SideBar: Optimism in Action Welcomes Author Gary Lucks

Gary Lucks’ new book, “We Are the Power: To Win the Future” brings experience, hope and urgent guidance to all Americans who want to preserve our democracy.

MONTEREY, CA, UNITED STATES, October 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — SideBar: Optimism in Action podcast, a collaboration of KAZU 90.3 and Monterey College of Law, welcomes Gary Lucks, author of We Are the Power to Win the Future.

Community organizer Gary Lucks explains how engagement, experience, hope, and urgency are the tools that will defend and preserve our democracy. As an environmental attorney, policy advisor, and community organizer, Gary has spent his career turning expertise into action. Gary Lucks’ new book, We Are the Power: To Win the Future brings experience, hope and urgent guidance to all Americans who want to preserve our democracy. In this episode of SideBar: Optimism in Action, Lucks discusses how to turn our collective strength into power by mobilizing, unifying and taking action to support democracy.

As an author and pro-democracy activist, Lucks’ commentary has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, and his op-ed on preserving democracy was picked up by newspapers across the country, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Sacramento Bee. Lucks is a frequent speaker and podcast guest on topics ranging from grassroots organizing to the part each citizen can play in protecting our democracy.

As the important midterm elections approach, SideBar: Optimism in Action has been focused on our democratic process. Go to www.KAZU.org/sidebar or www.sidebarmedia.org/podcasts to listen to the following recent episodes:

– We Are the Power to Win the Future with Gary Lucks
– Is There an Optimistic View for Democracy with Bill Monning
– Democracy – On the Outbound or the Rebound with Dennie and Goldstone
– All Politics Are Local with Monterey County Supervisor Kate Daniels
– Are U.S. Elections Rigged Before We Even Vote with David Walbert
– Trust the Facts About Voting and Civic Engagement with Dr. Mindy Romero

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KAZU 90.3 radio and SideBarMedia are excited to collaborate to add SideBar: Optimism in Action podcast to KAZU’s digital programming on the station’s website (www.kazu.org/sidebar).
KAZU is the NPR affiliate station for Monterey, Salinas, and Santa Cruz. The SideBar: Optimism in Action podcast – sponsored by Monterey College of Law, a long-standing nonprofit sponsor of KAZU 90.3 radio – has become the first non-newscast, locally produced podcast featured on the KAZU website and mobile application.

SideBar: Optimism in Action is hosted by former law dean Mitch Winick and produced by David Eakin, a local theater composer, media consultant, and podcast producer. “The podcast features nonprofit leaders, advocates, and community members who represent extraordinary work that is improving the humanitarian, public policy, and charitable needs of our local, national, and global communities. Our focus this season is on the amazing individuals who are pursuing positive change during challenging times,” explained Winick.

New episodes of SideBar: Optimism in Action are published on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at www.kazu.org/sidebar. To learn more about the podcast, read our blog, and to preview and listen to more than 90 previous episodes, go to SideBarMedia at www.sidebarmedia.org.

Mitchel Winick
SideBar Media
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