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José Vadi on skateboarding at the edge of culture and creativity
California Sun Podcast - June 27, 2024 20:31 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsJosé Vadi, author of "Chipped: Writing from a Skateboarder's Lens," explores skateboarding as a unique window into California culture, both northern and southern. He discusses how skating serves as a form of self-empowerment and artistic expression, intertwining with music and writing. Vadi exam...
Markos Kounalakis on the Golden State's global impact
California Sun Podcast - June 20, 2024 21:28 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsMarkos Kounalakis, a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and California's "second gentleman," married to Lieutenant Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, argued in a recent Washington Monthly piece that California, given its economic power and strategic location, is underrepresented in...
BSR_S08E10 - THE DUAT | Roger Q. Mason | PTC
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - June 19, 2024 16:30 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsTaking its title from the mythical Egyptian afterlife, The Duat is a psychological portrait of Cornelius Johnson, a FBI counterintelligence officer played by Philadelphia favorite Frank X, in a battle for his very soul. Using spoken word, North African drumming, and gorgeous choreography, this t...
BSR_S08E09 - The Rose Garden - John Jarboe
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - June 17, 2024 12:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn The Rose Garden, Jarboe seeks new ways of empowering museum visitors with agency that allows for a sense of narrative surprise, vulnerability, and catharsis. The inspiration for the work came in 2018 when Jarboe, at age 33, came out as trans to her family back home in Michigan, saying she us...
Jan Sramek's vision of California Forever
California Sun Podcast - June 06, 2024 22:22 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsJan Sramek grew up enamored with the California dream. Today he tells us how he wants to transform that dream into the development of a new 21st-century city on 60,000 acres of rural Solano County. Dubbed California Forever, the project is designed, Sramek says, to reshape the Bay Area housing l...
BSR_S08E08 - HILMA - WILMA THEATER
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - June 06, 2024 21:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsHILMA A WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW GEORGES WORDS BY KATE SCELSA MUSIC BY ROBERT M. JOHANSON DIRECTED BY MORGAN GREEN June 4–23, 2024 The early 20th century queer mystic and artist Hilma af Klint channeled hundreds of paintings through messages from otherworldly forces, ho...
BSR_S08E07 - Once On This Island - Arden Theatre
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - June 04, 2024 16:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsLyrics and Book by Lynn Ahrens Music by Stephen Flaherty Directed By: Amina Robinson Assistant Director Mariah Ghant Choreographer Devon Sinclair Music Director Gina Giachero Cast Chabrelle Williams (Mama Euralie) Christopher Faison (Tonton Julian/Servant) Nadia Ra’Shaun (Ti Moune) Eth...
Cecillia Lunaparra wants to change the world at 22
California Sun Podcast - May 30, 2024 22:12 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsWhat were you doing at 22? Cecilia Lunaparra, a senior at UC Berkeley, was just elected to the Berkeley City Council at that age, making her the youngest and first undergraduate to hold the office. She's not new to activism and making a difference in her community, and thinks that the young peop...
Ken Doctor and the little newsroom that could
California Sun Podcast - May 23, 2024 21:09 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsOver the years, the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting has typically been awarded to major legacy media brands. However, this year a hyperlocal online publication, the Santa Cruz Lookout, received the prestigious honor for its coverage of the once-in-a-century floods that devastated San...
BSR_S08E06 - PVLA - The Arts Affair
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - May 20, 2024 21:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe conversation revolves around the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA) and their upcoming event, “The Arts Affair”. The guests discuss the importance of PVLA in providing legal services to artists and small arts organizations. They highlight the need for artists to understand th...
Lauren Petkin and divorce, California style
California Sun Podcast - May 16, 2024 21:52 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsCalifornia has often been identified with divorce, at least in the media. After all, California was the first state to introduce no-fault divorce in 1970 under then-Gov. Ronald Reagan, and celebrity divorces make lots of headlines. Our guest, Lauren Petkin, has been practicing family law in Los ...
BSR_S08E05 - PhillyGRIT Chat with Alaina Johns and Josh Herron
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - May 14, 2024 16:30 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe BSR podcast hosts, Alaina Johns and Josh Herron, discuss their experience attending three solo shows in Philadelphia: 'Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late Stage Capitalism' by Jenna Kuerzi and Val Dunn, 'Catholic Guilt' by Kelly McCaughan, and 'Good Person' by Brett Ashley Robinson. They pr...
Robert McNally exposes the hidden legacy of John Muir
California Sun Podcast - May 09, 2024 20:25 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsIn his new book "Cast Out of Eden," Robert McNally removes John Muir from his pedestal and exposes his contempt for the Indigenous peoples whose homeland he helped expropriate. McNally contends that Muir, while rightly celebrated as a nature mystic who introduced the concept of wilderness to Cal...
Sylvia Brownrigg's memory and imagination
California Sun Podcast - May 02, 2024 16:55 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsBay Area author Sylvia Brownrigg embarked on a captivating journey to uncover family secrets, set against the backdrop of California's allure of reinvention. In her new memoir, "The Whole Staggering Mystery," a lost package sparks an exploration that intertwines identity, hidden family histories...
Max Podemski defends multifamily housing
California Sun Podcast - April 25, 2024 23:29 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsMax Podemski is an urban planner, writer, and illustrator who currently serves as a transportation planner for the city of Los Angeles. In his new book, "A Paradise of Small Houses," he traces the evolution of American housing types, from the Philadelphia row house and Chicago workers cottage to...
Napa's wine industry is not aging well
California Sun Podcast - April 18, 2024 21:01 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThe California wine industry is under siege. A global wine glut, younger generations turning away from alcohol, and a contentious battle over the future of Napa County wineries have left the enemy inside the gates. As if this weren't enough, Justice Department investigators have subpoenaed dozen...
A California voice for a distant land: Amy Wilentz's advocacy for Haiti
California Sun Podcast - April 11, 2024 14:21 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThough Haiti may seem distant, it is arguably as relevant to us as Ukraine or Israel. The Caribbean country serves as a global example of failed governance rooted in tribal strife. Amy Wilentz, a prominent voice in bringing attention to the horrors endured by the people of Haiti, has been coveri...
BSR_S08E04 - 2024 Philly Theatre Week - Sabriaya Shipley
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - April 10, 2024 17:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this conversation, Darnelle Radford interviews Sabriaya Shipley, the executive director of Theater Philadelphia, about the seventh annual Philly Theatre Week. They discuss the importance of digital media in promoting the theater community, the value of long-form conversations, and the need fo...
Bonnie Portnoy and the untold story of California's impressionist adventurer, Tilden Daken
California Sun Podcast - April 04, 2024 13:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsBonnie Portnoy, granddaughter of celebrated California impressionist Tilden Daken, is the author of a new biography of his life, "The Man Beneath the Paint." Portnoy unveils the mysteries of an artist whose life was as colorful as his paintings of California's natural landscapes, filled with dar...
BSR_S08E03 - MACBETH - QTG
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - March 25, 2024 11:00 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this conversation, Darnelle Radford interviews artistic director Alex Burns about Quintessence Theater Group's love and war season, with a focus on the production of Macbeth. The conversation covers various topics, including the themes of love and war in the season, the exploration of villain...
Dr. Susan Partovi is taking it to the streets.
California Sun Podcast - March 20, 2024 13:47 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsDr. Susan Partovi, a pioneer in street medicine, recounts her journey of providing compassionate care to the homeless on L.A.'s Skid Row in our conversation and in her recent memoir, "Renegade, M.D." With a career spanning decades, Dr. Partovi offers a unique perspective on results-based healthc...
Andrew Cockburn on Silicon Valley's military fusion
California Sun Podcast - March 07, 2024 18:19 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsAndrew Cockburn's cover story for the March issue of Harper's Magazine, titled “The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem,” illuminates the longstanding and increasingly intricate relationship between Silicon Valley's tech leaders and the Pentagon. Cockburn, the Washington editor of Harper's and a d...
James Brosnahan has helped shape our legal landscape for six decades
California Sun Podcast - February 29, 2024 15:55 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsJames Brosnahan is one of California's most distinguished litigators, with a career that spans the Robert Kennedy Justice Department, 55 years in private practice in California, and more than 150 jury trials. His cases have mirrored the issues of our times, tackling challenges like refugees, gen...
Sarah Swanbeck and Erin Heys decode millennials and Gen Z
California Sun Podcast - February 22, 2024 12:51 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThe Berkeley Institute for Young Americans, part of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, examines the evolving generational dynamics of millennials and Gen Z. The institute serves as a hub for exploring the aspirations and challenges of young people, offering unique perspectives o...
Harold Bronson on L.A.'s rock record story
California Sun Podcast - February 15, 2024 22:19 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsHarold Bronson discusses his memoir "Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967-2007." The book chronicles Bronson's journey in the music industry from writing for UCLA's Daily Bruin to co-founding Rhino Records. He covers four decades of rock history, highlighting the shift from fun and re...
BSR_S08E02 - COST OF LIVING - Jeffrey L. Page
Broad Street Review, The Podcast - February 14, 2024 17:33 - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and just recently on Broadway, Cost of Living traces two relationships: one between a wealthy graduate student with cerebral palsy and his female caregiver, the other between a woman recovering from a terrible accident being tended to by her ex-husband. Heartfelt, fu...
Matthias Gafni gives voice to the lost souls of San Francisco
California Sun Podcast - February 09, 2024 00:56 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsMatthias Gafni, an investigative reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, delves into the darkest corners of the streets of San Francisco. For a recent project, he attempted to attribute names, faces, and families to 24 overdose deaths during a particularly harrowing week in 2023. They were no...
Roger Rapoport is still searching for Patty Hearst —50 years later
California Sun Podcast - February 01, 2024 22:38 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsThis Sunday, Feb. 4, will mark the 50th anniversary of Patty Hearst's kidnapping, a saga that remains a captivating and perplexing chapter of California history. For those who lived through it, this event was more than a headline; it epitomized an era. Yet, regardless of how vividly we recall th...
Daniel Sokatch on Israel and its local echoes
California Sun Podcast - January 25, 2024 21:48 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsDaniel Sokatch, a prominent figure in the Jewish community in California and across America, has served as CEO of the San Francisco-based New Israel Fund since 2009 and previously led in the Jewish Federation of San Francisco. His role became crucial on Oct. 7 when Hamas's attack on Israel rever...
Natural Obstacles to Faith Expectation - Audio
Wednesday Night Services - January 24, 2024 13:41 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe all have expectations for our lives that have been built with our growing faith as we continually hear the Word of God. Natural obstacles seem to materialize that hinder our journey toward those expectations. We can see financial blessing from the Word, but then the rent or mortgage increases,...
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