13 NOV 2017 · We chat with an old friend, Steve Frank of Ca Political Review about the gas tax and the diversion of taxpayer dollars that should go to repair roads but are being used to backfill existing government debt.

18 JUL 2017 · Chris Cannard is one of the owners of the Monterey Wine Festival which takes place on the second weekend of June every year. For the 5th year in a row, PowerTalk has been the exclusive official radio station of the wine festival. Here's a portion of our live radio broadcast from the wine festival as PowerTalk's Mark Carbonaro talks with Chris about the 2017 edition of the festival.

18 JUL 2017 · Nan Lesnick is a financial adviser in Monterey, Ca, specializing in retirement planning. On this broadcast she joins us to discuss what women don't know but need to know about their social security benefits. Even if you're years away from retiring, the more you know about your financial present and future, the better you can plan for a comfortable retirement. Why not take the time now to learn about what you need to know about retirement? Even if you're only in your 20's, 30's or 40's, it's not too early to start paying attention.

18 JUL 2017 · Al Abanico runs the garage at Sam Linder Honda in Salinas. Every Friday and Saturday morning he appears on PowerTalk radio with Mark Carbonaro and they discuss automotive basics. In this episode, Al has timely advice and information about how your vehicles car battery works.

18 JUL 2017 · In this episode of Tech Talk with Luis Alvarez we discuss how a third-party vendor hired by Verizon inadvertently left millions of customers personal information on the public side of a server - exposing the data to any hacker. Find out what happened next....

18 JUL 2017 · In this episode of "Potholes & Streetlights", PowerTalks Mark Carbonaro and Amy Wu of the Salinas Californian discuss the latest news from Salinas. The city is behind schedule on building a new youth rec center. Why? Because the braintrust in charge of the project didn't realize they needed to get competitive bids to install a new HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning) system in the facility...