KUCI: Get the Funk Out

Entrepreneur, author and non-profit leader, Brad Aronson joins Janeane to talk about his inspiring book, HUMANKIND: Changing the World One Small Act A...

Brad Aronson’s inspiring book, HUMANKIND: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time (LifeTree Media; April 14, 2020; Paperback) is a collection of stories of ordinary people making extraordinary impact on the lives of others.
Brad Aronson first began volunteering as a teen, and continued volunteering part-time as he built up his first tech company. Now, the former ad executive spends most of his time supporting youth nonprofits, teaching entrepreneur courses to inner-city youth, and investing in startups.
Brad Aronson shares:
Specific actions people can take to help their neighbors, coworkers, and others in their community and around the world who are affected the most by COVID-19; Many of these can be done from the comfort of their home.
Organizations to donate to and support to help those affected by COVID-19.
Why people may be hesitant to help others, how they overcome their fears, and the sometimes small actions they can take to make a difference.
His mentoring and volunteering journey, including working with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Ronald McDonald Camp, Hopeworks, running a group home, and more
How people can utilize entrepreneurial skills and apply these to side jobs and hustles.
What we’re doing right and what we should do more for our younger generation.
Ways we can share our time and resources to help others from near (mentoring and helping people celebrate) and far (donating money or writing letters).
Advice for people going through their own hardships or those with family members who have been diagnosed with cancer.
How he discovered and chose the stories to feature in HUMANKIND and the impact these stories have had on his own life.
These heartwarming, true stories of people doing good in the world are just what we need right now.
“In this very elegant and wise book, Brad shows how we can create a life of adventure and healing by making our lives stories of love in action.”
—Deepak Chopra

Dr. Charles Garfield, author of OUR WISDOM YEARS: Growing Older with Joy, Fulfillment, Resilience, and No Regrets (a Central Recovery Press paperback,...

Dr. Charles Garfield, author of OUR WISDOM YEARS: Growing Older with Joy, Fulfillment, Resilience, and No Regrets (a Central Recovery Press paperback, on sale June 2nd). Dr. Garfield is also the founder of The Shanti Project, a pioneering nonprofit that builds human connections to reduce isolation, and which now provides practical support to older and vulnerable adults who are housebound during the Coronavirus pandemic. As one of the first volunteer organizations in the US to provide support to people with life-threatening illnesses, Shanti has shined a light on the invisible suffering that accompanies illness and isolation.

Coming up this summer! Pamela Gay Professor Emerita in Creative Writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Memoir Binghamton University Author of I’M SO GLAD YOU’R...

ABOUT THE BOOK:
I’m So Glad You’re Here is the story of a family disrupted by ramifications of a father’s mental illness. The memoir opens with a riveting account of Gay, age eighteen, witnessing her father being bound in a straitjacket and carried out of the house on a stretcher. The trauma she experiences escalates when, after her father has had electroshock treatments at a state mental hospital, her parents leave her in a college dorm room and move from Massachusetts to Florida without her. She feels abandoned. Both her parents have gone missing.
Decades later, when Gay and her three much-older siblings show up for their father’s funeral, she witnesses her sundered family’s inability to gather together. Eventually, she is diagnosed with PTSD of abandonment and treated with EMDR therapy―and finally begins to heal. Poignant and powerful, I’m So Glad You’re Here is Gay’s exploration of the idea that while the wounds we carry from growing up in fractured families stay with us, they do not have to control us―a reflective journey that will inspire readers to think about their own relational lives.

The highly anticipated 2020 debut The Jane Austen Society (St. Martin’s Press, on sale May 26) by Natalie Jenner

For those of us in need of an uplifting, comforting, and escapist read about pulling together in troubled times and finding solace in community, the highly anticipated 2020 debut The Jane Austen Society (St. Martin’s Press, on sale May 26) by Natalie Jenner is the perfect pick and I’d love to suggest Jenner as a guest on your show for May/June. Plus, the audiobook is narrated by Richard Armitage (British actor from North & South, The Hobbit, and more) – what could be more soothing than that?
Plot: World War II has just ended and Austen’s Chawton estate is at risk of being broken up and sold off to the highest bidder. Despite battling demons of their own, an unlikely group of locals and Austen fans (a schoolteacher, a local doctor, a Hollywood actress, a Sotheby’s auctioneer, a farmer, and a young house servant) fight to ensure that her legacy lives on, finding hope and healing in the process. A powerful and moving novel that explores the tragedies and triumphs of life, both small and large, and the universal humanity in us.

June 15th @9:30am pst is Sara Auster of Sara Auster Sound!

Sara Auster is the leading voice in sound bath experiences. As a sound therapist and meditation teacher, Sara has traveled the world to share the transformative power of sound and deep listening. From boardrooms to museums, from hospitals to universities, her work has been a driving force in bringing Sound Baths to modern culture. Sara’s thoughtfully crafted immersive Sound Bath experiences invite self-discovery, inspire profound transformation and creativity, and provoke meaningful connection. She guides participants through the therapeutic and healing benefits of sound and listening in a way that is simple, modern and accessible to all.

UCI’s Hai Truong, Marketing Strategist Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning joins Janeane on KUCI 88.9fm

Hai Truong is marketing strategist for the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning at UCI. Hai supports over 300 staff and 30+ different departments and programs with tasks ranging from developing digital marketing campaigns, analytics reporting, and creating social media and training systems.
An alumnus of UC Irvine, Hai has applied his English degree in an eclectic range of fields which include finance, tech recruiting, copywriting, advertising, construction, and 3 years spent building up a startup marketing agency with two friends from college.
He is a first generation Vietnamese American and first-gen college grad.
When he’s not volunteering time mentoring students or working on education projects, he hosts a podcast called Haifidelity (www.haifidelitypodcast.com) which explores a range of topics such as all the wrong ways to get your first internship, breakups, and mental health.

Douglas Abrams is an author, editor, and literary agent. He speaks to Janeane about The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World is a book by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu published in 2016 by Cornerstone Publishers. In this nonfiction, the authors discuss the challenges of living a joyful life.

How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change Turn Angst into Action by Harriet Shugarman

Our children are becoming increasingly depressed with the world around us, and Harriet Shugarman – Executive Director of ClimateMama, professor of Global Climate Change Policy and World Sustainability, and Chair of the Climate Reality Project (NYC), helps parents explain the climate crisis to their kids, overcome overwhelming fear, and find hope to galvanize positive action.
Here's a recent article about Covid & Climate change and a list of pieces about Shugarman:
How to support your children in turning climate angst into climate action Open Democracy
How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change Without Scaring Them Global News
Why the Peoples Climate March Mattered Climate Reality
One Community at a Time Boulder Weekly
Why I March, Building Climate Hope, ClimateMama
Action, Hope and Optimism, Climate Change, Global Moms Challenge
Moms Matter in the Fight Against Climate Change The White House
From Mother to ClimateMama Climate Reality
The Climate Change Revolution Begins with You MSNBC
2020 #NYCclimatehero, The Human Impacts Institute
Building grit and hope in the face of the climate emergency
In her illuminating new book How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change, Harriet Shugarman provides a comprehensive description of the climate crisis, how to communicate it to the children in your life, and how you can work together to be part of its solutions. It’s work like this book that makes me so incredibly inspired by, and proud of, our global network of Climate Reality Leaders.--Al Gore
With catastrophic global warming already baked into the climate system, today's children face a future entirely unlike that of their parents. How can we maintain hope and make a difference in the face of overwhelming evidence of the climate crisis?
Help is at hand from a reliable expert and one of the most trusted advisors to parents, Harriet Shugarman – Executive Director of ClimateMama, professor of Global Climate Change Policy and World Sustainability, and Chair of the Climate Reality Project. How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change provides tools and strategies for parents to explain the climate emergency to their children and galvanize positive action. Coverage includes:

6/1/20 @ 9:30am pst - NOLAN J.KAGETSU, MD, FACR joins Janeane to talk about COVID-19, the importance of wearing masks and the right type of masks, sta...

ABOUT
ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology
Specialties
Neuroradiology
Radiology
Language
English
Hospital Affiliations
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
Mount Sinai Queens
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Brooklyn
The Mount Sinai Hospital

6/1/20 @9:00am pst - Beatie Wolfe is an Anglo-American award-winning, pioneering singer-songwriter known for

‘Orange Juice for the Ears: from Space Beams to Anti-Streams’ is a Barbican commissioned documentary about Beatie Wolfe’s music, innovations & approach, directed by Ross Harris. The film premiered at the Barbican Centre with the Evening Standard’s editor-in-chief hosting the night. An LA private preview was held at Second Home Hollywood with Variety’s James Patrick Herman holding the Q&A. The digital premiere was held by Dezeen’s Virtual Design Festival with the documentary available online until the festival close on the 20th of June 2020.