The Best of 2017 - 26 minutes of snippets of some of the policies, persons and personalities that defined the Soul of California this year. In the following order:
UCLA's Donald Shoup on why company parking is massively unjust: Bassist Nathan East on picking up a guitar for the first time; Secretary Norman Mineta on being a “non-alien” of Japanese ancestry during WWII; Mural Queen Judy Baca on “getting caught” painting on her boss’s wall with gang members; Rocker Chuck Prophet on Bobby Fuller’s legacy and California Noir; Stanford's Clayborne Carson on Martin Luther King, Jr’s most memorable speech; Betty Reid Soskin and the reaction that her park ranger uniform evokes; Literary statesman T.C. Boyle on human nature and the dying off of a species; Jim Harris on the mythic ending of Route 66; Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez on what he would tell himself as a teen-ager; UC Berkeley’s Michael Dear on why walls don’t work; Biographer Earle Labor on Jack London’s farcical struggles with immediate and ultimate happiness; Writer Steven Provost on James Dean’s last meal (and speeding ticket); Novelist Dana Johnson on how well-told accomplishments and not-so-well-told accomplishments make some immortal and some (undeservedly) forgotten.Thanks for listening to the show this year. Please don’t forget to share. After all, it’s the holiday season. Grab a cup of something hot and strong and hit the play button….
Have a good holiday and a great new year.
Feed your soul. Keep listening.
