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John McMullen Show

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The John McMullen Show features topical conversation and interviews dealing with the A to Z of everyday life. Current Events to Exploring Curiosity, John delves into a variety of ideas, interests, and issues. Based in the Greater Palm Springs area of Southern California, the program covers the bases from the Coachella Valley to the Golden State, the USA and the Globe... everyday is a different adventure and welcomes listeners interaction. The show is broadcast live from 3 to 6 pm Pacific Time every Monday through Friday on www.Radio111.com and features excerpts and unique content as part of this podcast library.

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  1. John McMullen Show. Topic: It Gets Better? Giving The Big Lie a Run For The Money.

    John McMullen has crawled out of the COVID Hole and left his fetal position as the United States of America seems destined to swirl around a drain caught in a funnel it may not escape. Is there hope to overcome the Invasion of the Maggots from Earth 2? And, just what is "Normal" when it comes to...

  2. John McMullen Show: Coming Back From a Pandemic & The Problem with Boomers

    John McMullen has exited the management suite and is back solely as Podcaster. The mask mandates are leaving but he's keeping his KN95 handy and thinks that you should, too. As if that's not enough, McMullen is sick and tired of his Millennial and Gen Z friends tossing around the word 'Boomer'…

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  3. John McMullen Show. Guest: Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia. Topic: Review of 2021 Legislative Accomplishments and Look Ahead at 2022.

    As the California Legislature gets back to work in the New Year, 56th District Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia recaps achievements in 2021 and objectives for 2022 and beyond with John McMullen. Garcia has a busy agenda in the year ahead and is planning a run for Congress. In this episode, they talk...

  4. John McMullen Show. Guest: Samantha Porter. Topic: Elite Cosmetology School

    Samantha Porter, Admissions Director for Elite Cosmetology School, talks about the Palm Desert-based programs they offer to people seeking a new career path with their trade school based in the Palm Desert Mall. As people are looking to change career directions or start their professional lives...

  5. John McMullen Show. Palm Springs Cracks Down on College of the Desert

    John McMullen welcomes education reporter Jonathan Horwitz from the Desert Sun back to the show to discuss the latest drama involving a city in the Western Coachella Valley raising concerns about shifting plans by the region's junior college involving placement of a new campus. Recent plans to...

  6. John McMullen Show. Guest: Larry Davis. Topic: Memorializing Our Loved Ones When They Pass

    Larry Davis has spent five decades giving comfort and aide to people at life's toughest moments. As Vice President for the Coachella Valley region at Forest Lawn, he has been a part of celebrating the lives of tens of thousands of people. But, doing our loved ones justice in terms of how we share...

  7. John McMullen Show. Guest: Brian Blueskye. Topic: Historic Plaza Theatre Renovation Project Receives $5 Million Contribution

    Palm Springs resident and successful television writer, producer and director David Lee, best known for Cheers and Frasier, has contributed $5 million to the "Help Save the Plaza Theatre" campaign in Palm Springs, nearly half of the anticipated $12 million needed for renovations. Desert Sun...

  8. John McMullen Show. Guest: Mark McGowen. Topic: Coachella Valley Rescue Mission Brings Portable Showers to Cathedral City

    Using $100,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding from Cathedral City, the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission has extended its human services support to the homeless population in the West Valley city with two mobile shower stations. It's just one of the many services that CVRM offers to…

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  9. John McMullen Show. Guest: Julie Makinen, Desert Sun. Topic: Public Trust in the News Media

    Gallup has recently released new polling data that indicates the public trust in mass media outlets like Newspaper, Radio and Television has declined another 4% to just 36% who trust what they are reading, hearing or seeing. But, is that really a fair assessment of how honest the news media is in...

  10. John McMullen Show. Guest: Jonathan Horwitz. Topic: School Districts Face Substitute Crisis

    Jonathan Horwitz. education reporter for the Desert Sun, returns to the John McMullen Show and discusses his latest reporting on the extraordinary demand for and shortage of substitute teachers in the three school districts serving the Coachella Valley. It's not a problem unique to our region.…

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  11. John McMullen Show. Guest: Geoff Kors. Topic: Palm Springs City Council Business

    The City of Palm Springs always has a lot before their City Council. Recently, they have had to take up the issue of issuing an apology for the atrocities associated with Section 14 land in the middle of the last century, whether or not to move a statue of the mayor credited with turning the city...

  12. John McMullen Show. Guest: Julie Hirsh. Topic: JFS Desert Teams Up with Lifestream Blood Bank

    Julie Hirsh, Director of Community Outreach at JFS Desert, talks with John about the upcoming Blood Drive in conjunction with Lifestream Blood Bank on October 23. The Coachella Valley-area hospitals are in a crisis situation needing blood to meet the minimum supply needs for everyday purposes…

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  13. John McMullen Show. Guest: Joy Silver. Topic: Sheriff Chad Bianco Must Go!

    Radio111 democracy advocate Joy Silver spoke with John McMullen at length about the Bianco Must Go organization that has formed to educate Riverside County voters about top lawman Sheriff Chad Bianco’s ties to fundamentalist Christian extremist organizations and philosophies which create a danger...

  14. John McMullen Show: Randy Florence, Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce

    As we try to resume business as we once knew it pre-pandemic, Randy Florence has a lot on his plate that he is doing for businesses in and around Palm Desert. A half-year into his term as the Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO, Florence talks about how his organization is…

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  15. John McMullen Show: Larry Bohannan, Desert Sun Golf Writer, The LPGA Is Leaving The Desert

    Larry Bohannan is the golf writer for the Desert Sun and joins John McMullen to talk about the LPGA bringing an end to its Major tournament that has taken place in the Coachella Valley for five decades. The ANA Inspiration which began as the Dinah Shore tournament will happen once more in April...

  16. John McMullen Show. Guest: Jonathan Horwitz. Topic: City Council Members in Cathedral City - What Are They Thinking?!?

    Desert Sun reporter Jonathan Horwitz returns to the John McMullen Show and fills us in on the happenings at the Cathedral City City Council meeting on September 29th which included one Councilmember offering an apology for any embarrassment caused by a complaint with the Fair Political Practices...

  17. John McMullen Show. Guest: Janet Wilson. Topic: Californians Aren't Reducing Water Consumption Enough For Drought

    Janet Wilson, Environment Reporter for the Desert Sun, joins John McMullen to discuss the extreme drought conditions in the Desert Cities and throughout California, and that we are a long ways from meeting Governor Newsom's voluntary 15% reduction of water resources. Among the biggest water hogs…

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  18. John McMullen Show. Guest: Christopher Damien. Topic: Palm Springs "Bounty Hunter" Police Body Cam Video Released

    In April 2021, Palm Springs resident David Spann had a 2 am visit he wasn't expecting. As someone tried kicking and then knocking down his front door with a sledge hammer he called police to tell them there was a home invasion. That's when he was confronted by a man dressed in paramilitary…

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  19. John McMullen Show. Guest: Jonathan Horwitz. Topic: Desert Sands Unified School District COVID Safety Issues

    Jonathan Horwitz is the new education reporter at the Desert Sun. He joins John McMullen to talk about the dramatic events that have become routine at recent Desert Sands Unified School District School Board Meetings over the past couple of months. In the ongoing debate about safety measures...

  20. iHub Radio Will Transition to Radio111 Effective Immediately

    The Coachella Valley's only All Local News, Talk and Entertainment outlet is updating its identity ahead of the Fall 2021 Season of programs and will now be known as Radio One Eleven (Radio111) instead of iHub Radio. Many programs will continue and a handful of new shows are being added. Stay…

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  21. John McMullen Show: Jackie Botts, CalMatters Journalist re: Reparations for Blacks in CA. June 17, 2021

    The State of California has empaneled a 9-member committee of experts to consider the impacts of slavery and study and make recommendations about Reparations to descendants of people who were slaves. Jackie Botts is a journalist with CalMatters and published a story entitled California…

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  22. John McMullen Show: Chuck Parker, Salton Sea Coalition. June 11, 2021

    There is a race against time to mitigate an environmental and economic disaster in the Southeastern corner of the Coachella Valley. The Salton Sea, the largest lake in the State of California, has been disappearing for decades. The combination of pollution, toxic runoff from the agriculture...

  23. John McMullen Show: Dr. Grethe Cammermeyer, Col. USArmy Ret., June 4, 2021

    Dr. Grethe Cammermeyer, Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.) spent many years as an advocate for equality and inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons in the United States Department of Defense. She talks with John McMullen about her take on a decision by the Pentagon to preclude the flying of the rainbow Pride Flag at...

  24. John McMullen Show: Barry Dayton, Desert Oasis Healthcare. June 4, 2021

    Barry Dayton, spokesperson for Desert Oasis Healthcare visits the John McMullen Show to talk about the organization's upcoming 40th Anniversary and how they are using the occasion to make an additional $40,000 in charitable contributions to ten community service organizations in the Coachella...

  25. John McMullen Show: Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia. June 3, 2021

    Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (CA-56) visits with John McMullen and shares important news from the State Capitol about critical funding to help with the housing crisis, including legislative authorization for $30 million in funding to deal with getting residents in the Oasis Mobilehome Park into...

  26. John McMullen Show: Christopher Damien, Investigative Reporter, Desert Sun

    Journalist Christopher Damien from the Desert Sun talks with John about two breaking stories early this week capturing the attention of the Coachella Valley. The first is a tangled web of intrigue involving the murder of a man who was free on bail who was killed in Palm Springs by a Bounty...

  27. John McMullen Show: Randy Florence, CEO, Palm Desert Area Chamber of Commerce

    He arrived in the Coachella Valley just a decade ago and he's been serving on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of the Coachella Valley and the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership, which he is the most recent-past Chair. Randy Florence has taken on a new challenge as he begins on...

  28. John McMullen Show. Guest: Dr. Brian Hodgkins. Topic: COVID-19 Facts & Precautions As Pandemic Winds Down in Riverside County

    Desert Oasis Healthcare's Dr. Brian Hodgkins, Clinical Operations executive and our resident go-to guy for the facts on how fighting the pandemic is going at home in the Coachella Valley, is back to give us the latest update on why it is necessary for many to remain masked up, the state of…

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  29. John McMullen Show. Guest: Laura James. Topic: 2021 Economic Development Week

    Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP) Vice President of Innovation Laura James appeared on the John McMullen Show on Monday, May 10, to talk about this being Economic Partnership Week. What is it for? Why does it matter to everyone in our community? And, how can economic development...

  30. John McMullen Show. Guest: Andrew Thiessen, Dying and Surviving

    Meet Andrew Thiessen. In June 2020, he had a silent heart attack. So silent that his doctors couldn't figure out what was going on with his seeming-COVID symptoms for four months until he checked himself into a Seattle-area emergency room. What happened from there changed his life forever. His...

  31. John McMullen Show. Guest: Joy Silver, Community Organizer & Activist. Topic: Progressive Political Action in the Desert Cities.

    Community Organizer, Activist, and past-Candidate for the State Legislature Joy Silver talks with John McMullen about the current focus of Courageous Resistance of the Desert. The conversation gets into issues about homelessness, racism, refugee treatment and whether our local leadership is...

  32. John McMullen Show. Guest: Dr. Brian Hodgkins, Desert Oasis Healthcare. Topic: The Latest COVID 19 Reality Check.

    Dr. Brian Hodgkins, Executive Vice President of Clinical Services at Desert Oasis Healthcare in Palm Springs, updates us on how efforts to vaccinate Riverside County are going, what constitutes our reaching herd immunity and how that is achieved, efforts to help monitor school-age students until...

  33. John McMullen Show. Guest: Laura Meeks. Topic: Transgender Female Prisoners Moving To Women's Prisons in California.

    John McMullen engages in discussion about Transgender Issues including a story about possible problems being created by Trans-phobic corrections officers in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ahead of the State's planned transfer of inmates classified as Transgender…

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  34. John McMullen Show. Guest: Larry Davis. Topic: The Impact of COVID-19 on California Mortuaries & Funeral Businesses.

    Larry Davis is the Vice President of the Coachella Valley Region for Forest Lawn Mortuaries & Memorial Parks. He discusses the impact that COVID-19 has had on the mortuary and funeral industry in Southern California over the past year on the John McMullen Show. Forest Lawn has been able to meet…

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  35. John McMullen Show. Guest: Melissa Daniels. Topic: Fighting Homelessness at Lift To Rise

    Melissa Daniels joins John McMullen from Lift To Rise, an organization that helps people who are trapped by the disadvantages of poverty and convenes private, public and nonprofit partners for collaborative action networks focused on housing stability, community health, and social connection in…

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  36. John McMullen Show. Guest: Damon Rubio. Topic: Mary Pickford Theatre Resumes Indoor Screenings

    Damon Rubio, owner of D'Place Entertainment and operator of Cathedral City's Mary Pickford Theatre talked with John McMullen about the challenges faced through the pandemic by movie theatres, the studios, and the entertainment industry as a whole. He talked about how the Mary Pickford Theatre had...

  37. John McMullen Show. Guest: Laura James. Topic: Riverside County Innovation Month & Fast Pitch

    Laura James, Vice President of Innovation at the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP), talks about Innovation Month activities in Riverside County throughout the month of April. She also details the Greater Palm Springs Fastpitch competition which will take place on April 14, where...

  38. John McMullen Show. Guest: Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (CA-56). Topic: Bandwidth For All Bond and Agriculture Day

    Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (CA-56) returns to the show to talk with John about the next steps in an important statewide infrastructure measure that he has co-sponsored, which would give voters a chance to support a $10 billion project that makes it possible to lay the high-speed internet...

  39. John McMullen Show. Guest: Toby C. Topic: The Fourth Dimension joins the iHub Network line-up

    Almost since the inception of iHub Radio and the iHub Network, we have made it a priority to offer programming that helps people in a dark, lonely and harmful place with addiction issues, an oasis of information and inspiration to help with recovery. Toby C has led these weekly journeys on In…

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  40. John McMullen Show. Guest: David Ready. Topic: Palm Springs Takes Legal Steps For Hotel Properties To Complete Construction

    Palm Springs City Manager David Ready talks with John McMullen about steps the City is going to take to force compliance with permits for new hotel properties that have not been completed and have become blight as unfinished developments. Ready will be retiring in days, but says that Palm…

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  41. John McMullen Show. Guest: Brian Hodgkins. Topic: COVID Vaccine Treatment in the Coachella Valley

    Brian Hodgkins, Pharm.D., is the Executive Vice President of Clinical Operations at Desert Oasis Healthcare. He talks with John McMullen and iHub Network News Director Charlie Dyer about the roll-out of the 1C phase of COVID Vaccinations in the Coachella Valley. He sheds light on the latest...

  42. John McMullen Show. Guest: Stone James. Topic: Amazon Is Opening in Cathedral CIty, CA.

    Stone James, Economic Development Director for the City of Cathedral City, talks with John McMullen about the victory of attracting Amazon and 152 jobs to a site that has sat vacant for the better part of two decades. It's a big win for Cathedral City, as the recovery from economic blows due to...

  43. John McMullen Show. Guest: Kate Anderson & Kim McNulty. Topic: One Future Coachella Valley Fundraising Event

    The Future Is Ours is a major fundraising event and awards ceremony presented by One Future Coachella Valley and sponsored by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians that will take place on Thursday, March 18, 2021, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. This year's ceremony is virtual and you can help support...

  44. John McMullen Show. Guest: Ken & Eric McLaughlin-Seeley. Topic: Black Balloon Day & Preventing Death by Drug Overdose

    Interventionists Ken and Eric McLaughlin-Seeley from Ken Seeley Rehab join John McMullen to talk about drug addiction recovery and how to help a loved one who is caught in the grip of addiction before their life is lost to an overdose. John recognizes the millions of victims on the eve of Black...

  45. John McMullen Show. Guest: Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (CA-56). Topic: Legislative Update

    California State Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, who represents the 56th District encompassing the Coachella Valley and the Imperial Valley, talks with John McMullen about the State's COVID-19 Relief programs to help lower income residents and small businesses statewide, as well as steps taken to...

  46. John McMullen Show. Guest: Tammy Martin; Topic: Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival

    The desert is in bloom and it’s time for the 14th Annual Coachella Valley Wildflower Festival that is put on by the Friends’ of the Desert Mountains. Sponsored by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the City of Palm Desert, the event which normally would take a single day is being...

  47. John McMullen Show: Laura Meeks, Transgender Activist, The Equality Act Passes U.S. House

    Laura Meeks. a Transgender woman who is a life coach and activist in the Coachella Valley, joins John McMullen to talk about the importance of passage for the Equality Act in Congress, and its resulting spat by bigoted Right Wing lunatic and Georgia Congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is...

  48. John McMullen Show: Brian Blueskye, Desert Sun, Black History Month Architecture Tour

    Brian Blueskye, Arts & Culture writer at The Desert Sun shares information about a Palm Springs Black History Tour that visits architecture and churches as part of the local celebration of Black History Month. He talks about the importance of figures like businessman Lawrence Crossley and…

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  49. John McMullen Show: Julie Makinen, The Desert Sun & USA Today's Storyteller's Series: I Am

    John welcomes back Julie Makinen, Executive Editor of The Desert Sun, part of the USA Today Network. She shares details of a new Storyteller's Project from Gannett that will start on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 4 pm Pacific Time. It's called "I Am." Hear more about it in this brief conversation....

  50. John McMullen Show: Laura James, CVEP, Things Are Looking Up for Job Growth

    Laura James from the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership talks with John McMullen about the brightening picture for jobless people in the Coachella Valley and the speed with which the economy has turned around for those whose employment has been on shaky ground since the onset of the pandemic.

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The John McMullen Show features topical conversation and interviews dealing with the A to Z of everyday life. Current Events to Exploring Curiosity, John delves into a variety of ideas, interests, and issues. Based in the Greater Palm Springs area of Southern California, the program covers the bases from the Coachella Valley to the Golden State, the USA and the Globe... everyday is a different adventure and welcomes listeners interaction. The show is broadcast live from 3 to 6 pm Pacific Time every Monday through Friday on www.Radio111.com and features excerpts and unique content as part of this podcast library.

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