Laguna Talks

Diane Armitage is a nationally renown restaurant consultant and a gives us a rundown of the restautrant scene here in Laguna. 

Fire Chief Niko King updates us with fire safety after the devastating LA fires

Hans "No Way" Rey is a legendary mounatin bike who began as a trials rider in Europe, and later moved to America to take up mounatin biking. Over his 40 year career he's become one of most influential athletes in the sport. 

Denise DiNovi is a Hollywood Producer who grew up in Laguna Beach, and still calls it home. Denise shares her favorite songs from her youth, and how they impacted her life. 

Writer and podcast host of "Writers on Writing" and writer, political activist and PR consultant Barbara McMurray joined us on Takeover week to share their thoughts on the election, and life in Laguna. 

You may know him as the developer of cutting edge retail properties The Camp, The Lab, and the Packing House, but recently Shaheen retruned to his chilhood love of music, and spent much of the pandemic writing songs. Today he debuted several of them from his brand new album, a mix of ethereal world music inspired during his sabbatical in Croatia and Turkey. 

Laguna Beach Fire Chief spends the hour talking about his fire and emergency services career, and fire safety issues in Laguna Beach.

3 term Councilman Whalen is running for a 4th term. Here's his platform.

Animal Rights Activist Judie Mancuso is running for Laguna Beach City Council

Hallie is the former Executive Director of Laguna Canyon Foundation and is running for Laguna Beach City Council

Alex is the youngest person ever elected to the Laguna Beach City Council. But don't judge this ambitious public servant by his age. Alex talks about his first few months on Council, and the projects he is passionate about.

Laguna Talks with Connor Johnston and Nima Alipour, co-sponsors of the new Laguna Beach Ballot Initiative to bring a legal cannabis dispensary to Laguna.

Steve formed his iconic Southern California band Honk in 1970 and 51 years later is still playing (on occasion), along with his wife, Beth. They recently played the Coach House to a rousing ovation. Steve also scored 30 MacGillivray Freeman IMAX films, opened a martial arts studio in Irvine, plays with the Laguna super band 133, and is a great storyteller. We went well over the allotted 1 hour for...

Ex Laguna Mayor Paul Freeman doesn't hold back in his assessment of what has gone wrong with the remodel and restoration of Hotel Laguna.

Meet Jonathan Tufano, my predecessor here at KX radio with the weekly 6pm show "Deep Cuts." Jonathan is also an e-commerce specialist and cannabis entrepreneur who divulges the state of the industry.

Doug is the author of The Sprout Book, a comprehensive guide to sprouting at home and improving your health and wellbeing through these wildly nutritious foods.

Wendy & Ronny Barry lost their teenage sons tragically 24 years ago, but as Tibetan Buddhists they believed their boys would be reborn. Through an arduous search for clues, and adherence to Buddhist doctrine, they found them reincarnated as a girl in Florida, and a boy in India. And spent the next couple of decades being a positive force in their new children's lives. They just published a book ba...

Ariel is a producer and actress starring in MacGillivray-Freeman's latest IMAX film, "Into America's Wild." An indigenous Native American from Alaska, Ariel's family became the focus of Discovery Channel series, "Flying Wild in Alaska." She now wants to turn her focus on Laguna and develop content here.

Shohreh Dupuis is the Assistant City Manager of Laguna Beach. Her long career in city government has brought her to the city she loves. Shohreh shares the things she's most proud of, and the big challenges ahead.

Homegrown talent Lindsay Rosales is the chef / owner of Nirvana Grille. During the early days of the pandemic she noticed many grocery shelves were bare. So she leapt into action, launching a food co-op where she brought food to the community through her suppliers. Now she is helping a longtime customer with a apple / pear farm who cannot harvest his fruit because of the shutdown. So Lindsay spran...

Brotherhood of Eternal Love member Ronnie Bevan was one of the most prodigious smugglers of Afghanistan hashish in the 60's and 70's. His breathtaking exploits are detailed in his memoir Brotherhood Hashish. Ronnie and his loving wife (and sometimes accomplice) Wendy joined us for a lively conversation on smuggling, LSD, the real Brotherhood (correcting many of the myths), and their storied time i...

Laguna's most prominent multi-media artist Jorg Dubin is known for his broad array of sculpture, metal works, ceramics, pottery and painting. Never one to shy away from political statements, Jorg was recently invited to submit works for a pandemic related art commission. He we discuss the unusual results, and the state of art in Laguna.

Billy Fried interviews Congressman Harley Rouda live on the Promenade for a special episode of Laguna Talks.

Hans "No Way" Rey is a renowned international mountain biking legend who calls Laguna home. He discusses the recent influx of riders on our local trails and what the city can do to make it safer and better for all stakeholders.

Councilwoman Sue Kempf is the architect of the Forest Avenue Promenade, the temporary closure of our "Main St" to cars. She discuses how it all got done, and what we hope to achieve for the town.