Central Coast Chat

In this final episode, Cabral spoke with Dr. Allen Radner, the Chief Medical Officer at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System and the CEO of Salinas Valley Medical Clinic, a network of primary and specialty care clinics affiliated with SVMHS.

Intro music is from ©Christopher Seufert and intro wind chime is "Wind Chime, Tolling, A.wav" by InspectorJ from Freesound.org.

Wednesday was Inauguration Day and with it came the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration.

On this week's podcast episode, we spoke with Congressman Jimmy Panetta, who represents California's 20th district in the House of Representatives. He spoke about attending the Inauguration, immigration and what he hopes to work on with the new President.

On the 13th episode of Central Coast Chat, we spoke with Leydy Rangel, a communications specialist with the United Farm Workers Foundation.

This week, we spoke with Corin Slown, an assistant professor at California State University Monterey Bay. She tells us what it's been like adapting to virtual learning and how things have changed for her chemistry students during the pandemic.

She also talks about how she's been preparing for the upcoming semester.

Welcome back to Central Coast Chat!

Ready to reflect on 2020 and look to the future? Listen to this episode, in which we speak with journalists Chelcey Adami and David Rodriguez about stories they covered this year and what stories they think will be popping up in 2021.

This week we spoke with Joe Angel, sometimes known as "Le Joe" about his artwork and some of the pieces he's currently selling.

There will be no episode next week because of the Christmas holiday.

This week we spoke with Alfred Diaz-Infante, the CEO of CHISPA, a non-profit in Monterey County that seeks to provide affordable housing to locals. Part of the reason he's passionate about this work is because many of the people he helps remind him of his own family. To hear that story, stay tuned until the end of the episode.

We spoke with Melissa Kendrick, the CEO & Executive Director of the Food Bank for Monterey County about the work her organization does and how you can help support those in your community with them.

This week we interviewed Orlando Osornio, the new city councilmember for Salinas District 4, and Anthony Rocha, the new city councilmember for Salinas District 6. We discussed their history and background in Salinas, their priorities for the city and how we can best respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wendy Root Askew is your new Monterey County Supervisor for District Four. We spoke with her for this week's podcast about why she loves Monterey, her priorities once she's in office and advice she has for women and mothers, like herself, who are looking to run for office.