Citizen44 with Mark Arinsberg

As a twenty one year veteran police officer with the Ashland Police Department, Bon Stewart has seen his fair share of why we need to start paying close attention to people who are suffering on the streets with mental illness and begin to rehabilitate versus incarceration. A father of two young men, Bon has taught them both the art of self protection and the protection of others as well as how to live in grace with kindness. Bon is not only a model police officer, he is a model citizen of his community who goes to local businesses and organizations to teach them how to respond to the potential of a shooter. On November 30th, my dear, sweet Mother, Margaret (Maggie, Micki) Ruth Arinsberg at the age of eighty passed away from cancer. R.I.P Mom

Growing up in poverty, successful entrepreneur Bart Rupert decided that school was important enough to do as well as he could academically in order to get ahead and never again look in the face of poverty. Using the tools he acquired through creating companies starting at just eleven years old, Bart developed a keen sense of what it takes to be successful at anything one puts their mind to. Bart has been generous enough to share his success stories with us in order to offer the opportunity for others to enjoy a successful and happy life doing the things we love versus what we think we have to do to make it in this world. This show is sponsored by Spartans Alliance. www.spoartansalliance.com

Dear friend and beloved Ashland musician, Gene Burnett shares how one can better serve themselves through the necessary practices of balance and applied pressure. Not growing up with a strong male role model, Gene slowly discovered that having no pressure in his life left him fighting against the natural laws of nature only to find out later in life that having the right amount of pressure exposed his weaknesses thus allowing him to become stronger. Gene's Tai Chi practice and teachings have allowed others to find the necessary balance needed in life for a healthy mind body and spirit. Gene has prolifically and generously produced a lot of original music for the taking which can be found at geneburnett.com.

Cristiana Cole and I met in 2004 on the Nevada desert at our first Burningman. An indescribable experience shared to say the least. Christiana hails from Mexico City where she learned to love the rich culture and how to be in a big family. Her road to adulthood was paved with challenges ranging from being misunderstood for her mindful ways of vegan activism to turning to the punk music scene in search of her true identity. Married now for over two decades and a mother to two boys, Cristiana still rocks the drums professionally, paints and enjoys a variety of other creative interests as well as recently submitting herself for the cover of Maxim Magazine. Also, I check in with my mother who decided to take another call while we were talking, the latest from my sister Rachel about her non-profit The Power Of A Shower and a chat with my daughter Zoë who is away at her first week of college at Oregon Stet University in Corvallis, Oregon.

Austin Vancampen shares how he's taken life by the horns and lived it his outside-the-box way while raising twin boys with non-traditional methods thus developing two very unique and highly successful young men who are experiencing life on levels most never achieve in a life time at only twenty three years old. Austin's philosophies on life are cause for pause and reflection as he breaks down how we must take advantage of the system of capitalism we have in place and leverage it for the betterment of all mankind. Gary Lundgren checks in after returning from his ten week national movie tour with PHOENIX, OREGON The Movie.

Hailing from San Francisco, Dan O'Connor received theatrical training which would later provide him with the necessary foundation for success as an improvisational actor, director and teacher. Dan has spent years developing his LA based acting company IMPRO Theatre as a training ground to assist actors in becoming better actors and improv artists as well as leveraging those communication tools to empower individuals and companies to take advantage of improvisation as an exciting and engaging way to explore and improve the human condition. Check out his book Life Unscripted.

Daniel Austin Sperry is a classically trained cellist living here in Ashland, Oregon who selflessly plays almost every day (weather permitting) right here in Lithia Park at no cost to patrons and appreciators. He's been providing this incredible gift to our community for the last ten years. Even in the face of challenges from both the Ashland Parks Department and local police, Daniel persevered and has become a beloved and culturally significant part of Ashland's unique and wonderful presence here in the Rogue Valley. I think you will enjoy his story. I certainly did.

From humble beginnings, the son of a railroad man quickly realizes that he was meant to play guitar. After listening to his uncle play in the family kitchen and his mothers two part harmony instruction in the car on the way to work, Rick would have the necessary foundation to put his own band The McCoys together and immediately find success with the hit song Hang On Sloopy. Rick has played with everyone from Johnny and Edgar Winter to Ringo Star. At seventy one years old, Rick still rocks as hard as anyone else.

Burleigh Drummond was the drummer and founding member of the popular 70's rock band Ambrosia. Burleigh is very candid with his stories about being the child of a father in the military, his love for his mother, becoming interested in percussion and landing the dream gig with Ambrosia shortly before meeting his wife Mary. Dylan Zmed talks about the road to developing The Everly Brothers Experience and the historical and musically aesthetic reasons why he and his brother Zach put their hearts into their internationally successful tribute band.

Jesse Borrego is a beloved veteran actor and very cool guy who is currently co-starring in Gary Lundgren's latest feature motion picture Phoenix, Oregon (now playing at selected theaters). Jesse talks about his love of working with Gary and Anne Lundgren on Phoenix, Oregon the movie and also shares some of his cultural and professional life experiences. Also, friend, actor and Phoenix, Oregon the movie Producer Luis Rodriguez gives us his experience working on the movie and talks about their upcoming movie tour that starts on June 13th.