Big Conversations, Little Bar

There are people whose energy precedes them into a room. People who make you feel better, more positive and more hopeful. Two such people, Katie Stice and Cindy Burreson , join hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence on this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar . As President and CEO of the Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce , Katie carried much of her City on her back during the pandemic. And C...

You’re recently married. You have a good job and a reputation in the community. You’re starting to settle in. And then a family tragedy makes you realize that “settling in” is not the goal you have in life. So, you turn it all upside down. On this episode, Author and Journalist Maggie Downs joins hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence to talk about the journey that turned into the best-sellin...

In every part of the creative industries, there are icons. This week's guest, entertainment photographer Michael Childers , is one of those giants! Imagine you’re a film student at UCLA. Kaye Ballard introduces you to the famous movie director John Schlesinger . That first meeting turns into a decades-long relationship. And that first meeting also results in a job as photographer on the set of Osc...

The inaugural season of Big Conversations, Little Bar couldn't have been as successful as it was without the tremendous help of the shows Producer, John McMullen . So, it seemed appropriate that Patrick Evans and Randy Florence learn a little bit more about John and the tremendous career he's had in both the Radio and Streaming platforms.  John’s career started at his uncle’s radio station as...

Join hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence as they raise their glasses to a remarkable conclusion of Season 1 on Big Conversations, Little Bar . In this retrospective episode, Patrick and Randy reflect on the highlights from the first 25 episodes that have kept listeners entertained, engaged, and sometimes in fits of laughter. From tales that nearly made them do a double take, such as the astonis...

It’s been said that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. There’s no one we know in the Coachella Valley who epitomizes that quote more than our guest, Jeffrey Norman. He is a singer, actor, and world traveler. But most people know him in his role as VP of Communications and Public affairs for the McCallum Theater. The McCallum is a Coachella Valley treasure and it’s in go...

The title of her most recent book, Hollywood Secrets and Scandals , tells you all you need to know about Sue Cameron . Very few were as “inside” Hollywood and the entertainment business than Sue. On this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar , hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence talk with Sue about what was happening behind the doors that most of us never got to see. How did Mama Cass E...

The Coachella Valley has always had its generational “families” and its true power couples. On this episode, one of these couples joins hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence for another spectacular Big Conversation at Little Bar in Palm Desert. Internationally renowned sculptor Phillip K. Smith III and CEO of Modernism Week in Palm Springs Lisa Vossler-Smith are in the spotlight. Vossler...Smith…...

On this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar , Patrick Evans and Randy Florence are joined by New York Times best selling author , long time resident of the Coachella Valley, Professor at UCR and full time Facebook troll Tod Goldberg . Tod had a firsthand view of the many colorful characters that built the valley and he’s talking! In his new book, Gangsters Don’t Die , Tod writes one of the mo...

Jimmy Francisco has spent the past three decades in the Greater Palm Springs community with his hands in a lot of different things that have given him the opportunity to become a friend to many and a jack of many trades. Originally from New Jersey, he ended up marrying his college sweetheart whose family was rooted in the Coachella Valley and along with his wife they assumed the operation of the f...

Without question, this episode’s guest on Big Conversations, Little Bar has been one of the most influential people in the Television industry. Bill Geddie is best known as co-creator and former executive producer of The View . He worked with Barbara Walters for decades on The View and her specials. But his impact was so much more. He is an Emmy winner, a Screenwriter and a recipient of the Daytim...

The NBA has a logo. It’s the silhouette of Jerry West. He was chosen because of the wide-ranging impact he had on the game. If modern music had a logo, it’s very possible that it would be this episode’s guest on Big Conversation, Little Bar . Brad Parker has been a part of the music industry since the 1960s. Not just part of part of it. He’s been a part of the ENTIRE music industry. If you ha...

Vince Battaglia is known to the Coachella Valley for many things. His role as Founder and CEO of Renova Energy , his tireless work on renewable education and his support of many charities in the Desert. But… amongst the glass(es) of Cabernet, the martini shakers in the background and surprise Emmy nomination announcements, Co-hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence have a hilarious NSFW experience...

On this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar the guest is Fred Bronson , who was shamelessly used by co-hosts Patrick Evans and Randy Florence . He may know more about American music charts than anyone else... ever! He’s been writing about them for Billboard Magazine for almost 40 years. Fred is also known for the multiple books he has authored about popular music, or his multiple appeara...

The desert has a large population of musicians, entertainers and celebrities. And they all have stories. Perhaps none of them have the experience of playing music with as many legends as the guest on this episode, Andy Cahan . He would agree with us: he’s crazy. But, crazy in a classic Rock n Roll way. Now on Big Conversations, Little Bar , Andy shares real “oh my gosh, did that really happen” roc...

Patrick Evans is reunited with his former TV news colleague Brooke Beare on this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar . Along with co-host Randy Florence they talk about the challenges and rewards of being a news reporter and anchor, about Beare's dabbling into Patrick's daily duties in warning which side of the bed Mother Nature has woken up to influence our weather, her departure from CBS Lo...

“Gabby has fired you”. For many people, being fired as the assistant to a Dog may have ended their career. But not the guest on this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar . Writer, actor, TV therapist and big winner on Scrabble Terry Ray talks with Patrick Evans and Randy Florence . Terry has gone on to write 11 TV Movies, an award-winning short Film and the longest running play in Palm Springs...

On this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar with Patrick Evans & Randy Florence , the hosts talk with entertainment industry giant Garry Kief , who has been visiting or living in the Coachella Valley since his school days. Kief is the CEO of Stiletto Entertainment , where he pioneered marketing and merchandising for some of the music industry's greatest performers, created theatrical perf...

The agency responsible for attracting visitors, conventions and even airlines to the desert oasis of Greater Palm Springs, CA is Scott White . As the President and CEO of Visit Greater Palm Springs , he and his team of five dozen have effectively continued to expand the region as an international destination. Hear about their challenges, success stories, and how they persevered through the pandemi...

He's got a pretty cherry gig for a guy who was a banker in Cleveland, Ohio and blindly moved to California not knowing if that might work out. Initially a contributor to the Coachella Valley Independent , he would later be the personal-pick of renowned columnist and culture writer Bruce Fessier at The Desert Sun as his replacement. Brian Blueskye found himself in the coveted role of reporting on e...

Music and entertainment are in her blood. This week’s special guest on Big Conversations, Little Bar with Patrick Evans and Randy Florence is someone who in her half-dozen years in the Coachella Valley has become a desert sensation. Her name is Kellee McQuinn , but many people know her best as DJ Mod Girl . Her relationship with Palm Springs began as a girl in the 1980s after her BFF and soulmate...

The Desert Sun 's golf writer for nearly four decades, Larry Bohannan is an institution spanning column inches and 18-hole golf courses across the Coachella Valley and around-the-world. He joins Patrick Evans and Randy Florence on this episode of Big Conversations, Little Bar from Little Bar in Palm Desert, CA.

He grew up in Santa Barbara and she was raised in Upstate New York. Both would end up on a pathway that brought them together years ago in the Coachella Valley. Tim Gross is a veteran musician who has been most active playing the keyboard for Rick Springfield all around the world. Melissa Neiderman has been nicknamed the Palm Springs Princess as her philanthropic community involvement has been ove...

March 18th, 2022. It was a big day in the music world, but you might not have been aware of it. Cary Baker retired from a 42-year career as a music writer, performer, and a publicist for some of the most iconic musicians and entertainers. On this episode, Cary drops by Little Bar for a big conversation with Patrick Evans and Randy Florence . From hosting a Blues show on his high school radio...

Fred Bell is the Managing Director and a member of the Board at the Palm Springs Air Museum . Throughout his tenure with this historical gem of an institution, he has helped to grow attendance, support and the vast array of military aircraft on display. That includes the overseeing of one of a handful of rare donations by the U.S. Department of Defense of a retired F117A Stealth Bomber now on disp...