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Bonus Episode: Cashing In On The Desert

For decades, Californians have been obsessed with trying to profit off desert land. In this bonus episode of California City, host Emily Guerin, the Desert Oracle’s Ken Layne, and artist and curator Kim Stringfellow explore the myths of the Mojave Desert as "wasteland," failed schemes and utopias, …

Season 2: Episode 3. Jeff Trott

Season 2: Episode 3 Jeff Trott       “When you make a record, it's like a snapshot of your life at that time.” Jeff Trott, the guest on this episode of Song Chronicles, certainly knows what he’s talking about when it comes to making records. The songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist has …

Congratulations to the Claremont Graduate University Class of 2018

It was a day full of excitement and pride. With about 300 master’s and doctoral candidates proudly receiving their degrees, our 91st Commencement ceremonies held Saturday, May 12, marked a truly monumental occasion for our graduates and their family and loved ones, along with faculty, staff, and m…

Episode #100: Arches & Aqueducts

Join us this week as we talk with Downey historian George Redfox about one of his city’s gems, the oldest surviving “golden arches” style McDonald’s drive-in restaurant. We’ll also talk with artist Kim Stringfellow about “After the Aqueduct,” a multimedia group exhibition at LACE exploring Southern…

2015 - a few stories and reflections

In this 19-minute episode, we take a look at some of 2015's best stories, reflections and outtakes. We have (in the following order): Dave Alvin's first songwriting lesson (at 13 years old) from Big Joe Turner Susan Shillinglaw on why John Steinbeck is still so read today Friends of the LA Ri…

Kim Stringfellow - the importance of the geographic periphery

Through her multi-media projects on the Salton Sea, Highway Five, the State's never-ending saga of water distribution and currently the Mojave desert, artist Kim Stringfellow has doggedly uncovered the complexities and little-known history in California's hinterland. In this 35-minute interv…

DLD| Jenny Kane |Ep 162

Jenny was 10-years old when she first experienced the desert. Jenny's best friends mother was a Girl Scout leader who brought the girls out to Joshua Tree National Park to camp. Jennifer says, "I remember the wind – it was like a person, taking up space." As an adult, Jennifer would visit the park …

#124 - Art and Irresolvable Contradictions (Live) | Tao Ruspoli (Bombay Beach Biennale)

On a little known shore inland from Los Angeles lies a post apocalyptic seaside town and one of the art world’s most interesting happenings. Founded in 2015, Bombay Beach Biennale is a renegade celebration of art, music, and philosophy. Pushing through a few hours of sleep, cofounder Tao Ruspoli an…

Mojave Mayhem: George Van Tassel, Frank Critzer, the Integratron & Giant Rock

Today we're sharing the story of George Van Tassel who left a successful aerospace career to move his wife and 3 daughters literally under a rock in the middle of the Mojave Desert, where he communicated with aliens, held UFO conventions, and devoted his life to building a time machine. Helping me …

Our Best & Brightest

Leprosy cures, Tesla coils, a rumored rejuvenation machine, anti-gravity — the brilliant souls called to the scientific field have dared to push boundaries, question the status-quo, and attempted to make the world a better place [for everyone].. yet they have not always been met with the kindest-en…