This week we talk deliciousness with Orlando from Tortas al 100. How does one keep their tortas 100 in a town where good food isn't hard to find? Listen in and find out the care Orlando puts in to making sure the food is straight grub status and the ingredients are always Sunday dinner quality. Take a listen, go try a torta, and let us know what yo…

It's been a minute, but back with a new episode! Dom sits down to talk with Alejandro Chavez, Soledad City Councilmember. Councilmember Chavez was the past chair of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) and was cool enough to sit down and talk about Measure X and how funds could be more equitably distributed in Monterey County, espec…

This episode we hear from Dr. Asif Mahmood, candidate for Lt. Governor of California. Dr. Mahmood is a pulmonologist and doctor of internal medicine that practices in the Los Angeles area. Hear why Dr. Mahmood is running for statewide office and why he feels he can be a candidate for change. There are many races that will be on the ballot in 2018, …

This episode we speak with Professor Michele Dauber from the Recall Judge Aaron Persky campaign. Why would a group be working to recall a judge? Many of you have probably heard of the infamous Brock Turner case that took place in Santa Clara County. Brock Turner was convicted on three counts of felony sexual assault. Judge Persky sentenced Turner t…

Domestic violence is a problem that plagues too many communities and can often be a difficult topic to even bring up. October is domestic violence month, so we sat down with Lideres Campesinas in Greenfield to talk about the wonderful work they do to help out women that have been the victims of domestic violence and what they do to support them. It…

This episode we speak to local artist, Willow Aray. Monarch butterflies have come to show support for immigrants and Willow painted a mural of a butterfly to encourage people to take their picture with it and show their support for immigrants. In this episode, hear how one person has used her talents to create something good for the community to sh…

We spoke to local Hip-Hop artist, Alaric, a few months ago on the show. He spoke about his upcoming project that he was working on and he was cool enough to come on and share with us the entire album, Unheard Talent. Released to Soundcloud on Friday the 13th, you can check it out by searching for Alaric_QP. We sit down in this episode and talk abou…

What goes into a city budget? What are the priorities that are considered in that budget, how long does a budget take to write, and how many people need to be spoken to before a budget can be presented? These aren't questions that we can just google and find the answers to easily, so this week Dom speaks to Matt Pressey, Salinas Finance Director. L…

Around the world Ciclovìa festivals are held. Streets are closed for pedestrians and bicyclists to have free reign to travel. Booths and activities are set up for the community to take part in. What makes Salinas Ciclovìa unique, is that our local festival is completely youth organized. If you have gone an marveled at the organization of the event,…

How hard do you have to look sometimes to see yourself on the tv screen, on the theater screen, or even on a stage at a play? This week we speak with xago, a longtime Salinas resident that has been active in the arts in our community. Currently, he is teaching a teatro class at the Monterey County Youth Center to work with talented youth, to better…

Understaffed and overworked, members of the Salinas Fire Department are on pace to answer 14-15,000 calls this year. Salinas is home to 76 firefighters at the taping of this episode and there is room for at least 9 more. Being understaffed by 9 firefighters may not sound like a lot, but realize that Salinas Firefighters are sent to help in emergenc…

This episode, Dom sits down with Marcos Cabrera from the Monterey County Youth Media Project. This was a 2 week course that local students could participate in to learn from industry professionals on how to become better journalists. This free program for high school and college students brought in veteran journalists that were able to work with st…

This episode we talk to Mike and Jeff from Mike PZ and the Associates, a local band that plays here on the Central Coast. There is a lot that this episode touches on as it was an interesting conversation that we had with Mike and Jeff. We talk not only about the sound you can expect from Mike PZ and the Associates, but also all the sounds that we g…

Open up the episode and hear a spoken word piece entitled "Incarcerated Introspection," by Alaric, a local artist from the 831. Listen in and hear how that piece developed and how Alaric went from writing poetry in notebooks to developing his talent further and becoming an artist recording over tracks. Salinas doesn't offer many opportunities for l…

This week we talk to Miguel Lozoya Burciaga from Digital Nest, to catch up on how the summer youth program has progressed. Hear about the various tech sites that students have been able to visit and the connections students have been able to make with people in the digital field. Also, hear about what Digital Nest is working to do to increase the n…

Platicamos con Miguel Lozoya Burciaga de Digital NEST (el Nido Digital), una organización super innovador que prepara a nuestros jóvenes para el trabajo del futuro y acaba de instalar una rama en Salinas!

Viajamos por décadas de aventura, desarrollo, estudio, romance, y lucha por derechos civiles con nuestro invitado Enrique Mendez Flores, fundador de la organización Aguila aquí en Salinas.

Digital Nest is a great program that originated in Watsonville and has expanded to Salinas. This program connects young people in our community with not only technology such as computers and wi-fi, but free classes to learn how to build and design websites, graphic arts, music and video production. In addition, Digital Nest works to connect those t…

This episode, Dom hits the road to catch the new local baseball squad, the Monterey Amberjacks. The Amberjacks are in the independent Pecos Baseball League. Made up of 12 teams, the Amberjacks join Bakersfield, Tucson, California City, High Desert, and Hollywood in the Pacific Division. The Monterey Amberjacks will be calling Sollecito Field home o…

This week we got to speak with longtime activist, Enrique Mendez Flores. Enrique takes us through some of his journeys from San Diego, Mexico, Oregon, San Jose, and right here in Salinas to share some of the wisdom he picked up along the way.

Nuestros amigos de Meals on Wheels De Slinas nos explican de que se trata el programa. No solamente para la gente de la tercer edad, pero también aprendemos sobre algo especial que también trae comida a las mascotas (perros, gatos y asta pericos). "Meals on Wheels" llego a estar en el noticiero nacional cuando la administración de presidente Donald…

We get our eyes opened to the amazing service that Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley provides here in our community. Not stopping at delivering meals, we also hear of a great partnership that allows for this Meals on Wheels chapter to deliver meals for pet dogs, cats, and birds as well. Meals on Wheels made headlines nationally when this essent…

Magnolia Zarraga, abogada de inmigracion, nos visita hoy en el podcast y nos platica sobre muchos temas importantes acerca de la cuestion de documentacion incluyedo: la ciudadania; deportacion; que hacer si una se encuentra con un agente de ICE; que es lo que nunca se debe de hacer si se encuentra con un agente; como protegerse; recursos de asisten…

Salinas is far from an affordable place to live and a big reason why is we have more people crammed into a city that doesn't have enough housing to hold everyone. Getting housing built, especially affordable housing, is never easy and so this week we speak to Matt Huerta, Salinas City Planning Commission member. Matt has long been involved in the p…

El arte callejero de artista Joey Martinez nos abre otras dimensiones del universo donde viajamos por galaxias y agujeros negros en universos infinitos que existen en una célula... Se atreven viajar con nosotros?

Art is meant to provoke conversation and that is certainly the case this week as we sit down with local artist, Joey Martinez. For those of you that attended the recent Cesar Chavez March, you probably noticed his larger than life sculpture, "La Aguila Negra," that was on loan to the march from Oasis School. The conversation wanders from the real t…

Our 50th episode! This week we speak to an amazing group of young journalists in training from Radio Bilingue, KHDC, 90.9FM. This group made up of students from local High Schools and even a Middle School can be heard live on the air every Monday from 4-6pm. Their program is called Alza Tu Voz / Speak Out and is a chance for bilingual students from…

En este episodio hablamos con miembro del consejo (presidencia municipal) Tony Barrera y aprendimos de su vida como un mexicano, un estado unidense, un miembro de la comunidad, un hombre de familia, un politico, hijo, padre, y finalmente, como un ser humano. En esta conversación viajamos con el por aventuras desde Sinaloa a San Pancho hasta que eve…

In this episode we speak with City Councilmember, Tony Barrera, and learn about his life as a Mexicano, an American, a community member, a family man, a city councilmember, a son, a father, and ultimately, as a person. He takes us through adventures from Sinaloa to San Francisco, until he eventually makes it to Salinas. We follow his life through U…

A special episode during the week as Dom sits down at the Brickhouse to speak with Delaine Eastin, candidate for California Governor in 2018. Dom does his best to keep up with the gubernatorial candidate as she gives us her thoughts on the wide range of issues that California faces. As a former Assembly member and only woman to be elected State Sup…

En estos tiempos, reunirse es más importante que nunca. Mientras nuestros derechos vienen bajo ataque es importante tener eventos donde podemos permanecer unidos y representar la unidad de nuestra comunidad. Por décadas el UFW ha representado la lucha que trabajadores han experimentado para ganar la igualdad equivalente al trabajo que hacen. El 2 d…

En esta edición hablamos con Juan Martinez del Community Choice Energy Project. Es una conversación super iluminadora en la cual nos damos cuenta que podemos tener mas agencia y ahorros sobre la como conseguimos la electricidad que compramos con pagos mensuales. Normalmente uno piensa que tiene que pagarle a la compañía de electricidad - PG&E - par…

A quick episode of Call It What You Will as we get information on the upcoming march in honor of Cesar Chavez on April 2nd, 10am, starting at Cesar Chavez park. We speak to Lauro Barajas of the UFW and hear what we have to look forward to at this years march. If you want more info then check out the event page on Facebook and we hope to see you out…

This week we speak with Juan Martinez about the Monterey Bay Community Power project. This project looks to give local consumers the option to choose renewable energy to provide their electricity needs. This was not a simple matter and required the work of many in local government, community groups, and the input of community members to make this p…

En este episodio platicamos con el pintor Rafael Estrada y exploramos lo que es dibujar, y la diferencia entre el pintor y el “artista” en la sociedad. También le entramos a temas sobre la política, la vigilancia del gobierno, el sistema educativo, y las cultura mexicana, estado-unidense, y todos puntos entre medio.…

Una charla informativa, provocativa, e inspiradora con Ramiro De La Garma del Programa de Educación de Inmigrantes. En esta conversación con Ramiro analizamos la situación en que se encuentran los inmigrantes latinos en el condado de Monterey por el lente histórico, politico, sociológico, y moral.

It's another episode of Call It What You Will and this week we have on a talented artist! Listen in as we speak to local rapper, Jota Effectus. We talk about the journey he has taken to get to this point and how it affects his craft. Hear about the influences he had that you can hear as he shares a track and a freestyle at the end. We hear about an…

A large immigration forum took place at Hartnell College and Dom was there to get reactions from attendees as well as speak to elected officials about this important subject. This episode starts off with a few questions being answered by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman Jimmy Panetta. Throughout the episode you can listen in to a wide rang…

This week we speak to local activist, Nashwan Hamza. Dom and Walter have a conversation with Nashwan his experiences as a Muslim-American and what it means to be a Muslim. Nashwan answers our many questions as we admittedly are not very knowledgable of Islam. We discuss some of the more well known traditions such as Ramadan, the Hajj, and the how t…

Listen in to an informative discussion on the challenges Salinas faces keeping pedestrians safe. Many know about the crimes that occur, but Salinas also has a high rate of pedestrians killed in collisions. MacGregor Eddy, whose local column, "We Could Car Less," joined the show along with Steve Kennedy, recent member of the Salinas Traffic and Tran…

Hundreds came out to Window on the Bay in Monterey to show their support for the Muslim-American community and protest the Muslim immigration ban. The event, organized by local groups, Monterey County Nonviolent Action Committee and Solidarity Against Hate. Listen in to what people have to say at this show of solidarity in our community. We speak t…

The Monterey Bay Indivisible group is one of many Indivisible groups that have been formed recently on the Central Coast as a means for people to actively become involved in politics. With all the recent events of the Trump Administration, many people have been moved to get involved and this meeting saw many come out to get involved. Dom came out t…

We talk again with Monterey County NORML. Ryan Munevar and Joey Espinoza are back to educate us further on the work that NORML does here at home. Dom recently attended a meeting that was held by NORML and was completely blown away by the level of science, technology, and diversity of people that are coming together as cannabis has been legalized. T…

We are finally back in 2017 with a new episode! We talk to Jyl Lutes, schoolteacher and longtime City Council member here in Salinas. Jyl is a wealth of information on how our local City Council and School Boards operate because of her time there and we try to fit as much as we can into just one hour. We talk a bit about the hard work that goes int…

This episode features people that live in the Chinatown area of Salinas as well as a lawyer that works to defend them. We speak with homeless residents of Salinas that share a little bit of how they ended up in Chinatown and how they are receiving help from the community to get back on their feet and what else can be done to improve conditions down…

This week our discussion is with Herbert Cortez from the Marina Coast Water District. Herbert was a great guest as we made a huge mistake and did not record most of our first interview correctly. He was a champ and stuck it out and answered questions twice. Listen in to hear what the value to consumers is when they have a public water agency compar…

4 members of the Sociology Club of Hartnell sat down with the show during finals week at Hartnell to talk about their involvement in social issues at Hartnell and the community. Hear about the importance of Radio Bilingue, their work on the SalinasAlive program to reduce youth violence in Salinas, and an open mic event called Hartnell Throwdown tha…

This week, we welcome Alex Schumacher to the XL Publichouse. Alex is a local cartoonist/writer/dude on his grind. He shares with us his projects that can be found at AlexSchumacherArt.com and they have a little something for everyone. We hear about the work goes into writing a non-traditional, illustrated narrative called Decades of (in)Experience.…

Back at the XL Publichouse, Dom speaks with Miranda from Our Gente, an LGBTQIA+ program at the Epicenter. Miranda does a great job walking Dom through what LGBTQIA+ stands for, twice, as he was slow to get it. Hear about some of the great activities Our Gente offers, such as Queering the Holidays that will be coming up next week, December 8th. Lear…

This week we speak to Joey Espinoza from Monterey County NORML about the various cannabis measures on this upcoming ballot and what NORML does on the Central Coast to lobby effectively for the legalization of cannabis. Listen in and find out how this group has worked throughout the state to establish other chapters and become a voice for legalized …