KUCI: Ask A Leader

The Carbon Tax AND California’s Turn at Gun Legislation

Mark Tabbert, co-founder of the Newport Beach area chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby talks about his organization's laser like focus on national legislative adoption of the Carbon Tax. The carbon tax, a revenue neutral measure, is a policy that has been supported by economists across the political spectrum. Interested individuals can get started with CCL's weekly telephone conferences and or monthly meetings by contacting one's local chapter through citizensclimatelobby.org and they can read "The Case for a Carbon Tax," by Dr. Shi-Ling Hsu. Charlie Blek, President of the OC Chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, returns to the show to talk about the Colorado and New York States' recently enacted gun legislation; then offers full throated support for CA Senate Bills in the LIFE Act (Livesaving Intelligent Firearms Enforcement Act): SB 374, 396, 47, 567, 755, and 683. More information is available at: findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov, smartgunlaws.org/tracking or orangecountybradychapter.

A Not So Funny Thing Happened on The Race to Nowhere

University High School Assistant Principal Mike Georgino and students: Jack Earthman, Carli Jipsen, and Abbie George have a round table discussion about the insidious culture of over-achievement in American public schools. An administrator, graduate, a senior, and junior, respectively, engage in all aspects of student life at University High School.

From Subjugation to the Sublime: Isolated Immigration Detainees AND The Medici Gems at Bowers Museum

Attorney Christina Fialho, co-founder/executive director of Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement ( CIVIC), talks about the increasing criminalization and isolation of immigration detainees in the US. She also distinguishes between the Senate and the US House of Representative versions of immigration legislation pending as the window of opportunity for meaningful reform closes prior to the 2014 elections. More information is available at: isolation.org, and friendsofocdetainees@gmail.com Art History scholar, Liliana Leopardi, currently at Hobarg and William Smith Colleges brings us behind the scenes during the last weeks of the Bowers Museum exhibition: Gems of the Medici. The exhibit, a rare opportunity to see this extensive collection in one place outside of Italy, closes on Sept 15th. The last free Sunday at the Bowers for this exhibit is 9/1/13. More information is available at: 714-567-3600 or bowers.org Thank you for listening!

GOOD IS, Was, and Will Be AND World Spine Care

Good Deeds Go Punished AND Good Deeds in a Zipcode Adrift

Teresa Zerilli-Edelglass, in her literary debut, "Thrown Under the Bus, the Rise and Fall of an American Worker," talks about how her work ethic collided with a good ol' boys network at the NYC Transit Authority, resulting in sexual discrimination and harassment, and her go it alone approach to seeking justice. St. Stephen Baptist Church Reverend Anthony Dockery, along with Reverend Jaron Singley, Ms. June Davis, and Reverend Jose Rebus; talk about the host of services offered amidst a zipcode or two adrift in the La Puente area, 20 miles east of Los Angeles. A fundraiser in Newport Beach, benefitting the congregation's Community Based Organization Servants Arms, will be a "Dinner Cruise Extravaganza" on Friday Sept. 6th at 2431 W. Pacific Coast Hwy. More information is available: Chandra Howden 626-377-5914 or 909-223-4718, www.servantsarms.org

Homophobia Claims Eric Lembembe and Many More

Reverend Canon Albert Ogle, President of the St. Paul Foundation for International Reconciliation; and Colin Steward, veteran journalist and blogger; address persistent homophobic policies and acts committed in Cameroon, Uganda, South Africa, and Russia, among other countries. Of particular concern is the recent torture and killing of Eric Lembembe, the executive director of the Cameroonian Foundation for Aids (Camfaids), and contributor to 76 Crimes blog. Ogle and Stewart also examine the extent to which Exodus International has retreated from its promotion of therapy for gays to convert to heterosexuality. These guests' activism can be followed on the blog 76crimes.com or the recently published, "From Wrongs to Gay Rights."

Honey, Who Shrunk My Voting Rights? AND Counting Down at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

UCI Law School Professor Rick Hasen and UCI Political Science Professor Louis DeSipio consider the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, and the many states' recent moves subsequent to the decision. More commentary from Rick Hasen is available at: http://electionlawblog.org/. Edward Randolph, Energy Division Director of the California Public Utilies Commission talks about the costs of decommissioning the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant for all stakeholders, including rate payers. He also takes up energy saving incentive schedules that vary between business and residential users. More information on upcoming hearings concerning the decommissioning and other processes can be followed at: www.cpuc.ca.gov/? .

New Swan Theater’s Sizzling Summer 2013 Season AND 350.org and the Sizzling Planet

UCI School of the Arts Drama Director, Eli Simon in talking about this summer's New Swan Theater season, offers a tribute to Dudley Knight. Emeritus Professor Knight, who was slated to perform in the title role of "King Lear", passed away last month, with Henson Keys filling in as capably as anyone, to perform that special role. Eli Simon explains how the compellingly spare New Swan theater creates special circumstances for adapting the settings for: "King Lear," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and the "Fantasticks." More information for tickets and other logistics is available at: www.arts.uci.edu/tickets or 949-824-2787. Appropriately taking on the heating up of summer as well as Mother Earth in general is Morissa Zuckerman, Fossil Free Fellow at 350.org. an advocacy group building a grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. www.350.org; offers many resources for following the movement including: Global Power Shift, Summer Heat, and the Divestment Campaign.