Notebook on Cities and Culture
(Formerly The Marketplace of Ideas.) Colin Marshall sits down for in-depth conversations with cultural creators, internationalists, and observers of the urban scene all around Los Angeles and beyond.
Author and screenwriter Jon Raymond A conversation with Jon Raymond, editor at Plazm magazine and author of the novel The Half-Life and the new short story collection Livability. With filmmaker Kelly Reichardt, Raymond co-adapted two of Livability's short stories into the critically-acclaimed feature films Old Joy and Wendy and Lucy.
Direct download: MOI_Jon_Raymond.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:33am UTC

Podcaster, blogger, critic and intellectual shock jock Edward Champion A conversation with Edward Champion, critic, host and producer of the cultural interview podcast The Bat Segundo Show, blogger behind Reluctant Habits and all-around "intellectual shock jock".
Direct download: MOI_Edward_Champion.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:41am UTC

Filmmaker Ramin Bahrani A conversation with filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, director of Man Push Cart, Chop Shop and the new Goodbye Solo. Roger Ebert calls Bahrani "the new great American director."
Direct download: MOI_Ramin_Bahrani.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:40pm UTC

Electro-acoustic musician Ethan Rose A conversation about using old technology to craft modern sounds with electro-acoustic musician Ethan Rose, whose newest album Oaks was recorded with a vintage 1920s Wurlitzer organ found in the skating rink at Portland's Oaks Park. Two tracks from the record are included in this broadcast.
Direct download: MOI_Ethan_Rose.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:55pm UTC