Sam and Millenial Mike sit down with CEO and Podcaster Jim Riley to talk about his winding road to importing wine from Mexico, his new podcast "The Answer is Yes," and why he instituted model philanthropy programs into the very fabric of Baja United. Learn more about Baja United: bajaunitedgroup.com Check out The Answer is Yes on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-answer-is-yes/id1373922544?mt=2 Follow Coast Magazine on Instagram @coastmagazineoc Like Coast Magazine on Facebook at www.facebook.com/coastmag/

The inaugural event, Women of Coast, launched on April 26 to honor six incredible women. Every day this week, Sam sits down with one of the Women of Coast honorees for a short interview highlighting their achievements and journeys. Today's guest is MacArthur Fellowship Awardee, Elisabeth Turk.Turk has been described by art critics as “part artist, part scientist, part mathematician” for her astounding marble sculptures that defy gravity and make stone appear as delicate as lace. Critics might also add “part naturalist” to the list, because the wonder inherent in the physical world also underlays her other projects, including an intricate, ethereal work, the “Seashell Mandala Murals,” in which Turk has used X-rays and photography to reveal, as she says, “a central, natural architecture” in the shells. She is the commissioned artist for Laguna Art Museum’s Art & Nature Festival 2018, part of the museum’s centennial celebration. For that Turk has been creating a multi-faceted work called “The Shoreline Project.” Learn more about the Shoreline Project: http://theshorelineproject.org/ Read about all of the Women of Coast Honorees: www.ocregister.com/2018/04/28/women-of-coast-2/ Follow Coast Magazine on Instagram @coastmagazineoc Like Coast Magazine on Facebook at www.facebook.com/coastmag/

The inaugural event, Women of Coast, launched on April 26 to honor six incredible women. Every day this week, Sam sits down with one of the Women of Coast honorees for a short interview highlighting their achievements and journeys. Today's guest is Jennifer Friend, President and CEO of Project Hope Alliance. The nonprofit works to short-circuit the cycle that keeps people in a hopeless situation, with housing and education programs aimed at the more than 28,000 homeless children attending Orange County schools.Through much of her school years, she and her three brothers were among Anaheim’s “motel kids,” children who live in motels because their parents don’t have enough reliable income to secure permanent housing. Friend found stability in school and excelled, going on to attain her law degree from UC Irvine, eventually becoming partner at age 35 in a law firm as a high-powered litigator before taking the reins at Project Hope Alliance. Read about all of the Women of Coast Honorees: www.ocregister.com/2018/04/28/women-of-coast-2/ Learn more about Project Hope Alliance: http://www.projecthopealliance.org/ Follow Coast Magazine on Instagram @coastmagazineoc Like Coast Magazine on Facebook at www.facebook.com/coastmag/

The inaugural event, Women of Coast, launched on April 26 to honor six incredible women. Every day this week, Sam sits down with one of the Women of Coast honorees for a short interview highlighting their achievements and work. Today's guest is Martha Daniel, CEO and President of Information Management Resources, Inc. A Memphis native, Martha locked arms with striking garbage workers as they marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in 1968. She joined the Navy, and today this veteran is a cyber security expert who leads her company to earn millions in important government contracts, including designing the public safety, first responder network, FirstNet. Read about all of the Women of Coast Honorees: www.ocregister.com/2018/04/28/women-of-coast-2/ Learn more about Information Management Resources, Inc at imri.com Follow Coast Magazine on Instagram @coastmagazineoc Like Coast Magazine on Facebook at www.facebook.com/coastmag/

The inaugural event, Women of Coast, launched on April 26 to honor six incredible women.Every day this week, Sam sits down with one of the Women of Coast honorees for a short interview highlighting their achievements and work. Two hundred people attended the exclusive, sold-out luncheon held at Lido House Hotel in Newport Beach. The end of the event, however, started new opportunities for bridges to be built between people. Today's guest is Kylie Schuyler. Kylie worked as a Wall Street trader, then earned advanced degrees in clinical psychology while she raised her five children. But an experience volunteering to build schools in Cambodia inspired her to create Global G.L.O.W., which stands for “Girls Leading Our World.” The organization aims to break the cycle of poverty by combining a literacy and arts curriculum with a mentorship program for girls from underserved communities in Orange County and internationally. Read about all of the Women of Coast Honorees: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/04/28/women-of-coast-2/ Learn more about Global G.L.O.W. https://globalgirlsglow.org/ Follow Coast Magazine on Instagram @coastmagazineoc Like Coast Magazine on Facebook at www.facebook.com/coastmag/

Thursday April 26th is the kickoff to the 19th Newport Beach Film Fest, and to celebrate the amazing week-long event, Coast Contributor Joran Riefe sat down with the fest's co-founder Greg Schwenk. Jordan and Greg talk about the festival's history, what's new this year, and all of the work an planning that goes into one of the premiere international film festivals out there. Learn more about the Newport Beach Film Fest! newportbeachfilmfest.com/ Follow Jordan on Twitter @Jriefe Follow Coast Magazine on Instagram @coastmagazineoc Like Coast Magazine on Facebook at www.facebook.com/coastmag/

This week's episode is a short one, but don't worry, that's only because Sam and Millenial Mike discuss a very special Coast Conversation series coming up! On Thursday April 26th, Coast Magazine is hosting the Women of Coast Awards Celebration which will honor amazing women across a wide variety of fields. Since the event sold out, we decided to bring you a week of interviews with a handful of the women being honored! So starting April 30th, you'll get a podcast a day that spotlights the stories and accomplishments of these role models. Find out more here: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/02/26/women-of-coast-are-the-agents-of-change/ This is the first series the Coast Conversation is publishing, and we're looking forward to experimenting with the format. Let us know what you think! Follow Coast Magazine on Instagram @coastmagazineoc Like Coast Magazine on Facebook at www.facebook.com/coastmag/