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TRAC - Fences & Locks to Jobs & Paychecks

Submitted by Alexander Silva... on Wed, 12/09/2020 - 3:36pm
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A documentary on the TRAC program at the Washington State Corrections Center for Women. A pre-apprenticeship training program that teaches the basics of the building trades skills and life skills. The program is offered in the last year of incarceration so that the graduate can step out of prison and into their choice of 8 different unions as apprentices. TRAC is a huge success. About 40% of the women who complete their sentences will return within a couple of years having reoffended. The TRAC graduates? 3% Women who return to the community but not the same old life.

Davisville November 23, 2020 - Movies and the pandemic, with Davis critic Derrick Bang

Submitted by Bill Buchanan on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 4:21pm
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Even though the pandemic has closed theaters in Davis for most of 2020, we’re still presenting our annual movie show with Davis film critic Derrick Bang—even if only to learn what has survived the dislocations of the year. Derrick writes reviews for the Davis Enterprise and his blog, Derrick Bang on Film. We talk about how the pandemic has affected movie-making and his job as a critic, the films still coming out at what would normally be a big time of the year and films he’s looking forward to.

The Connie Bryan Show - Stop the Steal Protest - SPECIAL REPORT

Submitted by Connie Bryan on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:20pm
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This powerful mini-documentary is an election SPECIAL REPORT episode of "The Connie Bryan Show"...Connie takes you live to the state capitol of California for the first "STOP THE STEAL" protest event on Saturday November 7th. The event was huge, and Connie interviewed many Americans of all diversities, from both the Democrat and Republican party, who shared their disgust and patriotic anger regarding the blatant massive voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election.

Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future"

Submitted by Lin Weaver on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 1:52pm
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Lin Weaver interviews science fiction legend, Kim Stanley Robinson, about his latest novel, "The Ministry for the Future"

Topics include a discussion on how changing climate brings devastation, suffering, and death; and what a transnational agency (the Ministry for the Future) is doing to combat those woes.

In The Studio - DSAF - Art Boxes!

Submitted by Davis Media Access on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 5:32pm
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Alex Silva-Sadder hosts Lorraine Visher, Board President of the Davis School Arts Foundation.

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topics discussed include: the history of DSAF and what they do, how Lorraine got involved and her background, the Art Kits and the goals of the project, the importance of arts education, how you can donate to help the project, ideas for the future and potential expansion of the project, the Sing-a-long component, and after the credits some thoughts about digital arts.

Recorded 11/20/20.

Davisville September 28, 2020 - Davis housing, 6 months into the pandemic

Submitted by Bill Buchanan on Fri, 11/20/2020 - 5:53pm
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On today’s Davisville we talk with Steve and Kit Boschken, Davis real estate experts and the owners of Boschken Properties, about the housing market in Davis this fall. Today's topics follow up our talk with Steve Boschken last May, and include apartment vacancies, the thin supply of homes for sale, rising home prices, the pandemic, unhealthy air from the wildfires, rents, buyers, trends, interest rates, lasting impacts, and not knowing when students will be able to resume in-person classes at UC Davis.