KUCI Talk

KUCI TALK ON DEMAND ARCHIVE

SEPTEMBER 2008
COACHING CONVERSATIONS
An interview with Pamela Peak, Inspiration is Key. 10/31/08

AUGUST 2008
WHAT WOULD ARWEN DO?
Interview with Randy Tierney and Tammy Fago of OC Parenting magazine. 8/31/08

JULY 2008
THE OC SHOW
How liberals are intent on keeping the black man down, even though Obama is trying to raise him up. Also a reading from the book of Joseph G. Cavallo and how his relationship with Don Haidl went in the crapper. 7/22/08

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges co-author of Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians. 7/8/08

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
An interview with Eric G. Wilson about his latest philosophical exploration Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy. 7/24/08

PLANETARY RADIO
When the Messenger spacecraft flew by Mercury in January, it gave us the first up close look in nearly thirty-three years. PI Sean Solomon returns to tell us about the amazing data gathered during the encounter. 7/21/08

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with J. Craig Williams whose practice focuses in the areas of complex business litigation with emphasis on environmental, real estate, land-use and technology law, together with their respective insurance coverage and related tort issues. 7/25/08

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with Alex Gibney the director of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson. 7/1/08

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with Andre Dubus III, author of The Garden of Last Days: A Novel. 7/31/08

SERENA SHARP SHOW
Lindsay Lohan out enough for me/ Plastic, Please/ Cell phones allow you to be IN emergency jet landing with gaping hole 7/27/08

JUNE 2008
JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An interview with Karmacy and Nicco regarding a benefit concert at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood to support two nonprofits: Peace4Kids and the Itipini Community Project. 6/26/08

SUBVERSITY
Managing Editor Hao Nhien Vu was fired from Nguoi Viet Daily after anti-communist protesters demonstrated against the paper; he now writes a blog, Bolsavik.com, that demystifies diasporic Vietnamese politics in Little Saigon and beyond. 6/9/08

MAY 2008
JUSTICE OF JUST US?
An interview with Claudia Larson the director of the documentary Dorothy Day: Don’t Call Me A Saint — the story of the New York writer and Catholic anarchist who the Vatican is currently considering for canonization. 5/22/08

APRIL 2008
TREADING THE UNDERCURRENT
Wikipedia calls itself the "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit." It is a constantly evolving and fluid set of reference entries on the web that undergoes a daily iterative editing and authoring process. Thanks to an inspired CalTech graduate student, Virgil Griffith a way to reveal who has been editing their own entries has been devised with a program he has created, called WikiScanner. Find out who has been tampering with their own entries and censoring vital information. 4/4/08

MARCH 2008
JUSTICE OR JUST US?
On January 28, 2008 medical students across many California campuses met en masse on the steps of the State Capitol to advocate a single payer healthcare system. Several medical students who represented UCI Medical School are interveiwed. 3/6/08

FEBRUARY 2008
JUSTICE OR JUST US?
Learn more about the harms of bull-riding and the immorality of using animals as entertainment in an interview with Freeman Wicklund, Director of Campaigns for Mercy For Animals and a humane education trainer for the Institute of Humane Education. 2/7/08

WHAT WOULD ARWEN DO?
An interview with Sherry Lebed Davis, founder of The Lebed Method: Focus on Healing Through Movement and Dance. 2/21/08

JANUARY 2008
TREADING THE UNDERCURRENT
An interview with independent journalist Sarah Olson regarding the case of Lt. Ehren Watada and the Army's attempt to redefine free speech. 1/25/08

OUT THE RABBIT HOLE
Theism vs. Atheism vs. Mysticism vs. Rationalism. Hear an interview with Kelly O'Connor of the Rational Response Squad. 1/11/08

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
Sexual Harrassment in Academic Settings - An Interview with Kirsten Quanbeck, Executive Director of UCI's Office of Equal Opportunity about the university's new campaign to raise awareness of sexual harrassment in an academic setting. 1/17/08

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Evan Hendricks Publisher of Privacy Times and Author of Credit Scores and Credit Reports. 1/23/08

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An interview with Nikko Snyder, founder of Briarpatch Magazine, who has been writing about the possibility of feminist porn, feminism, sexuality, and stereotypes. 3/13/08

SERENA SHARP SHOW
I'm scared of my cell phone again/ Clinton in bed with another woman?/ Church picketing Heath Ledger's funeral because of Brokeback Mountain
1/27/08

SUBVERSITY
Ngugi on Being a Writer in a Society in Crisis on the occasion of his 70th Birthday. 1/21/08

THE DISCUSSANT
A recap of Ernst von Weizsacker's speech from the Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Series, "The Climate Challenge: Answers from Technology, Business, and Society," another assault for Pacman Jones, and the conservative attack on Hillary Clinton for being "socialist." 1/18/08

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Matt Mason author of The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism. 1/22/08

WHAT WOULD ARWEN DO?
An interview with Katresha Moskios on her 28 years of teaching yoga and her international seminars for women on beauty, health, and empowerment. 1/10/08

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with Melissa Clark, co-author of The Skinny: How to Fit into Your Little Black Dress Forever. 1/2/08

COACHING CONVERSATIONS
An interview with Tom Hatton, Development of Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Internal Group Performance and Cultural Dynamics. 1/14/08

JUSTICE OR JUST US?
An Interview with Nathan McCall who has been writing about crime, injustice and racism in modern day America both as a journalist for the Washington Post and via his memoir Makes Me Wanna Holler. 1/10/08

PLANETARY RADIO
The Messenger spacecraft reached Mercury last week. Bruce Betts reports from the Applied Physics Lab in Maryland where the mission team celebrated success. 1/21/08

PRIVACY PIRACY
An interview with Prof. Dan Solove, author of The Future of Reputation on the Internet and The Digital Person. 1/16/08

SERENA SHARP SHOW
All of the students at one school on the badly behaved list are of a certain race - Why?/ Turns out we all can't just get along.
1/20/08

SUBVERSITY
Anis Shivani, a writer originally from Pakistan discusses what's behind the current crisis in Pakistan, a client state of the U.S. 1/7/08

THE DISCUSSANT
A recap of the Democratic Primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire and an analysis of current controversies in the Clinton and Obama campaigns. 1/11/08

WEEKLY SIGNALS
An interview with Craig Unger author of The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future. 1/8/08

WHAT WOULD ARWEN DO?
An interview with Rho Densmore, Archery in Uganda, & a Tolkien birthday toast. 1/3/08

WRITERS ON WRITING
An interview with literary agents Susan Schulman and Gary Heidt. 1/9/08

FILMSCHOOL
An interview with Alex Gibney the director of Taxi to the Dark Side - an in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay. 1/15/08

PLANETARY RADIO
Planetary Society Executive Director Louis Friedman previews a gathering at Stanford University that will examine the Vision for Space Exploration offered by President George W. Bush four years ago. 1/28/08