KUCI: Ask A Leader

Meet 45th Cong. District candidate Katie Porter And International Conference on Learning and Memory

Katie Porter, UCI law professor, currently running as a Democrat in the CA 45th Congressional District, speaks about her candidacy. Additional candidates' interviews forthcoming on AAL! Reminder that everyone confirm their voter registration at: https://www.ocvote.com/. In the second segment (min 27:26), Michael Yassa, UCI proferssor and Director of the Center for Neurobiology of Learning and Memory International Conference on Learning and Memory to be held at this week, 4/18-4/22 at the Hilton in Huntington Beach. Accompanying him is Manna Yass, Director of Outreach and Education, making exceptional programs, talks, and events available to the public both at this conference and ongoing around Orange County and the US. Details for this free conference are available at: http://learnmem2018.org/.

Sanctuary City; Not In Some Backyards AND Mr. Khosla’s Neighborhood

Tiffany Ackley, Aliso Viejo attorney and municipal candidate on this year's election ballot talks about the wave of meetings in Orange County cities about opting to join the US Dept. of Justice's lawsuit against California's SB 54 regarding sanctuary cities. Although Irvine has not scheduled a forum at this writing, the following meetings being convened are: Newport Beach 4/10, 7 p.m.; Orange 4/10, 6 p.m.; Westminster 4/11, 7 p.m.; Los Alamitos 4/16, 6 p.m.; Laguna Niguel (tentative) 4/17, 7 p.m.; Lake Forest 4/17, 6:30 p.m.; and Dana Point 4/17, 6 p.m. In the second segment, UCI Law School professor Alex Camacho takes up the potential for the case of coastal property owner, Vinod Khosla, to challenge the California Coastal Act in a fundamental way. With the owners legal representation's sights set on the US Supreme Court, the case could have far reaching consequences for California's entire coast line.

Russia: Repress, Resist, Round-up and Repeat

Peggy Maradudin returns to the show with her inestimably hefty insight about Russia; a week after their elections, and generations into the gulag, now a forced memory camp. The whole hour is hers to ponder the nature of what Vladimir Putin inflicts upon his society and beyond.

Room in the Orange County Inn?

It’s Passover, Holy Week, and Nowruz continues to bring in the Persian New Year. This continues to be a backdrop for how we navigate the homeless crisis amidst the holiest of the holiest in Orange County and especially in our fair town of Irvine. Mohammed Aly, attorney and founder of the Orange County Poverty Alleviation Coalition, along with Morgan Denges and Jordan Hoiberg of the Orange Co Catholic Worker, bring us right up to the latest policy laps in the run to settle unsheltered, homeless residents of Orange County. This broadcast occurred at the same time that the OC Board of Supervisors convened to hear from parties around the County on this issue. Looking further for some room in the inn.

Phyto-plankton’s Global Skid Marks AND Welcome Orange County Wildlife Corridor

UCI Climate Scientist and oceanographer Keith Moore shares what his research team's leading-edge models are learning about trends with phytoplankton, the menu supporting fish populations. More details about their findings are recently published in "Science" :http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6380/1139/tab-pdf. In the second segment, Elizabeth Brown, President of the Laguna Greenbelt, will oversee the Wildlife Corridor Project coming to fruition while honoring the 50th anniversary of the Laguna Canyon conservation. Didn’t happen on it’s own; a lot of locals have been working tirelessly to keep that project alive. Follow their progress at: http://lagunagreenbelt.org/ and at all the usual social media hangouts.

Famous Women We’ve Never Heard Of AND Real High School Students of OC

The first segment guests are Martha Wheelock of Wild West Women films; and Zoe Nicholson, creator and performer; both a veritable brain trust of women’s movements and women’s worth over the ages. Ms. Nicholson’s upcoming production will be staged in Long Beach on 3/30: Tea With Alice and Me. Not that Alice, but the American revolutionary Alice Paul (1885-1972). Tickets are available through Eventbrite or at The Alice Paul Institute. In the segment Charles Blek, of the OC Chapter of the Brady Campaign for the Prevention of Gun Violence will have a whole lot to say since his 1/23/18 appearance, leading up to walk-outs scheduled for 3/14 in OC and around the nation on 3/24. Joining him are two San Juan Hills seniors and activists, Olivia Fu and Kate Finman, organizing locally on both of those days with the bridges they’ve built over their local political divide, #NeverAgain, https://marchforourlives.com/, @sjhstudentwalkout on Instagram and FB; or SOC4Change . Details for the Great American WriteIn taking place in the morning, are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/33rd-annual-great-american-write-in-registration-42648170827. T OC location for the March 24 March For Our Lives will be located at Centennial Park 3000 W. Edinger Ave. Santa Ana.

Understanding Cannabis

UCI professor of neurobiology and anatomy, and co-director of the UCI Center for the Study of Cannabis, Dr. Daniele Piomelli, moves past the prejudices and speak to the need for fully researching the use of cannabis, now that recreational use of cannabis is legal in CA. Critical areas to be attended to are: age specific impacts of cannabis on the brain, determining the extent to which cannabis influences one’s ability to drive, and how cannabis pain management might help in dealing with the opiate crisis.

”23/7; Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement”

The full hour will be devoted to Keramet Reiter, UCI professor of Criminology, Law, and Society to talk about her new book 23/7: Pelican Bay Prison and the Rise of Long-Term Solitary Confinement, published by Yale University Press. Michael Saavedra, who was detained in solitary confinement the last 10 years of his 19 year prison sentence from which he was released in 2/201, was originally scheduled to appear on this show. Once he's recovered from last night's motorcycle accident, he will appear on this show. Reiter’s research and Saavedra’s experiences yield stories that exceed the darkest of Charles Dickens' passages. http://www.kerametreiter.com/ Civilians can be involved through following: http://solitarywatch.com/ and specifically: http://solitarywatch.com/about-lifelines/.