The Eardrum

Episode Notes Formed by Emily Ryan and sisters Wendy and Amy Yao, who met as teens in Irvine, California, Emily’s Sassy Lime (1993–2001) was a garage-punk rock band. Considered an essential part of the early riot grrrl movement, their scrappy punk sensibility and creative resourcefulness, primarily developed during their high school years, embodies the tumult of adolescence. Recently featured in t...

Episode Notes Bre is a Black and Polynesian artist and zine maker based in Long Beach, CA. After receiving her B.A. in English, Creative Writing in 2019, Bre ventured off into freelance work that involved commissions for popular brands and celebrities like Cricut, Manic Panic, and singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco. Besides her full-time work as an artist, Bre enjoys using her leisure time to create an...

Episode Notes Erick Aguinaldo is a spoken word poet, professor, a father, brother, fighter, and lover. He was born in LA and raised in the IE. He has some degrees from some fancy universities but has learned the most from his community. From the walls of formal education to the forced segregation of the streets, he draws strength from the resistant and resilient. For him San Bernardino is home. He...

Ian Campbell is an artist and photographer from Southern California. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and Imaging from Art Center College of Design in 2012 and continues to use his skills to tell visual stories about subcultures, musicians, artists, and other ideas surrounding myth, tradition, and obsession. Ian’s work has been published in Juxtapoz Magazine, Hi-Fructose, America...

Episode Notes Sophie Stava received her BA in English literature from UC Santa Barbara. She currently resides in Southern California with her family. COUNT MY LIES is her debut novel. A read-in-one-night psychological thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life of a wealthy couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. You can pre-orde...

Episode Notes Lee Herrick is the California Poet Laureate. He is the author of four books of poems: In Praise of Late Wonder: New and Selected Poems (Gunpowder Press, September 2024); Scar and Flower, finalist for the 2020 Northern California Book Award; Gardening Secrets of the Dead; and This Many Miles from Desire. He is co-editor of The World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith and Spiri...

Episode Notes Bio: Lisa Alvarez’s poetry and prose have appeared widely including  About Place Journal,   Air/Light, Citric Acid, Huizache, Los Angeles Times, Santa Monica Review , and in anthologies such as  Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America  (Norton) and most recently,  Women in a Golden State: California Poets at 60 and Beyond  (Gunpowder Press)...

Episode Notes Emmy Award-winning bilingual journalist and communications strategist, Ashley Hernandez, leverages over 15 years of experience to deliver impactful results. At CBS News, she currently leads creative and editorial strategies, reaching an audience of 15 million+ through social media platforms, streaming, and traditional broadcast channels. Ashley has a background in high-pressure news...

Episode Notes Writer and Visual Artist Eliza Fisherman talks loneliness, connectedness, and the decision to devote one's life to art with Olivia. Eliza Fisherman holds a degree in Fine Arts, a BA in Creative Writing, and an MBA. She is a writer and a painter, whose body of work focuses on existential bravery and the steadfast philosophies that carry people through time. Instagram: @eif Email:  eli...

> Jebediah Dunn is an emerging artist who explores and experiments across a plethora of mediums and themes. Most notably, he works in oil painting, drawing, sculpture, and larger scale installation work. Within these works, he explores the themes of identity, the natural world, and the transgender experience. Beyond his own practice as an artist, he is also extremely dedicated to the art of edu...

Sarah Mosqueda covers Orange County food, art and culture for TimesOC. She most recently worked as a staff writer in Food for the Los Angeles Times . She also has several years of experience in the restaurant industry, including as a proprietor. Mosqueda earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton. Follow her on instagram @sarahnmosqueda! This podcast is powered by Pineca...

Sarah Bennett @thesarahbennett is a professional journalist, editor, designer and publisher who experimented in the field for nearly two decades before entering education and advising student media. Sarah began her career at Santa Ana College, writing and editing for the award-winning  el Don  student newspaper and started freelancing for her local alternative weekly while still a student. After t...

Episode Notes Nunzio Randazzo is a Los Angeles based screenwriter and filmmaker. He founded the acclaimed sketch group Boat Comedy, which headlined several major comedy festivals and has been honored as a Comedy Central Comics to Watch. He has written and starred in shorts that have twice gone to Sundance. Working with his writing partner, Amos Vernon, he has worked on feature scripts for Sony Ani...

Episode Notes Mary Camarillo is the author of two award-winning novels: “Those People Behind Us” and "The Lockhart Women." Her poems and short fiction have appeared in publications such as the California Writer’s Club Literary Anthology, Inlandia, 166 Palms, The Ear, and the Sonora Review. Mary lives in Huntington Beach, California with her husband who plays ukulele and their terrorist c...

Episode Notes Meet Adalyn Ngo, winner of the 2024 Linda Purdy Memorial Prize! From Garden Grove, CA, Adalyn is currently a graduate student at Brown University. She holds a B.A. in Government & Legal Studies and Education from Bowdoin College. From teaching English in Vietnam to working with the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN), her journey is nothing short of inspiring. In her free...

Episode Notes Gustavo Hernandez is the author of the acclaimed poetry collection Flower Grand First (Moon Tide Press) and the chapbooks Form His Arms and Little Fleece (Ghost City Press). His work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The Harvard Review, The Slowdown Podcast, and The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series. Hernandez holds an associate’s degree in English from Santiago...

Episode Notes Yep, you read that episode title right. In this episode, Bella interviews three musicians that made The Eardrum a complex, clever jingle that perfectly matches the feel of our publication. Alex, Justin, and Alex talk about inspirations, perfect pitch, and the driving forces that make them accomplished musical composers. Bios: Justin is a geology major prospering to transfer from IVC...

Episode Notes In this episode, The Ear staff talk to each other about the importance of writing and reading in their lives. Ara, Aiden, Bella, Nadia, and John share insights, longings, and laughs over their experiences with mental illness, neurodiversity, and the importance of letting a good book immerse you in raw emotions. **Links: ** Episode Transcript Linktree: Linktr.ee/theearcommunity Websit...

Episode Notes “Marie Connors” - Episode 1 Bio: Marie Connors’ interest in poetry was sparked as an undergraduate in a creative writing class at the University of Memphis where she began publishing short lyric poems in the campus literary magazine and other small journals. After a decade working as a writer and editor for print and media in Memphis, she relocated to Southern California, continuing...