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| # 113 Patte Kronlund, speaking of love and loss. | 25 May 2025 | 01:51:19 | |
This episode is a particularly tender one. I had the privilege of speaking with Patte Kronlund whose husband, Butch, recently passed away after a long and difficult battle with cancer. Patte and I have an open, heartfelt conversation—one marked by courage, honesty, and that shows Patte's extraordinary personal strength. She speaks about grief, love, and the quiet acts of devotion that carry us through our darkest times. Her willingness to share such intimate reflections is something I deeply respect, and I think you will, too. There’s of course also much more we could have talked about Patte than what we were able to cover here. For one Patte has been a vital part of our Big Sur community through her work with CABS, and although we touched on that in our conversation, I chose to focus this episode on her personal story. I hope we’ll return to her community work in a future episode. For now, we're simply grateful to Patte—for her openness, for her strength, and for reminding us that even in loss, there can be great beauty and connection. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 112 Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy | 14 May 2025 | 01:20:10 | |
If Diablo Canyon stays open, does it open the door for a broader reevaluation of nuclear’s role in the U.S. — or is it a one-off anomaly in a blue state’s climate panic? Talking with Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow author of "Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy." What role should nuclear power play in our energy future? Rebecca explores the unlikely resurgence of nuclear power as a climate solution — not through the lens of old Cold War anxieties, but through a new generation of thinkers, engineers, and environmentalists who see splitting the atom as a bridge to a carbon-free future. And here in California, that question hits home. Diablo Canyon — the state’s last operating nuclear plant — was on its way out. Now, it’s looking like it's on its way back in. What changed? And what does that tell us about the shifting cultural and political ground beneath our feet? Stay with us as we explore the strange, complicated afterlife of nuclear power — from protests and policy to power grids and hope. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 111 RELAY FOR RACHAEL. A conversation with photographer, neighbor and dear friend Rachael Short. | 24 Apr 2025 | 01:02:19 | |
Ever since she picked up her father’s camera at age twelve, Rachael Short has been captivated by the art of photography. Listen to our conversation to learn more from and about Rachael's remarkable story. Rachael Short Photography _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 110 Butch Kronlund (Jan. 7, 1955 - Feb. 1, 2025) from 'Under the Persimmon Tree' September 29, 2019. | 18 Apr 2025 | 01:27:43 | |
In memory of Butch Kronlund, this episode is a replay of a live interview recorded as part of the Under the Persimmon Tree series at the Henry Miller Library. In this conversation, Butch reflects on his early life and upbringing, meeting his beloved wife Patte, and his arrival in Big Sur—where he would go on to lay the foundations of the Post Ranch Inn, collaborate with architect Mickey Muennig on several iconic homes, help build the new Big Sur Health Center, and oversee the rebuilding of the baths at Esalen. We also hear about his more recent efforts to raise and distribute critical funds for community members affected by fires and floods—a testament to his enduring care for the coast and its people. Thanks for listening, and for remembering Butch with us. Thank you for listening! _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 109 Rode in on a Hell's Angel Harley: Mary Lu Spigarelli Toren of Big Sur. | 14 Apr 2025 | 01:49:13 | |
Mary Lu had a stroke* on October 18, 2024. In this episode she speaks of the moment it happened and a bit about the past five months of slow and steady recovery. >>>>>>>>> * some deatil about the stroke and treatment: At the time of her stroke, shortly after arriving at CHOMP, she was given clot-busting medication (TNK) and also, after flying up to Stanford, underwent a procedure (EVT) where doctors tried to physically remove the blockage. They used a balloon to open up the artery and made three attempts to retrieve the clot, eventually getting partial blood flow back (about 50-70%, known as TICI 2b reperfusion). Unfortunately, there was some bleeding afterward in the area of the brain where she had the stroke, including bleeding into the fluid spaces of the brain (IVH = intraventricular hemorrhage). An MRI before the procedure showed:
Cause of Stroke: Post-Stroke Symptoms and Recommendations:
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| # 108 Clovis Harrod. A replay of this episode from February 2023. | 03 Apr 2025 | 01:53:02 | |
I just found out that Clovis left us a short time ago. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 107 Wilderness, Health, Fire, Art, Music, Learning, Food and History : Big Sur Non Profits! | 27 Dec 2024 | 01:35:57 | |
This years Monterey County Gives Campaign are heading for its final crescendo! Please join us and make it the best so far. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 106 Humpbacks, Tide pools, Ed Ricketts, Jan Straley and Wave Shocks! | 09 Oct 2024 | 00:51:56 | |
A wonderful conversation with Jan Straley about Humpbacks, Tide pools, Ed Ricketts, Wave Shocks, her book Ed Ricketts, from Cannery Row to Sitka, Alaska and what it all means! Quick links: _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 105 An update from Dan Weiss from his home in Bet Shemesh, Israel. | 30 Sep 2024 | 01:07:35 | |
On October 7, 2023 Dan woke up to a regular Sabbath in his hometown, Bet Shemesh. It turned out to be something very different than a 'regular' Sabbath! _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 104 The 'lost' interview with John Carlin: FOUND! | 23 Sep 2024 | 01:07:50 | |
Remarkable that we found this file just at this time! In it John tells us about his Big Sur life and, towards the end, he speaks of his pilot for a beautiful movie he was dreaming of making with the sign language as the main protagonist... _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 103 God, Jack Kerouac and Steve Edington. | 17 Aug 2024 | 00:57:42 | |
Stephen D. Edington, a Unitarian Universalist minister, discusses his personal journey and the influence of Jack Kerouac on his spiritual beliefs. Sound Bites!
In 1988 I came to Nashua, New Hampshire to begin what turned out to be a 24 year ministry with the Unitarian Universalist Church there. One of my colleagues in our district ministers’ chapter was your minister, Amy Morgenstern, who was serving a congregation in Vermont. She eventually made her way westward here to Palo Alto, and I stayed in New England. We’ve kept up our friendship over the years. One of our points of connection was and is our affinity for some of the Beat Generation writers; and, for me, Jack Kerouac in particular. I don’t think Amy became the “Kero—wacko” that I have become _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 102 We Choose to Reduce Wildfire Danger, Not Because It Is Natural But Because It Is Good | 04 Aug 2024 | 01:20:54 | |
Speaking with Patrick Brown of the Breakthrough Institute about wildfire mitigation, fuel reduction, science and its malcontents, and much more. The Social Feedback Loops That Constrain Climate Science When Science Journals Become Activists _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 101 The Natural History of Big Sur. A conversation with author Don Usner. | 26 Jul 2024 | 01:31:24 | |
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| # 100 The Hermits of Big Sur. A conversation with author Paula Huston | 18 Jul 2024 | 01:42:26 | |
A history and insight into the life of a monk and the history of the New Camaldoli Hermitage courtesy author, gardener and mother of four, Paula Huston. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 99 Sharen Carey: 40 years of providing healthcare in Big Sur! | 02 Jul 2024 | 01:19:46 | |
In 1984 Sharen came to Big Sur and since then she has been proving Big Sur with excellent healthcare. It was an honor for me to speak with her. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 98 On the Warpath: My Battles With Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors | 10 Jun 2024 | 01:10:27 | |
New Title by Elizabeth Weiss: >>>>>>>>>>>> _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 97 Breakfast at Deetjen's with Shelley Newell | 01 Jun 2024 | 02:02:19 | |
Breakfast at Deetjen's with Shelley Newell _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 96 Iguana John speaks about his early life. | 24 May 2024 | 00:33:20 | |
We lost Iguana John Thursday morning, May 23. /Magnus _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 95 Dave Nelson: Father, Husband, Naturalist & Big Sur Neighbor... | 15 May 2024 | 01:25:30 | |
Some of the people and places we touch on: _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 94 The California Skywatcher: A conversation with author William Selby | 03 May 2024 | 01:42:07 | |
Where to find the best weather forecast and why it is always right. >>>>>>>>>> _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 93 My Father Shot a Tiger: Talking about Nagaland with Easterine Kire | 22 Apr 2024 | 01:24:02 | |
Easterine Kire _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 92 How did it begin...did I meet "Headhunters?" Why, and how, did I travel up into these hills. | 11 Apr 2024 | 00:52:26 | |
An unusual episode recorded in Dibrugarh, Shiyong and Mokokchung. Town and villages in NE India. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 91 Listening to Whales breathe! A conversation with Kerri Frangioso, a scientist who does most of her research in the wild of Big Sur. | 25 Mar 2024 | 02:05:40 | |
Kerri Frangioso / Rizzo Lab. Soberanes Fire Telephone Landline Satellite the ‘Hoist’ 280 plots! Prudoe Bay Costa Rica Food supplies Fire prevention Gardening Water and gravity Pampas Invasive Species LUP Madrones excude sap and its yummy! Peacocks! Santa Lucia Fir _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 90 Israel and Gaza. Perspectives on the war in Gaza from Sweden. | 17 Mar 2024 | 01:18:36 | |
I have Magnus Norell and Ricki Neuman, both from Sweden, with me for this episode. We are talking about what is going on in Israel and Gaza. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 89 SMOKESCREEN | Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate | 10 Mar 2024 | 01:07:23 | |
A conversation with the author Chad Hanson, PhD _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 88 California (& Big Sur) Snakes & How To Find Them | 23 Feb 2024 | 01:05:08 | |
To Mom & Pop, who brought me up to believe I could become anything. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 87 Sam Goldeen. From the Ukraine, via the Panama land crossing, to Big Sur! | 20 Feb 2024 | 01:05:17 | |
Sam Goldeen lived for many years on Partington Ridge in Big Sur. He loved it here and "A Big Sur Podcast" is proud of having his voice be part of what we have to share! _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 86 Jaime DeAngulo: The Old Coyote of Big Sur | 30 Jan 2024 | 00:51:24 | |
A conversation with Andrew Schelling and Mary Kerr. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 85 FUEL FOR THOUGHT! Is removing vegetation keeping us safe from fire? A conversation with Richard Halsey. | 24 Jan 2024 | 00:54:01 | |
Richard Halsey is the director of the California Chaparral Institute and an activist concerned about the way that we approach fire safety. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 84 Butterflies of Big Sur and Monterey County. | 21 Jan 2024 | 01:12:00 | |
A conversation with Jan Austin and Chris Tenney authors and photographers of the recently published BUTTERFLIES of Monterey County. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 83 A conversation with Corinne & John Handy of Treebones! | 11 Jan 2024 | 01:06:52 | |
Treebones Resort _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 82 Wishing everyone a boring 2024! | 03 Jan 2024 | 00:14:10 | |
Thanks to Martin Gurri and Discourse Magazine for allowing me to share Mr Gurri's article. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 81 Big Sur's ongoing efforts to protect the landscape : A Conversation with David Smiley | 03 Dec 2023 | 00:47:03 | |
Magnus sits down (as a follow-up to the recent episode with Marcus Foster) with David Smiley, a Big Sur local with many years of experience serving on the LUAC (the Big Sur land use advisory committee). _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 80 Is Big Sur being overused? A conversation with Marcus Foster of Keep Big Sur Wild. | 01 Dec 2023 | 01:27:30 | |
A journey into the heart of Big Sur by way of a conversation with Marcus Foster, a Big Sur local and advocate/activist. Please join us. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 79 Quiet Days in Clichy - Jours Tranquilles a Clichy - A beautiful new French edition. With Charles Ficat and Michael Paduano in Paris. | 20 Nov 2023 | 01:04:36 | |
Charles Ficat of Editions Bartillat in Paris and Michael Paduano, PhD student at Université de Lorraine, in a conversation with Magnus about the brand new French edition of Quiet Days in Clichy! w/ Special guest Al Rose! _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 78 The Burden of Joy. A conversation with author Lexi Kent-Monning. "We were stranded on opposite sides of the crashed Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge!" | 17 Nov 2023 | 01:47:32 | |
The Burden of Joy by 'our own' Lexi Kent-Monning. — Ben Gibbard, Death Cab for Cutie/The Postal Service _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 77 Paul Kephart: Ecologist and naturalist with a deep history, love and knowledge of the Big Sur coast. | 08 Nov 2023 | 01:16:14 | |
As Principal Ecologist and Designer at RANA, Paul is sought after as a pioneer and innovator of living architectural systems, a thought-leader in ecological design, and a dedicated horticulturalist. He has consulted on many groundbreaking and iconic projects, including large-scale living roofs and living walls, site master plans, and cumulative restoration of many thousands of acres of grassland, wetland and coastal landscapes in the Western U.S. RANA: The cohabitat company _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 76 My friend Dan Weiss reports from the war in Israel. Please listen. | 30 Oct 2023 | 01:12:20 | |
On October 7 Dan woke up to a regular Sabbath in his hometown, Bet Shemesh. It turned out to be something very different than a 'regular' Sabbath! _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 75 Nocturnalia: Nature in the Western Night w/ José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca and Charles Hood | 04 Oct 2023 | 01:08:29 | |
A conversation between Magnus and authors and photographers Charles Wood and José Gabriel Martínez-Fonseca about their book "Nocturnalia: Nature in the Western Night." _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 74 California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline. Magnus is talking with author Rosanna Xia. | 16 Sep 2023 | 01:14:35 | |
Heyday presents California Against the Sea _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 73 State Senator John Laird: Once you left Carmel Highlands and went south you were in the Wild West! | 14 Sep 2023 | 00:47:38 | |
State Senator John Laird in a conversation with Magnus. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 72 Feathered Canyons: Big Sur circa 1964! Author Jeanette Hanby at Nepenthe with Bill Hargis, Eric Barker, Gold mining, watching lions! A typical Big Sur story! | 06 Sep 2023 | 01:14:32 | |
Jeannette Hanby grew up in a paved-over Southern California “wanting to know how to stop humans from ruining the planet.” After a high school teacher exposed her to philosophy, Jeannette majored in physiological psychology at UC Berkeley before working with abandoned and abused children in Los Angeles County. IMPORTANT LINKS: _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 71 A conversation at a small café in rural North Carolina | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:28:32 | |
A conversation at a café in a small town in rural North Carolina. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 70 Big Sur Women with Rachel Anne Goodman | 17 Aug 2023 | 00:56:22 | |
Speaking with Rachel Anne Goodman about her late Mother Judith Goodman. We touch on Judith's background, her work in Big Sur, friendships and passion for the landscape and culture of Big Sur. We also speak of our plan to publish parts of the book "Big Sur Women" in audio format. Please stay tuned! _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 69 The Manhattan Project, Porter, Jackson, Miller & Oppenheimer | 07 Aug 2023 | 00:30:11 | |
On the anniversary (or close to) the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima this episode takes a look at the small book "These 50 Years Gone" by Bern Porter a close friend of Henry Miller's. Published by Roger Jackson the book includes quotes by Miller. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 68 Kate Daniels, candidate for the 5th district Supervisor seat. The future of Big Sur is in the balance😊! | 12 Jul 2023 | 01:24:56 | |
Kate is in full swing campaigning for the 5th District Supervisor seat. We talk about the job of public service, some of Kate's ambitions, I get a civic lesson, it is a good conversation. Visit Kate's website HERE. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 67 The Darkness Manifesto by Johan Eklöf | 04 Jul 2023 | 01:16:10 | |
A conversation with Johan Eklöf, author of The Darkness Manifesto. The agreement we have in Big Sur to keep our lights down at night, to at night turn off any light that isn’t absolutely necessary, to not have illuminated driveways and parking spaces, is one of the many wonderful things about our community. The recognition that we live in a place that begs us to together protect and safeguard the wild, rustic and, at night, dark place we are so grateful to call home. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 65 A conversation with Weston Call's Mother on the occasion of his Birthday and the five year anniversary of his passing.. | 13 Jun 2023 | 01:05:14 | |
Weston Call passed away August 12, 2018. Thanks to Two Feather's Media for a short audio clip with Chelsea Belle Davey and Butch Kronlund. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 64 From Easter Island to Big Sur: Please welcome Sonia Haoa Cardinali! | 05 Jun 2023 | 01:29:53 | |
A middle aged couple walks in to the Henry Miller Library sometime in 2019. They come down the path under the redwoods like so many others have done before them. This time however I wonder: ― Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn
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| # 63 The Questions That Matter Most with Jane Smiley. Also featuring Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Shakespeare and Alice Munro! | 30 May 2023 | 01:16:54 | |
# 63 The Questions That Matter Most with Jane Smiley. _________________________________________________ | |||