Explore every episode of the podcast A Big Sur Podcast
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| # 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 _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 93 My Father Shot a Tiger: Talking about Nagaland with Easterine Kire | 22 Apr 2024 | 01:24:02 | |
Easterine Kire _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 6 Butch Kronlund, Executive Director of the Community Association of Big Sur (CABS) | 07 Mar 2021 | 01:20:20 | |
EMAIL US - hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 2 (v1) Kenny Comello, a long time South Coast resident and the owner of Big Sur Jade Co. | 06 Mar 2021 | 01:40:50 | |
NOTE: Kenny Comello (v2) is better and includes Chapter markers. We touch on many things. Below some highlights. Cruikshank 1888 Lockwood/Jolon 28 Pacific Valley School Prudent Man concept for mining claims: 38:15 Ed Starck (sp) Jade - Big Sur Jade Co. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 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. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 101 The Natural History of Big Sur. A conversation with author Don Usner. | 26 Jul 2024 | 01:31:24 | |
Good links: _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 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 _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 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. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 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. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 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. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 62 Pico Iyer | The Half Known Life | New Camaldoli Hermitage, Big Sur, Jerusalem, Greece, Leonard Cohen, Thomas Merton, Dalai Lama, Cyprian, Japan, Tahiti... | 11 May 2023 | 01:41:25 | |
We have a wonderful conversation roaming from Jerusalem to Vanuatu, from Atheism to Greek Orthodoxy and from Thomas Merton to Sam Harris! _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 61 A new book by Henry Miller! The Book of Conversations with David Edgar. | 04 May 2023 | 00:54:16 | |
Magnus speak with Michael Paduano about the soon to be published book >>>>>>>>>>>>> The Waters Reglitterized _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 60 Big Sur Ronna Rio Riding Water Buffaloes, Giraffes & Teaching Art! | 23 Apr 2023 | 01:42:27 | |
Ronna Rio Emmons is well known and loved in the Big Sur community perhaps especially because of her many years being our art teacher. Ronna, and her husband Michael and I, have fun talking and we cover a few good stories. Below are links and comments about some of what we speak of. (Michael, as you will realize, will have to have his own podcast episode!!...so please stay tuned! 😊) _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 59 Israeli journalist and writer Yossi Klein Halevi. | 18 Apr 2023 | 01:26:42 | |
I met Yossi Klein Halevi when I was in Jerusalem in early 2020. We have stayed in touch ever since that fateful day. His voice is important in Israel as you will hear.
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| # 58 Darryl Purpose: Writing Songs, Playing Blackjack, Telling Stories and the Great March! | 11 Apr 2023 | 01:38:19 | |
Action packed podcast episode with Darryl Purpose! _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 57 Joshua Yaffa of the New Yorker magazine speaks with Magnus about journalism in wartime Ukraine and Russia. | 24 Mar 2023 | 01:34:43 | |
Joshua's article about the recent arrest of Evan Gershkovich. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 56 Stranded, Finding Nature In Uncertain Times by Maddalena Bearzi | 16 Mar 2023 | 01:07:29 | |
Welcome to a conversation with author and marine conservation biologist Maddalena Bearzi on the occasion of her most recent book being published by Heyday Books on April 18, 2023. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 55 The Revolt of The Public. A conversation with author and former CIA analyst Martin Gurri. | 05 Mar 2023 | 02:00:06 | |
A wonderful recorded conversation at the Henry Miller Library with Martin Gurri, a geopolitical analyst and student of new media and information effects. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 54 Betty Withrow. From as high up, and deep, in Big Sur as one can get! | 28 Feb 2023 | 01:27:37 | |
Betty's Amazon Page _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 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. _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 98 On the Warpath: My Battles With Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors | 10 Jun 2024 | 01:10:27 | |
New Title by Elizabeth Weiss: >>>>>>>>>>>> _________________________________________________ | |||
| # 52 Palestine's leading writer, Raja Shehadeh. From Ramallah, West Bank/Judea | 06 Feb 2023 | 01:10:54 | |
RAJA SHEHADEH is Palestine’s leading writer. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books including Strangers in the House, Occupation Diaries, and Palestinian Walks (which won the prestigious Orwell Prize). In 2022 he was named an International Writer of the Royal Society of Literature. Raja is releasing his latest book on March 21: >>>>>>> _________________________________________________ | |||
| #51 Big Sur Wild Woman! Dana Carnazzo Godbe. Chapter 2! 😊 | 30 Jan 2023 | 01:24:32 | |
Dramatis Personae: _________________________________________________ | |||