The Sages Among Us

KVMR-FM•www.kvmr.org

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.

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David Franco, CPA, Board President of KVMR

Brian McInerney makes his debut hosting appearance with an interview with David Franco, CPA, who is about to end his term as KVMR's board president. We learn how David journeyed from philosophy to accounting, from LA to Denver, and then happily settled 35 years ago in Nevada County where he's been involved in the community and helped guide KVMR to financial stability and leadership excellence.

Sep 24, 2020•27 min•Ep. 4

Mike Mastrodonato, President of the Penn Valley Chamber of Commerce

Host Taylor Wolfe talks with Mike to outline his journey from New York to Las Vegas as a Marketing Executive and then an entrepreneur, through Reno and Fallon Nevada to Penn Valley in 2012, where he and his wife found their “permanent” home along with plentiful opportunities to give back through civic engagement.

Sep 17, 2020•28 min•Ep. 3

Bill Drake, Author and Social Justice Advocate

Bill Drake was raised as a Southern White Supremacist, but through life-changing experiences learned a path toward social justice and anti-racism. His book, "Almost Hereditary: A White Southerner's Journey Out Of Racism" tells the parallel histories of his own life path and the South's struggles with slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow and civil rights. He works in our community and beyond to eliminate racism and co-founded a Creating Communities Beyond Bias.

Sep 10, 2020•30 min•Ep. 2

Mary Anne Davis of Hospice of the Foothills

Mary Anne Davis has lived in Grass Valley with her family since 1987. She has been involved in a wide variety of community events and organizations. She is the marketing and events manager for Hospice of the Foothills and recently published her first book, “Nevada County Wine.” Lori Burkart Frank is your host.

Sep 03, 2020•30 min•Ep. 1

Mikail Graham, KVMR-FM Nevada City

Hosted by Keith Porter , this episode features an interview with Nevada County composer , performer , producer , tech evangelist and radio personality , Mikail Graham ....

May 09, 2018•26 min

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