At the recent San Francisco Writers Conference I attended an excellent introduction to podcasting. The class was taught by Britt Bravo. Britt specializes in telling, and helping others to tell, stories about creating social change. She writes for two blogs, produce two podcasts, and teaches people how to blog and podcast. Her local paper, the East Bay Express, named her the Best Podcaster/Blogger Most Dedicated to Social Change in 2007. Britt speaks and leads workshops about blogging, podcasting, how nonprofits can use social media, and how people can create work they love. She has spoken and done trainings for events like the Bioneers, Stanford Women’s Leadership Conference, Making Media Connections Conference, Writing for Change Conference, the United Way of Kern County’s Professional Development Conference for Nonprofits, and the FIELD project’s Scale Academy grantee meeting (a program of the Aspen Institute). Britt interviews individuals involved in creating positive change for her Big Vision Podcast. I caught up with Britt after her class at the Writers Conference. She shared her insights on podcasting and why some writers have difficulty getting up to speed with the world of blogging and podcasts. To hear what she told me, click on the podcast icon below.