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THE NEXT CHAPTER: Meet Rand Sperry

Meet Rand Sperry and hear how he helped build the company he co-founded, Sperry Van Ness, into a national commercial real estate brokerage.  And then how after selling his interest, Rand took on the new challenge of building two new important profit centers in his family of companies. (Sperry Commercial, Inc. and Sperry Equities, LLC). Where he and his partners Burton Young and Jack Carroll acquired over 65 properties (which exceed 500 million in value).

Thru it all, he kept true to his faith and family.  Raising six kids (including daughter Keyleigh who just married Miles Teller, a co-star in Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick).  And serving on countless charitable boards like his longstanding work with WELLS OF LIFE.  While pursuing his love of travel that's now taken him to over 100 countries around the world.

A life well lived. With discussions of "what comes next?" On this week's edition of THE NEXT CHAPTER with Charlie. With our host, Charlie Hedges. Here on OC TALK RADIO.

OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Teresa Razo, Owner of Villa Roma and Cambalache Grill Restaurants

Teresa Razo, Owner and CEO of Villa Roma and Cambalache Grill Restaurants and past Entrepreneur Woman of the Year. On OUR COMMUNITY PODCAST. Powered by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO.

Impact OC- The OC Fair & Event Center hosts its 23-day Fair

What’s expected at the OC Fair & Event Center as it hosts its 23-day Fair? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with OC Fair & Event Center General Manager & CEO Michele Richards. Hear what visitors may look forward to between July 15 and August 14 in Costa Mesa. It will be dark Mondays and Tuesdays.  The Fair’s theme is “Feel the Sunshine, Celebrate Everything Under the Sun.” She talks about how to purchase tickets and enjoy the Fair. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.ocfair.com

 

 

Wells of Life Founder Nick Jordan

Join us as our favorite "Irish storyteller" shares the moving story of his life and how he came to create the charity WELLS OF LIFE.  And how it's grown to become a major force for helping end the cycle of poverty and despair for poor villagers in Uganda thru the simple act of drilling a well and giving them access to clean water (for the first time in their life).  

Putting Your Life in Balance

Meet Jimmy Wang, another amazing immigrant who came to this country from China with nothing but a dream (and the desire to do whatever it took to succeed). Turning that into a publicly traded company that produces high end aviation parts.

Hear about his newest idea to take a scientific approach to traditional Chinese healing (that he discovered here in Orange County) and turn that into the next big "health and healing" franchise (like Massage Envy but with a deeper root in "releasing your chi" and balancing the overall energy in your body).   

Finding  the blockages in what the Chinese believe is your internal system of inter-connected "meridians" that flow throughout your body.   And then releasing those blockages thru the healing power of acupressure (instead of acupuncture).  Allowing your internal energy to flow freely and bring your body "back into balance". Flushing out all your toxins (in the process) and providing all the energy needed for the body to "heal itself".

From Aviation to Internal energy. Don't miss this amazing "immigrant's tale" and the transformation and healing he hopes to bring to the world.  On this week's OC SPOTLIGHT.  Streaming live from our studios here at the University of California Irvine's BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER.  Here on Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO.

Impact OC-The Festival of Arts Show Celebrates its 90th Anniversary

How will the Festival of Arts Show in Laguna Beach celebrate its 90^th Anniversary? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Festival of the Arts/Pageant of the Masters Marketing and Public Relations Director Sharbie Higuchi. She talks about what we can expect on the Laguna Canyon grounds between July 5 and Sept. 2.

She also talks about The Pageant of the Masters which will go on between July 7 and Sept.2 and its theme Wonderful World. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.foapom.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Deidre Pujols

Meet Deidre Pujols, Owner of Cocina Dominicana and Founder of OPEN GATE INTERNATL and STRIKE OUT SLAVERY.  And noted activist and Hispanic Leadership Awardee.  On her incredible life.  And her determination to leave a mark on life. "More than just the dash between two dates," as she explains

Impact OC-The Transportation Corridor Agencies serve a quarter of a million drivers daily

How does The Transportation Corridor Agencies serve a quarter of a million drivers daily? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Transportation Corridors Agencies CEO Samuel Johnson. The Transportation Corridor Agencies are two joint power agencies, the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency and the San Joaquin Transportation Corridor Agency. They were formed to plan, finance, construct and operate state routes 73, 133, 241 and 261. He talks about how the Toll Roads in Orange County are unique in the way they’re financed and the TCA recently approved Seven Year Strategic Plan. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.thetollroads.com

 

 

Walking the Walk

If you really believe in the idea of "sustainable living", then it's not enough to just "talk the talk". You've got to "walk the walk" as well. Or in our guest's case "change your daily ride" from a gas guzzling, soccer mom's van into an earth friendly eBike.  For all her commutes (even with kids!) 

That's the story of Deborah LaSalle from Boise, Idaho who co-founded Warm Springs Consulting, a "sustainability consulting firm" whose mission is to help organizations (including big mining companies) "be more efficient and trade-out carbon emitting technologies for those that maintain profitability in a way that's better for the planet".

So how could this "eco-friendly soccer mom" drive a gas guzzling mini van?  For Deb, the quest was clear. And her solution was the Pedego Stretch, a cargo carrying model that allowed her to take all her kids and all their gear wherever needed. 

Deb lives six miles from her office and for all that travel back and forth to work plus her kids' school and sports activities, she's switched to an eBike.  Even using it for occasional travel downtown and to the airport as well. Estimating that she's been able to switch over at least 50% of her normal travel to something that just feels better (and more fun!) for everyone involved.

Ride along as she tells us all about it.  On the week's PEDEGO PODCAST. And how (at the end of the day) she truly believes she hasn't sacrificed anything. But found far more than she expected on this electric bike path that feels a bit more genuine and a whole lot better for her, her family and the world they live in.

Hear the STORY OF SELLING

Hear the STORY OF SELLING on our newest show with Paul Petersen, VP and General Manager of Goldmine, with over 35 years of sales experience. Carrying a bag (as they say) and watching this trade evolve over time. Join us as we brings in his friends in Sales to share their stories of where it's been, where it is now and where the science of sales is heading in the future. Here on OC TALK RADIO, streaming live from our studios at UCI's Beall Applied Innovation Center.