KUCI: Ask A Leader

Happy Trails to Heather AND Wheelin’ in OC

We take stock of the contributions of Heather McCoy, KUCI dj and public affairs hostess, who leaves the station and Orange County as she pursues an education at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Thank you Heather for the notes and the quotes! Nathan Wheadon, marketing director at Orange County Transportation Authority, aka OCTA, presents plans and events about cycling in advance of the upcoming Bikeways Collaborative event: OC Foothills Roundtable Discussion #2 Sept. 10 5:30-7:30 Orchard Hills School Multi Purpose Room 11555 Culver Dr.; Irvine, CA. OCTA continues with its monthly webinars sponsored by the Association of Pedestrian and Bike Professionals - next stop: "Share Streets Slow Starts," 9/16 in San Clemente, then "Tactical Urbanism" 10/21, TBA. Nuggets galore about bicycling are available at: http://www.octa.net/Bike/Overview/

Medicare at 50 AND ProAlliance for Children

Last month, Medicare and Medicaid celebrated their 50th anniversary. Returning to the show to look back on this achievement, as well as forward toward cost effective outcomes and new developments, is David Sayen, Medicare and Medicaid Regional Administrator for the Western US. The official website is: https://www.medicare.gov/. Co-founders of Professional Alliance for Children, Jim Dell and Jon Beyrer, talk about how their non-profit of San Diego attorneys and financial professionals providing free legal and financial advice to families caring for children with urgent needs. Details about upcoming training, as well as organizational templates to grow new institutions, are available at: http://proalliance.org/.

Messin’ with Texas’ Voter ID’s AND J Street on the Iran Nuclear Program Agreement

KIDSCHOLLY; A Turner Production

Irvine family members Devlin, Darius, and Elizabeth Turner, are co-founders of a new non-profit, KidScholly. Their organization is raising funds for scholarships for financially needy children to pursue artistic, academic, and athletic activities. More information about KidScholly is available at: info@kidscholly.com; 1-844-9SCHOLLY or 1-844-972-4655; 4521 Campus Drive #163 Irvine, CA 92612; facebook.com/kidscholly; Twitter @kidscholly; and Instagram: kidscholly.

Deconstructing the Greek Debt Crisis

Trans Pacific Partnership; It’s Not Your Parents’ Trade Agreement

UCI Law School Professor Gregory Shaffer, a welcome resource at a timely moment, brings a nuanced perspective to help us make sense of the Trans Pacific Partnership. Follow this director of The Center On Law, Globalization and Society at: http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/shaffer/,http://www.law.uci.edu/academics/centers/glas/, and http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=85914; or on articles he has written with his colleague and wife, Michelle Goodwin, posted on the Huffington Post. Electronic Frontier Foundation is one source that Shaffer recommends for monitoring the news coming from Maui where negotiations on the TPP continue at this writing.

TAPS Comes to OC AND CCL Climbs The Legislative Ladder

Ashley Fancher, Ben Harris, and Kat Stanley, all of whom are with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, speak in advance of a series of events for a retreat planned in OC from July 23-26th, for surviving siblings. Information about later events and services offered by TAPS is available at: http://www.taps.org/. The second part of the show we hear from Climate Change Lobby members Mark Tabbert and Chris Hilger about the in roads that they are making with legislators in high places on the state as well as the federal level.

New Swan’s 4th Shakespeare Summer Festival AND China’s Contemporary Art Seen at OCMA