In our 94th episode, the tables are turned, as Young Oak Kim Academy’s history teacher Marika Tripodes interviews us for a new program with students there. Our convo includes thoughts on J.T. the L.A. Storyteller as historicism, how one discovers and “protects” their story at an early time in their lives, connections between music and storytelling, and more. Yours truly’s audio is also grittier than usual for the chat; but in L.A., if it’s not gritty every now and then, it’s just not Los Angeles. Finally, the name of the self-portrait at the Getty center was of Rembrandt, circa 1628.
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