KUCI: Ask A Leader

Got Transparency? In Costa Mesa?

Founders of Costa Mesans For Responsible Government, Sandra Genis and Eleanor Eagen inform about the proposed charter measure to overhaul municipal government in their town. With outsourcing already underway, and with most of the senior staff replaced, the disposition of the city's other assets and processes could also be endangered. More information is available at CM4RG.org The show closes with a brief tribute to the late and great Chemistry Professor Sherwood Rowland, who detected and advanced the understanding of the link between chloroflurocarbons and the depletion of the earth's ozone layer.

Understanding Child Sexual Abuse AND A New, Interactive, Job Website Launched

Troy Timmons, counselor and therapist specializing in child sexual abuse; informs about understanding, identifying, and preventing this crime. He debunks myths, and offers practical advise to help address why 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys are sexually abused, usually by someone they know. Available now for adult readers: Mommy Please Read This, Facts about Child Sex Abuse; available in 4/2012 for K-2nd grade readers: That's Not Your Job, along with other information at www.troytimmons.com. Other materials are available through Safer Society Press and www.darknesstolight.org. The second guest, Richard Linden, CEO and founder of Next Interactive, Inc.; talks about his firm's recent launching of a new interactive website matching employers with job seekers. Primarily focused on 30-60 second video resumes, the service is free to applicants, and underwritten by employers. More information is available at www.mynextgig.com.

Progressive Dems AND The Status of Fems 2012

Dr. Bill Honigman, ER physician and OC political activist talks about his single payer healthcare advocacy with Progressive Democrats of America. Joiners welcome at www.pdamerica.org/ More facts are available at www.pnhp.org/ with the Physicians for a National Health Program. Over the second half of the show, Lori Vandermeir, Communiications Director for the National Organization for Women, and local president of the OC chapter of NOW; talks about the California Commission on the Status of Women, and the prospect of the Governor cutting the funding for said agency. Tomorrow, February 22, starting at 5:30 pm, is a fundraiser to bring attention to the Commission, to be held at the Newport Beach Fairmont Hotel. Information and reservations are available by contacting Melahat Rafiei at (949)350-7733 or melahat@canowfoundation.org. Sign up online at ccswcanowfoundation.org

Valentine Special: EROS and MIDWIFERY

UCI Classics scholar, Zina Giannopoulou, interprets the meaning of Eros as discussed in Plato's drinkfest, "Symposium." Desire, Beauty, Love, and Procreation and their various abstractions are examined in classic and contemporary contexts. On the second half of the show, educator and practitioner of midwifery, Dr. BJ Snell talks about "the second oldest profession," More information about the benefits of midwifery in the US and midwives practicing in OC is available at: www.midwife.org and beachcitiesmidwifery.com

What We Should Know about Syria

Sociology Professor Ali Akbar Mahdi, currently on the faculty of the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita California, deftly analyzes the latest developments in Syria and the resultant complications for the MIddle East as well as the whole world.

UCI Public Life In Pictures AND Human Trafficking Awareness

Frank Cancien, Anthropology Emeritis Professor at UCI talks about his latest photography project now on display this Winter Quarter, at the UCI Student Center, entitled "Mainstreet." He captures the center of UCI's public life under the subcategories: Protests, Along The Street, Play and Performance, and God. Follow the project on www.mainstreetuci.com. More about Frank Cancien's extensive body of photo projects and academic career is available at frankcancien.net. The second half of the show presents guests Daphne Phung, Founder and Executive Director of Californians Against Slavery and Kristine Kil local campaign coordinator; talking about the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation (CASE) Act petition efforts to qualify for statewide initiative on the California general election ballot Nov. 2012. More information is available at info@CASEAct.org or calling (510)473-7283.

Elder Abuse AND Older Autism AND Campus Blood Donation

Dr. Laura Mosqueda, Director of the Geriatrics Program at U.C. Irvine Medical Center, and U.S. Dept. of Justice award recipient for her contribution toward the founding of the model Elder Abusic Forensic Center; and the Orange County Vulnerable Adult Specialist Team talks about elder abuse: the red flags, the culprits, the delicate way of reporting about and the role that clinicians have in mitigating this transgression. More information is available on www.centeron elderabuse.org. Recommended read: Susan Jacoby's "Never Say Die; The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age." The second guest is Bonnie Gillman, executive director of the Grandparent Autism Network (GAN), in advance of its 6th annual conference, " Aging with Autism," to be held on Jan. 21st 9am-noon. Attendees are welcome to walk-in if not yet registered. Dr. Minh-Ha Tran, Associate Medical Director of the Transformation Medicine Service at the U. C. Irvine Medical Center, talks about the U.C. Irvine main campus' newly established blood donation center.

Snacks Lives and Video Tape: How Are Parents and Families Doing

Los Angeles Psychotherapist Aimee Wheeler, PsyD., founder of Parenting Discovery Center, talks about how her practice helps parents understand and develop healthy child rearing choices. With video taping, she shows parents how they engage with their infants, looking at such features as over-attunement or under-attunement. More information available at www.parentingdiscoverycenter.com or see her article in the LA Times Health Section 10-31-11. TamiKremer-Sadlik, Director of Programs/Division of Social Sciences at UCLA has been examining closely parental involvement in various household activities. Her psycho-cultural anthropologic research includes cross-cultural comparisons with families in Italy, France, and Sweden. Her research is based on extensive video taping of families in their homes, with her latest book coming out in February 2012.