"Be Bold America!‪"‬ Jill Cody, MPA

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)

Back in 1929 when the market crashed and the Great Depression began, Uber, TaskRabbit, and the gig economy were almost a century in the future. So why are the laws we use to protect the workers who power those businesses unchanged from 100 years ago?

As we learned with startling clarity during the unprecedented economic upheaval of the pandemic, our social safety net legislation is divorced from how Americans on the margins survive today.

Government policies have not kept up with the changing nature of how we work, and too many people—the forgotten jobless of the gig-economy who don’t qualify for government assistance—are falling through the cracks. While the relief money provided during the pandemic was a godsend for millions, for others, namely workers like drivers, delivery people, and handymen, that vital assistance never came due to archaic and pro-business unemployment laws. 

Interview Guest:

Alexandrea Ravenelle, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Her first book, Hustle and Gig: Struggling and Surviving in the Sharing Economy has been translated into Korean, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese.  

Dr. Ravenelle’s research has been published in The New York Times; Regions, Economy and Society; Journal of Managerial Psychology; Consumption Markets and Culture; and New Media & Society.

She is the recipient of grants from the National Science Foundation and Russell Sage Foundation to study the impact of COVID-19 on precarious workers in New York, and funding from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to study the impact of elite gig work.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)

Associated Press: Updated 6:02 AM PDT, April 10, 2024:

“Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United Nations. [Climate Secretary, Simon Stiell]”

 

The climate emergency is often described as a "wicked" problem—one that results from numerous factors that interact in new and surprising ways to defy standard solutions—the pervasive distresses and traumas it generates are also "wicked" problems that cannot be resolved through conventional, professionally delivered, individualized clinical treatment services.

 

Facing our climate future will require entire neighborhoods and communities be engaged to prevent and heal the distresses and traumas generated during the long climate mega-emergency. If whole-community initiatives are launched throughout industrialized nations and worldwide, the indomitable human spirit and capacity for resilience can be activated.



Interview Guest:

Bob Doppelt founded and coordinates the International Transformational Resilience Coalition (ITRC), a network of mental health, social service, disaster management, climate, and faith organizations and professionals. He is trained in both counseling psychology (M.S.) and environmental science (M.S.) and has combined the two fields throughout his career. He is also a Graduate of the International Program on the Management of Sustainability, in Ziest, The Netherlands, and a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Instructor. He is also a former Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center.

 

Bob is the author of a number of books on the interface between individual, group, community, and social resilience and change and ecological regeneration. His newest book is Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas: A Guide for Building Resilience and Hope in Communities. Bob also writes for Psychology Today. Due to his many years of work, in 2015 Bob was named one of the world’s “50 Most Talented Social Innovators” by the World CRS Congress.

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday,

April 7, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)

“We are not prepared, have no plan, don’t know how bad it’s going to get, and have no time to waste. Everything and everyone is at risk.” ~ Kasper Benjamin Reimer Bjorkskov, Danish Climate Activist

As the European Environmental Agency reported, “We are entering an era of ‘Total Climate F-ery.’” You know what the “F’ stands for.

The underestimated extreme heat occurrences, the rising ocean acidity that is scaring scientists, the unchecked deterioration of biodiversity loss, and water and food crises around the world are almost beyond our capacity to correct.

Why is this existential threat to humanity not being covered as if everything did not depend on what we do next? 

Betsy Rosenberg will share key indicators of ecosystems in decline and share her insights as a broadcast journalist insider about why the corporate news gatekeepers are only covering the tip of melting icebergs.

Last year was the hottest in recorded history, yet the networks focused less than ONE Percent of their coverage on the climate crisis! 

Please join “Be Bold America!” on Sunday, April 7 at 5:00 pm to hear how the news media is not covering the biggest “If it bleeds; it leads story” in history and what we can do about it!

Interview Guest:

Betsy Rosenberg has been a broadcast journalist for her entire career, beginning with a stint at ABC Sports during the Olympics in 1976 while still in college. Her first on air position was with CBS Radio, where she worked for two decades as a reporter at KCBS in San Francisco and later as a network anchor in New York City. 

After 20 years of covering breaking news, she left to cover environmental challenges and solutions as an independent radio host and producer. First on the Air America Network, and later on Internet Radio, Betsy conducted hundreds of interviews with leading eco-innovators and experts covering all shades of green--with extra emphasis on the worsening climate crisis. 

In addition to public speaking, she has written articles on Huff Post and Medium and has contributed to two books including Climate Abandoned—We’re on the Endangered Species List. Most recently Betsy was co-founder and host on GreenTV.com

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“Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Moral courage is in the spotlight today given an upsurge in authoritarian regimes worldwide. To date, 96 investigative journalists have been killed in the Israeli /Hamas war.

Why do investigative journalists stand up to intolerant regimes, often single-handedly? In the book, Moral Courage, 19 international journalists explain their rational for the work they do.

Hear how these extraordinary people (who possess Moral Courage to fight Moral Injury) literally put their bodies on the line so that the rest of us may learn the truth.

We speak with Canadian neuropsychiatrist Anthony Feinstein who has a strong and lauded track record in the field of conflict journalism research and we will learn what motivates investigative journalists to expose crime, corruption, and greed despite the personal risks involved.

Interview Guest:

Anthony Feinstein, Ph.D., is a neuropsychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His research follows two strands – the search for cerebral correlates of behavioral disorders associated with multiple sclerosis, and exploring the psychological effects of conflict on journalists. 

Dr. Feinstein consults with news organizations including the New York Times, CNN and The Globe & Mail providing educational sessions about frontline journalists’ emotional health. He is the author of seven books including his most recent,  Moral Courage: 19 Profiles of Investigative Journalists.

In 2000-2001 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study mental health issues in post-apartheid Namibia. In 2012, he produced a documentary, “Under Fire” based on his research of journalists in war zones, which won a Peabody Award.

"Understandably, as the consequences of responding to morally egregious behavior become increasingly more hazardous, the number of people prepared to say something or take action becomes very small indeed." - Anthony Feinstein

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 “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PDT)

This interview will take you on a journey into the recesses of your soul and will explore the ontological question:

What is our underlying essence?

Internationally acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize nominated, and local author and filmmaker, Michael A. Allen, uses the metaphor of the sea, and its ebb and flow, to describe the Tao of life’s cycle.

And, he discovers within this unique reflection a new way to comfort and heal the Self from the trauma of death. Michael was inspired to write his book Tao of Surfing: Finding Depth at Low Tide after his lifelong best friend and surfing partner suddenly came out as gay and died from AIDS in 1989.   

The book subsequently became the basis for the soon-to-be-released feature film, A Long Road to Tao, which Michael co-wrote and produced.

Michael Allen will be joined in this interview by A Long Road to Tao cast member and fellow surfer, Mike Clancy, to discuss the book, the making of the film, the politics surrounding the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, and how the film relates to political issues facing the LGBTQ community today.

Interview Guest (picture attached):

Michael A Allen: Internationally acclaimed, and Pulitzer Prize nominated author Michael A Allen, hold a Master’s degree in Philosophy and Certificate and Asian Studies from California State University at Long Beach, and is a member of the Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honor Society. While serving as President of the Student Philosophy Association, he chaired a Medical Ethics session for a seminar on Applied Ethics. He also presented “The Application of Taoist Principles in Everyday Living” at University of Hawaii’s International Society for Chinese Philosophy Conference. Michael, his wife, and their children live along the Central Coast of California. He has been surfing for over 30 years.

 

 

Interview Guest (picture attached):

Mike Clancy holds degrees in oceanography and meteorology and is a former Technical and Scientific Director of the U.S. Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center in Monterey.  He has authored over 100 publications in meteorology, oceanography and information technology, and received over 50 professional awards, including the Navy’s highest civilian award, the Distinguished Civilian Service Award, signed by the Secretary of the Navy.  Mike serves on the “Question Review Team” for the Annual Leon Panetta Lecture Series and is a frequent public speaker on climate change.   He currently Chairs the Monterey County Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby.

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Celebrating Be Bold America!’s 5-year Anniversary!

Back by popular demand! One of the most listened to “Be Bold America!” programs in five years. If you missed it, here is another chance!

 Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)

New Zealander, Capt. Pete Bethune, has been run over by Japanese whalers, shot at by illegal gold miners, knifed in the chest while following the illegal pet trade, and nearly diedafter being bitten by south America’s deadliest snake. It is safe to say that Capt. Bethune is the Indiana Jones for saving endangered species worldwide.

 

From serving months in a maximum-security prison for fighting Japanese whalers to saving endangered red monkeys from poachers in the Amazon to his K9 tracking program in the jungles of Costa Rica, Pete Bethune’s KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America! interview will move and inspire you. 

Pete Bethune takes conservation to the extreme. As the founder of Earthrace Conservation (earthrace.net), Pete is a world record holder of circling the globe four times in his powerboat named, Earthrace.

At the heart of it all, Pete is a ship captain with a dangerous environmental mission.

Interview Guest:

Capt. Bethune TEDxAuckland talk was one of the most emotional speeches where by Pete argues that we can all lead extraordinary and meaningful lives, but the key is to find and stand for a cause you truly believe in – that is worth dying for.

His missions have seen him shot at, incarcerated in Libya and Japan and held under armed guardin a Guatemalan Military camp. As the producer of his show ‘The Operatives’, Pete runs a team of former special forces operatives to combat wildlife poaching, smuggling and illegal fishing in Africa, Asia, and Central America. He also works closely with government enforcement units, training them in coastal surveillance and hostile vessel takedown.