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The Sages Among Us — 256 episodes
Robin Laverty Reves, Speech Therapist and Award-winning Community Activist
Brian Stoltey - Chaplain SNMH
Sheriff Shannan Moon
Leslie Barbazette, founder of the Wolf Craft School & Collective
Micayla Sortland, newly elected Nevada City Councilmember
Starlite Kompost, multicultural cosmologist and village skills teacher
Jo Ann Rebane, Community Activist and Philanthropist
Kimberly Clouse, Founder NC Playwrights Collective
Ernesto Alvarado Licensed Clinician & GVPD Officer
Tina Basich, pro-snowboarder and female arts advocate
Sarah Souza - Inspirational Nevada County Native
Guy Stilson, Attorney formerly representing Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead
Lynn Hodson
OES Program Manager and Professional Forester Alex Geritz
Daniela Fernandez, Nevada City Council Member and Community Activist
Rahlene Weeden – Stardust Station, Honey Hills Festival, and Grass Valley Museum & Cultural Center
Bill Trabucco, Proprietor and Producer for Il Tempio di Musica
Hilary Hodge - Grass Valley Mayor
Lorie Hennessey Animal Shelter Administrative Services Officer
Hannah Mosby, Programs & Membership Coordinator, Nevada County Arts Council
Barb DeHart - Founder Reinvention OS
Patrick Eidman, Nevada Co. Asst. CEO
Deborah Chong Holistic Physician & OB/GYN
Aubrey Puetz, Executive Director of North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center
Howard Wilson, Foothill Compassionate Care
Andrew Klein - Business Owner, NUJSD Board Chair, Nevada County Airport Commissioner
Dr. Anya Stanger - Sierra College Professor
Val Camp - International Film Maker
Dalrymple MacAlpin, singer, puppeteer, storyteller, composer, and multi-instrumentalist
Melissa Hannebrink - Quietech - Avoiding Scams
Machen MacDonald, Author, Leadership Coach, Community Volunteer
Paula Gleicher Greenstreet - Powerhouse Volunteer
Brian Estes - Nevada Yuba Placer Fire Chief
Ariel Elliott, Indigenous Futures Society Associate & Executive Member of Sierra Theatre Company
Eli Bacon - Sierra Harvest
Erin Mettler Deputy County Executive Officer /CFO of County of Nevada
Doug Mau, GM, Crown Point Venues
Jason Robitaille Nevada County Consolidated Fire Chief
Judy Mosely, Kiwanis Leader Coordinator Children's Festival
Dr. Erik Crawford Superintendent, Twin Ridges Elementary School
Tyler Hill, Chief Medical Officer, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Anna Garrison Mobile Crisis Clinician
Beth Moore, Community Arts Advocate & Retired Educator
Liam Apple, Financial Advisor and Community Volunteer
Heather Scott - Infection Prevention Mgr - SNMH
Kristen Bardwell - Elder Care Provider
Rich Harwood, Author and Civic Engagement Expert
Andrew Liller Nevada County Sheriff's Office Sergeant
Michelle Amador, singer/songwriter and board member of Nevada County Community Foundation.
Rondha Sullivan - Rondha's In Home After Care
Jeff Dellis, Nevada County Program Coordinator
Lynette Vrooman - Professor of English and Sierra Writers Conference
Anne Rarick Tahoe Truckee Community Organizations Active In Disaster
Gaylie Bell-Stewart, retired teacher and local thespian
Karla Arron, Ghidotti Early College High School
Chris Boyd, GM, Lake Wildwood HOA
Sages Hosts Retrospective
Lynn Forbes - League of Women Voters of Nevada County
Juan Browne Professional Pilot and Investigative Journalist
Lovie Bucknell, founder of Kindred Heart Therapy and Modern Dance Teacher
Cory Fisher - Writer and Former Producer for Michael Moore
Brian Snyder FREED’s Emergency Preparedness Coordinator
Justin Morgan - Foothills Compassionate Care
Shirley Freriks, WasteNOT Nevada County
Maren Metke Nonviolent Communications Educator
Paulette Gilbert, local children's theatre director
Michael Leydon, Friends of the Library
Jake Colongione Nevada County Adult Protective Services
Stefanie Geckler Nevada County Sheriff's Animal Control Officer
Diane Miessler - Retired RN, Musician, Author, Volunteer
Haven Caravelli Grass Valley City Council Member
Lindsay Bellows, freelance consultant/musician for CHIRP, First 5 Nevada County, and KVMR.
Luke Hunt, Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Denise Johnson, Co owner Craig Johnson Plumbing and Active Community Volunteer
Kristie Laine, Executive Director of Brunswick Village
Mike Stewart Little Town of Washington Fire Chief
Holly Mitten, Executive Director of The North Star House
Susan Rice, Scientist and Community Activist
Alex Keeble Toll Nevada County Office of Emergency Services
Helen Fitanides, Sierra Streams Institite
Christine McKeown, Principal, Ready Springs School
Mira Clark, Coordinator for CHIRP and Co-curator Uba Seo, Nisenan Arts & Culture
April Glaser, Community Radio Activist and Journalist
Pepsi Helmuth, Geriatric Nurse Specialist
Simone Weit, Psychedelic Psychotherapist
Chanthou Lam, local performing artist, founder of youth-based dance troupe CON-NEC-TION Project.
Dawn Zydonis, Parks and Rec Manager, Nevada Cithy
Gary Petersen - Nevada City Mayor
Heidi Wingo, Executive Director Hospice of the Foothills
Jeffrey Mason, a local community theatre artist
George Rebane, Scientist, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Walter Helvin, Co-Leader of Nevada County Sunrise
Haley Hughes - Senior Marketer and Advocate
Romero Alves, Online Programming Director for Nevada City Film Festival
Jan Maes - Nevada County Energy Action Plan Committee
George Husaruk, Grass Valley Male Voice Choir
Asher Perla, Youth Environmentalist
Cassie Robertson, Community Outreach Manager for Bright Futures for Youth
Heather Thorpe, CFP and community volunteer
Ernie Flores Nevada Union Highschool Varsity Football Coach
Keoni Allen, Owner, Sierra Foothills Construction
Teresa Baker, Environmental Activist, Founder of the In Solidarity Project and Co-Founder of the Outdoorist Oath
Chad Wingo -- Publisher of The Union Newspaper
Jim Adams - Nevada Union High School Football Broadcasters and Mentor of Youth
Bia Navarro, Brazilian-born musician/artist community leader
Sean Grayson City Manager Nevada City
Rich Crosby, Broker and Developer
Scott Mikal-Heine, Twin Ridges School District
Aaron Zettler-Mann, South Yuba River Citizens League
Daniel Elkin, Fieldmouse Press
Carlos Caruncho, educator, local winemaker, and arts advocate
Maddie Davis, Community Engagement Manager, SYRCL
Eileen Mello, Marketing Manager Miners Foundry and Astrologist
Kristine Alcamo, Creating Communities Beyond Bias, Love Walk, Auburn State Theatre
Jesse Wilson, Nevada County District Attorney
John Baggett, Nevada City School District Supt.
Rick Partridge, Board Chair Nevada County Pride
Adam Kline, Nevada City Council Member and local musician.
Jim Bair, Computer Science Pioneer and Community Activist
Elias Funez, Editor The Union Newspaper
Tom Anderson, Retired Judge
Maggie Gilmore, Madelyn Helling Library
Sharon Rose, local artist and advocate for Mental Illness, the arts, and women.
Greg Fowler, Owner, B&C Hardware
Amy Guy Wagner, Sustainable Energy Consultant
Scott Neeley, MD, President and CEO of SNMH
Gary Bowman, a local musician, community volunteer, and retired educator
Kit Elliott, Nevada County Counsel
Shanin Martin, Philanthropy Consultant
Robin Milam - Global Earth Activist and local Volunteer
Tim Van Wagner, First Rain Farm
Cristine Kelly, Nonprofit Consultant
Sarah Woerner, MD, Humanitarian Advocate
Shannon Buehler, Rotary - NC Toy Run
Tim Brown, Nevada City's Parking Enforcement Officer
Barbara Rivenes, Community and Environmental Activist
Don Attix - Volunteer Ski Patroller at Sugar Bowl & Heart Support Group Co Chair SNMH
Maddux Eckerling, Community Activist forMental Health and LGBTQ+ Issues
Karen O'Hara, Executive Dean, Sierra College Nevada County Campus
Sharon Delgado, Earth Justice Ministries
Nancy Baker, Engaged community member
Michele Nesbit, new Executive Director of Sierra Stages Theatre Company
Kent Gallagher, Community Activist and Philanthropist
Justin Gold, Center For Cultural and Naturalist Studies
Leslie Lovejoy, Gold Country Senior Services
Lou Ceci, Nevada City Council Member
Susan Leff, Nevada County Assistant Public Defender
Erin Tarr, Bear Yuba Land Trust
David Endacott-Hicks, Artistic Director & President of the Board of The Lyric Rose Theatre Company
Louise Reed, United Way Executive Director
Don Rivenes, Community Environmental Activist
Dena Valin Malakian, Associate Director at Bright Futures for Youth
Brian Bisnett, Land Use Planner and Landscape Architect
Estelle Barber, Finance Manager, Animal Place
Sue Legate Halford, Actor, Producer, Writer and Director
David Krikorian, Founder, 1849 Brewing Company
Andrew Withers, Superintendent, Grass Valley School District
Melissa Collins, River Valley Community Bank
Christian Gutt, a music and volunteer specialist
Richard Tewes, KVMR blues broadcaster
Lisa Swarthout, Nevada County Supervisor-Elect
Julie Thornbury, Executive Director Of The Food Bank Of Nevada County
Antonio Ayestaran, Professional Chef and Caterer
Alicia Burget, Nevada County Undersheriff
Greg Cameron, recording and live sound engineer
Genta Holmes, retired US Ambassador
Kimberly Parker, Nevada County Economic Manager
Dr. Deborah Jude-York, President Nevada County AAUW
Jeff Goldman, Nevada County Chief Probation Officer
Natalie Adona, Nevada County Clerk-Recorder-Elect
Melissa Coneley, Superintendent, Penn Valley School District
Dan Frisella, Nevada Union JHS District Superintendent
Kirsten Casey, Nevada County's Poet Laureate & Teacher
Sandra Barrington, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation Executive Director
Craig Griesbach, Nevada County Emergency Services Director
Marni Marshall, KVMR Volunteer Coordinator
Steve Roddy, Fire Safe Council
Teresa Deitrich, Penn Valley Rodeo
Melinda Douros, Child Advocates of Nevada County
Deb Thomas, Consultant and former Peace Corps Volunteer
Elaine Sierra, Attorney and Advocate for Women
Mark Leviton, "Music Man"
Peter Stack - Partners In Care
Cori Ove, Bright Futures For Youth
Lynn Wenzel, Poet, Author, Activist
Keri Kemble - Teacher
Martin Webb, Solar Energy Entrepreneur
Hardy Bullock, Nevada County Supervisor
Daryl Grigsby, Board President, Color Me Human
Jeff Wenzel, Community Beyond Violence
Liz & Steve Heinen, Truckee-Tahoe Humane Society
Rob Ferguson, Business & Health Consultant
Anita Wald Tuttle, Community Activist Extraordinaire
Frank Francis, Retired Superior Court Judge
Karyn Packard, Hospice of the Foothills
Brad Sparks, Nevada Union Head Football Coach
Syd Brown, Sierra Gold Parks Foundation
Tom Last, Community Development Director, City of Grass Valley
Dan Kennerson, Co-Founder, South Fork Vodka
Matthew Muellenhoff, DO, Founder and Medical Director, Sierraderm
Kellea Miller, Board President, Community Beyond Violence
Cindy Zuelsdorf, Author, Founder of KoKoRo Marketing
Thomas Kanomata, MD, Dignity Health Foundation
Scott Beesley, Financial Advisor and "Ultimate" Volunteer
Robin VanValkenburgh, Nevada County Transit Services Manager
Dave "Buzz" Barnett, KVMR Chief Engineer
Jan Fisher, Author and Speaker
Dick Law, Realtor and Co-founder of "This Is Now Your Home"
Jeff Litton, Photography Instructor and Environmental Filmmaker
Lisa Moon, Optometrist and Artistic Director, Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra
Shirley DicKard, Author and Community Activist
David West II, Nevada County Veterans Service Officer
Kevin Edwards, Manager, Nevada County Airport
Tom Ivy, Grass Valley City Council
Michael Selby, Board Member, InConcert Sierra
Rob Metcalfe, Nevada County Teacher of the Year 2019
Gil Mathew, Executive Director, Nevada County Economic Resource Council
Walter Bringman, Facility Committee Chair, The Center For The Arts
The Sages Among Us - August 11, 2021
The Sages Among Us Turns 8 Years Old
Norris Burkes, Chaplain, Author, Columnist, Speaker
Dr. Richard DicKard, Retired Dentist and Camptonville Community Builder
Paul Cummings, Nevada County Office of Emergency Services
Stuart Baker, Nevada City Chamber of Commerce
Kim Blix, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Nevada County Public Health
Brian Terhorst, KVMR Board President and host of eclectic music show Harmony Ridge
Trisha Tillotson, Director, Nevada County Community Development Agency
Susan Clarabut, Nevada County Board of Education
Heather Graham, Principal, Bell Hill Academy, Grass Valley, CA
Michael Axelman, PhD, Psychologist, Therapist and DJ
Erin Minett, Nevada City Mayor
Megan Lloyd, Nevada County Adult Services Librarian
Ember Amador, California Heritage Indigenous Research Project
Janie Kesselman, Peace and Justice Center of Nevada County
Diana Gamzon, Nevada County Cannabis Alliance
Katherine "Bup" Greenwood, President of Nevada County AAUW
Ben Aguilar, Mayor of Grass Valley, California
Erica Mertens, Recycling Program Manager, Town of Truckee
Lance Goddard, Former Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Past President of InConcert Sierra and Co-Founder and Treasurer of Sierra Foothills Village
Andrew Trygg, Public Information Officer, Nevada County Sheriff's Office
Alex Ezzell, Vice-Principal, Grass Valley Charter School
Rebecca Torpie, Marketing Manager, Briar Patch Food Co-op
Scott Kellermann, MD, Nevada County Public Health Officer
Sue Hoek, Nevada County District 4 Supervisor
Gregory Diaz, Clerk, Recorder and Registrar of Voters for Nevada County
Anne Wood, Humanitarian and Super-Mom
Jean Creasey, DDS, community activist and dental public health advocate.
Organic farming pioneer Amigo Bob Cantisano
David Sparky Parker, Artist, Community Activist and Founder of the Famous Marching Presidents
Bob Branstrom, Grass Valley, California City Council Member-Elect
Donn Harris, Author, Arts Educator and former Chair of the California Arts Council
David Franco, CPA, Board President of KVMR
Mike Mastrodonato, President of the Penn Valley Chamber of Commerce
Bill Drake, Author and Social Justice Advocate
Mary Anne Davis of Hospice of the Foothills
Mikail Graham, KVMR-FM Nevada City