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The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social services around Southern Nevada. Listen in as the movers and shakers in the val... more
FAQs about The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show:How many episodes does The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show have?The podcast currently has 233 episodes available.
July 11, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show July 11, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: 5th Annual Help Youth Thrive Education Drive with Arash Ghafoori, CEO of Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY); Student Loan Reforms with Brian Walsh, Certified Financial Planner and Head of Advice & Planning at SoFi; Professional Relationships with Parfait Bassalé, Singer-Songwriter, Belonging Strategist, and Author of The Way of Befriending: Transforming Relationships and Organizations for Belonging; PD-L1 Biomarker Testing with Dr. Julie R. Brahmer, Medical Oncologist at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and Colette Smith, who’s living with lung cancer; ATTR-Cardiac Amyloidosis with Dr. Barbara Hutchinson, President of Chesapeake Cardiac Care and Past President and Past Chair of the Board for the Association of Black Cardiologists. ...more57minPlay
July 04, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show July 4, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: 5th Annual Help Youth Thrive Education Drive with Arash Ghafoori, CEO of Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth (NPHY); Summer Price Increases with Alfredo Romero, former Senior Economist at the Joint Economic Committee; Giving 4th with Rosie Rios, Chair of America250; Make it Happen Campaign for Oncology Care with Donna Catamero, Associate Director of Myeloma Research at the Mount Sinai Health System and Rebecca C. Moran, Physician Assistant at the Piedmont Cancer Institute; Modern Healing with Dr. Alan R. Cohen, Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins and author of Comfort Always: Healing in the Age of Technology. ...more57minPlay
June 27, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show June 27, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: Charity Fireworks Booth with Michael Conner, Treasurer of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 17 (VVA 17); Nevada Toxic Chemicals with Sarah Vogel, Senior Vice President for Healthy Communities at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Dr. Pat Spearman, Army Veteran and Former Nevada State Senator; History Tellers Award for America’s 250th Anniversary with Dave Borghesani, Chocolate Historian for American Heritage Chocolate, and Marcus P. Smith from the Du Bois Freedom Center, winner of the 2026 History Tellers Award; Best Books of the Year So Far with Al Woodworth, Senior Editor on the Amazon Editorial team; Early Lung Cancer Screening with Michelle Futrell, Director of Lung Cancer Screening Programs and Initiatives at the LUNGevity Foundation. ...more57minPlay
June 20, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show June 20, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: Smart Start Scholarships with Shannon Hiller, Chief Marketing Officer at Create Credit Union and Osker Gamboa, Smart Start Scholarship recipient; Curiosity on a Mission for University Research with Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of MIT; Filling the Doctor Shortage with Dr. Robert Cain, President and CEO of The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM); HS Truths Initiative with Dr. Vivian Shi, Board-Certified Dermatologist and Professor of Dermatology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Catina, who has lived with Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) since childhood; Father’s Day with Christopher Parent, author of Fragments of a Decent Man. ...more57minPlay
June 13, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show June 13, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: 7th Annual Battle For Vegas Charity Softball Game with James Sullivan, co-founder of The Las Vegas Agency and Battle For Vegas; Check the Box! Saving Lives Together Campaign with Nancy Lieberman, Basketball Hall of Famer and head coach in IceCube’s BIG3 league, along with Lori Tessel, Chief Philanthropy Officer at the Prostate Cancer Foundation; This is ALZ Campaign for Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month with Beth Battaglino, CEO of HealthyWomen and Kerry Dennis, who’s living with Alzheimer’s disease; National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign with Linda DeCarlo, Senior Director of Occupational Safety & Health at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS); The Future of Shopping at the GS1 Connect Conference with Melanie Nuce-Hilton, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at GS1 US; 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with Katie Kennedy, history and civics professor and author of The Declaration Decoded: A Guide to the Document that Inspired Our Nation. ...more57minPlay
June 06, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show June 6, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: Automotive Career Education with Wesley Gregg, founder of Gaudin Technical Institute (GTI); AI Literacy for National Safety Month with Sarah Dooley, AI Strategist and Founder of AI-Empowered Mom; National Dog Bite Awareness Campaign with Linda DeCarlo, Senior Director of Occupational Safety & Health at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Summer Tech & Gadgets with Katie Linendoll, Emmy Award-winning tech expert; Esophageal Cancer and Diseases with Dr. Amrita Sethi, Medical Director at the Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, and Paul Davis, Achalasia Patient Treated with POEM. ...more57minPlay
May 29, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show May 30, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: 19th Annual Restaurant Week with Irma McDow, Philanthropy Officer at Three Square; How We Learn and Communicate with Jason Nana Yaw Mohan (Jay Mo), Director of the AMPLE Leadership Platform; Science Under Siege Report and Science Delivers Initiative with Matthias Berninger, Head of Public Affairs, Sustainability and Safety at Bayer; Gene Therapy with Dr. Lindsey A. George, Director of Clinical In Vivo Gene Therapy and an attending physician in the Division of Hematology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP); Teen Driving and the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer with Bob Passmore, Department Vice President of Personal Lines at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) and Rebecca Weast, Senior Research Scientist at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS); Teen Achievement and Self-Esteem with Meredith Walker, author of Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice: A Teen Girl’s Guide to Unlearning the Rules. ...more57minPlay
May 23, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show May 23, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: Skin Cancer Awareness Month with Dr. Matthew Schwartz, Radiation Oncologist at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada; Summer Academics with Austin Congleton, Middle School Principal at Delta Academy; Nonprofits Supporting Nonprofits with Shaun Maddox, Founder of Winning 4a Cause; Military Appreciation Month and Mental Health Awareness Month with Benjamin Hightower, Air Force Veteran and singer-songwriter, and Andrea McCarren, President of The PenFed Foundation for Military Heroes; Flying Solo: Navigating Financial Autonomy with Deana Healy, Vice President of Financial Planning & Advice at Ameriprise Financial; National Speech-Language-Hearing Month with Dr. Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, President of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and Dr. Janice R. Trent, audiologist and former ASHA Board Member. ...more57minPlay
May 16, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show May 16, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: Affordable Housing Month with Ashlee Andrews, Las Vegas Market Executive at Bank of America, and Todd Imholte, President and CEO of Blind Center of Nevada; Emotional Intelligence with Virginia Knudsen, Co-Founder and CEO of BOAR, and author of Leading With Heart: Unlocking the Power of Emotional Intelligence; National Moving Month with Ryan Snyder, Director of Governmental and Legislative Affairs at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in the U.S. Department of Transportation; Car Safety with Jennifer Morrison, Director of Vehicle Safety Strategy at Mazda North American Operations; National Stop the Bleed Month with Dr. David S. Shapiro, Chair of the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed Committee; Amazon Health AI with Dr. Andrew Diamond, Chief Medical Officer at Amazon One Medical. ...more57minPlay
May 09, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show May 9, 2026The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show, hosted by Heather Vale, highlights charity events, non-profit initiatives, and social issues around Southern Nevada. This week’s topics: Timbers Fundraising Drive with Maribel Garcia, Executive Director of the Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation (NBCF); Helping Women and Children with Tess Davis, Founder of The Human Conduit; SubQ Lung Cancer Treatment with Dr. Coral Olazagasti, Medical Oncologist for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Stephanie Williams, lung cancer patient; National Investing Day with Dan Stein, VP Branch Manager at Charles Schwab; Modern Work Trends with Aneesh Raman, Chief Economic Opportunity Officer at LinkedIn and Co-Author of the new book Open to Work: How to Get Ahead in the Age of AI. ...more57minPlay
FAQs about The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show:How many episodes does The Las Vegas Public Affairs Show have?The podcast currently has 233 episodes available.