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4/30 - 9:45am pst - Author Colleen D. Scott joins Janeane to talk about her book, Everybody Needs A Bridge

High school is a difficult time for every teenager. When Erin enters a large public high school in 1980, she’s more than a little intimidated. Shocked by the realization that the legacy of her southern Alabama town isn’t a thing of the past, Erin struggles to find her way and in the process forms several important relationships. Brittany, whose genuine friendship and unconditional support help Erin navigate her unfamiliar surroundings. Shelby, whose strength and confidence challenge Erin to m...

4/30 at 9:00am pst - Veteran pediatrician Michelle Perro, MD and medical anthropologist Vincanne Adams, PhD, join Janeane to talk about their book, What’s Making Our Children Sick? How Industrial Food Is Causing an Epidemic of Chronic Illness, and What

What's Making Our Children Sick?: How Industrial Food Is Causing an Epidemic of Chronic Illness, and What Parents (and Doctors) Can Do About It by Dr. Michelle Perro and Vincanne Adams Exploring the links between GM foods, glyphosate, and gut health With chronic disorders among American children reaching epidemic levels, hundreds of thousands of parents are desperately seeking solutions to their children’s declining health, often with little medical guidance from the experts. What’s Makin...

UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts presents Coup de Comedy 2018 Festival! Joel Veenstra, Associate Head of Stage Management - Department of Drama Claire Trevor School of the Arts and Kelsey Gitlin, the UCI student captain of Improv Revolution

Here is the full CdC 2018 Schedule: https://coup2018.sched.com/ The registration website: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/improv-revolution-6170310933 (Free registrations launch TODAY, Monday, April 16 at 2 pm)

Retirement has changed, and America’s most trusted career counselor is here to help! Coming up April 18th, Janeane speaks with Robin Ryan about her latest book, Retirement Reinvention

The old model of retirement (that of endless golfing and not much else) has changed. The majority of today’s retirees intend to keep working in the next phase of their lives, but often aren’t sure what that phase will look like, or how to get started. Robin Ryan has been helping clients land their dream job for over 20 years. Now, she shares how to take the skills that they have been honing for their entire career and put them to use to lead a more meaningful and fulfilling retirement. In he...

Veteran correspondent and bestselling author T. R. Reid joined host Janeane Bernstein on KUCI 88.9fm!

About the Author T. R. Reid is a longtime correspondent for The Washington Post and former chief of its Tokyo and London bureaus. He is also a commentator for National Public Radio and a correspondent for several PBS documentaries. His bestselling books include The Healing of America, The United States of Europe, The Chip, and Confucius Lives Next Door.

4/16 at 9:30am pst, Janeane speaks with Christine Dimmick, a sought-after wellness expert, speaking regularly at places such as Canyon Ranch and The JCC Manhattan. She is the founder and CEO of The Good Home Company Inc.

4/16 9:45am pst, DR. W. CHRIS WINTER, Sleep Expert and Author of THE SLEEP SOLUTION, joined host Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

THE SLEEP SOLUTION: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It, now available in paperback. Dr. Winter has treated over 10,000 patients’ sleep problems in his twenty-plus years of experience. Please let me know if you would like an interview with Dr. Winter. Everyone can learn to sleep well, and odds are, you sleep far better than you think you do. Dr. Winter explains that our sleep perception versus our sleep reality is part of the problem, and in THE SLEEP SOLUTION: Why Your Sleep is Brok...

Gina Belafonte, the youngest child of Julie and Harry Belafonte, is an Actress, Producer, and Co-Director of Sankofa, a social justice organization founder by Harry Belafonte. She joined Janeane 4/16/18 at 9:00am pst on KUCI 88.9fm!

Gina Belafonte Native New Yorker, Gina Belafonte has spent her life in the arenas of entertainment and activism where her professional work thrives today. As the youngest child of Julie and Harry Belafonte, whose impact in these fields is among the most influential and progressive in the world, Gina’s passions come as no surprise. Gina lives in LA and New York, working with diverse artists, activists and organizations worldwide to promote cultural and civic engagement in the 21st century. An...

JAMIE BARTLETT, Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, shares a rational, impeccably researched explanation of how the internet is killing democracy and what we can do about it

Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal is just the latest example of how digital technology is profoundly impacting all of our lives. Bestselling author Jamie Bartlett is a firsthand expert: he reported to the BBC back in August 2017 that Cambridge Analytica, the Republican party and Facebook all worked together on the Trump digital campaign in the same office in San Antonio, Texas. Now, he shares his book, THE PEOPLE VS TECH, an urgent examination of where democracy is heading in the digital...

National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and Appalachian Trail record setter Jennifer Pharr Davis joins host Janeane Bernstein on KUCI 88.9fm. THE PURSUIT OF ENDURANCE Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience

The Pursuit of Endurance empowers readers to unlock phenomenal endurance and leverage newfound grit to achieve personal bests in everything from sports and family to the boardroom. National Geographic Adventurer of the Year and Appalachian Trail record setter Jennifer Pharr Davis sets out on a new quest to find out what defines endurance, where it comes from, and how we can harness it to achieve our dreams. On July 31, 2011, Jennifer Pharr Davis set the FKT (fastest known time) record on th...

Thomas Lickona, Ph.D. joins Janeane to talk about his latest book. How to Raise Kind Kids

Thomas Lickona, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist, professor of education emeritus, and founding director of the Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility) at the State University of New York at Cortland, where he has done national award-winning work in teacher and parent education. Moral Education: A Handbook calls him “the father of modern character education.” A past president of the Association for Moral Education, he speaks around the world on fostering moral values...

Pamela Giusto-Sorrells, a third generation natural food industry pioneer, joins Janeane to talk about her 30th Anniversary as founder of Pamela's Products!

ABOUT PAMELA GIUSTO-SORRELLS Pamela Giusto-Sorrells is passionate about food and passionate about people. So much so that in 1988, filled with compassion for eaters limited to tasteless food due to health considerations, she founded a company dedicated to baking gluten-free foods so delicious that no one would know the difference. To this day, she personally develops each of the products that bear her name, with new recipes continually under development, often based on customers’ inquires an...

Cancer Crossings A Brother, His Doctors, and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia. Tim Wendel is a Washington DC-based author and he joins Janeane 4/9 at 9:00am to talk about his latest

Cancer Crossings A Brother, His Doctors, and the Quest for a Cure to Childhood Leukemia When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a "Cancer Moonshot," this accomplishment remains a pinnacle in cancer research. The author’s daughter, then a medical student at Georgetown Medical School, told her father about this amazing success story. Tim Wendel soon discovered that many of...

4/9/18 9:15am pst - THE ROUGH PATCH: Marriage and the Art of Living Together by couples therapist and psychologist Daphne de Marneffe, Ph.D.

THE ROUGH PATCH: Marriage and the Art of Living Together by couples therapist and psychologist Daphne de Marneffe, Ph.D. The book explores why marriages today are harder than ever before, but how and why couples can and do prevail through the rough patches. Today couples are trying to make their marriages work better and longer than ever before--for many divorce is only a last resort. And yet, the stresses conspiring against today’s marriages can be overwhelming-- we are living longer, our pa...

4/9 9:30am pst -- Lauren Schneider of OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center, one of the nation’s most respected organizations for grief support and education, joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

Providing resources, support, and care at the moment when we most need it, OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center marks its 25th anniversary this year. OUR HOUSE reaches individuals, families, organizations, and communities in need when someone dies, guiding people through the delicate process of grief. Serving thousands of children, teens, and adults every year, OUR HOUSE relies on trained volunteers and expert guidance as one of the most unique support centers in the country, subject of an Emmy-win...

4/9 9:45am pst - Tara Cousineau, author of The Kindness Cure: How the Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World, joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

It’s time for a kindness revolution. In The Kindness Cure, psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to show how simple practices of kindness—for ourselves, for others, and for our world—can dissolve our feelings of fear and indifference, and open us up to a life of profound happiness. Compassion for ourselves and others is our birthright as humans—hardwired into our DNA and essential to our happiness. But in our fast-paced, technical savvy and...

4/3/18 - A comprehensive, natural approach to treating acute and chronic Lyme disease, from a leading naturopathic physician who has managed his symptoms for more than fifteen years.Dr. Darin Ingels offers a thorough, holistic approach to treating this ra

DR. DARIN INGELS Author of THE LYME SOLUTION: A 5-Part Plan to Fight the Inflammatory Auto-Immune Response and Beat Lyme DiseaseAccording to the CDC, over 300,000 cases of Lyme are reported every year in the United States, and it is one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the U.S. and Western Europe. Millions suffer from Lyme worldwide, and countless more have Lyme but don’t know it. THE LYME SOLUTION by Dr. Darin Ingels offers a thorough, holistic approach to treating this ram...

4/2 9:15 am pst - Dev Aujla, the CEO of recruiting firm Catalog shared 50 WAYS TO GET A JOB

The age-old advice for finding a job is pretty standard: Follow your passion. Network. Work on your resume. Apply to job boards. Wait. This classic advice hasn’t changed since the 1970s. And it promotes a process that is tedious, demoralizing, and even frightening. But there is a better way! Dev Aujla, the CEO of Catalog, a recruiting and insight firm, takes a vastly different approach, grounded in three years of research, over 3000 interviews, and $500,000 in funded research. He gives people...

Coming up April 2, 2018 at 9:30am pst - author, teacher, composer, Arnie Benn, joins host Janeane to talk about his latest book, Evolutionology - The Power of Knowing How People Work

ABOUT ARNIE BENN Although the specific details of my life may appear different from your own at the superficial level, beneath the surface I am just like you. I hope for meaning, health, and long life in safety and with enough resources for me and mine to endure in relative comfort. I was raised in South Africa. Our family moved to the United States in 1990 to pursue the promise of America and the opportunity she embodies. I have degrees in chemistry and music, and a deep interest in and lov...

Bryan Robinson, author of Daily Writing Resilience, joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm! DAILY​ ​WRITING​ ​RESILIENCE​ ​CURES​ ​WRITER'S​ ​BLOCK Bryan Robinson Applies Decades of Psychotherapy Experience to Helping Writers Overcome Setbacks

3/26/18 at 9:15am pst - LIVE on "Get the Funk Out!" - Brian H. Peterson, and his new book, "I Give My Eyes." Critically acclaimed author, curator, and visual artist reflects on life’s terror and beauty, finding hope amidst the harsh realities of chronic

3/19/18 - 9:30am PST, author John Nuckel, joins Janeane to talk about his new book, Drive - a cross between a thriller, historical fiction, and white collar crime.

John will talk about his days in Wall Street (he always says he heard enough stories there to fill dozens of books), or his experience working his way up from welfare, or the research he did for Drive (it was a lot!). Plus he used to host his own radio program, so he’s a natural on air. In this crime thriller, history and current events unite through a New York secret society, established in the late 1800s by the country’s elite. The purpose of The Volunteers is to intercede when typical rul...

3/19/18 @ 9:00am PST, Veera Hiranandani joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm to talk about her deeply personal and emotionally resonant new novel, THE NIGHT DIARY.

Inspired by Hiranandani’s own father and his family’s journey, THE NIGHT DIARY tells the story of India’s partition, a division that spawned vicious xenophobia and caused the upheaval of more than 14 million lives overnight in what is known to be the single largest human migration in history. THE NIGHT DIARY is told through letters written by 12-year-old Nisha, half-Muslim, half-Hindu. It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan a...

Melissa Reiner, one of the top behavioral and Autism consultants in California, joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

Melissa Reiner is considered by leading Pediatric Neurologists and Developmental Pediatricians as one of the top behavioral and Autism consultants in California where she is the proud mother of three young boys. With her certification as a Relationship Development Intervention (RDI®) Consultant and her Master’s Degree in Special Education, Melissa is an expert at helping clients improve relationships by “Shifting Communication Style.” In 2004, Melissa founded Bridging Pathways Autism and Beha...

Sir Ken Robinson New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Creative Schools shares an essential book for parents to help their children get the education they need to live fulfilling, productive lives

Amberly Crouse-Knox, Senior Director, Creative & Marketing BMG Production Music Dept, joined Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

Los Angeles Times reporter Amy Kaufman, who recently made headlines for breaking the sexual assault allegations against James Franco, Brett Ratner, and Russell Simmons, provides the first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes look at ABC’s The Bac

Author Claire Evans, Technology Reporter and Author of BROAD BAND: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet, calls in to KUCI 88.9fm to chat with Janeane about her latest book

If you loved Hidden Figures or Rise of the Rocket Girls, you'll love Claire Evans' breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet--written out of history, until now. The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and “brogrammers.” But female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation—they’ve just been erased from the story. Until now. In fact, women turn up at the very beginning of every im...

3/12/18 at 9:15 am pst - John Allcock, author of FORTY THINGS I WISH I’D TOLD MY KIDS: Mindful Messages About Success, Happiness, Leather, Pickles, and the Use and Misuse of Imagination joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

John Allcock, author of FORTY THINGS I WISH I’D TOLD MY KIDS: Mindful Messages About Success, Happiness, Leather, Pickles, and the Use and Misuse of Imagination (a Morgan James paperback, on sale March 2018). Allcock has seen first-hand how mindfulness can transform our lives. As the co-founder of Sea Change Preparatory - a school that incorporates mindfulness into it’s curriculum - he has witnessed how this essential practice has helped students achieve the unthinkable. Continuing to break ...

Ari Raz, co-founder of Once Upon a Farm, calls in to our KUCI studios today 3/7!

Once Upon a Farm was founded with the dream of providing yummy and nutritious “farm-to-family” foods to kids of all ages. This was the goal from the very start in 2015, as we began making cold-pressed, organic baby food and applesauces that parents would prefer over the highly-processed, shelf-stable alternatives. Our mission is to be a leading organic family food company that will fight for and support efforts to drive positive social change and food justice for the benefit of parents, kids...

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD, INHC is the Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC)/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She joins Janeane to talk about her latest book, BRAIN FOOD: The Surprising Science of Eati

Dawn Kelly called in to our KUCI studios to talk to Janeane about the origins of Barney Butter and more!

Anna Lappé, a national bestselling author, internationally recognized expert on food systems, and director of Real Food Media joined Janeane 3/5/18 at 9:00am pst!

Anna Lappé is the director of Real Food Media and the author/co-author of three books, including Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It (Bloomsbury USA, 2010) and a contributing author to eleven more. She also serves as a consultant to foundations and philanthropists funding food system change and is the advisor to The Panta Rhea Foundation Food Program. With her mother Frances Moore Lappé, she also founded the Small Planet Institute a...

Lizzi Ackerman, Co-Founder of Birch Benders, speaks with Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

Natalie Morse, Marketing Director of Chosen Foods, joined Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm to talk about the importance of a plant based diet, and the importance of Chosen Foods in the health and wellness industry!

Plants = The Secret to Longevity. In Research on Blue Zones (communities where people live the longest in world) studies show that plant-based options are the primary protein source. You would think this news is reason enough to eat less meat, but only one in ten Americans are eating enough vegetables! Chosen Foods is on a mission to amp up your plant intake! ABOUT Chosen Foods was founded by a well traveled Naturopathic Doctor who discovered the powerful effect traditional foods were havin...

Bella Tunini, Brand Manager of Suja Juice, joined Janeane to talk about current trends in the industry and the origins of this highly successful cold-pressed beverage company

Suja, meaning long, beautiful life, embodies the promise that flows from the cold-pressed beverages it delivers in each and every bottle. Suja was founded by four diverse San Diegans from different walks of life that came together in the most unexpected of circumstances to form what is now the fastest growing organic, cold-pressed and Non-GMO beverage company in the U.S. Suja’s story all began from a shared dream to help people everywhere transform their lives through conscious nutrition. Co...

Singer/songwriter Sarah Jaffe called in to our KUCI studios to chat with Janeane about her latest CD Bad Baby and more!

Stay in touch with Sarah Jaffe www.sarahjaffe.com https://www.facebook.com/SarahJaffeMusic/ https://twitter.com/sayjaffe https://www.instagram.com/sarahjaffemusic

Author Susan Meissner joined Janeane to talk about her new historical fiction novel AS BRIGHT AS HEAVEN

About As Bright as Heaven From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love. In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone streets. Into this bustling town, came Pauline Bright and her husb...

Daphne Maxwell Reid, an iconic TV mom of the 1990s, from her three seasons as Aunt Vivian on “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" joins Janeane Monday 2/6/18 at 9:30am pst

Everyone remembers Daphne Maxwell Reid as an iconic TV mom of the 1990s, from her three seasons as Aunt Vivian on “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” These days Reid is a Renaissance woman, respected artist and designer, and education activist. Working from her home in Virginia, and still happily married to pioneering television actor/producer/writer/director Tim Reid (“WKRP in Cincinnati,” “Frank’s Place”), Daphne Maxwell Reid is living proof that a passion for creativity and a dedication to ha...

Today 2/26 at 9:15am, UCI student/ASUCI Mental Health Commisioner, Fresh START Team Leader Nayana Bhaskar joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

About Nayana Bhaskar Nayana is dedicated to advocating for the rights of survivors and is a proponent of holistic healing and wellbeing. Nayana received a B.A. in Public Health Policy and B.S. in Public Health Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. During her undergraduate career, she engaged in numerous efforts to help decrease the stigma of mental health through her involvement in various on-campus organizations, including No Strings Attached and ASUCI’s Mental Health Commissi...

Mystery author Laura Oles joins Janeane 2/26 at 9:00am pst to talk about her Claymore Award Finalist novel, "Daughters of Bad Men" The book follows the story of skip tracer Jamie and her bulldog, Deuce, as Jaime tries to uncover the mystery behind her ni

Chris Hunter, co-founder of KOIA, joined Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

DANIEL STONE, National Geographic writer shares the true adventures of David Fairchild in his new book, The Food Explorer - The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist who Transformed What America Eats

DANIEL STONE National Geographic writer shares the true adventures of David Fairchild, a late-nineteenth-century food explorer who traveled the globe and introduced diverse crops like avocados, mangoes, seedless grapes--and thousands more--to the American plate ABOUT THE BOOK In the nineteenth century, American meals were about subsistence, not enjoyment. But as a new century approached, appetites broadened, and David Fairchild, a young botanist with an insatiable lust to explore and experie...

Brooke Fenn shares with host Janeane how she will #BlazeItForward!

Brooke Fenn is a 36 year old Single Mom of 2, and lover of Jesus. She was an Interior Designer for 15 years, and spent the last 7 doing it at a corporate level. This past October, when her Father and Business Partner discovered AR Workshop in Arizona, he immediately knew this was what she should be doing. God moved Mountains and even though she just discovered the Company in October with the help of her amazing Family and Friends she opened AR Workshop San Juan Capistrano on December 7th. htt...

Greg Wells, producer of The Greatest Showman original soundtrack, joined Janeane 2/19/18 live on KUCI 88.9fm!

Greg Wells, producer of The Greatest Showman original soundtrack joins Janeane 2/19/18. Wells is a multiple Grammy-nominated record producer, songwriter, musician, and mixer based in Los Angeles. Shout out to Universal Audio for introducing me to Greg and their recording gear and plugins were Greg's go-to tools when he was working on the soundtrack. Thank you so much! Universal Audio works with A-list producers and engineers who use and consider UAD plugins and UA gear vital for their prod...

Brie Howard Darling of the band Fanny Walks the Earth joined Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm!

2/19/18 - Bestselling author and History Channel host, Brad Meltzer, joins Janeane to talk about his latest book, I Am Harriet Tubman

ABOUT THE BOOK I am Harriet Tubman by Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos Harriet Tubman's heroic and pivotal role in the fight against slavery is the subject of the fourteenth picture book in this New York Times bestselling biography series This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great—the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that work...

2/19/18 - Down the Up Staircase Three Generations of a Harlem Family by Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitch Columbia University Press. Bruce Haynes joined host Janeane Bernstein on KUCI 88.9fm!

Down the Up Staircase tells the story of one Harlem family across three generations, connecting its journey to the historical and social forces that transformed Harlem over the past century. Bruce D. Haynes and Syma Solovitch capture the tides of change that pushed blacks forward through the twentieth century—the Great Migration, the Harlem Renaissance, the early civil rights victories, the Black Power and Black Arts movements—as well as the many forces that ravaged black communities, includi...

Caroline Taylor joined KUCI's Janeane Bernstein to talk about her latest book, Loose Ends.

Author Caroline Taylor joins host Janeane to discuss her latest book, Loose Ends Caroline Taylor's book, “Loose Ends,” just came out Dec. 7, and features two gutsy sisters fighting for their lives and freedom. She can discuss many fascinating topics -- among them: being a female thriller author in a mostly male-centric genre her writing process (she doesn't use an outline, and her book is fairly complicated, so I found this really interesting!) how her experiences abroad shaped the storyline...

Author Tom Malmquist joins host Janeane to talk about his latest book, We Are Still Alive

His bestselling, award-winning book In Every Moment We Are Still Alive is just beautiful, already an Indie Next Pick for February. Based, on tragic events and loss in the writer's life, In Every Moment We Are Still Alive, is a powerful and engrossing novel. https://www.theguardian.com/bo oks/2017/jun/08/in-every-momen t-we-are-still-alive-by-tom- malmquist-review WE ARE STILL ALIVE By Tom Malmquist Translated by Henning Koch (A Man Called Ove) Indie Next List for February 2018 An “Indi...