The Stephen Phillip Harvey Jazz Orchestra is a seventeen-piece ensemble featuring a rotating roster of world-class musicians from across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. Known for their bold sound and adventurous programming, the group debuted in 2022 with Smash!, a studio album released on Next Level. With their most recent release Multiversal, Harvey channels the spirit of America's original large ensemble—the jazz orchestra—into a vivid, pseudo-cinematic soundscape filled with drama, intensity, and imaginative storytelling and the orchestra performs selections from that release here. From October 24th, 2025 Daniel Peck is your host for the Stephen Phillip Harvey Jazz Orchestra…Live at the Bop Stop.

This episode includes music from Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Southern Faith Singers (pictured), Calvin Bridges & Spirit of Faith, a "give me my flowers" set honoring Maggie Bell Childs.

Jennifer Serr is the owner of The Sewing Room, the Alameda facility providing classes and workshops in sewing demonstration, instruction, and the opportunity to practice new skills. A career in the textile arts led Jennifer to create The Sewing Room, as a new generation learns what looked to be a nearly-forgotten craft, but has regained popularity in post-pandemic America.

Professor Linda S. Greene, Title Nine (Part 2). Linda Sheryl Greene is formerly Dean and Professor of Law at the Michigan State University College of Law.Guest: We continue our discussion on the impact of Title Nine collegiate sport activities.Professor Linda Greene is the guest.Attorney Greene is an accomplished legal scholar and educator, she was a civil rights and constitutional lawyer at Legal Defense Fund in New York, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, and the United States Senate Judiciary Committee where she also advised on federal judicial confirmations including the five United States Supreme Court nominations. She is a member of the California Bar, and since 1991 an elected member of The American Law Institute which inducted her as a life member in 2016. (more)

Human Flourishing. Rosie von Lila lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her journey begins in California. “I’m originally from Arcata, California. I have had a very unconventional career trajectory, and it’s only recently, like in the last year or so, that my life has made sense to me. I grew up in Arcata. I moved to San Francisco. I went to school at University of San Francisco, and then I lived in the Bay Area for 16 years. I didn’t go right into the corporate world. Part of that was because when I was 19, I went to Burning Man for the first time. And I’ve been going ever since. I have been involved with the community for more than half my life. And this year was my 20th time going out to the Blackrock desert. And so, it’s been this really huge part of my life. And I eventually ended up working for Burning Man headquarters in San Francisco, and I worked with them globally. And after that, I moved to New York City. And I came for what was supposed to be a five-month contract with a company out here. And now it’s been seven years. New York has swallowed me and eaten me, and here I am now, making new things. I did the opposite of what most people do when they get involved with burning man. Usually, you go to burning man and then you come home and you quit your corporate job. Me, I did a 180, and I went and worked on Wall Street in finance, as an executive. I was working in private equity. So metaphorical Wall Street, not actually onWall Street. The next year, in 2021, I felt it was time to write a book. I knew that that would be on my horizon at some point, but I never knew what. And I was talking to a friend who works in publishing, and I said, I have this idea, and I have this idea and this idea, but what really ties them all together is human flourishing. It was like lightning struck. And he goes, that’s what your book is about. And I was like, oh, my gosh. And so that started the journey of, I say that human flourishing chose me more than I chose it. I came along, and you’re the one who articulated it, Rosie. So that’s what your work is about. And so, then it’s been this journey now”.

Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and Sting. Born of Lebanese descent, he is regarded as one of the foremost world music and jazz percussionists in the United States. A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, pianist Helio Alves combines the rhythmic complexity of modern Brazilian music with the edgy energy of contemporary jazz. A resident of NYC, Alves has received high praise as an in-demand sideman with Joe Henderson, Yo-Yo Ma, Slide Hampton, Paquito D'Rivera, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim to name a few. Together with Trombonist Jay Ashby and Bassist Kip Reed, the Quartet provide an exciting performance of jazz from around the world. From December 18th, 2025 Daniel Peck is your host for the Jamey Haddad Quartet featuring Helio Alves…Live at the Bop Stop.

Words and music with Pastor Mack Mason, who celebrates his 50th anniversary as a gospel announcer today. Music selections include work from artists such as Rev. James Cleveland and the Charles Fold Singers (pictured), Walter Hawkins & Love Alive Choir, Voices of Cosmopolitan, and Vernard Johnson.

Madlen Saddik is the President & CEO of the Alameda Chamber & Economic Alliance. From small business to international companies, Alameda’s business environment is a vibrant one. As Chamber President, Ms. Saddik helps ensure that Alameda’s business community has an advocate to help secure funding, navigate city planning, and build coalitions to ensure win-win scenarios for the Bay Area’s island city.

Supervisor Noelia Corzo, Board President, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, San Mateo, California.Noelia Corzo, the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants whose years as a social worker shaped her views on housing, public safety and the safety net.Supervisor Corzo is the first Indigenous person and Latina to serve as board president and in this position, help set policy and funding priorities she once relied upon as a child and later as a single mother raising her son in San Mateo, California.In 2018, Time magazine included her on its cover along with other women as emblematic of a new generation of local leaders motivated to run for office by lived experience with the challenges facing their communities.

Noor Al-Huda Tagouri, a journalist and storyteller, shares her journey and insights on the media landscape, community building, and the importance of asking hard questions. She discusses her storytelling company 'At Your Service' and the significance of embarking on the quest of a question. Noor emphasizes the need for recalibration, truth, and collective healing in today's world.