Albert Flynn DeSilver

Voices of the Valley Podcast & Radio Show

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Voices of the Valley is a podcast of the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, a human services, education, arts & events center situated in a small rural community twenty miles north of San Francisco. Voices of the Valley is about the power, diversity and mysteries of community. What does truly living in community mean to you? Twice a month we interview a dynamic and diverse cast of extraordinary ordinaries—people being people having a quietly profound impact on their local community. Along the way we learn what community can mean in 21st century America. From calloused-hand ranchers and west...

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Albert Flynn DeSilver

Episodes

The Deep Ecology of Community: An Interview With Paul Berensmeier 02.10.2024 52:45

Join us for a fasicnating episode on the wilderness of community featuring LIVE flute music by Paul Berensmeier. In this episode I talk with Paul Berensmeire about Deep Ecology, and how to keep your community wild. We discuss Paul's influential parents Lee and Jean who were instrumental in mobilizing the community to resist a proposal for massive development of our community. Lee was an inspiratio...

Community, Art & Environment: An Interview with Judith Selby Lang 21.08.2024 1:00:06

Join us for an incredible conversation with Judith Selby Lang about art, perception, beach plastic, and the importance of place. We talk about how one person's garbage becomes another person's brilliance, and how great art can not only change how we perceive the world, but how making art can also possibly save it! For some 25+ years, Judith Selby Lang has made the San Geronimo Valley her home....

The Heartbeat of Community: An Interview with Legendary Drummer Harold Jones 14.08.2024 59:58

Join us for an incredible interview with American musical legend, (and Woodacre resident) Harold Jones, where we talk about his collaborations with Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, and so many more! Harold Jones was born and raised in Richmond, Indiana and attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago on a scholarship, then took work where he could find it, including theaters an...

Welcome to Voices of the Valley: An Interview with Alexa Davidson 25.07.2024 58:09

"In community lies the heart of the world" In this fantastic innaugural episode I interview the new executive director of the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, Alexa Davidson; fourth generation Marin County resident who grew up in the San Geronimo Valley. We discuss our exciting vision for the podcast, a little history of her growing up in the valley, and what community means to Alexa. We also...