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129 - Dorothy Lazard, Writer, Librarian, Public Historian, and the Author of What You Don't Know Will Make a Whole New World
Dorothy Lazard is an American writer, librarian, and public historian based in Northern California. Her new book is What You Don't Know Will Make...
128 - Benno Herz, Program Director at the Thomas Mann House and Editor of Thomas Mann’s Los Angeles: Stories from Exile 1940–1952
Today we have Benno Herz on the program. Benno Herz was named Program Director at the Thomas Mann House, Los Angeles in spring 2022...
127 - Randy Dotinga, Tales of San Diego Past and Present
Today, we have Randy Dotinga on the show. Randy has been a freelance writer since 1999 and specializes in health/medicine, politics, books, and the...
126 - Dr. Donna J. Nicol, Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action
125 - Andrew Alden, The Geology of Oakland
Today we have Andrew Alden on the show. Alden is a geologist and geoscience writer who has worked for the US Geological Survey and...
124 - CA and the Civil Part VII
In this final episode, we discuss the end of the Civil War, and I recommend some further reading.