A Big Sur Podcast

Send us Fan Mail 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 o...

Send us Fan Mail Dramatis Personae: Alf the Sacred Burro (see episode photo: Dana on Alf!) Damien Carnazzo Tessa and 'Jack' Carnazzo Jack Kerouac Eric Barker Chuck and Lisa  Brewer Helmuth, Celia and Tara Morgenrath Yolanda Shae (sp?) Micah Curtis Robin Burnside Peggy Horan Mary Lu Toren Sandy Justice Bill Wiesjahn & many more... Topics: Building a house in Big Sur Water/Power/Permit...

Send us Fan Mail Seven Big Sur residents talk about the weather! (click on 'Chapters' above for direct links to participants.) The 50th episode of A Big Sur Podcast Featuring: John Handy , South Coast  |  07:15 Diana Ballantyne , Big Sur Valley  |  23:20 Marcos Ortega , (also on episode # 37 ) Pfeiffer State Park  |  35:35 Ryne Leuzinger, Palo Colorado  |  41:10 Kendra Morgenrath , Pfeif...

Send us Fan Mail The way we can honor the legacy of Zad Leavy is to be vigilant and to always work for the preservation and restoration of the wild and rustic beauty of the Big Sur coast! Thank you for listening. Please email here with any comments, critique, suggestions...Thank you! Links to some of the people and places we touch on: The Big Sur Land Trust The Big Sur Gazette Jim Josoff Nancy Hop...

Send us Fan Mail A wide ranging conversation sitting at Dana's house on her Mesa up Bixby. We have three dogs keeping us company and we talk about growing up in Big Sur, hanging out down Cannery Row, Monterey Pop Festival, VW bus around Europe, sailing in the Caribbean and South Pacific; anchoring in Hanavave Bay on Fatuhiva, Tuamotu and onwards...it's an amazing journey...😊 Some of the...

Send us Fan Mail Talking with Matti Friedman from his home in Jerusalem.  Very grateful to him for writing this book and for sharing his stories! WHO BY FIRE: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai Please share this episode ! Copy link. Comments/Criticism much welcome: Email us here! In 1973, Leonard Cohen announced he was done with music for good. The same year, in October, war broke out in Israel. The Yom K...

Send us Fan Mail We're sitting on a couch under the Persimmon tree. There's some sound of traffic in the background and a beautiful afternoon! Bill Ashley and two new Henry Miller titles! The Heaven Beyond Heaven and Jupiter In All His Phases Published by Henry Miller's Unique Books owned and operated by Bill Ashley. Bill Ashley is very well known in the Miller world for having publ...

Send us Fan Mail FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITY TOWN HALL October 25, 2022 at the Big Sur Grange . CLICK ON "CHAPTER MARKERS" ABOVE TO TOGGLE BETWEEN CONTENT Audio recording courtesy Rayner Marx. For further information: email info@fireadaptedbigsur.com or visit www.fireadaptedbigsur.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE FIRESAFE NEWSLETTER In other fire related news: Interview here with Chief Matt Harris! Comme...

Send us Fan Mail After reading Kerri's book I get a chance to talk with her. We're on opposite ends of the country but with zoom and a microphone we are instantly connected. Still mind blowing. We have a good talk. Thank you for joining us in the conversation. Visit Kerri Maher's website. Visit Shakespeare and Co the way it is today (online)! Check this old info: Henry Miller Librar...

Send us Fan Mail Matt Harris and I are sitting along the creek a few hundred feet up in "Emil's Canyon" behind the Library. It is quiet and the sun is breaking through the canopy as we talk with each other. More about Big Sur Fire Here! >>>>>>>>>> Comments/Criticism of this podcast much welcome: Email here! >>>>>>>>>> Link...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you Mac for stopping by to make some noise! “If Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Philip K. Dick had a love child, the result would be Yesterday We Forget Tomorrow: a disturbing dystopian future shot through with unconventional wit and humor.” –Matthew J. Pallamary, author of Land Without Evil and Spirit Matters. Links to Mac Music and Art: Mac Books and Home The Mac Talley Trip Mac Art...

Send us Fan Mail A conversation between two very accomplished writers and thinkers: Pico Iyer & Father Cyprian Consiglio . This wonderful episode was recorded pre-covid on June 6, 2018! Please share it! )  The two of them, with the help of the audience, touch on the meaning of life and what happens after death (!), Narcissus and Goldmund, Henry Miller, Thomas Merton, the Trappist's life,...

Send us Fan Mail A long way from Big Sur! Reading the book Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb is an amazing adventure of international intrigue, extremely high drama, and a unique history lesson about some very important aspects of the latter part of the twentieth century. I hope you will enjoy hearing some of Dr Kassenova's story in this conversation as well as when you read her...

Send us Fan Mail Through a long tradition, an extraordinary community, amazing players, trials and tribulations, the Big Sur Softball League always gets back to home plate ready to toss a coin again! For this podcast not enough time as usual but a wonderful romp through some of what has been happening and, of course, a report on the 2022  season and it's cliffhanger final game! Thank you Comm...

Send us Fan Mail Kelly Sorenson & The California Condor! We see the beautiful Condor soaring over the Big Sur Coast every day! This is thanks to an ongoing effort for over 25 years by Kelly Sorenson and others.   In this podcast episode we speak with Kelly who has been the Executive Director of the Condor re-introduction program since its inception. We talk about DDT, Peregrine Falcons, nestin...

Send us Fan Mail A wonderful conversation with Big Sur State Parks Superintendent Marcos Ortega.   We speak of growing up in Big Sur, being the Superintendent of Parks, managing increased traffic on the coast, St. Francis Church, Apple Pie, CalTrans, 7/11 in Salinas, hippie parents, the Naval Facility,  crawdads in the Big Sur River...and so much more! A few other Big Sur folks in the podcast: Sul...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is unusual. (best with headphones!) I have been traveling in Georgia for three weeks and I am now in a small town, Oni, close to the border between South Ossetia (many Georgians prefer calling it the Tskhinvali Region),  Russia and Georgia. Earlier during my visit I drove the road from Akhmeta in Kakheti to Omalo in Tusheti over the notorious Abano pass . This episode...

Send us Fan Mail EMAIL US with any comments, suggestions or ideas! Thanks! >>>>>>>>>>>> Edwin Huizinga; friend, violin player, music teacher, performer and impresario! We sit in Emil's Canyon talking about Bach, Vivaldi, childhood, Suzuki method, sounding good, sounding bad, having fun, learning and making music a way of life. The piece that Edwin plays in...

Send us Fan Mail The 100th Birthday of Jack Kerouac calls us to invite Steve Edington, author of the forthcoming book THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JACK: Tracking Kerouac in My Life, and Jerry Cimino, creator and owner of the BEAT MUSEUM in San Francisco for a conversation! This year is also the 60th anniversary of the publication of Kerouac's Big Sur! We are previewing a couple of events coming up...

Send us Fan Mail Please email us with any comments, suggestions, etc. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A conversation about writing, publishing, historical research and Barbara Quick's most recent novel What Disappears. (reserve your copy of the book for the event on July 3 at the Library). Barbara Quick Main Site Online Reserve your place at th...

Send us Fan Mail Please e-mail comments, suggestions. >>>>>>>>>>>> Reserve a spot for our book signing event with Robin on August 14, 2022. Thank you Robin Carlson for joining the podcast. A book about fire ecology, fire behavior and its impact on our ecology is always welcome. The more we all consider how to best live in harmony and balance with fire the better...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a great conversation about the creative process, the Rosy Crucifixion, Istanbul, Archival research, Black Spring, the art of letter writing and much more! Michael Paduano, who has been at the Library doing a remarkable job for the past 12 weeks, is a PhD student living in Paris. We are very grateful to him for his efforts on our behalf. We speak of a lot of things and a...

Send us Fan Mail For more  about the BiGSuRCuS and how to engage them go here: https://www.bigsurcus.com/   Ticket release TBA Stay tuned for July 30  &  August 27 ticket release for this summer's BiGSuRCuS!  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please e-mail us with suggestions, critique, appreciations, donations... Support the show ___________...

Send us Fan Mail “Even in the informal realm of a rehearsal space, Indrajit Banerjee resonates majesty.” …so begins a piece in the Austin Chronicle about the acclaimed sitarist who, along with Nikhil Pandya, will be performing at the Library for a special performance on May 22nd. This episode is a conversation with Banerjee and Clay Caroon, Sitar student.  Please join us on May 22 for a very speci...

Send us Fan Mail From Suffolk in the U.K. via Hydra in Greece to Big Sur. This conversation touches on a few places, people and events in the remarkable life of Sula Nichols of Big Sur. Friends and neighbors mentioned during the conversation: George Choley Louis Nichols Kasparian Giles Healey Kate Healey Tim Green Eric Stromberger Bob Nash Helen Morgenrath and many others of course... Henry Cow Fr...