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We're a civic-minded, community-focused organization putting together moderated panels, interviews, discussions, events focused on cool people doing groundbreaking things and possibly causing earth-shattering change in California and beyond. Help us with funding to put on our podcasts and virtual events so we can keep informing, entertaining, engaging and inspiring you with the latest about what's going on in the great state of California. Send us a few coins or notes via PayPal to paypal.me ...
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This pandemic has created a major upheaval in Los Angeles, the global hub of entertainment.We’re now used to streaming movies and TV shows whenever we want, and we’re finding new types of entertainment in places like YouTube, Twitch and TikTok.So what does the future hold for movie theaters, streaming services, film and TV studios, and the people w…
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Silicon Valley has always been the global hub of technology, and in the past 18 months, it has made the tools that allowed Americans -- and the American economy -- to survive the pandemic.Right now, California’s tech industry is triumphant, and flush with profits. What will it do with all that money and power? And who, if anyone, can restrain tech,…
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California's arts institutions are dealing with budget cuts and revenue shortfalls due to the pandemic, and a reckoning with systemic racism in the art world.So what progress have they made in diversifying their staffs, their artwork, and their audiences over the past year? And will any of us ever look at art, and the meaning of it, in the same way…
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Few business sectors in California were more battered by the pandemic than the dining industry -- nearly a third of the state’s restaurants permanently closed in the past year, and two-thirds of workers temporarily lost their jobs.Now as California opens back up, how many restaurants will reopen, and will they bounce back? We talk with two people w…
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The pandemic has changed the concept of physical stores – do we still need them, what’s their purpose now, and how should they change to stay relevant? And what about the stuff we buy – do we need to have the same things we bought before the pandemic, and do we still need to shop for so much of it? We talk with two retail experts about how the coro…
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Travel is bouncing back, but there’s still plenty we don’t know about how the pandemic -- and new variants of the coronavirus -- will play out, either here in California or overseas. And those big unknowns are still dramatically shaping the future of travel.We talk with two California-based travel experts who have been on the road this year about w…
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Now that California is reopening, where do we go and how do we get there? This three-part episode focuses on the future of transportation in the state, from clean cars and electric trucks to high-speed rail and highway removals. We're talking with three people who are working on innovations in all those areas. GUESTS* Part 1: Robert Powers, general…
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The pandemic has re-shifted our priorities, particularly where we want to live and work. For many Californians, that location may be a different one than the place they were living before the coronavirus hit. And that’s causing major changes in cities, suburbs and small towns across the state. Join us as we talk with two planning and development ex…
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After more than a year of closed campuses and online-only learning, California’s higher education system has been completely changed in a way that will persist when students head back to class in real life for a new school year. But there are other changes still developing, like:* what's the right mix of face-to-face, virtual and hybrid learning* h…
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This pandemic has been a wild ride for everyone, especially for young Millennials and Generation Z.These teens and 20-somethings are dealing with some turbulent stuff -- mental health issues, remote learning, a rocky economy and job market -- during some pivotal life stages. On the other hand, what happened in 2020 made many young people far more a…
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Remember when a first date often involved dinner and a movie, a few drinks in a crowded bar, and if things went well, a goodnight kiss? 2020 changed all that with social distancing, mask-wearing and the threat of catching a deadly disease.But right now, when every adult is eligible for vaccination, what does this summer -- and the future -- hold fo…
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What does the future hold for working parents in California? Will the childcare crisis, homeschooling debacle and issues involving remote work and essential work put us on a new path to better work-life balance? Are the federal and state governments going to make parenting easier to do going forward? And how can we use what we’ve learned during the…
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COVID-19 caused the early deaths of many seniors, but even as we see the light at the end of the tunnel, the big issues of aging and senior care in California won't be easing up. The new Census data shows that California keeps getting older, and by the year 2030, nearly a quarter of our population will be over age 65. That affects nearly everything…
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Even though coronavirus infections have sharply dropped, and the CDC is relaxing the rules around masks and mingling, what are we going to do about California’s healthcare system and our shell-shocked hospitals? How can we make sure we prevent so many unnecessary deaths among the people who cook our food, clean our houses, take care of our kids and…
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With recent headlines about scandals and snafus at Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook, tech workers in Silicon Valley are fed up with doing business as usual, and they’re fighting back. Software coders and engineers who earn six-figure salaries are joining forces with the lower-paid workers who make their tech campuses run and embracing th…
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Thirteen months of statewide shutdowns have meant shuttered doors and bankruptcies for businesses in all types of industries, and the exodus of companies leaving California for other states seems to have accelerated. Governor Gavin Newsom has promised that the state will be fully open for business by June 15 if all goes well, but how many businesse…
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When kids go back to in-person learning, what will that be like? How will the classroom be set up? How will school administrators handle the needs of their students, parents and teachers? And how will California’s public schools be different, for better or for worse, when the new school year begins? We’re asking these questions to David Miyashiro, …
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In this episode, we’re taking a look at The Future of Work in California – how we’ll be doing it, and where we’ll be doing it from. In Part One, we’re talking about the post-pandemic office, and what it will look like, with two people in the Bay Area who are designing it now - Christopher Good, creative director of One Workplace, and Melissa Pesci,…
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In this first episode, we’re taking a look at The Future of News in California, and how the pandemic has added more stress to local newspapers, which are already in a downward spiral. If they keep cutting back, or close for good, how will we Californians get our news? We’re talking about that with:* Colleen McCain Nelson, the brand new editor in ch…
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We're doing a specific group of podcasts in July -- conversations focused on what systemic change looks like, particularly here in California, in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Each conversation has two people: a young leader who has galvanized others by speaking out and leading demonstration and campaigns, and a "veteran" activist/ decision mak…
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** This conversation was recorded on July 13 **We're doing a specific group of podcasts in July -- conversations focused on what systemic change looks like, particularly here in California, in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Each conversation features two people: a young leader who has galvanized others by speaking out and leading demonstration a…
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** This podcast was recorded on May 18 **NOTE: Forgive us for the spots of glitchy audio in this one -- they're worst in the first 4-5 minutes, and then it gets better. Such is podcasting during Pandemic Time!After nearly two months in lockdown, restaurant owners got their first concrete guidelines for opening up again when the state of California …
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In this episode, we’re talking about how to keep our mental health and our sanity intact during Pandemic Time.Dr. Peter Yellowlees, Chief Wellness Officer at UC Davis Health System, has been writing a newsletter called “Good Stuff” about how to keep one’s mental health in good shape. He started writing it when the pandemic began, specifically for e…
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If you’re running out of things to watch on streaming TV or favorite podcasts to listen to, have we got suggestions for you. We talked with a few people who read books, watch TV and produce podcasts for a living, and they gave us great suggestions for what to tune into during this “Pandemic Time." Listen to their picks for current news, "comfort fo…
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** This Q&A was recorded on May 8, 2020**We’re taking a look at California’s grocery stores -- how they’ve handled becoming the “public square” that everyone is still allowed to go to, and all the stressful issues that go along with it, from ensuring the health and safety of their front-line employees, to making sure there’s enough toilet paper, fl…
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In this episode, we’re taking a look at California’s food supply chain – how it’s under stress, and even breaking, because of the coronavirus crisis. We’re talking with a couple of people who are literally “in the field” and seeing how pandemic-induced glitches in the food supply chain are playing out. First is Evan Wiig, communications director fo…
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In this episode, we’re taking a look at California’s restaurant industry – the efforts happening now to keep it going, and what it will look like after the pandemic is over. Our guest to explain all that today is Patrick Mulvaney, chef and owner of Mulvaney’s B&L in Sacramento. Like many other restaurants, Mulvaney’s B&L closed its doors once the s…
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In this episode (taped April 19), we’re talking with a couple of everyday people who are doing amazing things in this New Normal -- and got their local communities to step up by offering volunteer time, skills and financial support.First up: Cris Stellar, owner of Dry Diggins Distillery, who pivoted from brewing spirits for cocktails to making hand…
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Over the next few weeks – or however long it takes before we are allowed to leave our houses again – we’ll be looking at the ways our coronavirus-affected lives are changing over the short- and long-term, and talking with Californians making significant change in this New Normal.In episode #1 of this series, we talked with a UC Davis epidemiologist…
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Doing live, in-person events is off the table for a while, but we’re still interviewing Californians doing groundbreaking things during “Pandemic Time.” So here is our podcast series “The New Normal in California.” Over the next few weeks – or however long it takes before we get the all-clear to leave our houses again – we’ll be looking at the ways…
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** This podcast was recorded on November 18, 2019**Our final “Policy and a Pint” of 2019 is with a former farm boy from the Central Valley who is now Gavin Newsom’s go-to guy for advice on California ‘s economy and business affairs, and also chair of the state’s High Speed Rail project. Lenny Mendonca grew up milking cows on his family’s farm in Tu…
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Is the jig up for the “Gig Economy” in California?Governor Gavin Newsom just signed California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) legislation into law — and it’s one of the most contentious bills this year that we’ll probably still be talking about (and voting on) during Election Year 2020.AB5, which kicks in on January 1, changes the test used to determine w…
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With fires blazing yet again in Wine Country and the hills of Los Angeles, PG&E power outages, and historic, triple-digit-m.p.h. windstorms blowing through the state, we thought it would be a good time to talk with someone who could help us make some sense of all this Wildfire Season craziness, someone with 30-plus years of experience dealing with …
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Kristopher Barkley and Nikky Mohanna are two people who are literally changing the shape of Sacramento’s skyline. They’re designing and constructing buildings that aim to show off the Capitol City at its best, and they’re striving to innovate the places in which we live, work and play.Barkley, who has just hit the 30-year mark at Dreyfuss + Blackfo…
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Eating local, sustainable and seasonal is something we hear a lot in the “Farm-to-Fork” capital city of Sacramento. Is that message making its its way to school lunchrooms here as well?Many school districts are trying to get local ingredients on the menu. And other organizations, from Bay Area startups to the California Department of Food and Agric…
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We took a road trip to hold this conversation (our 50th event!) at the lovely Gold Rush town of Auburn because, according to Cal Fire maps, it sits in the “high” risk zone of wildfire hazards, and it’s right next to the “very high” risk zone that includes much of the Sierra Nevadas, including Paradise, Grass Valley and Nevada City, and all of Lake …
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It’s a special “Back to School” edition of Groundbreakers Q&A as we sit down with Gary May, Chancellor of UC Davis, and talk with him about his vision and goals for UC Davis and the Sacramento region, and his take on the state of higher-education today — the college admission scandals, massive student loan debt, improving diversity levels and gradu…
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** This podcast was recorded live on August 28, 2019**On the surface, the legal cannabis business looks like the greatest thing since sliced bread to hit California’s tax coffers. Sorry to harsh your buzz, but no. California's cannabis industry is an absolute mess.In May, the Governor’s office released state budget documents showing that it has cut…
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*This event was recorded on July 10, 2019 *Sacramento is still sometimes called “that place halfway between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe.” And travelers often drive to those two tourist attractions without stopping to see what’s in between them. But that’s changing. Sacramento is dedicated to turning the Old Sacramento waterfront into a new type of…
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** This discussion was recorded on June 26, 2019**State Senator Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco, has made waves since he came to Sacramento in 2016. His efforts to build more housing around public transportation and in wealthy suburbs have made his legislation the most talked-about so far this year at the Capitol, and in the media. He’s …
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** This conversation was recorded on June 4, 2019 **Wildfire Season is here! (Although in California, it’s now almost year-round, right?) To find out how the Golden State is planning for it, we talked with the man who is now responsible for a lot of those fire management and firefighting efforts — Wade Crowfoot, California’s new Secretary for Natur…
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** This event was recorded on May 23, 2019**California is known for its amazing wines and its innovative, offbeat ways of growing, producing and marketing them. So in our offbeat and innovative way, we’re going doing a new type of tasting, mixing plenty of great wine with good gab by California Groundbreakers who turn grapes into liquid bliss.Our w…
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**This event was recorded on April 30, 2019**This "Groundbreakers Q&A" is with two guys who know their way around a kitchen.Rick Mahan and Patrick Mulvaney are Sacramento's Top Chefs. Their restaurants, The Waterboy (opened in 1996) and Mulvaney B&L (in 2006), set the bar for fine dining in Sacramento, and they're still atop the list of places wort…
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** This conversation was recorded on April 17, 2019**California’s legislature is looking at how to make blockchain and cryptocurrency easier to use here. One bill would set up a structure for regulating virtual-currency business activities in the state. Another would require California to start accepting “stablecoins,” digital currency tied to the …
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**This discussion was recorded on April 8, 2019**Sacramento is getting attention nationwide for its alt-transportation methods, which focus on smarter, safer and more efficient ways of getting people from A to B, while reducing carbon emissions and traffic congestion in a big way.But it’s not always a smooth ride. There are multiple complaints abou…
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* This podcast was recorded on April 3, 2019 at Antiquite Midtown in Sacramento* We’re talking with some of Sacramento’s mightiest movers and shakers this year, people who are bringing changes, making waves and putting California’s capital on the map in bold font.This conversation is with two people who play big roles in shaping Sacramento’s arts s…
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