Hosted by Bret Bradigan · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 302 episodes
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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.
Bret Bradigan hosts Ojai: Talk of the Town, a society show with 302 episodes published.
Few experiences shape us more profoundly than love and loss. In this encore episode of Ojai: Talk of the Town , acclaimed author Laurel Braitman reflects on the deeply personal journey behind her memoir, What Looks Like
How does the daughter of Chinese immigrants become one of the most influential figures in Hollywood? In this wide-ranging conversation, Bret Bradigan sits down with Academy Award-winning producer and former Academy Presi
This week we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations from the Ojai Talk of the Town archives: an interview with the late George S. Stuart, one of Ojai's most remarkable artists and storytellers. For more than sev
This week we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations from the Ojai Talk of the Town archives: an interview with the late George S. Stuart, one of Ojai's most remarkable artists and storytellers. For more than sev
What happens when world-class art takes root far from New York, Los Angeles, and other cultural capitals? In this episode of Ojai: Talk of the Town, Bret Bradigan sits down with Mark Weiler, Executive Director of the Nem
For nearly four decades, the Ojai Film Society has been bringing people together through the shared experience of watching great films outdoors, in community, and for free. In this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, Bret
This special episode lives up to that designation. Yesterday, Ojai lost one of its most accomplished and respected citizens, Al West, who passed away at the age of 94. Today we're revisiting a conversation from our archi
At 88 years old, Joan Virginia Allen has little interest in slowing down. In this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, Bret Bradigan sits down with the author of Navigating Dynamic Aging to explore what it means to remain e
On this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, Bret Bradigan welcomes returning guest Mark Frost — bestselling author, co-creator of Twin Peaks, and author of the new historical work Yankee Sphinx. The conversation begins wit
What if grief isn’t something to “get over,” but something that reshapes how we see, feel, and move through the world? In this episode, returning guest Lila Glasoe Francese discusses her new book Life Amplified: The Sear
In this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, Bret Bradigan sits down with Richa Badami — actor, director, and founder of the Living Theatre Academy of Dramatic Arts in Ojai — whose journey runs from the intensity of the Ind
What does it take to finish a record that’s been living in your head for two decades? In Episode 284, Jim Exon traces the long arc of Nashville Sessions — a country-leaning album shaped by time, persistence, and a deep b
There are lives that flicker. And there are lives that catch—passing their light from one person to the next until you can no longer trace where it began. Nathan “Nate” Rhoades was the latter. In Episode 283 of Ojai Talk
5 Years Later: Cassandra C. Jones and the Evolution of Taft Gardens Five years ago, we sat down with artist and curator Cassandra C. Jones as she was beginning to shape a bold idea at Taft Gardens — an artist residency t
What do a Napa Valley farm, Stanford University frat life, Fortune 500 boardrooms, and the Ojai stage have in common? Clay Creasey. In this wide-ranging and unexpectedly fun conversation, Clay traces his journey from ear
What if art wasn’t an elective — but the foundation? On this special episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, I sit down with Lis Austin of Besant Hill School to explore a model of education where creativity isn’t an add-on, bu
Lawrence Yee has spent more than three decades working at the intersection of agriculture, water, and the complex systems that sustain both. His résumé runs deep —U niversity of California Cooperative Extension, founder
After helping shape one of the most adventurous music festivals in the world, Ara Guzelimian is taking his final bow in Ojai. In this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, we sit down with the artistic and executive director
When Jack Piatt and partner David Breschel first joined Ojai Talk of the Town last year, Singers was a promising short film — ambitious, disciplined, and quietly powerful. Now, it’s an Academy Award winner, in a stunning
In this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, we sit down with photographer Joe Sohm and acclaimed composer Peter Boyer to explore their sweeping new collaboration, American Mosaic — a multimedia concert work created in the
Mark Frost
bestselling author, co-creator of Twin Peaks, author of Yankee Sphinx
1 appearance on this show
Gay Hendricks
Author & Practitioner of Happiness, Enlightenment and Love · Hendricks Institute
1 appearance on this show
Adam Taylor
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Michigan State University · Marmot Recovery Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Malcolm McDowell
Actor, Last Train to Fortune (LTTF)
1 appearance on this show
Tom Maloney
Executive Director · Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
1 appearance on this show
Tom Lennon
Type-1 Lifting
1 appearance on this show
Stacey Jones
coordinator of the Doctor of Nursing Practice program · Veterinary Behavior Center
1 appearance on this show
Bob Evans
Founder and Host of Cloud Wars · Capital Children's Museum
1 appearance on this show
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