A Big Sur Podcast
A Big Sur Podcast
An ongoing conversation with people from near and far about Big Sur's past, present, and future. A Big Sur Podcast interprets “community” to mean ALL people from around the world who are curious about, and who care about, the preservation and restoration of the wild and rural character of Big Sur. Stories are told by visitors and residents, plumbers and linesmen, musicians and authors, dancers and jugglers and others. Sometimes we drift (way) off-topic into the arts, sciences, personal stories, gossip, politics, philosophy, ornithology, Henry Miller, and our zeitgeist in general. We like that!
The opinions expressed here belong to the people who express them. They may or may not line up with yours, mine, or your neighbor’s — and that’s exactly the point. Different perspectives, lived experiences, and even wildly clashing views are what make conversations worth listening to: enriching, infuriating, life-affirming, and sometimes all three at once.
If you are planning a visit to Big Sur and you listen to some of the folks on this Podcast talk about their love of the place your visit will probably be a lot more rewarding. Please email magnus@henrymiller.org with any comments, critique & suggestions.
Music intro clip courtesy John Holm: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DZ06evO0Rh2QU
Sound editing software by Hindenburg: https://hindenburg.com/
Please support the podcast by making a donation to the Henry Miller Library, a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization. Thank you!
Episodes
136 episodes
#36 Driving the Abano Pass in Georgia
This episode is unusual. (best with headphones!) I have been traveling in Georgia for three weeks and I am now in a small town, Oni, close to the border between South Ossetia (many Georgians prefer calling it the Tskhinvali Region),...
#35 First Violin in the Big Sur Symphony: Edwin Huizinga
EMAIL US with any comments, suggestions or ideas! Thanks!>>>>>>>>>>>>Edwin Huizinga; friend, violin player, music teacher, performer and im...
#34 Jack Kerouac at 100! Big Sur at 60! With Steve Edington and Jerry Cimino
The 100th Birthday of Jack Kerouac calls us to invite Steve Edington, author of the forthcoming book THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JACK: Tracking Kerouac in My Life, and Jerry Cimino, creator and owner of the BEAT MUSEUM in San F...
# 33 Novelist, Poet and Journalist Barbara Quick in a conversation with Magnus Torén
Please email us with any comments, suggestions, etc.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A conversation about writing, publishing, historica...
# 32 Author and Artist Robin Lee Carlson. THE COLD CANYON FIRE JOURNALS
Please e-mail comments, suggestions. >>>>>>>>>>>>Reserve a spot for our
# 31 Letters to Emil Schnellock from Henry Miller. A conversation with Michael Paduano.
Welcome to a great conversation about the creative process, the Rosy Crucifixion, Istanbul, Archival research, Black Spring, the art of letter writing and much more!Michael Paduano, who has been at the Library doing a remarkable job for...
# 30 The BiGSuRCuS, Burning Man, Fire Dance, Belly Dance, Rosalia and Jessica!
For more about the BiGSuRCuS and how to engage them go here:https://www.bigsurcus.com/ Ticket release TBAStay tu...
# 29 Indrajit Banerjee, Master Sitar player and Clay Caroon, Sitar student
“Even in the informal realm of a rehearsal space, Indrajit Banerjee resonates majesty.”…so begins a piece in the
# 28 Big Sur Woman, Sula Nichols
From Suffolk in the U.K. via Hydra in Greece to Big Sur. This conversation touches on a few places, people and events in the remarkable life of Sula Nichols of Big Sur.Friends and neighbors mentioned during the conversation:<...
# 27 Anders Lindberg, Political Editor-In-Chief, Aftonbladet, Sweden
This again is a departure from Big Sur and back to the war in Ukraine.I asked Anders Lindberg, the Political Editor-in-Chief of Aftonbladet, the largest newspaper in Sweden, if he would join us in A Big Sur Podcast to help us und...
#26 Professor Elizabeth Weiss. Anthropologist from San Jose State University currently locked out of a collection of bones.
EMAIL US - hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments.>>>>>>>>>>>>Magnus in a conversation with Professor and author Elizabeth Weiss from San J...
# 25 David Price. Update from Legnica, Poland.
EMAIL US - hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments.Support Our Podcast>>>>>>>>>>Got an update from David...
# 24 The Coasts of California w/ Obi Kaufmann
EMAIL US - hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments.Support Our Podcast>>>>>>>>>>Sometimes it is good to have...
# 23 Richard Hamlin Mole III / Surfing the pacific...living by the water.
EMAIL US - hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments.Support Our Podcast>>>>>>>>>>>>>Sitting by t...
# 22 A chat with neighbors Jake, Katie Rose, and Tristian about the newly reborn BIG SUR OPEN MIC!
Together, Jake, Katie, Tristan and Magnus, at the Henry Miller Library, talking about music, the beauty of music, and how it can make community thrive. We speak about the newly reborn OPEN MIC at MILLER'S! Share this:
#21 Emile Norman Arts Foundation. A conversation with Heather Lanier, Kim Stemler and Heather Rose Engen..
Email us: hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and/or comments.Support Our Podcast>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><...
# 19 From Fernwood to Krakow, Poland. Dear friend and neighbor Tom Lis.
A conversation with Tom Lis. Tom is well known in Big Sur as a main player for the loud PHRAT Boys and for tending bar at Fernwood Tavern with grace & style. He now liv...
#20 Welcome back David Price! A conversation with Magnus about Esalen, Acting, Music, Babatunde Olatunji, Family, Poland...
Email us hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments.Support Our Podcast>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...
#18 Jeffrey Lewis, Prof. at MIIS and author of The 2020 Commission, in a discussion about Nonproliferation, Nuclear arms, Biological warfare...
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# 17 Our friend David Price speaking to us from Legnica in Poland
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#16 Arthur Hoyle, author of The Unknown Henry Miller, A Seeker in Big Sur.
Email us hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments.Support Our PodcastSome links:
#15 Anna Vassilieva, Head of the Russian Studies Program at MIIS.
Email us hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments.Support Our Podcast>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...
#14 Sanna Björling, former Swedish foreign correspondent in Washington DC for Dagens Nyheter in a conversation with Magnus Torén.
We sit in a bar, at Benny Andersson's Rival, on Söder in Stockholm! I am speaking with Swedish author and journalist Sanna Björling. (Far from Big Sur, but as we have said, A...
#12 Peter Rosen: Flying with the Hawks!
Peter Rosen is a long time Big Sur resident. He is known for his extraordinary feats of hang gliding far above the Santa Lucia Mountains! In recent years Peter is also known for hauling trash out of Big Sur. We are only touching on a few things...
