Past Shows
Show # 35 (taped on Friday, May 21, 2010) - Pat Chats About . . . Politics with Paula Aboud (State Senator Paula Aboud Democratic - District 28) a former teacher explained the committee process, the importance of the census, and gave a different perspective on the reasons for increased political polarization. To learn more about Paula . . . .
PaulaAboud.com
http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=119&Legislature=49&Session_ID=93
http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=28356
Show # 34 (taped on Friday, May 7, 2010) - Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with Rob Neyer, author of six baseball books, formerly with STATS, Inc. and assistant to Bill James. He currently writes the ESPN baseball blog, Sweet Spot. Here is how you can read more about Rob . . . .
espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot
RobNeyer.com
Show # 33 (taped on Friday, April 9, 2010) - Pat Chats About . . . Politics with Rep. Phil Lopes. (Arizona State Representative, District 27. Committees: Health and Human Services; Public Employees, Retirement, and Entitlement Reform.) The former minority leader with over seven years in the Arizona State Legislature shared from his considerable experience how he entered politics, the process to get elected, and the way the state legislature works. Anybody interested in a job in the state legislature can only gain from his insights. Learn more about Rep. Phil Lopes at these webpages . . . .
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=30&Legislature=49&Session_ID=93
http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=28265
Show # 32 (taped on Friday, March 26, 2010) - Pat Chats About . . . Politics with Rep. Nancy Young Wright. (Arizona State Representative, District 26, which includes Catalina, Catalina Foothills, Oro Valley, Marana, Saddlebrooke, Tortolita, and a little part of Tucson. Committees: Education and Ranking Democrat, Water and Energy.) We talked about how she entered politics, then talked about the issues of education, the state budget, solar energy, water and mining. Learn more about Rep. Nancy Young Wright and the topics she discussed at these webpages . . . .
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=92&Legislature=49&Session_ID=93
StrongerArizona.com
http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=102389
Show # 31 (taped on Friday, January 29, 2010) - Pat Chats About . . . Politics with Rep. Steve Farley. First Steve Farley (Arizona State Representative, District 28. Policy Leader, House Democratic Caucus. Ranking Member, Transportation Committee. Ways & Means Committee.) shared a little of his biography, then talked about his experiences in politics, and finished talking about train transportation, the election process, and speeding photo enforcement. Learn more about Rep. Steve Farley at these webpages . . . .
http://www.friendsofarley.com/
http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=21&Legislature=48
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Steve-Farley/58318867918
http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68105
Show # 30 (taped on Friday, January 15, 2010) - Pat Chats About . . . Music with Dr. Lindabeth Binkley. The Principal Oboist of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra since 1998, Artistic Director of the St. Andrew's Bach Society Summer Concert Series, and Interim Assistant Professor of Oboe at Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI) talked about her upcoming Tucson concert, interesting facts about the oboe, her love of classical music and teaching.
Dr. Lindabeth Binkley's personal website: www.lindabeth.com
Dr. Lindabeth Binkley's blog: http://cmuoboe.blogspot.com/
Tucson Chamber Artists complete program and ticket information: www.tucsonchamberartists.org
St. Andrew's Bach Society: www.standrewsbach.org
Show # 29 (taped on Friday, December 18, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . Rob Neyer. For those who saw this show before reading this message, I apologize for promising his call throughout the show and never delivering. Unfortunately, Rob was under the weather and unable to join the show. Nevertheless, I do talk a lot about Rob during the show. Here is how you can read more about Rob or read his work:
espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot
RobNeyer.com
Show # 28 (taped on Friday, November 6, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . the Bible with Pastor Dan Acker. In Dan's second visit to the show, he explains how the Bible was assembled and answers some general questions about how to interpret it.
Contact Pastor Dan Acker -- info@northwest.cc
Northwest Community Church Tucson -- Northwest.cc
Show # 27 (taped on Friday, October 9, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . Tucson with Mayor Walkup, Tucson's Mayor on current events including the new fire station, light rail, November's election, the new City Manager, the Gem Show vendor in the news, baseball spring training, and the film industry.
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/mayor.html
Show # 26 (taped on Friday, August 14, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . TUSD with Mark Stegeman. Mark is a University of Arizona Professor who volunteers his time as a member of the TUSD (Tucson Unified School District) Governing Board and holds the position of Clerk. He discusses how he came to joining the board and his opinions on improving the schools.
http://www.tusd.k12.az.us/contents/govboard/gbagenda.html
Show # 25 (taped on Friday, July 16, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . Tucson with Mayor Walkup, Tucson's Mayor talks about his 10 years in office trying to make Tucson a "great city" and the past, present, and future of Rio Nuevo.
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/mayor.html
Show # 24 (taped on Friday, July 3, 2009) – Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with Mat Olkin, a baseball analyst, writer, and editor for almost 20 years, the last few years working as a consultant with Major League Baseball teams. We talk about the All-Star Game, MVP voting, fielding, and more. Here are the websites Mat mentioned he uses:
MLB.com
Baseball-Reference.com
BaseballHQ.com
BaseballProspectus.com
Show # 23 (taped on Friday, May 22, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . Politics with Jeff Rogers, Pima County Democratic Party Chair shares his political roots, his role as Democratic Chair, and explains how others can get involved in politics.
PimaDems.org
www.lawyers.com/jeffreyrogers/
Show # 22 (taped on Friday, April 10, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . Politics with Bob Walkup, Tucson's Mayor shares how he entered politics and his advice for others interested in politics. He also commented on the City Council 4-3 vote to remove City Manager Mike Hein from office and the fate of Access Tucson.
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/mayor.html
Show # 21 (taped on Friday, March 27, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . Astronomy with Doug Isbell, the U.S. National Single-Point-of-Contact for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. Doug showed the Galileoscope (a high-quality, low-cost telescope kit developed by a team of leading astronomers, optical engineers, and science educators) and all the other ways 137 countries are celebrating Galileo's use of the telescope.
www.Astronomy2009.US
Galileoscope.org
DarkSkiesAwareness.org
100HoursOfAstronomy.org
Show # 20 (taped on Friday, March 13, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with John Dewan -- The only formally trained actuary working in baseball analysis. He has created significantly new ways of measuring defensive runs saved, defensive positioning, and catcher and pitcher defense – with more precision and specificity than has ever been possible in the past. The Fielding Bible—Volume II, which came out on February 25, 2009, contains four hundred pages of analysis, scouting reports, and commentary on every major league player and team, including “guest essays” by Bill James. John owns Baseball Info Solutions and is the co-publisher at ACTA Sports.
baseballinfosolutions.com
ACTAsports.com
Show # 19 (taped on Friday, March 6, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . the Homeless with Ron Austin, a man who knows the plight of the homeless from personal experience and working with them for the last 13 years. He shares his point of view and insights through words and video at his website and on You Tube:
youtube.com/homelesschampion
myspace.com/homelessadvocate
Show # 18 (taped on Friday, January 2, 2009) - Pat Chats About . . . Dentistry with Cindy Quinn, B.S., RDH, dental writer, and marketing consultant involved in some segment of dentistry for over 30 years. Cindy simplifies your interaction with dentists in this show. To learn more about Cindy Quinn, visit her website RDHwriter.com
Cindy also told us about dental clinics offering reduced fees:
El Rio Community Health Center (in Tucson, AZ)
elrio.org/dental_services.html
Appointments for all 3 locations: (520) 670-3758
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Clinic
140 W Speedway Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85705
(520) 628-7871
The Arizona School of Health Sciences Dental (in Mesa, AZ)
atsudental.com/home/
Show # 17 (taped on Friday, December 5, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Basketball with Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets GM, Rockets.com
Show # 16 (taped on Friday, November 7, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Cycling with Eric Post. Contact information from the discussion:
Eric Post, Esq. -- (520) 207-9601 -- ericofaz@cox.net
International Christian Cycling Club -- ChristianCycling.com
Arizona Spoke -- ChristianCycling.com/Spokes/Arizona/
El Tour de Tucson -- PerimeterBicycling.com
League of American Bicyclists -- BikeLeague.org
Show # 15 (taped on Friday, October 24, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Politics with ScrambleWatch.com
University of Arizona journalism students Taylor Avey (covering Legislative District 26), Megan Neighbor (covering Legislative District 26), and Hank Stephenson (covering Legislative District 26) talk about Arizona state general election races and their experience covering local politics.
Show # 14 (taped on Friday, September 26, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with Ron Shandler. Ron is the publisher of BaseballHQ.com and author of the Baseball Forecaster, the longest running publication in the fantasy baseball industry (since 1986). He was the first baseball analyst to develop sabermetric applications for fantasy league play, and his work has found its way into numerous publications and websites, most recently ESPN Magazine. Ron owns five national experts league titles and three second place finishes since 1998.
Show # 13 (taped on Friday, September 12, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Religion & Politics with Dan Acker. Contact information from the discussion:
Pastor Dan Acker's blog -- DanAcker.com
Northwest Community Church Tucson -- Northwest.cc
Show # 12 (taped on Friday, August 29, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Politics with ScrambleWatch.com as Tucson Weekly’s Senior Writer Jim Nintzel and University of Arizona journalism students Taylor Avey (covering Legislative District 26), Megan Neighbor (covering Legislative District 26), and Hank Stephenson (covering Legislative District 26) talk about Arizona state primary races.
Show # 11 (taped on Friday, August 15, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Project Vote Smart with Tallie Spiller, Tucson representative of Project Vote Smart, explaining their mission, their website, and their need for volunteers. For more information, visit their website VoteSmart.org or call their hotline 888-Vote-Smart (888-868-3762)
Show # 10 (taped on Friday, July 18, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with Rob Neyer, baseball writer at ESPN.com, formerly with STATS, Inc. and assistant to Bill James. For more information about Rob or to contact him, visit his website RobNeyer.com
Show # 9 (taped on Friday, June 20, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Personal History with Steve Pender, President of Family Legacy Video, Inc. Steve talks about the Personal History industry. Steve creates video biographies and teaches others to create them as well.
steve@familylegacyvideo.com
www.familylegacyvideo.com
http://familylegacyvideo.blogspot.com/
Catalina Rotary -- www.catalinarotary.org
Access Tucson -- AccessTucson.org
Show # 8 (taped on Friday, May 23, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Computers with Joel Hirschman of J Hirschman Technologies, Tucson entrepreneur in the computer business. Contact Joel Hirschman at info@jhirschman.com and here are the websites for the organizations mentioned in the show:
J Hirschman Technologies -- www.jhirschman.com
www.TekWork.com
www.BestJobsInTucson.com
AMIT (includes the One Man Band SIG) is www.amit-az.org
Catalina Rotary -- www.catalinarotary.org
Tucson Computer Society -- www.aztcs.org
Show # 7 (taped on Friday, April 25, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with Thom Henninger, writer for STATS, LLC (www.STATS.com) for their Fantasy Advantage - Baseball.
Show # 6 (taped on Friday, April 11, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with Joe Sheehan, one of the founding fathers of Baseball Prospectus (www.BaseballProspectus.com) and Managing Editor of Basketball Prospectus (www.BasketballProspectus.com).
Show # 5 (taped on Friday, March 14, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with John Sickels, a Kansas-based baseball writer who specializes in prospects and other minor league players. He writes the popular annual Baseball Prospect Book and he wrote a biography of baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller called Bob Feller: Ace of the Greatest Generation. He also writes for RotoWire and hosts a Friday radio show on XM. www.johnsickels.net, www.minorleagueball.com, www.rotowire.com
Show # 4 (taped on Friday, February 22, 2008) - Pat Chats About . . . Travel in Mexico with Jeff Steele, a Chicago-based writer who writes for special travel sections of the LA Times on travel to Mexico.
Show # 3 (taped on Friday, February 8, 2008) – Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with Jim Callis. Jim became the executive editor of Baseball America (www.BaseballAmerica.com) in 2000. Among his chief duties are evaluating prospects and covering the amateur draft, as well as editing BA's Prospect Handbook. Jim previously worked nine years at BA between 1988 and 1997, including four years as managing editor, and spent three years as a senior editor at STATS, Inc.
Show # 2 (taped on Friday, January 25, 2008) – Pat Chats About . . . Dentistry with Cindy Quinn, B.S., RDH, dental writer, and marketing consultant involved in some segment of dentistry for over 30 years. Cindy explains the big-picture of the dental world in this show. To learn more about Cindy Quinn, visit her website RDHwriter.com
Show # 1 (taped on Friday, January 11, 2008) – Pat Chats About . . . Baseball with Mat Olkin, a baseball analyst, writer, and editor for almost 20 years, the last few years working as a consultant with Major League Baseball teams.
