Long Beach Current Podcasts

In Season 2 Episode 6 of Teed Up, the hosts Naoki Gima and Matthew Gomez bring in guests Emmanuel Barrera and Kevin Fernandez to talk about Long Beach State Sports and the MLB playoffs. Following The Beach's upset of Hawaii in women's volleyball, the hosts go in-depth on some of the important pieces of the volleyball squad. Barrera, who interns for the athletics department, also gave his o...

In season 11, episode 8 of Beach Weekly, host Lei Madrigal covers the reopening of the Beach Hut convenience store on campus, “rainbow capitalism” and more. The Beach Hut convenience store on campus is now reopened after a three-year temporary closure and has implemented  Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology . Guests enter the Beach Hut by swiping their card or using their phone’s tap-to-pay, which a...

In Season 2 Episode 5 of Teed Up, the hosts Naoki Gima and Matthew Gomez bring in guests Davis Ramage and Matthew Coleman to talk about Long Beach State sports and American football. The National Football League and the college football season is in its early stages and the guys talk about some of the big headlines that have developed so far this season. The Damian Lillard trade shocked the sports...

Listen to season 11, episode 7 of Beach Weekly as Lei Madrigal gives a spotlight to OUTober’s LGBTQ+ themes by discussing California’s Transgender History Month, the new LGBTQ+ district in Long Beach and more. The Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum on campus is displaying a new fine art exhibition called “Drag Show”  which focuses on the LGBTQ+ experience in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s. The...

In season 3, episode 2 of Artist Banter host Julia Goldman sits down with pre-industrial design student Angel Hernandez. The two examine the field of industrial design and discuss the inspiration of Hernandez's creative works. In this episode of Artist Banter, host Julia Goldman meets with transfer and pre-industrial design student Angel Hernandez. The two discuss the inspiration and process o...

In Season 2 Episode 4 of Teed Up, the hosts Naoki Gima and Matthew Gomez get an exclusive interview with Long Beach State's new Executive Director of Athletics Bobby Smitheran to talk about his career journey and his experience at the Beach so far. Beach sports saw some dominant showings from women's soccer and women's volleyball this past week. The hosts talk about the soccer team&#39...

Tune into season 11, episode 6 of Beach Weekly as Lei Madrigal discusses new research on magic mushrooms, India’s potential name change and more. The Parking and Transportation Services department at Long Beach State is updating its GPS tracking system for on-campus shuttles on the Ride Systems app to give passengers a more accurate live tracking of shuttles. New studies on psilocybin, commonly kn...

In Season 2 Episode 3 of Teed Up, the hosts Naoki Gima and Matthew Gomez bring on spotlight guests Zach Durham and Anthony Orrico to talk about some of the big headlines at Long Beach State and beyond. As the Major League Baseball season hits its final weeks and games, the hosts discuss some of the biggest narratives and headlines going into the home stretch. Ohtani's free agency, postseason p...

Check out season 11, episode 5 of Beach Weekly as host Lei Madrigal covers the official CSU tuition increase, psychological services on campus, catastrophic floods in Libya and more. The Counseling and Psychological Services department on campus, also known as  CAPS , offers free mental health help to all enrolled students. Students can meet with a counselor through one-on-one sessions, group sess...

In season 3, episode 1 of Artist Banter, host Julia Goldman chats with the first guest of the season, pre-graphic design student Julie Gallo. The two discuss Gallo's experiences at the intersection of parenting, college and art. In the premiere episode of Artist Banter's third season, host Julia Goldman meets with transfer student, mom, and artist Julie Gallo of Long Beach State. From her...

In season 2, episode 2 of Teed Up, the hosts Naoki Gima, Matthew Gomez, Maya-Claire Glenn and Maher Basharahil get together and talk about the headlines in the realm of sports both at Long Beach State and in the professional world. On the Beach side of sports, the hosts talk about Cherrie Cox's return from injury and the tough loss against UCLA. The hosts also talk about the first-place victor...

Listen to season 11, episode 4 of Beach Weekly as the host, Lei Madrigal, talks about students regaining graduation privileges, an uptick in nationwide COVID cases and more. Having written an article about  the temporary closure of the Child and Family Center on campus for renovations , Sam Farfán, the Daily Forty-Niner’s community engagement editor, joined the show for an interview about the topi...

In the Season 2 premiere of Teed Up, the hosts Naoki Gima, Matthew Gomez, Maher Basharahil and Kevin Fernandez get together for the first time this semester and talk about the headlines in the realm of sports both at Long Beach State and in the professional world. On the Beach side, the guys talk about women's volleyball's huge season-opening upset over the reigning national champions the...

Season 11, episode 3 of Beach Weekly covers an on-campus power outage, last week’s tuition protest and the largest crowd to ever attend a women’s sporting event. An unplanned power outage caused disruptions last Tuesday, August 29. Evening classes were canceled and on-campus facilities like the library, rec center, student union, and more stopped operations for the remainder of the day. The outage...

Listen to this week’s episode of Beach Weekly to learn more about Hurricane Hilary’s effect on Long Beach, the latest moon landing and a relatively new and untapped source of renewable energy. Long Beach State’s biannual Week of Welcome events are this Tuesday and Wednesday. Events take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Central Quad where clubs and departments on campus set up tents to showcase...

In the first episode of Beach Weekly’s eleventh season, Lei Madrigal welcomes new and returning students to Long Beach State with campus updates. The Back to the Beach events will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Student Union Southwest Terrace where students can learn more about services and programs on campus. Tuesday also marks this semester’s first weekly Farmer’...

In Season 1: Episode 12 the hosts Sonny Tapia, Isabel Silagy, Naoki Gima and Matthew Gomez convene one last time as they break down the latest in Long Beach State Athletics and professional sports. On the Long Beach State side, the hosts go over their experience covering the Dirtbags game at Angel Stadium and breakdown volleyball's season, which ended after a defeat against UCLA. They also go...

In Season 10: Episode 15 of Beach Weekly, Lei Madrigal concludes this semester with news on worker strikes nationwide, CSULB’s commencement controversy and more. On May 1, union workers at CSU campuses protested for better benefits, better working environments and better treatment. Student workers are also seeking improvements to their working conditions as over 4,000 students have recently filed...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This year, the annual affair celebrated the exhibition “ Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty .” According to Vogue, the gala honored the legacy of  Lagerfeld —the late designer who helmed fashion houses such as Chanel, Fendi, and his own eponymous line—and raised funds for The Met’s Costume Institute. The biggest stars dressed to impress or in some cas...

In Season 1: Episode 11 hosts Sonny Tapia, Kristina Agresta, Naoki Gima and Matthew Gomez break down the latest in Long Beach State Athletics and professional sports. Following new women's basketball head coach Amy Wright's introductory press conference the hosts go over talking points from the media portion and give their expectations for next season. They also take the time to preview tw...

In Season 10: Episode 14 of Beach Weekly, host Lei Madrigal discusses local and international news. The entire Long Beach State campus is built on Puvungna, a large area of sacred land protected by environmental laws that has been a ceremonial center for indigenous Southern California tribes for thousands of years. These tribes believe that the university's upcoming soil treatment plan will da...

In Season 2: Episode 4 of Artist Banter, host Tanya Rogers sits down with local indie band Emerald Street to dive into all things in the music industry. The band discusses their discography and brand new single I Need You, now available on all streaming platforms. To keep updated on Emerald Street, follow them on Instagram @emeraldstreetofficial. Host: Tanya Rogers Editor: Aidan Swanepoel Producer...

Looks like there’s MAJOR trouble for Jonathan Majors. As stated on Deadline, the actor is facing domestic violence allegations in NYC after  a March 25 incident  involving a dispute with a 30-year-old woman. The unnamed victim was taken to a hospital with “minor injuries to her head and neck,” according to authorities at the time. Days following Majors’ arrest, a thread of texts were made public w...

In Season 1: Episode 10 the full crew returns as hosts Sonny Tapia, Kristina Agresta, Naoki Gima and Matthew Gomez break down the latest in Long Beach State Athletics and professional sports. After an impressive tournament, the hosts congratulate Long Beach State freshman golfer Jasmine Leovao who won the individual title at the Big West Championship. They also take the chance to welcome the new w...

In Season 10: Episode 13 of Beach Weekly, Lei Madrigal discusses Long Beach, national and international news. A conversation with Hannah Shields, the news editor for the Daily Forty-Niner, gave insight on the rise of anti-Semitism and its effect on Long Beach State students. After a man who shot two men at an LA synagogue this February was proven to be the same man who lingered on campus with a gu...