Conversations with people about education, housing, business and culture that address community challenges and offer solution
Conversations with people about education, housing, business and culture that address community challenges and offer solution
Caroline Harrah has emerged as one of the South Coast's most influential parent activists with the formation of Facebook group SB PLAN. Harrah is now trying to provide a platform and voice for parents, teachers and administrators about the re-opening of public schools during the pandemic.
Iconic journalist and author Jerry Roberts visits Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina to discuss the local, state and national political scene. Jerry talks about "triple smart" Meagan Harmon and who's really driving the conversation at Santa Barbara City Hall. He also outlines the SBUSD election.
Dr. Charity Dean, one of the country's foremost experts on battling the COVID-19 pandemic, talks with Josh Molina in this one hour-plus podcast conversation the importance of COVID-19 testing and the country's failed response to the pandemic.
Radius Commercial Real Estate Co-Founder Steve Golis talks how student housing has been hit hard by COVID-19, but is surviving. He also talks about some ballot measures, including how rent control would hurt the industry.
Musician and Realtor Steve Epstein and Kostis Protopapas, artistic and general director of Opera Santa Barbara are working with a large group of arts stakeholders to bring live music, with social distancing, back to Santa Barbara.
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Goleta City Councilman James Kyriaco opens up about all the local election contests, including the contentious Goleta mayor's race, Goleta City Council, and the school board elections in Goleta and Santa Barbara. Kyriaco puts his pundit hat on to talk about national politics.
Fidel Rodriguez has decades of experience holding workshops that focus on practical wellness tools, history, trauma, poverty, racism, leadership and healing. For the last few years, he's been on the front lines in Santa Barbara fighting to change an offensive and racist street name in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Talks with Josh Molina provides a unique platform for people in the world of business, housing and education to talk candidly about the community's challenges and the solutions. Journalist Josh Molina creates dynamic conversations with the influential people who help make the community special. Your support helps Josh expand and grow his podcasts to a larger audience and create an audio history of this incredible community.
Rising young political star Lucas Zucker is the policy and communications director for the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE). In this podcast Lucas talks about the Latino exodus of families in Santa Barbara and COVID-19 conditions in the migrant farmworker fields.
Santa Barbara journalistic icon John Palminteri talks with Josh Molina about his career, his biggest stories and life as a media celebrity. He talks about his Instagram platform, and how he uses it to break news, while dropping a ton of names, past and present. Settle in to this amazing podcast.
Santa Barbara Police Department Sgt. Rashun Drayton talks about what it is like to be a Black police officer, implicit bias, his Santa Barbara upbringing, career in the U.S. Marine Corps, life as father of two girls, and the state of the country, amid the fallout of the George Floyd killing.
Dos Pueblos High School Principal William Woodard talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted his school, DP's innovative parking lot graduation plans, the credit/no-credit grading policy, Just Communities' implicit bias training, district leadership and his former life as a journalist.
Thomas Tighe, President and CEO of Direct Relief, talks about his organization's response during COVID-19, his thoughts on the Lompoc prison outbreak, and Direct Relief's other big mission: supporting midwifery and helping to prevent the unnecessary deaths of mothers and children during labor.
Santa Barbara's Laura Knight, owner of Pascucci, is one of Santa Barbara's restaurant success stories. In this podcast she talks about surviving the pandemic and offering expanded dining. Josh and Laura also recall their memories of the late Babatunde Folayemi, a Pascucci regular.
Mary Lynn Harms-Romo, the senior marketing director for Paseo Nuevo, opens up about the loss of Nordstrom, the future of the iconic, 30-year-old mall, what's going on with the old Macy's building, she explainswhat's behind the $20 million in tenant improvements that the mall's owners are investing.
Santa Barbara City Councilwoman Meagan Harmon swept into office 16 months ago and is now the talk of City Hall. She talks about assisting the business community, rebuilding downtown, life as a mom during the pandemic and the pressures of being a parent while being committed to public service.
Jason Jaeger, founder and principal of Jaeger Partners, believes Santa Barbara should be open for business now. Jaeger also talks housing in the downtown, the need for Santa Barbara city officials to work with the business community, and his vision for Santa Barbara's future.
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