The Hope Table

This episode is all about entrepreneurs in the Inland Empire. You don't want to miss the conversations with Carolina Rosas and Jessica Anguiano.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Adam joins Erin to talk about business, finance, and the economy.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Analina Garcia, owner of Hug a Tree Reiki, talks about her life and San Bernardino-based business.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Erin is joined by James Martin, III and Brian Kennedy, Jr. about the importance of understanding how money works so you can make it work for you. Erin also discusses important news of the day.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Erin talks asks the question about where private property rights end and code enforcement begins followed by two interviews.  1) Author and entrepreneur Sandy Gledhill on being fearless, and 2) Dan Chung about his nonprofit, Crossing Borders, which helps defectors from North Korea reach safety Send us comments and thoughts.

Erin sits down with Lydie Gutfeld, Director of the City of San Bernardino Parks and Recreation Department followed by a discussion about housing with Melanie Steele from the Inland So. Cal. Housing Collective Send us comments and thoughts.

Todd Brinker, owner of the Shack Out Back production and podcasting company, former corporate Chief Technology Officer, and co-host of the Generation Tech, Two for Brew, and The Rest of Us podcasts joins Erin to talk about the pros and cons of remote work. What is the best structure for your company? Send us comments and thoughts.

It has been 10 years since the City of San Bernardino declared bankruptcy in 2012. What led up to the historic financial difficulty and what has been learned since? Former San Bernardino City Councilman, Tobin Brinker, takes us on a walk down memory lane.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Adam Russell talks about the local economy and business landscape followed by an update on the housing market with Clemente Mojica, Executive Director of NPHS.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Jackie Melendez from IEGO and Pamela Deans from the Microenterprise Collaborative join Erin to talk about economic development in the Inland Empire.  IEGO is a multi-sector, regional collaborative network of over 50 organizations serving ALL of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, a 4.6 million-resident region also known as the “Inland Empire.” Leaders in the region are steadfast in our commitme...

Corey Hodges and Amanda Hernandez join Brian Kennedy, Jr. to discuss economic development in the City of San Bernardino.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Erin is joined by the co-creator of Deadpool, Fabian Nicieza, as he talks about his life and works. The second interview is our final June anniversary interview from our first month on the air with Dr. Gwen Dowdy-Rodgers, board member of the San Bernardino City Unified School District.   Send us comments and thoughts.

June marks the first anniversary of the Uplift San Bernardino Radio Show and we are celebrating by re-airing the first interviews on the show. Ginger Ontiveros, Executive Director of Making Hope Happen Foundation, and Karen Suarez, Director of Uplift San Bernardino talk about its purpose and role in creating a renaissance in San Bernardino. Erin then sits down with Phil Klay about his new book Unc...

Erin is joined by Grant Golliher. In Think Like a Horse , veteran “horse whisperer” and leadership expert Grant Golliher applies his hard-won horse sense to teach invaluable lessons anyone can use to live a fuller, more successful life . He is what some would call a “horse whisperer,” able to get a wild horse to calmly accept a saddle and a rider without the use of force. Through training thousand...

Erin is joined by her husband, former San Bernardino City Councilman, Tobin Brinker, to recap the CA primary election and talk about what's next for San Bernardino.  Originally aired on June 8, 2022 Send us comments and thoughts.

Erin sits down with Pamela Deans, Executive Director of the Microenterprise Collaborative   about their work with entrepreneurs in the Inland Empire and eastern LA County followed by classic interviews with: 1)  Eliot Ackerman - Decorated Marine and National Book Award finalist shares an unflinching memoir about combat and the human cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria in his book PLAC...

Gerzon Ceseña, from the Making Hope Happen Foundation, talks about mental health, especially for men, and local author, Steve Randall, discusses his parenting book, Dude, You're Pregnant. Originally aired on May 11, 2022.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Steve Ely from E-Credible sits down with Erin and Brian Kennedy, Jr. from AmPac  Business Capital to talk about the importance and path to building business credit. Erin also talks about the news of the day. Originally aired on May 4, 2022.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Adam Russell, CEO of Services  & Solutions for Business, joins Erin with updates on the economy and the financial world in the Inland Empire and beyond. Originally aired on April 27, 2022 Send us comments and thoughts.

Entrepreneurs Brian Kennedy from AmPac Business Capital and Lionel Thomas from Newman Thomas Appraisers followed by two classic interviews with best-selling authors Sebastian Mallaby and the legendary Dean Koontz Send us comments and thoughts.

Erin continues her series of interviews with candidates for Mayor of San Bernardino with a conversation with Mohammed Khan followed by an interview with author Heather Turgeon, MFT about her new book, Generation Sleepless.  The third and final interview is with nationally renown gastroenterologist, Dr. Robyn Chutkan about her book: The Microbiome Solution: A Radical New Way to Heal Your Body from...

Erin talks about the importance of human connections when the world is going crazy followed by classic interviews with Jen Sincero, author of  You Are a Badass , (a life-changing guide to making the kind of money you’ve only ever dreamed of) and Drs. Steven Sloman and Philip Fernback, authors of THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION:Why We Never Think Alone . Send us comments and thoughts.

Erin sits down with San Bernardino Mayoral Candidate, Helen Tran followed by Erika Christakis, author of The Importance of Being Little. She also talks about the news of the day.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Erin sits down again with Adam Russell from Services & Solutions for Business, to chat about the many things impacting our local, state and national economy.  Send us comments and thoughts.

Monica Robles's career spans three nations on two continents and she sits down with Erin to talk about it. She is the co-chair of the Uplift San Bernardino Small Business Resource Group  and finds joy from helping others to realize their goals and aspirations.  Send us comments and thoughts.