Insight With Beth Ruyak

Hosted By Beth Ruyak

Insight creates conversation to build community, exploring issues and events that connect people in our region. Insight covers breaking news and big ideas, music, arts & culture with responsible journalism, civil discussion and diverse voices.

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LATEST SHOW | Thursday, January 23, 2020

Glen Morey via AP

Australia Firefighting Plane Crash / Capitol Chat / 'And Yet They Persisted'

We update you on a plane crash in Australia that left three U.S. firefighters dead. We discuss horse racing deaths, Uber and California's State of the State in Capitol Chat. We also talk with the author of the book, “And Yet They Persisted."

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  • Glen Morey via AP

    US Firefighters Die In Australia Plane Crash

    There's been a firefighting plane crash in New South Wales in Australia. There were three U.S. firefighters aboard who died in the crash. They had been deployed from Oregon to fight the catastrophic wildfires raging in Australia.

  • AP Photo/Beth Harris

    CapChat: Santa Anita Horse Deaths / Uber Pilots New Pricing / State Of The State

    There have been more horse deaths at Santa Anita Park, five just since December 28, 2019. Uber is piloting a new pricing program allowing drivers to set rates at three airports. And we wait for the State of the State to be scheduled.

  • Courtesy of Wiley-Blackwell

    'And Yet They Persisted'

    This year is the 100th anniversary of women getting the right to vote in the U.S. The struggle for suffrage led to British women getting that right in 1918 and Dutch women in 1919. Why did it take so long and what about women of color?

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Walt Zeboski / AP Photo

Politifact On SB 50 / Women’s Rights After WWI / Dorothea Puente Onstage

PolitiFact California evaluates the controversy over the housing bill known as SB 50. We look back on women’s efforts to secure the vote after World War I. A notorious serial killer gets her say onstage in Sacramento.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Evan Vucci / AP Photo

Political Junkie On Impeachment

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial begins in the U.S. Senate. We look at women’s efforts to secure the vote after World War I. A notorious serial killer gets her say onstage in Sacramento.

Thursday, January 16, 2020

AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Senate Impeachment Trial / Fire Science And Australia Fires / Classical Sound Advice

The articles of impeachment have now moved from the House to the Senate. What will the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump look like? We also look at how fire science informs fighting fires in Australia and preview winter classical concerts.

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Courtesy of Broadway Sacramento

California Presidential Primary / Grand Juries Demystified / 'Dear Evan Hansen' In Sacramento

What can we expect from the upcoming March Primary? The work of grand juries and looking at some high some profile Sacramento County cases. “Dear Evan Hansen” opens in Sacramento.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio

Mayors On Homelessness / Reporting The News In Prison / Auburn Storytelling Fest

The mayors of Sacramento and Stockton discuss initiatives to help homeless residents. A journalist tells the story of mentoring prisoners to report the news in San Quentin. We preview the fifth annual Auburn Storytelling Fest.

Monday, January 13, 2020

Andrew Harnik / AP Photo

Two Republican Views On Trump / New California Budget / Olympian Comes Home to Coach

Some prominent Republicans have signed on to an effort to unseat President Trump, while his popularity remains strong with the base. Gov. Newsom’s budget has some new spending in key areas. A former Olympian comes home to Sacramento to coach.

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Rich Pedroncelli / AP Photo

Contractor’s Burial And Family / New Laws / Fiscal Wellness / John McCutcheon Live

The contractor killed in Iraq last month lived in Sacramento. CapRadio’s Scott Rodd dives deep into some new laws. We look at your financial fitness for 2020. Folk singer John McCutcheon performs live in studio

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

President Trump Responds to Iranian Missile Attack / New State Housing Laws / Autism Films / Modesto Opera

We recap President Trump's response to Iran. New state laws in California are set to take effect. A filmmaker talks about her subject: families and how they live with and support their autistic children. Modesto Opera premieres “Mansfield Park.”

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Courtesy of the Wild and Scenic Film Fest

Voter Registration / Geopolitics In The Middle East / Wild And Scenic Film Fest

We clear up some confusion about voter registration and "no party preference" voting in California. Tensions rise in the Middle East. We preview the Wild and Scenic Film Fest.

 

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