Past Forward

A live recording of our educational podcast  The How, The Why  with Kathy Rodgers, Kirsten (Bruce) Meekins, Laura Beth Bachman, and Stacy Russo. This panel will share their stories behind the book  We Were Going to Change the World: Interviews with Women from the 1970s and 1980s Southern California Punk Rock Scene . Kathy Rodgers lives in Ventura. She was born and raised in Oxnard, California, whi...

Krista Marina is an alternative pop singer/songwriter whose music displays jazz, blues, and sometimes folk, influences. Her interest in songwriting sparked from the various music genres she explored growing up. Although artists like Amy Winehouse, Alicia Keys and Hozier inspire her, Krista has a niche style that is evident in her music. Sounds + Stories is an eclectic music series featuring live p...

A live recording of our educational podcast  The How, The Why  with Jonathan Lethem. Jonathan Lethem is the author of ten novels, including  The Fortress of Solitude,   Girl In Landscape , and  A Gambler’s Anatomy . His fifth,  Motherless Brooklyn , won The National Book Critic’s Circle Award. In 2005 he was named a Fellow of the Macarthur Foundation. His stories and essays have been collected in...

Today our podcast connects with Linda Abbit, author of The Conscious Caregiver: A Mindful Approach to Caring for Your Loved One Without Losing Yourself . She is the Community Outreach Manager for the innovative Mind and Memory outpatient program at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, CA. A former caregiver with twenty-five-plus years’ experience, her blog, Tender Loving Eldercare , has grown into a...

A live recording of our educational podcast  The How, The Why  with Lucille Lang Day and Dave Holt. Lucille Lang Day   is a co-editor of the anthology  Red Indian Road West: Native American Poetry from California , which has received awards from PEN Oakland and Artists Embassy International. She has published ten poetry collections and chapbooks, including  Becoming an Ancestor  and  Dreaming of S...

A live recording at The Last Bookstore with Richard Gaffin, Veronica Bane, Jon Frechette, and Ashley Heaton. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guests: Veronica Bane, Jon Frechette, Richard Gaffin, and Ashley Heaton

A live recording of our educational podcast  The How The Why  with Gabriel Gale and Ages of Oz . Produced in collaboration with Orange Home Grown and Tiddlywinks . Gabriel Gale is a Brooklyn, NY native and  the creator of Ages of Oz, which he started approximately 10 years ago, after graduating with a Bachelor’s in Fine Art from Cooper Union and a Master’s in Architecture from Columbia. He has wor...

Apollo Bebop , named after the Greek God of music and the intricately harmonic style of jazz, is a West Coast based band that formed in the summer of 2015 in Santa Ana, California. From the start, the group has aimed to revitalize the appreciation of Jazz music by incorporating the musicality of jazz with classic, yet contemporary, hip hop back beats. The quintet consists of drummer Donovan Cruz,...

A live recording of our educational podcast The How, The Why with Stephen Most. Stephen Most writes plays, books, and documentary screenplays. He has writing credits on four Academy Award “best documentary” nominated films and five Emmy-winning films. His book, River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin (2006) was made into a film that won a “best documentary” award at the American In...

Today our podcast connects with Taisia Kitaiskaia, author of Literary Witches ( Hachette / Seal ) and Ask Baba Yaga ( Andrews McMeel ), and Pushcart-nominated poet who has been published in Fence , Crazyhorse , Pleiades , and Guernica .     The How, The Why  is a half-hour podcast documenting the creative process and the creative purpose hosted by Jon-Barrett Ingels. This free weekly series is an...

James Spaite has been performing internationally since the age of 18 having toured in Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Hungary, and the US. While majoring in Psychology in college and working full time, Spaite would tour during the summers and play local San Diego shows on the weekends. He is preparing for the recording and release of his second album, “Outside” projected to release this comi...

A live recording of our educational podcast  The How The Why  with Martin J. Smith. Martin J. Smith is a veteran journalist and magazine editor has won more than fifty newspaper and magazine writing awards, and his crime novels have been nominated for three of the publishing industry’s most prestigious honors, including the Edgar Award, the Anthony Award, and the Barry Award. New York Times  bests...

Today our podcast connects with Akwaeke Emezi. Akwaeke Emezi is an Igbo and Tamil writer and video artist based in liminal spaces. Her debut autobiographical novel FRESHWATER ( Grove Atlantic , February 2018) has been reviewed by the Wall Street Journal ('[a] witchy, electrifying story of danger and compulsion') and the LA Times ('a dazzling, devastating novel'). It also received starred reviews f...

A live recording of our educational podcast  The How, The Why  with Peter McLaren. Peter McLaren is Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University . He is Co-Director and International Ambassador for Global Ethics and Social Justice of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project, the Donna Ford Attallah College of Education, Chapman University. He is also C...

A live recording of our educational podcast The How, The Why with Aaron James, author of Assholes: A Theory  published by Penguin Random House . He holds a PhD from Harvard and is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine . He is the author of Fairness in Practice: A Social Contract for a Global Economy  published by Oxford University Press , and was awarded the Burkhardt Fel...

Today our podcast connects with Lena Späth , author of Behind Closed Curtains: Interior Design in Iran . Lena was born in Munich, Germany, and enrolled in Middle Eastern Studies. She lived in Spain, Turkey and Iran and travelled a lot within the Middle East. You will find a tile from Iran, a carpet from Egypt and a lantern from Syria in her house. Before producing Behind Closed Curtains: Interior...

A live recording of our educational podcast  The How, The Why  with Jenna Rainey.   Jenna Rainey is the founder and lead designer, illustrator, calligrapher behind Mon Voir. She started her small but mighty illustration and design agency out of a love for art that began when she was very little. With a passion for the arts and a background in psychology, she strives to bring out the creativity in...

Today our podcast connects with Yaron Lifschitz. Yaron is a graduate of the University of New South Wales , University of Queensland and National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) where he was the youngest director ever accepted into its prestigious graduate director’s course. Since graduating, Yaron has directed over 60 productions including large-scale events, opera, theatre, physical theatre an...

[gallery columns="1" link="none" size="full" ids="32551,32550,32549,32548,32547,32546"] A live recording of our educational podcast  The How, The Why  with Neelanjana Banerjee, Anelise Chen and Q.M. Zhang. Neelanjana Banerjee is the Managing Editor of Kaya Press ; assistant editor with the Los Angeles Review of Books ; instructor with artworxLA and Writing W...

Today our podcast connects with Michael Heald, founder of Perfect Day Publishing , author of Goodbye to the Nervous Apprehension (Perfect Day), and writer at large for Runner's World magazine.  Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: Michael Heald Photo: Holly Andres     The How, The Why  is a half-hour podcast documenting the creative p...

Today our podcast connects with Zachary Auburn, author of books such as How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety ( Three Rivers Press ), A Field Guide to the Aliens of Star Trek: The Next Generation ( Devastator Press ), and Love is Not Constantly Wondering if You Are Making the Biggest Mistake of Your Life ( Perfect Day Publishing ), as well as various zines. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevi...

A live recording of our educational podcast  The How The Why  with our California Writing Residency 2017 recipients–William Deverell, Elline Lipkin, and Ruth Nolan. Gil Soltz, the founder of Yefe Nof, also joined the panel discussion. William, Elline, and Ruth also shared their thoughts on the residency: "The experience was simply fabulous.  It is the longest period of my life where I have be...

Today our podcast connects with Michael Hingston and Natalie Olsen, co-publishers of Hingston & Olsen Publishing . Michael Hingston is also the editor of Hingston & Olsen, writer, and author of The Dilettantes ( Freehand Books ) and the upcoming Let's Go Exploring: Calvin and Hobbes ( ECW Press ). Natalie Olsen is also the designer of Hingston & Olsen and Kisscut Design , and has desig...

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="32099,32098,32097,32096,32095,32094"] A live recording of our educational podcast  The How The Why  with Taryn Tilton, the winner of The Plaza Literary Prize 2017. This event celebrates the release of her novella Cherry Cherry with a panel discussion featuring Michael Dean Clark who was on the 2017 Jury and h...

A former college and professional basketball player, Paul turned the stories of his travels and travails into a humor memoir called Can I Keep My Jersey? ( Villard Books ). He has also written for Slate , Esquire , and the Wall Street Journal . Paul lives in Los Angeles, where he is an adjunct professor at West LA College . He runs a writers' workshop called Writers Blok . His second book, Stories...