Long Beach Current Podcasts

Beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, Associated Students Incorporated will be hosting a Ping Pong Tournament in the main gym of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. The tournament is free to participate in and the winners will receive a prize. Soul and jazz pianist and singer Kandace Springs will be performing at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center on Friday, Nov. 8. Tickets are $45. T...

This week hosts Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman are joined by two colleagues from the sports desk at the Long Beach Current, Sports Editor David Ramage and Sports Assistant Alyssa De La Cruz. The four briefly discuss the World Series, the WNBA finals and the beginning of the NBA season. To everyone's surprise, De La Cruz, a Dodgers fan, mentions that she does not need them to win the World Serie...

On Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. a QTBIPOC Healing and Wellness Workshop will be held in PH1-230 to discuss the importance of wellness and healing as a QTBIPOC individual. From Oct. 28 through Oct. 31, Veterans Services will be hosting Halloween Movie Week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Veterans Services Office. Veterans Services will also be hosting Spooky Bowling on Oct. 29 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Last...

Teed Up host Matthew Gomez welcomes Long Beach State Hockey club players Alejandro Ruelas and Paul Wagner to discuss their experiences with club sports and how they differ from Beach Athletics. The players also discuss their early conference season success, starting 4-0. Ruelas and Wagner discuss the competition level and how the skill level at the college level differs from the junior leagues. Th...

The LGBTQ+ resource center is hosting Flags & Popsicles! at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at the CaPCE Courtyard on lower campus. Students can enjoy free popsicles that represent the colors of the LGBTQ+ flag. The next day on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. the LGBTQ+ Resource Center is collaborating with the Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi resource center for the Queer Pacifika Film Fest . Happening...

In this season's OUTober episode of Artist Banter, host Alex Gryciuk sits down with drag queen April Showers to discuss her career in the drag scene and how drag becoming mainstream has helped empower the LGBTQ+ and drag communities. April Showers has performed in and hosted drag shows for upwards of 13 years. In the episode, learn about how drag has changed since she initially started performing...

For the first episode with Long Beach Current podcast hosts in every seat, Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman are joined by Beach Weekly host Gianna Echeverria for her Teed Up debut. Echeverria recalls some of the fond memories she shared with family members and how they shaped her allegiances to her favorite teams. Because the NHL season is underway, Gomez and Echeverria talk about their shared Lo...

On Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. the LGBTQ Resource Center is hosting a LGBTQ+ Graduate Student Panel. Students from the LGBTQ+ community are invited to attend the panel in the Graduate Center within the University Library to hear about life after graduation from members of their community. Join Beach Balance for their Nutrition for Fitness Training event on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at...

Hosts Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman are joined by Zachery Durham and JayDe Beaudry, hosts of 22 West Media's "Footy Fridays," to discuss soccer both abroad and at Long Beach State and their careers in sports media on campus. Beaudry touches on his work on social media creating soccer content and his responsibilities as a broadcaster for 22 West, while Durham is in the midst of his final semest...

On Thursday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., campus couture, the thrift club, and students in fashion are having a Thrift Sale . The sale will be held at the Speaker's Platform in front of the University Bookstore. All month long Long Beach State is celebrating OUTober. Ash Preston, the assistant director of CSULB's LGBTQ+ Resource Center , joins Beach Weekly to elaborate on what OUTober means to...

Breaking down the music industry, this season's second episode of Artist Banter features host Alex Gryciuk and guest Maxim Adams, an audio engineer. In this episode, Adams outlines his typical workday as a concert mixer and music producer. Deeply involved in the local music scene, he further explains his frustrations with social media's impact on success. Though the journey to a professional caree...

This week, the hosts Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman are joined by a pair of Dodgers fans, Long Beach Current video assistant Junior Contreras and DodgersBeat writer Adrian Medina to talk Shohei Ohtani's 50/50 season, MLB playoff predictions and compete in a game of Immaculate Grid. Gomez and Coleman find the time to rant about their teams that have missed the playoffs: the Los Angeles Angels an...

Running from Oct. 2 to Oct. 13, the California Repertory Company will be putting on their production of Urinetown ! This dark-humored musical is about our rights, or lack thereof, to go to the bathroom. Shows during the week begin at 7:30 p.m., but on Saturday and Sunday, there will be daytime shows at 2 p.m. This hour-and-a-half show will cost $23 for students and $25 for non-students.  On Wednes...

This week, Teed Up hosts Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman are joined by former Long Beach State men’s volleyball player and current head coach Alan Knipe. After a trip to the NCAA championship game in 1990, Knipe was a key member of the 1991 team that returned the following year to beat USC to capture the school’s first men’s national championship. After a professional stint overseas, Knipe retur...

Starting the season strong, the first episode of Artist Banter features host Alex Gryciuk and guests from the B.F.A. Graphic Design program at Long Beach State, students Kai Marr and Cat Kinkela. In this episode, Marr and Kinkela delve into the process of applying to the highly selective program and their experiences with professors.  Though both had initially different starts to the program, Marr...

Associated Student Inc. Beach Pride Events is putting on a Y2K-themed trivia night on Tuesday, Sept. 24. This two-hour event takes place in the University Student Union Ballrooms and the top three winning teams will receive a prize for each member. This Thursday, Sept. 26 head to the ASI Beach Kitchen for Sustain U’s Pass the Plate event . This event is free but is limited to the first 12 students...

The hosts Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman are joined by Long Beach State’s Associate Athletic Director for Communications and Broadcast Roger Kirk who is a long-time fan of the show. Starting his journey out of college, Kirk highlights his time covering Minor League Baseball, making it to the Majors and working for the Minnesota Twins. He also discusses why he left the professional baseball scen...

This week, the Office of Belonging and Inclusion is hosting Cultural Welcomes @ The Beach. On Tuesday, Sept. 17 is Latine Welcome at 11 a.m. outside the bookstore at the Speakers Platform. On Wednesday, Sept. 18, also at 11 a.m. is the Queer and Trans Welcome at the USU North Lawn. Lastly, on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. in the USU Ballrooms is the American Indian and Pacific Islander Welcome . Ea...

Stepping away from interviews this week, hosts Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman welcome two familiar faces: Long Beach Current photo editor Samuel Chacko and former photo editor and Teed Up host Naoki Gima. With the NFL season beginning on Sept. 5, the hosts break down the opening game between Baltimore and Kansas City while checking in with resident Ravens fan, Chacko, about what he saw from his...

Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 10, join Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) at the Friendship Walk for their  Weekly Farmers Market . The event is held every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and everyone is welcome to shop for fresh produce or enjoy a snack from participating vendors. The Department of Theater Arts kicks off a series of improv shows, An Evening at the Beach , this Thursday, Sept...

In this season's second episode of Teed Up, hosts Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman are joined by LBSU Head Coach LaTanya Sheffield⁠ to talk about her experience helming the U.S. women's Track and Field team at the 2024 Paris Olympics and how experiences throughout her career have helped shape her into the coach she is today. Sheffield is entering her thirteenth season at Long Beach State...

Listen to this week’s episode of Beach Weekly as we are joined by a special guest updating us on the plans and goals for the LGBTQIA+ community at CSULB and beyond. Also more on events throughout Long Beach and how a major toy company plans to go green. Luna Veal, the LGBTQIA+ Affairs Commissioner for Associated Student Inc. (ASI), joins Beach Weekly to discuss further plans and events to improve...

Marking the podcast's return, Teed Up hosts Matthew Gomez and Matthew Coleman debut season four joined by the new Dirtbags head coach, TJ Bruce . Yet to make his official head coaching debut at Long Beach State, Bruce formerly played and worked as part of the Dirtbags staff for six seasons between 2004-2010. He highlights his relationships with Dirtbag legends Jered Weaver and Troy Tulowitzki...

Listen to the first episode of season 13 of Beach Weekly to learn more about changes to campus over the summer, end-of-summer events in Long Beach and the CSULB alumni and faculty who participated in this year’s Olympics. The first week back on campus is full of ways to connect with fellow students. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is hosting a Back to the Beach Breakfast on Wednesday, Aug. 28 from...

In Season 3 Episode 16 of Teed Up, the hosts Matthew Gomez and Naoki Gima sit down with Daily Forty-Niner Podcast Editor and producer Aidan Swanepoel and Video Assistant Steven Matthews to talk about their time being involved with the show. Aidan Swanepoel and Steven Matthews have played pivotal parts in making Teed Up what it is today. They sit down with the hosts to give the audience some behind...