Sakura Radio
Kay McKalpain, Managing Director of CAREER BARAIN, is the MC for two programs on the internet radio broadcast “Sakura Radio”: educational and medical. Sakura Radio is the only internet radio station in the United States that began broadcasting in October 2017.
Kay is the navigator of “Recommended Children’s Books of the Month” and has been in charge of recommended picture books since August 2020. As of December 2023, she has introduced about 40 picture books, which she selected based on her own research and actually purchased, and read them to her own children to share their reactions and impressions. She also explains the appeal of picture books and the love and value nurtured by picture books in an easy-to-understand way from her own unique perspective.
She has collaborated with publishers and held fairs with a book selection corner at Kinokuniya bookstore in Los Angeles. In her personal activities, she focuses on stimulating children’s senses and activating their brains with live voices, rather than voices from video games, TV, and other devices, and reads picture books to children in Orange County, California, and in the United States and Japan.
Kay is the navigator of “Radio Doctor”. She has been in charge of this program since May 2022. She covers everything from familiar health questions to medical trends and the latest research, We interview doctors specializing in various fields. So far, 21 doctors have been featured in 40 episodes (as of December 2023). (As of December, 2023) Their fields of expertise range from psychiatry and gynecology to infectious diseases, oncology and more therapeutic area.
She has worked as a headhunter in the life science industry in the past and has always had a lot of experience working with medical professionals. She conducts preliminary meetings with doctors and thoroughly researches the content of interviews before recording. His strength lies in the interviewing skills he developed during his time as a headhunter, such as asking doctors questions so that even difficult medical information can be presented to listeners in an easy-to-understand manner.
We also try to create a relaxing environment for the doctors, rather than the usual tense atmosphere of a medical office. Times have changed, and it has become more important in our society for people to make their own decisions. This is also true in the medical field. We hope that Radio Doctor will increase information and knowledge and give you more choices.