KUCI: Ask A Leader

Reaching out: Orange Co. Barrios and LGBT in Uganda

Sister Eileen McNerney and Shawna Smith, founder and CEO respectively of Taller San Jose, talk about the success of this Santa Ana organization in advancing the lives of young men and women marginalized by the conditions of the barrios into which they were born. Volunteers wanting to share their knowledge and career insight, or employers interested in hiring a Taller San Jose graduate, can contact staff at www.tallersanjose.org or (714)543-5105. Deadline for the Fall 2011 Chevy Volt raffle is Sept 9th. Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, Mary Senyonjo, and Rev. Canon Albert Ogle talk about the scurge of homophobia and the attendant increase in the HIV/Aids epidemic in Uganda and throughout Africa. Bishop Christopher, founder of St. Paul's Reconciliation and Equality Centre for LGBT/Straight Allliance , brings his cause on his US tour and connects the homophobic movement to Evangelical roots in Orange County.

Writing, Riding, and Righting

Gordon McAlpine, Board President of the Newport Beach Library Foundation guides prospective contestants through the guidelines for the Library Lit 2011 Creative Writing Contest for high school students. www.npblfoundation.org Metrolink CEO John Fenton espouses enlightened management practices in his one year success in improving morale; increasing rideship and rides; improving efficiency; and enhancing the safety culture at the Southern California Regional Rail Authority. www.metrolinktrains.com Science writer, host, and producer Brian Dunning addresses skeptism in its authentic sense. With 272 podcasts and counting, Dunning debunks notions from urban legends, paranormal claims, alternative therapy, and somethings "just plain stupid." www.skeptoid.com

Conversation with Law School Dean Chemerinsky

U C Irvine Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky talks about the completion of the first year of UCI's Law School and projects into the second year, offers a legal and political appraisal of the 2009-2010 Supreme Court session, and examines what Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will contribute to the bench.

Great Park Neighborhood Development AND Great Deficit Ceiling

Five Point Communities principal and founder, Emile Haddad, talks about the latest proposed development order before the Irvine Planning Commission dealing with the Great Park Neighborhoods. Planning meeting agendas and approved minutes are kept current on the City website www.ci.irvine.ca.us Second half of the show, U.C. Irvine political science professor and scholar of presidential politics, Matthew Beckmann talks about the options available to President Obama amidst the Great Deficit Ceiling debate/debacle and the deferred financial decisions. His next book available later for publication, "The Oval's Inner Circle," investigates how intensifying external pressures distort presidents' agenda, advisors, and accuracy - looking at activities for all presidents from Kennedy to Bush 41.

Emerging Sustainability Leaders AND Santa Ana Friday Nites

Five emerging leaders at the UCI Newkirk Center hosted Empowering Sustainability on Earth seminar series, speak about their activism and research in their respective counntries. Saule Alymbekova at the Institute for Social Development (Biskek, Kyrgyzstan; alymbekova@gmail.com), Vladimir Bartenev Director of the Center for Security and Development Studies at Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia; vladimirbartenev@yaho.com), Rosio Carranza (San Jose, Costa Rica; rocicarranza@gmail.com), Solange Teles da Silva law professor at MacKenzie University and the University of the Amazons, (Sao Palo, Brazil; solange.teles@pq.cnpq.br), and Sara Wolcott consultant and researcher on Climate Change and Global Transitions to Sustainability (Berkeley, CA working in the UK, sara.j.wolcott@gmail.com) speak of how they institutionalize policy making and activism with the help of their expanding networks. They offer their emails here as a means for maximizing their exposure at this radio appearance. Archer Alstaetter, newly appointed as impresario of Santa Ana Nights lays out the program for the 10 free Friday night concerts in beautiful downtown Santa Ana. Archer offers a look at the Anglo Latino divide, opening up in this city. A topic that will be taken up another show later this year.

Reconsidering Autism; and A Tribute to Dr. Marc Lerner

Deborah Lipsky; author, speaker, and counselor give her perspective on and insights about being an autistic person. Her latest book is, "From Anxiety to Meltdown, How Individuals on the Autistic Spectrum Deal with Anxiiety, Experience Meltdowns, Manifest Tantrums and How You Can Effectively Intervene." In a tribute to his 28 years of service at UCI Medical pediatrician Dr. Marc Lerner talks about his practice as a developmental specialist, before he asssumes the new position of first Medical Director of the Orange County Dept. of Education.

El Centro Cultural de Mexico in Santa Ana

Founding daughter and current Board Member, Carolina Sarmiento talks about the cultural institution In Santa Ana, California. Maestro Omar de la Riva and students: Angela Vargas, Maxine Vargas, Yoselyn Velaso, Jacky Acosta, and Jenny Lopez show the vigor that this cultural institution sustains. The mission is in jeopardy of being dislocated with the gentrification trends underway in downtown Santa Ana.

Center for Disaster Medical Sciences

Dr. Kristi Koenig and Dr. Carl Schultz talk about their respective capacities as director and research director of U.C. Irvine's Center for Disaster Medical Sciences. They cover the charter of the Center, established in 2010; the reasons why the approach to disaster medicine lags behind other fields of medicine; examples of research and protocols to advance this field; an update on the E. coli outbreak in Germany; the differences and similarities of various disasters and their challenges; and how civilians can prepare for the next disaster. More information is available at the website: www.cdms.uci.edu