Podcasts about Orange County

(June 16, 2026) Heather Brooker and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. CA Gov. Gavin Newsom says DOJ is investigating him. Netanyahu says Israel will keep forces in Lebanon, despite U.S-Iran deal. B-52 Bomber: 8 crew members dead after crash at California’s Edwards Air Force Base.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(June 16, 2026) In Orange County, six figure salaries now qualify as low income. The social security trust fund will run dry in 2032… what does that mean? California schools are emptying out. Experts say it’s going to get worse. Science suggests cringe-worthy dad jokes may serve an actual purpose.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trish Kerin breaks down the runaway reaction that triggered a mass evacuation in Orange County, California, and explains what facilities handling reactive chemicals can learn about instrumentation, warning signs and emergency communication. Editor's Note: We mention an upcoming webinar that Trish will be hosting: a webinar focused on leadership in uncertain times — looking at key strategies and tools we can use to navigate some of the challenges we're all facing globally right now. Use the code CPREADER for $5 off.

Cara Ameer shares how discipline, relationships, communication, and wellness helped her build a bi-coastal business across Jacksonville and Orange County while staying grounded through market pressure, client emotions, and constant change on both coasts today.See article: https://www.unitedstatesrealestateinvestor.com/building-a-successful-real-estate-business-across-two-coasts-with-cara-ameer/(00:00) - Introduction to The REI Agent Podcast and Cara Ameer's Bi-Coastal Business(05:00) - From Chicago to Jacksonville: Building a Business From Scratch(10:00) - California vs. Florida: Forms, Disclosures, Inspections, and Market Customs(15:00) - Comparing Prices, Renovation Costs, Insurance, and Condo Challenges(20:00) - Starting Over in Orange County Through Sphere-Based Networking(25:00) - Thought Leadership, Inman News, and Staying Visible in the Industry(30:00) - Managing Two Markets, Transaction Details, and California Escrow Customs(35:00) - Holistic Health, Client Stress, AI Limits, and Cara's Golden Nuggets(39:19) - Favorite Book, Where to Find Cara, Final Thanks, and Episode DisclaimerContact Cara Ameerhttps://www.caraameer.com/https://www.facebook.com/cara.ameer/https://www.instagram.com/cara_ameer/https://www.linkedin.com/in/caraameer/https://youtube.com/@CaraAmeer Cara Ameer's story is a powerful reminder that success is not built by chasing every market trend. It is built by learning deeply, communicating clearly, staying healthy, and serving people with calm confidence when the pressure is highest. Whether someone is building in one market or across two coasts, the lesson is the same: protect the relationships, master the details, and never lose the human touch. For more conversations that help professionals build wealth, wellness, and purpose, visit https://reiagent.comIs success destroying your peace? Most pros grind until they break. Download The Investor's Life Balance Sheet: A Holistic Wealth Audit to see if you are building a legacy or heading for burnout. Presented by The REI Agent Podcast & United States Real Estate Investor® https://sendfox.com/lp/m4jrl

LA's District Attorney goes before a judge to delay payments in the County's massive sex abuse settlement, and survivors aren't happy. LA's homelessness agency isn't spending all the money in its budget. And in Orange County, a six-figure salary can qualify you for low-income housing. Plus, more from Morning Edition. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.comSupport the show: https://laist.com

Zack Collie experienced a life-changing traumatic injury as a teen that presented him with the opportunity to either persevere or give up. Zack chose the first option, and as a result, he has a message that resonates with those who are facing difficult life challenges. Whether it is a traumatic injury, a debilitating illness, a painful and difficult relationship, the loss of a marriage, the loss of a job or career, or anything else, all of us have those times in our lives where we need to choose how we want to go forward.   Resilience is the secret to facing life's challenges with strength and courage. While some of us learn resilience as children, others have to learn it later in life; however, the good news is that it is never too late. In this interview, Zack uses his personal experiences as a quadriplegic to illustrate how to master the components of resilience, including perseverance, patience, gratitude, and acceptance. The interview is hopeful and helpful. You will be uplifted and inspired as you walk through Zack's injury, rehabilitation, and life's journey. You will find yourself cheering him and celebrating his journey.   Zack is a marriage and family therapist with Inspired Resolutions Counseling in Orange County, California. He loves working with teens and anyone with challenging life circumstances. He runs an online Zoom support group for those with spinal cord injuries. He is available to speak at your church, school, or organization.   Resources:   Inspired Resolutions Counseling: https://www.inspiredresolutionscounseling.com/   Daily Living as a Quadriplegic YouTube Channel: https://m.youtube.com/@zackcollie1994?ra=m   Psychology Today Therapist Information: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/zackery-collie-yorba-linda-ca/1102583Ins   Instagram: zackcollie7 Karla Downing's passion is to see individuals, marriages, and families set free from dysfunction, scriptural misunderstanding, and emotional pain personally and relationally. Her Christian relationship advice includes messages, books, and classes that provide practical solutions grounded in biblical truths, bringing balance and clarity to life and relationship issues. She also desires to equip ministry leaders and counselors to reach out more effectively to those struggling with difficult relationships, including abuse.  Website: https://www.changemyrelationship.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMyRelationship YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@changemyrelationship Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ft6D-cl-P34

"Creating a production company and filming a movie is not for the faint of heart." - Maureen Anne Meehan   Maureen Anne Meehan is a distinguished mental health court judge in Orange County, California, and a prolific author with an impressive repertoire of 25 novels. Her literary works range from 19 legal thrillers starring a compelling, strong female protagonist to a series of dating novels, including the successful "60 Dates in Six Months," which is now transitioning into a streaming rom-com. Maureen is passionate about her legal work and her writing. Her legal experience enriches her storytelling, which often explores a true crime, drawing on real-life cases to craft engrossing narratives.   Episode Summary: Welcome to another enlightening episode of "Oh, My Health… There Is Hope," where host Jana Short engages in an intriguing conversation with Maureen Anne Meehan, a skilled mental health court judge and accomplished novelist from Orange County, California. This episode offers a rich exploration of Maureen's dual career, highlighting not only the judicial realm she navigates daily but also her passion for creating engaging narratives that captivate her readers. In this episode, Maureen reveals how her profound experiences have fed into her dynamic writing journey. Inspired by a personal tragedy, she transformed her grief into creativity, authoring the Mary McIntosh legal thrillers centered on formidable female characters and true crime stories. Her transition from novels to film is significant, with the upcoming release of "60 Dates in Six Months," a rom-com that combines levity with personal hardship—the latter epitomized by Maureen's own experience dating after profound loss, even as she recovers from a debilitating injury. This conversation is an invitation into Maureen's world of true crime narrative crafting and her unique portrayal of romance that readers and viewers love.   Key Takeaways: Maureen's blending of experiences as a mental health court judge and as a fiction writer provides a unique foundation for her legal thrillers and true-crime narratives. The premier of her film, "60 Dates in Six Months," proves that real life can inspire fiction that resonates on screen, a testament to her storytelling prowess. Her journey from book author to film producer underscores the daunting yet rewarding process of bringing stories from page to screen. Maureen's fictional works, grounded in true crime, offer a gripping yet authentic exploration of crime and justice. She emphasizes the significance of maintaining realism in storytelling to highlight societal issues and provide thoughtful entertainment.   Resources: https://maureenannemeehan.com/book/ @‌60Datesinsixmonths https://facebookcom/MaureenMeehan   Get a free subscription to the Best Holistic Life Magazine, one of the fastest-growing independent magazines centered around holistic living: https://bestholisticlife.info/BestHolisticLifeMagazine.   Get in touch with Jana and listen to more podcasts: https://www.janashort.com/ Show Music 'Hold On' by Amy Gerhartz: https://www.amygerhartz.com/music. Grab your FREE gift today: https://bestholisticlife.info/BestHolisticLifeMagazine Connect with Jana Short: https://www.janashort.com/contact/

Director Darren Doane and I discuss talk about the good ol' USA, Into Another and identifying subcultures. Find out more about him and it here:https://dontbeprecious.com/These videos are part of an ongoing video series chronicling the hardcore punk music scene. They are an addendum to the film Orange County Hardcore Scenester. This is a documentary I made that chronicles the 1990s hardcore punk scene. You can watch ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ochs Or, pick up the Orange County Hardcore Scenester DVD here: https://revhq.com/products/evanjacobs-orangecountyhardcorescenester-dvd?_pos=2&_sid=683ac2ce9&_ss=rSubscribe to ANHEDENIA FILMS UNLIMITED and watch every Anhedenia Film as many times as you like for $2 a month: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/afunlimitedCheck out Darren Doane here:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=DARREN+DOANE#DarrenDoane#doaneit#dontbeprecious#ninetiespunk

This week, the FBI served a search warrant at the GKN Aerospace plant in Orange County. That's the facility where a near-explosion triggered an evacuation of more than 50-thousand residents last month. Reporter: Molly Peterson, CalMatters The California Department of Fish & Wildlife is celebrating the survival of five rehabilitated bear cubs. CDFW says the orphaned black bears were released last November and have successfully hibernated through the winter and returned healthy and active. Reporter: Chris Felts, CapRadio The U-S Men's Soccer Team takes the field Friday evening at SoFi Stadium for their opening World Cup match. They'll be taking on Paraguay. It's the first time the U-S has hosted the global event since 1994. Cobi Jones was a midfielder for that 1994 team, before starring with Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy. Jones spoke with my California Report colleague Keith Mizuguchi about his experiences in 1994. Reporter: Keith Mizuguchi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

About 1 in 5 businesses fail within their first year. So when you make $63 in year one and $350 in year two, most people would have quit. Maria Wendt didn't.She now runs an eight-figure business with over 150,000 customers, a million-dollar month, and an average of $2,500 per reel, selling products that cost around $85. She has a team of eight, no company meetings, and launches roughly one new product every single week.I brought her on to understand how she got there, and why she walked away from making $1M a year in high-ticket coaching to build something completely different. "I made $63 in my first year and $350 in my second year, and yet I've made over $20 million now." ~ Maria WendtIn This Episode:- How Maria started and went from $63 to $20 million- The million-dollar business she walked away from- Eight figures, a team of eight, and zero meetings- How Maria tracks exactly how much each reel makes her- Saying your biggest goals out loud without apology- The answer to growth is almost always more volume- Maria Wendt's advice on the best way to begin your business journeyAbout Maria WendtMaria Wendt is an eight-figure online business educator based in Orange County, California. She started as a freelance graphic designer before pivoting into teaching marketing and eventually building one of the most recognized low-ticket course businesses in the online space. She has over 150,000 customers, a catalog of 300 products, and runs a lean team of eight out of an in-person office. Her mission is to help millions of people make a few extra thousand dollars a month rather than help a few people make millions.Where to find Maria Wendt:IG: https://www.instagram.com/maria.wendt/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Maria-Wendt-Official-100090621002736/ Website: https://www.mariawendt.com/ Where to find me:IG: https://www.instagram.com/jen_gottlieb/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jen_gottlieb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jenleahgottlieb Website: https://jengottlieb.com/ My business: https://www.superconnectormedia.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jen_gottlieb

You’re listening to American Ground Radio with Louis R. Avallone and Stephen Parr. This is the full show for June 11, 2026. We open with one of the most disturbing stories we've covered — federal officials have located 146,000 unaccompanied migrant children who entered the country during the Biden administration and disappeared into a broken government tracking system. Nearly half a million unaccompanied children were transferred into federal custody between 2019 and 2023, and the government lost track of three out of every four of them. Over 32,000 failed to appear for immigration court hearings — children who legally don't even have the capacity to be responsible for that. We point out that some sponsors used the same addresses and names over and over to claim multiple children — a hallmark of trafficking networks — and that acting Attorney General Todd Blanch confirmed this program was exploited for sexual assault and trafficking. We make the case that this level of failure isn't incompetence. It's a feature, not a bug, of an administration that prioritized volume over accountability — and we ask where these children go to get their childhoods back. In our Top 3 Things You Need to Know, President Trump paused another round of attacks on Iran after announcing a breakthrough in negotiations, with a final deal expected to be signed in Europe as early as this weekend — including guarantees Iran will never possess a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen to shipping without Iranian tolls. Then the CEO of ActBlue refused to answer questions during a congressional hearing, repeatedly citing attorney-client privilege and Fifth Amendment protections amid allegations of fraudulent campaign donations including foreign contributions. And a Michigan court overturned the conviction of one of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, ruling that kidnapping isn't a violent felony under Michigan's terrorism statute — we revisit the role the FBI itself played in organizing that plot. We also cover New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani attending the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden with a roughly $1,000 standing-room ticket — despite running a campaign built on taxing the wealthy and claiming he'd have to move back in with his parents due to financial strain. We make the broader point about socialism and its leaders — the people at the top always seem to find their way to the good seats while telling everyone else to live within their needs. Our American Mamas Teri Netterville and Kimberly Burleson tackle the question of whether MAGA is dead, as several prominent former Trump-aligned commentators have recently suggested. They point to Trump-endorsed candidates sweeping primaries in South Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas as evidence the movement is alive and well, and discuss the pattern of high-profile pundits — Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens — making abrupt reversals after years of consistency, while Trump's messaging has remained the same. They draw a comparison to Ann Coulter's earlier break with Trump over the border wall timeline, suggesting some of these breaks come from single-issue voters whose patience ran out on one specific promise. We dig into the controversy over whether ICE enforcement should pause during the World Cup — with activists arguing that immigration enforcement makes undocumented immigrants feel unsafe attending games. We point out the absurdity by comparison — nobody argues pickpocketing laws should be suspended during the Super Bowl. In our Digging Deep segment, we cover the case of a Somali World Cup referee who was denied entry into the United States after Customs and Border Protection flagged his connections to Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda affiliate — and his own social media posts containing antisemitic statements. We walk through why this isn't about ethnicity, despite Al-Shabaab itself issuing a statement calling it racial discrimination, and why a country has every right to keep people connected to designated terrorist organizations out, regardless of their profession. We also cover the first arrest from a new federal fraud task force's top-10 most-wanted list — a $100 million bank fraud case in Orange County involving falsified title insurance documents and altered digital metadata. For our Bright Spot, a new study out of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and published in the Annals of Family Medicine found that patients who received five minutes of intercessory prayer — including the laying on of hands — experienced significantly greater pain and anxiety reduction than those who listened to faith music or meditation, with benefits lasting up to six weeks. Remarkably, the results held regardless of whether the patient receiving prayer was a believer — what mattered was the faith of the person doing the praying. We connect it to the biblical example of the centurion asking Jesus to heal his servant, and note that researchers are now suggesting intercessory prayer become standard medical practice. And we close with Jimmy Kimmel mocking Spencer Pratt over losing his home in the LA wildfires by renting him a U-Haul — which we call exactly what it is, shameful — and the congressional baseball game, where Republicans beat Democrats 11-2, with Florida Rep. Greg Steube striking out five batters and Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt named MVP for a diving catch that left him bloodied. May your pursuit of happiness bring you joy. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, visit AmericanGroundRadio.com, and join the conversation at 866-AGR-1776!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hallo Hockeyfreunde, In dieser Folge sprechen wir über die aktuellen Gerüchte rund um einen möglichen Trade von Dylan Larkin. Wie realistisch wäre ein Wechsel nach Anaheim? Was würde ein solcher Deal die Ducks kosten? Außerdem diskutieren wir die große Frage: Würden wir Mason McTavish für einen Star-Spieler abgeben oder ist er ein unverzichtbarer Teil der Zukunft? Welche Spieler könnten stattdessen als Trade-Chips dienen? Und natürlich werfen wir einen Blick auf mögliche Trade-Ziele für die Ducks: Sollte General Manager Pat Verbeek selbst aktiv werden und einen Top-Spieler nach Anaheim holen? Welche Namen würden wirklich Sinn ergeben? Eine Folge voller Spekulationen, Meinungen und spannender Trade-Szenarien für die ... Dieser Podcast wird vermarktet von der Podcastbude.www.podcastbu.de - Full-Service-Podcast-Agentur - Konzeption, Produktion, Vermarktung, Distribution und Hosting.Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen?Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich.Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.

Hallo Hockeyfreunde, In dieser Folge sprechen wir über die aktuellen Gerüchte rund um einen möglichen Trade von Dylan Larkin. Wie realistisch wäre ein Wechsel nach Anaheim? Was würde ein solcher Deal die Ducks kosten? Außerdem diskutieren wir die große Frage: Würden wir Mason McTavish für einen Star-Spieler abgeben oder ist er ein unverzichtbarer Teil der Zukunft? Welche Spieler könnten stattdessen als Trade-Chips dienen? Und natürlich werfen wir einen Blick auf mögliche Trade-Ziele für die Ducks: Sollte General Manager Pat Verbeek selbst aktiv werden und einen Top-Spieler nach Anaheim holen? Welche Namen würden wirklich Sinn ergeben? Eine Folge voller Spekulationen, Meinungen und spannender Trade-Szenarien für die ... Dieser Podcast wird vermarktet von der Podcastbude.www.podcastbu.de - Full-Service-Podcast-Agentur - Konzeption, Produktion, Vermarktung, Distribution und Hosting.Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen?Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich.Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.

Hallo Hockeyfreunde, In dieser Folge sprechen wir über die aktuellen Gerüchte rund um einen möglichen Trade von Dylan Larkin. Wie realistisch wäre ein Wechsel nach Anaheim? Was würde ein solcher Deal die Ducks kosten? Außerdem diskutieren wir die große Frage: Würden wir Mason McTavish für einen Star-Spieler abgeben oder ist er ein unverzichtbarer Teil der Zukunft? Welche Spieler könnten stattdessen als Trade-Chips dienen? Und natürlich werfen wir einen Blick auf mögliche Trade-Ziele für die Ducks: Sollte General Manager Pat Verbeek selbst aktiv werden und einen Top-Spieler nach Anaheim holen? Welche Namen würden wirklich Sinn ergeben? Eine Folge voller Spekulationen, Meinungen und spannender Trade-Szenarien für die ... Dieser Podcast wird vermarktet von der Podcastbude.www.podcastbu.de - Full-Service-Podcast-Agentur - Konzeption, Produktion, Vermarktung, Distribution und Hosting.Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen?Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich.Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.

An explosion at one home in Wayne County that damaged several homes may have been started by a propane cylinder failure.The Regional Food Bank is struggling as gas prices continue to skyrocket. The end is nigh for the new comprehensive plan for the Town of Bethel. A man in Orange County's been arrested after an argument over a parking spot at an apartment building. 

Hallo Hockeyfreunde, In dieser Folge sprechen wir über die aktuellen Gerüchte rund um einen möglichen Trade von Dylan Larkin. Wie realistisch wäre ein Wechsel nach Anaheim? Was würde ein solcher Deal die Ducks kosten? Außerdem diskutieren wir die große Frage: Würden wir Mason McTavish für einen Star-Spieler abgeben oder ist er ein unverzichtbarer Teil der Zukunft? Welche Spieler könnten stattdessen als Trade-Chips dienen? Und natürlich werfen wir einen Blick auf mögliche Trade-Ziele für die Ducks: Sollte General Manager Pat Verbeek selbst aktiv werden und einen Top-Spieler nach Anaheim holen? Welche Namen würden wirklich Sinn ergeben? Eine Folge voller Spekulationen, Meinungen und spannender Trade-Szenarien für die ... Dieser Podcast wird vermarktet von der Podcastbude.www.podcastbu.de - Full-Service-Podcast-Agentur - Konzeption, Produktion, Vermarktung, Distribution und Hosting.Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen?Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich.Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.

Hallo Hockeyfreunde, In dieser Folge sprechen wir über die aktuellen Gerüchte rund um einen möglichen Trade von Dylan Larkin. Wie realistisch wäre ein Wechsel nach Anaheim? Was würde ein solcher Deal die Ducks kosten? Außerdem diskutieren wir die große Frage: Würden wir Mason McTavish für einen Star-Spieler abgeben oder ist er ein unverzichtbarer Teil der Zukunft? Welche Spieler könnten stattdessen als Trade-Chips dienen? Und natürlich werfen wir einen Blick auf mögliche Trade-Ziele für die Ducks: Sollte General Manager Pat Verbeek selbst aktiv werden und einen Top-Spieler nach Anaheim holen? Welche Namen würden wirklich Sinn ergeben? Eine Folge voller Spekulationen, Meinungen und spannender Trade-Szenarien für die ... Dieser Podcast wird vermarktet von der Podcastbude.www.podcastbu.de - Full-Service-Podcast-Agentur - Konzeption, Produktion, Vermarktung, Distribution und Hosting.Du möchtest deinen Podcast auch kostenlos hosten und damit Geld verdienen?Dann schaue auf www.kostenlos-hosten.de und informiere dich.Dort erhältst du alle Informationen zu unseren kostenlosen Podcast-Hosting-Angeboten. kostenlos-hosten.de ist ein Produkt der Podcastbude.

Conway Jr Show Hour 2 (6.10) Conway kicks off the hour with a sweet story about checking into hotels and why you should always add your name to the reservation. For Conway, one hotel moment became unforgettable when Lakers legend James Worthy shared how much Tim Conway and The Carol Burnett Show meant to him. It was a reminder that great comedy does not just make people laugh — it stays with them. Then the crew gets into a wild Southern California school prank after nearly 200 doors were glued shut at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego right as finals week ramped up. That brings back memories of prank stores, itching powder, and Conway’s brother causing chaos on school desks. Later, the hour turns serious with dangerous surf in Laguna Beach, where a mother and her two children were swept into the ocean near Treasure Island Beach. The powerful swell created dangerous conditions across Orange County beaches, with one teen girl still missing. The hour wraps with a lighter look at foreign FIFA fans discovering American culture ahead of the World Cup — from Big Gulps and Taco Bell to the ultimate American obsession: ranch dressing. Because in the U.S., we put ranch on everything. Trending Keywords: Tim Conway, Carol Burnett Show, James Worthy, Lakers, hotel story, school prank, glued doors, Patrick Henry High School, San Diego, Laguna Beach, Treasure Island Beach, dangerous surf, FIFA fans, American culture, Big Gulp, Taco Bell, ranch dressing, Conway Show See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Paco from Wondermelon joins us. We discuss the banana man situation. Paco tells us how he discovered ska, how Wondermelon started and we discuss their new EP, Modern Vintage. Paco also talks about picking songs to cover and we chat about the Orange County, California ska scene. All this and Ska News and our Ska Picks of the Week. Wondermelon: https://linktr.ee/wondermelonband?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=ad2295b1-826b-41dc-ac9f-5ac1aa2b3cb5On The Upbeat: ontheupbeatska.comSka News………•The DoomstompersOn June 5 The Doomstompers dropped a new single called Participation Trophy. It's from their upcoming album Take A Beat out June 12th. Let's listen to Participation trophy by the doom stumpers.-The Aggrolites On June 5th The Aggrolites released their new album called Super Atomic. Let's listen to their song ‘Till The Wheels Fall Off-The KittyhawksOn June 10th The Kittyhawks released a new song called The Devil's Offbeat. Ska picks…..Paco: King for a day by Goldfinger Matt: Combat Chuck by Five Iron FrenzyEvan: I Got Enemies In High PlacesSka News Theme by Lab Bratshttps://dangitband.bandcamp.comMain Theme by Millington https://millingtonband.bandcamp.com

The November campaign kicks off in the L-A Mayor's race, and Nithya Raman is appealing to Spencer Pratt's supporters. Orange County crews end the search for a five-year-old who was swept out to sea. The World Cup has arrived in LA, but hotel rooms are sitting empty. Plus, more from Morning Edition. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.comSupport the show: https://laist.com

Federal agents raid the company where the chemical emergency in Garden Grove occurred. An LA County sales tax measure to fund hospitals and clinics is on track to pass. Orange County decided how to divvy up public money recovered from Andrew Do. Plus, more from Evening Edition. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.comSupport the show: https://laist.com

Conway Jr Show Hour 2 (6.8) Conway kicks off the hour in full World Cup mode as security ramps up ahead of U.S. vs. Paraguay at SoFi Stadium. The crew looks back at one of the most iconic moments in soccer history: Brandi Chastain’s 1999 Women’s World Cup celebration at the Rose Bowl after scoring the winning penalty kick. With the Men’s National Team practicing at the Great Park in Irvine, Orange County soccer fans are getting a front-row seat to World Cup excitement. But while the hype builds, the U.S. is reportedly lagging behind other host cities in hotel bookings. Then the crew dives into how alcohol brands are going all-in on the 2026 World Cup, hoping beer sales and massive marketing campaigns can help reverse industry slumps. Analysts expect global beer consumption to spike during the tournament, making this one of the biggest drinking events in sports. Later, Conway takes on L.A.’s ongoing problems and asks the big question: what’s the fix? If property taxes are high, shouldn’t the services be great? The hour wraps with a warning about the latest fake survey scam, where spoof websites pretend to offer Lowe’s gift cards or toolsets before tricking people into sharing screens or buying gift cards for fake “processing fees.” Trending Keywords: World Cup 2026, SoFi Stadium, U.S. vs Paraguay, Brandi Chastain, Great Park Irvine, Orange County, beer sales, alcohol brands, Los Angeles problems, property taxes, fake survey scam, Lowe’s scam, gift card scam, Conway Show, funny podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s Topics: 1) Gospel – Matthew 5:13-16 – Jesus said to His disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.” Memorial of Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church Saint Ephrem, pray for us! Bishop Sheen quote of the day On 31 January 1906, an earthquake occurred off the southern coast of Columbia, and the Ocean receded about a half mile from the shore at Tumaco.  Father Gerardo Larrondo “rushed to the church and took a large consecrated host and a ciborium from the tabernacle to protect it. He quickly went to the people and, raising the Blessed Sacrament, exclaimed: ‘Come, my children, let us all go to the beach, and may God have mercy on us.'”  As they watched the approaching tsunami, Father raised the Blessed Sacrament and made a large Sign of the Cross.  The approaching tsunami stopped, as if blocked by an invisible force, a miracle of the Holy Eucharist 2, 3) Mark Edward Padilla, Headmaster of the Santiago Catholic Trade School, and Mark McElrath, Executive Director, Santiago Retreat Center join Terry to talk about all of the opportunities to help young Catholic men learn trades combined with spiritual development in a two-year formation program that gives life & light to the manly soul, developing men who seek first the kingdom of God, and only then look to earthly riches and the joys of this life. Santiago men will engage in daily prayer as well as bi-weekly formation courses. Holy Mass is to be the center of each day, and the point of stability on which all else hinges. santiagotradeschool.com Santiago Retreat Center is a Catholic Christian Retreat Center that provides a beautiful rustic venue for retreats or other events, comfortable and accommodating for both small and large groups, with a variety of activities including a large swimming pool, Whiffle Ball field, hiking trails, low ropes, game room, as well as chapels, picnic areas, indoor/outdoor meeting spaces, and more Located in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains, just 17 miles from heart of Orange County, the retreat center is situated on 500 acres of wilderness setting, which includes 500 beds with four distinct retreat areas, each with its own chapel, meeting rooms, recreational space and dormitories. santiagoretreatcenter.org 4) Pope Leo XIV urges members of the Spanish Parliament to safeguard all human life from conception to natural death

How did a sunny Southern California suburb become a primary incubator for modern neo-Nazi violence? In this episode, we sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Eric Lichtblau to discuss his groundbreaking new book, *American Reich: A Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate*. We examine homegrown White Terrorist operations, focusing on a deeply disturbing pattern: why White Supremacist military personnel are routinely ignored, allowing them to weaponize and deploy lethal, state-funded training for White Terrorist agendas. We also interrogate one of the book's core themes—Lichtblau's comparison of people classified as White and LGBTQ with people classified as black. During this particular exchange, Lichtblau became acutely defensive, interrupting Gus at every turn. The host resorted to asking the Suspected Racist guest if he "was done?" Lichtblau answered affirmatively, paused for 10 seconds, and then immediately began speaking over Gus again. This discourteous and uncouth conduct prompted Gus to label the behavior a deliberate act of White Supremacy/Racism. Lichtblau claimed this is the first time a non-White person has ever accused him of practicing Racism. First time for everything, I reckon. Tune in for an unfiltered, urgent interrogation of the System of White Supremacy in the Golden State and how White people practice White Supremacy, #COINTELPRO #EndStageWhiteSupremacy #KhalidFlimban #RobertFuller #Suntan #TheCOWS17Years INVEST in The COWS – [http://paypal.me/TheCOWS](http://paypal.me/TheCOWS) Cash App: [https://cash.app/$TheCOWS](https://cash.app/$TheCOWS) CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE 564943#

Welcome to the OC! Don't call it that. Andrew shares an important film of his youth about important art in youth with Johnny, throws two games at him and then goes off on rants about The Mandalorian & Grogu, Finding Emily, Power Ballad and finds The Sheep Detectives charming as hell. Johnny talks his Obsession with The Last Five Years of Miss Saigon on stage and playing 007: First Light. THE FERRYMAN UPON THE PLAINS - Andrew's First Novel - Out Now! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ferryman-Upon-Plains-Andrew-Jones-ebook/dp/B0F39C3WM4/

Tim from Orange County called to discuss Scott Pelley's attitude. Dennis from Gillette, New Jersey, called to comment on Minority Leader John Thune's performance, specifically referencing the Save America Act.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephanie Mack is an author, speaker, and podcast host with a passion for the art of great storytelling. Her novels blend women's fiction and romantic elements with meaningful insights for readers navigating the complexities of modern life. Throughout her career, she has been trusted to craft language for individuals, publications, and Fortune 500 companies. As a podcast host, she has interviewed numerous New York Times bestselling authors and literary stars. Stephanie's work has also appeared on Scary Mommy, Faithit, Coffee + Crumbs, and more. Stephanie lives in Orange County, California, with her husband and three daughters, balancing motherhood, creativity, and community. She invites readers to connect with her on social media and through her newsletter where she shares book recommendations, behind-the-scenes insights, and conversations about life and womanhood. Her latest novel is TWENTY SOMETHING ELSE. Learn more at stephaniemack.comIntro reel, Writing Table Podcast 2024 Outro RecordingFollow the Writing Table: @writingtablepodcastEmail questions or tell us who you'd like us to invite to the Writing Table: writingtablepodcast@gmail.com.

A California judge has unexpectedly thrown out the grand jury indictment against Yue “Emily” Yu, a prominent Orange County dermatologist accused of poisoning her husband's tea with liquid drain cleaner. Despite hidden kitchen camera footage captured by her husband, Jack Chen, the court tossed the felony charges after finding that prosecutors committed significant procedural errors and withheld key defense-favorable evidence. Law&Crime's Jesse Weber breaks down the shocking legal twist and what comes next as prosecutors vow to fight back and refile the case.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW: Download the FREE Upside App at https://upside.app.link/sidebar to get an extra 25 cents bonus for every gallon on your first tank of gas.HOST:Jesse Weber: https://twitter.com/jessecordweberLAW&CRIME SIDEBAR PRODUCTION:YouTube Management - Bobby SzokeVideo Editing - Michael Deininger, Christina O'Shea, Alex Ciccarone, & Jay CruzScript Writing & Producing - Savannah Williamson & Juliana BattagliaGuest Booking - Alyssa Fisher & Diane KayeSocial Media Management - Vanessa BeinSTAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE LAW&CRIME NETWORK:Watch Law&Crime Network on YouTubeTV: https://bit.ly/3td2e3yWhere To Watch Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3akxLK5Sign Up For Law&Crime's Daily Newsletter: https://bit.ly/LawandCrimeNewsletterRead Fascinating Articles From Law&Crime Network: https://bit.ly/3td2IqoLAW&CRIME NETWORK SOCIAL MEDIA:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lawandcrimeTwitter: https://twitter.com/LawCrimeNetworkFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lawandcrimeTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lawandcrimenetworkTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lawandcrimeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Joe Escalante's final expedition into the business end of showbiz... That's right! The same people who gave Joe an award for managing Sublime to the top of the music industry also gave him his radio pink slip in the same week!!! This week: a brief rundown of the box office numbers, and Joe takes a nostalgic trip into his childhood and his extensive toy collection (and when he stopped collecting), as well as a trip down his radio memory lane, regaling us with some of his favorite moments and experiences in both his music, radio, and documentary talking head career. Joe has LOVED being a part of the Los Angeles radio landscape for nearly two decades, and, with all his success in managing, lawyering, film-making, and show-running, the timing of this could not be better for him... Producer Sam is moving to Spain to be with his kids, so all of this times out perfectly for us. We love you. Thank you for being a part of this amazing journey with us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does cheating actually do to the person doing it?Most conversations about infidelity focus on the betrayed partner — and for good reason. But in this episode, Todd Creager turns the lens inward, looking at what happens inside the body and mind of the person having the affair. It's part of his ongoing series on how cheating cheats the cheater, and this episode zeroes in on something rarely talked about: the physiological cost of living a secret.Using the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS), Todd walks through how our protective parts operate when deep wounds go unaddressed. The "firefighter" part acts out — in this case, through an affair — as a way to escape pain. The guilt and self-attack that follow? That's the "manager" part doing its job. The result is an internal system at war with itself. The body pays the price.What does that look like in practice? A stress cycle that doesn't stop. The adrenaline of secrecy. The cortisol of shame. For most people — not sociopaths, as Todd plainly notes — this creates a chronic internal conflict that quietly drains physical and emotional wellbeing. Infidelity recovery starts with recognizing that the affair was never really about the other person. It was a response to pain that never got the attention it needed.The path out, Todd explains, isn't more self-punishment. It's actually getting honest — with yourself, with a professional, and eventually with your partner if reconciliation is part of the picture. When the wound beneath the behavior gets real attention, real healing becomes possible. Todd has seen it happen, over and over, in his 30+ years working with couples.This episode is for anyone who has been on either side of betrayal, or who suspects there's more going on beneath the surface of the choices they've been making.If you're ready to stop the internal war and work toward actual peace — in your body, your relationship, and yourself — Todd's work is a good place to start. Reach out at toddcreager.com."Making the world safe for love." If this episode resonates with you, please share it with someone who could benefit and leave a review. Your support helps us reach more couples who are ready to transform their lives.Check out my complete program "From Bickering & Escalating to Connecting & Loving" for more in-depth guidance: https://www.toddcreagertraining.com/loving-connecting-masterclassTodd Creager, LCSW, LMFTTodd is a sex expert and therapist in Huntington Beach.  He provides relationship coaching to couples throughout the world and in Orange County including Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Seal Beach and Long Beach.  (714) 848-2288.You can find more tips and resources from Todd Creager at:  https://toddcreager.com  HELPFUL LINKS:Get your FREE copy of Healing Infidelity From The Inside Out https://www.toddcreagertraining.com/heal-infidelity Secrets to a Sexy Marriage:  https://toddcreager.kartra.com/page/sexy-marriage-secrets7 Ways to Divorce Proof Your Marriage: https://toddcreager.kartra.com/page/optin-DPYMBe...

Send us Fan MailFifty thousand people evacuate, rumors fly, and the search for the latest information becomes frantic. During the Memorial Day weekend chemical incident in Orange County, California, residents in Garden Grove and Anaheim needed more than breaking news; they needed clear, trusted, practical directions they could use immediately. Enter Victor Tran, a 27-year-old web designer and software engineer who voluntarily created a crisis website to aggregate emergency information and updates. Through some busy and sleepless nights, Victor built it into a real-time resource hub for the community, including translations into seven languages, at ggspill.com. We unpack the crisis communications problem that shows up in almost every emergency: too many sources, too little time, and a constant drip of misinformation. Victor walks through how he vetted resources, organized essentials like food, transportation, housing, mutual aid, and services, and designed the site to reduce mental load for people who were displaced and exhausted. We also dig into how he pulled official updates from the Orange County Fire Authority into a single place so residents could keep situational awareness without chasing posts across platforms. Find Victor Tran on LinkedIn, or at his development site: https://victortran.dev/ #gknaerospace #orangecounty #ofca #gardengrove #crisiscommunications #crisismanagementSupport the showWe'd love to hear from you.  Email the show at Tom@leadinginacrisis.com.

Director Stephen Kijak breaks down editing his film SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD. It is a fictional film looking at the day THE SMITHS broke up. Hardcore music and THE SMITHS are forever intertwined for many reasons. Whether it was the look of the band, the sound, the lyrical content... these seemingly unrelated musical styles were actually quite similar. Stephen Kijak and I discuss how films surprisingly win awards, the staying power of films, releasing a movie during covid , and MORE!These videos are part of an ongoing video series chronicling the hardcore punk music scene. They are an addendum to the film Orange County Hardcore Scenester. This is a documentary I made that chronicles the 1990s hardcore punk scene. You can watch ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ochs Or, pick up the Orange County Hardcore Scenester DVD here: https://revhq.com/products/evanjacobs-orangecountyhardcorescenester-dvd?_pos=2&_sid=683ac2ce9&_ss=rSubscribe to ANHEDENIA FILMS UNLIMITED and watch every Anhedenia Film as many times as you like for $2 a month: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/afunlimitedStream SHOPLIFTERS OF THE WORLD here:https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.e2bc0005-9864-ef43-cb7d-0a5da141e826?ref_=imdbref_tt_ov_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_ov_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv-20Watch COOL SUMMER here a film inspired by hardcore music and THE SMITHS:https://tubitv.com/movies/100019659/cool-summer#shopliftersoftheworld#thesmiths #britpop #punkrock#ochardcore#ochc #anhedeniafilmsondemand #anhedeniafilmsunlimited#anhedeniafilmstv

"What springs to mind when you think of Southern California? Wide-open beaches? Streets lined with palm trees? Surfers, bikers, and rollerbladers mingling about? How about picture-perfect sunsets by the shore? An hour south of LA, Huntington Beach ticks all those boxes with panache. With its all-season sunshine and enormous sandy expanse of Pacific coastline, Huntington Beach sets the stage for a very leisurely layover. Nicknamed Surf City USA, what was once a sleepy surf town is now a hopping vacation hub. It's a great place to stopover in the greater LA area. It's the quintessential SoCal beach break and in easy reach to Orange County's banner attractions, like Disneyland." Read Mike's full article here. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/4g30PWo This special episode of The Dividend Cafe features David Bahnsen's 2026 commencement address at Pacifica Christian High School of Orange County, introduced by his daughter and graduate Sadie. As a co-founder and trustee of the school, Bahnsen shares faith-informed life advice centered on the school's emphasis on thinking well and living well, urging graduates to reject perpetual negativity, victimhood, and fatalism about the economy, AI, or personal trauma. He argues that people are not defined or owned by hardships and can choose optimism, responsibility, and joy, including avoiding “doom scrolling” and building healthy habits and relationships. He challenges parents and adults not to spread cynicism and calls graduates to be “builders” who pursue hope, peace, and purpose in Christ. 00:00 Welcome and Special Episode 01:05 Why This Commencement Speech 02:32 Faith Theme and Setup 03:00 Sadie Introduces Her Dad 05:17 Opening Remarks and Pacifica Vision 07:10 High School Nostalgia and Culture 09:03 Think Well and Live Well 10:46 Reject Victimhood and Negativity 12:14 Today Is the Best Day 14:12 Healing Beyond Trauma 16:08 Choose Optimism and Agency 18:30 Be Builders Not Destroyers 19:02 Charge to the Graduates 20:27 Love and Final Blessing 21:44 Disclosures and Disclaimer Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

In this special adventure, Kristen and Asher step off their magical Culture Train and onto a real-life train, the Pacific Surfliner, for one of the most beautiful train journeys in America. Together with special guest Alyssa Dowdalls from Pacific Surfliner, families travel along the stunning California coastline, discover the history of train travel, learn about the Chumash people who have called this region home for thousands of years, and explore the beautiful beach city of Santa Barbara. Along the way, kids will learn: • How trains changed the world and helped people travel farther than ever before • Why the Pacific Surfliner is one of the most scenic train routes in the United States • What it feels like to ride on a two-story passenger train • The rich history and living culture of the Chumash people • Why Santa Barbara's famous red tile roofs and white buildings tell an important story • Fun family activities to enjoy in Santa Barbara, including MOXI, Stearns Wharf, beaches, and more • Important travel etiquette and train safety tips for kids ABOUT PACIFIC SURFLINER Pacific Surfliner is Southern California's premier passenger rail service, connecting San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and many communities in between. Known for breathtaking ocean views, spacious seating, onboard amenities, and family-friendly travel, Pacific Surfliner offers one of the most memorable ways to experience California's coastline. Learn more and plan your trip:https://www.pacificsurfliner.com CONNECT WITH PACIFIC SURFLINER Website:https://www.pacificsurfliner.com Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/pacificsurfliner Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/PacificSurfliner SUPPORT CULTURE KIDS If you enjoyed today's adventure, please subscribe, leave a review, and share Culture Kids with a family you love. Every share helps more children discover new places, meet new people, and grow curious about the world around them. Culture Kids is a nonprofit organization creating free educational adventures for families around the world. Join our newsletter:https://culturekidsmedia.com Support our mission:https://culturekidsproductions.org Follow Culture Kids: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/culturekidsproductions This episode of Culture Kids was made possible through a paid partnership with Pacific Surfliner.

Today's brief leads with Orange County, where Garden Grove's GKN Aerospace hazmat emergency de-escalates and all evacuation orders lift, returning the final 16,000 residents home with no injuries. New Mexico's Seven Cabins Fire reaches 64 percent containment and Lincoln County rescinds all evacuations. CISA adds an actively exploited vulnerability to its KEV catalog, the central United States faces a multi-day severe-weather threat, Kilauea holds at ADVISORY, and FEMA assistance deadlines approach in Washington and Hawaii. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. Produced by Sitch Radio, an EOC Voices podcast.Key Takeaways• California hazmat: All Garden Grove GKN Aerospace evacuation orders lifted June 4; about 16,000 residents returned, no injuries, but tank cleanup remains delayed.• New Mexico wildfire: Seven Cabins Fire at ~31,867 acres and 64% contained; all evacuations rescinded June 4; Capitan Mountain forest closure still in effect.• Cyber / CISA: CISA added CVE-2026-45247 (Mirasvit) to the KEV catalog June 3 with an active-exploitation flag and a federal remediation deadline.• Severe weather: NWS and SPC flag a multi-day large-hail, wind, tornado, and flash-flood threat across the central Plains and mid-Mississippi Valley through the weekend.• Volcano: Kilauea remains at ADVISORY / Aviation Color Code YELLOW; eruption paused, episode 49 possible within ~10 to 15 days of June 1.• FEMA deadlines: Washington December-storm applications close June 10; Hawaii Kona Low Individual Assistance closes June 14.• Lifelines: City of Aiken, SC water main break June 4 affected ~60 connections; precautionary boil-water advisory to follow restoration.SponsorsThe NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.com/SourcesNIFC / Wildfire• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report — National daily wildfire situation report and preparedness level• NIFC National Fire News — National wildland fire activity summaryCISA• CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog (June 3, 2026) — CVE-2026-45247 Mirasvit deserialization flaw added to KEV• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog — Authoritative KEV catalog and remediation deadlinesUSGS — Volcano• USGS Kilauea Volcano Updates — Hawaiian Volcano Observatory status and alert level for KilaueaSevere Weather• NWS National Forecast — National Weather Service hazards and severe-weather summary• SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook — Storm Prediction Center severe-weather outlook for the central U.S.Tropical / NHC• National Hurricane Center — Atlantic and Eastern Pacific tropical weather outlooksFEMA• FEMA — Hawaii Kona Low deadline extended to June 14 — Individual Assistance deadline for Maui and Honolulu counties• FEMA — One month remains to apply in Washington — June 10 deadline for December storms and floodingUSGS — Earthquakes• USGS Significant Earthquakes — 2026 — No significant U.S. seismic events in the last 24 hoursCalifornia• ABC7 — Garden Grove chemical tank updates — OCFA lifts all evacuation orders June 4; residents return• City of Garden Grove — Hazardous Materials Incident — Official municipal incident information pageNew Mexico• NM Fire Info — Lincoln County rescinds Seven Cabins evacuations (June 4) — Evacuation orders rescinded; acreage and containment update• Lincoln National Forest — Fire — Forest Service fire and closure informationSouth Carolina• City of Aiken — Water Main Break Advisory (June 4) — York Street NE main break affecting ~60 connections This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emnetwork.substack.com/subscribe

We give you an update on election results we're following in LA. Non-tenure-track faculty at USC have voted to unionize after more than a year of opposition and legal challenges from the university. Officials in Orange County have detected West Nile virus in mosquitos. Plus, more from Evening Edition. Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.comSupport the show: https://laist.com

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings — the former Orlando police chief turned local executive who is now running for governor of Florida — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a candid conversation about the challenges of being a Democrat in modern Florida and the lessons his unusual career path (accountant, then cop, then mayor) brings to executive leadership. Demings reveals that Governor Ron DeSantis personally threatened to remove him from office over his opposition to ICE operations in Orange County, and uses that experience as the entry point to a broader discussion about what's gone wrong with American law enforcement. He argues you cannot solve police shortages by lowering recruiting standards — exactly what he says ICE did when it ramped up so quickly that screening and training went out the window, with the predictable consequence that ICE has now begun poaching trained officers from state and local departments. Demings makes the case that we have to get criminals off the streets but it has to be done lawfully, that state law enforcement should not be doing immigration work, and that being elected sheriff as a partisan position creates real tensions because the actual responsibilities of the job aren't partisan at all. He pushes back on the idea that he's running to be a "performance politician" and frames his candidacy as wanting to bring competent local-government experience to a state level that he says is suffering from leaders chasing viral moments rather than delivering services. The conversation turns to the structural challenges facing Florida and the deeper question of why Democrats can't win statewide in a state that's growing more diverse by the year. Demings argues Florida's underpaid state legislators simply don't attract quality talent, that many longtime Florida Democrats have left the party out of pure frustration, and that the party's central task is to restore basic public belief in government's capacity to function. He's willing to give DeSantis credit for diversifying and growing Florida's economy, but argues the state needs to find efficiencies rather than continually burdening local governments with expenses it should be covering itself — and points to slashed state mental health funding as a direct driver of the violent crime he sees in his community. Demings is sharp on Florida's climate exposure, arguing the state is building in places it absolutely should not be building, and that hurricane-hardened construction standards need a major overhaul, He flags the NAACP's call for athletes to avoid schools in remapping states as the kind of extreme response that extreme government actions inevitably provoke, and warns that the politics of division are starting to genuinely threaten Florida's tourism economy — meaning the state's longtime economic engine may finally be running into the consequences of the culture wars its leaders have spent the past decade fueling. Predict the action all the way through the finals. Sign up now for your twenty-five dollar bonus on https://fanduel.com/predicts Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Thank you Wildgrain for sponsoring. Visit http://wildgrain.com/TODDCAST and use the code "TODDCAST" at checkout to receive $30 off your first box PLUS free Croissants for life! Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Jerry Demings joins the Chuck ToddCast 01:00 How did you go from accountant to police to mayor? 02:15 Accounting background helped with managing the city budget 03:30 How has Orlando changed since the time you were a police officer in the 80s? 05:00 Working on police reform both locally and nationally 06:15 Should the focus for police be better recruiting or better training? 07:00 Lowering recruiting standards can’t be the answer to police shortages 07:45 ICE was forced to ramp up so fast they didn’t screen or train recruits properly 09:15 We have to get criminals off the street, but it has be done lawfully 10:00 What were the unintended consequences of ICE’s questionable recruitment? 11:15 ICE began poaching state and local police officers 13:15 Should county sheriff be an elected position? 14:30 Political considerations do enter the equation when you’re elected 16:00 Size of jurisdiction does matter when it comes to appointed vs. elected 17:00 Sheriff is elected as a partisan position, but the responsibilities aren’t partisan 18:00 Why did you want to run for governor? 20:30 Want to take experience at local level government to a larger level 21:15 Ron DeSantis threatened to remove him over opposition to ICE 24:00 How would you work with the Republican dominated legislature? 26:00 Republicans have a large voter registration advantage in Florida 27:15 Not interested in being a performance politician 28:30 Why have Democrats been unable to elect a governor in Florida? 29:00 Florida’s legislators are underpaid, don’t attract quality talent 30:45 Many Florida Democrats left the party due to their frustration 32:30 Democrats need to restore belief in government 34:00 What has Ron DeSantis done right? Diversified & grown the economy 36:15 Does Florida need more tax revenue and how do you acquire it? 38:00 Government should always look to find inefficiencies & fix them 39:00 The state keeps burdening local governments with expenses 40:30 State has slashed funding for mental health, leading to violent crime 43:30 There is a lot of fraudulent claims made in Florida, state bad at investigating 44:30 State law enforcement shouldn’t be doing immigration enforcement 45:15 Florida is building in places they shouldn’t be, not factoring climate change 46:15 Florida should be hardening their building and infrastructure 47:30 Should Florida ban manufactured housing? 48:45 Florida needs housing construction standards that make sense 50:00 NAACP calling on athletes to not attend schools in remapping states 51:00 Extreme actions by the government elicit extreme responses 53:00 Tourism in Florida is being threatened by politics 55:15 Politics is dividing people by racial linesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chuck Todd walks through a primary night that was, in his words, a really good night for Democrats — and one that may have just answered whether 2026 is shaping up as a genuine blue wave. The night's biggest single story came out of Iowa, where Zach Lahn pulled off a stunning upset of Randy Feenstra in what Chuck characterizes as a "MAHA vs. MAGA" race — Trump endorsed the establishment Feenstra and lost, which Chuck predicts will drive the president absolutely nuts. Iowa Democrats also got a substantial ticket boost when Josh Turek blew out Zach Wahls in the Senate primary, and combined with the surprisingly strong gubernatorial candidacy of Rob Sand, Iowa is now the cleanest test case in the country for whether the political wind has truly shifted — a right-leaning state where the politics are visibly in flux. Chuck flags that Lahn can probably be painted as too far right in a general, that having "congressman" as your first name has become a real disadvantage in 2026, and that the night was an unambiguous positive for Democrats nationally. He also walks through results elsewhere: New Jersey's seventh district will see Tom Keane (still mysteriously MIA from his own campaign) face Rebecca Bennett; South Dakota's gubernatorial race is headed to its first-ever runoff after four candidates each cleared 20%, and Deb Haaland is on track to become the first Native American woman governor in U.S. history. The conversation then turns to California, where Chuck warns it will be days before we have full primary results but where turnout is already on pace to exceed 2022. He cautions viewers about the inevitable early "red mirage" from the mail-vote curve, predicts Hilton has enough of a lead over Steyer that he likely survives, and argues Xavier Becerra would much rather face Hilton than Steyer in a general — though a potential scandal is looming over Becerra that could reshape the whole race. Chuck argues a Becerra-Hilton race would be a conventional Democrat-versus-Republican contest, that Steyer has spent $500 million across his last two campaigns and still has a low ceiling because he's created a genuine sense of voter exhaustion, and that the single most fascinating race in the state right now is CA-06 and Kevin Kiley. The Los Angeles mayoral picture is clarifying too: Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt appear set to advance, which Todd argues is exactly what Bass wanted — it will be far easier to turn Pratt into a Trump acolyte in a general election than to face the formidable Nithya Raman. He notes that Matt Mahan became known as "big tech's candidate" in ways that genuinely hurt him, and closes with one to watch in Montana, where independent Seth Bodner is quietly hoping the Democratic candidate eventually bows out so he can consolidate the anti-incumbent vote into a real challenge. Then, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings — the former Orlando police chief turned local executive who is now running for governor of Florida — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a candid conversation about the challenges of being a Democrat in modern Florida and the lessons his unusual career path (accountant, then cop, then mayor) brings to executive leadership. Demings reveals that Governor Ron DeSantis personally threatened to remove him from office over his opposition to ICE operations in Orange County, and uses that experience as the entry point to a broader discussion about what's gone wrong with American law enforcement. He argues you cannot solve police shortages by lowering recruiting standards — exactly what he says ICE did when it ramped up so quickly that screening and training went out the window, with the predictable consequence that ICE has now begun poaching trained officers from state and local departments. Demings makes the case that we have to get criminals off the streets but it has to be done lawfully, that state law enforcement should not be doing immigration work, and that being elected sheriff as a partisan position creates real tensions because the actual responsibilities of the job aren't partisan at all. He pushes back on the idea that he's running to be a "performance politician" and frames his candidacy as wanting to bring competent local-government experience to a state level that he says is suffering from leaders chasing viral moments rather than delivering services. The conversation turns to the structural challenges facing Florida and the deeper question of why Democrats can't win statewide in a state that's growing more diverse by the year. Demings argues Florida's underpaid state legislators simply don't attract quality talent, that many longtime Florida Democrats have left the party out of pure frustration, and that the party's central task is to restore basic public belief in government's capacity to function. He's willing to give DeSantis credit for diversifying and growing Florida's economy, but argues the state needs to find efficiencies rather than continually burdening local governments with expenses it should be covering itself — and points to slashed state mental health funding as a direct driver of the violent crime he sees in his community. Demings is sharp on Florida's climate exposure, arguing the state is building in places it absolutely should not be building, and that hurricane-hardened construction standards need a major overhaul, He flags the NAACP's call for athletes to avoid schools in remapping states as the kind of extreme response that extreme government actions inevitably provoke, and warns that the politics of division are starting to genuinely threaten Florida's tourism economy — meaning the state's longtime economic engine may finally be running into the consequences of the culture wars its leaders have spent the past decade fueling. Finally, Chuck presents his ToddCast Top 5 list of instances that Republicans have rebuked Donald Trump in his second term, and answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Predict the action all the way through the finals. 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Timeline: 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 01:00 Tuesday was a REALLY good night for Democrats nationally 01:30 Tom Keane still MIA, will face Rebecca Bennett in NJ-07 04:00 Iowa results made Democratic ticket substantially stronger 04:30 Josh Turek blew out Zach Wahls in Iowa 05:30 Biggest upset of the night was Zach Lahn beating Randy Feenstra 08:15 Lahn vs. Feenstra was a MAHA vs. MAGA race 08:45 Iowa is a right leaning state, but the state’s politics are in flux 09:45 Having a first name of “congressman” is a major disadvantage 11:30 Rob Sand is a very strong Democratic candidate for governor in Iowa 13:15 It’s possible Lahn can be painted as too far to the right 14:15 Iowa will be the test of whether 2026 is a blue wave election 15:30 Iowa was a huge positive development for team blue 16:45 Trump endorsing Feenstra then losing will drive Trump nuts 19:00 South Dakota governor’s race headed to runoff for first time 20:45 Four candidates in SD gubernatorial race received 20% of vote 23:00 Voters keep rewarding political bomb throwers 24:00 Trump endorsed the least Trump-like candidate, voters chose the Trumpy one 25:00 Deb Haaland on track to be the first Native American woman governor 25:30 It will be days before we know the full results of California primaries 27:30 California turnout will exceed turnout in 2022 28:30 Early on there will be a red mirage in California due to early vote 31:00 Hilton has enough of a lead over Steyer that he likely hangs on 32:15 Becerra would rather run against Hilton than Steyer 32:45 Steyer has created a sense of exhaustion 33:45 A Becerra v Hilton race would be a conventional D vs. R race 34:15 Potential scandal looms over Becerra 35:45 Most fascinating race is CA-06 and Kevin Kiley 38:15 It looks like Karen Bass & Spencer Pratt will move on in LA mayoral 40:30 It will be easier for Bass to turn Pratt into a Trump acolyte than face Raman 41:45 Steyer has a low ceiling, and has spent $500M in last two campaigns 43:30 Matt Mahan became known as “big tech’s candidate” and that hurt him 46:00 Independent Seth Bodner hoping Democratic candidate bows out in Montana 54:30 Jerry Demings joins the Chuck ToddCast 55:30 How did you go from accountant to police to mayor? 56:45 Accounting background helped with managing the city budget 58:00 How has Orlando changed since the time you were a police officer in the 80s? 59:30 Working on police reform both locally and nationally 1:00:45 Should the focus for police be better recruiting or better training? 1:01:30 Lowering recruiting standards can’t be the answer to police shortages 1:02:15 ICE was forced to ramp up so fast they didn’t screen or train recruits properly 1:03:45 We have to get criminals off the street, but it has be done lawfully 1:04:30 What were the unintended consequences of ICE’s questionable recruitment? 1:05:45 ICE began poaching state and local police officers 1:07:45 Should county sheriff be an elected position? 1:09:00 Political considerations do enter the equation when you’re elected 1:10:30 Size of jurisdiction does matter when it comes to appointed vs. elected 1:11:30 Sheriff is elected as a partisan position, but the responsibilities aren’t partisan 1:12:30 Why did you want to run for governor? 1:15:00 Want to take experience at local level government to a larger level 1:15:45 Ron DeSantis threatened to remove him over opposition to ICE 1:18:30 How would you work with the Republican dominated legislature? 1:20:30 Republicans have a large voter registration advantage in Florida 1:21:45 Not interested in being a performance politician 1:23:00 Why have Democrats been unable to elect a governor in Florida? 1:23:30 Florida’s legislators are underpaid, don’t attract quality talent 1:25:15 Many Florida Democrats left the party due to their frustration 1:27:00 Democrats need to restore belief in government 1:28:30 What has Ron DeSantis done right? Diversified & grown the economy 1:30:45 Does Florida need more tax revenue and how do you acquire it? 1:32:30 Government should always look to find inefficiencies & fix them 1:33:30 The state keeps burdening local governments with expenses 1:35:00 State has slashed funding for mental health, leading to violent crime 1:38:00 There is a lot of fraudulent claims made in Florida, state bad at investigating 1:39:00 State law enforcement shouldn’t be doing immigration enforcement 1:39:45 Florida is building in places they shouldn’t be, not factoring climate change 1:40:45 Florida should be hardening their building and infrastructure 1:42:00 Should Florida ban manufactured housing? 1:43:15 Florida needs housing construction standards that make sense 1:44:30 NAACP calling on athletes to not attend schools in remapping states 1:45:30 Extreme actions by the government elicit extreme responses 1:47:30 Tourism in Florida is being threatened by politics 1:49:45 Politics is dividing people by racial lines 1:51:45 Chuck’s thoughts on interview with Jerry Demings 1:53:45 DeSantis trying to ram through property tax cut before November 1:55:45 Trump replacing Tulsi Gabbard with Bill Pulte for DNI 1:56:45 Republicans immediately starting pushing back on Pulte as nominee 1:58:15 No need for NDI. CIA has won the intel agency turf battle 1:59:00 Bill Pulte makes Tulsi Gabbard look qualified for DNI role 2:01:15 ToddCast Top 5 instances Republicans successfully rebuked Trump 2:01:30 #5 The Epstein files 2:03:00 #4 Trump’s threat to take over Greenland 2:04:00 #3 Fed chair Jay Powell 2:05:15 #2 Matt Gaetz nomination for AG 2:07:15 #1 Death of Trump’s anti-weaponization slush fund 2:13:00 Ask Chuck 2:13:15 Thoughts on potential reforms, how realistic are they? 2:20:30 Why do you call Democrats the party that’s held to a higher standard? 2:24:15 Do you see Wes Moore as a top Democratic contender in ‘28? 2:29:15 Is Mike Johnson’s speakership at risk? Would he be the minority leader? 2:31:30 Can Keir Starmer survive as PM? Will Nigel Farage be PM? 2:36:30 Do you think a more virtual governance model rather than in-person would work? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you outgrown a version of yourself but haven't fully let her go? In this first installment of a two-part series, Lesley Logan opens up about the quiet, often uncomfortable process of recognizing you've changed, and the signs that gradually show up. Pulling from her own career pivots from retail manager to Pilates instructor to business owner, she shares how resentment, shame, and nostalgia signal it's time to let her go. If you have any questions about this episode or want to get some of the resources we mentioned, head over to LesleyLogan.co/podcast https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/. If you have any comments or questions about the Be It pod shoot us a message at beit@lesleylogan.co mailto:beit@lesleylogan.co. And as always, if you're enjoying the show please share it with someone who you think would enjoy it as well. It is your continued support that will help us continue to help others. Thank you so much! Never miss another show by subscribing at LesleyLogan.co/subscribe https://lesleylogan.co/podcast/#follow-subscribe-free.In this episode you will learn about:Why outgrowing happens slowly before it happens all at once.How resentment can be a signal that something needs to change.The trap of trying to be "both people" mid-transition.Replacing vibes with data when you're ready for the next move.The real reason letting an old version go feels like grief.Episode References/Links:Ep. 163 with Claire Sparrow - http://beitpod.com/ep163Betsey Johnson – https://www.betseyjohnson.comProfitable Pilates: Everything But the Exercises by Lesley Logan - https://a.co/d/0hTekOJlSubmit your wins or questions - https://beitpod.com/questions If you enjoyed this episode, make sure and give us a five star rating and leave us a review on iTunes, Podcast Addict, Podchaser or Castbox. https://lovethepodcast.com/BITYSIDEALS! DEALS! DEALS! 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You can be forced to outgrow different things, because situations changed, and you can make those decisions yourself. But either way, like, we're all gonna go through it. Lesley Logan 0:20  Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started. Lesley Logan 1:02  Well, hey Be It babe. Hello, welcome to a series with me. No guest today, it's me. We're talking about outgrowing who you used to be without having shame and guilt, and this weird thing that we tend to do to ourselves when we're overachievers and recovering perfectionists, which is, "Oh my god, I should have known better." But that's not it at all; we're always here to learn and grow. Hopefully, if you do this life right, you are always learning and growing, right? So it's interesting because I think this could be a really subtle thing, because I think outgrowing who you are does happen in subtle ways. I guess it could happen in fast, big ways, but I do think it's actually kind of a volcano. There's things brewing underneath for a long time, and then it's, "I'm ready to come out, I'm ready to be here." So it's also really big, outgrowing who you used to be. Lesley Logan 1:52  The other day, when I recorded this, I posted on my Instagram account a series of photos of me from, I said they are from 2010, I'm pretty convinced the first photo is from 2008, right after I became a Pilates instructor, and I'd been inspired by Claire Sparrow, who's a guest on our podcast. She's like, "Hey, look, I posted a picture of me as a baby instructor, you should post a picture of you." And it was so cute, and she kind of, I was like, "I think I should do that, especially because I've just not been loving social media lately." I'm like, "Why not? Why not do this thing, right?" So, anyways, I was like, "Do I even have those photos?" Of course, I don't. My phone, the photos kind of really start from 2013 because the cloud didn't really exist, and so you would have, I guess, keep things. I'm not really sure. In fact, to be honest, I have pictures of myself as a child, and I have pictures of myself since my iPhone started. How did I have as many pictures of myself, now that I think about it, from between high school through college and my retail work, which is such a bummer, because what great outfits I would have had. Lesley Logan 2:56  Anyways, I went on Facebook, and I went to my old profile and cover photos, and I actually did find these photos. And you guys, just so you remember, if you all go back in time 16 and 18 years ago, you'd hire photographers to take pictures of you doing something. Now you just set up a thing, click your watch, your phone takes great pictures. Now, I have to hire photographers, and now looking at these photos, I'm like, "Wow, I thought those were great photos. Look at the quality of those photos." No offense to the photographers who took them, but, man, I mean, my goodness, if cameras can outgrow themselves, we certainly can. So I was going through the photos, and one of the things I saw was, "Wow, I was young." And not that I look old now, not by any stretch of the imagination—I'm not saying that, I don't even think I am old—but I am looking at those photos. I have to just be honest, when people say that they think I look like I'm in my 30s, I look like I am a child in some of these photos. Holy cow, people let me go into bars looking like that? Oh my god. So I definitely... okay, this is a side tangent, but welcome to ADHD. You know how when you watch Pretty in Pink and 16 Candles, they all look like such adults, and we're like, "We didn't look like that. Why do we...?" I don't know, because I look back and I'm like, "Oh my god, I look like a high schooler," and I was a graduate from college by several years. But anyways, so the first thing I thought was how young I was, and, whoa, when was my hair brown? I forgot I had brown hair. It's not the hair color that I have now, but the first photo, if you look at it, my hair is brown, and then it slowly gets to red, and then even more blonde-red, which is closer to what it is today, and it was super short, and that was in 2010. Lesley Logan 4:42  The third thing that I thought was that I am so different from this girl. I'm so different—not in a bad or a sad way, just 16 to 18 years of having outgrown her. The clothes she wore, I'm even like, "What am I wearing?" Styles do change, but, what? I mean, they're cute, they're all Lululemon. Hey, from a baby instructor, I was buying the brand designer. But the way I dated, I'm obviously not with that person, but I remember looking at this picture going, "Oh, I know who I was with at that time. Oh my god, oh my god, what was I into?" And I also, going back, I was thinking about the expectations I had, the fears I had, the dreams I had, the goals that version of me set. I'm so different from that person—the risks that I would take, all of that. Anyways, it was kind of funny to look at those photos and go through that, and then go, oh, I'm recording an 'Outgrowing Your Old Version of Yourself' podcast. How hilarious is that? On this pod, we actually have a lot of guests who talk about, "I used to be here, this happened to me, and now I'm here," right? And it's all great, it's all inspiring, it's all super helpful. Sometimes we get some really detailed nuggets, but I don't think we acknowledge or take the time to talk about the shedding process. What does it feel like to let go of that, right? Lesley Logan 6:13  So, this week will be two parts about growing your old self. So, we're going to talk awareness in comparison today, and then Thursday we'll get into the release and action, just so, because I know you guys like a roadmap. You guys like a roadmap. And by the way, if you do love our podcast, one of the best ways you can do to support our podcast is being an OPC member, so I do hope you check us out, what we're doing there, because there we do a lot about connecting to who we are and what we want, and if you are feeling like you want to outgrow the version that you're in, OPC is a great place to be. Lesley Logan 6:43  Okay, so let's get into kind of just like I think, I think to outgrow yourself, I think would just be fun. I feel I have a lot of stories. So let's just talk about when I became a Pilates instructor, I was still managing a retail store and high-end accessories, and I really thought I could do both. In fact, I wanted to do both, and I don't know that I am trying to think back, like, did I not think I could? Did I not think I could make a living teaching? It's possible, especially because my first year of teaching, I was just teaching the mat while I was going through a comprehensive training, and also, you know, I became a teacher at the recession, so, like, a lot of people were always talking about how they didn't have enough clients and not enough money, and I had this like safe job, right? Like, just a laugh, it's retail, but I had this like safe job, and my commissions were going down, like I could see the writing was on the wall, even when I moved to LA the year before, Orange County was hitting, getting hit sooner, but I did live in LA, and I did have student loans, and so I definitely thought, well, I love my job, I'll do this, and I'll teach Pilates, and so I kind of just was like, I could do this, so I'm just adding to who I am, like such the overachiever. Lesley Logan 7:52  Somewhere, though, in 2009, here, there were definitely some shifts. If I think back about who she was and what she was going through, there were shifts. And, you know, I don't think, I think it's okay to not really notice the shifts. In fact, it depends on how old you are listening to this, if you're on the younger side, you're not going to have that intuition we talked about in previous podcasts, because you haven't had experiences yet. So, for sure, I mean, in 2009, how old was I? '83, 2009, right? Someone can do the math. So just the life experience, I hadn't really outgrown a lot, because I maybe outgrew high school and outgrew college, but I hadn't really outgrown, here I was, doing this big girl, feeling like a badass boss babe, running things, and I didn't even know what a recession could do. So I definitely couldn't see the signs that things were shifting, that I was wanting more, that I was wanting something different. Now I can, because I've done reflections on all these different things, I can see the signs. Lesley Logan 8:57  But at any rate, I don't even know, also, that I was too aware. I think sometimes when you're younger, you're thinking you'll live forever, and so you're not necessarily aware that I'm not liking this anymore. Because you just keep going and you keep doing, and also, when you have the job that I had, people were envious of that job, and so it's really hard to go, "Oh, I don't want this," because also I had people telling me how crazy and amazing it was that I had it. So I can see the signs now that it was time to make a change, and that there was a desire, and I was no longer fitting into the life I was wearing or living. I now really understand that when I have resentment, there's something that needs to be changed. And so I do remember, at that '09 time, that I was resentful of the job that I would go to full-time in retail when a client wanted an extra session that week but I was working. And I remember getting frustrated that I could only teach for three hours and I had to go to my other job, or I had to drive in traffic to go teach, and wouldn't it have been nice if I could have just not had to deal with this traffic? I was already there teaching, so I just remember being a little frustrated about that, and I just started to feel like the store was holding me back from making more money, which is funny, because I was keeping the store job to have more money. But I remember going, "Okay, I think what I really need to do is do less hours at the store and more hours teaching." So this is how I was outgrowing this retail girl, but I wasn't brave enough to cut the ties. Lesley Logan 10:31  So after having that resentful stuff and getting frustrated and thinking about it, I came to this new conclusion that I should just shift the hours from one to the other. So I told the owners of the store that I was managing that I wanted to step down to basically a part-time manager, which is a key holder, and then I would be able to have extra days teaching and still have some days off. And they agreed, and ta-da, and I was training up the next manager, and then, two weeks-ish before everything was set to switch over, the owner said, "I have to let go of the other part-time girl." And I was like, "What?" And they're like, "Yeah, we don't need two part-time girls, because we'll have a manager and we'll have this person, and then you, so we don't need this as an extra person." And I remember thinking, "Oh, I didn't think about that." Here I thought, the store is going to benefit because I'll be working these three days a week, so my clients can come on these three days. When you worked in retail back then, people had a salesperson, so they'll still make their money, I'll make my commission, and so that's a win for them, because they felt like family at the time. So I definitely didn't want to screw them over in the outgrowing of myself that I was doing. And, by the way, that's a habit, a bad habit, I would say, there's no bad habits, I mean, but a habit, an unbecoming habit that I have is making sure that the changes I'm making, because I need to, and my life is going a different direction, don't always negatively affect them, and I'm trying to solve that for them, versus they should solve it for themselves. In that conversation, I realized they weren't letting me do what I was doing, but it wasn't going to be because they're going to keep everybody in their business, and it was during the recession, so they weren't gonna let her go. And I was like, "Oh, because I've known her, I hired her, I trained her, she was really great, I know she needed the money." I went home and thought about it, and I was just not okay with keeping this job and her getting fired, because as I thought about it, I was like, well, what happens when I do have enough clients that I could leave, right? Then they're going to be short someone, and then I'm really screwing them over, because they fired this great girl, and on top of that, she got screwed over because she doesn't have a job in retail during this time. So I kind of feel mad, but it was the kind of the slap-in-the-face wake-up call that I needed to just quit so she could keep her job. Lesley Logan 12:53  And it was somewhere in the middle of figuring that out that I realized that I could make a living teaching, and I didn't want to be in between. I wanted to go all in, and I think that's an important part. When you are outgrowing a version of yourself, there is this tendency to try to do both, be both people, keep the friends of the old life while you're in the new life, keep the clothes of the old life when you're in the new life, keep the schedule of the old life when you're going to the new life, because we don't want to let things go. We don't want to lose things; there's nostalgia for that. It feels safe, it feels comfortable, even though it's uncomfortable, right? It feels careful and doesn't have as much fear. So anyways, time goes on, right? I end up managing a store, a studio, excuse me, for the high-end fitness company that I switched my life over to. They heard about my management experience, they saw the great teacher that I was as a baby instructor, but the potential that I had, and I kept climbing the ranks, much like I did in retail, kept getting promoted, kept getting promoted. And I just felt like a big fish in a small pond. I got lots of accolades, and people at the top of the company knew who I was, similar to my last job. So I had grown to this new identity, but in doing all of that, I'd written a book called Profitable Pilates: Everything But the Exercises, and people were reading it, and they're wanting coaching calls, and I had a studio where I was renting space where I could make a little bit extra cash, and then I had retreats. So here we are, you know, this is now around the 2015 time. My book had been out for a while, started business coaching, and I had really grown as high up as I could at the time with the skill sets that I had for this company, and I was feeling the same resentment; it came back. So here I come to this new version of myself, Pilates teacher, and then Pilates teacher trainer, and then Pilates studio manager, and then Pilates regional manager, and Pilates business coach, and Pilates studio renter. And I could tell that I was outgrowing this again. I was outgrowing myself again. I could feel the repetitive resentments, the frustrations, the overwhelm, and I was getting exhausted because I wanted to be coaching more people in their business, but I had to run nine other businesses and this teacher training program. Lesley Logan 15:17  And so I think what's interesting is that even though the signs were the same, that I was outgrowing a version of myself, it doesn't mean that I fell into the last version of myself. I definitely became the Pilates instructor and the studio owner, all those things. But as she grew and she got more information, she was figuring out who she was, and I hate talking in the third person like that, so sorry I'm doing that, but as she was doing those things, she got more clear on what she wanted and what she no longer needed. And I think that's really important when you start outgrowing yourself; there's some things that you're doing because you always have done them, but you don't need them anymore, you know? And so I, while I took all these promotions, part of it was because I wanted the salary, because I wanted certainty still, and I wanted the health insurance, but I'd gotten to a place where I was understanding the business enough to truly understand that I didn't need those safety nets anymore, that I could make them myself, and so I just outgrown that person in me, too. What's interesting is in 2015, I did things a little bit different. I didn't do the, "Hey, I'm going to do this and I'll be here for that." No, I sat down and did some math with my husband, then he was my fiancé, we figured out what steps I needed to take in my own personal business so that I could let go of something, and we made it data over vibes. I think that's really important, because as we outgrow versions of ourselves, sometimes we are going off of vibes and trying to make reasons about how things we feel, and you know what, we got to get out of our head and get into the stats and just write down the evidence. What is real? What is really happening? Where am I going with this? How is this going to happen? And so I went from being this person who wanted to help everybody and support the mentor that I had, and be on this big team, and be a team player, and truly watch this company continue to grow and make a big impact in their space, to going, "I want to make my own impact. I want to be a bigger deal." And so it was scary to want to be a fish in a bigger pond, and I definitely worried, "Oh my gosh, does anyone know who I am when I do this?" But I did it. I got rid of the management gig in 2015, and I did stay on for a little bit for the teacher training because I actually really enjoyed it, but I will say in 2016, that resentment was starting to grow again, and I was like, "Oh, here it is." And I started just quitting things, just quitting this and quitting that. I quit my retail, quit my, as a head of commercial agent, I had a modeling agent, I was like, "I'm quitting that, I'm quitting this." I was shedding, because I was like, "To go into the next thing that I'm doing, I can't have any distractions." And so that was really different. Lesley Logan 18:04  So, instead of going from being an employee in retail to being an employee in Pilates, I'm now going into being my actual own business owner. And to be that version of myself, I have to really lean into the things that I want to do and let go of all the other things. And here's the thing, it is one thing to realize you've outgrown a version of yourself, and it's another entirely different thing to let her go, because it's emotional, right? Like, who knows? Mine were only like five and seven-year stints, but sometimes these are 20-year stints. Sometimes you were married for a long time, and now you're divorced, and so now you're in a new version of yourself there. I'm sharing work, outgrowing versions of myself, but you can outgrow all you can. You can be forced to outgrow different things because situations changed, and you can make those decisions yourself, but either way, we're all gonna go through it. And the hardest part is letting that go without making a version of yourself wrong, or having shame, or thinking, "I should have done it sooner." I definitely played that game. I'm like, "Oh my god, I should have just quit sooner. I should not have taken that promotion." When you reflect back, you can start to see how the signs were there that you've outgrown what you're doing, and honestly, you're just grieving, and grief has all those stages, right? You have the anger and the sadness and all the things, right? So I think it's really important to feel those emotions and to feel the discomfort and to go through the grief, because if you don't let those things go, then you're just going to try to take them into the next version of yourself, and that's not going to work. And we'll talk more about that on Thursday, and then also it leads to being stuck, which is a series we're going to do in a couple of weeks. So anyways, I hope that just sharing some of my stories of different versions of myself help you think about that, because I think what could be really important is you reflect back on your life and the different versions you've had, right? You've had. I used to really feel like I needed affirmations from other people that I was on the right path, and I think it was around 2020, when we were all forced to be in different places, that I was like, "I do not need affirmations from other people. I'm on the right path," because everyone thought I was so crazy that Brad and I were moving to Vegas, buying houses, they thought we were nuts, out of our mind. Best decision we ever made. Everyone's so like, "Oh my god, thank God you did that. Can you believe you did that? What a great timing that was." Yeah, I can believe it, because I didn't listen to other people.Lesley Logan 20:43  So, there's these different versions of ourselves. These versions of ourselves require certainty over our uncertainty, or other people's opinions versus listening to our own gut. And I think the beautiful thing is, the older that we get, and this is why I do think it's fun and beautiful to get older, is that you know yourself so well, it's actually easier for you to go, oh, that's not me anymore, I'm not doing that anymore, right? I don't wear that anymore. Those are not the right clothes. You know, I was looking at my closet, there was a dress I haven't let go of because it's a Betsey Johnson. It was one of the first designer clothes I bought, and I actually do think this dress is so beautiful, and Betsey Johnson is popular again. This dress should just actually be in a museum, it's so beautiful, because when I go to put it on, I'm like, this doesn't look like anything I would wear. And so, sometimes we don't realize that we've changed until we put on an outfit that we've worn, and we're like, this isn't me at all, right? So, anyways, take some time to think about and reflect on how you've outgrown different things, and then I would also say, take some time to reflect: do you like how you did it, knowing what you know now? What would you do differently? Have you outgrown a version of yourself, but you didn't fully let her go, like you're trying to hold on? All these things are really good questions to ask yourself, because it will help us in our next episode. Lesley Logan 22:02  So, until then, my loves, please share this with a friend who needs to hear it. I really want to grow this podcast. I want to help more and more people. If you like these series topics, send in the topic you'd like us to discuss for two, four, even six episodes. And until next time, Be It Till You See It. Lesley Logan 22:18  That's all I got for this episode of the Be It Till You See It Podcast. 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It's Pride Month, and we decided to celebrate with a round of Don't Be a Dick: Gays! Ally, the resident gay of the show, kicked it off by nominating lesbians who have to pair everything with a cause. Did you see that new show? It's directed by a queer autistic BIPOC woman in a wheelchair! As a disclaimer, we fully love and support the LGBT community & can also still find ways to complain about anything and anyone. Klein nominated gay guys who are ridiculously good looking! We also talked about the biggest lies we told as a child, including Ally telling her classmates Magic Johnson was her uncle and Klein telling girls was a professional skater and Fred Savage's stunt double. We also heard from a woman who lied about being from Africa when she really grew up in Orange County. We continued our Funner Summer challenge and Omar got his new assignment: this summer he must have sex three times in 24 hours. He and his wife are currently in a huge fight, so good luck with that! We also did a new round of Netflix/Notflix to talk about all the new trash coming to your streaming services in the month of June. Is the new show Killer Set where Death Row Inmates do stand-up a real show or a fake one?

That Solo Life Episode 341: The Leap, the AI Edge and Authentic Leadership Episode Summary Kara Ryan spent 20 years of her career navigating corporate communications in some of the most regulated industries in the world - financial services, healthcare, and medical devices. In April of this year, she closed that chapter and opened Klyr Strategies, a solo communications advisory built upon the high-stakes moments that her clients face, such as product launches, leadership transitions, acquisitions, and IPO preparation. She joins Karen and Michelle just weeks into her solo journey, which makes this conversation something rare, equal parts seasoned practitioner wisdom and unfiltered, real-time solopreneur start-up experience. The conversation covers the financial math and mindset behind making the leap, the structural surprises that hit early, and how Kara's "advisor-led and AI-powered" approach works in practice — including why she's upfront with clients about using AI and how she keeps their data secure. She also shares her strongest professional conviction: that authenticity in leadership communication is a strategic discipline, not a personality trait, and that communicators are uniquely positioned to address it. This is a conversation for anyone who has done all the right things in corporate and still feels like something is missing.   Episode Highlights [02:29] The Slow Burn Decision to Go Solo: Kara always pictured working for herself — but it took 20 years, a turning-40 moment of reflection, and the realization that the job market wasn't going to rescue her to finally make the leap. She filed her LLC paperwork two years before she actually left, which says everything about how long the mental preparation can take. Her framing of "perceived security" resonated deeply with Karen and Michelle: the steady paycheck and benefits that feel like stability are increasingly anything but. [06:17] Why a Tough Job Market Is an Argument for Going Solo: Kara makes a counter-intuitive case: watching talented, experienced mid-to-senior communications professionals spend six, nine, or twelve months searching for their next role wasn't a reason to wait — it was a reason to move. She chose to create her own security rather than compete for a shrinking pool of roles. The calculus is different when you're in charge, but at least you're the one doing it. [09:11] The Real Surprises of Early Solo Life: Weeks in, the biggest surprise for Kara has been structure — in two senses. The rhythmic structure of corporate life (a desk, a schedule, a team) simply disappears, replaced by something more fluid and self-directed. And then there's business structure in the legal and financial sense: entity type, tax implications, and what it actually means to be both the employee and the employer. None of it is impossible, but none of it is as straightforward as it looks from the outside. [17:42] What "Advisor-Led and AI-Powered" Actually Means: Kara is intentionally transparent about using AI — it's front and center on her website and LinkedIn — because she wants clients to ask her about it. In practice, AI handles the research and monitoring work that would otherwise consume her mornings: a daily media scan, a customized briefing, a business development follow-up queue, all delivered before she sits down to work. She's not using AI to draft comms plans; she's using it to stress-test the ones she writes. The distinction matters, especially with clients in regulated industries where data security isn't optional. [22:25] Bring Comms to the Table Before the Decision Is Made: Kara's most consistent frustration from 20 years in corporate: communications professionals are brought in after the decision has already been made. The announcement is written. Now communicate it. But that's where the real opportunity is lost. Comms can inform the decision itself — reading the room, flagging what employees are already feeling, identifying timing conflicts in the news landscape — but only if practitioners are included early. It's not about ego. It's about outcomes. [25:17] Thinking About All the Audiences, Not Just the Obvious One: When a leadership transition is announced, the C-suite is often focused on one key audience — investors, say, or the board. Kara's job is to hold the full map: employees, customers, partners, media, and community. Each audience needs something different from the same moment. That multi-audience perspective is something communicators bring that AI and algorithms can't replicate, and it's one of the clearest arguments for bringing comms in before the decision, not after. [26:58] The Case for Communicating Less: A provocative take from someone whose business is communications: sometimes the most strategic thing you can do is recommend less of it. Kara has worked in organizations with hundreds of communications professionals and organizations with none — and the sky didn't fall in either place. What matters is the right message, from the right person, to the right audience. Blasting every channel because you have them is not a strategy. It's noise, and it trains people to tune you out. [38:18] Authenticity Is Kara's Signature Topic — and Her Strongest Conviction: After two decades of watching leaders transform at the podium — warm and candid in the hallway, robotic and on-script in front of an audience — Kara has landed on authenticity as her defining professional issue. Not because it's a buzzword, but because the gap between who a leader is and how they communicate creates a trust deficit that messages alone can't close. The good news: it's coachable. The harder truth: some leaders won't be coached, and sometimes the right answer is to find a different spokesperson for that moment.   About Kara Ryan Kara Ryan is the founder and principal of Klyr Strategies (pronounced "clear"), a communications advisory serving small to mid-size companies in the medical device and healthcare space. Kara spent 20 years in corporate communications, working across financial services and highly regulated healthcare environments, with deep expertise in the high-stakes moments that define organizations: product launches, leadership transitions, acquisitions, and IPO preparation. She is based in Orange County, California — a hub for medical device manufacturers — and brings boardroom-level experience to clients who are doing big things without an in-house communications team to support them. She describes her practice as advisor-led and AI-powered, is transparent with clients about how and why she uses AI tools, and takes data security seriously as a non-negotiable. Connect with Kara: Website: klyrstrategies.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kara-l-ryan   Resources & Additional Information Klyr Strategies: klyrstrategies.com Solo PR Pro membership community: soloprpro.com That Solo Life podcast website: thatsololife.com   Host & Show Info That Solo Life is a podcast created for public relations, communication, and marketing professionals who work as independent and small practitioners. Hosted by Karen Swim, APR, founder of Solo PR Pro, and Michelle Kane, Principal of Voice Matters, the show delivers expert insights, encouragement, and practical advice for solo PR pros navigating today's dynamic professional landscape. Listen to all episodes and catch up on previous conversations at thatsololife.com. Did this episode inspire you? If you found value in this conversation, please take a moment to leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us reach more solo pros just like you! 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Parenting struggling teens is one of the most difficult and challenging seasons of life, and it is no surprise that it is correlated with decreased marital satisfaction. Problems with teens become problems in the family, and according to Brandon Joffe, licensed clinical social worker and founder of Inspired Resolutions Counseling, solutions need to involve the family.     In this interview, Brandon answers Karla's questions on homework, disrespect, anger, emotions, drugs, suicidal threats, discipline disagreements, and more. His practical solutions and experience-based insights give parents hope and help, whether they are at a crisis point or just typical teen struggles.     Brandon Joffe is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly two decades of experience assisting teens, families, and marriages through challenging times. He offers effective, compassionate, and results-driven therapy, specializing in adolescent, parent, and couple issues like anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction, anger management, and family conflict. He offers multiple support groups, including support for parents of struggling teens and anger management for families. He also offers online courses for ADHD, boundaries, parenting, court-ordered co-parenting, and anger management.     Joffe began his journey as an addiction counselor at the Substance Abuse Foundation, gaining insight into substance abuse's impact on youth. This led him to work with middle and high school students in Compton at Shields for Families, providing therapy in schools and homes. Later, he served as a Drug Court therapist at the Central Justice Center, collaborating with legal professionals to aid recovery. In 2010, Joffe transitioned to private practice with CIFT, engaging with schools and churches in Brea, Anaheim Hills, and Placentia. He developed a holistic approach to therapy, integrating mental health, physical wellness, and nutrition for long-term success. As a clinical supervisor, he trains new therapists. He continues to partner with the With Hope Foundation to provide suicide prevention training in schools.  Inspired Resolutions Counseling is located in Orange County, California.   Resources and Links   Inspired Resolutions Counseling:  https://www.inspiredresolutionscounseling.com   Faith Anchored Boundaries Before Breakdown: https://www.inspiredresolutionscourses.com/courses/faith-anchored-boundaries-before-breakdown-course   Hope For Parents Community: https://www.inspiredresolutionscourses.com/hub/community/c/10830     Website: https://www.changemyrelationship.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMyRelationship YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@changemyrelationship Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3U4lFbFL6tY  

Tim Conway Jr Show Hour 3 (5.29) Conway kicks off the hour with a classic showbiz throwback: when Johnny Carson liked a comedian, he waved them over to the couch — and now Neil gets the couch treatment! Conway also recaps hosting the 2026 ACG Awards Gala, the “Oscars for Business,” celebrating major middle-market companies across Orange County and the Inland Empire. Big shoutout to Consolidated Contracting and all the companies expanding, building, and staying bullish. Then the crew dives into Hawaiian Airlines cutting free hot meals in the Main Cabin on most mainland flights, replacing them with prepaid meals from chef Sheldon Simeon. Conway jokes that Main Cabin is where “the animals” sit, which launches a hilarious conversation about airplane behavior, first-class air rage, fame, privacy, and why being famous may not be worth the headache. Later, the legendary Engelbert Humperdinck, the King of Romance, is coming into the studio at 90 years old with new music. The Foosh grew up on Engelbert and knows all the hits, leading to a perfect game show idea: “Seniors, Name That Tune.” The hour wraps with a look back at the final Carol Burnett Show in 1978, which drew around 30 million viewers, plus a wild Santa Monica story involving a mountain lion roaming the neighborhood before being immobilized. Johnny Carson, Conway Show, Neil Saavedra, ACG Awards Gala, Orange County business, Inland Empire, Consolidated Contracting, Hawaiian Airlines, airplane meals, air rage, first class, Engelbert Humperdinck, Name That Tune, Carol Burnett Show, Santa Monica mountain lion, funny podcast, trending podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, learn, create, communicate, and do business.In this episode, Ashley explores why human connection, discernment, trust, touch, and lived experience may become some of the most valuable assets in the coming decades. Drawing from nearly 20 years as a licensed aesthetician, educator, mentor, and business owner, she shares a nuanced perspective on the future of aesthetics, entrepreneurship, and human-centered work in an increasingly digital world.A conversation about why the providers who learn to leverage technology while remaining deeply human may be uniquely positioned to thrive.Research & Studies ReferencedHarvard Study of Adult DevelopmentOne of the longest-running studies on human wellbeing, happiness, and longevity. Researchers found that strong relationships are among the most significant predictors of long-term health and life satisfaction.https://adultdevelopmentstudy.orgThe U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory on Loneliness and Social ConnectionFormer Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's report examining loneliness as a public health challenge and the importance of meaningful human connection.https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdfJulianne Holt-Lunstad's Research on Social Connection and MortalityResearch demonstrating that social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased risk of premature mortality and adverse health outcomes.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25910392/Touch Research InstitutePioneering research examining the effects of touch on stress reduction, mood, cortisol levels, immune function, and overall wellbeing.https://med.miami.edu/touch-researchOxytocin and Human Bonding ResearchOverview of research examining oxytocin's role in trust, social bonding, connection, and emotional regulation.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3183515/Therapeutic Alliance and Health OutcomesResearch showing that the quality of the provider-patient relationship can significantly influence treatment adherence, patient satisfaction, and health outcomes.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2769474Polyvagal Theory and Nervous System RegulationStephen Porges' work exploring how safety, connection, and co-regulation influence the autonomic nervous system.https://www.polyvagalinstitute.orgThe Experience EconomyThe groundbreaking work by B. Joseph Pine II and James H. Gilmore explaining why consumers increasingly value experiences, personalization, transformation, and human connection.https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=30784Mentioned in This EpisodeSlow Flow + Sculpt WorkshopAshley's signature hands-on facial massage training designed to help providers elevate their touch, treatment flow, client experience, and results.Virtual MentorshipAvailable as single strategy sessions or ongoing mentorship for licensed aestheticians seeking support with treatment development, client experience, business strategy, branding, pricing, and growth.Golden Touch WorkshopAshley's invite-only, immersive two-day experience focused on treatment design, protocol development, client experience, menu creation, marketing, partnerships, and business growth.Connect with AshleyInstagram: @agelessashleyIf this episode resonated with you, please share it with a fellow aesthetician, educator, healer, or entrepreneur.Private Hands-On Advanced Facial Training & Virtual MentorshipJune 14th 2026 Slow Flow & Sculpt 1 Day Workshop in Orange County, CA // Registration Closes May 15th 20262-Day Intensive Golden Touch Workshop ApplicationWorkshop & Retreat WaitlistFree Golden Experience Guide Monthly Publication

Tim Conway Jr Show Hour 4 (5.27) Bellio is in full crisis mode with a hair emergency, and Conway is calling on the great hair stylists of Orange County to save the day. Then the crew dives into the real ramen debate: do you drink the broth, or is that crossing a line? Things get even messier with trash etiquette, dog poop bags, and whether it’s okay to toss one into someone else’s freshly emptied trash can. Plus, Conway gets personal about dating your doctor and admits he thinks about his doctor every single day. Hair, ramen, poop bags, and medical romance — this hour goes completely off the rails. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Tim Conway Jr. Show Hour 1 (5.26) Antonio Villaraigosa joins Tim Conway Jr. to talk about his run for California Governor, his L.A. roots, his time as Mayor, and yes — even bonding over McHale’s Navy. From fixing millions of potholes to laying out his vision for California, Villaraigosa makes his case in studio. Then things get wild in Orange County as OC Fire Authority PIO Captain Nick Garten gives the latest on the Garden Grove chemical tank emergency. Evacuations, explosion fears, failed cooling systems, and the ultimate SoCal warning sign: they closed In-N-Out. The crew breaks down the chemical leak chaos, the armchair experts calling in with “solutions,” Tommy’s Burgers cravings, chili dog air fresheners, and why Garden Grove might need a full rebrand after this one. California Governor race, Antonio Villaraigosa, Garden Grove chemical leak, Orange County evacuations, In-N-Out closure, Tommy’s Burgers, breaking news, SoCal chaos, Conway Show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has become the darling of progressives with his populist platform and his ability to connect with young voters. Here in California, two candidates are trying to take a similar message to voters - in the San Francisco race to replace Nancy Pelosi and the Los Angeles Mayor's race. Reporters: Sydney Johnson, KQED and Frank Stoltze, LAist All evacuation orders have been lifted in Orange County after authorities determined that there was no further danger of an explosion, chemical leak or fire at an aerospace manufacturing plant in Garden Grove. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

STREAMING THE MAKING OF THE JBS, FEATURING JEFF BLISS, 5-22-26.1942-43. TOJO MOCKED.The "Pacific Watch" transcript highlights a pivotal moment for California, characterized by early-season environmental disasters, contentious political shifts, and massive infrastructure challenges.The California wildfire season has arrived with alarming speed. A significant blaze in Hemet (Riverside County) recently threatened retirement communities, with flames cresting hills directly behind residential properties. Firefighters utilized orange fire retardant to coat vegetation and slow the fire's progress, a tactic that creates a stark visual contrast against the green hillsides. Additionally, a fire on Santa Rosa Island, reportedly ignited by a stranded boater's flare gun, has consumed nearly 20,000 acres. These events occur amidst discussions of a "Super El Niño," which experts warn could create a "one-two punch": drying out the state to fuel fires and then bringing massive storms that cause mudslides and coastal erosion.The June 2nd jungle primary is the central focus of California politics. In the Los Angeles mayoral race, incumbent Karen Bass faces a surprisingly strong challenge from actor Spencer Pratt. Pratt, who entered politics after his home burned down in the Pacific Palisades fire, has become a vessel for a "protest vote" against the city's perceived disorder. While Bass maintains institutional support from unions and identity politics, Pratt has gained traction through viral, high-quality campaign ads focusing on safety, affordability, and the failure of city hall to rebuild after disasters. A controversial endorsement from Donald Trump has complicated the race, as Bass's camp uses it to label Pratt a "MAGA" candidate, a move designed to alienate West LA voters.In the race for governor, the field is dominated by Steve Hilton, a former Fox News commentator, and Xavier Becerra, the current HHS Secretary. Hilton is currently leading, but Becerra—a late entry backed by the Democratic "machine"—is gaining momentum due to his name recognition and appeal to Latino and union voters. Despite his national profile and potential presidential ambitions, Gavin Newsom faces criticism regarding the state's homeless crisis and the ballooning costs of the high-speed rail project, which has seen estimates jump from $30 billion to potentially over $400 billion.The "homeless industrial complex" is a major theme, with billions of dollars allegedly missing or misspent by non-governmental organizations. In Los Angeles, over half of the homeless population is reportedly from outside the city, drawn by mild weather and available services. The transcript also describes a darker side to the crisis, where criminal cartels allegedly charge homeless individuals rent to live in tents or RVs on the streets.Despite these troubles, there is economic expansion in Orange County with the "Disney Forward" project. This initiative likely involves a significant expansion of the Anaheim park system, potentially adding a "third park" or new themed lands like Toy Story Land to drive attendance and merchandise sales. These developments stand in sharp contrast to the era of 1955, when gas cost 29 cents and traffic on the I-5 freeway was virtually non-existent.

Three of the four teams are set in the conference finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, so the show starts in its natural place: discussing the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers. The Leafs fired Craig Berube and the Oilers let go of Kris Knoblauch this week, so the gang breaks down what the moves mean for each club. In between wins and losses, Roy lets Ethan have exactly three minutes to discuss the Stanley Cup Playoffs, including the thrilling series between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres, and the Vegas Golden Knights taking out the Anaheim Ducks to set up an exciting Western Conference final with the Colorado Avalanche. Brad Williams joins the show to discuss his Duckies and how, despite the loss to the Knights, he is still excited about the future in Orange County. Finally, the group gives their review of Episode 1 of the new Amazon Prime show, Off Campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices