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Method To The Madness
by KALX 90.7FM - UC Berkeley
Celebrating the innovative spirit of the Bay Area - we explore the people behind the ideas, the problems they are trying to solve, and what makes them tick. Hosted by producers Ali Nazar and Lisa Kiefer. If you would like to contact the show, please feel free to email: ali at methodtothemadness dot org or lisamttm at gmail dot com. Transcriptions of these programs are available on this site dating back to 2018. The rest are coming soon. If you are interested in a transcription of an earlier episode, please contact us at mail at kalx dot berkeley dot edu. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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UC Berkeley Professor Gabriel Zucman
Transcript Lisa Kiefer: [00:00:03] This is method to the madness, a biweekly public affairs show on K-A-L-X Berkeley celebrating Bay Area innovators. I'm your host Lisa Kiefer. And today I'm speaking with Gabriel Zucman Professor of Economics and Public Policy here at UC Berkeley. He has just...
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Ashley Grosh
Transcript Lisa Kiefer: [00:00:06] This is Method to the Madness, a bi-weekly public affairs show on K A L X Berkeley celebrating innovators. I'm your host, Lisa Kiefer. And today, I'm speaking with Ashley Grosh, the CEO of PIP's Rewards. Thank you for coming on the show, Ashley. What is PIPs?...
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Mohamed Shehk
Transcript Lisa Kiefer: [00:00:01] You're listening to Method to the Madness. A biweekly public affairs show on K-A-L-X Berkeley celebrating Bay Area innovators. Lisa Kiefer: [00:00:12] I'm your host, Lisa Kiefer. And today, I'm speaking with Mohamed Shehk, co-director and media and…
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Saraswathi Devi and Claire Lavery
Method to the Madness host Lisa Kiefer speaks with CALSTAR Yoga program faculty Saraswathi Devi and Claire Lavery about their innovative adaptive yoga class on the UC Berkeley campus that teaches students how to help members of the public with disabilities. Transcript Lisa Kiefer: [00:00:27]…
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Catherine O'Hare
A trio of Northern California women (two of whom are UC Berkeley alumni) founded Salt Point Seaweed in Spring 2017 to harvest seaweed from the Pacific Ocean. They forage, farm, and do research along the California coast to offer the highest quality and most nutritious seaweed, responsibly sourced...
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Rev Lebaredian
Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of Simulation Technology at Bay Area based company, NVIDIA speaks about innovations in artificial intelligence, gaming, and robotics as well as how technology is impacting our humanity. Transcript: Ojig Yeretsian:This is Method to the Madness, a biweekly public...
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Vincent Medina & Louis Trevino
Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, founders and chefs of Cafe Ohlone by Mak-'amham in Berkeley speak about their vision and experience with sharing traditional Ohlone food. They are reclaiming and reviving native ways while serving only pre-colonial foods. Transcript: Ojig Yeretsian:This is Method...
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Nina Meijers & Claire Schlemme
Nina Meijers discusses FoodBytes! (San Francisco event showcasing startups disrupting the food and agriculture space) and former FoodBytes! alumna Claire Schlemme, CEO & founder of Oakland-based Renewal Mill that is fighting food waste by upcycling okara. Transcripts: Lisa Kiefer:This is Method…
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Gina Colombatto & Meredith Hays
Death educators Gina Colombatto and Meredith Hays, facilitators of the workshop series The Ultimate Shavasana: Where Examining Death Makes Life a Little Bit Easier, speak about the importance of embracing our mortality. Transcript: Ojig: This is Method to the Madness, a biweekly public Affair…
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Andrew Castro
Local musician and author, Andrew Castro, discusses his new book Overcoming Your Anxiety for People on the Go. Transcript: INTRO: This is Method to the Madness, a bi-weekly public affairs show on K-A-L-X Berkeley celebrating Bay Area innovators. Today, your host is Ojig Yeretsian. She'll be...
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Gillian Dreher, June Hong, & Maira McDermott
Elie Katzenson interviews East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest (EBABZ) organizers Gillian Dreher, June Hong, and Maira McDermott about the specialness of zines and their relevance as underground publications for activists, artists, and writers in search for total creative freedom and…
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Mary Webb
Berkeley filmmaker, novelist, playwright and teacher, Mary Webb, discusses her latest short film Living Room Revolution: The Race Dialogues which shows how the power of listening can tackle stereotypes and build community. Transcript: Announcer:This is Method to The Madness, a biweekly Public...
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Shawn Lani
Host Ali Nazar interviews Shawn Lani, Director for the Exploratorium's Studio for Public Spaces, on the Bay Area institution's founding story, outreach programs, and preparations for their 50th anniversary. Transcript: Ali Nazar:You're listening to KALX Berkeley in 90.7 FM and this is Method to…
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Andrew Brentano
Tiny Farms CEO and co-founder Andrew Brentano thinks cricket protein will ensure future food security. Tiny Farms is an AgTech and Precision Farming company that produces food grade cricket protein for use in pet food and animal feed applications offering a sustainable, safe, reliable protein...
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Eric Leenson
Eric Leenson, Co-Director of the Business Alliance for a Heathy California, speaks to host Lisa Kiefer about the status of Single Payer Health in California and how a simpler, publicly funded system would deliver real reform. Transcript: Lisa Kiefer:Method to the Madness is next. You're listening...
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Jason Marsh
Host Ali Nazar interviews Jason Marsh, Editor in Chief of the Greater Good Science Center, on the campus organizations work on quantifying what makes people happy. Transcript: Ali Nazar:You're listening to KALX Berkeley 90.7 FM, University of California and listener supported radio. And this is...
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Shaun Tai
Host Ali Nazar interviews Shaun Tai, Executive Director for Oakland Digital, on the organization's innovative approach to bringing tech and design jobs to underserved populations in the East Bay. Transcript: Ali Nazar:You're listening to KALX Berkeley, 90.7 FM, University of California and...
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Dr. Jennifer King
Is social media harming us? Dr. King, the Director of Consumer Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, discusses what is wrong with the current internet algorithms, unseen manipulation, and behavior modification techniques. Transcript: Lisa:Method to the Madness is...
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Jessica Gray Schipp
Oakland entrepreneur Jessica Gray Schipp shares her life's journey of coping with multiple food allergies and her book #AllergicToEverything, a cookbook and guide for people living with multiple food allergies. Transcript: Lisa:Method to the Madness is next. You're listening to Method to the...
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Greil Marcus
Bay Area music critic and culture historian, Greil Marcus, discusses The Slits and former Slits guitarist Viv Albertine's new memoir as well as his fascination with The Manchurian Candidate. Transcript: Lisa Kiefer:Method to the Madness is next. You're listening to Method to the Madness, a…
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Ash Bhat & Rohan Phadte
UC Berkeley students and founders of RoBhat Labs, Ash Bhat and Rohan Phadte, have launched a Twitter bot checker called Botcheck.me using data science and machine learning to help any user identify fake news. Transcript: Lisa Kiefer:You're listening to Method to the Madness, a bi-weekly public...
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Rob Nicholas Stone
Datavest CEO & Founder Rob Nicholas Stone discusses the monetization of private data through his blockchain based application DATAVEST, a cooperative that monetizes user data and pays back individuals in the form of datanotes. Transcript: INTRO Method to the Madness is next. You're listening to...
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Nadir Akhtar and Ashvin Nihalani
UC Berkeley students Nadir Akhtar and Ashvin Nihalani, members of Blockchain at Berkeley, discuss blockchain technology and token economies. Transcript: Lisa Kiefer:Method to the Madness is next. You're listening to Method to the Madness, a biweekly public affairs show on KALX Berkeley…
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Noah Deich & Giana Amador
Center for Carbon Removal co-founders Noah Deich and Giana Amador, a non-partisan, non-profit organization based in Oakland working to clean up carbon pollution from the air, discuss carbon removal solutions happening today in the U.S. and around the world, such as carbon farming and carbon…
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Loretta Greco
San Francisco's Magic Theatre Artistic Director Loretta Greco talks about her friendship and work with the late playwright, actor, author, screenwriter and director, Sam Shepard, who passed away on July 27, 2017 at the age of 73. Transcript: Speaker 1: Method to the madness is next. You listening...
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Ari & Andrew Cohen
Host Vishwanath Bulusu interviews brothers Ari and Andrew Cohen, creators and co-founders of Mr. Dewie's cashew milk ice cream. Started in 2011, their mission was to make a creamy, rich and delicious ice cream that also met their personal needs for being free of dairy, gluten and soy. Born and...
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Tony Skrelunas
Host Lisa Kiefer speaks with innovative business development leader, Tony Skrelunas about new community-based initiatives and social ventures that create paths to entrepreneurship for Native Americans while respecting culture, tradition and environment. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the madness…
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Mandy Aftel
Host Lisa Kiefer speaks with Mandy Aftel, author and natural perfume maker, about her new museum in Berkeley dedicated to perfume and the experience of fragrance, The Aftel Archive of Curious Scents. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the madness is next. You are listening to method to the madness, a...
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Sarah Dvorak & Eric Miller
Maker's Common founders Sarah Dvorak and Eric Miller discuss their Berkeley eatery/market's focus on American cheese producers and charcuterie, their challenges, mission and unique model of investment called a direct public offering. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the madness is next. You're...
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Lloyd Kahn
Host Lisa Kiefer speaks with Lloyd Kahn, Editor-in-Chief of Shelter Publications, home to books about building homes with your own hands, using mostly natural materials. His latest book is Small Homes: The Right Size. He believes small homes are less expensive, use less resources, and are more...
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Nathan Kaufman
Non-profit Perennial Farming Initiative Executive Director Nathan Kaufman believes food is our best resource in fighting climate change through projects like Aquaponics, Carbon Farming, a healthy soil guide, and growing regenerative and perennial grains. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the madness...
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Ed Bice
Host Lisa Kiefer talks with Ed Bice, co-founder and CEO of MEEDAN, a San Francisco company building digital tools and programs that promote collaborative verification, annotation and translation for global journalism in the fight against 'fake news.' TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Your listening to method…
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Rachel Taber and Doug Hewitt
Host Ali Nazar interviews Rachel Taber and Doug Hewitt, founders of 1951 Coffee Company in Berkeley, which is a non-profit focused on providing job training and employment to refugees and asylees in the Bay Area. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:[inaudible], Speaker 2:you're listening to k a l x Berkeley…
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Brian Beckon
Everyone should be able to invest in something meaningful, according to Oakland-based securities lawyer Brian Beckon. Host Lisa Kiefer speaks with Beckon, Vice-President of Cutting Edge Capital, about his life's mission to build a more democratic and just economy by creating community capital...
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Alix Blair
Host Lisa Kiefer interviews Oakland based filmmaker Alix Blair about the challenges of making her first feature documentary FARMER VETERAN premiering on local PBS station KQED May 29 through Independent Lens. The film focuses on veteran Alex Sutton, home from three combat tours in Iraq, suffering...
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Rabi'a Keeble
Host Ali Nazar interviews Rabi'a Keeble, founder of Berkeley's Qal'bu Maryam, the first women led, all inclusive mosque in America. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:[inaudible]. Speaker 2:You are listening to k a l x Berkeley 90.7 FM, university of California and listener supported radio. And this is a…
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Robin Caton, Richard Dixey, and Joor Baruah
Host Anna Sturla speaks with members of Dharma College: Robin Caton, director; Richard Dixey, faculty; and Joor Baruah, student. Located in downtown Berkeley, the school’s mission is to ignite personal and global transformation by helping people unlock the power of their minds. TRANSCRIPT Speaker...
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Kris Hayashi
Kris Hayashi is the executive director of the Transgender Law Center, one of the leading trans civil rights organizations in the country. As more Americans support trans causes, Oakland-based TLC provides legal support for activists across the U.S. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the madness is...
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Hilary Abell
Hilary Abell, co-founder of Oakland based startup Project Equity, talks about her organization's mission to help small business owners secure their company's future by transferring ownership to the employees. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:You're listening to cake, a l x Berkeley 90.7 Fam, university of...
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Brook Pessin-Whedbee
Host Lisa Kiefer interviews public school teacher, mother, and author Brook Pessin-Whedbee about her new book Who Are You? The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity. Brooke is an active member of the Gender Spectrum community that celebrates gender diversity and whose mission is to create a...
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Ayelet Waldman
Ayelet Waldman, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and activist, talks about her new non-fiction book A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life, in which she describes a month long experiment treating her unstable moods with minuscule doses of...
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Corrina Gould & Chris Oakes
The oldest & largest Ohlone village on SF Bay is the proposed site for a five-story West Berkeley apartment and retail complex. Ohlone descendants and Berkeley residents are calling instead for a two-acre memorial park honoring Ohlone history and culture. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the…
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Arlie Russell Hochschild
Sociologist and professor emerita at UC Berkeley, Arlie Russell Hochschild, talks about her new book Strangers in Their Own Land- Anger and Mourning on the American Right with MTTM host Lisa Kiefer. TRANSCRIPT Lisa Kiefer: [00:00:00] Method to the madness is next. You're listening to Method to…
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The Criminalization of Homelessness
Third year Yale Law students, Scout Katovich, Allison Frankel and Hillary Vedvig, discuss their report Forced into Breaking the Law: The Criminalization of Homelessness in Connecticut, and their continuing research in L.A., San Francisco & Seattle. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the madness is...
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Renee Rivera
Niklas Lollo interviews Bike East Bay Executive Director Renee Rivera, who works toward a vision where "bicycles are well integrated into the transportation system and are a key part of our thriving communities." On the show, we traverse the history of bicycling advocacy, discuss Bike East Bay's...
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Pablo Beimler
Niklas Lollo interviews Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization Community Outreach Coordinator Pablo Beimler, who works with government agencies, nongovernment organizations, and communities on collaborative wildfire protection efforts across the Hawaiian Islands. HWMO's prevention, preparedness,...
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Joan Blades
Joan Blades, MoveOn.org and MomsRising.org Co-Founder, discusses her new project, Living Room Conversations, tools for healing and collaboration following the recent divisive election season as well as strategies to change political dynamics. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the madness is next and...
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Lance Knobel
Co-founder and co-editor Lance Knobel discusses challenges and mission of Berkeleyside, a pioneer in the field of online local journalism and a blueprint for hyperlocal news. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:You're listening to method to the madness, a weekly public affairs show on k a l expertly celebrating...
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Irene Tu
Comedian Irene Tu co-hosts comedy shows Hysteria, Man Haters, and the Mission Positions around the Bay Area. She was recently named one of KQED's Women to Watch. TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:Method to the madness is next. You're listening to method to the madness, a weekly public affairs show on k a l x...
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Gus Newport
TRANSCRIPT Speaker 1:You're listening to method to the madness on KALX Berkeley 90.7 FM. I'm your host, Stalin Huizar. And today we have with us Gus Newport, former mayor of Berkeley. Hey guys, how's it going? Fine, thank you. Good to be here. Uh, thanks for coming into the studio. Uh, and Gus is...
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Celebrating the innovative spirit of the Bay Area - we explore the people behind the ideas, the problems they are trying to solve, and what makes them tick. Hosted by producers Ali Nazar and Lisa Kiefer. If you would like to contact the show, please feel free to email: ali at methodtothemadness dot org or lisamttm at gmail dot com.
Transcriptions of these programs are available on this site dating back to 2018. The rest are coming soon. If you are interested in a transcription of an earlier episode, please contact us at mail at kalx dot berkeley dot edu.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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