Best Californians Together Podcasts (2024)

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The Multiverse of Misinformation, Episode 2 - Financial Literacy in the Age of Misinformation 33:43

11h ago33:43

33:43

Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program. This season, we…

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The Multiverse of Misinformation, Episode 1 - Scroll For Your Health 24:44

2d ago24:44

24:44

Welcome to the Multiverse of Misinformation, a podcast about misinformation and the way it affects the many facets of our life, produced by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP” --at Cal Poly Pomona and generously supported by the Cal Poly Pomona Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience grant program. This season, we…

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Movements in California, Episode 6 - Climate Change and the Future of Mobility in California 16:59

6M ago16:59

16:59

Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics. In this final episode of the third season, CCEP student fellow Edward Nunez compels l…

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Movements in California, Episode 5 - Pushing Perspectives 33:12

7M ago33:12

33:12

Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics. In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Rena Miller offers us two stories …

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Movements in California, Episode 4 - Access LA 19:30

9M ago19:30

19:30

Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics. In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Gabriel Esparza shares with us the…

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Movements in California, Episode 3 - Untold Stories 15:52

11M ago15:52

15:52

Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics. In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Jaden Oloresisimo explores the str…

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Movements in California, Episode 2 - Uncle Frankie 14:27

12M ago14:27

14:27

Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics. In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Stefanie Padilla interviews her go…

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Movements in California, Episode 1 - Recalcitrant Pride 26:31

12M ago26:31

26:31

Welcome to Movements in California, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. This podcast will explore how migration and mobility are embedded in many of our public discourses, practices, and politics. In this episode of the series, CCEP student fellow Andrew Zableckis examines trans po…

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Making Meaning of of Episodes 17, 18, and 19 22:22

1y ago22:22

22:22

Season 1 concludes with one final ‘Making Meaning’ episode—and there is plenty to process. Meta is the word of the day as we think about the utility of meta-linguistic awareness and transfer as tools that empower students to take stock of their own language journeys. Later, Victoria and Anna assess the assessment systems and dive deep into how they…

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Alexandra Güílamo Part II 28:43

1y ago28:43

28:43

As a language learner herself, Alexandra Güílamo has spent more than twenty years serving a wide range of language learner programs. Alexandra is a former teacher, academic coach, elementary school principal, and district-level director in highly diverse urban and suburban school districts. She is one of the leading dual-language experts, an author…

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Alexandra Güílamo Part I 17:22

1+ y ago17:22

17:22

As a language learner herself, Alexandra Güílamo has spent more than twenty years serving a wide range of language learner programs. Alexandra is a former teacher, academic coach, elementary school principal, and district-level director in highly diverse urban and suburban school districts. She is one of the leading dual-language experts, an author…

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Nicole Knight 35:58

1+ y ago35:58

35:58

Nicole Knight is the Executive Director of the English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement Office at Oakland Unified School District. She is honored to have served Oakland students for the last 24 years as a teacher, teacher leader and instructional leader at the site and district levels. A National Board Certified Teacher in English as a…

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Making Meaning of of Episodes 13, 14, and 15 24:49

1+ y ago24:49

24:49

In this making meaning episode, we’re diving into how our time with Dr. Susana Johnson, David Rogers, and Cristina Sánchez-López. We discuss how to acknowledge and build on students’ home language experiences and create rich classroom experiences that focus on strong oral language skills. We also discuss what it means to teach students to be litera…

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Cristina Sánchez-López 23:31

1+ y ago23:31

23:31

Cristina Sánchez-López collaborates with educators in the US and Canada on many issues related to the education of Multilingual Learners (MLs) including developing culturally and linguistically sustaining Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS); bilingual special education; middle school mathematics; curriculum development; literacy across the conte…

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David Rogers 26:39

1+ y ago26:39

26:39

David Rogers supports the work of Dual Language Education of New Mexico-DLeNM whose mission is to promote the effective design and implementation of dual language education (www.dlenm.org) in New Mexico, and beyond. In his thirty-five years as an educator, David has served as an education volunteer and program coordinator in Peace Corps Paraguay, S…

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Susana Johnson 29:20

1+ y ago29:20

29:20

Susana Ibarra Johnson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education and TESOL at New Mexico State University. Susana is a former bilingual education teacher. Her understanding and devotion go beyond her academic training to her own experience as a bilingual learner. As a former biliteracy researcher and senior consultant for the WIDA Con…

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Making Meaning of of Episodes 10 & 11 29:01

1+ y ago29:01

29:01

In this making meaning episode, we’re diving into how our time with multilingual researcher and advocate, Dr. Jim Cummins. There was quite a bit to unpack, including: - How the pendulum swings in Literacy pedagogy and instruction - The concept of “Literacy Saturation” - The thread between what we learned from Dr. Cummins and past episodes. You can …

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Uncertain Forecast, Episode 7 - How the Unhoused Experience Climate Extremes 59:06

1+ y ago59:06

59:06

Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible. In this episode of the series, CCEP stude…

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Jim Cummins Part II 20:38

1+ y ago20:38

20:38

Jim Cummins is a Professor Emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. His research focuses on literacy development in educational contexts characterized by linguistic and socioeconomic diversity. In numerous articles and books, he has explored the nature of language proficiency and its relationship to l…

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Uncertain Forecast, Episode 6 - The Gold of California 44:08

2y ago44:08

44:08

Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible. In this episode of the series, CCEP stude…

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Jim Cummins Part I 29:35

2y ago29:35

29:35

Jim Cummins is a Professor Emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Dr. Cummins stresses the crucial role of literacy engagement in developing reading comprehension. Explicit phonics instruction plays an important role in developing students' decoding skills but, to be optimally effective, it needs to…

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Uncertain Forecast, Episode 5 - Looking for Nature in the San Gabriel River 39:39

2y ago39:39

39:39

Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible. In this episode of the series, CCEP stude…

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Making Meaning of Episode 7 & 8 30:42

2y ago30:42

30:42

In this second making meaning episode, Anna and Victoria are joined by fellow educator Lillie Ruvalcaba. Together they discus how the time with Dr.Socorro Herrera and Dr. Ester de Jong help educators better understand literacy: the noise of an oracy forward classroom; side stepping the curriculum to meet students needs; and harvesting home language…

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Ester De Jong 36:00

2y ago36:00

36:00

Ester de Jong is Professor and program leader in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education program at the University of Colorado Denver. Prior to UC Denver, she was the Director of the School of Teaching and Learning and Professor in ESOL/Bilingual Education at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Her research focuses on equ…

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Uncertain Forecast, Episode 4 - California Wildfires and Climate Justice 1:29:12

2y ago1:29:12

1:29:12

Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible. In this episode of the series we share wi…

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Socorro Herrera 32:21

2y ago32:21

32:21

Dr. Socorro Herrera is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education at Kansas State University and directs the Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy (CIMA). Her K-12 teaching experience includes an emphasis on literacy development and her research focuses on literacy opportunities with culturally an…

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Uncertain Forecast, Episode 3 - Three Stories of Extreme Heat 20:46

2y ago20:46

20:46

Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible. In this episode of the series, CPP politi…

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Making Meaning of Episodes 1-5 19:56

2y ago19:56

19:56

In this first making meaning episode, we’re diving into how our time with Dr. Laurie Olsen, Dr. Kathy Escamilla, and Dr. Jody Slavick helps us better understand literacy: - the explicit attention to oracy in every classroom - the professional learning needs of educators - and the family engagement “invitation.” The episode is a mix of analysis of e…

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Dr. Jody Slavick 30:39

2y ago30:39

30:39

Dr. Slavick is one of the contributors to the National Committee for Effective Literacy’s White paper on Comprehensive Effective Literacy Policy and Instruction for English Learner/Emergent Bilingual Students. She currently serves as the director of professional development for the Literacy Squared program at the BUENO Center at the University of C…

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Uncertain Forecast, Episode 2 - How the Unhoused Experience Climate Change 45:48

2y ago45:48

45:48

Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible. In our second episode of the series, CPP …

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Part II of Dr. Kathy Escamilla 19:28

2y ago19:28

19:28

Dr. Kathy Escamilla today. Dr. Escamilla a Professor Emeritus in the Equity, Bilingualism, & Biliteracy Division BUENO Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Additionally, she’s the author of numerous articles and books including Biliteracy From the Start: Literacy Squared In Action. She is specifically interested…

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Part I of Dr. Kathy Escamilla 16:24

2y ago16:24

16:24

Dr. Kathy Escamilla today. Dr. Escamilla a Professor Emeritus in the Equity, Bilingualism, & Biliteracy Division BUENO Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Additionally, she’s the author of numerous articles and books including Biliteracy From the Start: Literacy Squared In Action. She is specifically interested…

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Part II of Dr. Laurie Olsen 18:12

2y ago18:12

18:12

Continue the conversation with Dr. Olsen, a researcher, writer, advocate, and leader of educational equity with an emphasis on immigrant and English learner education, language access, and rights. Links: Seal of Biliteracy https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/er/sealofbiliteracy.asp EL Roadmap https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/rm/ ELA/ELD Framework https://www.…

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Part I of Dr. Laurie Olsen 21:29

2y ago21:29

21:29

With a Ph.D. in social cultural studies in education, Dr. Olsen has been an educator, a writer, and an advocate for half a century. Dr. Olsen has Designed and led demonstration projects, and evaluation projects in English learner and immigrant education – with a strong emphasis on educational equity. She has written dozens of books, articles, and r…

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Welcome to the Effective Literacy Podcast 11:12

2y ago11:12

11:12

Meet Anna and Victoria, two educators passionate about reading and all things literacy. Join them as they interview experts from across the nation with expertise in literacy and multilingual education in an effort to better understand research and how to support our students, specifically our multi-lingual learners in becoming literate individuals …

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Uncertain Forecast, Episode 1 - What Is Plastic? 22:43

2y ago22:43

22:43

Welcome to Uncertain Forecast, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona. The focus of our podcast is on climate justice, an issue that affects people worldwide, particularly where inequality is greatest, but which is often disguised or invisible. In this first episode, CPP bio student Al…

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Securing Justice Episode 8 - Three Stories About Housing and Music 1:29:08

2+ y ago1:29:08

1:29:08

This is the eighth and final episode in our series, and therefore we wanted to offer something special. CCEP recently hosted Betto Arcos, who is a journalist and storyteller, to recite three stories at the intersection of housing and music. A native of Xalapa in Veracruz, Mexico, Betto now lives in LA where he is a frequent contributor to KPCC and …

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Securing Justice Episode 7 - Reflections on Housing and Home 18:12

2+ y ago18:12

18:12

This is the seventh episode in our series, which focuses on housing insecurity in California. This episode was created by two CCEP’s 2020-21 student fellows, Octavio Cuevas and Victoria Torres. As I mentioned in past episodes, each year CCEP recruits a new group of student fellows, whose coursework and research focuses on the year’s theme. For Octa…

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Securing Justice Episode 6 - Racial Gaps in Homeownership, Income, and Savings (And Why They Matter) 59:07

2+ y ago59:07

59:07

In this episode, we share with you our final 2021 panel discussion hosted by CCEP, titled “Racial Gaps in Homeownership, Income, and Savings”, which brought together three experts on the history of housing and wealth inequality in the US, and Los Angeles more specifically. This conversation is special because the moderator, Alvaro Huerta, Associate…

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Securing Justice Episode 5 - #Cancel Rent: Digital Organizing and Collective Struggle in a Global Pandemic 43:46

3y ago43:46

43:46

This episode tells a story about collective struggle during the pandemic by tuning into the ways the Healthy LA coalition navigates the bureaucratic dissonance of a call-in public comment system. It was recorded back in early 2020 and first aired on the “Digital Salon Podcast”, a project of the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative. In re-airing this ep…

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Securing Justice Episode 4 - The Eviction Crisis on the Horizon: Rent Relief and Pandemic Recovery in California 1:06:31

3y ago1:06:31

1:06:31

In this episode, we share with you another 2021 panel discussion hosted by CCEP, titled “The Eviction Crisis on the Horizon: Rent Relief and Pandemic Recovery in California”. For this conversation, which I had the pleasure of moderating, we brought together three individuals leading the fight for rent relief in California, and particularly in Los A…

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Securing Justice Episode 3 - Moving Forward in Affordable Housing: The Role of Architects 27:23

3y ago27:23

27:23

In our third installment of Securing Justice, we share with you an episode created by one of CCEP’s 2020-21 student fellows, Itzia Salinas Cortes. To better understand the role that architects can play in addressing housing affordability, she interviews Jim Broeske, an architect with 40 years of experience working in Southern California. In their d…

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Securing Justice Episode 2 - Representations of Place, Home, and Security 1:06:19

3y ago1:06:19

1:06:19

In this episode of Securing Justice, we share with you a second panel discussion hosted by CCEP, titled “Representations of Place, Home, and Insecurity”. For this conversation, we invited three creatives--a filmmaker, a visual artist, and a theater maker--whose creative work somehow examines these themes in Southern California. The impact of art an…

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Securing Justice Episode 1 - Housing Justice: From Trump to Biden 40:59

3y ago40:59

40:59

Welcome to Securing Justice, a podcast series created by the California Center for Ethics and Policy--or “CCEP”--at Cal Poly Pomona.The focus of our podcast is housing insecurity, an issue that affects millions in the United States and is particularly acute here in California. This podcast will explore housing insecurity through a variety of means-…

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