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Island City Beat Podcast

Island City Beat Podcast

By: Island City Beat
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 Hello Alameda! You'll hear interesting, insightful interviews on a variety of topics from folks on our island & beyond right here .. We aim to educate & illuminate while bringing Alamedans together around the question: How can we all contribute to making our city work better? .. Come & join in on the conversation.Ⓒ Island City Beat - Photos: OK_Boomer - Music: Don Lattin Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Cynthia Bonta -- her activist story -- Part One

    Cynthia Bonta -- her activist story -- Part One
    Feb 3 2026

    The mother of state Attorney General Rob Bonta is well known in Alameda as a spokeswoman for Filipino culture and an activist on behalf of immigrant and renters rights and the Sister City Committee. In the first of a two-part interview, Cynthia Bonta describes her part in the 1965 Delano grape strike, the fight against the regime of Ferdinand Marcos and even enlightens us about the brutal U.S. defeat of Philippine Independence in 1899.

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    41 mins
  • Water use mavin Elizabeth Dougherty of Wholly H2O

    Water use mavin Elizabeth Dougherty of Wholly H2O
    Jan 26 2026

    Using water while conserving it sustains each one of us as individuals, as a community and our Bay Area region as a whole. At a recent tree planting we spoke with a local Maker Farm member who helps us become aware of our vital Mokelumne River water resources here in Alameda.

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    16 mins
  • Alamedans question phone-dependent childhood

    Alamedans question phone-dependent childhood
    Jan 19 2026

    Two Alameda mothers are helping families cut back on their children's, and their own, reliance on electronic media. Sarah Qualters and Alex Yakubov of Alameda Unplugged talk about the ways they and two dozen other parents have started addressing the social, emotional and mental crisis they say young people themselves have begun to talk about.
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    28 mins
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