Leslie Stevens, of Scots-Irish and Norwegian descent, grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her mother, an English teacher passionate about women’s rights, and her father, a left- handed baseball pitcher and businessman, instilled in her a love for learning and tenacity. An athlete from an early age, Leslie competed in Junior Olympic gymnastics until age 11, when her family moved and she shifted her focus to dance, acting, and choir. Leslie made her Broadway debut at 17 as the ingénue lead in La Cage...

Meet Kateryna Mykytiuk, a creative force who started her journey at 12 with her first published article. By 15, she released a poetry collection and by 16, was working in television, becoming the youngest journalist to interview Ukraine’s Minister of Youth and Sports. Her career highlights include managing PR for Eurovision winner Jamala, creating projects for Edinstvennaya magazine’s charity foundation, and co-producing the award-winning show Vse Bude Dobre, which ran for 12 seasons. At 19,...

Today, we’ll experience Los Angeles featuring an interview with incredible Ryan Dusick! Ryan Dusick is a registered therapist, coach, speaker, founding drummer of Maroon 5, author of the book “Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery,” and host of The Harder to Breathe Podcast. His life has been a winding road from aspiring pop star with anxiety, to heartbroken alcoholic, to thriving mental health survivor and messenger of hope in recovery. Founding...

Today, we’ll experience Vroman’s Bookstore featuring an interview with indomitable Joel Sheldon! Joel Vroman Sheldon III is the owner and president of Vroman’s Bookstore, one of California’s largest and oldest independent bookstores, located in Pasadena. A graduate of Occidental College with a degree in psychology, Joel was a standout football player, earning Small College All-American honors. Joel met his wife, Jil, at Occidental, and they have two children who also graduated from the...

Today, we’ll experience Simi Valley followed by an interview with remarkable and inspiring Steve Strope! Steve Strope’s journey to owning Pure Vision Design, a renowned hot rod and muscle car fabrication shop in Simi Valley, California, is a story of passion, perseverance, and creativity. Raised in Apalachin, New York, Strope’s path to success had many twists and turns, including playing in his band, Twist of Fate, for eight years in the Triple Cities area. His love for music played a...

Today, we’ll experience Nat King Cole’s life in Los Angeles featuring by an interview with incredibly talented Eddie Wakes! From Walt Disney Theatrical to “La La Land”, Eddie has turned heads when he sings. Eddie’s life as a singer is the stuff movies are made of: from performing at the Super Bowl as a youngster, to being discovered years later singing on the street in Los Angeles by Hollywood A-listers, to performing for and with legends. That’s because when Eddie sings, he turns heads. As...

Today, we’ll experience Villa Aurora featuring by an interview with amazing Mary Mallory! Mary Mallory is an author, lecturer, and historian who focuses on early film and Los Angeles history. She is the author of four books, blogger for the LA Daily MIrror, and has written for such publications as American History magazine, Toluca Lake magazine, Discover Hollywood, Noir City magazine, Women Film Pioneers Project, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. She has lectured at 12 branches of...

Description in writing: Today, we’ll get a glimpse of the captivating history of the people who have shaped Los Angeles, followed by an interview with wonderful Susan Pomeranz! Through 40 years of being a marriage and family therapist, Susan knows there are no cookie-cutter therapies that can be applied overall to human beings. She draws from a vast array of skills and has been trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the Neurobiology of Addiction, Gestalt Therapy, Art and Movement...

Today we’ll feel and experience the history of live theatre in Los Angeles featuring an interview with incredible Christian Telesmar! Christian Telesmar is an educator, entrepreneur and actor on stage and screen, best known for his work in NCIS: LA, the Young and the Restless, and Animal Kingdom on TNT. In theatre, his work has included On the Other Hand, We're Happy by Daf James at Rogue Machine Theatre (named Best Production of 2022 by both the L.A. Times and the L.A. Drama Critics Circle)...

Today we’ll feel and experience Los Angeles in the 60s, 70s and 80s featuring an interview with legendary Prince Stash! Stanislas Klossowski de Rola is an Author, Entrepreneur, Actor, Singer, and Music Producer. He performed and worked with various bands including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Vince Taylor & The Playboys, during the Swinging Sixties in London, Rome, Paris, and Los Angeles. Made infamous for his arrest with The Rolling Stones founder, Brian Jones, his engagement to...

Today we’ll feel and experience Oakland featuring an interview with remarkable Fanny Ara! Fanny Ara is an internationally-sought after and award-winning choreographer, performer and instructor. Her most dedicated worldwide fans especially credit her as one of the driving forces of flamenco today; an artist excelling in the full spectrum of flamenco, from the most traditional to the avant-garde. Fanny has been an invited artist in national and international festivals and has toured...

Today we’ll feel and experience Sierra Madre featuring an interview with wonderful John Capoccia! John Capoccia served on the Sierra Madre City Council for two terms, 2012 to 2020, twice as Mayor. John retired in 2011 from AT&T, where he held engineering, managerial and leadership positions over a 27-year career. John is an avid tennis player and all-round outdoors enthusiast. He and his wife Marta have lived in Sierra Madre for 40+ years, where they have raised their three children,...

Today we’ll feel and experience Franklin Hills featuring an interview with wonderful Charles Papert! Charles Papert is a director and cinematographer, with credits including classic movies such as “American History X” and “Office Space” and episodic series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”, “Scrubs” and “Key & Peele”. He was also one of the creators of the 48-hour filmmaking festival concept. He enjoys exploring Los Angeles for its architecture, design and history and...

Today we’ll feel and experience Canyon Country featuring an interview with amazing Catina DeLuna! Catina DeLuna has been enjoying a successful and varied musical career since beginning to play the piano and sing at a young age. After completing a B.A. in Brazilian Popular Music at the prestigious UNICAMP University in São Paulo, Brazil, she founded two award winning groups: the vocal group Arirê, in which she was responsible for arranging, playing piano, and singing, and the group Serenata...

Today we’ll feel and experience Beverly Hills featuring an interview with incredible Alex Rotaru! Alex Rotaru is an internationally known, multi-award winning filmmaker. A polymath born in Romania, he moved to the US after a successful career in film acting which led to the highest distinction available to Romanian young actors, to pursue a degree in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - where he graduated at the top of his class with a 5.0 GPA and a degree in Theoretical...

Today we’ll feel and experience Whitley Heights featuring an interview with amazing Gaby Santinelli! Gaby Santinelli, born in Manhattan, trained in acting and singing at Interlochen Arts Academy, Northwestern University, and Mannes School of Music. She also trained at the Atlantic Theatre Company in NYC and in the Meisner Technique in London. Living in England for 15 years, she became a dual US-UK Citizen. Notably, she won a Best Supporting Performance Olivier Award for Jerry Springer The...

Today we’ll feel and experience Bronson Canyon featuring an interview with wonderful Russell Brown! Filmmaker Russell Brown’s body of work includes five narrative features, two full-length documentaries, and a number of well-regarded narrative and documentary shorts. His feature films have opened theatrically in select cities to favorable reviews after playing at more than 270 festivals around the world. His diverse filmography includes Loren & Rose, Mama Laura’s Boys, The 44 Scarves of...

Today we’ll feel and experience Richard Neutra’s architecture featuring an interview with esteemed Dr Raymond Neutra! Dr. Raymond Neutra is the youngest son of Richard Neutra. After a public health career in environmental medicine and epidemiology at several universities and the California Department of Public Health he has been drawn back to the legacy of his father and brother. He has been active in the preservation of the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences and several other Neutra projects....

Today we’ll feel and experience Palm Springs and will get an overview of Los Angeles Landmark restaurants in the interview with inspiring George Geary! George Geary is passionate about history, cooking and conversancy. He loves to share that passion with others. He brings humor, energy and experience to every personal appearance across the country and on luxury cruises. His lectures, classes and culinary tours are sold-out months in advance. His wit and humor make understanding culinary...

Today we’ll feel and experience Woodland Hills featuring an interview with incredible Alan K Rode! Alan K. Rode is an American film scholar and preservationist, cinema host, producer, charter director and treasurer of the Film Noir Foundation and a co-host of the NOIR CITY, Hollywood and Chicago film festivals. He has been the producer and host of the annual Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs, California since 2008 and has hosted numerous other cinema events. In addition to his...

Today we’ll feel and experience Sherman Oaks featuring an interview with remarkable Anthony Mohr! Anthony J. Mohr served for 26 years as a judge on the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, and also sat as a judge pro tem on the California Court of Appeal. In January 2021, he became a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University and is now a senior editor of the Harvard ALI Social Impact Review. His stories and essays have received six Pushcart Prize...

Today we’ll feel and experience Disneyland followed by an interview with incredible Rosanna Norton! Rosanna Norton is a renowned costume designer. She earned a nomination, alongside Elois Jenssen, for Best Costumes at the 55th Academy Awards for her exceptional work on the film "Tron." Her creative contributions extend to various iconic films, including "The Flintstones," "The Brady Bunch Movie," "Gremlins 2," and "Carrie." Notably, the unforgettable prom dress from "Carrie" remains etched in...

Today we’ll feel and experience the Rose Parade followed by an interview with wonderful and innovative Paul Jenkins and Evelisa Genova! As a Los Angeles native, Paul Jenkins has a deep connection to this vibrant city, where he has lived most of his life. He holds a degree in Construction Management from CSLUB and is a Certified Construction Manager and LEED Green Associate. Over two decades, Paul has specialized in managing construction projects, both innovative developments and meticulously...

Today we’ll feel and experience Griffith Park featuring an interview with incredibly talented David Melville! David Melville is co-founder and Managing Director of ISC (Independent Shakespeare Co.). He is the writer and composer of Red Barn, which performed in the Independent Studio in the fall of 2012 (redbarnthemusical.com). With ISC, he has played many of Shakespeare’s leading roles, including Hamlet, Richard II, Iago, Macbeth, Henry V, Benedick and Leontes. He also plays the clown, as...