Our Latest Featured Programs
Finding and Retaining Talent — Meet These Experts!
Our next Live@5 focuses on the top headache for business leaders this winter – attracting and retaining talent.
Elves in the Off Season – An Online Forum on Best Practices for Finding and Retaining Talent in 2022
Live@5 Online on YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn
Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 5-5:50 Broadcast
Host/ Anchor: Frank Mottek, the “Voice of Business” in Southern California, formerly at KNX News Radio (CBS) now at KABC Radio
Roundtable/ Panel Guests:
- Michael Lundberg, Partner, Deloitte
- Kathleen Thompson, former Chief People Officer at Limoneira
- Jackson Gilliam, Director at Merchant-Edge LLC, Capital Advisory and Merchant Banking Firm
- Mike Fitzsimmons, CEO and Co-Founder, Crosschq
- Bev Wiesen, Principal, Apex Executive Search
- Kathleen Fellows, Attorney, LightGabler HR Law firm
- John Lockhart, Chief Marketing Officer, People Talent Agency
ACEs AWARE with California Alliance for Children & Families
A special Live@5 on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Mental Health Awareness Month — Presented by California Alliance of Child & Family Services and the Catalyst Center. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. On this show we’re focusing on the California Surgeon General’s statewide effort to cut ACEs and toxic stress in half in one generation. Anita Vogel from FOX News hosts with Special Guests California State Senator Anthony J. Portantino, California Assemblymember James C. Ramos, Chrstine Stoner-Mertz, Cornelle Jenkins and Stacy Shwartz Olagundoye from the California Alliance for Children & Families and Catalyst Center; and Jen Leland from Trauma Transformed.
LaDonna Harrison, Author of “Our Divide: Two Sides of Locked in Syndrome”
Join soon to be bestselling Author LaDonna Harrison, author of “Our Divide: Two Sides of Locked-In Syndrome” as she celebrates her 70th Birthday Week.
LaDonna will take us back in time — reading excerpts from her book “Our Divide”
Join us for the hour and celebrate LaDonna’s amazing life — flashback 50 years to her time in Minnesota with then husband Cleve and daughter Deanie.
Music Director and Conductor Paul Piazza sings for us and leads us in singing Happy Birthday to LaDonna. On Zoom and carried live on YouTube live streamed.
4@4 Focus on Faith, Top Story Tonight – Jesus Podcast and Finding God in the Garden with Jane Wells
On this show of shows we had conversations with
- CNBC’s Jane Wells on her “Top Story Tonight – Jesus” Podcast series,
- with Nicholas D’Agosto, the actor and podcaster on “God and Other Delicacies” and
- Michal Dawson Connor, the famous opera and gospel singer.
- Anita Vogel with Fox News in the anchor chair
This was one of our highest rated shows. Be sure to tune in and watch!
Sullivan Says Comes to New Live@5 with Host Jerry Sullivan
Longtime editor of the Orange County and Los Angeles Business Journals brings his unique interviewing style to our air. Business leaders and public officials are in the hot seat when Jerry joins us for our first Live @5 Show on the last day of the month — March 31, 2021 at 5 PM PDT Register for free!
Featured Programs
Feeling Lonely? Building Family Legacies this Holiday Season
Feeling lonely during lockdown? On Thur 12/17 4@4 features Dr. Scott Kaiser, MD from the Motion Picture Television Fund (MPTF) and his friend Nathan Firer, CEO of Megilla, a new DIY video-storytelling software for families and communities to easily share life’s stories and connect generations. Dr. Kaiser will tell us about what the MPTF is doing to help deal with the isolation and loneliness, especially the stars among us missing our bright lights and adoring fans. Nathan will show us how we can use this time apart to come together with family legacy projects we can all do safely from home. Actor/Singer John Bobek, looking a lot like Roy Orbison, sings “Only the Lonely” Anita Vogel from Fox and Susan Steen, most recently EVP at Warner Bros., return as our hosts!
What? No Rose Parade?
With the iconic Rose Parade and its global audience of millions cancelled what’s a marketer to do? All those petal pushers, all those sponsor dollars… Join our friend David Eads, CEO of the Tournament of Roses and his friend Paul Gomez, Senior VP of Communications at Wells Fargo (and one of the biggest parade sponsors) and learn how the Tournament and its partners are pivoting for the pandemic. Anita Vogel from Fox and Susan Steen, most recently EVP at Warner Bros., are our hosts!
4@4 Forum on Books!
Learn everything you need to know about the “book in you” if you plan to write a personal bio, a novel or a business book… learn from Joe Garner, six time New York Times Best Selling Author, former Disney screenwriter, Forbes Columnist, and Best-Selling Ghostwriter Michael Ashley and Author Anita K. Music by Dyad i- an innovative violin and bassoon duo (Niv Ashkenazi, violin and Leah Kohn, bassoon) dedicated to playing both new and traditional repertoire, which formed after the players met at Juilliard.
4@4 Live “Inside Hancock Park” with Jane Gilman and Lisa Hutchins
4@4 Forums’ cameras went live for our first ever onsite live broadcast to a Hancock Park mansion in Los Angeles. Real Estate leader Lisa Hutchins interviewed author Jane Gilman on her new book “Inside Hancock Park” and Paul Piazza performed live the music of long time resident Nat King Cole. Check out the video and buy the book on Amazon or your Chevaliers Books in Hancock Park!
4@4 on RockToberFest Fights Breast Cancer October 8, 2020
Top Rockers joined with Top Doctors to talk about the latest advances in Breast Cancer Treatments and Prevention. Stuart Smith and friends from Heaven & Earth were with us along with top doctors from Los Robles Health System. Watch the broadcast, get tested and Stay Well!
4@4 The Business Impact of the Arts on our Communities
Dr. Gerhard Apfelthaler, Dean of the California Lutheran University School of Business and Management, leads a discussion on the business impact arts organizations have in our region… and how Covid has had a cascading impact on businesses when theaters, museums, symphonies and centers for performing arts remain closed.
Roya Alt, Director, California Museum of Art
Natalia Staneva, CEO, New West Symphony
Rachel T. Schmid Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, California Lutheran University
4@4 on Podcasting Thursday October 1, 2020
Willow Bay, Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California leads a panel on the Economics of Podcasting – America’s new obsession during Covid.
Jane Wells, CNBC correspondent and podcaster
Joe Ferullo, NBC and CBS Executive
Joe Garner, podcaster
Nicholas D’Agosto, Actor and Podcaster also join us!
Ronald McDonald House Charities Online Gala
Join recording superstars Ray Parker Jr. and Dwight Yoakam with children and families served by Ronald McDonald House near Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. We’re online with wine and food delivered to your home. Wednesday, October 21, 2020 RSVP and we’ll send you the invitation!
Join the B’s of Biotech and Biomed Online or in Person on Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Do you know Aubrey Kelly? Aubrey left Amgen after 14 years to start RabbleHealth. She was just appointed to the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Board of Directors and she’s also on the Make A Wish Tri County board. Aubrey’s young son is a cancer survivor. Meet Aubrey at the Biotech & Biomedical Briefing Wednesday, Oct 7 when she’s introduced by her friend Robert Purcell, the former Amgen exec and most recently CFO at PaySafe, who serves on the MAW board with Aubrey and the ACG board with me. Frank Watanabe, CEO of Arcutis, Steven Binder, CFO at MannKind and Rajit Malhotra from Dyve Biosciences are featured.
Kids & Kovid — A Breakfast Briefing from the “Konejo” Valley
The Covid Crisis is impacting kids and families in ways we have yet to measure. Join us for a live breakfast briefing on “Kids & Kovid” as 4@4 brings more compelling experts LIVE including moderator Ryan Souders, Senior Legal Counsel, Amgen; Dr. Tammy Chi, MD, Pediatrician, Los Robles Health System; Dr. Crystal Naone, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Conejo Valley; Davita Carpenter, new Vice President, Human Resources, Los Robles Health System; Julia Friedman, Senior Manager, Communications, Hilton Foundation; and Kids and Pet Expert Darlene Geekie from Veterinary Angels Medical Center in Agoura Hills
Past Programs
4 at 4 Forum — Podcasting Part 2 — Thursday, Oct 1, 2020
Jane Wellls, CNBC Reporter and Podcaster
Joe Ferullo, NBC and CBS Executive
Joe Garner, podcaster
Nicholas D’Agosto, Actor and Podcaster
Moderator: Willow Bay, Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
4 at 4 Forum Staying Fit in Covidian Times – Thurs Sept 24, 2020
John Michael “JT” Thompson, CEO of Giant Bicycles
Jon Knopke, Founder, Health House
Gary Hall, Jr., 10 Time Olympic Medalist (Swimming) and Founder of the Diabetes Swim Series
Moderator: Chris Newman, Vice President, Employee Benefits USI Insurance Services
4 at 4 Forum Women on Corporate Boards and Leadership Roles August 20 at 4 PM
Betsy Berkhemer, author of The Board Games
Pam Kessler, CFO and Co President, LTC Properties and board member at Physician’s Realty Trust, both NYSE companies;
Susan Steen, former EVP at Warner Brothers, looking to join corporate boards
Deb Richard, LPGA Pro Golfer (ret) and coach of Cs on Tees
4 at 4 – COVID In The County
Join us every Thursday from 4 to 4:40 PM for a talk show featuring local leaders and live music from world-class musicians. Register to attend here . Thursday, July 23 we’re featuring California Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin and Dr. Robert Levin from Ventura County Public Health
4 at 4 Forum Talking Podcasts What America’s New Obsession Means For You and Your Brand
On Thursday 7/30/20 Join Nicholas D’Agosto Famous Actor and Podcaster, Joe Garner, Six Time New York Times bestselling author and Podcaster, Joe Ferullo, CBS and NBC executive, and Jane Wells from CNBC – Business Correspondent, Podcaster and Podcasting Entrepreneur
4 at 4 Forum — Beyond Covid — What Else is Happening in Healthcare and Biomedicine?
Join us for our Free Four at Four Forums every Thursday at 4 PM. On August 6 we’re featured Moderator: Amy Commans, VP of Community & Government Affairs, Los Robles Health System Ryan Beal, M.D., CEO at Thousand Oaks based Dyve Biosciences
Gabriella Sherman, MD, MBA | Chief Medical Officer, Los Robles Health System David B. Gunn, MD, Family Medicine, UCLA Health