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Weekend Magazine: Cooking Careers, Aging Boom, And All Joy No Fun

You can listen to the broadcast of Weekend Magazine with KCBS Public Affairs Director Liz Saint John every Sunday morning from 3:00am-4:00am and again from 5:00am-6:00am on KCBS All News 740 AM and 106.9 FM.

Liz Saint John interviews three guests every Sunday morning covering a variety of issues and topics. She talks with representatives from Bay Area non-profit organizations, documentary filmmakers, authors, and professors.

1.   Homeward Bound of Marin is the primary provider of residential services for homeless people in Marin County. In addition to housing services, Homeward Bound has sveral social enterprises, including the fresh Starts Culinary Academy. Paul Fordham is the Deputy Director of Homeward Bound and Denna is a recent graduate of the culinary academy.   Listen to the podcast here.

2.  Television producer and documentary filmmaker Cynthia Harrison is alarmed about the issues related to the huge number of baby boomers who are living longer but still being hit with a number of diseases that impact not only the person with the disease but their family and our medical care systems. Her new movie is Silver Tsunami.   Listen to the podcast here.

3.  New York Magazine journalist Jennifer Senior writes about the ups and downs of parenting her in her book All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood. Listen to the podcast here.

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