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Lauren McBrayer, Head of business affairs for an entertainment company in Los Angeles and accomplished author, talks about her new release - LIKE A HOUSE ON FIRE
May 02, 2022 03:15This electric and seductive debut novel is about a woman at a turning point in her life, and what happens when she discovers the spark that makes her feel whole again. After twelve years of marriage and two kids, Merit has begun to feel like a stranger in her own life. She loves her husband and sons, but she desperately needs something more than sippy cups and monthly sex. So, she returns to her career at Jager + Brandt, where a brilliant and beautiful Danish architect named Jane decides to o...
Emmy-nominated screenwriter Sascha Rothchild, who has written and produced lauded shows such as GLOW, The Bold Type, The Baby-Sitters Club, and The Carrie Diaries, talks about her fictional debut, BLOOD SUGAR
May 01, 2022 15:00Emmy-nominated screenwriter Sascha Rothchild has written and produced for lauded television series like GLOW, The Bold Type, The Baby-Sitters Club, and The Carrie Diaries. Now she brings this signature sparkling wit and irreverent charm to her fiction debut, BLOOD SUGAR, a dark and utterly delicious noir thriller about Ruby Simon, an absurdly charming murderess accused of killing her husband—which is, ironically, the only murder she did not commit. Readers will be enraptured by this smart stu...
Coming up Monday 4/25 at 9:00am - 94.3 WCYY host and front man of the Portland Maine band, Xander Nelson
April 25, 2022 18:30Fearlessly fusing the joyous intensity of pop-punk with the soulful swagger of blues, this Portland, Maine based quartet has been turning heads since their debut in the New England music circuit in 2017. Lead by frontman and namesake Xander Nelson, the group features Manny Urgiles on guitar, Chuck Martin on drums, and Conor McGrory on bass. Flashing the chops they honed at Berklee College of Music, they’ve shared the stage with Grammy nominees and local legends alike, and have become known f...
Sara Gottfried author of Full: A Memoir of Overcoming an Eating Disorder
April 18, 2022 18:30For almost a decade, Sara was held hostage to wanting the perfect physical image. It was not until late adolescence that her disorder came to fruition, physically that is. Full: A Memoir of Overcoming an Eating Disorder is her powerful and utterly raw story of her battle with anorexia. Filled with humor, wisdom, and inspiration, readers will feel empowered to overcome their own battle with disordered eating. Sara’s battle with anorexia began when she was sixteen years old. What started off a...
FOREVER BOY: Mother’s Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy by Kate Swenson
April 11, 2022 18:15Approximately 1 in 54 children in America is diagnosed with autism, making Autism Awareness Month each April ever more crucial to spreading awareness, knowledge, and most importantly, compassion, for those with autism in their lives. One of those people is Kate Swenson, whose world stopped when her then-toddler, Cooper, was diagnosed with severe, nonverbal autism. Cooper is now eleven, with three younger siblings, and Kate shares posts and videos of their day-to-day life in the community of 7...
Isaac Zablocki, Director and co-founder of ReelAbilities Film Festival in NYC coming up April 7th 2022
April 05, 2022 00:00ABOUT ISAAC ZABLOCKI Festival Founder & Director Isaac Zablocki is the Director of Film Programs at JCC Manhattan. He attended film school at Columbia University and went on to work at Miramax Films. Previously, he produced and directed feature films and developed film educational programs for the Board of Education. Since 2004, Isaac has been developing film programs at the JCC including the Israel Film Center. Beyond ReelAbilities, he programs multiple film festivals annually, including th...
UCI's Dean Tyrus Miller shares details about the School of Humanities gorgeous new outdoor museum - open now!
April 04, 2022 21:00Dean Tyrus Miller Dean of the School of Humanities and Professor of English and Art History Interests: 20th- and 21st-Century British, Critical Theory Blossoms are blooming and spring is here. It’s the perfect time to visit the UCI School of Humanities outdoor museum that weaves through the corridors of its corner of campus. 21 light poles are adorned with banners featuring unique illustrations of significant historical moments that the humanities help us understand. The diverse display fe...
Karen V. Johnson, JD talks about her new book, Living Grieving: Using Energy Medicine to Alchemize Grief and Loss
April 02, 2022 00:00With the Holidays over, many people are left to cope with their magnified feelings of grief & loss of a loved one, a beloved pet, a job that no longer exists, loss of income, a home, and even a loss of self. According to The Atlantic 72% of Americans say that they know someone who has died or hospitalized due to COVID, making 6.6 million Americans could be effected by bereavement. A recent study by UCLA indicates how Americans are suffering Psychological Distress from a job loss. Karen V. Jo...
Special event announcement -- Fullerton College French Film Festival The Fullerton College 11th French Film Festival March 29 & 30, 2022 April 5 & 6, 2022. Janeane speaks with Catherine Reinhardt-Zacaïr, Ph.D. Associate Professor of French
March 30, 2022 23:45The French Film Festival is a four-night festival that begins each night with a cultural event at 6:30 P.M. in the Campus Theater patio area. The cultural event features food, art, and music that represent a little bit of French or German culture. All Movies begin at 7:30 P.M. in the campus theater. Janeane speaks with Catherine Reinhardt-Zacaïr, Ph.D. Associate Professor of French Fullerton College @fcfrenchfilms Facebook: Fullerton College French Films
Coming up week of 3/28/22 - KUCI's Janeane Bernstein speaks with Camila Alves McConaughey about her NEW book, JUST TRY ONE BITE By Camila Alves McConaughey and Adam Mansbach, and Illustrated by Mike Boldt
March 28, 2022 22:00Coming up week of 3/28/22 - KUCI's Janeane Bernstein speaks with Camila Alves McConaughey about her NEW book, JUST TRY ONE BITE By Camila Alves McConaughey and Adam Mansbach, and Illustrated by Mike Boldt. Camila Alves McConaughey is a dedicated mom who values the importance of healthy eating. She is also an entrepreneur and founder of Women of Today, a lifestyle site and community powered by women around the globe. She lives in Texas with her husband, Matthew McConaughey, and their three ch...
Coming up Monday 3/21/22 - Michael A Yassa - UC Irvine Professor and James L. McGaugh Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Neurobiology and Behavior School of Biological Sciences
March 17, 2022 01:45Host Janeane Bernstein will be speaking to Dr. Yassa about UCI's latest press release and their groundbreaking initiative: Audrey Steele Burnand estate gifts $57.75 million to UCI Majority will establish world-class, campuswide depression research center Irvine, Calif., Feb. 7, 2022 — The estate of Audrey Steele Burnand has gifted $57.75 million to the University of California, Irvine to fund the creation of a new campuswide center that will pursue research into the causes and treatment of...
Actor, producer, stuntwoman, author, and philanthropist Laurie Love
March 14, 2022 19:15Actor, producer, stuntwoman, author, and philanthropist. Laurie Love has been passionate about film and theater since a young age, and she’s using that passion to help change the world. Laurie plays Nikki Styles in Brian Skiba’s Pursuit (2022) which also stars John Cusack and Emilie Hirsch, and has recently been seen in The 2nd (2020) with Ryan Phillippe and Casper van Dien, and Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped from the Beach (2021) with Samaire Armstrong and Corin Nemec. Laurie is also a contri...
Writer/Director Sharee Silerio shares her short doc - "Black Girl, Bleu" - a short documentary featuring candid interviews with Black women
March 14, 2022 19:00#blackmentalhealth #strongblackwoman #depression Black Girl, Bleu Official Trailer | Short Doc | Sharee Silerio Premiered Apr 12, 2021 Director, Writer + Executive Producer: Sharee Silerio Director of Photography + Editor: Brittney Butler Website • https://blackgirlbleu.com/ Facebook • https://www.facebook.com/blackgirlbleu Instagram • https://www.instagram.com/black.girl.. #blackmentalhealth #strongblackwoman #depression #anxiety #mentalwellness #mentalhealth Connect with Sharee Sileri...
Janeane is LIVE in-studio with UC Irvine students, Michelle Thai, Mariana Montserrat Machaen, and Ananya Khanna from the UCI field study team under the Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology
March 07, 2022 18:15WISE: The Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology also known as WISE is a new and rising wellness resource for the UCI community after recognizing the greater need for more mental health and wellness resources. We aim to improve and expand upon mental and behavioral health and wellness programming services for the UCI School of Social Ecology students while complementing ongoing campus efforts. One major project of WISE is the Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology Peer Advisory Collective (WIS...
LIVE on Monday 2-28-22 at 9:30am pst - #1 New York Times bestselling YA author Lauren Kate talks about her latest book, BY ANY OTHER NAME
February 28, 2022 18:15Bestselling YA author Lauren Kate made her entrance into the adult arena with The Orphan’s Song in 2019, and quickly won the hearts of historical fiction lovers. Now, Kate delivers a juicy enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life-changing secret with BY ANY OTHER NAME. Though not entirely autobiographical, Kate did base BY ANY OTHER NAME on a true story that happened in her twenties, and on other true stories that have happened to her since. This novel i...
Monday LIVE on 2-28-22 at 9:00am pst - The Big Book of King Cake The Stories & Bakers Behind New Orleans Sweetest Tradition
February 28, 2022 18:15Monday LIVE on 2-28-22 at 9:00am pst - The Big Book of King Cake The Stories & Bakers Behind New Orleans Sweetest Tradition Author Matt Haines and photographer Randy Krause Schmidt capture the beautiful cakes and unique stories of more than 75 diverse and talented local bakers The Big Book of King Cake tells the thousands-year-old story of king cake, through lush, delicious photography of more than one hundred and fifty unique king cakes, as well as stories from the diverse and incredibly ta...
2/21/22 at 9am pst - FIXED. How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving By Amy Herman
February 21, 2022 18:15Things go wrong all the time. To succeed in the world—personally and professionally—requires critical skills that allow us to find solutions. Amy Herman, founder of The Art of Perception®, an innovative and proven program, has developed a unique approach to problem solving that uses works of art to revitalize our minds and refine our creative thinking. She’s trained thousands of people around the world in organizations and industries from the military and government to medicine, finance, and...
Coming up on KUCI 88.9 fm - Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler shares details on her new book, ANYTHING BUT MY PHONE, MOM! She debunks many common myths and assumptions and offers evidence-based, practical parenting strategies.
February 20, 2022 01:45Technology is transforming the way girls think of themselves, learn, develop social skills, and communicate with the people around them. In ANYTHING BUT MY PHONE, MOM! Raising Emotionally Resilient Daughters in the Digital Age, psychologist Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler shows mothers how to handle the modern challenges of parenting teenage girls, drawing upon dozens of interviews with teenagers and their mothers and her decades of clinical experience. With clear advice, she provides insights, strate...
On 2/14/22 Janeane is LIVE in-studio with UC Irvine students, Michelle Thai, Mariana Montserrat Machaen, and Ananya Khanna from the UCI field study team under the Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology.
February 14, 2022 18:30WISE: The Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology also known as WISE is a new and rising wellness resource for the UCI community after recognizing the greater need for more mental health and wellness resources. We aim to improve and expand upon mental and behavioral health and wellness programming services for the UCI School of Social Ecology students while complementing ongoing campus efforts. One major project of WISE is the Wellness Initiative in Social Ecology Peer Advisory Collective (WIS...
Live at 9am pst 2/14/22, KUCI's Janeane Bernstein speaks with multi-talented film and television actor Chris Mulkey about his latest role in the award-winning film, The World Without You.
February 14, 2022 18:30The World Without You is the story of the Frankel family, who come together in 2005, a year after the death of the youngest son, Leo, a journalist. The film also stars Perrey Reeves (Famous in Love, Entourage), PJ Byrne (Wolf of Wall Street, Green Book), Annika Marks (Anguish), Lyndie Greenwood (Sleepy Hollow), the late Lynn Cohen (Hunger Games, Munich), and Suzanne Caccamise Johnson (Empty Space). “The World Without You” based on Joshua Henkin’s best-selling novel explores how the Frankel ...
Madeleine Dore, I DIDN'T DO THE THING TODAY: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt
January 31, 2022 18:00Madeleine Dore, I DIDN'T DO THE THING TODAY: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives, for anyone who has ever felt the pressure to do more, be more, achieve more, this antidote to our doing-obsession is the permission slip we all need to find our own way. How to release productivity guilt and embrace the hidden values in our daily lives. Ever have that kind of day? You know, those days where you add more to your to...
Award-winning actor and director, Murisa Harba, talks about what it is like to be the Artistic Director + Founder of About The Work: a safe place for actors to hone their craft
January 24, 2022 03:30An award-winning actor and director, Murisa Harba lives to push boundaries. She is a leading acting coach, author, thought leader, and speaker in Los Angeles, passionate about empowering actors to elevate their truth in storytelling and ultimately unlocking their creative genius. ABOUT THE WORK Actors Studio was founded by Murisa in 2013 on the principle of challenging actors to push past their comfort zone with her signature techniques THE CHAKRA APPROACH® and THE MACRO METHOD. Her custom 7...
Richard A. Matthew is Associate Dean for Research and International Programs and Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the University of California at Irvine. He is also the inaugural Director of the Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation
January 17, 2022 18:15ABOUT DR. RICHARD A MATTHEW, PHD Richard A. Matthew (BA McGill; PhD Princeton) is Associate Dean for Research and International Programs and Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the University of California at Irvine. He is also the inaugural Director of the Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation (http://blumcenter.uci.edu/); co-Principal Investigator for both the NSF-funded FloodRISE Project (http://floodrise.uci.edu) and the NOAA-funded SedRISE Project; Senior Fellow at IISD in Ge...
Dana Griffin - CEO of Eldera, shares how Eldera is connecting people in meaningful ways before and during the pandemic
December 16, 2021 22:45Dana Griffin, NY, US - CEO Eldera Dana is a former data and advertising executive turned Age Tech entrepreneur and AI for Good advocate. Raised by her grandparents in Transylvania and then guided by elders throughout her life, Dana authored multiple trademarks and patents focused on aging, wisdom and the impact of longevity. She serves as the NY Director of AI Commons and an official UN delegate to Global Pulse and has been advising, consulting, and speaking internationally about principled...
Cathy Rath, professor, social justice advocate/organizer, and writing coach shares her debut novel, Ripple Effect, with host Janeane Bernstein LIVE on KUCI 88.9fm
December 13, 2021 18:15Cathy Rath wears many hats: she’s a professor, a social justice advocate and organizer, a writing coach and tutor, and now, a novelist. If there’s one thing that unites her passions, however, it’s an unwavering commitment to social good. Rath is from New York originally but was drawn to the West Coast’s activist environment in the mid-1970s. She attended the University of California Santa Barbara and then San Francisco State University, where she is now a professor in women’s health and commu...
Monday 12/6 at 9:00am pst - Megan Fairchild, Author of THE BALLERINA MINDSET
December 13, 2021 17:45Learn how to thrive in intense, competitive environments with these secrets from one of America's premiere ballerinas--and get a sneak peek at what her life is really like. From Megan Fairchild, the New York City Ballet principal dancer, Broadway actress, and host of the advice podcast Ask Megan, comes an inspiring how-to guide for dancers, athletes, artists, and anyone struggling to stay sane in a high-pressure environment: THE BALLERINA MINDSET: How to Protect Your Mental Health While Stri...
Dr. Uma Naidoo, a Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, nutrition specialist and author of the national bestseller This is Your Brain on Food
December 04, 2021 20:45Michelin-starred chef David Bouley described Dr. Uma Naidoo as the world’s first “triple threat” in the food and medicine space: a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef graduating with her culinary schools’ most coveted award, and a trained Nutrition Specialist. Her nexus of interests have found their niche in Nutritional Psychiatry. Dr. Naidoo founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States. She is the Director of Nutritional and Li...
POPPY HARLOW Emmy-nominated CNN news anchor shares her Christmas classic with lots of heart: THE BIGGEST LITTLE BOY: A CHRISTMAS STORY
December 04, 2021 20:30THE BIGGEST LITTLE BOY: A CHRISTMAS STORY is a sweet Christmas story about a little boy in search of the enormous Christmas tree of his dreams, who discovers that the holidays are about so much more than material things. Kirkus calls the debut picture book by CNN news anchor Poppy Harlow, “an engaging story that small children will relate to. Delightful and resonant.” Luca loves BIG things. BIG trucks. BIG buildings. BIG bowls of pasta. But what he wants most is the biggest Christmas tree of...
Storyteller and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds talks about his latest book, Our Table
November 29, 2021 18:30Creative visionary of The Word Collector, Happy Dreamer, and The Dot, #1 New York Times bestseller Peter H. Reynolds creates a tender, lyrical story of multigenerational love, tradition, and family coming together with gratitude and thanks. Celebrated, bestselling creator Peter H. Reynolds brings his signature touch of love and kindness to this special, timely picture book, as families now, more than ever, are rediscovering and reevaluating what means the most: time together with one another...
Author Janice Horowitz covered health at Time Magazine for two decades and created and hosted Dueling Docs: The Cure to Contradictory Medicine for public radio. In her new book, Health Your Self What's Really Driving Your Care and How to Take Charge
November 28, 2021 21:30Health Your Self: What's Really Driving Your Health and How to Take Charge By Janice M. Horowitz The book is getting a lot of media attention. Newsweek gave it a five-page spread and PBS's Next Avenue (70 million subscribers) covered it, which was picked up by Yahoo News, MSN and Marketwatch. Janice Horowitz covered health at Time Magazine for two decades and created and hosted Dueling Docs: The Cure to Contradictory Medicine for public radio. DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S BEHIND YOUR DOCTOR’S MEDI...
Janeane sits down with Fernande Raine, PhD, founder of The History Co: Lab, and producers Gabriel Hostin, Sydne Clarke, and Anya Duao talk about empowering young people through narratives, the past, the future, and their role in the world
November 19, 2021 15:30ABOUT UNTEXTBOOKED A history podcast for the future. Brought to you by teen changemakers who are looking for answers to big questions. We interview famous historians who have some of the answers. These intergenerational conversations bring the full power of history to you with the depth and vividness that most textbooks lack. Real history, to help you find answers to your big questions. Untextbooked makes history unboring forever.
KUCI's Janeane Bernstein speaks with writer/director/actress Kathryne Isabelle Easton about her new film
November 16, 2021 16:15"Borrelia Borealis", a film by writer/director/actress Kathryne Isabelle Easton, will have it's world premiere at the 2021 LaFemme International Film Festival, running October 14-17 held both virtually and at the Regal Cinema at LA Live. Easton is a highly regarded filmmaker in the entertainment community whose previous work has garnered her such prestigious honors as double Academy Nicholl quarterfinalist for her scripts "Happy Birthday, Ray!" and "Hemorrhage." She directed the episodic ser...
Founder Stephen Grey and Creative Director Ron Bush of Positive Identity speak to KUCI's Janeane Bernstein
November 12, 2021 22:00A movement dedicated to creating positive race relations by sharing inspiring stories of the good things that Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, White, and Mixed people are doing for each other and America! ABOUT RON BUSH Ron Bush is an African American LA based LGBTQIA stand up comedian, actor, and writer from Philadelphia, PA. Ron mixes personal stories with sharp social commentary to convey powerful messages to his audience. Ron studied acting and directing with John Co...
Sky Bergman, Filmmaker Professor of Photography and Video Cal Poly State University talks about her film Lives Well Lived
November 05, 2021 16:00Lives Well Lived celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of people aged 75–100, who reveal their secrets for living a meaningful life. Encompassing 3,000 years of collective life experience, diverse people share life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive in the midst of life’s greatest challenges. Their stories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire you. Filmmaker Sky Bergman with her grandmother Evelyn Ricciuti, the inspiration behind Lives Well L...
Jennifer Friend, CEO of Project Hope Alliance, a nonprofit organization serving children experiencing homelessness in California
November 04, 2021 17:45There are more than 28,000 homeless children attending Orange County Schools. For more than 25 years, Project Hope Alliance has been ending the cycle of homelessness, one child at a time. With you, we can end homelessness today and prevent homelessness tomorrow. Visit www.projecthopealliance.org to learn more and join the movement. Interested in becoming a corporate partner? Visit www.projecthopealliance.org/corporate-partnership Please read: To help homeless students, embed community se...
Laura Steuer and Donne Davis of Friendly Voices - Phone buddies for Seniors
November 04, 2021 17:45Friendly Voices - Phone Buddies for Seniors Improve seniors' well-being and reduce loneliness through phone friendship organization. Manage volunteer callers and senior clients based in three U.S. time zones. Organization featured in USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and McKnight's Senior Living. Phone buddies for seniors to reduce social isolation and improve well-being. Our weekly calls by trained, compassionate volunteers can serve seniors anywhere, whether living in facilities ...
Self-help title turns the trauma of being fired into opportunity An expert’s debut empowers women to be resilient after experiencing job loss
October 31, 2021 01:15It’s no secret that pandemic job losses are affecting more women than men, with women losing employment at a rate 1.8 times greater than men. And even before the pandemic, job loss was proven to be an issue that often disproportionately affected women. A 2018 study by Fortune found that female CEOs are 45% more likely to get fired than their male counterparts, even when their companies are performing well. Job loss is a common experience faced by women professionals spanning a wide-range of ...
Coming up 10/29/21 at 9am on KUCI -- American singer-songwriter and keyboardist, Rachel Eckroth, currently keyboardist for St. Vincent and singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Her latest album, The Garden, was released by Rainy Day Records 2021
October 29, 2021 15:00About Rachel Eckroth Polymath (noun): a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning. Music needs a term for this. What do you call one person who is a pianist, vocalist, keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger, band leader, sideman and more? Music may not have a term, but it does have a name: Rachel Eckroth. Eckroth can lead with a bold vision or accompany with the subtle skills necessary to make another musician shine. Her combination of jazz experimentation and pop feeling form the en...
Dreena Burton, one of the pioneering vegan cookbook authors, shares details on her latest book, Dreena’s Kind Kitchen
October 23, 2021 20:00Dreena Burton is one of the pioneering vegan cookbook authors. Vegan for 25 years, Dreena is also a mom to three “weegans.” She has charted her journey as a plant-based cook and mother of three through five bestselling cookbooks. Dreena has also collaborated with renowned plant-based physician Dr. Barnard on The Cheese Trap and coauthored their most recent Cookbook for Reversing Diabetes. Dreena's recipes have been featured with groups including PCRM, Forks Over Knives, Blue Zones, and The Fo...
Accomplished, award-winning singer/guitarist/songwriter and instructor, Janet Robin, joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm
October 22, 2021 17:45“From Randy Rhoads to Precious Metal, Lindsey Buckingham to John Carter Cash and all points in between – like a stint working with Meredith Brooks, opening for Midge Ure or appearing with Monte Montgomery – the ongoing tale of singer/guitarist/songwriter Janet Robin is a fascinating journey.” – Pollstar Janet Robin can be defined in a single word: Musician. Many people attempt to make music, but few earn that illustrious title. Those in this business reserve that label for the rare individu...
Kelechi Ubozoh, a Nigerian-American mental health consultant, advocate, writer, and published author
October 16, 2021 15:00For nearly a decade, Kelechi has worked in the California mental health system in the areas of research and advocacy, community engagement, stigma reduction, and peer support. She began her career as an investigative reporter in New York City, and was the first student-reporter ever published in The New York Times. After witnessing the impact of trauma and mental health issues on the people she was writing about, she decided to change her focus to providing direct mental health support. She ...
Jon Sherman Associate Professor of Film Kenyon College talks about his latest film, his role as Director and Co-Writer and more!
October 08, 2021 20:00When two single parents meet on a dating site and move in together, they must blend their family of four teenagers while navigating a new relationship. They/Them/Us is contemporary family comedy set against the backdrop of a light-hearted kink world. They/Them/Us tells the story of Charlie and Lisa, two divorced parents in their 40’s who find themselves at a midlife crossroads. Both are single parents and they have four complicated teenagers between them: one non-binary gender kid, one who o...
Releasing TODAY October 5th, 2021 - ERUPTION: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen Honors One-year Anniversary of Legendary Guitarist's Death. Two music journalists who knew him best - authors Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill
October 06, 2021 03:45ERUPTION: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen HonorsOne-year Anniversary of Legendary Guitarist's DeathThe first definitive biography of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen, a year after his death, composed of more than 50+ hours of interviews with Eddie, his family, and friends. Releasing today from Hachette Books. “A respectful and detailed tribute to a guitar legend.” —Kirkus October 5, 2021, New York, NY – Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of Eddie Van Halen’s death, ERUPTION: Conversat...
Paul Hawken, environmentalist, entrepreneur, and activist shares details on his latest book, REGENERATION: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation. Hawken is the New York Times bestselling creator of Drawdown
October 02, 2021 15:00"We and all living beings thrive by being actors in the planet’s regeneration, a civilizational goal that should commence and never cease. We practiced degeneration as a species and it brought us to the threshold of an unimaginable crisis. To reverse global warming, we need to reverse global degeneration." - Paul Hawken
Actor, director and producer Mark Salyer talks about NewStages - a collective of teaching artists, directors, writers and performers from Broadway, film, and television who are committed to producing wildly entertaining senior arts experiences
October 01, 2021 15:15Los Angeles, September 2, 2021…Beginning with their New Year’s show in January, NewStages, a Los Angeles based theater company for seniors, has had a busy year, in lieu of Covid, with thousands of seniors tuning in to their online programming. This past April, their Tennessee Williams workshop launched the company’s Zoom Lecture Series. In June, Secret Lives was presented on Zoom and Vimeo over the four weeks of Pride month and was a huge success. Since 2012, New Stages has been a part of the...
Pushcart Prizewinning poet Maggie Smith on KUCI 88.9fm with host Janeane Bernstein. Maggie gained star status in 2016 with her viral poem Good Bones. She shares her latest book of poems, Goldenrod, and her inspiring journey as an award-winning poet.
October 01, 2021 13:45Maggie Smith is the award-winning author of Good Bones, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, Lamp of the Body, and the national bestseller Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change. A 2011 recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Smith has also received several Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council, two Academy of American Poets Prizes, a Pushcart Prize, and fellowships from the Sustainable Arts Foundation and the Virginia C...
International Bestselling Author, Nutritional Therapist and Executive Producer Dr. Mark Mincolla talks about his book, The Way of Miracles: Accessing Your Superconsciousness and The Way of Miracles Documentary
September 17, 2021 16:15The Way of Miracles: Accessing Your Superconsciousness is an adventure for the body, mind and spirit that begins with the premise that miracles don’t randomly happen—we create them! According to Mark Mincolla, PhD, developing our superconscious mind and recognizing the consciousness that exists within each of us is what generates miracles. A wholistic physician for more than three decades, Dr. Mincolla used his own techniques and learnings to cure himself of a life-threatening illness, and h...
Janeane speaks with Dr. James Mellon about his up-coming Inner View series with special guest Rickie Byars taking place 9/24/21. TUNE IN to KUCI 88.9fm for a chance to win a streaming pass to the event!
September 17, 2021 15:15“THE INNER VIEW” SERIES WELCOMES SPECIAL GUEST RICKIE BYARS ACCLAIMED MUSICAL ARTIST, SONGWRITER AND FREEDOM ADVOCATE Bringing together luminaries in art, music, literature and sports, “The Inner View” series welcomes an intimate evening of discovery with special guest Rickie Byars Friday, September 24 at 7:30pm at the Global Truth Center Los Angeles located in Westlake Village. As one of today’s most acclaimed and beloved singer-songwriters of inspirational music, Byars has spent a lifeti...
Lauren Tarshis, NY Times best-selling author and Senior Vice President and Editor-in-Chief/Publisher of Scholastic Classroom Magazines. Lauren talks about the success of her I SURVIVED series, and her latest - I SURVIVED the Attacks of September 11, 2001
September 12, 2021 13:45There's a whole generation of kids who did not experience 9/11 firsthand. Lauren Tarshis is the author & editor of the I SURVIVED series. The series has over 34 million copies in print and 9/11 was the most requested book to-date! With impeccable, impressive research, this graphic novel is age-appropriate for a generation of kids who did not experience 9/11, and yet need to learn it in a way that is not overwhelming and shows resilience! More than another 9/11 book, this is an entrée to learn...
Janeane speaks with award-winning filmmaker & producer/director Bryan TwZ Brousseau about his short documentary "Everything But Fear" showing at the Dances With Films festival August 26-September 12 at Hollywood's famed TCL Chinese Theatres. The film is a
September 03, 2021 19:15"Everything But Fear", a short documentary about the life of renowned NYC boxing trainer Francisco Mendez, will be part of this year's Dances With Films festival August 26-September 12 at Hollywood's famed TCL Chinese Theatres. Produced and directed by Bryan TwZ Brousseau, an award-winning filmmaker based in New York City, "Everything But Fear" will tell the story of Mendez, a Mexican immigrant, who rose from humble beginnings to open one of the country’s most famous boxing gyms in New York...