Autobiography

Lin Weaver interviews Faustin Rusangangwa, the author of the book "My Exile to the World" about his near-death experience when he was lost in the Sahara desert and was miraculously found and rescued by Bedouins.

Lin Weaver interviews Faustin Rusanganwa, the author of the book ”My Exile to the World”. The book is about his escape from his native Rwanda as a teenager. Incredibly, Faustin traveled by bike across Burundi, Tanzania, Congo, Morocco, and Algeria. His travels then took to him across Europe, and the United States. He now lives in Davis where he keeps in his garage - the original bike he rode across Africa!

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Teens on Topic #36- How is has high school and college been during the pandemic?

Senior year at DJUSD and freshman year at college...during a pandemic.   Davis teens discuss their senior year, the Davis Senior Celebration, and their upcoming graduations, while a former DJUSD student talks about their first year at college- all happening amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recorded via Zoom and through the facilities of Davis Media Access on June 2, 2020.

Davis Media Access (DMA) invites you to help document the history we’re making during the COVID-19 pandemic by participating in a collaborative, virtual storytelling project here in Yolo County. The project launches April 2 and will remain open until further notice.

Alex Silva-Sadder hosts Quanuquanei A. Karmue, Author of Witness: A Civil War through the Eyes of a Child.

witnessliberia.com

topics discussed include: the history of Liberia, the two Liberian civil wars, Quanuquanei's experiences of the war as an eight year old child, the violence and devastation wrought by the war.

Recorded 01/16/20.

Lin Weaver hosts Oscar Vazquez, Veteran, United States Marine Corps.

topics discussed include: career path as extension of his time as a service member, entering neuroscience because of the dramatic brain injuries he saw as a service man, adjustments that are needed to be in combat.

Recorded 10/19/18.

Rev. Timothy T. Malone hosts Rev. John Pamperin, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient.

topics discussed include: The later years of Rev. John Pamperin's life and all he has done to be awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Mexican American Concilio of Yolo County, and his action on civil rights issues.

Recorded 10/19/17

Rev. Timothy T. Malone hosts Rev. John Pamperin, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient and Rick Gonzales, President of the Mexican American Concilio of Yolo County.

topics discussed include: The early years of Rev. John Pamperin's life and all he has done to be awarded a lifetime achievement award from the Mexican American Concilio of Yolo County.

Recorded 10/19/17

Alex Silva-Sadder hosts Hoang Chi Truong (Chi Smith), refugee from Vietnam and local author of TigerFish, a memoir.

chibeingchi.com

topics discussed include: Chi and her family's life in Vietnam before they had to flee in 1975, the journey they made down the coast of Vietnam and escaping just before the fall of Saigon, how these humbling experiences helped to shape her attitudes to life in America, and how they influenced her choice of career and desire to become an author and share her story.

Recorded 08/17/17.