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Ojai: Talk of the Town
A look at the community of Ojai - an astonishingly beautiful village of 7,500 people perched on the eastern edge of the Pacific Rim. From the people who bring you Ojai Quarterly, Ojai Monthly and Ojai Vortex.
Episodes
- Ojai: Talk of the Town
Peter Strauss: Stage, Screen & Soil
Peter Strauss burst on to the scene in the wildly popular 1976 miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man" as successful entrepreneur Rudy Jordache, alongside Nick Nolte…
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AARP's Ojai Origins with Craig Walker
The American Association of Retired Persons is the largest nonprofit group in the world with 38 million members. And it all began right here in Ojai in 1957…
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Following the Money with Dr. Nomi Prins
Dr. Nomi Prins, the author, former Goldman Sachs executive and Ojai resident joins the podcast to talk about her work explaining the world of high finance and…
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Chumash & Ojai with Julie Tumamait
In a reprise of Episode 64, we bring back Chumash elder and lifelong Ojai native Julie Tumamait-Stenslie to talk about her diverse tribe, their tragic history…
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Living in Balance with Ashwin Manthripragada & Alexx Pryjma
Quail Springs farm is a 450-acre permaculture project in the Lockwood Valley north of Ojai, where they farm, herd, build and teach in as sustainable manner as…
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Beth Pratt: When Ojai & Wildlife Meet
Beth Pratt, head of the National Wildlife Federation for California, attracted national attention recently when the beloved mountain lion, P-22, died in Los…
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Ingrid Boulting's Journey to Ojai
Ingrid Boulting was raised primarily by her grandparents in South Africa as her parents went to pursue careers in England and France. Her mother was a model…
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Kimberly Cluff, Indian Child Welfare & The Supreme Court
Kimberly Cluff, as the legal director of the California Tribal Families Coalition, sat in as the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the Brackeen v. Haaland…
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Ojai Philanthropy with Catherine Meek & Polly Nelson
The Ojai Women's Fund was started seven years ago by Karen Evenden, Peggy Russell and Kyle Crowner with $50,000 to donate and a big vision for reshaping and…
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Tennis Everyone With Brian Teacher & Steve Pratt
The country's oldest amateur tennis tournament, The Ojai Tennis Tournament, affectionately known as "The Ojai" returns April 26-30 with 1,400 players and 500…
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Richard Hajas on Water, Fire & the Future
Richard Hajas, chairman of the Casitas Municipal Water District, and a lifelong water industry veteran, has been through many drought-flood cycles in his life…
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Bernie Larsen on Music, Arts & Ojai
Bernie Larsen, owner, producer and engineer and session musician for Spinout Records and the impresario behind the Underground Exchange, joins the podcast to…
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Ara Guzelimian on the Ojai Music Festival, Rhiannon Giddens and More
The Ojai Music Festival's Artistic Director Ara Guzelimian was well situated to lead the festival through the tumult of the past three years. He's certainly…
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Laurel Braitman's "What Looks Like Bravery"
Laurel Braitman grew up in nearby Santa Paula and attended Thacher School before embarking on a circuitous and peripatetic career that led her to the faculty…
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The Politics of Water with Assemblymember Bennett
As the Assemblymember from the newly redrawn 38th State Assembly District, Steve Bennett works hard on local issues in Sacramento — including preserving farms…
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Behind the Stage With Stu Crowner
Stu Crowner's fascination with show business began with seeing a wooden rendering of a cameraman sitting backstage during the opening credits of Kraft Mystery…
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The Forest Service Life with Al West
Al West retired as the Deputy Director of the U.S. Forest Service, the second highest post in this vital government agency, overseeing millions of acres and…
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Jimmy Breslin's Big Apple with Kevin Breslin
It's a long ways from the Big Apple to the Little Orange, but the issues and the personalities that shape them are remarkably similar. One key advantage New…
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A Life of Travel With Jerry Dunn
Jerry Dunn has a dream job - maybe THE dream job - traveling and writing about it. He worked with the National Geographic Society for 35 years and has written…
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Mesa Farm's Dan Parziale on Housing & Homelessness
Dan Parziale and co-founder Kyle Thompson came together early in the pandemic around the idea that young adults aging out of the foster care system are…
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Artificial Intelligence and Meditating with Nicholas Gray
Nicholas Gray joins the podcast to talk about the Ojai-based startup he's been building the past two years with Vu Dang, that uses their own AI-aided app…
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Pandemic Frontlines with Hospital's Haady Lashkari
Few if any Ojai residents were thrust further into maelstrom of the Covid-19 breakout than Haady Lashkari, Ojai Valley Community Hospital's chief…
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Magic Hour with Zhena Muzyka
Zhena Muzyka is an acclaimed author "Life by the Cup," a social entrepreneur, teacher, executive coach, public speaker, and former publisher of Enliven Books…
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Talking Ukraine with Keith Nightingale, Analyst and Author
Colonel (Ret.) Keith Nightingale has been helping ferry supplies to Ukraine through Poland, including boxes of Ojai citrus, which is much welcomed on the front…
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The FuryUs Project with Susan Kelejian & Jolene Rae Harrington
The Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization ended 50 years of the Roe v. Wade era, in which abortion was settled law. In doing so, the Supreme Court…
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Storytellers Festival with Michael Katz & Kara Lakes
October 27-30 is the annual Ojai Storytellers Festival, one of the premier events on the storytelling circuit. This year they've added what Kara called "a…
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Wild Horse Rescue With Ojai's American Legend Mustang
Shane and Aaron Harris, along with trainer Bruce Siben, operate the American Legend Mustang, a nonprofit group based at the 22-acre River Rock Ranch. The crew…
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Rain Perry's new show, "This is Water: Where Do We Go From Here?"
Ojai's own Rain Perry, singer-songwriter known for her lyrical prowess and crystal-clear voice, has been working on a one-woman show, which opens Thursday…
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Franz Lidz on Ojai, Restaurants & Archaeology
Franz Lidz is one of very few return guests on the Ojai podcast. If you check out his earlier appearance (Episode 24, Aug. 27th, 2020) you can see why we were…
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Ojai Hardball with Jonathan Fraser Light
Jonathan Fraser Light is a renowned trial attorney in Ventura County, who has spent decades writing the acclaimed 1,112 page "Cultural Encyclopedia of…
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Studio Artists' New Crew with Christopher Noxon
A long-time visitor, author and illustrator Christopher Noxon moved to Ojai full-time three years and got busy right away with volunteering and sharing his…
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The Expandards of Ojai with Isaac Koren & Mikael Jorgensen
Isaac Koren and Mikael Jorgensen met through the routines of being dads with young children at school. Knowing that they were each talented musicians, it made…
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Maggie Seven Wellman: Falling Into the Silence
Maggie Wellman has been collecting short stories for several years now, and has just published her second collection, "Falling Into the Silence." The fictional…
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Ron Phillips & The Hands of Juan Peron
Ojai author Ron Phillips starts his new book with a macabre true incident; Argentinian dictator Juan Peron's gravesite was disinterred and his hands were…
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'Yesterday' and Tomorrow With the Ojai Film Society
The Ojai Film Society is back! The nonprofit group was once an integral landmark in Ojai's cultural landscape, with their Sunday screenings packing the Ojai…
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Watergate Attorney's Take on Jan. 6 Hearings
Ojai resident Douglas Parker, a writer and attorney, was deep in the thick of it when Watergate reached its apogee in 1972-1973 as Nixon's White House counsel…
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How Danny McGaw Sings Those Songs
In the eight years since Danny McGaw moved to Ojai, he's developed a devoted following, especially among fellow local musicians. Born in Manchester, he was…
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Chip Fraser's Search For Emerald City
Chip Fraser is a local author, screenwriter, producer and teacher, who just came out with his second book, "Looking for Emerald City." Full of insightful…
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Happier Ojai Days with Anson Williams
Anson Williams grew up in a modest home in Burbank which his WWII-veteran father bought with a VA loan. His idyllic childhood unfolded against the sunshine and…
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'Desert Tracks' With Leslie Clark
Artist Leslie Clark’s deep knowledge and love for the people of Niger is reflected in her recently closed Ojai-based Nomad Gallery, selling their sophisticated…
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Drums Along The Ojai with Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips is one of the music world's top rhythm makers, having played drums 20 years with Toto, and also toured with The Who and Carlos Santana, and…
Ojai: Talk of the TownSpaceships & Creatures with Jeff Mann
Jeff Mann grew up in the Los Angeles area during the heyday of car culture and Saturday night cruising. His mechanical talents came in handy as he found…
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"Despite the Buzz" with Author Tamara Miller Davis
Tamara Miller Davis is a long-time Ojai Valley resident and teacher, who published a gripping novel last year about the uses and abuses of social media, told…
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"137 Shots" with Mike Milano
In 2012, a car heading past the county courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio backfired in front a police car. The police, thinking it was gunfire, engaged in a…
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Chloé Zhao's 'Nomadland' & Ojai
Chloé Zhao's career has rocketed in recent years with the success of "Nomadland," as she's become only the second woman to win an Oscar for Best Picture and…
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Beckett McDowell Takes Show on the Road
Ojai singer-songwriter Beckett McDowell is a hometown prodigy on the cusp of his career. He has been opening for Dave Mason, of Traffic fame, as his first two…
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Ojai Rising With Kate Pepper's Mother Starter
Should Ojai be unfortunate to suffer through another evacuation, baker Kate Pepper, partner at The Dutchess, knows her priorities. After her pets and loved…
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AMOC Runs the Ojai Music Festival
The American Modern Opera Company is a multi-disciplinary collective of some of America's keenest talents in the fields of music, dance, theater, writing…
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Going PureWild with Cindy Convery
Cindy Convery's road to wellness led her to collagen — a protein responsible for healthy joints and skin elasticity. It’s in your bones, muscles, and blood…
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Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary Goes Solo
Noel Paul Stookey, the Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary, not only rode the folk wave of the early 1960s with such indelible songs like "Puff the Magic Dragon," "If I…
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Ojai's Fisherman with Eric Hodge
If you one of the lucky people, you get a weekly text from Eric Hodge with a list of his freshest sea-to-table catch. Hodge is known by Southern California's…
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One Hundred Episodes of Ojai Talk of the Town
To mark the occasion, I (Bret Bradigan) talk about the podcast, why I started it and why I continue it. At first, the idea back in April 2020 was to create a…
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J.B. White: Writing for Fun & Profit
J.B. White may best be known to Ojai residents as the leader of the Ojai's house band, The Household Gods, but he's a successful screenwriter with a long list…
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Athletes in Recovery with Tere Karabatos
AIR Pizza recently opened in Mira Monte with a big splash and is making a mark on Ojai with its traditional "pizza by the slice" vibe. For all the fun and…
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Surfing Cuba With Nicholas Weissman
Nicholas Weissman, executive producer of "Havana Libre," joins the podcast to talk about this documentary which follows the trials and travails of a dedicated…
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Tomatomania! With Scott Daigre
Tomatomania! is back and Scott Daigre joins us to discuss this fascinating fruit and its many uses and importance in the culinary world. After a pandemic…
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The Supreme Court with Judith Hale Norris
As former chief staff counsel for both the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the First District, just two stops on her…
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Ojai Plant Medicine with Lanny Kaufer
Lanny Kaufer's new book, "Medicinal Herbs of California" was just published by Falcon Guides and he joined the podcast to talk about this thorough look at the…
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First Amendment & Ojai with Kevin Davis
Kevin Davis, co-author of "Community Powered Journalism," has studied deeply the ways in which newspapers and local media can stay relevant, profitable and…
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The Wild Life with Rick Ridgeway
Explorer, conservationist, mountaineer and author Rick Ridgeway has lived a life that is best summed up in the subhead of his seventh book, "Life Lived Wild:"…