Today, we have an episode with four amazing scholars, Dr. Lisa Barg, Dr. Tammy Kernodle, Dr. Dee Spencer and Dr. Sherrie Tucker, to discuss the life, signficance, and legacy of the Melba Liston, a pioneering jazz instrumentalist, composer, and arranger.
Here's a link to the introduction to the Melba Liston Research Collective
In the episode, we sketch a brief bio of the poet and writer Joaquin Miller and read some of his more famous poems.
In this episode, we continue our story of California and the Civil War by introducing the major conflict in the southwestern theater: Union Forces...
Today, we have Elaine Chukan Brown on the show. Brown is a writer, speaker, and global wine educator. Brown is the Napa Valley specialist...