In today's episode, Dennis and Dana talked about:

AB 1534 (Workforce Pell guardrails) clears Senate Appropriations suspense file.

Cal Grant September 2 deadline.

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Episode 013 / 213 - Recorded Tuesday, August 18, 2026.

In today's episode, your co-hosts talked about their recent travels (for business-related reasons) to the Bay Area and to Sacramento-adjacent Rancho Cordova.

 

Music picks included new albums from De La Soul, Jon Batiste, and King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard.  Our TV/streaming pick was Ted Lasso, and Dennis suggested reading Neil Postman's book, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (20th anniversary edition).

 

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Episode 012 / 212

In today's episode, Dennis and Dana cover a lot of news on the federal and state level:

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Episode # 011 / 211

Due to scheduling issues, today's episode was recorded early, so if any hard-hitting financial aid news happened in the last 3 days, we missed it.

 

Otherwise, Dennis and Dana brought you another Get Your Life Together segment on managing your email archives.  Your Friday fun segment included discussions on Dana's binging on The Bear (FX TV), Dennis and his PBS watching (Lost LA), and some musical selections from Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Lauren Hill.

 

WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at [email protected].  Find all of our current and past episodes at wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com or in your favorite podcast app.

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana stick to the news, covering items about the SAVE program, the College Transparency Act, the dismantling of the Dept of Ed, and more.

https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/39504/Senate_HELP_Advances_College_Transparency_Act_and_Seeks_to_Limit_ED_s_Interagency_Agreements

 

WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at [email protected].  Find all of our current and past episodes at wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com or in your favorite podcast app.

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana started a new Friday segment, Get Your Life Together!  They talked about ways to take control of your email Inbox, use tags and folders, and how to work through some of the ideas of David Allen (author of Getting Things Done) and Cal Newport (author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and more).  The Fun Stuff segment closed out the show, with a discussion on episodic TV, new movies (Coyote vs Acme, coming in late August to theaters) and a little bit of music (is Boyz II Men an Oldies group/band?).

 

WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at [email protected].  Find all of our current and past episodes at wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com or in your favorite podcast app.

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana covered a few news items, but talked mostly about planning for the spring 2027 CCCSFAAA conference, including ideas about sessions, keynote presenters, and theme (all coming together, soon enough).  AI was on our minds.

 

WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at [email protected].  Find all of our current and past episodes at wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com or in your favorite podcast app.

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana covered only a few news items as there wasn't much that happened in the world of financial aid this week.  Beyond that, they talked about movies, music, and books - with teasers for future episodes where we can explore AI and other topics.

 

WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at [email protected].  Find all of our current and past episodes at wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com or in your favorite podcast app.

In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana cover news relating to federal and state aid, and add a little about coffee choices in the LA Mission College FAO.

 

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In today's episode, your co-hosts Dennis and Dana wrapped up a hectic week with some reminders about spring cleaning (yes, in summer) in the financial aid office, and had some thoughts about THE ODYSSEY movie release.

 

WHAT'S BREWING, CCCSFAAA is a Studio 1051 production.  Studio 1051 is a creative collaboration of Dennis Schroeder and Dana Yarbrough.  Contact us at [email protected].  Find all of our current and past episodes at wbcccsfaaa.podbean.com or in your favorite podcast app.