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  • Host, Executive Producer, Idea Man, and Top Dog of State of the Re:Union, Al Letson has received national recognition and built a devoted fan base with soul-stirring, interdisciplinary work. He established himself early in his career as a heavyweight in the Poetry Slam Movement, which garnered artistic credibility and renown. Performing on a number of national, regional and local stages including HBO's Def Poetry Jam, CBS's Final Four PreGame Show and commercial projects for Sony, the Florida Times Union, Adobe Software, and the Doorpost Film Project, Al has honed his professional voice and artistic sensibilities into a unique brand that is all his own. After winning the Public Radio Talent Quest, Al received a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to create three episodes of his public radio show concept State of the Re:Union. His company finished their first grant in August of 2009 and has just been awarded one of the largest public radio grants every given to a single project to produce a full season of shows.
  • Manny Sandoval is an accomplished media professional and IE native. He is a proud owner of the Inland Empire Community News and Sandoval Communications, a thriving PR firm based in Redlands, Calif. He holds an associate's degree in radio broadcasting from SBVC, a bachelor's degree in mass communication from CSUSB, and a master's degree in strategic communication from CBU. Prior to his success as a business owner, Manny worked for CBS Radio (now Audacity) in Los Angeles. There, he was responsible for managing audio boards and coordinating on-air promotions as a board operator at 97.1 AMP Radio; where he had the privilege of calling his media idol, Carson Daly a co-worker. He also worked as a PR specialist for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Tribal Government. In 2019, Manny was recognized as one of the top 30 community leaders under the age of 30 by California State Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gomez Reyes.
  • Netflix's Stranger Things finale, which dropped Dec. 31, is shaking up the Billboard Hot 100.
  • Focusing on the rising costs of groceries and gas, and promising new investigations of President Biden's administration, Republicans won a slim majority in the House in the midterm elections.
  • A new report shows tuberculosis was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide in 2015, and that the United Nations health body is not on track to meet its goals for reducing deaths from the disease.
  • When strawberries are in season, the Food Network's Amy Thielen's thinks of jam — sun jam. She shares her grandmother's method for making preserves with little more than sugar and the summer sun.
  • For Republicans especially, the pressure is on to make the most of their nascent campaigns to make it into the first presidential debate on Aug. 6.
  • The last time the U.S. ranked No. 1 in a key economic index was 2008. Key issues cited in the 2016 report: America's problems with its infrastructure, health and primary education systems.
  • A Russian missile slammed into the top floor of an apartment building in the capital, killing at least one person and injuring several others.
  • Summer is hot in Rio, but this is hotter than normal. Mercury could top 107 degrees. And the record heat is triggering alerts and safety warnings.
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