Updated Election Results | History Podcast ‘Landslide’ | ‘Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook’

Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Latest election results for statewide and Sacramento city races. Also, the podcast “Landslide” about the presidential primary between Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Finally, James Beard Award-winning writer of “Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook.”</span></p> <h2><strong>Updated Election Results</strong></h2> <span style="font-weight: 400;">As of Tuesday, Sacramento County still has over 80,000 ballots left to count from last week’s primary, with several local and statewide races still in the balance. CapRadio’s Sacramento Government Reporter <a href="/about/bios/kristin-lam/">Kristin Lam</a> and Politics Reporter <a href="/about/bios/nicole-nixon/">Nicole Nixon</a> join Insight to provide the latest analysis of ballot returns, from Sacramento mayor to Prop 1.</span> <h2><strong>History Podcast ‘Landslide’</strong></h2> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Republican Convention of 1976. It was personal, cutthroat, and ultimately reshaped a party that was headed for self-destruction. The battle between Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford ended on the convention floor in Kansas City, but it was the beginning of the new conservative party. Former CapRadio journalist <a href="https://www.nuancetales.com/home">Ben Bradford</a>’s new podcast <a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510376/landslide">Landslide</a> takes us through the closest presidential primary in U.S. history and how it opened and widened the political divide in America that continues today.</span> <h2><strong>‘Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook’</strong></h2> <span style="font-weight: 400;">A Sacramento-raised writer became the first Puerto Rican food columnist in the United States, earning a James Beard Award for her debut book <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671586/diasporican-by-illyanna-maisonet-foreword-by-michael-w-twitty-photographs-by-dan-liberti-and--erika-p-rodriguez/">Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook</a> which is a visual record of recipes - including her family's - with the goal of preserving the diaspora. <a href="https://www.illyannamaisonet.com/">Illyanna Maisonet</a> joins us about her journey of discovering how food connects us to family, history, conflict, and migration - ahead of her event at the <a href="https://www.saclibrary.org/EntersTheChat">Sacramento Public Library</a>.</span>