Category Archives: Podcasts

2. Clerk, Recorder, Registrar of Ventura County, Mark Lunn visits with Maria about what the county and the state are doing today regarding same-sex marriage applications. You may apply for a license in any of the 58 counties but you need to get married within 90 days. cityapplications.com for the city nearest you. 

3. Former hot shot crew member, now Ventura County firefighter and paramedic, Brett “Bo” Reynolds visits with Maria about what it means to be one in the wake of the 19 elite firemen who were killed yesterday in AZ. 

4. Happy Birthday Frida creator, Juliana Acosta visits with Maria about this Friday’s event (July 5th) in downtown Ventura at the EP Foster Library, 651 E. Main Street, 5 – 8pm.  julianaacosta@live.com for further information. 

5. Former President George W. Bush and President Obama will both participate in a wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday at the US Embassy in Tanzania which is for a ceremony honoring the victims of the 1998 terror attack on the embassy. An American man and his husband who is from Bulgaria, have become the first same-sex married couple to be approved for a permanent resident visa late last Friday. Other top news stories of the day.

2. The first elected gay Lutheran Bishop in a partnered relationship, Dr. Guy Erwin joins Maria to discuss the historical vote that took place on May 31st and his visit to the White House last week for a GLBT reception. 

3. Digital dementia has seen a surge in cases, mostly among younger people. Those who rely more on technology suffer a deterioration in cognitive abilities more commonly seen in patients who have suffered a head injury or psychiatric illness. Emotional underdevelopment and memory problems are creating deficits in brain development and they are irreversible. 

4. Pet Correspondent, Nina visits with Maria about the $67 MILLION industry that is cosmetic procedures for animal lovers! The American Veterinary Medical Association along with the Humane Society of the US are against performing surgery for cosmetic reasons but that isn’t stopping pet owners from seeking facelifts, nose jobs, Botox, pierced ears, tattoos and braces.

2. Linda Daly, adopted daughter of Nancy Daly and CBS executive Robert A. Daly (now married to Carole Bayer Sager) wrote a tribute to her mother. “The Last Pilgrimage: My Mother’s Life and Our Journey to Saying Goodbye” is the title, released last month, widely available.

2. United Blood Services’ Scott Edward visits with Maria about donating blood, what the requirements are, what to expect, how often one can give, some of the health benefits ascribed to the donors. unitedbloodservices.org. 

3. Liver recipient Pablo Saucedo received his donor liver three years ago today and visits with Maria about how that generous gift has changed his life and that of his wife and two children and how all of us can be organ and tissue donors to help save others.donatelifeca.org and donatelife.net.

2. Professor and Chair of Rice University, Dr. Janet Braam, lead researcher on a new study that finds that the use of light coaxes plants to make more cancer-fighting antioxidants at certain times of the day. We may be able to boost the health benefits of our produce simply by changing the way we store it.

3. “Somebody in the White House Looks Like Me,” author Rosetta L. Hopkins interviewed Black skilled and unskilled workers,

professionals, and retirees of all ages from different parts of the country and compiled what the average Black American had to say about the election of President Obama.