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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.

society & culture

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01:11:43

Jim Bailey: Schooling Ojai & Beyond

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/11/30

Jim Bailey, founder and director of Rock, Tree, Sky - an immersive school located in upper Ojai, has been a key participant in an exciting new approach to education, called Education Reimagined. Jim was among the invitees of distinguished educators who attended a seminal conference in Rhode Island earlier this year, called "Exploring Ecosystems in Community: Insights, Questions, and Collaborative Learning." Bailey, who came to Ojai several decades ago as a science teacher and who has also

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00:59:09

Designing Ojai With Janelle Kandziora

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/11/22

Janelle Kandziora of Janelle's Interiors is featured on the cover of this Winter issue of Ojai Quarterly with her lead designer Erin Bernthal. She talks about how she brought her varied experiences to the range of residential and commercial properties on which they ply their trade. As Ojai has long been a laboratory in the art of living, this timely and relevant conversation hits home. She shares insights in what brings happiness to your environment, the mix of materials, textures, surfaces and

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00:59:58

Daren Thomas Magee: The Real Fun Wow Experience

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/11/18

A well-known artist and illustrator, Darren brings his distinctive pen to many recognizable places around Ojai for his hundreds of thousands of followers. Darren talks about growing up on the frozen tundra of Buffalo, New York and how he lucked into a graphic design course in high school that gave him the idea he could create a career for himself doing what he'd be doing anyway — drawing. We re-release this wide-ranging and fascinating talk with this enigmatic artist who has left his

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01:11:08

T.C. Boyle on Writing, Frank Lloyd Wright & The Ghost

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/11/10

T.C. Boyle has written 19 novels and hundreds of short stories, and is a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. In the Fall issue of Ojai Quarterly, Kit Stolz reviewed his latest, "Blue Skies," the comically dystopian misadventures of a family on the brink of catastrophes, both environmental and personal. Boyle covers a wide range of topics on the podcast, including growing up in impoverished circumstances, his musical career, the way his characters live on and off the page, doing the deep

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01:18:53

Mark Frost on Strikes, Writers Rooms & FDR

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/11/02

Author and screenwriter Mark Frost grew up in a show business family, worked at famous Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, before heading to Hollywood to work for Steven Bochco, who revolutionized television with "Hill Street Blues," where Mark as on the writing crew with David Milch and also worked with another Ojai resident, Mimi Leder. Not long after he joined David Lynch to co-create "Twin Peaks," the show that attained cult status as soon it was aired. Frost has also written

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01:06:10

Storyteller Antonio Sacré & Festival Director Kara...

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/10/25

The Ojai Storytellers Festival takes place October 26-29 with a full lineup of events from the nation's top practitioners of this ancient art form. We are joined by Kara, the festival's executive director and Antonio, one of the key storytellers. Kara gives us the rundown on how the festival works, its place in our community and how it is integrated with local schools, and also, new this year, a Story Slam in which six local spoken word poets will compete. Antonio talks about his upbringing

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01:40:36

Rick Ridgeway's Life Lived Wild

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/10/20

Rick Ridgeway is a well-known adventurer, explorer, climber, naturalist, one of the original "Do Boys" with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and North Face founder Doug Tompkins. In this reprise from several years ago, he joins the podcast to talk about his latest book of 25 adventure, "Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map" as well as the climate crisis, extinction events and the many issues facing Ojai. We did not talk about Papua New Guinea, deep-sea creatures

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01:05:56

Bill Moses on Ojai as an Entrepreneurial Hub

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/10/13

Ojai's foremost serial entrepreneur and angel investor Bill Moses drops in for a spirited discussion about a range of issues facing Ojai, including the local economy, dealing with national companies when you own a local company, the Thomas Fire, his background growing up in rural Pennsylvania, moving and shaking on Wall Street, making the move to Ojai and the future of the world. Bill is the co-founder, chairman/CEO for KeVita Probiotic Drinks, which was acquired by PepsiCo. He is also a leading

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01:07:17

A Pirate's Life with Dr. Rebecca Simon

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/10/06

Rebecca Simon, PhD, teaches at Oak Grove School and is the author of two popular books on the public's fascination with pirates. The first is "Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How it Changed Piracy Forever," and the second, just released this summer, is "The Pirate's Code: Life and Laws Aboard Ship." She writes both for general audiences and as an academic, specializing in maritime law and how it has evolved and adapted, especially through the tumultuous

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00:57:45

Dog (&Cat) Days With Eric Knight, Humane Society of...

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/09/29

Welcome to another exciting episode of Ojai's podcast. Just in time for October's Adopt-A-Dog Month, we have a very special guest with us, Eric Knight, the executive director of the Humane Society of Ventura County. Eric is a passionate advocate for animal welfare, and he joins us to shed light on the incredible work being done at the shelter in Ojai. Eric takes us on a journey through the Humane Society of Ventura County, sharing heartwarming stories of rescue, rehabilitation, and the

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01:06:44

Scott Johnson: Scraping the Sky

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/09/22

Scott Johnson is one of California's leading architects and designers. He joins the podcast to talk about his first commission in California, the Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, which, before it opened, served as a major character itself in "Die Hard," one of the most successful action films of all time. We also talk about his background, getting his undergraduate degree from Stanford and his Master's from Harvard, the place of architecture and design in defining our world, the Ojai

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01:10:44

Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/09/15

Here's a reboot of a fan favorite: Noel Paul Stookey, the Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary. He not only rode the folk wave of the early 1960s with such indelible songs like "Puff the Magic Dragon," "If I Had a Hammer" and helping popularize a young Minnesotan bard who went by the stage name of Bob Dylan, but helped created it. He shares the iconic trio's origin story as well as his own, and the many memories of a life, well lived, in music. Peter, Paul & Mary's

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01:11:21

"The Morning Show's" Mimi Leder on Hollywood, Ojai &...

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/09/07

"The Morning Show," starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, is Apple TV's flagship show this fall with its lightning-quick writing, superb acting and tense, plot-driven examinations of the cultural landscape. It is the brainchild of director and executive producer Leder, the latest project in her brilliant career. Season Three debuts September 13th, and brings in a new featured actor (Jon Hamm) and several gripping storylines. We talk about her growing up in New York and Los

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00:51:36

Dr. J.B. Dyas & Leading With Jazz

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/09/01

Dr. J.B. Dyas joins the podcast with his partner Cynthia Allen to talk about his approach to management — a process to train leaders in this American art form's give-and-take, improvisation and collaborative insights. They tell us that jazz is all about listening, and how jazz can train you to be a better listener, "and a better listener is a better leader." He and Cynthia has been to Ojai many times, and now is teaching workshops using the approach he's developed over the past few

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01:22:03

Hawk Koch on the Hollywood Strikes and the Magic of...

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/08/24

As of posting time, SAG/AFTRA (actors) and WGA (writers) were still on strike. Our guest Hawk Koch has been through a few strikes in his six decades in the entertainment industry, on both sides of the table. The studios have their offer on the table, so do the writers and actors, and talks continue. Hawk has been heartened by the Barbenheimer phenomenon with people returning to the theaters after the isolation of the pandemic. A key issue is the strange new world of streaming services, where no one

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01:09:19

Dave Spanbock on Ojai as Arts Community

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/08/19

Dave Spanbock has been both an artist and gallerist in his extensive career, mostly as an abstract artist, drawing geometrical shapes, mostly squares, freehand and experimenting with colors and the moods and emotion they evoke. On a walk along Ojai Avenue, going past the derelict hulk of what was once the flourishing community that was the bowling alley, he had an inspiration that Ojai, for all its incredible natural beauty, lacks an inside perspective equal to its exterior. We talk about how it

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01:01:36

Ojai & The Hollywood Blacklist

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/08/14

Mark Lewis talks about his research and epic OQ story about the House Un-American Affairs Committee and the defiant screenwriters who put their livelihoods at risk. Many of the Hollywood 19 lived in Ojai, including Michael Wilson, Paul Jarrico and Dalton Trumbo. From the vault of our podcast conversation in 2021.

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01:03:31

Bob Salas on What's Out There

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/08/05

With recent testimony from a whistleblowing intelligence ofﬁcer and bipartisan calls for disclosure of the government's extensive reporting of Unidentiﬁed Anomalous Phenomenon (the government's new phrase of art for UFOs), and information revealed about the possession of alien technology, few people are better place to comment on these startling developments than Ojai resident Bob Salas. In 1967, Salas, then an Air Force missile ofﬁcer, witnessed a bizarre incident, in which a hovering UFO

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01:06:37

Jeremy Cohen's Ojai Playwrights Conference Debut

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/07/28

Jeremy B. Cohen took over the reins as Artistic Director of the Ojai Playwrights Conference from the legendary Robert Egan, who led the conference through the past 23 years into its status as one of the leading new play development forums in the world. Cohen will call upon his multitude of contacts in the field to help this year's eight chosen playwrights realize their vision through the intensive workshop process. It all leads up to the final weekend of staged readings (July 24th through

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00:48:09

'Mariachi' Comes to Ojai

Ojai: Talk of the Town ·

2023/07/21

The Ojai Film Society opens their free summer series in Libbey Bowl on July 28th with "Going Varsity in Mariachi" about the world of competitive high school mariachi in south Texas. The film is fresh off its warm reception at the Sundance Film Festival. Filmmakers Alejandro Vasquez and Sam Osborn bring this vibrant world to life through the highs and lows of the Edinburgh North High School's mariachi team as they vie for the state championship. Coach Abel Acuña molds his musicians not

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