Podcasts by Uncommon Conversations with Maryam Zar and John Harlow
Uncommon Conversations is a weekly radio program with Hosts, Maryam Zar and John Harlow, about the issues of our time. Big or small, sexy or mundane, generational or timeless, some events shape our time and loom large in our minds. These conversations craft the world we live in and help give our thoughts texture, open our eyes to new perspectives and make us consider points of view we never thought we could. Uncommon Conversations seeks to bring forward unique guests and engage with them to have the kinds of conversation we all wish we could have around our coffee tables. We will engage community voices and seasoned pros to discuss the common issues that touch our lives, but in uncommon ways that brings depth and perspective to the issues we all grapple with. Whether its parenting or side-walk vending, global politics or humanitarian tragedies, local conversations can have global impact and they can shape the way we live. What we narrate as a generation at our dinner tables shapes the world that unfolds in generations to come. Let’s be part of crafting that future, by taking the time to have the uncommon conversations we all crave. Tune in Thursdays at 11am on LA Talk Radio (latalkradio.com). Be part of the narrative that shapes your life.
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LAUSD/UTLA teacher strike, local ADEM elections, and Brexit from 2023-12-12T21:12:25.137551
Topics included the LAUSD/UTLA teacher strike, local ADEM elections, and Brexit. At air time on Jan 17th, the teachers strike enters the end of a first week, with no breakthrough hailed imminent y...
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LAUSD/UTLA teacher strike, local ADEM elections, and Brexit from 2022-03-07T01:38:26.569779
Topics included the LAUSD/UTLA teacher strike, local ADEM elections, and Brexit. At air time on Jan 17th, the teachers strike enters the end of a first week, with no breakthrough hailed imminent y...
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LAUSD/UTLA teacher strike, local ADEM elections, and Brexit from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.268101
Topics included the LAUSD/UTLA teacher strike, local ADEM elections, and Brexit.
At air time on Jan 17th, the teachers strike enters the end of a first week, with no breakthrough hailed im...
Women's March LA, BREXIT from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.267230
Topics included the LAUSD/UTLA teacher strike, local ADEM elections, and Brexit.
At air time on Jan 17th, the teachers strike enters the end of a first week, with no breakthrough hailed im...
Homelessness from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.266163
Join us for a discussion about homelessness, with Alisa Orduna, former LA City Homelessness Policy Director to Mayor Eric Garcetti, and now working for the City of Santa Monica as the Sr. Adviser t...
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Children relationship w/ Adults, The Green Deal, Gun Laws from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.265314
In this week’s Uncommon Conversations Maryam Zar and John Harlow talk with USC psychologist Dr. Ayeshi Madni on identifying healthy relationship that children have with adults, and understanding wh...
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Global Freedom, "Save the Children" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.264479
In this week’s episode of Uncommon Conversations we discuss global freedom in retreat with Sarah Rapucci from Freedom House (freedomhouse.org), and have an exclusive interview with Sean Ryan, Marie...
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Migrant Crossings, "Digital Rennaisance" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.263689
This week, John and Maryam talked to Zaydee Sanchez and Scott Barker about their experience south of the border in Tijuana. Zaydee and Scott were originally working on a documentary about LA homele...
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"Code Pink", Global Giving, The Azadi Project from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.262721
Ariel Gold, Code Pink National co-Director; Alison Carlman, Global Giving Dir of impact and Communications; Priyali Sur, The Azadi Project Founder
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"Essential Access Health" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.261935
Lena Sun from Washington Post joins us to talk about vaccines. Anti Vaxers have had a resurgence in messaging while American families have pulled back on their willingness to get their children or ...
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"Congestion pricing in LA" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.260332
Congestion pricing in LA – commentary and a promise to bring guests and talk about LA traffic.
Brexit – Nigel Scott, went to the million man march in London to protest Brexit. He is horrif...
"Modern Day Storytelling" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.259542
Rex Weiner – modern day storytelling: rexweiner.com . Conversation about how writing and storytelling has changed in the modern day, with digital technology and writers workshops teaching people ho...
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"The Book Doctors" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.258585
Self publishing Arial and David – the Book Doctors – speaking at LA Festival of Books – how to finish that great book and also the mechanics of publishing books.
Dr. Gigig Abdel-Hamed talk...
"Showers of Hope" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.257802
A conversation with Linda Booker (strawsfilm.com/#home-section), producer of the documentary, STRAWS, about the peril of straws in our seas. Look for biodegradable products and demand them. The tec...
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"From space to the inner city" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.257010
From space to the inner city – An interview with the CEO of Virgin Galactic – with George Whitesides (virgingalactic.com/who-we-are/our-team), celebrating International Space Day. Fascinating conve...
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"Future Without Violence" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.256186
Elizabeth Warren gets the cover of Time magazine – why is she getting no traction…. Is she too much of a policy wonk?
Leila Milani – a global activist on women’s rights and issues, Leila M...
"Can caring, technology and creativity solve the world’s human crisis?" from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.255374
Todd Snyder - toddsnyderphoto.com/humanity An LA based financier turned humanitarian with a camera to tell the story of the world’s forgotten people, Todd inspired us to think about taking part in ...
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Sustainable Living, DAME Media, Middle East peace plan from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.254288
Uncommon Conversations today we talked to Nurit Katz, UCLA’s Chief Sustainability Officer about sustainable living and reducing our carbon footprint as Angelenos. Mayor Garcetti paves the path for ...
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Donald Trump, European elections, LGBT rights from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.253433
Donald Trump, European elections, LGBT rights and roll backs and the consequence of fast fashion around the globe, and it's impact on apparel manufacturing workers around the world.
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June 13, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.252657
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June 20, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.251275
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June 27, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.199338
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July 4, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.198365
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The Perils of Vaping, Electrical Vehicles, Community Disaster Preparedness from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.197610
This week, Maryam and John talk to April Roeseler, Chief of the California Tobacco Control Program California Department of Public Health about the flavorshookkids.org campaign, aimed at raising aw...
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The "Green Wave"Protecting children of incarcerated parents,Socialist Party US from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.196832
Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times of London, On the “Green Wave” and what the US can learn from recent Euro-elections.
Amy Friedman, Executive Director, POPS - protecting chil...
Italian refugee crisis, Who is Boris Johnson, and why?”, Japanese politics and Asian culture from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.196061
Writer/attorney Ms. Sean Quinn Walpole - on Italian refugee crisis.
Nigel Scott, London - “Who is Boris Johnson, and why?”
Maryam talks about Abe Shinzo, Japanese politics and Asi...
European politics, fossil fuels, Trees from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.195299
Judy Dempsey, Washington Post, DC - on European politics.
Lila Seidman, LA Times community news - on fossil fuels.
Ross Tieman, Ex-Ft, in France - on trees.
Border Angels, Immigration Courts from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.194228
Maryam Zar heads down to the US/Mexico border to visit Border Angels (borderangels.org) and stop at a shelter in Tijuana, housing some 330 families with a mobile school bus. She visits a shelter an...
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Circling the News, Kids Scoop Media from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.193447
Circling the News Sue Pascoe joins us to talk about small town journalism, using the digital medium to put out her content and the importance of real news from the ground in this day of “fake News”...
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Cannabis Regulation, Back to School from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.192691
Cat Packer, from the LA City Department of Cannabis Regulation (cannabis.lacity.org), joins us to talk about the state of cannabis regulation and the objectives and pitfalls that shape this policy,...
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September 5, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.190827
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"Raise Hell" documentary, LAUSD, Migrant Crossings from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.189949
Our first guest is the film maker, Janice Engel whose newest documentary is a focus on the life and times of Molly Ivins. Molly was a columnist and political commentator who made waves critiquing p...
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California ABA5,Rainbow Services,Female Homelessness from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.189171
Carolyn Said, staff writer for San Francisco Chronicle covering tech - talks to Maryam about the gig economy and the transformation that Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) may bring to the workforce that has fu...
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October 3, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.188398
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October 10, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.187650
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October 17, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.186564
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October 24, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.185779
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October 31, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.184951
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November 14, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.184200
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November 21, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.183473
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November 28, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.182522
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December 12, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.181768
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December 19, 2019 from 2022-02-22T15:14:29.181053
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