On Location - Coastside Edition
Claim This Podcastby Sophia Layne
Podcast Overview
<p>How do we bring our world to a better place — not back to where we were, but forward, to somewhere better? This podcast is an experiment in building a better future – through enabling informed conversations, recognizing interconnections and an abundance mindset, and supporting smarter, more sustainable public investments. Drawing on my background in local and state-level public education policy as well as the global biomedical industry (and as a parent of two!), I aim to bring you real stories from remarkable people working to make a difference. Each episode is grounded in place and purpose, offering insight, inspiration, and maybe even a little entertainment—all with the hope of creating a world worth passing on.</p>
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7/8/2025
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Recent Episodes
May 15, 2026
Self-portrait as legacy – a poet, a painting, and the art of deep listening
<p>In this second of a two-part series, Sophia chats with poet Monica Korde, whose collaborative installation with watercolor artist Hargun Maan is featured in a special exhibition at Kitsune Community Art Studio and Gallery in Half Moon Bay, California, through June 7, 2026.</p><p>The installation is a scroll-form depiction of a poem, flowing from wall to tabletop and landing on a table with ordinary objects including moong beans, dried chili peppers, and a pen. Monica recites the poem live – and it stops you in your tracks.</p><p>Kitsune founder and owner, Na Omi Shintani, joins Monica and Sophia to discuss the work and how it fits into the exhibition featured at her gallery during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.judykitsunestudio.com/">https://www.judykitsunestudio.com/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrQylTPaSUU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrQylTPaSUU</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYPguVzCRb-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==">https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYPguVzCRb-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557385082181">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557385082181</a></p><p><strong>Naomi Shintani</strong> is a visual artist and gallerist based in Half Moon Bay whose annual AAPI Heritage Month exhibitions have brought together artists from across the Bay Area to share their work and stories with the Coastside community. Her own work depicts family stories, honors Japanese American history, showcases women’s issues, and environmental issues.</p><p><strong>Monica Korde</strong> is former Poet Laureate of Belmont and current Artist-in-Residence with Government (AIRG) with the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture. A community builder and passionate advocate for youth engagement in the arts, her practice bridges poetry & performance, collaborations with youth & other artists, inviting audiences of all ages & backgrounds to deeply engage with identity, belonging and collective creativity.</p><p><strong>Sophia Layne</strong> is a public advocate, nature lover, long-time Coastsider, and mom. She's a former director in the biomedical industry and has served on her local school board as well as leadership roles in county- and statewide public education advocacy organizations.</p>
May 15, 2026
What we carry – legacy, identity, and community art
<p>Host Sophia Layne steps inside a hidden artist's studio and gallery in Half Moon Bay, tucked behind a bike shop near California’s iconic Highway One. As Kitsune Studios hosts its third annual celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, they embark on a multi-media exploration of this year's theme – LEGACY.</p><p>In this first of a two-part series, Sophia tours the exhibition with artist and studio owner Na Omi Shintani and chats with Na Omi and poet Monica Korde, whose collaborative installation is featured in the show.</p><p>Along the way, the conversation moves through music-evoking photography, travel-inspired embroidery, and a painful but essential reckoning with the Japanese American incarceration of World War II — and why the words we use to describe history matter more than we might think. And why, in 2026, that history feels closer than ever.</p><p>This episode is a reminder that art does what few other things can — it slows us down, asks us to notice, and makes space for stories that might otherwise stay buried.</p><p>More information:</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.judykitsunestudio.com/">https://www.judykitsunestudio.com/</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qRonCpgHd0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qRonCpgHd0</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkzj1SoZ_sY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkzj1SoZ_sY</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYPguVzCRb-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==">https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYPguVzCRb-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557385082181">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557385082181</a></p><p><strong>Naomi Shintani</strong> is a visual artist and gallerist based in Half Moon Bay whose annual AAPI Heritage Month exhibitions have brought together artists from across the Bay Area to share their work and stories with the Coastside community. Her own work depicts family stories, honors Japanese American history, showcases women’s issues, and environmental issues.</p><p><strong>Monica Korde</strong> is former Poet Laureate of Belmont and current Artist-in-Residence with Government (AIRG) with the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture. A community builder and passionate advocate for youth engagement in the arts, her practice bridges poetry & performance, collaborations with youth & other artists, inviting audiences of all ages & backgrounds to deeply engage with identity, belonging and collective creativity.</p><p><strong>Sophia Layne</strong> is a public advocate, nature lover, long-time Coastsider, and mom. She's a former director in the biomedical industry and has served on her local school board as well as leadership roles in county- and statewide public education advocacy organizations.</p>
April 23, 2026
Dream it, do it - teen robotics and the future of work
<p>Host Sophia Layne heads to the inaugural FIRST Robotics California Northern State Championship for a front-row seat at one of the most energizing things happening on the Coastside — and possibly one of the most under the radar. </p><p>This episode follows the Pumpkin Bots, Half Moon Bay's own teen robotics team, as they compete against some of the most well-resourced schools and programs in Silicon Valley — and hold their own.</p><p>Sophia sits down with Franz Dill, the team's lead mentor and a robotics engineer at J&J MedTech, to talk about what it really takes to build a winning team — and why celebrating failure might be one of the most important lessons these kids are learning. Mentor Steve Patton pulls back the curtain on how a scrappy, community-supported team with a 3D printer competes with powerhouse programs — with a little creativity and, yes, a custom AI scouting tool built by one of their own students. </p><p>And we hear directly from the teens themselves — including the co-captain juggling outreach, strategy, and learning to code, the team photographer and social media manager, and the student who decided the team needed a mascot (and shoots hoops with their robot when he’s not doing so with his interscholastic high school basketball team…).</p><p>Along the way, Sophia reflects on the bigger picture: what this team represents at a moment when the future of work is shifting quickly, and what it might mean to make this kind of learning — expert-guided, hands-on, real-world — the norm rather than the exception.</p><p>Guest <strong>Franz Dill </strong>is a medical robotics engineer at Johnson & Johnson and lead mentor of the Pumpkin Bots. Franz is also, in his spare time, an ultra marathon runner. Guest <strong>Steve Patton</strong>, a structural engineer by trade, is also a mentor with the Pumpkin Bots; he grew up on the HMB Coastside.</p><p>Host <strong>Sophia Layne</strong> is a public advocate, long-time Coastsider, nature-lover, and mom. She's a former director in the biomedical industry and has served on her local school board and with county- and statewide public education advocacy organizations, and is founder of Bright Now Media.</p>
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- What is On Location - Coastside Edition?
<p>How do we bring our world to a better place — not back to where we were, but forward, to somewhere better? This podcast is an experiment in building a better future – through enabling informed conversations, recognizing interconnections and an abundance mindset, and supporting smarter, more sustainable public investments. Drawing on my background in local and state-level public education policy as well as the global biomedical industry (and as a parent of two!), I aim to bring you real stories from remarkable people working to make a difference. Each episode is grounded in place and purpose, offering insight, inspiration, and maybe even a little entertainment—all with the hope of creating a world worth passing on.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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