The Sages Among Us
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Various hosts and guests take a look at people making a difference. It started out as an innovative book about leadership and civic engagement. Four years later, it's successfully morphed into a weekly KVMR radio series about, you guessed it, leadership and civic engagement.
The Sages Among Us
14h ago
Tonight, on The Sages Among Us, host Kimberly Ewing gets to talk with Mira Clark, coordinator for C.H.I.R.P. California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project and co-curator of Uba Seo- Nisenan Arts & Culture Gallery on Broad Street, Nevada City. We'll hear how she got involved with such important native work and how her background in the arts assists in her community work and leadership.  ..read more
The Sages Among Us
1w ago
Host Keith Porter talks with April Glaser about her life of activism supporting community radio, her award-winning journalism and her role as a member of the board of KVMR ..read more
The Sages Among Us
3w ago
Host Hollie Grimaldi Flores and Pepsi discuss the close family connections that lead Pepsi to her life's work as a nurse and as a dementia specialist. Tips on how to behave around people with Dementia, what dementia means and how to decide when it's time to seek support are just a few of the topics covered.  ..read more
The Sages Among Us
1M ago
Paul Cummings makes his hosting debut on The Sages Among Us by interviewing Simone Weit, a licensed psychotherapist who uses low doses of psychedelics as tools in connection with traditional therapy for clients experiencing difficult periods in their lives. She maintains private clinical practices in Nevada County and Portland, Oregon. She is also a member of the Zendo project a local non-profit that offers professional harm reduction education to help transform difficult psychedelic experiences into opportunities for learning and growth.  ..read more
The Sages Among Us
1M ago
Tonight, on The Sages Among Us, host Kimberly Ewing connects with local performing artist Chanthou Lam. They talk about her commitment to and involvement with local youth in the Arts and her youth-based dance troupe CON-NEC-TION Project that showcases our youth's talent through dance and culture ..read more
The Sages Among Us
1M ago
Host Keith Porter brings us the inside story of Dawn Zydonis, an Illinois girl who decided to check out an opportunity in California, and ended up putting down roots and becoming Parks and Recreation Manager for Nevada City.  ..read more
The Sages Among Us
2M ago
Host, Lori Burkart Frank, interviews Nevada City Mayor, Gary Petersen. Mayor Petersen shares how he got to the place of Mayor from starting a career as a "hotshot" wildland firefighter to Nevada County Airport Manager, then on to Salinas as Airport Manager and Public Works director, and ultimately back to his Nevada City Victorian home.   ..read more
The Sages Among Us
2M ago
Host Hollie Grimaldi Flores meets with Heidi Wingo to discuss Heidi's journey from the child of an Air Force Colonial to the road that brought her to her current role at Hospice of the Foothills . Her love and passion for treating the whole person rather than the symptom comes to fruition as Heidi serves Nevada County by leading Hospice of the Foothills with compassion and a love for all things human ..read more
The Sages Among Us
3M ago
Tonight, on The Sages Among Us, host Kimberly Ewing chats with local community theatre artist, Jeffrey Mason, who brings his five decades of theatre experience and passion to Nevada County. The upcoming Theatre by the Book event showcases his contributions as he writes and directs a new play called Resistance ..read more
The Sages Among Us
3M ago
Host Keith Porter learns the definition of "Flaneur" from George Rebane, while discussing his childhood as an Estonian refugee during WW II, his school years in America, his scientific engineering education, his many professional accomplishments, and his deep community involvement as a concerned and active retiree.  ..read more