The Sages Among Us

Lynn Hodson

Host Lori Burkart Frank interviews Lynn Hodson, Executive Director of Sammie's Friends, Entrepreneur, former school board member in Southern California, and community volunteer.  Lynn lives on a mini-ranch with her human family and nine rescue dogs and cats a myriad of hogs, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks and turkeys.

OES Program Manager and Professional Forester Alex Geritz

Alex is a Registered Professional Forester with nearly 20 years of experience in the fields of Forestry, Forest Conservation, and Wildfire Management. He is a Program Manager at OES where he's responsible for developing and managing a portfolio of wildfire mitigation projects.   Alex was raised among the pine and oak trees in Tuolumne County California. He moved to South Lake Tahoe in the early 2000's where he took an interest in Ecology at Lake Tahoe Community College. In addition to the ample recreation opportunities in the Tahoe Basin, Alex took a strong interest in wildland fire management when the Angora Fire of  2007 burned 242 homes in his community. This event catalyzed his academic and professional trajectory and he used the momentum of the wildfire to study Forestry and Natural Resources at Humboldt State University and intern with the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station.    Following the acquisition of his B.S., Alex practiced forestry across the western United States including Oregon and Washington. Upon his return to California, he served the State of California with the Sierra Nevada Conservancy and earned his Registered Professional Forester's license from the California Board of Forestry in 2023.   When he's not spending his free time talking about forestry and wildfire in California, Alex enjoys international travel, exploring the Sierra Crest, and trying to convince his toddler that land stewardship is a perpetually evolving discipline much like parenthood. Her agreement is still pending...

Daniela Fernandez, Nevada City Council Member and Community Activist

Host Kimberly Ewing has a vigorous discussion with Nevada City Councilmember and community activist Daniela Fernandez.

Rahlene Weeden – Stardust Station, Honey Hills Festival, and Grass Valley Museum & Cultural Center

Rahlene Weeden is the founder and manager of the DIY venue Stardust Station, a co-founder of the Honey Hills Fest, and serves on the Board of Directors at the Grass Valley Museum & Cultural Center. She speaks with Sages host, April Glaser.

Bill Trabucco, Proprietor and Producer for Il Tempio di Musica

Host Keith Porter takes us on a deep dive into the life experiences of a true polymath, Bill Trabucco, an engineer who has overwintered in Antartica, spent a career in research at Stanford, now runs a 900 acre ranch with grass fed beef and Peruvian Paso horses and built and operates his own private concert hall which houses his self-built pipe organ.