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County Superintendent, Mono County Office of Education, Mono County, CA

Stacey/Christopher, Mono County Office of Education/Mono County Library


    • Dec 22, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 55m AVG DURATION
    • 96 EPISODES


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    Cardinal Christmas Village, How We Choose our Books, the Fun Shop's Camille Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 73:23


    Christopher and Stacey chew on getting prepped for the holidays by touring the Cardinal Christmas Village (outside Bishop), reveal all of their 'tricks' in a recounting of the many ways they find new books to read, and, finally (the prime slot), have a great, ranging conversation with Camille Miller, of the Mammoth Fun Shop.

    2023 Top Reads With Dave Leonard of the Booky Joint

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 78:32


    Christopher, Stacey, and Dave Leonard (Owner, Booky Joint in Mammoth) get together to discuss their top reads of 2023. Their 5th celebration together!

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    Axe Throwing; Graphic Memoir This Country; Senior Tech Teacher Matt Ulery

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 53:51


    The adventure: Axe Throwing (you heard right)! The book: graphic memoir This Country. The guest: senior tech teacher (and general renaissance guy) Matt Ulery.

    The Lure of Tahoe; McBride's Heaven and Earth Grocery Store; Mono's Beth Long

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 52:32


    This episode: a chat about nearby Lake Tahoe, a back and forth over James McBride's Heaven and Earth Grocery Store two thumbs up!!), and a visit with Lee Vining Branch Librarian and Fish Scientist Beth Long.

    Mono Arts Council's Art & Wine Events; Disney On the Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 25:50


    Christopher and Stacey talk about (stuff and) the Mono Arts Council's Art & Wine events (Bob Ross' Paint-Along), and then take a look at Disney On the Mountain, a new book considering Walt's attempts to establish his own ski resort.

    Rock & Rye; Young Adult Reads; Mono Cty Supervisor Lynda Salcido

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 50:43


    It's Mammoth's Rock & Rye for adventure this time, a delve into Stacey and Christophers' current YA picks, and a conversation with Mono County Supervisor Lynda Salcido.

    Early Bridgeport Justice; "Romance"(-ish) Reads; Eastside Bake Shop's Elizabeth McGuire

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 50:04


    Early Justice in Bridgeport, CA, as recounted by the plaque outside Ken's Sporting Goods; Steven Rowley's The Celebrants and Curtis Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy; and Eastside Bake Shop's Elizabeth McGuire.

    What We Did Last Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2023 37:56


    Tons of chat on what Stacey and Christopher did last summer, inside and out, and including TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful, Lindsay Lynch's Do Tell, and Bogie and Bacall, by William J. Mann

    Early Hikes, Indy Bookstores; Summer Reading Lists; Mammoth Lakes Recreation's Kim Anaclerio

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 42:57


    This episode it's early summer hikes and independent bookstores, intended summer reads, and a visit with Mammoth Lakes Recreation's Kim Anaclerio.

    Mono's Excess Water, Rebecca Makkai's Latest, The Sheet's Charlie Pike

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 48:08


    Christopher and Stacey talk about Mono's bountiful springtime water, compare notes on Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions for You, and talk small-town newspapers and migration to Mammoth with The Sheet's Charlie Pike.

    Journey to Deadman, Sarah Maas' "Court of Thorns and Roses," Mono Basin's Catherine Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 40:18


    Christopher and Stacey explore the history behind Deadman's Summit, make a rare venture into fantasy with Sarah J. Maas' "A Court of Thorns and Roses," and chat things Mono Basin with State Park Interpreter Catherine Jones.

    Flowers in the Alabama Hills, Recent Nonfiction Picks, and June Lake Jam Fest Founder Janet Hunt

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 76:28


    Christopher recounts his weekend trek searching for wildflowers, both hosts discuss recent nonfiction reads (Reeve's Of Boys and Men, Goucher's The Longest Race), and June Lake Giant Janet Hunt lays out the upcoming June Lake Jam Fest (and more).

    Snowshoe Meeting; Kevin Wilson's Now is Not the Time to Panic; DeChambeau's Paul Mcfarland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 56:46


    Stacey and Christopher step out of the office for a meeting on snowshoes, go back and forth on O2S's favorite Kevin Wilson's Now is Not the Time to Panic, and then talk the DeChambeau Creek Foundation's Paul McFarland.

    Mono's Winter Travails; Books Read Lately; Mono Superior Court Admin Les Perpall

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 60:38


    Christopher and Stacey dive headlong into Mono's Meteorologic Misery, talk about their favorite recent reads, and then question Les Perpall, Mono Superior Court Executive Officer.

    Mono Pogonip; Emma Straub's This Time Tomorrow; High Sierra Energy's Pam Bold

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 54:28


    Stacey and Christopher lament the Mono Pogonip, chew on Emma Straub's "This Time Tomorrow," and learn about the High Sierra Energy Foundation from director Pam Bold.

    Death Valley Inn; John Irving's Latest; Mono Probation's Dylan Whitmore

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 56:05


    The duo chat Christopher's recent Death Valley visit, chew on John Irving's The Last Chair Lift, and quiz Mono 'lifer' and Probation Supervisor Dylan Whitmore.

    Books We Read Over Holiday Break

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 32:25


    Stacey and Christopher tell about their recent reads to kick off 2023.

    The Best of 2022! With Dave Leonard...

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 79:38


    For the fourth year in a row, Christopher, Stacey, and the Booky Joint's Dave Leonard come down with each of their five favorite reads in 2022.

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    A Visit to Fish Lake Valley; Vladimir, by Julia May Jonas; Author Stacey Powells

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 62:05


    Christopher chats up a recent visit to Fish Lake Valley, Stacey and Christopher talk over the recently released Vladimir, by Julia May Jones, and Stacey Powells stops by for a conversation about her new book Empty Cupboards.

    A Restaurant Adventure; Favorite Cookbooks; MUSD Board President Alonso Escobar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 63:58


    It's all about FOOD! Stacey and Christopher talk local restaurant favorites, describe some excellent cookbooks, and sit down for a conversation with MUSD School Board President Alonso Escobar.

    The Bishop Pumpkin Patch; Books We Wish...; KMMT/KRHV's John DeMaria

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 59:17


    A trip down US 395 to the Bishop Pumpkin Patch, a discussion of 'Books We Wish We Could Read Again for the First Time," and a chat with KMMT/KHRC's John DeMaria.

    Mary's Grave; What We're Reading; Tri-County Fair CEO Jen McGuire

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 39:09


    A visit to Mary's Grave in Mammoth starts things, followed by a consideration of what Christopher and Stacey are reading lately (Mercury Pictures and Love & Saffron, respectively). They then dig into the Tri-County Fairgrounds, down in Bishop, with CEO Jen McGuire.

    Mammoth Earthquake Fissure; Favorite Thrillers; MAC's Kristen Reese

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 48:19


    C&S try not to fall in (the Mammoth Earthquake Fissure), discuss their forays into the thriller/mystery genre, and catch up with the Mono Arts Council's Kristen Reese.

    Destruction Derby(!); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and...; Mammoth's Matt Toomey

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 60:12


    Christopher gets dirty at the Destruction Derby down at the Tri County Fair, Stacey and Christopher consider Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Mammoth restaurateur Matt Toomey chats books, games, life philosophy, and Michigan's UP with S & C.

    We're BACK! Season 4!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 42:19


    Stacey and Christopher dive into season four with a fly by of their favorite summer reads.

    Thr-Thr-Thr-Thrillers; Mayor Pro Tem John Wentworth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 55:00


    This episode hosts Christopher and Stacey bite down on some of their favorite thrillers, and then take up conversation with Mammoth Lakes Mayor Pro Tem John Wentworth.

    Armchair Travel Reads; Eastern Sierra Pride's Wils Cain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 64:54


    Back in front of REAL MICS(!!), Christopher and Stacey hash some good travel reads and pick the brain of Wils Cain, Board Member, Eastern Sierra Pride.

    Chuck Klosterman's The Nineties; Ass't District Attorney Dave Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 72:14


    Two Gen Xers (Stacey and Christopher) take on Chuck Klosterman's The Nineties, then turn their attention and conversation to Dave Anderson, Mono County Assistant District Attorney.

    Current Bedside Books; Firends of the Inyo's Wendy Schneider

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 56:39


    Christopher and Stacey run down their current bedside table reads, and then introduce and interview the Friends of the Inyo's Executive Director, Wendy Schneider.

    Nick Offerman's Where the Deer..., First 5 Mono's Molly DesBaillets

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 61:28


    This time 'round it's discussion of Nick Offerman's Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, and a sitdown with First 5 Mono's Executive CEO, Molly DesBaillets.

    Pop authors/books from childhood; Mammoth Town Manager Dan Holler

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 63:33


    Christopher and Stacey chat bestselling authors who have passed into obscurity, and finish with a chat with Dan Holler, Mammoth Town Manager.

    Humorist David Sedaris; Mammoth's Juliana Olinka

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 67:36


    Christopher and Stacey start off by chatting about the enduring popularity of humorist David Sedaris and then finish the episode speaking with Mammoth's multi-talented Julian Olinka.

    Great Recent YA Picks; Mono County Public Health Nurse Jacinda Croissant

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 44:50


    Stacey brings intel on Ally Conde's Matched, Christopher weighs in on Amber McBride's Me (Moth); the two then move on to a great interview with Mono County Public Health's Jacinda Croissant.

    Mel Brooks/Katie Courics' Memoirs; SHINE's Susi Bains

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 55:29


    First off it's Mel Brooks and Katie Couric's memoirs, then C and S speak with Mono County SHINE's founder Susi Bains.

    Books On our Bedside Tables; MCOE Assistant Superintendent Tammy Nguyen

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 46:28


    Stacey and Christopher toss around current favorite books, and they later spend some time with Mono County Office of Education's Assistant Superintendent for Educational Services, Tammy Nguyen.

    New Year, New You: 2-0-2-2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 21:31


    Christopher and Stacey check up on each others' self-help selections for the beginning of 2022!

    Books of the Year 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 84:34


    Christopher, Stacey and Dave Leonard detail each of their four best book picks for 2021; check it out!

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    Paradise, by Lizzie Johnson; Author David Carle Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 57:29


    Stacey and Christopher look into Lizzie Johnson's 'Paradise,' and then move to an interview with Author David Carle for a little context on western wildfires.

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    Mary Roach's 'Fuzz'; Mammoth Lakes Co-Compliance Officer Rick Bellis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 61:33


    Christopher and Stacey talk up Mary Roach's books, her recent 'Fuzz' in particular, and then learn about Mammoth Lakes' resident wild critters with Co-Compliance Officer Rick Bellis.

    Ep36 Revisit: Tom's Place; Gift Books 2020; Mono Behavioral Health's Robin Roberts

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 79:02


    Christopher and Stacey visit historic Tom's Place (socially distanced, of course), talk about some of their late favorite gift books, and have extended chat with Mono Behavioral Health's Director Robin Roberts.

    More Personal Reads; Interview with Joe Griego, CTO for Mono Cty. Off. of Ed.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 71:10


    Christopher and Stacey throw out some more late favorites, and then switch over to chat with Joe Griego, Chief Technology Officer, Mono County Office of Education.

    The All-Time Best YA Lit; Checking in with Tessa, a YA

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 64:07


    Hosts Christopher and Stacey bat around several titles on (and NOT on!) Time's Best of YA Lit list, and then talk YA with Stacey's high school daughter, Tessa.

    Amanda Montell's 'Cultish'; Mono County's Clerk/Recorder/Registrar (Superstar!) Scheereen Dedman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 60:16


    Christopher and Stacey visit check out Amanda Montell's 'Cultish' and check in with Scheereen Dedman, one of Mono County's Hardest working folk...

    Taylor Jenkins Reid's Malibu Rising; Mammoth High School's Mike Hammers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 45:53


    The new title Malibu Rising gets the treatment in Christopher and Stacey's first segment of Episode 53; Mammoth music teacher Mike Hammers pays O2Starved a visit.

    They're BACK!! Christopher and Stacey return!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 37:32


    After a summer hiatus, Christopher and Stacey reconnect, tell all about their recent reads, and launch into another season of O2Starved...

    Stacey vs. Sagebrush; What We're Reading Now; Mono Libraries' Chalese Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 61:22


    Stacey and Christopher talk about mountain biking and delinquent sagebrush, discuss their recent reads/favorites, and have a long chat with Mono Early Literacy Coordinator Chalese Miller.

    Flo's Diner; George Saunders' Shorts; ESIA's Lauren DeLaunay

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 55:29


    Our duo lunch at Highway 6's iconic Flo's diner, throw George Saunders' Tenth of December around, and then sit down to a chat with ESIA's Lauren DeLaunay.

    FISHMAS!!, The Boys in the Boat, Mono Economic Devpt's Jeff Simpson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 54:20


    Stacey fills us in on the thrill of Fishmas 2021, speaks with Christopher about their recent read The Boys in the Boat, and talks shop with Mono Economic Development Department's Jeff Simpson.

    Big Trees in Chalfant; Books We've Wanted to Read; Conversation with Each Other

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 55:40


    The duo visit Big Trees Nursery, talk about books they've always wanted to read (and have now read), and chat with each other about what's going on at the Mono County Library and in the Mono County Office of Education.

    Benton Crossing/Hwy 120; Romance Books; MHS' Principal Annie Rinaldi

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 79:28


    Christopher describes an early spring traverse of the Benton Crossing; he discusses the Romance genre with Stacey; and the two finish interviewing Dr. Annie Rinaldi, Principal, Mammoth High School.

    Dogtown Mining Camp; Audio Books; Community Service Solutions' Amanda Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 58:53


    Christopher chats up the roadside marker for Dogtown (an early Eastside mining camp), Stacey and Christopher discuss some favorite audiobooks, and our hosts are joined in the third segment by Amanda Hoover of Community Service Solutions.

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