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Today, we're excited to get to know Dr. Muthu Alagappan, CEO and Founder of Counsel, the modern solution for access to care. Before founding Counsel, Muthu was the CMO of Notable Health for almost 4 years and was an Attending Physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and UCSF Medical Center. He graduated with his MD from Stanford Medicine and (fun fact!) was also the Student Commencement Speaker for his graduating class.Founded in 2023, Counsel provides patients with high-quality, personalized medical advice from expert doctors within minutes. Counsel recently announced $11M in seed funding from investors like A16z, Floodgate, Asymmetric Capital and Pear VC! We're proud to be partners to Counsel!

In anticipation of the 2024 ASHP Conference for Pharmacy Leaders, ASHP is hosting a series of podcast episodes. Join our host, Cynthia Von Heeringen, senior education director at ASHP as she interviews Jared White, manager, pharmacy data analytics at UCSF and Ben Michaels, data science pharmacist at UCSF Medical Center at UCSF as they discuss their upcoming sessions AI for Pharmacy Leaders, Part 1 and Part 2. They will provide background information and forward-facing strategies expressly curated for leaders to stay abreast of this ever-changing landscape. The information presented during the podcast reflects solely the opinions of the presenter. The information and materials are not, and are not intended as, a comprehensive source of drug information on this topic. The contents of the podcast have not been reviewed by ASHP, and should neither be interpreted as the official policies of ASHP, nor an endorsement of any product(s), nor should they be considered as a substitute for the professional judgment of the pharmacist or physician.

Learn all about how people can have memory and other cognitive struggles as part of their epilepsy - in part 1 of 2 with epileptologist Jon Kleen from the UCSF Medical Center, USA! Jon speaks about his career focus, types of cognitive impairments, impacts on quality of life, and more. ------------------------------------------

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In part 1 of this eHIV Review Special Edition (still available at eHIVreview.org), eHIV Review Program Director Justin Alves, Nurse Educator at Boston Medical Center, reviewed the recent evidence describing some of the barriers to care experienced by marginalized individuals at risk for or living with HIV. In this Part 2 issue, he again calls upon two front-line clinicians in the fight to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S. — Nicky Mehtani, MD, from UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco, and Vanessa Loukas, NP, from Boston University's Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine —to share their clinical approaches.Post test for CME/CE credit: https://elit.dkbmed.com/issues/191/test Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our next guest is Ely Sonny Orquiza, who was last on in January 2020 (Episode 139) – since then, he's become Magic Theatre's Director of Education, created the Chikahan Company, created the Living Document, placing a spotlight to companies that has issues with diversity in casting and storytelling. To say that Ely has made an impact on Bay Area theatre is an understatement – he's made a name for himself as a director, an actor and a queer filipino creative. Joining us is the incredible Jeannie Barroga, established filipina playwright, whose works have been archived at Stanford University. And she's only the second person we've had on the Yay who has her own Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannie_Barroga You can find more information on Ely on his personal website: https://www.elysonnyorquiza.org We also want to thank Charles Blades Barbershop for sponsoring The Yay! Charles Blades Barbershop is located at 180 Second Street in downtown Oakland. It's a very cool, relaxing place where you can get your cuts and they'll even serve you a complimentary drink. Charles is also selling men's hair products on his website https://cbbgroominingproducts.myshopify.com Hair Gels, Pomades, Shampoos and Conditioners. Hop online, give the products a try and support minority businesses like my man Charles Blades. Book an appointment online here: https://www.cbb.hair SHOWS: Making Magic: Masterclass (Magic Theatre) Saturday, January 27 – 10am to 1pm Margo Hall (Episode 166) and Ely Sonny Orquiza will be teachers https://magictheatre.org/calendar/masterclass Representation Matters: A Theatre Artists Bootcamp (Balay Kreative) Sunday Jan 28 – 4pm to 6pm Ely Sonny Orquiza will be the teacher https://balaykreative.com/event-calendar/representation-matters The Laramie Project (Stage Bridge) Jan 19 – 21, 2024 Ely Sonny Orquiza (Episode 139) is directing the show https://www.stagebridge.org Monday Night Playground: The Shakespeare Multiverse Jan 15 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 115 & 251) and Christian Wilburn (Episode 198) has written pieces for the show https://playground-sf.org/monday/ Aren't You.. (The Marsh) Feb 10 – March 2 Fred Pitts (Episode 256) wrote and is acting in his popular one man show https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/ Mixed Metaphors (Cutting Ball Theatre) Feb 2 – 18, 2024 Radhika Rao (Episodes 21 & 131) is in the show https://cuttingball.com/productions/variety-pack-24 Misery (Palo Alto Players) Jan 19 – Feb 4, 2024 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is directing the show https://paplayers.org/event/misery/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and Bay Current, a weekly news podcast, hosted by Mallory Somera. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Our good friend Aaron Henne is the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in LA and they have their podcast – The Dybbokast. Through a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars, The Dybbukast brings these creations and their historical contexts to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today Deborah Cortez (Episode 98 & 238) has a podcast called Let's Talk About Grief – check it out on all podcast apps. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Happy 2024 to everyone and thanks for listening once again! This will be year eight of The Yay and our first guest of this year is a gifted young actor, Gary Moore. Gary is a bay area actor and an illustrator that owns his own printing company, Chasing Greatness Prints. Gary worked with Norman and I on the Baldwin Project, where he read as James Baldwin, when we did our presentation at Playground SF. Gary talks about his upbringing, what brought him to theatre, and where he sees himself in the future. Gary is on Facebook and Instagram (@gmooreproductionz); You can also find out more about Chasing Greatness and buy his prints here: https://payhip.com/ChasingGreatnessPrints?fbclid=IwAR0ruyOcFj3IFsAcy2wxC36j6vNEqtWbF0Ecgl2Ncx5-00Isxjkj-uBtu3w We also want to thank Charles Blades Barbershop for sponsoring The Yay! Charles Blades Barbershop is located at 180 Second Street in downtown Oakland. It's a very cool, relaxing place where you can get your cuts and they'll even serve you a complimentary drink. Charles is also selling men's hair products on his website https://cbbgroominingproducts.myshopify.com Hair Gels, Pomades, Shampoos and Conditioners. Hop online, give the products a try and support minority businesses like my man Charles Blades. Book an appointment online here: https://www.cbb.hair SHOWS: The Laramie Project (Stage Bridge) Jan 19 – 21, 2024 Ely Sonny Orquiza (Episode 139) is directing the show https://www.stagebridge.org Mixed Metaphors (Cutting Ball Theatre) Feb 2 – 18, 2024 Radhika Rao (Episodes 21 & 131) is in the show https://cuttingball.com/productions/variety-pack-24 Misery (Palo Alto Players) Jan 19 – Feb 4, 2024 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is directing the show https://paplayers.org/event/misery/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and Bay Current, a weekly news podcast, hosted by Mallory Somera. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Our good friend Aaron Henne is the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in LA and they have their podcast – The Dybbokast. Through a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars, The Dybbukast brings these creations and their historical contexts to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today Deborah Cortez (Episode 98 & 238) has a podcast called Let's Talk About Grief – check it out on all podcast apps. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

This is our end of the year Yay and Norman and I are so grateful for all of the support from our listeners and those who have contributed to our podcast. For our end of the year episode, we have Gary Graves, who was last on in Episode 24 (on the podcast I said it was Ep 23 - my mistake) in July 2017 – he is the artistic director for Central Works and is, of course, our sponsor. We talk about the events of 2023, the bay area shows we've worked on, artists who have impressed us, and any thoughts on 2024. We also want to thank Charles Blades Barbershop for sponsoring The Yay! Charles Blades Barbershop is located at 180 Second Street in downtown Oakland. It's a very cool, relaxing place where you can get your cuts and they'll even serve you a complimentary drink. Charles is also selling men's hair products on his website https://cbbgroominingproducts.myshopify.com Hair Gels, Pomades, Shampoos and Conditioners. Hop online, give the products a try and support minority businesses like my man Charles Blades. Book your appointment here: https://www.cbb.hair SHOWS: The Laramie Project (Stage Bridge) Jan 19 – 21, 2024 Ely Sonny Orquiza (Episode 139) is directing the show https://www.stagebridge.org Mixed Metaphors (Cutting Ball Theatre) Feb 2 – 18, 2024 Radhika Rao (Episodes 21 & 131) is in the show https://cuttingball.com/productions/variety-pack-24 Misery (Palo Alto Players) Jan 19 – Feb 4, 2024 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is directing the show https://paplayers.org/event/misery/ Sleeping Beauty (Presidio Theatre) LAST SHOW TONIGHT Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 and 225) and Sharon Shao (Episode 176) will be in this show https://www.presidiotheatre.org/show/2023sleepingbeauty/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Our good friend Aaron Henne is the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in LA and they have their podcast – The Dybbokast. Through a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars, The Dybbukast brings these creations and their historical contexts to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today Deborah Cortez (Episode 98 & 238) has a podcast called Let's Talk About Grief – check it out on all podcast apps. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Reg Wilkins is a veteran actor of the stage, commercials and film, who has been in the bay area for many years, and is a long time collaborator with Lower Bottom Playaz. I had the pleasure of stage managing him when played Old Joe in Radio Golf this summer. Norman and I have Reg as our next guest and Reg shares his upbringing, how he got into acting and where he sees himself in the future. Reg can be contacted directly via Facebook or his email: suiteblack@yahoo.com We also want to thank Charles Blades Barbershop for sponsoring The Yay! Charles Blades Barbershop is located at 180 Second Street in downtown Oakland. It's a very cool, relaxing place where you can get your cuts and they'll even serve you a complimentary drink. Charles is also selling men's hair products on his website https://cbbgroominingproducts.myshopify.com Hair Gels, Pomades, Shampoos and Conditioners. Hop online, give the products a try and support minority businesses like my man Charles Blades. Book your haircut today at https://www.cbb.hair SHOWS: A Christmas Carol (ACT) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Adam Kuveniemann (Episode 274) is in the show https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/a-christmas-carol/?gad_source=1 The Laramie Project (Stage Bridge) Jan 19 – 21, 2024 Ely Sonny Orquiza (Episode 139) is directing the show https://www.stagebridge.org Mixed Metaphors (Cutting Ball Theatre) Feb 2 – 18, 2024 Radhika Rao (Episodes 21 & 131) is in the show https://cuttingball.com/productions/variety-pack-24 Misery (Palo Alto Players) Jan 19 – Feb 4, 2024 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is directing the show https://paplayers.org/event/misery/ Sleeping Beauty (Presidio Theatre) Dec 1 – 30 Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 and 225) and Sharon Shao (Episode 176) will be in this show https://www.presidiotheatre.org/show/2023sleepingbeauty/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Our good friend Aaron Henne is the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in LA and they have their podcast – The Dybbokast. Through a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars, The Dybbukast brings these creations and their historical contexts to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today Deborah Cortez (Episode 98 & 238) has a podcast called Let's Talk About Grief And Your Loved One– check it out on all podcast apps – here's a link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Syu4c9gOELYvDSe0AQsNu?si=Y2A4qgE0T3KkjaiB-zLWIw Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. MERRY CHRISTMAS / POST HAUNAKKAH / KWANZAA / FESTIVUS HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING ;) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Luchan Baker is our next guest. I had the pleasure of directing this disciplined actor when Lower Bottom Playaz in Radio Golf – Luchan is meticulous, always ready for work, and really breathed life in the character Sterling, the blue collar classmate of the upper class Harmond. Norman and I talk to Luchan, finding about his upbringing, his views on theatre and where he sees himself in the future. Luchan can be contacted directly via Facebook and Instagram: @bro.luchan SHOWS: Playground Innovators Showcase (Potrero Stage) Nov 25 26 Latinex Mafia's staged reading of BUSCANDO AL ULTIMO HOMBRE GAY Letitia Duarte (Episode 119) is in the reading Kunoichi Productions' staged reading of Throw Away Temple https://playground-sf.org/incubator/ The Legend of Georgia McBride (Center Rep at the Lesher Center for the Arts) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Jed Parsario (Episodes 63 & 186) is in the show Alan Coyne (Episodes 29 & 233) is in the show Elizabeth Carter (Episodes 159) is directing the show https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/15629/3149 Joe Turner's Come And Gone (Lower Bottom Playaz) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Dr. Ayodele Nzinga (Episode 257) is directing the show http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com We Are Continuous (New Conservatory Theatre Center) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Shawnj West (Episode 146) is directing the show Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer of the show https://nctcsf.org The Umbrella Play (Phoenix Theatre) Nov 11 – Dec 2nd Linda Ayers-Frederick (Episode 31) wrote the play https://www.phoenixtheatresf.org Sleeping Beauty (Presidio Theatre) Dec 1 – 30 Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 and 225) and Sharon Shao (Episode 176) will be in this show https://www.presidiotheatre.org/show/2023sleepingbeauty/ The Man Who Saved Christmas (Chanticleers Theatre) Dec 1 – 17 Curtis Manning aka CJ Strickland (Episode 216) is in the show https://www.chanticleers.org Home For The Holidays (Contra Costa Civic Theatre) Dec 8-10 and 15-17 Lamont Ridgell (Episode 122) and Anita Viramontes (Episode 121) are in the show https://ccct.org The Play That Goes Wrong (San Jose Stage) Nov 15 – Dec 10 Nick Mandracchia (Episode 43) is in the show John Rhys Williams (Episode 158) is in the show https://www.thestage.org/the-play-that-goes-wrong Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Our good friend Aaron Henne is the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in LA and they have their podcast – The Dybbokast. Through a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars, The Dybbukast brings these creations and their historical contexts to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Norman and I host two very talented ladies: Jessica Mele, who has a one-woman show called Eat the Mama, at Z Space this weekend only – Sept 14-17, and her director, May Liang, who is also a resident artist at Crowded Fire. We talk about the show, what motivated Jessica to write it, the careers of both ladies and where they see themselves in the future. You can learn more about Eat The Mama via this press release here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vyYbkbSsKU79ChVuhC0VMXABvFxiYb-0NWVz_1R2Ou0/edit You can learn more about Jessica Mele through her website here: https://jessicamelecreative.com Jessica is on Instagram: @meles78 and Twitter/X: @jessicamele Mae Liang is on Instagram: @aybaymay SHOWS: Cruel Intentions (Ray of Light Theatre) Sept 8 – Oct 1 Marah Sotelo (Episode 124) is in the show https://www.rayoflighttheatre.com Bald Sisters (San Jose Stage) Sept 13 – Oct 8 Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153) is directing the show https://www.thestage.org/season-2324/bald-sisters Aren't You.. (The Marsh) Sept 23 – Oct 21 Fred Pitts (Episode 256) is the writer and actor in his one man show https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/ Wolf Play (Shotgun Players) Sept 2 – Oct 1 Elizabeth Carter (Episode 159) is directing the show Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer for the show Maya Herbsman (Episode 145) is the intimacy choreographer for the show https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp Before the Sword (New Conservatory Theatre Center) Sept 15 – Oct 15 Kim Donovan (Episodes 80, 223) and Radhika Rao (Episodes 21, 131) are in the show https://nctcsf.org/event/before-the-sword/ Cymbeline (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival) Sept 16 – 24 in Orinda Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show https://sfshakes.org/cymbeline/ Disenchanted (San Jose Playhouse) Oct 12 – Nov 5 Eiko Yamamoto will be in this show https://sanjoseplayhouse.org/disenchanted/ Sleeping Beauty (Presidio Theatre) Dec 1 – 30 Eiko Yamamoto and Sharon Shao (Episode 176)will be in this show Nollywood Dreams (SF Playhouse) Sept 28 – Nov 4 Angel Adedokun (Episode 147) and Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) are in the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2023-2024-season/nollywood-dreams/ Anna Christie (Eugene O'Neill Foundation) August 2 – Sept 24 Adrian Deane (Episode 82) is in the show https://eugeneoneill.org/event/eugene-oneills-anna-christie/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Our good friend Aaron Henne is the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in LA and they have their podcast – The Dybbokast. Through a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars, The Dybbukast brings these creations and their historical contexts to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Our next guest is the incredibly talented Aaron Henne, the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk, a Jewish based theatre company in Los Angeles, who will be performing at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto (performing the Merchant of Venice) today at 6:30pm; the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco (also performing the Merchant of Venice, and exploring the subject: The Villany You Teach) tomorrow at 2pm; and finally at the Cutting Ball Theatre in SF, where Aaron will teach a master class on “Heritage, History and Humanity” (on September 11). Aaron will talk about his upbringing, his work while he was in the bay (I stage managed for him back in 2012 where he wrote and directed Mesmeric Revelation, performed at Central Works), and where Theatre Dybbuk and Aaron will go in the future. You can learn more about Aaron and Theatre Dybbuk at their website here: https://www.theatredybbuk.org/about Theatre Dybbuk also has an Instagram account @theatredybbuk SHOWS: Cruel Intentions (Ray of Light Theatre) Sept 8 – Oct 1 Marah Sotelo (Episode 124) is in the show https://www.rayoflighttheatre.com Bald Sisters (San Jose Stage) Sept 13 – Oct 8 Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153) is directing the show https://www.thestage.org/season-2324/bald-sisters Aren't You.. (The Marsh) Sept 23 – Oct 21 Fred Pitts (Episode 256) is the writer and actor in his one man show https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/ Wolf Play (Shotgun Players) Sept 2 – Oct 1 Elizabeth Carter (Episode 159) is directing the show Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer for the show Maya Herbsman (Episode 145) is the intimacy choreographer for the show https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp Before the Sword (New Conservatory Theatre Center) Sept 15 – Oct 15 Kim Donovan (Episodes 80, 223) and Radhika Rao (Episodes 21, 131) are in the show https://nctcsf.org/event/before-the-sword/ The Birds (Altarena Theatre) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 and 251) directed the play Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer for the play https://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/the-birds Cymbeline (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival) LAST SHOW TOMORROW in San Francisco Sept 16 – 24 in Orinda Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show https://sfshakes.org/cymbeline/ Disenchanted (San Jose Playhouse) Oct 12 – Nov 5 Eiko Yamamoto will be in this show https://sanjoseplayhouse.org/disenchanted/ Sleeping Beauty (Presidio Theatre) Dec 1 – 30 Eiko Yamamoto and Sharon Shao will be in this show Nollywood Dreams (SF Playhouse) Sept 28 – Nov 4 Angel Adedokun (Episode 147) and Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) are in the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2023-2024-season/nollywood-dreams/ Anna Christie (Eugene O'Neill Foundation) August 2 – Sept 24 Adrian Deane (Episode 82) is in the show https://eugeneoneill.org/event/eugene-oneills-anna-christie/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

The Yay is back, and Norman is back! A couple of weeks removed from his Much Ado About Nothing and my doing Radio Golf, we're back in the saddle ;) And we have a great guest – Joseph Leonardi, a veteran actor whom I worked with when we were a part of Eastenders Repertory Theatre, where I last saw him on stage in Melissa James Gibson's [sic]. Joe talks about what it was like doing theatre in the 90's and the aughts, his current projects working with Craig Souza, and what he'll be doing in the future. Joe has written a wonderful film, This Old Tearoom, which has premiered in several film festivals and is streaming now on Gay Binge TV. Here is the website: https://www.thisoldtearoom.com SHOWS: Cruel Intentions (Ray of Light Theatre) Sept 8 – Oct 1 Marah Sotelo (Episode 124) is in the show https://www.rayoflighttheatre.com Bald Sisters (San Jose Stage) Sept 13 – Oct 8 Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153) is directing the show https://www.thestage.org/season-2324/bald-sisters Aren't You.. (The Marsh) Sept 23 – Oct 21 Fred Pitts (Episode 256) is the writer and actor in his one man show https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/ Wolf Play (Shotgun Players) Sept 2 – Oct 1 Elizabeth Carter (Episode 159) is directing the show Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer for the show Maya Herbsman (Episode 145) is the intimacy choreographer for the show https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp Before the Sword (New Conservatory Theatre Center) Sept 15 – Oct 15 Kim Donovan (Episodes 80, 223) and Radhika Rao (Episodes 21, 131) are in the show https://nctcsf.org/event/before-the-sword/ The Birds (Altarena Theatre) August 11 – Sept 10 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 and 251) directed the play Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer for the play https://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/the-birds Cymbeline (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival) Sept 2 – 10 in San Francisco Sept 16 – 24 in Orinda Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show https://sfshakes.org/cymbeline/ Disenchanted (San Jose Playhouse) Oct 12 – Nov 5 Eiko Yamamoto will be in this show https://sanjoseplayhouse.org/disenchanted/ Sleeping Beauty (Presidio Theatre) Dec 1 – 30 Eiko Yamamoto and Sharon Shao will be in this show Nollywood Dreams (SF Playhouse) Sept 28 – Nov 4 Angel Adedokun (Episode 147) and Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) are in the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2023-2024-season/nollywood-dreams/ Anna Christie (Eugene O'Neill Foundation) August 2 – Sept 24 Adrian Deane (Episode 82) is in the show https://eugeneoneill.org/event/eugene-oneills-anna-christie/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

COVID cases nationwide and in California are increasing at summer's end. The state's positivity rate from PCR tests is almost 12% as of mid-August, and wastewater data indicate that the new omicron subvariant, EG.5, is on the rise. But reported case rates are still far below peaks from last winter; UCSF's Dr. Peter Chin-Hong told the San Francisco Chronicle, “people should not be worried but should not tune out.” We'll learn more with Dr. Chin-Hong and hear about the new fall booster and the latest research into long COVID and take your COVID questions. Guests: Dr. Peter Chin-Hong M.D., infectious disease specialist, UCSF Medical Center

The Yay is back but Norman is busy with Much Ado About Nothing and we hope to see him in August. Our guest is Kulwa Apara, who has a one woman show going up at Theatre Brava called Brain Like Berkeley. She's being directed by our guest host, the wonderful Kehinde Koyejo – you'll remember her from Episode 214. We talk about Brain Like Berkely, what prompted Kulwa to write it – we'll also catch up with Kehinde to find out what she's been up to since 2021. You can learn more about Kulwa directly via her website: https://www.kulwaapara.com You can also contact Kulwa directly via Instagram: @blackhistoryenespanol ALSO: • Brigette Dutta-Portman (Episodes 75 & 236) is the president of the Pear Theatre's Board of Directors • Cheri Lynn (Episode 164) has a book out – Manifest Happy – available at Amazon • Katherine Park (Episode 246) has not one, but two albums coming out this summer – Someone Dream and Everytime I Put You On • Sherilyn Connely (Episode 100) has a book out: Beautiful Ghosts – a Queer Memoir of San Francisco - check it out on Amazon. SHOWS: Brain Like Berkeley (Brava Theater) August 25 & 26 https://www.brava.org/all-events/blk-aug-23 Much Ado About Nothing (Sparc Theatre) June 22 – August 6 Norman Gee is in the show https://sparctheater.org/shakespeare-in-the-vineyard/ The Birds (Altarena Theatre) August 11 – Sept 10 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 and 251) directed the play Dr. Stephanie Johnson (Episode 177) is the lighting designer for the play https://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/the-birds Radio Golf (Lower Bottom Playaz) August 11 – 27 Dr. Ayodele Nzinga (Episode 257) is directing the show Reg Clay (yours truly) is stage managing the play http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com Cymbeline (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival) July 22 – Sept 24 Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show https://sfshakes.org/cymbeline/ Domestica Realidad (Brava Theatre) Aug 3 – 13 Virginia Blanco (Episode 238) is directing the show https://www.brava.org/all-events/domestica-realidad Aren't You.. (The Marsh) July 21 – August 18 Fred Pitts (Episode 256) is in the show https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/ King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST July 28 – Sept 1 Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

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0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus 0:33 — Dr. Peter Chin-Hong is a professor of medicine and infectious disease physician at UCSF Medical Center. The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Plus, Covid Call-ins appeared first on KPFA.

Norman is busy rehearsing for Much Ado About Nothing, so we have Neil Harkins (who was on Episode 222) as our guest host. Our guest today is Marty Pistone, the director and board member of Sixth Street Playhouse. I worked with Marty when he was a consultant for Off Broadway West, and their production of Hedda Gabler, back in 2010. We talk about Marty's upbringing in Chicago, his views on the state of theatre today and where he sees himself in the future. Marty can be reached directly via Facebook and LinkedIn. SHOWS: Much Ado About Nothing (Sparc Theatre) June 22 – August 6 Norman Gee is in the show https://sparctheater.org/shakespeare-in-the-vineyard/ Cymbeline (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival) July 22 – Sept 24 Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show https://sfshakes.org/cymbeline/ Domestica Realidad (Brava Theatre) Aug 3 – 13 Virginia Blanco (Episode 238) is directing the show https://www.brava.org/all-events/domestica-realidad Aren't You.. (The Marsh) July 21 – August 18 Fred Pitts (Episode 256) is in the show https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/ Hamlet (Marin Shakespeare Company) June 16 – July 16 Jon Tracy (Episode 169) directs the show https://www.marinshakespeare.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MSC-Summer-23-Digital-Program-HAM-2.pdf The Birds (Altarena Players) August 11 – Sept 10 Kimberly Ridgeway is directing the show https://www.altarena.org The Dignity Circle (Central Works) June 24 – July 23 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is in the show Gary Graves (Episode 24) is directing the show; Tammy Berlin (Episode 208) is doing costumes and Greg Scharpen (Episode 188) is the sound designer https://centralworks.org/the-dignity-circle/#showtab=details Beautiful: The Carol King Musical (Woodminister Ampitheatre) July 7 – July 16 Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) is in the show https://woodminstersummermusicals.csstix.com/?fbclid=IwAR37Sz6HhjWuJbw61jtTcnYHQyBIY4eUuk1rwJcVNIZxdQcYK_XN9HgdMUY King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST July 28 – Sept 1 Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus. 0:33 — Dr. Peter Chin-Hong is a professor of medicine and infectious disease physician at UCSF Medical Center. The post Russia's War in Ukraine; Plus, Mpox & Covid Call-ins with Dr. Peter Ching-Hong appeared first on KPFA.

Norman is currently in southern California, attending the memorial of his step father – in his place is our consulting producer, Mallory Somera and our very special guest is San Francisco Chronicle theatre reporter Lily Janiak. It's a thrill to have her on and Lily shares with us her role as a theatre critic, what has inspired her to be a writer and a glimpse of her background. Lily Janiak can be reached directly via Facebook. You can also email her at ljaniak@sfchronicle.com. SHOWS: She Loves Me (42nd Street Moon) June 8 – July 25 Marah Sotelo (Episode 124) is in the show https://42ndstmoon.org/2023-season-shows/ The Confessions of Lily Dare (New Conservatory Theatre) May 12 – June 11 Lamont Ridgell (Episodes 122 & 232) is in the show https://nctcsf.org/event/the-confession-of-lily-dare/ Yerma (Shotgun Players) May 26 – June 18 Linda Amayo-Hassan (Episode 83) is in the play Katja Rivera (Episode 168) is directing the show https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp Into the Woods (Mountain Play) May 21 – June 18 Eiko Yamamoto (Episode 120 & 225) is in the play https://www.mountainplay.org/shows/ The Dignity Circle (Central Works) June 24 – July 23 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is in the show Gary Graves (Episode 24) is directing the show; Tammy Berlin (Episode 208) is doing costumes and Greg Scharpen (Episode 188) is the sound designer https://centralworks.org/the-dignity-circle/#showtab=details A Soldier's Play (Altarena Playhouse) May 26 – June 25 ShawnJ West (Episode 146) is directing the show Fred Pitts (Episode 256), Terrance Smith (Episode 102) and Jake Fong (Episode 228) are in the show https://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/a-soldiers-play Sunday In The Park with George (Los Altos Stage Company) June 1 – 25 Brenna Kemmerly (Episode 203) is in the show https://losaltosstage.org/sunday-in-the-park/ Chinglish (SF Playhouse) May 4 – June 10 Sharon Shao (Episode 176) is in the show Michael Barrett Austin (Episode 133) is in the show Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153) is directing the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2022-2023-season/chinglish/ Becoming Robin Hood (Berkeley Playhouse) May 26 – June 25 Paul Plain (Episode 125) is in the show https://tickets.berkeleyplayhouse.org/Online/default.asp Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Town Hall Theatre) June 3 – 24 Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) is directing the show https://www.townhalltheatre.com/crumbs King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST July 28 – Sept 1 Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Norman is still in France, touring with Word for Word's production of Home – my guest host today is Danny Hall, who was last on the Yay on Feb 1, 2020 (Episode 143). Our guest is Elijah Collins, an expert in visual – Dan, Elijah and I worked on Tasha, a one woman show that ran earlier this year. We'll talk about incorporating video and visual arts to live theatre, Elijah's upbringing and what theatre means to him. Elijah can be reached directly via Facebook and on Instagram (@blckspkz) SHOWS: The Confessions of Lily Dare (New Conservatory Theatre) May 12 – June 11 Lamont Ridgell (Episodes 122 & 232) is in the show https://nctcsf.org/event/the-confession-of-lily-dare/ Yerma (Shotgun Players) May 26 – June 18 Linda Amayo-Hassan (Episode 83) is in the play Katja Rivera (Episode 168) is directing the show https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp Into the Woods (Mountain Play) May 21 – June 18 Eiko Yamamoto (Episode 120 & 225) is in the play https://www.mountainplay.org/shows/ The Nigger Lovers (Magic Theatre) Extended until May 28 Takika Baptiste (Episode 253) is in the show https://magictheatre.org The Dignity Circle (Central Works) June 24 – July 23 Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is in the show Gary Graves (Episode 24) is directing the show; Tammy Berlin (Episode 208) is doing costumes and Greg Scharpen (Episode 188) is the sound designer https://centralworks.org/the-dignity-circle/#showtab=details A Soldier's Play (Altarena Playhouse) May 26 – June 25 ShawnJ West (Episode 146) is directing the show Fred Pitts (Episode 256), Terrance Smith (Episode 102) and Jake Fong (Episode 228) are in the show https://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/a-soldiers-play Sunday In The Park with George (Los Altos Stage Company) June 1 – 25 Brenna Kemmerly (Episode 203) is in the show https://losaltosstage.org/sunday-in-the-park/ Singing in the Rain (South Bay Musical Theatre) May 13 – June 3 Melissa Momboisse (Episode 140) is in the show https://southbaymt.com/shows/ticket-sales/singin-in-the-rain/ Chinglish (SF Playhouse) May 4 – June 10 Sharon Shao (Episode 176) is in the show Michael Barrett Austin (Episode 133) is in the show Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153) is directing the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2022-2023-season/chinglish/ Becoming Robin Hood (Berkeley Playhouse) May 26 – June 25 Paul Plain (Episode 125) is in the show https://tickets.berkeleyplayhouse.org/Online/default.asp Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Town Hall Theatre) June 3 – 24 Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) is directing the show https://www.townhalltheatre.com/crumbs King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST July 28 – Sept 1 Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Today, we are joined by Dr. Myra Ahmad of Mochi Health and Rachael from our GLP1 Mounjaro TikTok Community. We focus on how many things attribute to obesity. Rachael discusses her battle with childhood obesity, genetic obesity, PCOS, ADHD, and a binge eating disorder that started at the age of 8. She shares her testimony on how Mounjaro has completely changed her life for the better and improved her mental and physical health. Dr. Myra Ahmad is an obesity specialist and the Co-Founder & CEO of Mochi Health, a telehealth obesity practice. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine, UCSF Medical Center. In her career, Dr. Ahmad witnessed providers use shame when discussing a patient's hypertension, dismiss other medical concerns due to bias, and refuse to use safe and affordable medications in favor of "diet and exercise only" strategies. She felt that these providers didn't see the value in listening to patients. She is here today to discuss everything from study data on GLP1 trials to her position on compound pharmacies that produce Semaglutide and Tirzepatide for patients who cannot get insurance coverage or cannot afford the often $1000 + monthly cash pay price. Support the showKim Carlos @DMFKimonMounjaro on TikTokJernine Trott @TheeJernine on TikTokKat Carter @KatCarter7 on TikTokLydia Roberts @mounjaro_GLP_Help on TikTok

Norman is on his way to France, touring with Word for Word's production of Home – so my guest host is Eric Johnson (Episode 252) and our wonderful guest is Heather Atles, an incredible actress, whom I had the pleasure of stage managing when we did The Marriage of Bette & Boo, back in 2001. Heather has also been busy doing singing telegrams and was an instrumental part of the Tilted Frame Network, a theatre piece that brought together television, improv and the internet – Heather has been incorporating technology with theatre way back in 2003, way before Facebook and social media. We'll talk about her approach to theatre, mixing the arts with technology and where she sees herself in the future. Heather can be reached direct via Instagram: @heatheratles If you're interested in learning more about Heather's company, Singing Telegrams Now, here's the website: https://www.singingtelegramsnow.com SHOWS: The Last Tram (A Staged Reading) May 7 (ONE DAY ONLY) Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the reading https://playwrightsfoundation.org/public-reading-series/ Into the Woods (Mountain Play) May 21 – June 18 Eiko Yamamoto is in the play https://www.mountainplay.org/shows/ The Nigger Lovers (Magic Theatre) May 3 – May 21 Takika Baptiste (Episode 253) is in the show https://magictheatre.org Best of Playground 27 (Playground-SF) May 13 & 14 Bridgette Dutta Portman (Episodes 75 & 236) has her play “Gallows Humor” in the show https://playground-sf.org/festival/ A Soldier's Play (Altarena Playhouse) May 26 – June 25 ShawnJ West (Episode 146) is directing the show Fred Pitts (Episode 256), Terrance Smith (Episode 102) and Jake Fong (Episode 228) are in the show Six Degrees of Separation (Chanticleers Theatre) April 28 – May 21 Max Chang (Episode 247) is in the show https://www.chanticleers.org Sunday In The Park with George (Los Altos Stage Company) June 1 – 25 Brenna Kemmerly (Episode 203) is in the show https://losaltosstage.org/sunday-in-the-park/ Singing in the Rain (South Bay Musical Theatre) May 13 – June 3 Melissa Momboisse (Episode 140) is in the show https://southbaymt.com/shows/ticket-sales/singin-in-the-rain/ To Master The Art (Contra Costa Civic Theatre) April 21 – May 21 Anne Yumi Kobori (Episode 192) is in the show https://ccct.org/to-master-the-art/ Chinglish (SF Playhouse) May 4 – June 10 Sharon Shao (Episode 176) is in the show Michael Barrett Austin (Episode 133) is in the show Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153) is directing the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2022-2023-season/chinglish/ Becoming Robin Hood (Berkeley Playhouse) May 26 – June 25 Paul Plain (Episode 125) is in the show https://tickets.berkeleyplayhouse.org/Online/default.asp Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Town Hall Theatre) June 3 – 24 Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) is directing the show https://www.townhalltheatre.com/crumbs King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST July 28 – Sept 1 Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app.

Norman and I are thrilled to have Dr. Ayodele Nzinga as our next guest for The Yay. Dr. Nzinga is an actress, director, playwright, poet, educator and community advocate. She is the director of the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc., Oakland's oldest North American African Theater Company and founder of Lower Bottom Playaz Summer Theater Day Camp. She was the director of 3Girls Theatre's Tasha. We talk about the state of bay area theatre, activist theatre, her life as an artist and activist and where she sees herself in the future. Dr. Nzinga can be reached directly via Instagram and Twitter: @wordslanger SHOWS: Aren't You… (The Marsh) April 7 – May 5 Fred Pitts' One Man Show ShawnJ West (Episode 146) directs the show https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/ Home (Z Space) LAST SHOW TONIGHT Norman Gee & Brian Rivera (Episode 154) are in the show http://www.zspace.org/wfw-home The Nigger Lovers (Magic Theatre) May 3 – May 21 Takika Baptiste (Episode 253) is in the show https://magictheatre.org Grand Horizons (San Jose Stage) April 5 – April 30 Nick Mandracchia (Episode 43) is in the show https://www.thestage.org Best of Playground 27 (Playground-SF) May 13 & 14 Bridgette Dutta Portman (Episodes 75 & 236) has her play “Gallows Humor” in the show https://playground-sf.org/festival/ To Master The Art (Contra Costa Civic Theatre) April 21 – May 21 Anne Yumi Kobori (Episode 192) is in the show https://ccct.org/to-master-the-art/ Chinglish (SF Playhouse) May 4 – June 10 Sharon Shao (Episode 176) is in the show Michael Barrett Austin (Episode 133) is in the show Jeffrey Lo (Episode 153) is directing the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2022-2023-season/chinglish/ Becoming Robin Hood (Berkeley Playhouse) May 26 – June 25 Paul Plain (Episode 125) is in the show https://tickets.berkeleyplayhouse.org/Online/default.asp Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Town Hall Theatre) June 3 – 24 Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) is directing the show https://www.townhalltheatre.com/crumbs A Midsummer Night's Dream (SF Shakes) March 1 – May 6 in various locations – see website for details Alan Coyne (Episode 29) is in the show Evan Held (Episode 226) is in the show https://www.sfshakes.org King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST July 28 – Sept 1 Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

As a hospitalist and board certified internal medicine physician at UCSF, Dr. Josh Ronen likes to say his job is to catch the patients before they fall or “crash.”In his role as a nocturnist at UCSF Medical Center, he evaluates ER patients for admission and serves as the primary physician for patients who are already admitted to the hospital. As a hospital medicine attending and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine, Dr. Ronen enjoys teaching and offering his unique perspectives knowing no one in medicine has the same training experience.During difficult discussions with patients' families, some of Dr. Ronen's many strengths are his candor and honesty. Knowing families will remember these conversations forever, he wants them to know he's listening and treats them as he would his own family.Hear more about how the hospital is different between the hours of 7pm and 7am, and don't miss our deep dive into which TV doctor Dr. Ronen would be, if he were one. To learn more about Dr. Josh Ronenhttps://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-joshua-ronen ABOUT MEET THE DOCTOR The purpose of the Meet the Doctor podcast is simple. We want you to get to know your doctor before meeting them in person because you're making a life changing decision and time is scarce. The more you can learn about who your doctor is before you meet them, the better that first meeting will be. When you head into an important appointment more informed and better educated, you are able to have a richer, more specific conversation about the procedures and treatments you're interested in. There's no substitute for an in-person appointment, but we hope this comes close.Meet The Doctor is a production of The Axis. Made with love in Austin, Texas.Are you a doctor or do you know a doctor who'd like to be on the Meet the Doctor podcast? Book a free 30 minute recording session at meetthedoctorpodcast.com.

"The greatest power in the world is inside us" - Bruce Cryer Bruce Cryer has been called a renaissance man because of a four-decade career as a Singer, Actor, Dancer, Publisher, Author, Marketing Executive, CEO, Board member, Consultant, Mentor and Coach for Leaders in diverse fields. Bruce now brings his expertise and passion for renaissance living and working to a select group of clients each year. His diverse and fascinating background, leading successful companies and performing for large audiences, blends beautifully to create a powerful, culturally-rich, and results-driven approach with all those he chooses to work with. Music, dance, meditation and fun will definitely be involved! Bruce began as an actor/singer/dancer in New York, where his credits include performing more than 800 performances as The Boy in the world's longest running musical, The Fantasticks. A deep passion for social evolution, performance enhancement and personal growth led him to California in the late 70s. In 1990 he was asked to join the founding team of HeartMath, whose scientifically robust research on heart-brain communication, stress reduction and resilience has earned a sterling international reputation. In 2000 he was named President and CEO of HeartMath and successfully guided relationships with Stanford Business School, Mayo Clinic, Shell, NASA, Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Medical Center, Intel, Duke University, and dozens of high performing organizations in the US, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has spent the past three decades researching, teaching and coaching innovative approaches to maximizing health and human performance, and continues to share the powerful HeartMath techniques and technology around the world. What you'll learn in this episode: How HeartMath institute began - the early days with Bruce The renaissance human framework The power of the heart to break through 3D reality Creativity The heart and AI Quotes "The greatest power in the world is inside us" - Bruce Cryer "How do you know when you are in your heart?"- Bruce Cryer "If you appreciate anything, it grows"- Bruce Cryer Continue the adventure: Bruce Cryer Personal Website Vail Symposium You'll also love these episodes: David Verdesi | Metaphysical Anthropolgist on Love, Miracles, Saints, Gurus, and Superhuman Abilities Ben Joseph Stewart | Superhumans, Psychedelics, Inspirational Conspiracy, and More! Michael and Jamie Thornhill | Plant Teachers, Soul Blueprints, Spirit Teams, and more… Robert Waggoner | The Wild World of Lucid Dreaming Eileen Day McKusick | Tuning The Human Biofield, The Electric Universe, Biomimicry Business Models, and more! Dr. James Hardt | Brainwaves, The Force, Creativity, Kundalini, ESP and more Jim Fortin | Transforming your Life with Brain Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Psychology Dawson Church | How Consciousness Creates Material Reality, EFT Tapping, Eco Mediation, and more Michael Thornhill | Founder of Casa Galactica, Ayahuasca Retreat Center, on Healing Trauma and Channeling Interdimensional Beings

Norman and I welcome Fred Pitts as our next guest as The Yay enters our 7th year! Fred has been a part of many bay area companies like the African American Shakespeare Company, Palo Alto Players, the Pear Theatre, Custom Made Theatre and now has his one man show, Aren't You.. at the Marsh. Fred talks about his upbringing, his approach to theatre, his take on the state of bay area theatre today and where he sees himself in the future. Fred can be reached directly on Facebook and on Instagram: @frdpttsjr SHOWS: Aren't You… (The Marsh) April 7 – May 5 Fred Pitts' One Man Show ShawnJ West (Episode 146) directs the show https://themarsh.org/shows_and_events/marshstream/fred-pitts-arent-you/ Home (Z Space) April 5 – 29 Norman Gee & Brian Rivera (Episode 154) is in the show http://www.zspace.org/wfw-home Merrily We Roll Along (42nd Street Moon) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Lauren Jiang (Episode 245) is in the show https://42ndstmoon.org For The Love Of Music (Jarvis Conservatory) April 15 – one night only Rachel Deatherage (Episode 254) is the featured performer http://jarvisconservatory.com/calendar.html# A Midsummer Night's Dream (SF Shakes) March 1 – May 6 in various locations – see website for details Alan Coyne (Episode 29) is in the show Evan Held (Episode 226) is in the show https://www.sfshakes.org Sweat (Center Rep – at the Lesher Center) March 26 – April 16 Elizabeth Carter (Episode 159) is directing the show Michael J. Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show Maryssa Wanlass (Episode 93) is in the show https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14854/3149 Clue (San Francisco Playhouse) March 9 – April 22 Dorian Locket (Episode 230) and Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) are in the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2022-2023-season/clue/ Mondragola (Central Works) March 18-April 16 Gary Graves (Episode 24) wrote the piece Jan Zvaifler (Episode 170) is directing the show Steve Ortiz (Episode 231) is in the show https://centralworks.org/mondragola/ King Lear (Silicon Valley Shakes) – an ALL WOMAN CAST July 28 – Sept 1 Cynthia Lagodzinski (Episode 96) is directing the show https://www.svshakespeare.org/lear Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Andrea Gordon is our next guest on the Yay (and Norman is back!). Andrea is an artistic associate with 3Girls Theatre and also has ties with the Magic Theatre – she's an actress, a director and a writer. We'll talk about her upbringing, her time studying and working in New York in the ‘70s, her views on directing and the state of bay area theatre today. SHOWS: Tasha (3 Girls Theatre) Feb 24 – March 18th Reg Clay is stage managing the show; Jeunee Simon is the star of the show https://www.3girlstheatre.org/event-details/tasha-by-cat-brooks Richard II (The Pear Theatre and Perspective Theatre) March 9-26 Julian Lopez-Morillas (Episode 217) is in the show https://www.thepear.org Tea Party (playing at ACT's Strand Theatre) March 2-19 Erin Merritt (Episode 191) is directing the play Cassidy Jamahl Brown (Episode 59) is in the play https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tea-party-a-world-premiere-play-tickets-528984997367?aff=ebdssbdestsearch Songs for a New World (Gateway Theater) A Benefit for SwingLeft, an organization that builds a lasting culture of grassroots participation in winning elections for the Left by making it as easy as possible for anyone to have maximum impact on the elections that determine the balance of power in our country. March 12 & 13 Jessica Coker Moore is in the show https://www.eventbrite.com/o/songs-for-a-new-world-in-concert-59723386603 Little Shop of Horrors (Chanticleers Theatre) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Curtis Manning and Max Chang are in the show https://www.chanticleers.org A Raisin In The Sun (6th Street Playhouse) March 2 & 19 Terrance Smith is in the show https://6thstreetplayhouse.com/shows/2022-23/a-raisin-in-the-sun/ A Guide for the Homesick (Theatre Rhinoceros) Feb 23 – March 19 Alan Quismorio (Episode 201) is directing the show https://www.therhino.org/a-guide-for-the-homesick The Piano Lesson (Sankofa Theatre Company) LAST SHOW TOMORROW Tanika Baptiste is directing the show https://tickets.galloarts.org/9075/9078 A Midsummer Night's Dream (SF Shakes) March 1 – May 6 in various locations – see website for details Alan Coyne (Episode 29) is in the show https://www.sfshakes.org Paradise Blue (Aurora Theatre) Closes March 6th Michael Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show Dawn Monique Williams (Episode 112) is directing the show https://auroratheatre.org/paradiseblue?fbclid=IwAR3Ve7t8A4JDvLghx-aLpVdu-0-piW67kzdqmN60P8sdvedNtkOv1Ch0ouc Clue (San Francisco Playhouse) March 9 – April 22 Dorian Locket (Episode 230) and Eiko Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) are in the show https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2022-2023-season/clue/ Mondragola (Central Works) March 18-April 16 Gary Graves (Episode 24) wrote the piece Jan Zvaifler (Episode 170) is directing the show Steve Ortiz (Episode 231) is in the show https://centralworks.org/mondragola/ Sticky Rice (Theatre Rhinoceros) March 14 (Free Staged Reading) Ely Sonny Orquiza (Episode 139) is directing the reading Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

Curiosity and playfulness. Two qualities that come straight from the heart. Children don't need to be taught how to do these things; yet, it sometimes seems so unnatural to us who have "arrived" in this life.Our guest today, Bruce Cryer, is a true "renaissance man". An accomplished performer on stage and screen, Bruce shares with us how to balance light and darkness in this world, how to show empathy toward others, being attuned with our inner being, and much more.In this discussion with Bruce, you'll discover:-Bruce's definition of consciousness, and how he incorporates it in his life...01:15-We're all conscious agents, even trees...04:30-What accounts for the darkness and evil juxtaposed to the beauty in our world?...08:00-How to move on from the paradigms of human thought that have dominated our psyche for millennia...13:45-We don't know each other's stories...19:30-Pay attention to the heart to connect with the world around you...24:30-Lessons learned from years of conscious living...27:20-And much more...Resources mentioned:Bruce's websiteLinkedInAbout the guest:Bruce Cryer has been called a renaissance man because of a four-decade career as a Singer, Actor, Dancer, Publisher, Author, Marketing Executive, CEO, Board member, Consultant, Mentor and Coach for Leaders in diverse fields.Bruce now brings his expertise and passion for renaissance living and working to a select group of clients each year. His diverse and fascinating background, leading successful companies and performing for large audiences, blends beautifully to create a powerful, culturally-rich, and results-driven approach with all those he chooses to work with. Music, dance, meditation and fun will definitely be involved!Bruce began as an actor/singer/dancer in New York, where his credits include performing more than 800 performances as The Boy in the world's longest running musical, The Fantasticks.A deep passion for social evolution, performance enhancement and personal growth led him to California in the late 70s.He became involved in the publishing of books based on leading edge research into the emerging fields of mind-body medicine, peak performance, and consciousness development.In 1980 he was tagged to join a start up to introduceto the world a new super food – Spirulina – and became VP of Marketing.In 1990 he was asked to join the founding team of HeartMath, whose scientifically robust research on heart-brain communication, stress reduction and resilience has earned a sterling international reputation.In 2000 he was named President and CEO of HeartMath and successfully guided relationships with Stanford Business School, Mayo Clinic, Shell, NASA, Kaiser Permanente, UCSF Medical Center, Intel, Duke University, and dozens of high performing organizations in the US, Europe, Asia and Africa.He has spent the past three decades researching, teaching and coaching innovative approaches to maximizing health and human performance, and continues to share the powerful HeartMath techniques and technology around the world.He was named a Top 50 Thought Leader in Personal Excellence by Leadership ExcellenceBruce is co-author of From Chaos to Coherence: The Power to Change Performance and lead author of the Harvard Business Review article entitled “Pull the Plug on Stress”. He is also co-author of “An Inner Quality Approach to Reducing Stress and Improving Physical and Emotional Wellbeing at Work”, published in the journal Stress Medicine.Bruce is currently writing a book entitled Renaissance Human.Bruce blogs for Huffington Post, Real Leaders,...

Our next guest is Eric Johnson, who I last worked with when we did The Marriage of Bette & Boo (he was Boo) back in 2001. Eric has been busy doing the Twilight Zone live stage shows, formerly done at the Exit. We talk with Eric about theatre in the Aughts, theatre now, and what's in store for him in the future. SHOWS: Raymond's Run & Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird (Z Space) January 23 (one day only) Norman Gee, Margo Hall (Episode 166) and Ae'Jay Antonis Marquis (Episode 165) are in the reading http://www.zspace.org Frankenstein Unbound (Pear Theatre) Feb 3 – 26 Bridgette Dutta-Portman (Episodes 75 and 236) is a co-writer of the show https://www.thepear.org/whats-playing Exodus To Eden (Oakland Theatre Project) Feb 3 – 26 Adrian Deane (Episode 82), Linda Amayo-Hassan (Episode 83) and Dorian Lockett (Episode 230) are in the show https://oaklandtheaterproject.org/eden Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry – You Too, August Wilson (Theatre Rhinoceros) Feb 7 Kimberly Ridgeway will be directing https://www.therhino.org/free-staged-readings Slow Food (Altarena Playhouse) Jan 20 – Feb 19 Kimberly Ridgeway will be in the show https://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/slow-food A Guide for the Homesick (Theatre Rhinoceros) Feb 23 – March 19 Alan Quismorio (Episode 201) is directing the show https://www.therhino.org/a-guide-for-the-homesick Brains Like Berkeley (Brava for Women in the Arts Theatre) Feb 18th Kehinde Koyejo (Episode 214) directed the show https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brain-like-berkeley-an-evening-of-satire-short-stories-free-trade-tea-tickets-510463198167?fbclid=IwAR1COPRV4f5jDR8_7nV4Qu5-7ddGolvLhHvdqVy_o3bUJR-SkJalQIoln7k A Midsummer Night's Dream (SF Shakes) March 1 – May 6 in various locations – see website for details Alan Coyne (Episode 29) is in the show https://www.sfshakes.org The Play That Goes Wrong (Palo Alto Players) Jan 20 – Feb 5 Damaris DM Divito (Episode 190) is in the show https://paplayers.org/event/the-play-that-goes-wrong/ Paradise Blue (Aurora Theatre) Starts Jan 27th Michael Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show Dawn Monique Williams (Episode 112) is directing the show https://auroratheatre.org/paradiseblue?fbclid=IwAR3Ve7t8A4JDvLghx-aLpVdu-0-piW67kzdqmN60P8sdvedNtkOv1Ch0ouc Nanay (Town Hall Theatre) Jan 20, 21, 27 & 28 Molly Olis Krost (Episode 195) wrote the play https://www.townhalltheatre.com And Then There Were None (Masquers Playhouse) Jan 27-Feb 19 Alicia Von Kugelgen (Episode 46 & 101) is in the show https://www.masquers.org/and-then-there-were-none/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

We bring back Kimberly Ridgeway (this time live) – she was last on Episode 155, back in June 2020. As always, Kim is busy – acting in the staged reading of Siren, at Shotgun Players (Jan 9 & 10) and then she will be acting in Slow Food at the Altarena (Jan 20-Feb 19). On her IMDB page, she's listed in films like Hopes Identity, The Confession and Robin's Hood. We talk about what's going on with her, the closing of the Dragon Theatre and what she has planned for the future. You can reach Kimberly directly via Facebook or Instagram (@khaoss15) SHOWS: Monday Night Playground (Playground SF) Theme: Resolution Jan 16, Feb 20, March 20 Bridgette Dutta-Portman (Episode 75 & 236) has written a play (Stargazers) for the show Norman Gee will be in a play https://playground-sf.org/monday/ Siren (Shotgun Players) Jan 9 & 10 (streams on Jan 10) Kimberly Ridgeway (Episode 155) is in the show http://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/30th-csrs Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry – You Too, August Wilson (Theatre Rhinoceros) Feb 7 Kimberly Ridgeway will be directing https://www.therhino.org/free-staged-readings Slow Food (Altarena Playhouse) Jan 20 – Feb 19 Kimberly Ridgeway will be in the show https://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/slow-food Brains Like Berkeley (Brava for Women in the Arts Theatre) Feb 18th Kehinde Koyejo (Episode 214) directed the show https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brain-like-berkeley-an-evening-of-satire-short-stories-free-trade-tea-tickets-510463198167?fbclid=IwAR1COPRV4f5jDR8_7nV4Qu5-7ddGolvLhHvdqVy_o3bUJR-SkJalQIoln7k The Play That Goes Wrong (Palo Alto Players) Jan 20 – Feb 5 Damaris DM Divito (Episode 190) is in the show https://paplayers.org/event/the-play-that-goes-wrong/ Paradise Blue (Aurora Theatre) Starts Jan 27th Michael Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show Dawn Monique Williams (Episode 112) is directing the show https://auroratheatre.org/paradiseblue?fbclid=IwAR3Ve7t8A4JDvLghx-aLpVdu-0-piW67kzdqmN60P8sdvedNtkOv1Ch0ouc Nanay (Town Hall Theatre) Jan 20, 21, 27 & 28 Molly Olis Krost (Episode 195) wrote the play https://www.townhalltheatre.com And Then There Were None (Masquers Playhouse) Jan 27-Feb 19 Alicia Von Kugelgen (Episode 46 & 101) is in the show https://www.masquers.org/and-then-there-were-none/ Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

For the first Yay episode of 2023, I'm excited to interview Lauren DePass – she last graced the stage at Sixth Street Playhouse in their production of The River Bride, along with Terrance Smith (Episode 102). Norman Gee is celebrating the new year in Tahoe with his beautiful wife Mara, so my guest host is Katherine Park (Episode 246), who will be participating in the L12 Loft Space Songwriting Festival on Saturday, February 11th – you can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2475594082616188. Lauren tells us about her upbringing, how she got into theater, how bay area theatre is treating her and where she sees herself in the future. Lauren can be contacted directly via Instagram: @laurendepass SHOWS: L12 Space Songwriting Festival February 11th from 2-8pm Katherine Park (Episode 248)will be there https://www.facebook.com/events/2475594082616188 Siren (Shotgun Players) Jan 9 & 10 (streams on Jan 10) Kimberly Ridgeway (Episode 155) is in the show http://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/30th-csrs Paradise Blue (Aurora Theatre) Starts Jan 27th Michael Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show Dawn Monique Williams (Episode 112) is directing the show https://auroratheatre.org/paradiseblue?fbclid=IwAR3Ve7t8A4JDvLghx-aLpVdu-0-piW67kzdqmN60P8sdvedNtkOv1Ch0ouc Nanay (Town Hall Theatre) Jan 20, 21, 27 & 28 Molly Olis Krost (Episode 195) wrote the play https://www.townhalltheatre.com Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out! The Black Man's Heart On Spotify and all your podcast apps Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It's Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It's Generational on all podcast apps. Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app. Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app. The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3) Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay) Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)

October 13, 2022: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/ (UCSF Medical Center) is at the forefront of digital transformation in healthcare. What tools should you have in place to make digital transformation possible? What are the foundational elements? https://www.linkedin.com/in/kay-burke-mba-bsn-rn-ne-bc-569289b/ (Kay Burke), Chief Nursing Informatics Officer reveals what a nursing background can bring into this role of innovation. How can we make our many fragmented workflows more integrated or automated? What are the specific challenges that UCSF is addressing? How is UCSF thinking about technology and data in support of care? Key Points: Nurse informaticists are nurses who advance technology through the adoption of standardized tools and methods, really creating value for the clinician's utilization of information systems What does a room personalization project entail? It's not just change management. There's also the incremental innovation that goes on in the day to day. https://www.ucsfhealth.org/ (UCSF Medical Center)

This live episode from the 7th Annual Heath IT + Revenue Cycle Conference features Carol Yarbrough, Telehealth Business Operations Manager at UCSF Medical Center. Here, she discusses issues that are top of mind to her, what excites her most about her career, and more.

Brannon Beliso serves individuals, businesses, and companies in living their best life. As a critical thinker and influencer, his passion is to inspire the discovery of purpose.  Brannon is a Tedx Talk speaker and has presented at Facebook, Stanford Health Care, Lululemon, Microsoft, Barclays Global, UCSF Medical Center, Century's Martial Arts Super Show, Kukkiwon's President's Summit, and the MyStudio Business Summit (held at Harvard) to name a few. Brannon is an 8th degree black belt and CEO of One Martial Arts in Millbrae and San Francisco. He is an author and the creator of Kids Love Life Skills, a character-building system partnered with over 300 schools. Brannon also serves small businesses and martial arts school owners throughout the world with his It's Time Consulting. Brannon practices Kenpo Karate and has also trained in Kung Fu, Jujitsu, Arnis, Boxing, and Kickboxing. He has competed in and won over 100 major competitions. Brannon has been featured on Evening Magazine, CBS Morning News, KRON 4 Health, Martial Arts Success Magazine, and Dojo Digest. Brannon is the author of “Live, Learn, Grow,” a contributor to the internationally best seller, “Black Belt Power,” and has written features for several major martial art magazines, and blogs. He also penned the children's book, “The Adventures of Bray & Tey.” Brannon has been a featured guest on podcasts ranging from mindset to culture building to defining your purpose. He hosts a local Facebook live show and podcast, “Success Never Sleeps” and “Mindful Meditations.” Brannon is committed to being a student for life and serving others. Brannon is husband and father, the two things he is most dedicated to and proud of. Brannon IG Brannon FB Success Never Sleeps Podcast 

The Food and Drug Administration's vaccines advisory committee decided Tuesday to recommend that covid vaccines be reformulated to better protect against the highly transmissible omicron variant. The vote comes as reported coronavirus cases top 10 million in California – a figure widely considered an undercount. We'll discuss what the vote means, as well as the latest on covid subvariants, boosters and long covid, with UCSF's Dr. Peter Chin-Hong. Guests: Dr. Peter Chin-Hong M.D., infectious disease specialist, UCSF Medical Center

Depending on the data you look at, between 10 and 40 percent of people who get Covid will still have symptoms months later. For some, those symptoms will be modest. A cough, some fatigue. For others, they'll be life-altering: Debilitating brain fog. Exhaustion. Cardiovascular problems. Blood clotting.This is what we call long Covid. It's one term for a vast range of experiences, symptoms, outcomes. It's one term that may be hiding a vast range of maladies and causes. So what do we actually know about long Covid? What don't we know? And why don't we know more than we do?Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh is an assistant professor at UCSF Medical Center, and the founder and medical director of UCSF's long Covid and post-ICU clinic. Her clinic opened in May 2020 and was one of the first to focus on treating long Covid patients specifically. We discuss the wildly broad range of symptoms that can qualify as long Covid; the confusing overlaps between Covid symptoms and other diseases; whether age, race, sex and pre-existing conditions affect a person's chances of contracting long Covid; why it's so difficult to answer a seemingly simple question like, “How many people have gotten long Covid?”; what to make of a recent study that seemingly undermines the biological existence of long Covid; how worried we should be about correlations between Covid and medical disasters like heart attacks, strokes and abnormal blood clotting; and more.Mentioned:“Post–COVID Conditions Among Adult COVID-19 Survivors Aged 18–64 and ≥65 Years — United States, March 2020–November 2021” by Lara Bull-Otterson, Sarah Baca1, Sharon Saydah, Tegan K. Boehmer, Stacey Adjei, Simone Gray and Aaron M. Harris“Long COVID after breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection” by Ziyad Al-Aly, Benjamin Bowe and Yan Xie“A Longitudinal Study of COVID-19 Sequelae and Immunity: Baseline Findings” by Michael C. Sneller, C. Jason Liang, Adriana R. Marques, et al.“Positive Epstein–Barr virus detection in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients” by Ting Chen, Jiayi Song, Hongli Liu, Hongmei Zheng and Changzheng Chen“Risk factors and disease profile of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK users of the COVID Symptom Study app” by Michela Antonelli, Rose S. Penfold, Jordi Merino, Carole H. Sudre, Erika Molteni, Sarah Berry, et al.“Understanding and Improving Recovery From COVID-19” by Aluko A. Hope“Markers of Immune Activation and Inflammation in Individuals With Postacute Sequelae of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection” by Michael J. Peluso, Scott Lu, Alex F. Tang, Matthew S. Durstenfeld, et al.Book Recommendations:In Shock by Dr. Rana AwdishEvery Deep-Drawn Breath by Wes ElyMountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderWe're hiring a researcher! You can apply here or by visiting nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NewsThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of “The Ezra Klein Show” at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.“The Ezra Klein Show” is produced by Annie Galvin, Jeff Geld and Rogé Karma; fact-checking by Haylee Millikan and Michelle Harris; original music by Isaac Jones; mixing by Jeff Geld; audience strategy by Shannon Busta. Our executive producer is Irene Noguchi. Special thanks to Kristin Lin, Kristina Samulewski, Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly and Lauren Nichols.

Alice Leung, Vice President of Platform and Product Strategy at Brick & Mortar Ventures, joins us for episode 266 of Art of Construction.  Brick & Mortar Ventures is on a mission to disrupt the way we design, construct, and maintain the built world. They identify, invest in, and grow emerging companies developing innovative software and hardware solutions for the industries of architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management. Alice started her career in the AEC industry with DPR Construction in the San Francisco Bay Area building UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. She led the Bay Area Skunkworks group and implemented various construction technologies on project sites. In April 2016, Alice relocated to Singapore to help start up the Southeast Asia HQ for DPR Construction as the resident BIM/VDC and construction technology expert and worked on data center projects. She joined the Digital Built Environment Institute(DBEI) organizing committee whilst in Asia and is now part of the DBEI North America Committee since her relocation back to San Francisco. After realizing the slow pace of digitization in the construction industry, Alice joined the Brick & Mortar Ventures team to work with startups that want to disrupt the way we design, construct and maintain the built world. Join Devon and Alice as they discuss some of the companies she's identified for Brick & Mortar Ventures (and also brought on our podcast), what her teams looks for on their quest to disrupt the built environment, their AEC startup accelerator Formwork Labs, and what entrepreneurs should know if they want VC assistance in bringing the building industry to the next level! https://brickmortar.vc/

Dr. Fergus Coakley is the chair of Diagnostic Radiology at Oregon Health and Sciences University. He joined OHSU in August 2012 from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he was a professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging in the UCSF School of Medicine, where he was also chief of the Abdominal Imaging Section and vice chair for Clinical Services. He holds an honorary appointment as a professor in residence in the Department of Urology. Dr. Coakley is from Cork, Ireland. He took his medical degree from the School of Medicine at University College Cork, Ireland. He completed internship at Mercy Hospital in Cork, medical residency at Mater and St. Vincent's Hospitals in Dublin, and radiology residency at Leicester teaching Hospitals in Leicester, England. He did a fellowship in body imaging at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center before joining UCSF. He also spent a year as assistant professor and director, body MRI, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Coakley is involved in teaching at all levels, from medical students to postgraduates. He was program director of two postgraduate training programs at UCSF – a joint abdominal imaging fellowship between UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco General Hospital and San Francisco VA Medical Center, and a T32 training grant from the NIH, which he secured in 2005 and which was renewed through 2015. Dr. Coakley's main research interest is the potential of MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound for cancer therapy and tumor ablation. His department chair at UCSF credits Dr. Coakley for bringing this technology and technique to UCSF Medical Center. He is widely published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is an expert in CT radiation dose, MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound and MRI of prostate cancer. Read the updated guidelines for the use of MRI in the Diagnosis, Staging and Management of Prostate Cancer as referenced by Dr. Coakley here: https://www.auanet.org/guidelines/guidelines/mri-of-the-prostate-sop His advice to students? Be good at what you do.

— Wicca is a Nature worship that assumes that duality is complementary—not adversarial. Like other opposites, evil and good coexist; they define each other. While there are such things as evil spirits, the more we focus on positive energies and build our alliances with the Spirit realm, the stronger and more protected we become. In wholism, evil is the Shadow Power of good. It is seen as wounded or misguided energy that expresses itself as negativity, cruelty, fear, greed, war, and ignorance, which harms the greater good, such as fouling the water or clear-cutting a forest. For the most part, energy is neutral by nature and guided by intention. In other words, the assumption in Wicca is that we empower what we focus on.  Valeria Teles interviews Suzy Peltier  — the author of “Ancient Wisdom for Modern Needs: Discovering Taoist Wicca.” Suzy Peltier, also known as Lady Red Hawk, has served the Lord and Lady as well as the principle of holism for over thirty years as a certified massage therapist, hypnotherapist, Reiki master teacher, shaman, Interfaith minister, auxiliary chaplain for UCSF Medical Center, third-degree Wiccan high priestess, and founder of the neo-Wiccan tradition of Taoist Wicca. With a background in medical anthropology and a degree in holistic health, Suzy was intrigued by the use of ritual as an ancient healing tool. She wondered, How does ritual work? What makes this ancient art form so adaptable that it was used for healing, worldwide, for thousands of years—by cultures with very different belief systems? There had to be something practical about it, so why is it virtually absent from modern culture? She wondered how ritual works and if it could be used to address the epidemic of stress and other modern ills. Could ritual help restore the balance, belonging, and empowerment missing in our current cultural values? Twenty-six years ago, she gathered a few friends together to run a unique spiritual and social experiment to explore these questions. This experiment evolved into the practice of Taoist Wicca, with practitioners and small covens across the U.S., and an email Circle list, offering an extended Wiccan and Reiki community to people across the globe. She has written and hosted two internet radio shows. Spiritually Speaking: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Needs can be found on voiceamerica.com/show/2033/spiritually-speaking and Hidden Connections: Exploring the Body/Mind/Spirit Complex produced by elevatedradiofm.com is archived on suzypeltier.com. Her videos discussing the sabbats and other exciting conversations can be found at www.youtube.com/user/mssuzypeltier. To learn more about Suzy Peltier and her work and to subscribe to the email list and receive original writings, updates of events, meet our talented coven members, download individual rituals, packing lists, and other support materials, please visit: taoistwicca.com and suzypeltier.com   — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.  

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center.  Topics today include:  L.A. County residents over 50 can start receiving second boosters Wednesday.  How to get the new booster if you're 50 or older.  C.D.C. report: Pfizer and Moderna boosters help protect Americans who received the J&J shot.  WHO: COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases are falling globally.  AP and NORC poll: Americans taking fewer precautions two years into the pandemic.  California lawmakers don't advance proposal to require all workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.    This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. 

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center.  Topics today include:  Only 30% of L.A. County kids are vaccinated, months after COVID shots became available.  Why it's so difficult to assess pandemic risks right now.  California sends millions of COVID-19 tests to schools for the return from spring break.   Studies link COVID-19 infection with increased risk of new diabetes diagnosis.  Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J face shareholder pressure to broaden vaccine access.  Shanghai to put 25 million in a staggered COVID lockdown.    This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.   

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center.  Topics today include:  Many schools in L.A. County drop COVID-era masking mandates on Monday.  California's great COVID pivot: Pandemic policies expire.  L.A. County's COVID hospitalizations hit lowest level since last July.  What is “Deltacron”?  How will L.A. County find warning signs of the next coronavirus surge?  Which coronavirus vaccine will work in the youngest children?  As COVID-19 fades, what does it mean to end the pandemic health emergency?  Pfizer's CEO says a 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be needed, but the company is working on a shot to handle all variants.  China orders 51 million people into lockdown as COVID surges.    This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. 

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center.  Topics today include:  L.A. County's COVID hospitalizations fall below 1,000 for the first time since December.  Gov. Newsom scales back California's COVID orders but not the state of emergency.  California to announce new school mask rules today.  New York City to end mandates for school masks and indoor proof of vaccination.  C.D.C. suggests more time between 1st and 2nd COVID vaccine doses for males ages 12 to 39 because of myocarditis.  Two Orange County teens died of COVID-19, underscoring Omicrons' toll on kids.  What we know about the BA.2 Omicron variant.  This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.   

In this episode, we're excited to learn from Vik Bakhru, Chief Health Officer at Circulo Health. Circulo is building the Medicaid insurance company of the future to provide tech-enabled, world-class care to the nation's most underserved populations. Vik is also currently a member of the clinical advisory board at Bright Health and a practicing Staff Physician at UCSF Medical Center. Prior to Circulo, Vik was the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at SameSky Health (formerly Consejosano) for almost 4.5 years and COO of First Opinion. In February 2021, Circulo launched out of stealth at $50M led by Drive Capital, General Catalyst, Oak HC/FT and SVB Capital.

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center.  Topics today include:  L.A. County lifts outdoor mask mandate.  Disneyland lifts mask requirement for vaccinated guests.  C.D.C. expected to update mask guidance as early as next week.  Coachella, Stagecoach festivals won't require COVID-19 vaccination, tests, or masks.  This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. 

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center.  Topics today include:  L.A. County hospitalizations continue to decline.  Why Americans are behind on getting boosted.  Does just being exposed to Omicron build your immunity?  C.D.C.shortens interval between 3rd and booster shot for the immunocompromised The world is likely more sick than it has been in 100 years.  “Broken heart” cases are surging amidst pandemic.  New Jersey to end state mask mandate for schools.  This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. 

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center, Dr. Peter Chin-Hong.  Topics today include:  COVID-19 still spreading widely in L.A. County, though signs of decline continue.  L.A. County reports third straight drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations.  Fauci suggests Omicron wave is peaking, but warns of “more pain” to come.  WHO chief warns against talk of “endgame” in pandemic.  Data from UCSF sheds light on how many COVID-related hospitalizations are “for” COVID or “with” COVID.  At California hospitals, many children are coming in with COVID, not for COVID.  New bill would require all California school children be vaccinated against COVID-19.  LAUSD to require students to wear non-cloth masks starting Monday.  This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. 

.Chloe Zelkha is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. She helped to found the COVID Grief Network which is putting groups of young adults together with therapists and chaplains to make meaning of their losses during the COVID pandemic. Zelkha has worked as a resident chaplain at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco and was a guest on an earlier episode of this podcast. .Some Cited Works "Saturday" from Hood by Emma Donoghue."'Tis a Fearful Thing" by Yehuda HaLevi."In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver."Adrift" by Mark Nepo."When You Meet Someone Deep In Grief" by Patricia McKernon Runkle  

Ajay Dharia, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care, UCSF Medical Center; Principal, MedTech Venture Partners Ajay Dharia received his medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA after obtaining his engineering degree from UC Berkeley. He completed his residency and fellowship in internal medicine and pulmonary/critical care at UCSF Medical Center. After completing his fellowship, Ajay transitioned into a medical device lab working on the development of artificial organ technology. He continues to practice clinically during extended hours in two ICUs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ajay is also Principal at Medtech Venture Partners, the UCSF Rosenman Institute's investment firm.