HeyJaredOjai: Talk of the Town
A look at the community of Ojai - an astonishingly beautiful village of 7,500 people perched on the eastern edge of the Pacific Rim. From the people who bring you Ojai Quarterly, Ojai Monthly and Ojai Vortex.
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Once Upon a Time in Ojai: Why Stories Still Matter (opens the original)
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Why, in an age of TikTok, streaming video and infinite distraction, do we still gather in a room to hear one human being tell us a story? Ojai Storytelling Festival executive director Kara Martin joins Bret along with internationally acclaimed storyteller Noa Baum for a conversation about one of humanity’s oldest technologies: the well-told tale. They talk about why stories can reach places that facts and arguments sometimes cannot; the overlooked art of listening; whether shared stories still f
Reed Christy: The Life You Notice Is the Life You Have (opens the original)
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On June 27, 2023, Reed Christy was nearly killed in a motorcycle accident. He survived, but the crash cost him a leg and forced him into the long, difficult work of rebuilding a life he had once taken for granted. What emerged was more than resilience. It was attention. A lifelong athlete and fitness enthusiast, Reed had spent years valuing motion, discipline and performance. Recovery taught him something different: the power of attention. Of slowing down. Of being fully present for the people,
Andrea Brook: Music, Monarchs & Transformation (opens the original)
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What happens when you stretch 26 strings more than 60 feet across a room, turn an entire building into an instrument — and then follow the monarch butterfly migration with it? Andrea Brook is the creator of Sonic Butterfly, the enormous immersive long-string harp that has been played in some remarkable places, from Seattle’s Space Needle to Taliesin West and beyond. Its story began during a Day of the Dead performance in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where an encounter with the monarch migratio
Sean Kelly on Philosophy, Grateful Dead & A Life Well-Lived (opens the original)
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What do the Grateful Dead, punk rock, philosophy, sobriety and a great neighborhood tavern have in common? For Sean Kelly, quite a lot. The Philadelphia-born musician, restaurateur and new steward of Ojai’s historic Deer Lodge, who has also relaunched with Angie Edelsen the legendary Ranch House, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about the music that shaped him, the philosophers who challenged him, the strange alchemy of live performance, and what decades in the restaurant business have t
Chuck Graham: A Conservation Success Story Hiding in Plain Sight (opens the original)
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Writer, photographer and wilderness guide Chuck Graham returns to Ojai: Talk of the Town to take us into the wild world of Channel Islands National Park — a place he has spent decades exploring by kayak and documenting up close. We talk about some genuinely encouraging conservation victories, from the remarkable recovery of the Channel Island fox and the return of bald eagles to fascinating examples of natural selection unfolding before our eyes . Chuck also shares stories from years of paddling
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