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| Oct 20, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Author Gary Lucks | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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We Are the Power
Gary Lucks, Author
Gary Lucks' new book, “We Are the Power: To Win the Future” brings experience, hope and urgent guidance to all Americans who want to pres... |
| Oct 9, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Former CA Senate Majority Leader Bill Monning | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Former CA Senator Bill Monning
Every election provides you with the opportunity to make sure that your voice is heard and that the election system is fair and honest.
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| Sep 14, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Madiba Denny and Lawrence Goldstone | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Author Madiba K. Dennie
Historian Lawrence Goldstone
November 2026 will direct the future of our American democracy. Did we see this coming in 2024?
Following the November 2024 e... |
| Sep 1, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Dr. Leslie Hayes | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Access to primary health care is essential to a healthy country and it is even more important in small and rural communities.
There is no such thing as a ... |
| Aug 17, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Monterey County Supervisor Kate Daniels | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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SideBar: Optimism in Action is one of six finalists for the Monterey Weekly 2026 “Best Local Podcasts”. Go to www.montereynow.com by Augus... |
| Aug 3, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes David F. Walbert, Author of Stealing Elections, American Style | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Stealing Elections, American Style
New book, Stealing Elections, American Style, reveals how today's election challenges are deeply rooted in history.
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| Jul 20, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Dr. Mindy Romero, founder and director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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CID’s mission is to improve social and economic quality of life by utilizing non-partisan, d... |
| Jul 5, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Dr. Lena Miller, CEO and Founder of Urban Alchemy | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Urban Alchemy knows the skills and energy of people who were once incarcerated can transform people and places throug... |
| Jun 15, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Ron Johnson, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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For nearly 60 years, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County has been a vital part of our community.
I believe that all kids have the potential to be fanta... |
| Jun 1, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Kate Compton Barr, Founder of The Can’t Win Victory Fund | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Kate Compton Barr is a trailblazing advocate for democracy who made waves running a “Can’t Win” campaign focused on the harmful effe... |
| May 18, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Susan Harmon, Founder of Teddy Bears with Heart | Susie Hanson Episode
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Teddy Bears with Heart has gifted over 350,000 stuffed animals to help first responders assist children in crisis.
The only way we are able to bring comfort to those in nee... |
| May 5, 2026 | Optimism in Action Welcomes Richard Walden, Founder and CEO of Operation USA | SideBar: Optimism in Action - Walden
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Since 1979, Operation USA has worked in 101 countries delivering over $450 million in aid for relief and development projects around the world.
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| Apr 20, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Katherine Grainger, Managing Partner of Civitas Public Affairs Group | SideBar - Katherine Grainger
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Igniting our imaginations about what true gender equality could look and feel like in our daily lives, and how to achieve it.
With 25 years of policy, legal, ... |
| Apr 5, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Sarabeth Berman, CEO of the American Journalism Project | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Local Journalism is in Crisis: We All Should be Paying Attention!
Local journalism is the key to an ... |
| Mar 16, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Linda Krop, Chief Counsel for the Environmental Defense Center | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Since 1977, the Environmental Defense Center has empowered more than 140 community-based organizations to advance environme... |
| Feb 2, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Kate Barr, Founder of the Can't Win Victory Fund | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Kate Barr, founder of the Can't Win Victory Fund, discusses running openly as a Progressive in a Republican primary on an anti-gerryman... |
| Jan 5, 2026 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Fellow Optimist Bill Burke, Founder of The Optimism Institute | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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SideBar: Optimism in Action podcast welcomes Bill Burke, founder of The Optimism Institute and host of Blue Sky podcast.... |
| Nov 3, 2025 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Monica Ojcius, Director of Strategic Development at Community Hospice, Inc. | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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Community Hospice & Health Services provides hospice and palliative care for adults, pediatrics, and outpatient mental health counseling... |
| Oct 20, 2025 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Former CA Senate Majority Leader Bill Monning to Discuss ‘Importance of Your Vote’ | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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The November 4, 2025 election is a great example of a state proposition (California Prop 50) that may have a major impact on ... |
| Oct 18, 2025 | KAZU 90.3 Welcomes SideBar: Optimism in Action Podcast | SideBar: Optimism in Action with KAZU
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KAZU 90.3 radio and SideBarMedia are excited to announce that the SideBar: Optimism in Action podcast will join KAZU’s digital programmin... |
| Oct 7, 2025 | SideBar: Optimism in Action welcomes Dr. Chad Harris, Natividad Medical Center CEO and CAPH Executive Committee Member | SideBar - Podbean Tile
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On this episode of SideBar: Optimism in Action, Dr. Harris reminds us that defending health care equity is a fundamental community value important t... |
| Sep 15, 2025 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Dan Baldwin, CEO of the Community Foundation for Monterey County | Dan Baldwin, CEO Community Foundation for Monterey County
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The mission of the Community Foundation for Monterey County is not about the money. It is about t... |
| Sep 2, 2025 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Chris Devers, CEO of Rancho Cielo | Rancho Cielo Chris Devers
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Rancho Cielo offers high school students hands-on vocational training in culinary arts, classic car restoration, ag tech mechatro... |
| Aug 18, 2025 | SideBar: Optimism in Action Podcast Welcomes Monica White, CEO and President of Food Share Ventura County | Monica White, CEO/President Food Share
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Hundreds of Food Share Ventura County volunteers work tirelessly to sort, rescue, purchase, and distribute over a mill... |
| Aug 4, 2025 | SideBar Welcomes PPIC CEO/President Tani Cantil-Sakauye | SideBar - Podbean Tile (2)
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The Public Policy Institute of California has long been recognized as an independent, credible source of information on the pressing issues facing California.
Good, reliable, ... |
| Jul 14, 2025 | SideBar Media Welcomes Mindy Romero, Founder and Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy | Mindy Romero, Director, Center for Inclusive Democracy
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Romero is a political sociologist researching political behavior and race/ethnicity to explain patterns of voting... |
| Jun 17, 2025 | SideBar Welcomes Vanessa Daniel, Author of Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone about Winning | Author Vanessa Daniel
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Vanessa Daniel discusses her journey from community organizer to becoming an advisor for donors, foundations, grassroots organizations, and nonpro... |
| May 4, 2025 | SideBar Podcast Welcomes Civility Experts Cassandra Dahnke and Tomas Spath | Dahnke and Spath
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Civility is Shared Humanity - It is claiming and caring for one’s identity, needs, and beliefs without degrading someone else’s in the process.
Civilit... |
| Apr 14, 2025 | SideBar Welcomes Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula President/CEO Christine Winge | President/CEO Christine Winge
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Too many times, the seniors in our communities become invisible and isolated. Meals on Wheels does more than just provide home delive... |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Answering the Moral Call to Protect Children | SideBar - New Tile
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CASA's mission is to train and support community volunteers who advocate for abused or neglected children placed in foster care and juvenile justice systems.
I was... |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Where Do You Go When the Taxman Calls with Lisa Sperow | Executive Director Lisa Sperow
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Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics ensure the fairness and integrity of the tax system by educating low-income taxpayers about their rights and ... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Championing Human Rights and Climate Rights | Brad Adams
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Climate change cannot succeed without protecting human rights - the fight for human rights cannot succeed without protecting our planet against climate chang... |
| Feb 3, 2025 | Pro Bono Passion Perseveres Pre- and Post-Pandemic with Fawaz Bham | Fawaz Bham
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SideBar Welcomes Pro Bono Champion Fawaz Bham
The ultimate success of seeing your clients leave a session with joy in their eyes as opposed to fear, is incredible, and what eve... |
| Jan 19, 2025 | Advocating for Native American Rights, A 50+ Year Journey Still Underway with John Echohawk | John Echohawk, NARF Executive Director
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John Echohawk and the Native American Rights Fund successfully assert and defend the most important rights of Indians and tribes in... |
| Jan 6, 2025 | SideBar Season Three Opens with Dream.org CEO Nisha Anand | Dream.Org CEO Nisha Anand
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SideBar Season Three Opens with Dream.org CEO Nisha Anand
Nisha Anand and Dream.org perfectly highlight our Season Three theme of “Optimism in Action”.”
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| Oct 11, 2024 | SideBar Welcomes Professor Robert Tsai | SideBar
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SideBar podcast welcomes Professor Robert L. Tsai, author of the new book, Demand the Impossible: One Lawyer’s Pursuit of Equal Justice for All.
Four Supreme... |
| Sep 30, 2024 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Professors David Noll and Jon Michaels | Professor David Noll
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David Noll and Jon Michaels are co-authors of the new book, Vigilante Nation: How State-Sponsored Terror Threatens Our Democracy. They join SideBar, October 1.
This new ... |
| Sep 16, 2024 | SideBar Welcomes Author and Professor Kim Wehle | Professor Kim Wehle
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SideBar podcast welcomes author and law professor Kim Wehle, author of the recently released book, Pardon Power: How the Pardon System Works - and Why
The powe... |
| Sep 6, 2024 | President and Dean Mitchel L. Winick to Retire from Monterey College of Law after 20-years of Leadership | MCL President and Dean Mitchel Winick
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Monterey College of Law's long-standing president and dean, Mitchel L. Winick, will be retiring in July 2025 after 20 ye... |
| Aug 31, 2024 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Dean Erwin Chemerinsky | Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
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SideBar podcast welcomes Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, author of No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United Stat... |
| Aug 17, 2024 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Roberta 'Robbie' Kaplan and Brandon Trice | Attorney Robbie Kaplan
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SideBar on The Legal Talk Network welcomes Robbie Kaplan and Brandon Trice - attorneys who successfully litigated against Florida's "Don't Say Gay"... |
| Aug 4, 2024 | SideBar Welcomes Historian Lawrence Goldstone | Historian Lawrence Goldstone
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SideBar welcomes Lawrence Goldstone, historian and award-winning author of “Imperfect Union: How Errors of Omission Threaten Const... |
| Jun 18, 2024 | SideBar Welcomes CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig | CNN Legal Analyst Elie Honig
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SideBar podcast on The Legal Talk Network welcomes Elie Honig, CNN Senior Legal Analyst and author of Untouchable... |
| Jun 2, 2024 | SideBar Welcomes Kathy Spillar to Discuss Ratification of the ERA | Executive Editor Kathy Spillar
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Executive Director of Feminist Majority Foundation and Executive Editor of MS Magazine, "We need ratificat... |
| May 19, 2024 | SideBar Welcomes Author, Commentator, and Professor Madiba K. Dennie | Author Madiba K. Dennie
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SideBar podcast welcomes Mediba K. Dennie, author of The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and H... |
| May 6, 2024 | SideBar Podcast Welcomes Dr. Michelle Goodwin to Discuss the Criminalization of Motherhood in America | Dr. Michelle Goodwin
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SideBar podcast on The Legal Talk Network welcomes Dr. Michelle Goodwin, author of Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and... |
| Apr 14, 2024 | SideBar Welcomes Author and Law Professor Mary Bilder | Author and Professor Mary Bilder
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SideBar welcomes Boston College Law School Professor Mary Bilder. Author of Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and ... |
| Feb 17, 2024 | SideBar Welcomes Aliza Shatzman, Founder of The Legal Accountability Project | Aliza Shatzman
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SideBar podcast on The Legal Talk Network welcomes Aliza Shatzman, founder of the Legal Accountability Project.
A better judici... |
| Feb 3, 2024 | SideBar Podcast Welcomes Legal Pioneer and Award Winning Author Renee Knake Jefferson | Professor Renee Knake Jefferson
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SideBar on The Legal Talk Network welcomes Law Professor Renee Knake Jefferson, author of Law Democratized: A ... |
| Jan 14, 2024 | SideBar on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Juvaria Kahn, founder of The Appellate Project | Juvaria Kahn
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SideBar launches Season 2 with guest Juvaria Kahn, founder of The Appellate Project, the first and only organization focused on d... |
| Jul 18, 2023 | SideBar Welcomes Author, Historian, and Academic, Dr. Peniel E. Joseph to Discuss the Complex History of Race in America | SideBar on Legal Talk Network
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After 200 years of racial and ethnic struggle, we find ourselves still questioning the country’s effort to achieve t... |
| Jul 4, 2023 | SideBar Podcast Welcomes Damon T. Hewitt, President of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | President Damon Hewitt
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Race-conscious admissions are not about guaranteeing access or giving extra points. We want to see applicants for ... |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Who is "Whispering" in the Supreme Court's Ears? with Hazelton & Hinkle | Hinkle/Hazelton
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Professors Morgan Hazelton and Rachael Hinkle have researched more than 25,000 submitted Supreme Court briefs to answer t... |
| May 2, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Commentator and Author Elie Mystal | Commentator Elie Mystal
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“Can We Trust this Supreme Court with the Constitution?” SideBar Cohosts Jackie Gardina and Mitch Winick enjoy a wide-ranging conversation wit... |
| Apr 18, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Author and Judge Margaret McKeown | Judge Margaret McKeown
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Judge Margaret McKeown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, is the recent author of "Citizen Justice... |
| Apr 4, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Professor Nomi Stolzenberg | Professor Nomi Stolzenberg
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Nomi Stolzenberg, an expert in law and religion, discusses the effect that religious ideology may be having on decisions handed down by the... |
| Mar 21, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Professor Charles Geyh | Professor Charles Geyh
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SideBar welcomes Professor Charles Geyh to discuss disciplinary options available (or not) when judges break the rules - including U.S. Supreme... |
| Mar 7, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Author and Professor Joel Rogers | Professor Joel Rogers
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Did you know behind-the-scenes political groups draft and fund the enactment of “model bills” such as the “Stand Yo... |
| Feb 21, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks | Assemblymember Buffy Wicks
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SideBar podcast on The Legal Talk Network welcomes California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks to the program with a new episode Tuesday, Februar... |
| Feb 2, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Suzanne Nossel | Suzanne Nossel CEO PEN America
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In this episode of SideBar, Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America discusses the dangers of book bans and educational gag orders to our core democratic values.... |
| Jan 21, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Orly Lobel | Author and Law Professor Orly Lobel
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Orly Lobel, author of The Equality Machine, helps explain Artificial Intelligence (AI) and defends harnessing technology as a powerful tool to achieve... |
| Jan 6, 2023 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Dahlia Lithwick | Author Dahlia Lithwick
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SideBar podcast on The Legal Talk Network welcomes award-winning author, lawyer, and journalist Dahlia Lithwick in two new episodes Saturday, January 7, 2023.
Thes... |
| Dec 2, 2022 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Law Professor David Noll | SideBar on Legal Talk Network
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Is “vigilante federalism” the new weapon in battles over abortion, religion, sexuality, gender, and race?
State vigilante laws are authorizing private individuals to... |
| Nov 5, 2022 | SideBar Podcast on The Legal Talk Network Welcomes Author David Pepper | Laboratories of Autocracy
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SideBar on Legal Talk Network goes live with David Pepper - lawyer, politician, and author of Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines.
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