The Conversation with Abby Hamblin

Clovis Honoré is president of the San Diego branch of the NAACP. The San Diego branch of the NAACP is celebrating 100 years this year and we wanted to get to know the man leading it in this era.

Clovis is also San Diego State University grad. We talked about his leadership locally and how the NAACP maintained its relevance all these years.

Lemon Grove native Lalo Alcaraz has long been an advocate for better representation of Latinos in America. Now, it's his day job.

He got his start as an editorial cartoonist at San Diego State University's student newspaper The Daily Aztec before going on to create the first nationally-syndicated, politically-themed Latino daily comic strip, "La Cucaracha." More recently, he’s worked as a cultural consultant on the Pixar film “Coco” and the upcoming animated Nickelodeon show, “The Casagrandes.”

Last November, editorial cartoonist Steve Breen began a series of trips to Tijuana, Mexico, to meet the migrants at the center of national debates on immigration and the asylum process. His drawings became an illustrated and animated series called "Drawn to America."

Watch all 10 episodes of "Drawn to America," here: https://bit.ly/2ltWYZt

Emily Skrutskie is a Los Angeles-based author of “The Abyss Surrounds Us” and its sequel, “The Edge of the Abyss,” and the stand-alone novel “Hull Metal Girls.” Her next novel, “Bonds of Brass,” will be published in the spring of 2020.

Kiersten White is local to San Diego. She’s The New York Times best-selling author of numerous books for young readers, including the “And I Darken” trilogy, “The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels “Slayer” and “Chosen,” and the upcoming “The Guinevere Deception.”

Edith Eger was 16 when her family was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. At age 90 she wrote 'The Choice' to tell her story and help others.

Dr. Eric Topol is a the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. He’s easily one of the most pioneering visionaries in San Diego but also around the world.

In his new book, "Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again," he argues that artificial intelligence can actually make healthcare more human.

From growing up in Scripps Ranch to premiering 'Brigsby Bear' at Sundance Film Festival, Kyle Mooney talks about his journey with comedy starting in San Diego.

From humble beginnings with just a few hundred people gathering to celebrate comics to more than 100,000 fans from all over the world nerding out together.

Comic-Con International has been an annual pop culture paradise for 50 years and it starts again in San Diego this week. To mark the occasion, we join forces with San Diego News Fix — a daily news podcast at the Union-Tribune — for a special episode that will play on both podcasts.

First up, reporters Phil Molnar and Charlie Clark discuss survival tips and coverage plans for Comic-Con with Daniel Wheaton and Abby Hamblin.

Then, at 22:50 Peter Rowe discusses the history of Comic-Con.

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San Diego Comic-Con is back for its 50th anniversary in America's Finest City. Kerry Dixon, editor of the San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog, joined us again to talk about what's new at this year's Comic-Con and how to survive the 4-day conference.

On June 18, California Gov. Gavin Newsom offered an official apology to the state's Native Americans whose ancestors endured violence and wrongdoing by the state. An official with one tribe in San Diego County, the Jamul Indian Village of California, said the apology is long overdue but it's a step in the right direction. And no, she says, Native Americans are not seeking reparations.