KUCI: Ask A Leader

We hear from Katherine Daigle, one last candidate for the 3rd seat County Board of Supervisor 3/12/19 special election. Details available at: https://www.ocvote.com/. In the second segment (minute 29:20), award winning playwright James Fritz dials in from London about his play being staged on campus, "Parliament Square." UCI theater professor Jane Page is directing; the play will be performed at the CTSA xMPL, March 9th through March 17. Fritz will be appearing at talk backs on 3/13,14,15. Tickets are available at: http://www.arts.uci.edu/event/parliament-square , 949-824-2787, or at the School’s box office.

We hear from two more candidates in the lead up to the 3/12 special election to fill the seat for Orange County Board of Supervisors 3rd District: former Villa Park Council Member Deborah Pauly; and (at minute 29:20) former Anaheim City Council Member Kris Murray. Information about the special election is available at the Orange County Registrar of Voters,https://ocvote.com/.

Urbanist Scott Bollens returns to the show to break down the innumberable complexities unfolding around the Northern Ireland/Ireland border amidst the Brexit process.

UCI urbanist Scott Bollens returns to the show to break down the innumberable complexities unfolding around the Northern Ireland/Ireland border amidst the Brexit process. In the second segment (minute 35:30), Irvine Mayor Donald Wagner, talks about his candidacy in the special election, 3/12 to fill the seat recently vacated on our Orange County Board of Supervisor 3rd District.

Because elections matter, we begin our coverage of candidates who have filed to run in the 3/12/19 special election for the Orange County Board of Supervisors District 3. Former Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez will be the first candidate. Details about this special election are available at: https://ocvote.com/. In the second segment (minute 36:23), Kathy Orlinksy and Dana Leslie of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, present the 2019 Citizens’ Climate Lobby Southern California Regional Conference program Feb. 23-24 on the Cal State L.A. campus. This program is entitled, “2019: The Tipping Point.” They talk about their compelling themes and guests. Registration details are available at:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-citizens-climate-lobby-southern-california-conference-registration-53164341978.

UCI second year law student James Lamb brings for our consideration, real power amidst the problematic, persistent aspect of tribal politics; the fodder does not let up. His reading list includes: Paul Frymer's "Uneasy Alliances"; Steve Phillips' "Brown Is The New White"; and Carol Anderson's " One Person No Vote." In the second segment (minute 40:00) Ani Zonneveld, founder of Muslims for Progressive Values, returns to post us on this year’s “Celebration of Life” and how she see’s America “creeping toward theocracy.” Details for this event held at the Harmony Gold Theater in LA on 2/10 are at: http://www.mpvusa.org/.

Marrie Stone is your inestimable host this show, giving the full hour to UCI visual anthropologist, filmmaker, and author, Roxanne Varzi. Details about her publications and all her visual work are available at: http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=25983 http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~rvarzi.