Best californialandmarks Podcasts (2024)

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The Gathering of the Waters 43:02

3d ago43:02

43:02

Today we’ll feel and experience Beverly Hills featuring an interview with incredible Alex Rotaru!Alex Rotaru is an internationally known, multi-award winning filmmaker. A polymath born in Romania, he moved to the US after a successful career in film acting which led to the highest distinction available to Romanian young actors, to pursue a degree i…

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From Honeymoon to Whitley Heights 39:41

18d ago39:41

39:41

Today we’ll feel and experience Whitley Heights featuring an interview with amazing Gaby Santinelli!Gaby Santinelli, born in Manhattan, trained in acting and singing at Interlochen Arts Academy, Northwestern University, and Mannes School of Music. She also trained at the Atlantic Theatre Company in NYC and in the Meisner Technique in London. Living…

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A Love Letter to Bronson Canyon 37:29

1M ago37:29

37:29

Today we’ll feel and experience Bronson Canyon featuring an interview with wonderful Russell Brown!Filmmaker Russell Brown’s body of work includes five narrative features, two full-length documentaries, and a number of well-regarded narrative and documentary shorts. His feature films have opened theatrically in select cities to favorable reviews af…

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Becoming Human Through Neutra's Architecture 35:49

2M ago35:49

35:49

Today we’ll feel and experience Richard Neutra’s architecture featuring an interview with esteemed Dr Raymond Neutra!Dr. Raymond Neutra is the youngest son of Richard Neutra. After a public health career in environmental medicine and epidemiology at several universities and the California Department of Public Health he has been drawn back to the le…

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Life is short, let’s finish dinner and go to Palm Springs! 39:47

2M ago39:47

39:47

Today we’ll feel and experience Palm Springs and will get an overview of Los Angeles Landmark restaurants in the interview with inspiring George Geary!George Geary is passionate about history, cooking and conversancy. He loves to share that passion with others. He brings humor, energy and experience to every personal appearance across the country a…

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Victor Girard’s Mirage in the Valley 35:09

2M ago35:09

35:09

Today we’ll feel and experience Woodland Hills featuring an interview with incredible Alan K Rode!Alan K. Rode is an American film scholar and preservationist, cinema host, producer, charter director and treasurer of the Film Noir Foundation and a co-host of the NOIR CITY, Hollywood and Chicago film festivals. He has been the producer and host of t…

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The Tale of Sherman Oaks 34:55

3M ago34:55

34:55

Today we’ll feel and experience Sherman Oaks featuring an interview with remarkable Anthony Mohr!Anthony J. Mohr served for 26 years as a judge on the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, and also sat as a judge pro tem on the California Court of Appeal. In January 2021, he became a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Ha…

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The Happiest Place in California 32:03

3M ago32:03

32:03

Today we’ll feel and experience Disneyland followed by an interview with incredible Rosanna Norton!Rosanna Norton is a renowned costume designer. She earned a nomination, alongside Elois Jenssen, for Best Costumes at the 55th Academy Awards for her exceptional work on the film "Tron." Her creative contributions extend to various iconic films, inclu…

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Los Angeles' Journey from Isolation to Celebration 34:34

4M ago34:34

34:34

Today we’ll feel and experience the Rose Parade followed by an interview with wonderful and innovative Paul Jenkins and Evelisa Genova!As a Los Angeles native, Paul Jenkins has a deep connection to this vibrant city, where he has lived most of his life. He holds a degree in Construction Management from CSLUB and is a Certified Construction Manager …

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Shakespeare’s Taming of Griffith Park 37:42

5M ago37:42

37:42

Today we’ll feel and experience Griffith Park featuring an interview with incredibly talented David Melville!David Melville is co-founder and Managing Director of ISC (Independent Shakespeare Co.). He is the writer and composer of Red Barn, which performed in the Independent Studio in the fall of 2012 (redbarnthemusical.com). With ISC, he has playe…

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Julian’s Tales From Gold Rush to Apple Pies 38:41

5M ago38:41

38:41

Today we’ll feel and experience Julian featuring an interview with amazing Michael and Janessa Cotugno!Michael C. Cotugno, Esq., M.A. in Spiritual Psychology, founder of Conscious Divorce Michael has been a practicing attorney in California since 1996, and a trained mediator since 1998, focused almost exclusively on family law. He obtained his Mast…

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“The First Bread on the Moon” 38:50

6M ago38:50

38:50

Today we’ll feel and experience Helms Bakery District in Culver City featuring an interview with incredible Bernhard Mairinger!The first thing you notice about Chef Bernhard Mairinger is his height, for at 6’8” tall, he is arguably the tallest toque you’ll ever encounter. His towering size matches his culinary creativity, which has made him a stand…

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Sunland-Tujunga Chronicles: From Little Lands to Hyphenated Unity 42:43

6M ago42:43

42:43

Today we’ll feel and experience Sunland-Tujunga featuring an interview with wonderful Lila Bassior!Lila Bassior is an LA-based sound bath facilitator and 500-hr certified yoga teacher with over eleven years of teaching experience. Lila loves creating mindful, relaxing and restorative experiences for people by helping them celebrate all kinds of eve…

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Multi-Family Marvels of Los Angeles and Santa Monica 36:46

6M ago36:46

36:46

Today we’ll feel and experience multifamily housing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica featuring an interview with amazing Frances Anderton!Frances Anderton is the author of Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles, published by Angel City Press, and winner of a Gold award for best Regional Nonfiction from Foreword Reviews. Common Ground has …

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Los Angeles: Where Walls Tell Stories 34:30

7M ago34:30

34:30

Today we’ll feel and experience the history of murals in Los Angeles followed by an interview with wonderful Rio Diaz!Río Díaz is a Curator and Painter with a deep passion for social representation in Public Art. Her murals adorn schools in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. She has curated exhibitions at The Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, UCLA’s Po…

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"Blossom in Every Corner: the Garden and Life of Alla” 41:32

7M ago41:32

41:32

Today we’ll feel and experience the Garden of Alla followed by an interview with incredibly gifted Romy Nordlinger!Romy is an NYC based Actor, Playwright/Screenwriter and Audiobook Narrator. Some recent TV roles include guest and co-starring roles on Bull, Manifest, FBI and Law & Order (Officer Talbor). She can be seen in numerous independent films…

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"Painting the Town: The Artful Spirit of L.A.” 44:24

8M ago44:24

44:24

Today we’ll feel and experience the artful spirit of Los Angeles followed by an interview with legendary Joan Agajanian Quinn!Joan Agajanian Quinn, a Los Angeles native, is a journalist, curator, collector and arts advocate. She was appointed the West Coast Editor of Interview magazine by Andy Warhol, and was Society Editor of Hearst’s Los Angeles …

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The City of Trees and Architectural Gems 41:53

8M ago41:53

41:53

Today we’ll feel and experience South Pasadena and the Garfield House followed by an interview with amazing Alex Winter!Alex Winter is a director, writer and actor who has worked across film, television and theater.Winter entered show business as a child actor with co-starring roles on Broadway in The King & I and Peter Pan, and came to prominence …

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Iconic Los Angeles Landmarks 40:32

8M ago40:32

40:32

Today we’ll feel and experience iconic Los Angeles landmarks followed by an interview with incredible Carolyn Hennesy!On television, Emmy Award winning actress Carolyn Hennesy has dazzled as the deliciously vicious Penelope Ellisa on ABCs critically acclaimed series REVENGE. She also joined the cast for the fifth season of the sleek vampires-meet-w…

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Along the streets of Brentwood 39:33

9M ago39:33

39:33

Today we’ll feel and experience Brentwood followed by an interview with wonderful Kelley Raleigh!Kelley is an unschooling mother, Intuition Coach, Certified Brain, Trainer and the Founder of KINDbrain Body & Brain Spa. She has had a soul nourishing career as a Director of various youth programs across the country and a Family Coach for teens/parent…

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The Art of Space 38:33

9M ago38:33

38:33

Today we’ll feel and experience Schindler House followed by an interview with amazing Tom Engle!Born and raised in suburban NY.First part of career Tom spent working on Madison Ave in advertising in magazine publishing working for Details, Esquire and Vanity Fair. After burning out on NY and advertising Tom relocated to Miami. As a Spanish speaker …

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“No dogs or actors allowed” 37:28

9M ago37:28

37:28

Today we’ll feel and experience Los Angeles and what it is like to be an actor in Hollywood followed by an interview with incredible Lee Purcell!Multi Emmy nominee, Lee Purcell, has done her director and producer hat as well as starring in virtual productions benefitting The Motion Picture and Television Fund (a 501 C3 charity).Ms Purcell just anno…

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The Lake of Silver 40:13

9M ago40:13

40:13

Today we’ll feel and experience Silver Lake followed by an interview with wonderful Charles Fleming!Veteran newspaper, magazine and television journalist Charles Fleming, most recently automobile and motorcycle reporter for the Los Angeles Times, is author of the bestselling Hollywood exposé High Concept, the novels The Ivory Coast, After Havana, T…

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The Freedom to Choose 35:26

9M ago35:26

35:26

Today we’ll feel and experience Freedom Farms in Creston, CA followed by an interview with amazing Dr. Marilyn Kroplick!Marilyn Kroplick MD is president of In Defense of Animals, a board-certified psychiatrist, and award-winning socio-political photographer.Since 2011, Dr. Kroplick has led In Defense of Animals’ powerful campaigns to end the dog me…

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“It can be done!” 40:59

10M ago40:59

40:59

Today we’ll feel and experience Universal Studios followed by an interview with magnificent and inspiring Nina Parker!Nina Parker is an American television journalist, television presenter and fashion designer. Parker co-hosts Nightly Pop on E!, a late-night entertainment news show that debuted in 2018.Nina was raised in Sacramento, California. She…

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Look for the Painted Ladies 35:26

10M ago35:26

35:26

Today we’ll feel and experience San Francisco and the Painted Ladies followed by an interview with remarkable Ruth Todd!Ruth Todd, FAIA, is a former president and board chair of the San Francisco–based Page & Turnbull, an architecture, planning, and preservation firm founded in 1973. Ruth studied at Clemson University and held a Richard Morris Hunt…

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Irvine Jamboree 38:33

10M ago38:33

38:33

Today we’ll feel and experience Irvine followed by an interview with wonderful Biff Baker!Biff (Harold) Baker grew up in East Providence, Rhode Island, with a love for languages, literature, and places. His Ph.D. dissertation in Comparative Literature was on representations of landscape in narrative and painting. After twenty years in education inc…

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From Paredon Blanco to a shared vision of inclusivity 36:54

10M ago36:54

36:54

Today we’ll feel and experience Boyle Heights followed by an interview with amazing John Padilla!John E. Padilla is a stand-up comedy show producer and film producer from Boyle Heights, CA. John is currently producing a docuseries entitled Joking G’s in collaboration with video production company Chicano Hollywood. The series is about previously in…

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Come, look at Marin County! 46:19

11M ago46:19

46:19

Today we’ll feel and experience Marin County featuring an interview with legendary Ken Cook!Ken Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture, U.S. food and farm policy and the nation’s broken approach to pr…

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The Thousand and One Nights of Alhambra 38:44

11M ago38:44

38:44

Today we’ll feel and experience Alhambra featuring an interview with incomparable Yolanda Gonzalez!Yolanda was born into a family whose artistic heritage dates back to 1877.Her world is one of curiosity, demonstrating her love of people and their surroundings.González’s travels in different countries, the bonds forged with individuals in thoseplace…

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Miles of miracle and light 36:24

11M ago36:24

36:24

Today we’ll feel and experience Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles featuring an interview with incredible Patti Lewis!Patti Lewis is a yoga student and teacher, mom to a human and a dog, married to an Italian, and loves hiking, the beach as well as snow. Patti wishes she was a better gardener, loves to read and loves eating brown rice and chips but n…

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Culinary Time Capsule of Old Hollywood 37:30

11M ago37:30

37:30

Today we’ll feel and experience Musso and Frank Grill featuring an interview with wonderful Andrea Scuto! Andrea has the honor to serve as the General Manager for Musso & Frank Grill and has been with the company since 2018. He considers Musso’s the pinnacle of his career as a restaurateur.Andrea Scuto was born and raised in Rome, Italy and moved t…

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Welcome to the Hotel California 38:33

12M ago38:33

38:33

Today we’ll feel and experience the Beverly Hills Hotel followed by an interview with legendary Yona Kunstler Nadelman and her incredible daughter Celina Nadelman!Yona Kunstler Nadelman was only 5 years old when the bleak years of World War 2 began and Nazi Germany occupied Poland. Separated from her parents, Yona left Poland, grew up in Paris, cam…

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“All Roads Lead to Culver City” 32:10

12M ago32:10

32:10

Today we’ll feel and experience Culver City followed by an interview with magicalHelane Anderson!Helane Marie Anderson is a transformational voice coach, singer, pianist, sound healer,musician, composer, energy healer, author, multi-instrumentalist and teacher. Herunique style of working with sound blends her years of studying healing modalities wi…

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The Mission Inn Memories 31:05

12M ago31:05

31:05

Today we’ll feel and experience Riverside and the Mission Inn Hotel followed by an interview with wonderful Sharon Newby Gilbert! Sharon was born and raised in Riverside. She spent some time away in Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida, but returned to Riverside in 1987. She loves the beauty, history, architecture, and fabulous location!Sharon has led a …

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The Brothers and their Dream 31:59

1y ago31:59

31:59

Today we’ll feel and experience Burbank and Warner Brothers studio followed by an interview with incredible Tita Hutchison!Tita has recorded and toured backing artists signed to major labels such as Capitol, Columbia, Sony, and Hollywood records, she's sung jingles, commercials, voice overs, demos, performed in bands of almost any genre you can thi…

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An Armenian in Glendale 29:50

1y ago29:50

29:50

Today we’ll feel and experience Glendale and the Armenian community followed by an interview with amazing and talented Award winning Costume designer and entrepreneur Mikael Sharafyan!Mikael was born into a family of artists and entertainers. His debut as a costume designer was in 2008, when he designed for a musical “Can Can” for the FIDM Debut Sh…

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Hollywood-by-the-Sea 32:25

1y ago32:25

32:25

Today we’ll feel and experience Oxnard followed by an interview with wonderful Carolyn Mullin!A Miami native of Mexican American descent, Carolyn Merino Mullin has 20 years' worth of experience in the nonprofit sector. Her work has been featured in the LA & NY Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, NPR, LA Weekly, Huffington Post, Bark Magazine, …

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Castle for Aimee 37:49

1y ago37:49

37:49

Today we’ll feel and experience Lake Elsinore and Aimee’s Castle followed by an interview with beautiful, warm and wonderful Valerie Geason. It all started with Jazz music for Valerie. She began singing at the age of 19. Valerie sang in front of her first audience trying to win scholarship money for college. From that point on she was bitten by the…

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California Dream 33:32

1y ago33:32

33:32

Today we’ll have a conversation with a 3rd generation Californian, wonderful Mike Rogerson.Mike was born and raised in Los Angeles, one of a long line of self-starting innovators and entrepreneurs. His 30 year real estate career has included work on a variety of projects in the most celebrated areas of California, from Iconic recording studios in H…

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The Immigrant who composed Los Angeles 38:10

1y ago38:10

38:10

Today we’ll feel and experience the life of Sergei Rachmaninoff in Los Angeles through an interview with incredible Dr. Keenan Reesor!Dr. Keenan Reesor is a musicologist and pianist, equally at home in the archive, concert hall, and classroom. As a scholar, he specializes in the music and reception of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and his research has taken…

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Good fortune for Ventura 36:08

1y ago36:08

36:08

Today we’ll feel and experience a beautiful city of Ventura, followed by an interview with wonderful Nicole Taylor!Originally from Los Angeles, soprano and Teaching Artist Nicole Taylor is a graduate of the Masters program at The Juilliard School in New York. Since her Carnegie Hall recital ‘debut in 2006, Nicole Taylor has won awards in internatio…

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Pearl of the Pacific 33:59

1y ago33:59

33:59

Today we’ll feel and experience “Pearl of the Pacific”, beautiful Santa Monica followed by an interview with a uniquely talented artist Melissa Meier. Melissa Meier's work confronts social and spiritual issues by incorporating mixed media sculpture into narrative assemblage. She is constantly working with new processes and structure, for example, w…

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What’s in a name? 28:29

1y ago28:29

28:29

Today we’ll feel and experience charming Marina del Rey, followed by an interview withamazing Mark Feller. Mark is a Climate Advocate and Sustainable DevelopmentAdvisor on environmentally driven projects. Mark will share with us what it feels like tolive in Marina del Rey.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maria.korpacheva.3 Instagram: https://www.…

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An Ode to Los Angeles 32:05

1y ago32:05

32:05

Today we’ll feel Los Angeles and its various perspectives, including its exploration in a conversation with very talented and beautiful Mika Newton. Originally from Ukraine, she came to Los Angeles in 2011 right after she won the 4th place in the international song competition Eurovision. Mika is a singer, songwriter and actress. A recent cancer su…

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Hieroglyph of the Human Soul 35:53

1y ago35:53

35:53

Today we’ll go on a journey to Malibu to explore and feel Hieroglyph of the Human Soul in the conversation with its creator a true modern Renaissance man, Leigh McCloskey!Leigh is an artist, author, well known actor and visual philosopher. His highly creative life has been devoted to exploring the symbolical, archetypal and hidden aspects of the ps…

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From Whittier to the White House 27:11

1y ago27:11

27:11

Today we’ll explore and feel Whittier followed by an interview with amazing Joanna Segoviano! Joanna Segoviano is a Home Stager with the Midas touch—everything she touches turns to gold. Owner and founder of Viano Decor – A Home Staging Company, this young millennial business woman made a splash since hitting the home staging scene a year ago, stag…

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A great place to live 31:27

1y ago31:27

31:27

Today we’ll explore and feel Will Rogers State Historic Park located in Pacific Palisades, followed by an interview with beautiful and remarkable Natasha Marin! Russian-born pianist Natasha Marin enjoys working as a soloist, with orchestra, chamber ensembles and piano duos. She was featured on the radio and TV, recorded and has been performing exte…

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From the bean field into the sky 27:19

1+ y ago27:19

27:19

Today we’ll explore and feel Los Angeles International Airport located in Westchester,followed by an interview with wonderful Russell Sakamoto!Russell is a Chief Accounting Officer of the Los Angeles Times. The views and opinionsexpressed in this podcast are those of Russell personally. They do not necessarilyreflect the views or positions of the L…

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Peace is women’s history 32:23

1+ y ago32:23

32:23

Today we’ll explore and feel the birthplace of California, Campo de Cahuenga located in Studio City, followed by an interview with an amazing musician John Storie!John is a jazz guitarist, music educator, composer and arranger based in Studio City, CA. His instagram is @jazzstorie and his website is www.johnstorie.com. He currently teaches at Pierc…

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