OC Talk Radio

Hear my own journey installing solar panels on my house here in South Orange County.  Including the initial confusion,  concerns and uncertainty I had (until I found the right company, OC SOLAR).  And hear from the owner himself, Vincent Curcie about what makes them different and special. 

Learn more than you ever wanted to know about this confusing industry and the many changes that keep it a constant "guessing game" for many SoCal homeowners.

The kind of "real guide" I wish I had heard before I installed my home solar system. And why (ultimately) I was so happy with my choice.

On this week's OC SPOTLIGHT, here on OC TALK RADIO.  Orange County's only community radio station, streaming live from our studio here at the University of California Irvine's Beall Applied Innovation Center.

 Meet Monique Claudio, founder of OC LUXURY BAGS and hear all about her business reselling luxury handbags LIVE on TikTok. And how she got started in this business and what happens during her live shows featuring these rare, hard-to-find and collectible high-end handbags. 

 Roy Osorio, OSORIO GROUP, Coldwell Banker, Global Luxury joins us to discuss their unique PRESALE RENOVATION STRATEGY that allows you to create more profit in less time than the traditional real estate model. By having them provide the capital needed to fix up your home. Leading to quicker sales and higher profits. 

Chris Meyer, Owner of Expedia Cruises here in OC joins us to discuss the booming cruise business.  And Expedia's role in that market, particularly with their brick and mortar franchises (like his here in Orange County).

Chef Antonio Cardenas from CALIFORNIA DINING discusses his life as a private chef for celebrities, private parties and anyone looking to have a memorable experience.  Discussing his love of cooking (starting when he was just a kid) and the authentic Mexican flavors, aromas and recipes he absorbed from his mother and grandmother (passed down thru generations). To his modern training in "fusion" food like the Peruvian restaurant he originally trained at (a cuisine that famously blends lots of different elements and cultures together from Latin American flavors to Japanese ingredients and dishes).  Similar to the flavors and influences he absorbed living in the heavily Asian San Gabriel valley. 

He does it all!  And shares many of those culinary journeys and experiences on this week's OC SPOTLIGHT, here on Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO.  Streaming live from our studios here at the University of California Irvine's Beall Applied Innovation Center.

Hear from the amazing Howard Leonhardt (with his 21 U.S. patents for products for treating cardiovascular disease) on his latest venture, LIONHEART HEALTH.  Pioneering a new category of "Longevity and Wellness" MedSpas (with the first one slated to open here in Orange County, CA). All built around the new possibility of both improving a patient's overall quality of life and dramatically extending it as well. 

All based upon his breakthrough studies here at UCI's BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER on electrostimulation and the proteins that may hold the key to regenerating major organs and extending life itself.

All part of an overall portfolio of medical startups under his LEONHARDT VENTURES that includes a company focused on using vibrational energy to prevent clots, plaque and calcification (currently in the R&D phase) and another company working on actual heart valve regeneration (now in Clinical Phase 1).

It's an amazing tale of the future (and how it's being created today).  All told by a proven pioneer in medical technologies who's built his career combating cardiovascular disease.

Meet Lauren Franco. Founder and Executive Director of GIRLS WHO GATHER, a non-profit that seeks to bring women who are in their early/mid-career into the community and build women leaders. Marketing Lead at WME Fashion, on the team that puts on New York Fashion Week.  And OCSA and NYU Alumni, Actress and Producer.

Meet Yesenia Ochoa, CEO of MECCA (Multi-Ethnic Collaborative of Community Agencies) and Board Chair, Orange County Community Housing Corporation-STEPPING UP

Karina Fawzy, President and Co-Owner of California Marketing and Sales joins us to discuss their plumbing supply business, where they represent more than 40 manufacturers nationwide in the plumbing industry.

Join PR guru Betty Martinez Franco as she shares her amazing journey from coming to the US and working the fields  to getting her education at OCC, Cal State Fullerton and then a Masters at USC. After which she founded her own PR firm here in Orange County, CA.  Where she now serves as the representative for FORD MOTOR COMPANY overseeing their Hispanic Communications Outreach efforts here on the West Coast.