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KPFTOJ
by Duane Bradley
Open Journal is a weekly Magazine of all things going on in the Houston Community. Open Journal is hosted by Duane Bradley and Stephanie Coleman every Monday evening from 6-7pm broadcasting live on 90.1 KPFT-FM. The Open Journal Podcast includes Conversations with the interesting people who make up the diverse city of Houston Texas.
Episodes
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Episode 81: Save Your Own Life (SYOLife): A conversation with Jan Huff
Jan Huff is a mother and wife and independent entrepreneur and spirit who came upon an impending health crisis a few years ago. She challenged herself to turn things around -and did so, The result of her self-discovery became her 24 hour dietary challenge that is one of the core elements of her...
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Episode 80: Houston Women March: A Conversation with Robin Paoli and Chris Caldwell
The Houston Women’s March will bring together women and allies for a peaceful protest on Saturday, October 2, 2021. Participants will gather at Discovery Green and then march to Houston City Hall beginning at 9 a.m. The event will also include voter registration stations, speakers, and musical...
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Episode 79: A continuation with Cherry Steinwender and Joel Goza
This month marks one year since the horrific police murder of Houston’s George Floyd in Minneapolis, a galvanizing moment for the Black Lives Matter movement and the cause of racial justice in the United States and across the world. Open Journal has presented a series of discussions on race and...
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Episode 78: A conversation with Texas Tribune Reporter Erin Douglas
The Texas Tribune is the only member-supported, digital-first, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Erin Douglas is the environment reporter for the Texas Tribune. She was previously a business...
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Episode 77: Houston Jazz Spotlight: Tierney Malone
Tierney Malone is a visual artist and storyteller who uses African-American history and pop culture to create mixed media works that challenge contemporary culture and politics. Additionally, Malone is the creator of the Jazz Church of Houston and is host of the Houston Jazz Spotlight on 90.1…
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Episode 76: AL Quick Stop: A conversation with Mohammad Elsaadi
A conversation about the legendary Montrose restaurant store: AL Quick Stop
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Episode 75: The Quiet Rebel: Tracie Jay
A conversation with Tracie Jae: The Quiet Rebel
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Episode 74: Glenn Davis: Soccer Matters
Soccer, or futbol for most of the world, has a history that goes back 150 years to England. Soccer has long struggled to gain the mainstream American status of Baseball, Football and Basketball, even Hockey. Still, Houston as the fourth largest city now has 2 professional soccer teams, Houston...
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Episode 73: Houston Youth Climate Strike
Julia Lewis has been organizing within the climate movement for 2 years. She is a junior at St. Catherine's Montessori High School, and also works on the Actions Team at Sunrise Houston. Vidya Muthupillai(moo-two-pee-lie) has been involved in the climate movement for the past 4 years. She is...
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Episode 73: Stephen Benigno & Tiffany Ritter, Houston Arboretum
Located on the western edge of Memorial Park, the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center offers an escape from the hustle and bustle of city life and the opportunity to experience the natural world. This 155-acre urban nature sanctuary plays a vital role in protecting native plants and animals in…
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Episode 72: COVID-19 Wall of Memories
The COVID-19 Wall of Memories is the brainchild of Mohammed Nasrullah. Observing the steady rise in the numbers of sick and dead from the disease, he began thinking of a way to memorialize them, to keep them from being merely statistics. When the United States reached 100,000 deaths, he felt…
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Episode 71: Artist Boat: Karla Klay
Based in Galveston, Artist Boat was founded in 2003 as a nonprofit to promote awareness and preservation of the coastal margins and the marine environment through land conservation and fun, educational, inspiring adventures. Founder and Executive Director, Karla Klay has over 25 years experience…
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Episode 70: Metal Rain Tanks
We’ve long heard the nursery rhyme: March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers. April is a good time to start harvesting water so plants can drink during dry days. Nell Wheeler & Dean Cook design systems that can collect and store as much as 3,000 gallons of rainwater in metal tanks....
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Episode 70: Houston Media Source: Tom Richards
Houston Media Source provides education, equipment, and a content-neutral platform for people who want to produce their own television or radio programs. By giving Houstonians access to the mass media, HMS empowers them to address issues and tell stories that are not covered by traditional media...
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Episode 69: UH energy fellow/professor: Ed Hirs
For nearly a week in mid-February, most of the state suffered through subfreezing temperatures. Millions lost power and heat. When pipes burst and water systems shut down. Just this week, the New York Times reported that 111 people had died in the freeze, almost doubling the number of deaths...
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Episode 68: Urban Harvest: Kim Perry & Gabe Borja
Kim Perry is the Food Access Director with Urban Harvest. Prior to that she was County Extension Agent for Prairie View University within Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension system. Kim hails from Denver, Colorado, where she studied Social Work with an emphasis on Child Welfare and the Law. She…
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Episode 67: Houston Heath Department: Dr Stephen Williams
Stephen L. Williams joined the City of Houston as the director of the Houston Health Department in June of 2004. He serves on several boards of community, professional and civil rights organizations and is a past president of the Texas Association of Local Health Officials. Under his leadership,...
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Episode 66: Marlene McNeese/ Decrecia Limbrick
-As many of us are trying to understand the difference between allergies and flu symptoms or determine if we are an asymptomatic superspreader for COVID-19, it seemed now would be a good opportunity to get some facts. So, we on OJ thought it might be timely to have a little sit-down with subject...
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Episode 65: KPFTOJ Micki Fine
Micki Fine
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Episode 66: Rudyard's Pub: Lelia Rodgers
Lelia Rodgers, owner of Rudyards joins KPFTOJ
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Episode 65: KPFTOJ Inprint Houston: A conversation with Rich Levy and Krupa Parikh
Rich Levy and Krupa Parikh from Inprint Houston join OJ
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Episode 65: KPFTOJ: A continuation with Rob Mungle
Comedian and host of Whiskey Brothers joins us on Open Journal
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Episode 64: David Leslie
David Leslie of the Rothko Chapel joins KPFTOJ
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Episode 64: Tamara Sell
Listen in for a conversation with voting registration activist Tamara Sell
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Episode 63: KPFTOJ Cherry Steinwender and Joel Goza Part 3
Cherry Steinwender, Founder/Co-director, Center for the Healing of Racism & Joel Goza, author/activist Can our current racial and ethnic divide be turned around? Recent events surrounding the police murder of George Floyd and others have brought tens of thousands into the streets. The BLM…
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Episode 62: Loreta Kovacic, Alchemist Piano Theatre
Loreta Kovacic is known for her virtuoso performances from Mucky Duck to Carnegie Hall. She calls herself a “three for one special”: pianist, singer-songwriter and a storyteller. She started out as a classical pianist in her native country of Croatia. After immigrating to Texas and graduating…
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Episode 60: Ginny McDavid, AFL-CIO chief
In a different time, Ginny Stogner McDavid would be jetting off to here and beyond as a crew member on a United Airlines flight. In addition to her duties as flight attendant whose career goes back to 1990 and Continental Airlines, Ginny is the first woman to serve as president of the Harris…
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A conversation on USPS with Jamie Partridge and Gordon Anderson
The United States Postal Service(USPS) has existed since 1775 and the first Postmaster General was Benjamin Franklin. The USPS aka the Post Office, delivers over 48% of all the mail in the world; it has a fleet of over 228,000 vehicles; processes and delivers 182 million pieces of first class…
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Houston Chronicle Photographer: Karen Warren
Karen Warren has a job that many people envy. As the lead Houston Astros photographer for the Houston Chronicle, she spends countless summer nights near the dugout in Minute Maid Park photographing baseball games. Since landing at the Chronicle in 1997, she’s photographed more than 1,500 Astros...
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Basel Simon/Jackson Cloyd: contact tracers
Among the methods used to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus (pandemic) - beyond hand-washing, social distancing, masking up and getting tested is the process known as contact tracing. If someone tests positive for COVID-19, a contact tracer from the Houston Health department will contact...
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“The New Capital Show”: A conversation with Leo Gold
It seems fitting that we are concluding our portion of KPFT’s Summer Sizzle Fund Drive with one of our very own, financial planner Leo Gold, who for years was host of “The New Capital Show” on KPFT. Leo is a financial advisor with his own firm, New Capital Management.
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Lynn Ashby
Lynn Ashby is a Houston institution. A longtime journalist - or should we say newspaperman - who spent most of his career at the Houston post, Ashby continues to churn out weekly columns that appear in the Brazosport Facts, the Heights-based The Leader, Spring Branch’s The Courier and other...
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Gish Creative: Sarah Gish
We’re more than halfway through a summer most of us will never forget. The Covid-19 pandemic dash a lot of hopes for summer activities. We’ve been stuck at home for months. Spring break came and went but our children never returned to school. Homes turned into offices and all of a sudden…
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Lucas Logan: A conversation about the Internet
The Internet, social media, and telecommunication are so important to our everyday lives, that it’s hard for some of us to imagine life without them. Yet, we are all too often unaware of the forces that seek to change the way these services work, and how these changes will not only change our...
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Rania Mankarious: Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers of Houston is Houston’s top non-profit dedicated to public safety and since 1980 has remained committed to its mission to solve and prevent serious crime in the Greater Houston Area in partnership with citizens, media and the criminal justice system. Crime Stoppers of Houston began...
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An important conversation: A continuation with Cherry Steinwender and Joel Goza
Cherry Steinwender, Founder/Co-director, Center for the Healing of Racism & Joel Goza, author/activist Can our current racial and ethnic divide be turned around? Recent events surrounding the police murder of George Floyd and others have brought tens of thousands into the streets. The BLM…
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Open Journal is a weekly Magazine of all things going on in the Houston Community. Open Journal is hosted by Duane Bradley and Stephanie Coleman every Monday evening from 6-7pm broadcasting live on 90.1 KPFT-FM. The Open Journal Podcast includes Conversations with the interesting people who make up the diverse city of Houston Texas.
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