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Name Drop San Diego
Abby Hamblin & Kristy Totten
88 episodes
6 months ago
Name Drop San Diego is a weekly podcast from The San Diego Union-Tribune celebrating people who have shaped San Diego and been shaped by it. Join hosts Abby Hamblin and Kristy Totten each Tuesday as they get to know the people who make San Diego proud.
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Name Drop San Diego is a weekly podcast from The San Diego Union-Tribune celebrating people who have shaped San Diego and been shaped by it. Join hosts Abby Hamblin and Kristy Totten each Tuesday as they get to know the people who make San Diego proud.
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Society & Culture,
News
Episodes (20/88)
Name Drop San Diego
Sabrina Goosby comes from a long line of community builders
Sabrina Goosby's family moved to San Diego in the late 1800s and were among the first Black families to move to the area. In the spirit of giving back, Sabrina has been an advocate for foster children for more than 30 years.
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3 years ago
34 minutes 42 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Dr. Natalie Rodriguez teaches students and learns from patients
Dr. Natalie Rodriguez is the associate director of the Student-Run Free Clinic, which treats underserved communities in the region. Dr. Rodriguez’s family emigrated from Cuba, and she’s a first generation college graduate that took a nonlinear path into medicine. In this interview, she talks about how her upbringing shaped her as a doctor and how she shares her story to show students there’s not just one way to reach your goals.
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3 years ago
32 minutes 43 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Jim and Carmen Beaubeaux have lived on the road since 2016
Jim and Carmen Beaubeaux have living in an Airstream trailer since 2016, traveling around the United States using the 4-3-2 model: Drive four hours, stop by 3 p.m. and stay for at least two weeks.
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3 years ago
38 minutes 54 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Anthony Pretto grew up at Kobey's Swap Meet
Working at his family’s swap meet, Anthony Pretto has come across some pretty great finds. As a kid, he collected Pokemon cards and Beanie Babies; as a newlywed, he and his wife furnished their home with antiques; and most recently, he scored two 8-foot-tall nutcracker decorations to adorn his front door at Christmastime. The price tag? A steal at $100.
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3 years ago
28 minutes 10 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Happy holidays from Name Drop San Diego
Happy holidays, y'all!
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3 years ago
32 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Deacon Jim Vargas knows respect and resilience go hand in hand
Deacon Jim Vargas is the president and CEO of Father Joe's Villages. In this interview he shares his path to becoming ordained, what he's learned working with people in need and where he plans to go next.
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3 years ago
19 minutes 29 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Nonprofit executive Lisette Islas starts her day with a dance party
Lisette Islas is the chief impact officer at MAAC, an anti-poverty nonprofit here in San Diego. MAAC helps locals with housing, education, upward mobility and more. Lisette is a true community champion and really believes in paying it forward.
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3 years ago
35 minutes 10 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Kaci Brown brings her Kumeyaay ancestors back home
Kaci Brown is a member of the Barona band of the Kumeyaay Nation. She's an archaeologist and a community contributor at the U-T, where she’s written about lessons we can all learn from Native culture. She has an incredible life story, beginning with a milk carton ad.
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3 years ago
36 minutes 7 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Drag icon Amber St. James on confidence and coming out
Amber is a nonbinary drag queen who incorporates social justice themes and commentaries into their art.
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3 years ago
35 minutes 39 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Expert horticulturist Ari Novy says it's OK to kill plants
Ari Novy is the president and CEO of the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas. He is an expert horticulturist and a fourth generation florist.
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4 years ago
33 minutes 26 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Astronomer Lisa Will studies the stuff between stars
Dr. Lisa Will is a professor of astronomy and physics at San Diego City College and she’s also the resident astronomer at the Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park. She oversees not one but two planetariums, and just generally loves everything related to space and sci-fi.
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4 years ago
32 minutes 15 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Chef Lan Thai approaches food as medicine
Chef Lan Thai AKA Chef Lando is the owner of the Enclave restaurant at JuneShine Ranch in Scripps Ranch, where she cooks farm-to-table Asian fusion cuisine.
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4 years ago
30 minutes 39 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Brian Hu, professor and professional movie watcher
Brian is an associate professor of film at San Diego State University and the artistic director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival, which basically means he gets to watch movies for a living.
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4 years ago
34 minutes 16 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, first Latina mayor of National City
Mayor Sotelo-Solis is the first ever Latina to hold her position. She’s a third generation resident of National City and a proud poli-sci graduate of UC San Diego. Plus, she has really amazing style. We’ll talk about that, as well as family, life philosophy and -- I totally wasn’t expecting this -- but zombie apocalypse escape plans.
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4 years ago
42 minutes 35 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Brit Bennett, NYT bestselling author of 'The Vanishing Half'
Brit Bennett is the author of "The Vanishing Half," about twin sisters from the South who choose to live in two different worlds, one black and one white.
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4 years ago
28 minutes 45 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Dr. Susan Bukata, chair of Orthopaedic surgery at UC San Diego
Dr. Bukata is one of only four women to hold this position in the United States.
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4 years ago
36 minutes 51 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Lisa Easterly, CEO of the San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence
Lisa Easterly is the CEO of the San Diego Cyber Center of Excellence, which promotes innovation and excellence in the region's cyber community. We talked about jobs, diversity in the industry, and of course about Lisa.
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4 years ago
26 minutes 36 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Joaquin 'Quino' McWhinney, singer of 'Baby I Love Your Way'
Today's guest is Joaquin McWhinney, AKA Quino, the singer behind the 1994 hit "Baby I Love Your Way." His band, Big Mountain, formed in San Diego in the '80s and that song took them to the top of billboard charts and all around the world.
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4 years ago
32 minutes 56 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Cody Hooven, COO of San Diego Community Power
Cody Hooven is the COO of San Diego Community Power, which just inked a big deal with San Diego County to purchase its power. In general, she is a problem solver, champion of the environment and lover of the outdoors.
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4 years ago
32 minutes 56 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Joel John Roberts, CEO of People Assisting the Homeless
Joel is the CEO of PATH, also known as People Assisting the Homeless. He lives in downtown San Diego and over the past 25 years has grown a small Los Angeles transitional living home into a statewide operation serving more than 140 communities.
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4 years ago
26 minutes 4 seconds

Name Drop San Diego
Name Drop San Diego is a weekly podcast from The San Diego Union-Tribune celebrating people who have shaped San Diego and been shaped by it. Join hosts Abby Hamblin and Kristy Totten each Tuesday as they get to know the people who make San Diego proud.