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Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-02-16-16

Hear our two city managers from Buena Park and Stanton, Jim Vanderpool and Jim Box try their luck at our favorite public policy guessing game IS IT A LAW on our weekly public policy show THE CITY SQUARE, Wednesdays at 9am PST on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net., hosted by The Association of California Cities-OC and sponsored by Rutan and Tucker Law Firm.s  Hint:  they almost run the table!

Understanding Turkey's Role in the Middle East

Listen as Kerim Balci, Editor of the Turkish Review, and a leading dissident in that country discusses Turkey's important role in the Middle East and the various historical, ethnic and religious forces that often pull them in conflicting directions. Take for example, President Erdogan's sudden turn towards becoming a "demo-crator" (or democratically elected dictator) like his former friend and now outspoken foe, Vladimir Putin. Are these two strongmen the last of a dying breed or two halves of the same coin? And how will both react to the growing chaos in Syria? Will Russia continue to bomb the Turkmen (and other rebel foes of the Assad regime...a regime that both Turkey and the US are committed to see removed)? And will Turkey be forced to protect this Turkish minority in Syria and enter into an armed conflict or confrontation with Russia, similar to the wars they've historically fought over the past two centuries? Or will the new economic realities (where Russia supplies most of Turkey's natural gas) trump this ethnic tie? It all depends, says Mr. Balci, on the personalities of the Middle East's two last "democrators" (Putin and Erdogan) and how they balance the competing ethnic, religious and geopolitical forces that keep them in power, including their own desire to correct history and restore their respective countries' "lost greatness" (with eerie similarities to our own Mr. Trump). Hear Mr. Balci's views on this "post imperial trauma" and how Turkey will continue to follow it's own path by continuing to fight the Kurds whom we see as the best ground forces in our fight against ISIS but whom the Turks see as an even bigger threat to their national integrity, as they've fought for decades to break away and turn a big part of eastern Turkey (along with northern Syria, Iraq and Iran) into the homeland they were promised but never received after the Allies redrew the map of the Middle East after World War II. Spend an hour and get a crash course in Middle Eastern history, ethnic tensions and religious fissures that continue to confound our efforts for peace throughout the region and learn how Turkey may be the key to it all with its one foot in Europe (as a trusted NATO ally and proposed European Union member) and its other foot in the Islamic world (including its model role as an Islamic secular state, now threatened by Mr. Erdogan's rise as a classic MIddle Eastern strongman backed by his increasingly conservative Islamic political party).  All brought to us by the Orange County Chapter of the Pacifica Institute as part of their commitment to "interfaith dialog" and a greater understanding of Turkey here in America.

Stu Heinecke, author of HOW TO GET A MEETING WITH ANYONE

Listen as we talk with Wall Street Journal cartoonist Stu Heinecke about his new book HOW TO GET A MEETING WITH ANYONE and how he uses his cartoons to break thru to people of great importance.  He also talks about this whole new world of "contact marketing" (a term he created and popularized) as a way of meeting anyone you want to meet with creative marketing tools, tips, tricks and techniques like creating an oversized, custom cartoon and delivering it to them or (yes) even hosting your own radio show. All this and more from the host of CONTACT MARKETING RADIO, every Thursday at 10am PST here on www.OCTalkRadio.net

The Horror Fund featured on Cal Cap's Private Investing and Business Finance Hour 01-13-16

Cal Cap Partners have covered a wide variety of investment topics in their weekly show here on our station (The Private Investing and Business Finance Hour, Wednesdays at 2pm PST) from investments in the emerging "vape space" and suddenly legal medical marijuana industries to more technical discussions of the government's EB-5 "millionaire visa program" and new equity crowdfunding regulations.  But here's one that still shocked me:  the opportunity to invest in Horror based films and new media projects thru the new HORROR EQUITY FUND.  According to our guests, 15 of the top 20 films with real ROI were horror based projects, and with the arrival of virtual reality and other new mediums, this market may only get bigger.  So hear how they are trying to find, develop, fund and "accelerate to market" a wide variety of horror films and other projects.  Only on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.

Is It a Law? Taken from today's CITY SQUARE-020316

This week it's the Vice Chairman of the California State Judiciary Committee, local Assemblyman Don Wagner, who puts himself in the hot seat as we play another round of "Is It a Law", where we present our guests with the most bizarre and unbelievable ordinances and ask them to decide whether it really is a law.  It's the silly part of our otherwise serious look at local and state government on our weekly public policy show, THE CITY SQUARE every Wednesday here on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalKRadio.net.  Brought to you by the Association of California Cities-OC and their sponsors Waste Management, West Coast Arborists, the HERO program and OC's largest law firm, Rutan and Tucker (who sponsor's this segment of the show).

Play along each week and see if you can guess "Is It a Law?"

Don't miss CAVALIA-the greatest show on earth!

Stop by and hear what's happening under the big tent being erected right off the 405 freeway here in Orange County as ODYSSEO rides into town and brings with it what's billed as "the greatest show on earth", a live extravaganza featuring aerialists, acrobats and over 40 horses performing in the largest traveling show of it's kind in the world.  

As part of their month long engagement here in the OC, we spoke with Normand LaTourelle, founder and creative genius behind this one-of-a-kind entertainment extravaganza.  He formerly brought us the equally spectacular CAVALIA  nine years ago, and before that was one of the founders of the famed Cirque du Soleil.  Hear how they hire a private 747 to fly the horses around from show to show or how they use a cast of hundreds with hundreds of trucks to set up and move this monster production from town to town.  Just visit www.CAVALIA.net for more information and tix for the show's February engagement here in Orange County.

Podcasts over Books

Each week, Chris Dyer (the host of our weekly HR show, TALENT TALK) asks his guests "what book are you reading?"  This week, Mike Fingado, the young co-founder and CEO of Mowdo, gave a suprising answer.  Rather than focusing on traditional books, he'd rather listen to podcasts and is a rabid consumer of them.  Does this represent a generational shift away from paper or a more practical admission that in a world of smartphones, it's much easier to listen than read on these small screens? We pass this along as one more anecdotal bit of evidence regarding the growing popularity and power of this new, longform medium.

OC HOUSING CONNECTION talks about OC house prices

Listen to this week's episode of OC HOUSING CONNECTION as they discuss the latest info from the Federal Reserve about rate increases and how that may affect Orange County housing prices, only on www.OCTalkRadio.net. Sponsored by Sierra Pacific Mortgages.

A Financial Minute from STRATEGIC INVESTOR RADIO

Join us for this week's first FINANCIAL MINUTE as heard on STRATEGIC INVESTOR RADIO with Bill Sherman, author of the authoritative Sherman Sheet Investment Newsletter as he talks about how to "let your winners run and cut your losers short" here on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.

Is It a Law from THE CITY SQUARE 10-07-15

Don't miss this week's IS IT A LAW segment from our weekly public policy show, THE CITY SQUARE, hosted by The Association of California Cities (and sponsored by Rutan and Tucker law firm).  This week it's former Newport Beach mayor Keith Curry (also with Concordia University's Center for Public Policy) who takes the hot seat to play the hottest game in town. 

See how well he does with some of the most absurb ordinances ever heard and how well you stack up against the experts.  Every Wednesday at 9am PST on Orange County's only community radio station, www.OCTalkRadio.net.