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Matt Nothelfer is a Committee Member of the Borrego Springs Film Festival and working documentary filmmaker.In this conversation, Matt talks:* Why small, community-driven festivals like Borrego Springs offer some of the best experiences for indie filmmakers.* How the festival creates a filmmaker-friendly environment: lounge, home-baked food, networking, and long Q&As.* The “secret weapon” of Borrego Springs: a local audience that fills a 180-seat theater from morning to night.* Why early-bird submissions matter—and when they don't.* How to spot scammy or low-value festivals on FilmFreeway through community presence, transparency, and online footprint.* Why filmmakers should focus more on storytelling and theme than technical perfection.* The blind-submission, five-category review process Borrego uses to evaluate films fairly.* Why small festivals often have the highest acceptance chances—300 submissions, 70–80 selections.* How writing a thoughtful, festival-specific cover letter can move a film from “maybe” to “yes.”* Advice to emerging filmmakers: avoid chasing 100 meaningless laurels and instead pursue festivals aligned with your goals.Thanks for reading The Creativity, Education, and Leadership Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Here is an AI-generated transcript of our conversation. Don't come for me.BEN: Hi everyone. This is Ben Guest and this is The Creativity Education and Leadership Podcast. Today my guest is Matt Telfer, who is a committee member for the Borrego Springs Film Festival. In this interview, we talk all things film festival, how to run a filmmaker friendly festival, and tips and tricks for submitting to film festivals.Enjoy.Matt, thanks so much for joining the podcast today.MATT: My pleasure. Happy to be here.BEN: So, I always like to start with a fun question, senior year of high school, what music were you listening toMATT: right off the bat with a curve ball? Alright, let's lay it out. I got the Talking Heads,BEN: the Cure,MATT: Like, let's see, what else?BEN: New Wave.MATT: Yeah, a little bit of the punk stuff. I mean, we got Pixies were, was I listening to the Pixies then? I can't remember. Yeah, so, uh, the Dead Milkman, stuff like that. The pubs, um, yeah, I had some of their records. You know, it's really frustrating ‘cause I had those records up until like five years ago and I left them at a colleague's house and they scattered to the wind.All that good stuff. Yeah. Anyway, I'm still a little bitter about that, but That's okay. My colleagues, my colleague was a friend and he, he deserved them.BEN: So you are a committee member at the Borrego Springs Film Festival. What? Yes, sir. And, and you've, you've held a variety of roles there and, and off air, you're saying sort of lately you've been focused on.You know, the pre-production of the festival, the website, getting the materials together. Correct? Correct. Reaching out to filmmakers, et cetera. Talk to me, talk to us about what are the fundamentals of running a good festival?MATT: Well, our context is that we're super small and modest. Uh, like we were saying before the interview, uh, officially started, we are literally a, a tiny little village in the middle of a giant state park.Actually the biggest state park in the lower 48 states desert community. We're actually just south of Palm Springs and, uh, there's like 3000 full-time residents here and, uh. So running a film festival in a place where there's literally. Not really a commercial market, it's a different type of animal.And um, so we kind of do everything on a very tight budget and we try to personalize stuff as much as we possibly can. We, since we can't really throw a lot of money at stuff, we just do everything we can in other dimensions.BEN: What's an example of that?MATT: Just trying to be considerate about stuff, uh, being friendly to filmmakers that are willing to submit and to get, and that also get accepted. So when they come here, it's a personalized experience. We work pretty hard on creating a filmmaker's lounge where folks can gather and network with each other throughout the entire uh.Five days of our film festival and while they're at the film festival and they're talking to each other, we also have food available for ‘em. One of our great committee members, her name's Pam, she literally will bake stuff in the evening and bring it in in the morning. So you have fresh pastries, cookies, coffee, like fruit vegetables, just everything laid out.And you know, there's really not a huge expense to do that, but you need like the right people to do that, so that's the thing that kind of makes our festival a little bit. Different, I guess in a way is like there's a personalized aspect to it and we spread that type of attitude across all our stuff.So we're gonna have like four parties during the entire festival, and all those parties have similar type of vibe.BEN: The reviews that I read online, um, on film freeway filmmakers were saying that it is, it's a film, it's a filmmaker friendly. Festival.MATT: Yeah. Because, you know, that's what we can do. Mm-hmm. Like, you're not gonna travel to a remote place in the desert and, you know, run into a bunch of industry folks.Usually there are exceptions to that. And, uh, as our. Film festival has gotten a little more solid, and we occasionally have some industry people coming in. Most of the time it's indie filmmakers. You know, we might have some elbow rubbing that this kind of neat. But for the most part, you know, these are just small independent filmmakers trying to do their thing and.Wanting to share their films with an appreciative audience. And aside from, being very personable, uh, with the committee and with the staff that run the film festival, one of the great things about our particular film festival is that the community is a huge part of what we do. The event they show up, we have 180 seat theater and it's full from 10:00 AM in the morning until eight o'clock at night.Oh wow. Every block and wow. It's been that way since the beginning, and it's not because of anything that we do on the committee, it's simply because the community wants to be a part of it. And so that's kind of our secret weapon, is like you show up as a filmmaker and like, oh man, I got, I got scheduled for the 10:00 AM block.They, and then they, they show up and like, what's going on here? This is look back. And then at the end of it, you know, there's an extended q and a. We don't. Push our blocks back to back really tight and there's plenty of time just to like relax and having interaction with folks and some q and as will go on for like a half an hour, if not more.And it's just, you know, so that's a unique thing that just kind of emerged without effort. And we take credit for it and we're excited that we can offer that. But you know, it wasn't any, it wasn't by design, it was just kind of like, cool. This is working.BEN: As far as festivals go, it sounds like filmmaker heaven.MATT: Well, you try to, we definitely try to be. And the dude that got this whole thing rolling, his name's Fred G and he has lived in this little community for a really long time, and he's a great guy and he's one of the reasons why a lot of people show up because, you know, he's just one of those kind of like community, uh, he's, he'll be really upset if I use this phrase, but he's like a town elder. Mm-hmm. You know what I mean? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So just having that type of guidance and having that type of person that can kind of unify the entire event, I. Is really great. And again, like I said before, it's kind of our secret weapon is that we have like this great community that's willing to be a part of a filmmaker's storytelling in so much as like they'll sit there, they'll react to it, they'll ask questions about it afterwards.So yeah, if you're. A filmmaker that wants your film to be seen by actual eyeballs and actual people that are engaged. Mm-hmm. Then film festivals like ours, which there are many around, around the world. You gotta search ‘em out. As a filmmaker, you've gotta. Start getting discriminating. You've gotta really pay attention to what films are film festivals are offering and try to be a part of those kinds of environments, if that's what you want.BEN: So this is great because you're, um, you are part of the Bgo Springs Film Festival, you're also a working filmmaker. What are some other festivals that you've attended or know about that have a similar sort of filmmaker friendly vibe?MATT: Full Bloom film festival in North Carolina for sure. The WYO Film Festival in Wyoming, we enjoyed that a lot.My wife and I who are documentary filmmakers, we've taken our film films there. And again, you know, it's the exact same recipe basically, you have a core group of citizens that are willing and able to show up and be a part of an event. So when you sh, when you arrive as a filmmaker and you sit in the audience, you're not alone with, or if you're in the audience and you're only with other filmmakers there to screen their movie, you know?Yeah. You know that, you know that feeling. We've been there, right? We've been, we've all been there and, and we don't. Film festival is like what we're talking about right now. They don't wanna offer that. They want it to be something, even if they sometimes fall short, which has happened with us, we've had blocks where, maybe there's only 50 people in the audience and, you know, half of the audience might be filmmakers.But that is such a rare thing anymore. You just wanna be offering something to filmmakers. Make them feel appreciated because we know how hard it is to make these things and even and to be willing to share that in front of other people and, ask and answer questions it's a special thing and we wanna nurture that as much as possible and sort of those other film festivals.Love it. Yeah.BEN: Yeah. So we, I, I first came across you on Reddit on the film festival subreddit, and you were offering good advice and thoughts on, for filmmakers applying to festivals, how to think through strategy. So I guess for all, yeah. I mean, did you hear Yeah, help us out.MATT: Yeah. Did you, when you were reading that stuff, I mean, what kind of hit you as like the most relevant?BEN: I think it's two things and since I, I just have a documentary. I finished and am submitted a film festivals. I've read a bunch of stuff. Seen a bunch of stuff, so I may conflate some of the things that you said versus something I saw elsewhere. But two things. That's all right. I'llMATT: take credit for it.BEN: One is know what your goal is ahead of time, right? Oh, yeah, absolutely. To, be it the, be it a filmmaker friendly festival with good parties and events and networking. Is your goal to get exposure? Is your goal to meet people in the industry? Is your goal mm-hmm. To get laurels? Those are all different worthy goals, but they all will change your strategy and your approach for film festivals.And the second is, you know, submit to, don't submit to 50 festivals. Submit to 5, 6, 7, see what the results are and then adjust from there.MATT: Oh, absolutely. Yeah. So yeah, when we're talking strategy, that's so important and, and we can speak about it from the perspective of the Borrego Springs Film Festival because, you know, knowing the context of the type of festival we are now, if you were a filmmaker that was searching out, let's say.A bunch of like publicity for, you know, some type of, media push. It's like, would you necessarily want to come to Bgo Springs? Maybe yes, maybe no. It depends on how you played it, but. The main reason you would be coming to Borrego Springs, we feel is because you want that personal interaction and you want feel special as a filmmaker and you want to share your stuff with us, and we want you to share your stuff with us, right?So you're absolutely right when you're initial initiating your kind of film festival search as a filmmaker, you really gotta narrow down what your expectations are. And figure that out. I can speak as a filmmaker as well. It's like if you're gonna go someplace and spend money to do so, I mean, at the very minimum you squeak by on a budget of 500 bucks, then that's kind of like dirt cheap to go someplace and then return home.You know? That's still a lot of money. Mm-hmm. And that's, that's probably like. The least amount that you would ever be able to spend and you would need help, like getting lodging, which we try to offer to our filmmakers. Um, you know, how are you gonna, what are you gonna do? What are you going to eat when you get there, which we try to offer to our filmmakers.And, you know, all those things become part of the calculus, right? Mm-hmm. Especially when you're independent, mm-hmm. I would ask you is like when you're trying to submit, what are you aiming for right now?BEN: So great question. So I'm aiming for trying to get multiple laurels and I'm in, in a little bit of a different situation, I think, than most filmmakers.So I, I have an academic background, I have a PhD, and ideally I'd like to I've worked at various universities. In the ideal world, I'd like to go back overseas and teach film at a university. And so in the world, in the world of academia, you know, there's this phrase, publish or perish, right? You have to publish academic journal articles, publish.Mm-hmm. In film, in the world of filmmaking, academia, a film festival run. A film festival. Acceptance is like a journal article, right? Um, maybe if you do a feature film that's like publishing a book, this is sort of, uh, roughly equivalent to getting a, a journal article published. So I want to sort of garner a number of laurels so that I can indicate, you know, this, this short plate at these 10 different film festivals.MATT: Okay, so the credentials matter, right? Correct. It's kind of like that kind of that'sBEN: exactly right. LittleMATT: trophy on the mantle, as it were. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, um, I'm gonna ask you another question if that's okay.BEN: Yes. I feel like I'm getting a All right. Free film festival, um, consulting.MATT: Perhaps, I don't know about that, but when you are pursuing the laurels and, you know, everything's kind of like filtering through film freeway these days. Mm-hmm. So what's your strategy as far as like finding those types of film festivals that you think are going to, allow you to get those laurels on your poster or whatever?BEN: Yeah. Another great question. So couple things. One is it's a doc. My latest is a documentary short, and it's, it takes place in the world of improv comedy. And the two subjects are two black women. So looking at festivals that either are geared towards comedy, towards documentary shorts or towards black themes and African American themes. One of those three or, or, um. Themes of uh, women in, in general. Sure. Well, if I couldMATT: interrupt real quick, please. Yeah. So it seems like you're trying to basically still maintain some integrity as far as that goes. It's like, yeah, I'm not relevantBEN: all like the fly by night, if you submit, we'll give you the, you know, the UP award.Yeah, exactly. Well, that, that's why I'mMATT: asking because. Okay. Because that's why I'm asking because, there are plenty of, you know, weird little festivals that are floating around the mill fly by night, that,BEN: thatMATT: come, that come and go. And if you want to get a hundred laurels on your poster, if that's, you know, what makes you feel good, then you could definitely do that.But at least what you're saying is like, okay, let's make sure that what's happening with my film has integrity, has, has a shape, and has, something that means something after, you get accepted.BEN: Yes. Oh, a hundred percent.MATT: And the reason I bring that up is because, you know, as a small film festival we struggle with getting we just struggle competing with what's out there on film Freeway, let's put it that way.BEN: You know, because Talk about that. Break itMATT: down. Yeah. You know, it's just, as anyone knows that's trying to do this thing, it's like you hit film freeway and they're a great platform. I'm not, complaining about them at all, but there's just a lot of stuff on there that is more or less as a filmmaker or relevant.I mean, would you agree with that?BEN: Oh, a hundred percent.MATT: Unless all you're wanting to do is just get one laurel to put on your, on your poster, so you know. Maybe they offer a little bit of something. But as a filmmaker, I've been to the ones that don't offer much anything aside from a screening and even, and it's like I'm lucky enough to even go to ones that have physical screenings.A lot these days are just like, oh, we'll slap it online and call it good. So, you know, uh, let's be honest, there's a lot that are just out there and they're just trying to churn. Make some money. So as a small film festival, we're competing with that stuff and we've seen our, uh, submission rate decline, not necessarily a bad thing for us.Mm-hmm. But for other film festivals, I imagine they might be getting frustrated with it. We are actually perfectly comfortable with where we've kind of landed and the groove we've been in since the pandemic. Even a little few years before then, and we haven't tried to kind of like change our recipe much.So we're just happy with the amount that we're getting. We're happy with the amount that we're accepting and we're pleased with how we're screening stuff and the opportunities we're giving people. But I do feel, from what I've seen, it's becoming. Uh, it's just, it's a bit, it's a bit difficult to navigate the slop.Let's just break it down like that. Yeah. And I don't know if you're feeling if you're experiencing the same thing or not. I'd be curious to, to see what you, what you say.BEN: For a hundred percent, so I, I made a few documentaries in the late 20, 2011, 2012, and that was right when Without a box, which was filmed free, right withoutMATT: a box.BEN: Started and it was great because instead of having to burn a bunch of DVDs and physically mail them, you could just upload your film and then submit it to a bunch of festivals. Research a bunch of festivals. Great. Coming back to it now in 2025, it's Scam Central and I think unfortunately one of the things you, you have to spend a bunch of time doing is trying to figure out which of these festivals.First of all, which of these festivals are just legit in that they're not trying to just mm-hmm. Get money from you. They're gonna do a virtual screening and that's it. And then once you even get that breakdown, kinda like you said, which are festivals that are legit, that, that have good people working hard, good intentions, you're proud to show your film there versus they're just churning through submissions and fees.And chart, have a bunch of deadlines and a bunch of different slots you can apply for. They're not the exact opposite of how you describe Borrego Springs.MATT: Yeah. And you have to, as a film festival, at least in our opinion over here, it's like you have to bring that value to the table or else why?Why are you really doing it? And if that answer is like, you're just some guy sitting in an apartment somewhere trying to make a lot of money or a living, I don't know if you can make a lot of money doing this.BEN: Mm-hmm.MATT: Um, but. If you're just doing a film festival that is literally fly by night because you want to cash in, it's like, that's really unfortunate.Now the other side of that coin is like we see a lot of very earnest filmmakers submitting and, uh, they might not be the most technically adept. And they're fresh out of the gate as far as like trying to be a filmmaker. So they're very eager and you know, they just want to tackle everything all at once, and they end up you know, they're not really exercising any discrimination about where their films are going and they end up, you know mm-hmm.Kind of wasting a lot of money in that regard. Submitting, the, submitting, submitting without much, kind of emotional reward from it. And I think,BEN: yeah.MATT: Having some type of like positive feedback about what you're doing is great, even if it's whatever.But. It really helps to have a place to land where you feel like super special and cared for and considered and not just like, oh, I showed up and, it cost me $10 to get into my own movie and it's costing me $20 to, buy a cocktail over here and, you know, those kinds of things.If you're even lucky enough to get that, honestly.BEN: Right. What's your advice on spotting scams when you're applying to festivals?MATT: How to be discriminating as far as like submitting?BEN: Yeah,MATT: I mean I can only approach that from our, my wife and i's own experience trying to get our films into festivals. And with the insight like working on a film festival, I think that helps.But trying to spot ‘em is really, you got to. Try to get a sense if there's any type of community involvement going on mm-hmm. With the festival. And you can usually track that online if you're, you know, if you're a bit sleuthy, and you can find out if it's being supported by the community in some sort of way.Mm-hmm. And it shouldn't take you too long to figure that out with a couple of decent, online searches and follow in a few threads of information. Another thing is, is like if they're kind of nurturing their online presence, you know, it doesn't have to be super sophisticated. You just have to get a vibe that they're trying.And if, if you get that kind of sense, then it's worth the effort. Typically the other thing is you gotta really know what type of film festival that you're submitting to, right? If you're making documentaries, you're not submitting to, you know, a feature film, festival Right. In every festival.So yeah. Core effects. So I, yeah. You know, it's just being, making those obvious decisions. But when you dig beneath that superficial stuff and you get past like the obvious. Really try to get a sense about what you want yourself as a filmmaker when you go to a film festival. And for us it's like getting appreciative eyeballs on the film and giving us fun feedback and having a good time and interacting and, and doing some networking, uh, basically having a party and celebrating your film.Mm-hmm. And I think that weBEN: think about, yeah, sorry, go ahead.MATT: I think that this, that's important for us, so I imagine, and I, I would think that it's important for other people that are making movies as well. Yeah. If we, about, especially independently.BEN: Yeah. Yeah. You know, there's you were alluding to very little money in it, but, um, there are, there are rewards.Yes. One of the biggest of which is seeing your film in a packed house with an engaged audience. What from a screener perspective, from a film festival perspective, what are some tips you would give up and coming filmmakers, young filmmakers on their short films in particular mistakes that you see et cetera, et cetera.MATT: I would say the biggest mistake, especially as a, a young filmmaker, is concentrating so much on the technicalities of the craft and ignoring the storytelling. Um, you know, we, you mentioned, and we mentioned before about like when we started, uh. Kind of submitting to film festivals. This was basically what, like 15 years ago for both of us now, right?2010s, 2012, whatever. Mm-hmm. The technical back then could elevate you above everything else back then. Like today. You know, look, anyone that has a, has a mobile telephone, essentially has the skillset it takes, or not the skillset, but the technical wherewithal.AnBEN: outstanding camera.MATT: Yeah. Yeah. And the point being is like you can go out and you can create something compelling without the gate of the technical getting in the way. Uh, you can capture it. And it doesn't have to look like a million bucks. It's nice if it looks like, you did a big budget thing on a small budget.I'm not knocking the craft of anything. I'm just saying don't be so intent. Or maybe even don't even worry if like, it falls short technically a little bit. ‘cause I will. Guarantee you that a film is gonna get into a film festival based on if it's a compelling story with a good theme or not. And theme is another thing that a lot of folks don't necessarily appreciate, I don't believe.Just to give you a little bit of insight, our film festival. Is the selection committee are not industry professionals. They are regular citizens. They're just watching movies to help out our film festival. Now, try to imagine what that means. It's like folks don't focus on the technical unless it's an absolute train wreck.They will literally sit down and say, is this something I'm interested in and am, am I engaged with the story? Full stop. So that's where, that's the thing you have to focus on. And if you're not doing that as a filmmaker, okay, maybe you're just, you know, maybe your thing is gonna be, you're just a cinematographer, you're just a sound guy.You know, you're more crafty than you are. You know, a storytellers you gotta find that. You gotta find that place. That would be the main thing, because I know we, we. This, I think this is a good thing about our particular film festival is that we have taken in some films that probably weren't like technically as good as they should have been, but because they are just so.Compelling. We don't ignore it like we do pay attention to the craft, but if a story elevates beyond the craft, we're more than happy to bring those folks in. And when those folks come in, they're like, oh my gosh. You know, it was like we're having a hard time getting accepted to film festivals and we're so grateful that you took our film and we can't believe the response that we're getting.Um, they tend to be the best. Most enthusiastic filmmakers and attendance of anybody. Mm-hmm. They're not cynical, you know, they're not burnt out, they're just like over the moon.BEN: They're happy to be there.MATT: Yeah. And it, and they should be. And they're gonna spread the word ‘cause they, they've created something.Yeah. Wonderful. Now, you know, maybe it's underexposed, maybe it's overexposed. Maybe the audio's not great here and maybe the audio's okay there, whatever. It's compelling. That's the main thing. And you and you as a filmmaker really need to start analyzing. My wife and I do this all the time. It's like, what the heck are we making here?Are we making something that is compelling to us personally? Mm-hmm. Are we making something that's compelling to other people? Mm-hmm. It's two different things.BEN: Mm-hmm.MATT: I mean, that's right. So storytelling is hard.BEN: Yeah. That's the craft. It's storytelling.MATT: Yeah.BEN: Yeah, yeah. What does your, so you've got screeners, not industry folks, people just who appreciate films and filmmaking.What does your judging sheet or criteria sheet look like with your screeners, and what's the process that a film goes through?MATT: Here's another thing about our particular film festival. We're completely blind. Submissions. You know, we do not solicit anything. It's like early days we were kind of like poking around and asking for some folks to kind of consider us, but we've kind of let that fall by the wayside.Maybe that's one of the reasons our submissions have declined a little bit over the years. One of the factors, but regardless completely blind submission. So. Stuff comes in. We have a bunch of people that are at the ready and they start watching it, and we basically have a five step process.It's like, consider this, consider this, consider this, consider this. And they do that. And they mark it from scale of one to 10. And, uh, from that we kind of start our, fundamentallyBEN: what are, what are the different, consider this. Like what are the categories?MATT: Let's see. I gotta look it up, but it, it basically breaks down to, okay.Are you sentimentally engaged with this? Meaning, is it, is it a subject matter? I love that questionBEN: that,MATT: yeah, it is a subject matter that you. Like just offhand, like, okay. It's a, it's a nature movie. See, I love nature movies. Oh, I see. Are you, you see what I'm saying?BEN: Predispose, I thought, I thought you meant was the film engagement.MATT: No, no. It, no, it's, it's, it becomes both. It becomes both, right? Yeah. Because your sentimental attraction to something is going to create an engagement. So we kind of wanna know if, uh, our regular folks are like just locking into something because they just love the subject matter.BEN: They make the topic.Yeah.MATT: Yeah. Um. Then from there we do actually talk about craft, even though I was saying before, like, uh, don't worry so much filmmakers about the craft anymore, but we wanna make sure that you can hear it. Okay. It's not a total disaster with the audio and you can see everything. Okay. So we ask them to rate it on that scale.And then, um, other, you know, just more nuancey things is like, okay, is the pacing cool? In other words. Did you find it like it was dragging a lot or it was, too fast? How's the editing style? Those kinds of metrics. And there's actually a few other ones in there as well. So all that is just kind of thrown into the pile.Mm-hmm. And then from there we start to weed that out as we come to after like all the submissions come in and from. Once all the submissions come in and our, our deadline has passed, then the committee jumps in and starts doing a more nuanced type of an analytical thing to the films that have been submitted.But I will say that regardless of how we kind of shuffle things, once the deadline is closed, the people that watch our films and the committee members are usually. Copacetic. There's hardly anything that that changes. And, um. The nice thing about our particular film festival too, is like if you're a filmmaker submitting, you know, I'll just, I'll give you the numbers.We essentially get like 300 submissions, so it's not a lot. Mm-hmm. Um, and out of that 300 we are running a sub, we're running a screening rate anywhere between like 70 to 80 movies a season. Mm-hmm. So that's a really good. That's a really good, uh, opportunity to get accepted at a film festival, and that's why small film festivals might be the best bet for a lot of independent filmmakers, I think.Mm-hmm. You know, because you have that opportunity to get noticed. So I think I might have tangent, I went off tangentially a little bit there, so if you wanna pull me back in.BEN: Yeah. You went off tangentially, but in a great way. I mean that I want to appreciate the transparency with the numbers. I interviewed, um, the director of the Wyoming International Film Festival, a guy named Rudy Womack, and he was the same.He was like, here's our numbers, we publish ‘em. He's like, most festivals don't, but it just demystifies the process. So it's very helpful.MATT: Yeah. And I'll give film pre credit because they allow film festivals like ours to put those numbers online. Mm-hmm. And, and we've done that. If you hit our page on film Freeway, you can start to figure out what we're about without too much trouble.BEN: What are the, what are the different blocks you run?MATT: As far as like thematically?BEN: Yeah. Yeah. Like at a festival. What are the different categories and blocks.MATT: Aha. See now you touched on something that's kind of unique to us. Okay. So, you know, you go to a film festival and it's like, oh, this is the, this is our dog block.Every movie's about dogs.BEN: Right, right.MATT: Or something like that. We don't do that. At all. So we kind of grab bag, the whole thing. It becomes a very eclectic mix of stuff. Mm-hmm. And one of the reasons we've ended up doing that is because our community has kind of demanded it. Whoa.Interestingly enough. Yeah, so they drove the decision to kind of like stop doing thematic blocks and they wanted a better mix of things because they, again, our folks here, they show up for every single block place is packed.BEN: I just, and sorry to interrupt before you finish, like everything you're saying, it just sounds like there's an iter iterative feedback loop.Between the community in the festival, the film? Absolutely in the festival. The volunteers in the festival. So I just wanna highlight that ‘cause I'm loving everything you're saying.MATT: Well, again, like I said, it's the secret sauce. It's our, it's our weapon that we have our secret weapon that allows us to kind of like elevate beyond our like humble budget.Right.BEN: The community is, but community is letting you know, we don't want thematic blocks.MATT: Yeah. The community came in and said, we, we want mix. So when we sit down and we're sitting through movies, it's like. If we're watching something that we're not in tune with thematically, then you know, you would have to sit there for like an hour and a half and just kind of tolerate it.Whereas now, if like a movie comes on about dogs and for some reason you're just a weirdo and you don't like dogs, that movie will come and go and now you're onto something else, right? Mm-hmm. So. Yeah like you just mentioned, it, it really becomes a cooperative effort between the community, the film festival itself and, and even the filmmakers.And we're kind of proud that it is a little bit ramshackle in that way ‘cause it creates a very organic vibe and weirdly enough. Like at the end of it all because it, it's a little bit random. It is like how folks get scheduled.BEN: Mm-hmm.MATT: Themes are emergent anyway.BEN: Mm-hmm. It's, peopleMATT: start creating patterns that didn't exist and then it sometimes that becomes really profound.It's like, didn't even think of that. It's brilliant. However oh, the other thing about programming too, that we do specifically for our film festival is that we. We ask our filmmakers, say like, Hey, are you planning on coming here? And if they, if they are planning on coming here, we try our, our level hardest to make sure that we program their films to match their schedule, right?So we don't lay out our program and say, okay, you were scheduled for, you know, Wednesday at 2:00 PM. It's like, well, I'm only free on the weekend. You know, and you wouldn't, you would never be able to attend. We ask first to say, do you think you're gonna be able to be here? And if they say yes, then we try to accommodate as best we can.So again, it's, it's collaboration across the board from filmmakers down to the, to the citizens of our small town.BEN: One of the things I read somewhere, or heard somewhere, is that it's much more advantageous to apply for the early bird deadline. What's your take on that?MATT: For our film festival, not so much, but I, I definitely adhere to that strategy as a filmmaker.If nothing else, it's budget conscious, you know? Yeah, yeah. It's cheaper usually under the initial deadlines you know, you have to take advantage of that. The other thing I guess is like, I will say from our experience, uh, with our particular film festival, if you get it in under the early bird deadline, at least it's there.And you know, you've basically got like four or five, six months for the submission. Crew for that particular film festival to kind of think about it. Whereas if it comes in a last minute, you're not really gonna get as much consideration. It's just gonna have to be more like, uh, an initial one-off type of decision.SoBEN: are there other, and I mean the, the most important advice right, is always make a good movie outside of the movie. Yeah. Are there other ancillary things that. Can move the needle at all. Cover letters, director statement, press kit, stuff like that, or it's not, uh, it's negligible.MATT: Hmm. It's neg negligible to an extent in so much, it depends on how you frame it as the filmmaker.Mm. And let me, I'll try to explain. So every year as a film festival, you just basically get cover letters. It's like, oh, take my film please. It's about this, it's about that. But it's a cover lever, co cover letter. It's, uh, copy and pasted. You can tell. You can just, you just know. It's like, okay, they're making an overture to us, but they're also making an overture to like a hundred other film festivals.It's like if you're gonna write to a film festival and say you want in, just make sure that you actually acknowledge who you are sending your film to. Don't just say, Hey, Borrego Springs, I wanna be in your film. I like Borrego Springs, mm-hmm. My parents went there once and I've always been com I've always been interested in the desert and how awesome would it be?See, that tells us that you're paying attention. Right?BEN: Mm-hmm.MATT: That you're trying. We're trying. We just want the filmmakers to try as well, as far as like trying to make any requests to get preferential treatment, and it's totally cool to ask for preferential treatment. By the way. You can say, I see that you're a small community.I just made a film that's, that takes place in a small community. We might be a really good fit. That kind of thing matters, right? An email overture works. Yes. An email overture doesn't work. No. It's both things at once, depending on, it really depends on how you write that letter. So if you wanna invest the time and effort to try to impress a film festival, just make sure that.You understand what that film festival is and really think about if what you're offering, the film festival is something that they might want. And if you can, if you see a, a common thread there, write about it in a letter. And even if it's just one sentence, it's like, then we know on our side that this person's paying attention and that that kind of matters.It does matter. So at the end of the day, when you're take, when you're kind of like really trying to figure out your cutoff, if your little film happens to be on the bubble, guess what? It might get into film festival, right? Mm-hmm. Because you said that you have a connection to this place, and I think that's fair.I mean, what, does that make sense?BEN: Yeah, for sure. So the festival is coming up in January, is that correct?MATT: Yeah, we're in the middle of gearing up for it right now, as a matter of fact. Nice. I gotta run out to the, to town here in like a, like 15 minutes actually to do some stuff for the film festival.So yeah, it's, it's, well, today we're shooting, um, a little promo, uh, thing that we're gonna run, run during. At the beginning of the blocks, and I'll be doing that with Fred G the chairman of the board. Yeah, that's nice, fun stuff. We try to have fun with things, so. Yeah.BEN: We do littleMATT: skits and whatnot during the award ceremony.It's, it's goofy. I love it. Cheesy as hell, but we like doing it, soBEN: I love it. Oh, that's actually something that I sort of, in, in, in my cover letters, which I try to. You know, write tailored to the festival. Especially the ones in California say, well, the film's about this improv duo and mm-hmm. We accepted, we'll come and we would love to do a little improv performance for the festival attendees.Um,MATT: I will say this too, because we're such what you just mentioned. I just want to piggyback on that for a second. So you said in my cover letter I'll say, we're willing to attend. It's like if you say that in a cover letter and you mean it, you, and you're willing to do that. Yeah. That's good. Especially for a festival like ours.We want filmmakers to come here. We wanna treat ‘em to a good time. We want them to be part of something that's. Big in the community and the community wants that as well. So if you're here and you're willing to be here, then that matters.BEN: I love it. Well, I mean, everything I'm hearing about Borrego, like literally I just reached out ‘cause I wanted to just talk film festival submissions, but now I'm like, Ooh, next year I'm definitely gonna submit to, uh, to Borrego.MATT: Yeah, I know this was supposed to be like a strategy session and here I am bragging about the film festival. That'sBEN: No, no. It's exactly what I, what I want. It's great. Last question. What's a, what's a. Documentary that blew you away recently?MATT: So, okay, so last year at our film festival, there was this really cool documentary called Dale. Have you seen it?BEN: No. Tell me about it.MATT: So Dale is like this older woman and she's the first basic Asian American that was in the, um, uh, Los Angeles orchestra, the Los Angeles Phil Harmonic. Okay. And essentially all it is is.I say all it is like, it's a very profound kind of retrospective of what she did to get to that point and you know, her views on things and it's just, and the music that was involved, just very beautiful, very poignant and simple. And. So when, when you have like movies like this and it's, it's not even a 10 minute long movie, it's under 10 minutes.Mm-hmm. When it just touches on these really profound themes and it's moving in a way that catches you off guard. Those are the things that you can't ignore, right? Mm-hmm. And this is actually, Dale's a good example because, you know, it's not always shot pristinely, it doesn't have to look, perfect. But the story reaches kind of a transcendent level that is really, really nice. So if I would throw in Dale and let me see, uh, the the director of that, his name was Justin Strike. So if anyone, I think it's still on the film festival circuit, so you have that opportunity. Go check it out.BEN: Love it. Love it. Love it. Matt, thank you so much for taking the time. For people who are interested in Borrego Springs Film Festival, either to attend, to submit, et cetera, what where should they go and where can they find you?MATT: Oh, online search, just, you know, Borrego Springs Film Festival. It'll lead you to all the places you need to be.And, uh, yeah, just track us down that way. Pretty straightforward. Take a peek at what we're offering. We keep mm-hmm uh, we keep an archive of the stuff we've done online so you can pull back the curtain and look and say, okay, is this kind of something I'd be interested in?Um, you can get a vibe for it that way. And, uh, that's, yeah, that's kind of it. That's kind of it. I think we've tried hard to make sure that what we offered is pretty transparent, and if you take a look at it and you think it's a good fit, and by all means, send us your stuff. Including you, by the way, so, you know.Yeah, no, you have to submit as well now would definitelyBEN: be submitting early bird deadline next year. Perfect. I wish I, if I was still in LA I'd come down, uh, next month and, and just go to this upcoming festival. It sounds wonderful.MATT: Well, I know. Why don't you just do it anyway?BEN: Yeah, I'll give you aMATT: VIP pass.I that,BEN: listen, I might take you up on it. I still all, well, if you do, it'sMATT: we'll be waiting for you.BEN: You, you know, we're, we're documentary filmmakers. We always have a couple irons in the fire. So I do have one kind of idea of, uh, another doc I'd like to shoot out on la maybe I'll combine it. I'll let you know.MATT: Perfect excuse.BEN: Hey, this was fantastic. Thank you so much for taking the time. I'm so glad um, we connected and uh, just listen. Our pleasure be fantastic.MATT: Yeah, we're, we're happy as a film festival to be asked to do this kind of thing, so thank you. And um, best of luck to your film too. I'm gonna check it out, so be sure to submit it straight away.BEN: I will. Thank you so much, Matt. Alright man. Thanks.BEN: That was my interview with Matt of the Borrego Springs Film Festival. Hope you enjoyed, please forward to at least one person. Have a great week. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit benbo.substack.com

Haltungsblock: Stolz, insbesondere Nationalstolz Und es geht weiter in Südkalifornien, am Freitag waren wir in Borrego Springs und dem Anza Borrego Nationalpark unterwegs.

In der neuen Episode kehren Flo und Straps aus der Offseason zurück und berichten von ihren Erlebnissen in der trainingsfreien Zeit. Flo erzählt von seinen Challenges beim Wiedereinstieg ins CrossFit und den damit verbundenen körperlichen Veränderungen. Straps redet über seine Bergtouren und andere sportliche Abenteuer, die er im letzten Monat unternommen hat. Die beiden diskutieren die Vor- und Nachteile von Indoor- und Outdoor-Training und blicken auch zur extrem spannenden 24-Stunden-Weltmeisterschaft in Borrego Springs, wo Sebastian Mayr einen knappen Sieg errang und nur drei Minuten Vorsprung auf seinen Verfolger hatte. Die Episode endet mit einem Ausblick auf die kommenden Trainingsziele und die Vorfreude auf die nächste Saison.

First, we share events happening across San Diego County for Veterans Day and how we might be one step closer to ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Then, , an ICE detention center in Imperial County is looking to hire a doctor. This is part of a national trend. And, a family donated land for a new fire station in Borrego Springs. Next, the Sierra Club is suing the county over the recent approval of the Harmony Grove Village South development. Finally, a local nonprofit that pairs service dogs with active-duty military and veterans is set to lose its federal funding.

Five-hour standoff ends in La Mesa, Forward spread of brush fire near Ramona stopped, Metal sculptures from Borrego Springs headed for display in downtown San Diego

What should have been the happiest time of their lives turned into one of the most terrifying real haunted house stories ever told. A newlywed couple moved into a home in Borrego Springs, California, believing it would be the beginning of their new life together. Instead, it became the start of a nightmare. From the very first night, the house made its dark presence known. Rocks slammed against the windows with no one outside. The doorknob twisted violently on its own. Then came the sound that chilled them to the bone: heavy footsteps pacing across the roof in the dead of night. Every corner of the house whispered a message — you are not welcome here. At first, her husband dismissed it as imagination. But when they spoke to neighbors, the truth shattered their denial: people had died in the house, and the spirits had never left. Soon, the couple's young niece visited — and when she broke down crying, claiming she heard the exact same noises, the haunting was undeniable. The terror only escalated. Phantom knocks pounded on a door that was already wide open, an oppressive force pressing down on them until they couldn't breathe. What began as a dream home transformed into a prison of fear, leaving them with no choice but to flee. Would you have stayed another night in that house? Or would you have run, just like they did? #RealGhostStories #Haunting #HauntedHouse #ParanormalActivity #TrueHaunting #GhostStories #CaliforniaHaunting #HauntedHomes #CreepyStories #GhostlyEncounters #ScaryStory #UnexplainedPhenomena Love real ghost stories? Don't just listen—join us on YouTube and be part of the largest community of real paranormal encounters anywhere. Subscribe now and never miss a chilling new story:

Based on what he's accomplished, it's hard to believe that Dennis Noyes isn't a lifelong motorcyclist. But it's true as he didn't discover the sport until he was in his 20s, with a visit to the Spanish Grand Prix in 1968. That was all it took as he was immediately hooked. Noyes started riding and that quickly turned into racing. Then came the perfect job as a motojournalist, which not only allowed him to cover the World Championship, but also gave him the opportunity to test motorcycles and write about them. Since then, Noyes has become one of the most respected journalists in the MotoGP World Championship, having both written and spoken extensively about motorcycle racing as both a print and television journalist. More recently, Noyes has also made good on a dream of writing a non-motorcycle novel. We caught up with Noyes from his home in the desert town of Borrego Springs, California, to talk about motorcycle racing and life as an American in Spain on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.Support the show

Join us for a 4K Melodic & Afro House DJ set by Victor, recorded in Borrego Springs, CA. The goal for the set was to do a sunset shoot, but we didn't realize that the shoot date fell on a new moon. This means we had zero moonlight, so it went next to pitch black when the sun set. This also limited how much drone footage we could capture in the dark, but we're still proud of the end result. Don't forget to subscribe to our channel and hit the notification bell for more exclusive content. Follow SETS FROM Youtube: https://bit.ly/3vGqOhw Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/44zeBYi Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/43GhOUA Executive Producer: 10X Media Produced by: Metacogvzn & 10X Media Musical Content Copyright Disclaimer (Fair Use) under section 107 of Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use", Non-profit & educational. This video demonstrates mixing skills, and it is for entertainment purposes. Copyright belongs to its respective owners. I do not own the musical copyright for the songs in this mix. This is purely for entertainment & promotional purposes.

Send us a textWhat if you could enhance your golf game with just a quirky club choice or a fitting session? Join us for a laughter-filled episode of the Chasing Daylight Podcast, where we kick things off by dissecting some of the most peculiar putter designs out there, including the infamous Tour Edge Hovercraft putter. Our banter takes a humorous turn as one of our co-hosts shares their tech transition woes from Android to iPhone. With warm wishes, we send our thoughts to friends in Florida facing rough weather.Our golf course reviews will have you itching to hit the links. We spotlight the Legacy course's impressive comeback despite water restrictions and rave about the pristine conditions at South Shore and Red Rock. Golf fans, get ready to geek out over upcoming tournaments and potential tweaks to make them even more thrilling. Plus, we sneak in a chat about the Dodgers' recent stumble and our excitement for the hockey season. The Black Desert Championship tournament gets a special mention, with a peek at the intriguing lineup that's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.The episode wraps up by taking you on a virtual tour of hidden golf gems and our travel adventures. From the once-secret allure of Mesquite to planning road trips through Flagstaff and Borrego Springs, join us as we map out our next golf escapades. Rams Hill is on our radar, complete with its delightful tacos and cookies, while the Gray Bull course promises exclusivity like no other. As we reminisce about nerve-wracking stays and unforgettable rounds, we celebrate the undying love for golf that fuels these journeys. Get ready for a mix of humor, camaraderie, and the undeniable allure of the fairways!Rohrs Golf Fitting & building tips, tricks, swag, and custom creations from Neal Rohrbach.The Las Vegas Golf SuperstoreThe premier retail destination for golfers in the Las Vegas Valley!The Golf StopAn indoor Trackman Lounge in the south end of the valley featuring four bays, a snack bar, and beer!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.We hope you enjoy this week's episode, and if you do, please consider leaving us a review on either Spotify or iTunes. Thank You!

An unforgettable 7-day road trip plan from Los Angeles to San Diego through Joshua Tree, Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, around the Salton Sea, and to Borrego Springs and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Mario Ybarra Jr. is a Mexican-American, a conceptual artist born and raised in Los Angeles. His artwork operates as examinations of excluded social norms, often examining complete environments, histories, and narratives. He received an MFA from the University of California Irvine and a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design. He has been featured in many local, national, and international exhibitions/fairsKarla Diaz is a writer, teacher, and multidisciplinary artist who engages in painting, installation, video, and performance. Using narrative to question identity, institutional power, and explore memory, her socially engaged practice generates exciting collaborations and provokes important dialogue among diverse communities. Critical discourse is central to her practice as she explores social, subcultural, and marginalized stories. In her introspection, splashes of color became figures and objects that transformed into scenes of domesticity and city life drawn from her upbringing in Mexico and Los Angeles. Karla & Mario have been in the forefront of many pilot events, exhibitions and programs in diverse cities, museums, and art galleries all over the world. Diaz's background in youth education, performance, art and writing, influence a multidisciplinary, pedagogical approach to her work, creating dialogue among diverse communities. Mario's conceptual work and interest in alternative histories and narratives interface with art and cultural contemporary practices.        Karla Diazhttps://www.karladiazart.com https://www.luisdejesus.com/artists/karla-diazhttps://www.instagram.com/karladiaz76/         Mario Ybarrra Jr.www.marioybarrajrartist.comhttps://www.instagram.com/mario_ybarra_jr/         Slanguage Studiohttps://www.instagram.com/slanguagestudio/   

Jedes Jahr steigt in Borrego Springs, Kalifornien, die 24 Stunden Weltmeisterschaft im Einzelzeitfahren. Leute aus Österreich und Deutschland sind nicht sehr häufig anzutreffen, doch die, die an den Start gehen, meinen es ernst – genauso wie Philipp Kaider 2022 oder auch Christoph Strasser 2016 und 2018.Woran das mit der überschaubaren Teilnehmeranzahl wohl liegt? An der aufwändigen und teuren Anreise? Der frisch gebackene Weltmeister erklärt uns die wahren Gründe, die durchaus zum Schmunzeln anregen.Straps und Flo kennen den kleinen Ort in der Anza Borrego Wüste wie ihre Trikottasche, da es einer der beliebtesten Gegenden für die RAAM Vorbereitung ist. Heute hört ihr Insights über die Streckenbeschaffenheit, das Klima, die Stimmung an der Strecke und die strengen Regeln in der Pit-Zone: All das sind Faktoren, die das Rennen auf dem teils holprigen Rundkurs so speziell machen.Mit 856 Kilometern holte sich Philipp zwar keinen Preis in der Style-Wertung, aber den Sieg. Und das, obwohl er den amerikanischen Journalisten vor dem Start keine Erwähnung wert war, als die Favoriten vorgestellt wurden.Wir gratulieren und freuen uns mit dem #wödmasta im #weitradlfoan, zu dessen Ehren es nun auch den „Weltmeister-Kaffee“ gibt.Bestellungen der „Campione del Mondo“ Bohnen sind ab sofort auf www.ultracyclingshop.com möglich. Damit könnt ihr bei der nächsten Sitzfleisch Ausgabe schon mit einer Tasse in der Hand zuhören, und leistet auch eine kleine Unterstützung für Philipp.Ob es wirklich eine weitere Episode gibt, können wir aber noch nicht versprechen. Denn Flo hat große, bzw. sinnlose Pläne!Website Philipp Kaider: www.kkcycling.atInstagram Philipp Kaider: www.instagram.com/philipp_kaider_kkcycling.at

Meet District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond. Retired Navy Veteran, Delta Airlines pilot, and former Mayor of San Marcos, Supervisor Desmond represents Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos, Escondido, Fallbrook, Borrego Springs, and Ocotillo Wells. He has been working to reduce homelessness, improve mental health resources, increase affordable housing, and raise awareness of the dangers of Fentanyl.  To learn more visit:  https://www.supervisorjimdesmond.com/

Esse episódio é um oferecimento de Session Brasil (@sessionbrasil). We Make you Faster. Visite o site: http://www.sessionbrasil.com.brAs notícias da semana vão dividir espaço com o entusiasmo dos gregários Nicolas Sessler e Alvaro Pacheco, que estiveram na última edição do Rouleur London Show. Agora, eles contam os detalhes para o Leandro Bittar e para você. Um evento que reúne centenas de personagens do mundo do ciclismo. Do mercado aos ciclistas aposentados. Dos fotógrafos aos craques em atividade. Uma injeção de ciclismo puro nas veias. Eles, simplesmente, estiveram ao lado de Tom Boonen e Fabian Cancellara e vão falar sobre isso.

Esse episódio é um oferecimento de Session Brasil (@sessionbrasil). We Make you Faster. Visite o site: http://www.sessionbrasil.com.brAs notícias da semana vão dividir espaço com o entusiasmo dos gregários Nicolas Sessler e Alvaro Pacheco, que estiveram na última edição do Rouleur London Show. Agora, eles contam os detalhes para o Leandro Bittar e para você. Um evento que reúne centenas de personagens do mundo do ciclismo. Do mercado aos ciclistas aposentados. Dos fotógrafos aos craques em atividade. Uma injeção de ciclismo puro nas veias. Eles, simplesmente, estiveram ao lado de Tom Boonen e Fabian Cancellara e vão falar sobre isso.

Nestled between the historic gold mining town of Julian and The Salton Sea, Borrego Springs and the surrounding Anza-Borrego Desert State Park offer a number of exceptional experiences. Located two hours from San Diego, there are activities and natural attractions suited for many types of RVers. With 805 km (500 mi) of dirt roads, a dozen wilderness areas and kilometres of hiking trails you would expect some great adventures, and you won't be disappointed.

Kabir is the only Indian to have successfully completed what could arguably the toughest ultra endurance cycling event on the planet the Race Across America(RAAM). In this episode, we will talk to him about what it was like. How different was this experience compared to the first time he completed RAAM among other things. 0:00:00 Intro 0:04:01 What was different in his preparation 0:05:50 Crew preparation for 2022 RAAM attempt 0:14:10 His training leading up to RAAM 2022 0:23:55 Nutrition and recovery strategy for this edition of RAAM 0:29:10 How did he manage the sleep breaks for RAAM 2022 0:33:30 Challenges encountered during RAAM how they overcame them 1:07:05 Going with winning attitude instead of surviving, Cat and mouse on the last stretch towards the finish line 1:20:45 What does it take to go with a winning mentality; expenses involved in competing at RAAM 1:28:20 Next in line, 24 hour TT race in Borrego Springs, Deccan cliffhanger, Himalayan Ultra, sharing knowledge with others 1:38:30 Tips for aspiring ultra athletes 1:41:30 Closing remarks! Some Links Below: Working Athlete Community on FB. Link to Anchor Voice messages About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker

Hear how we can stop the placement of these violent offenders in our neighborhoods. We speak with Sara Thompson from Kid Safe CA about what to do next.

On the "Today in San Diego" podcast, a 25-year-old man accused of shooting two bystanders in downtown is due in court, a proposal to place a sexually violent predator in Borrego Springs causes outrage among locals and dozens of city employees could face termination for refusing to get vaccinated for Covid.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elnaz Seylabi, University of Nevada, Reno We perform a series of large scale, nonlinear, earthquake ground motion simulations that account for the cyclic plastic behavior of sediments in the shallow crust. Our goal is to understand and quantitatively assess how idealized models of sediment nonlinearity influence the amplitude, frequency content, and duration of strong ground motion in broadband earthquake simulations. We use the Garner Valley region in southern California as a test case where near-surface nonlinearity has been reported for peak ground accelerations (PGAs) as small as 0.05-0.2g. We model the sediment cyclic response using a multi-axial constitutive model formulated within the framework of bounding surface plasticity in terms of total stress and implemented in a high-performance computing finite element code. We first describe a series of numerical experiments designed to verify our model implementation, and then present a series of idealized large-scale simulations where material properties were extracted from the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Community Velocity Model CVM-S4.26 (using its optional geotechnical layer). The modulus reduction curves and ultimate shear strength were selected empirically to constrain the nonlinear soil model parameters. Furthermore, we simulate the rupture of the 2010 Mw 5.4 Borrego Springs and a Mw 6.5 scenario earthquakes using a kinematic earthquake rupture model. Having the rupture simulations, we then compute synthetic ground motions with the nonlinear model (for a maximum frequency of 5 Hz) and discuss how modeling shallow crust nonlinearity affects the ground response intensity measures in the different cases considered.

It's been less than a year since 13 American service members were killed in Kabul, during the final days of the US evacuation of Afghanistan. Then, for the first time in two years, hundreds of the world's top economic, business and political leaders met in-person in Davos, Switzerland last week. Attendees say this World Economic Forum had many of the glitzy events of the Davos of old, but this time it was different. And, A little known smartphone technology used to track personal data is raising alarm bells over its use by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Then, the town of Julian is one of two Dark Sky communities in California. Borrego Springs is the other. Some tips for visitors who want to take in the Milky Way. Finally, Maestro Steven Schick will perform his final two concerts as music director and conductor of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus this weekend.

Keeping the west coast flavor on the podcast this week with a close friend, a content genius, and an overall great human T Feltz Golf. (00:53:05:25) We sat down after our round together out at the Glorious Rams Hill Golf Club in Borrego Springs, CA, and talked about the trip to the Palm Springs Golf Championships. We talk Rams Hill Course conditions, course architecture, & so much more! Even Scorpions! BUT... Before we get into our chat with T Feltz. We talk shop after a wild past week on the PGA Tour! Record-Breaking week for Joaquín Niemann out at Tigers Tournament the Genesis Invitational. TIGER. ELDRICK. WOODS. LOOKS GOOD! & Of Course. Phil Mickelson vs The World. How we see both sides and how we think the PGA Tour are the masterminds behind it all (Please have tin foil hats ready) We redid our website and you should really check it out! It's pretty sexy. New Merch Options. New Videos. New Podcasts. All at www.enjoythewalkpod.com Now get out there, carry your clubs, & Enjoy The Walk! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/enjoythewalkpod/support

The Crew started out their 2022 on the West Coast for the Palm Springs Golf Championship. We left snow and we were greeted with snow up arrival back to the East Coast. BUT! That's not what today's episode is about! We talk golf & a lot of it. From detailing our time spent out in Palm Springs (Dante's first time in 21 years on the Weast Coast). To the Tournament rounds on PGA West Nicklaus Tournament Course & Stadium Course & Horse Race at the Mountain Dunes Course. PGA West put on a show all week! We then teamed up with our great friend @tfeltz_golf to drive from Palm Springs to Borrego Springs. Home of Rams Hill Golf Club. Also a first for Dante (seeing a trend here?) We talk about the round at Rams Hill and the incredible ways the golf course presents you with never-before-seen challenges and views! Last but surely not least we followed our San Diego native @tfeltz_golf to his "home away from home" at Aviara Golf Club, home of the 2021 LPGA Kia Classic. And boy o boy what a treat! Mike Maggs (@maggsgolf) also joined us for the round and gave Trent a lesson or two (per hole!) We hope you enjoy what is the start of our west coast swing for the podcast! Hit that SUBSCRIBE Button wherever you listen to podcasts as our 4th SZN is gearing up to be some of our best shows yet! Head to www.enjoythewalkpod.com to check out all of our social media content, our Youtube Page, & all of our available merchandise while supplies last! Now get out there, carry your clubs, & Enjoy The Walk! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/enjoythewalkpod/support

Babes Ride Out 2021 comes back to Borrego Springs where it all started in 2013. Girl On A Moto had the chance to sit in with a handful of the original Babes In Borrego group. Friend of the show Alyssa, from Sena, gathered a group for an interview and we got to sit in and listen like a fly on the wall. Peace be with you!! @girl_on_a_moto This episode is brought to you by  Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys sign up for their B.A.M.  free roadside assistance program and tell them Girl On A Moto sent you!!  

The Biden administration today said it is ready to quickly roll out vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 once the FDA and CDC give their approvals. Plus, Navy leaders say they're making changes and increasing oversight to correct widespread failures that led to the loss of the USS Bonhomme Richard as a result of arson more than a year ago. Meanwhile, a former police officer works to increase transparency and improve community relations in local law enforcement. Also, who is behind Let Them Breathe, which has become known nationally for its fight against mask mandates and other COVID restrictions in schools? And, from the archive, Julian this year was named an official Dark Sky community, just the second one in California after Borrego Springs. Finally, KPBS Arts Calendar Editor and Producer Julia Dixon Evans speaks to San Diego author Ari Honarvar about her debut novel, "A Girl Called Rumi."

Este es un resumen muy especial, con Dennis (lejos de Borrego Springs y de nuevo en España) y Judit, en un cara a cara desde Corbera de Llobregat. Analizamos el GP de Austria en detalle y además hablamos del lanzamiento del libro de Kenny Noyes: Desafíos de Superbike, Moto2 & Glasgow3 ➡︎ https://www.kennynoyes.com/es/tienda

This week, in Borrego Springs, California, a very sick person hatches a very sick plan to lure his prey to a secluded spot, and inflict untold horrors upon them. It turns out even worse than the plan, but the big problem is that this definitely not the first time. A history of sordid attempts to take creepy pictures, and maybe make some snuff films, blows this whole thing wide open, and even more disturbing information is unearthed! Along the way, we find out that you better not turn your porch light on in this town, that you shouldn't take a creepy person's offer to take nude pictures of you, and that you can't be your own alibi!! Hosted by James Pietragallo & Jimmie Whisman  New episodes every Thursday!  Donate at: patreon.com/crimeinsports or go to paypal.com & use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com  Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder & Crime In Sports!  Follow us on...  twitter.com/@murdersmall  facebook.com/smalltownpod  instagram.com/smalltownmurder  Also, check out James & Jimmie's other show, Crime In Sports! On iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts

This week's guest is Mike Hall, CEO of Borrego.Borrego is a leading developer, EPC and O&M provider accelerating the delivery of large commercial, community solar, and utility-scale solar and energy storage projects in the United States.With a background in Chemical Engineering, Mike is the 3rd co-founder of Borrego, then Borrego Solar. The origins of the company date back to the early 1980s when a family friend built an off-grid PV-powered home in Borrego Springs. When Mike's brother, Aaron, graduated from college, he started a rooftop solar business out of their family garage, and Borrego Solar was born. This year, Borrego Solar rebranded to Borrego and expanded its efforts to accelerate renewable energy adoption to meet increasing demand. Mike also sits on the board of Metrus Energy and Solar Energy Industries Association. Mike and I have a fantastic discussion about Borrego, its evolution, and the solar and renewable energy sector more broadly. Mike explains the history of the solar market, the importance of policy at the state level, and how the various types of energy markets need different solutions. We also dive into the problem of intermittency, seasonal energy storage, and dirty peaker plants. Mike has been in the solar and renewable energy sector since the early 2000s. It was great to have in join me this week.Enjoy the show!You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded March 31st, 2021To learn more about this episode, visit: https://myclimatejourney.co/episodes/mike-hallTo learn more about Borrego: https://www.borregoenergy.comBorrego is hiring! Check out the open positions: https://www.borregoenergy.com/careers/

It's fine. That's the ongoing joke inside of Jen Orr - Ultra-endurance Cyclist's circle, but in this episode there's no joke about what Jen has been able to accomplish in just a few short years of becoming an ultra cyclist, a transition from her previous life as a competitive triathlete. Notably, Jen has recently set 8 World Ultra-Cycling Association (WUCA) world records in her 24-hr record attempt in Borrego Springs, California, grabbing the distance records of 100-, 200-, 300-, and 500-km, as well as the 100-, 200-, and 300-mile records, and also the 6 hour timed record. Last year, Jen won 1st place overall in the Race Across the West (RAW) and in 2018 she won first place in the women's category at the 6-12-24 Hour World Time Trial Championships (WTTC). Her RAAM qualifier was also at the 24 hour worlds back in 2017. In a short amount of time, Jen has also acquired a lot of experience through racing over 20 double centuries in California and crewing for Seana Hogan - Transcontinental Record Holder's 2018 Race Across America (RAAM). I can't wait to follow her RAAM journey in 2021! Let's roll!

On episode #43 of The XIX Podcast, host Charlie Zamora interviews Wil Mayo. Wil Mayo is the Director of Golf Sales & Business Development at Rams Hill GC in Borrego Springs, CA. Originally from Michigan, Wil graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Sport Management in 2011. While at Michigan, Wil worked as a Student Equipment Manager for the Michigan Football Program. After graduating college, Wil began working for the Southern California Golf Association via a grant from the USGA. Wil worked for the SCGA in the Rules & Competitions department until 2019, when he embarked on his new role with Rams Hill. FEATURING: Host: Charlie Zamora Instagram: www.instagram.com/charliezamora_/ Guest: Wil Mayo Instagram: https://instagram.com/ramshillwil?igshid=f6916straick FOLLOW: XIX - Instagram: www.instagram.com/playxix/ - Facebook: www.facebook.com/PLAYXIX/ - Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC5oQZdpXjXz7kR8hqp4OlZQ - Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xix-h…d1447577461?mt=2 SHOP NOW: www.playxix.com

173+ double centuries and there's no slowing him down! Steve Meichtry is our guest in today's episode and his story is sure to inspire you and push you to do something in your life. At 68 years old, Steve has competed in ultra events like the HooDoo 500, Silver State 508, Race Across the West (RAW), Race Across America (RAAM), and the 24-hr World Time Trial Championships in Borrego Springs, California. Just to think 26 years ago, Steve was battling an acoustic neuroma that threatened not just his cycling career and ambitions, but also his life. Since then, Steve has proven that you can accomplish a lot with the right mindset, and looking back, it's amazing to see how far Steve has come. Get ready to be challenged! Let's roll!

John and Nancy Guth are no ordinary couple. While most grandparents enjoy kicking back, relaxing, playing with their grandchildren and watching them do ambitious things, the Guth's are the ones setting the bar for their entire family and quite frankly making us all look bad! At 67 years old and 70 years old, respectively, John and Nancy are often known by their Race Across America team name, Team Beau & Babe. Since 2010, Nancy has raced on 5 RAAM teams, setting records and making history along the way, including her 2012 2-person over 60 team record with her husband, John, in a time of 8 days 3 hours 43 minutes. This powerhouse couple also hold the over 60 mixed record in the Race Across the West and the four-person mixed record on RAAM team Beau, Babe and Boys in a time of 7 days 53 minutes. And to cap it all off, they've also won in the 6-12-24 World Time Trial Championships in Borrego Springs, California. In 2021, Nancy is hoping to become the first female to race in the 70+ age category. Exciting stuff! I'm your host, Justin Too. Let's roll!

Join us for this Quick Release debrief episode where we check in with ultra-cycling friend, rock star and badass Jen Orr after her 24-hour World Record attempt in Borrego Springs back on November 7th. There was wind. There was rain. There was cold. And Jen was setting records and breaking records like an angry DJ. Listen in as we talk about what worked, what didn’t and what’s next on Jen’s ultra-cycling race agenda! Show resources: Give us your feedback: www.TeamZCycling.com/feedback Jen’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jen.orr.50 https://www.facebook.com/JenOrrEndurance Jen’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenorr_raam2021/ Support Rick’s 2021 RAW race: https://www.zraam2021.com/gofundme Race Across the West: http://www.raceacrossthewest.org/ Race Across America: https://www.raceacrossamerica.org/ Next Day Podcast: www.nextdaypodcast.com

It's okay to suffer. On today's episode, we chat with Jeffrey Ritter, a Director and the Corporate Secretary of the World UltraCycling Association (WUCA) and an ultra-cyclist himself with the recumbent bicycle being his ride of choice, and there's a hair-raising story to go along with that... For over 40 years, Jeffrey has practiced law with a focus on technology law and has taught at the University of Oxford and other graduate level programs in the Washington D.C. area here in the US. He's even testified before the US Senate! His recent cycling achievements include winning the 12-hr recumbent US National Time Trial Championship, 5th place overall in the 6-hr Nationals, and 1st place in the 12-hr recumbent World Championship in Borrego Springs, California. Let's roll!

Join us for this Quick Release episode where we visit with ultra-cyclist and friend Jen Orr as she prepares for her 24-hour World Record attempt in Borrego Springs, CA starting at 9am PST on Saturday, November 7th. The World Time Trial Championships were cancelled this year due to COVID-19 so Jen decided to go ride 10 miles of the course for 24 hours and try to break the solo female world record of 439.65 miles set nearly 30 years ago. GO JEN!! Show resources: Give us your feedback: www.TeamZCycling.com/feedback Check in for live updates from Borrego Springs… Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jen.orr.50 https://www.facebook.com/JenOrrEndurance Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenorr_raam2021/ Support Rick’s 2021 RAW race: https://www.zraam2021.com/gofundme Race Across the West: http://www.raceacrossthewest.org/ Race Across America: https://www.raceacrossamerica.org/ Next Day Podcast: www.nextdaypodcast.com

Imagine riding all around the beautiful country of Italy passing through historic cities like Venice, Milan, Rome, Naples, and over the snowcapped Alps. Well, now you can with Luca Masini's Giro d'Italia Nonstop, or GINS, as its abbreviated, with over 2,400 miles (almost 4,000 km) and 166,000 ft (over 50,000 m) of climbing. On today's episode, we'll discuss the first edition of GINS which was held in August, as well as Luca's future plans for the event and his own ultra cycling achievements, including riding the 1,600 km (994.1 miles) BikingMan Inca Divide in Peru, the 24h Finale Ligure MTB event in Europe, the 24h World Time Trial Championships in Borrego Springs, California and his involvement with the RAAM, RAW, Race Around Slovenia, Race Across Italy, Race Around Ireland, Silver State 508, and much more. Grab your favorite plate of pasta and enjoy this fun episode! Let's roll!

Please be aware the stories, theories, re-enactments and language in this podcast are of an adult nature and can be disturbing, frightening and in some cases offensive. Listener Discretion is advised – there is very adult content ahead and you have been warned. Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the weird, wonderful, unexplained, eerie, scary and down-right unbelievable. There will be tales of ghosts, murder, supernatural beings and unexplained mysteries. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, relax and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma.... And on today’s Dark enigma we’re starting our tales for Scare-tober. I know last year we did the Witchtober, but since Covid I didn’t have the time to put together a theme for this year, so I’m going all random. So, with that said, we will still be playing our drinking game and as you know, the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. The choice of libation is yours, so choose your poison accordingly… Alright, now for the game part how about every time I say horror that will be a single shot and every time I say Desert, that will be a double shot. Now that the business end is out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… and we’re starting October off with Strange Tales of Horror in the Desert. Deserts are stark, barren places that seem to be natural habitats for the spooky and supernatural. With their vast expanses of sand, scrub, and unchanging, desolate surroundings, deserts seem to lie somewhere in another realm beyond time and reality. They are scary places, remote, deadly, and remorseless, posing challenges for life that has evolved there and to anyone foolhardy to enter this domain unprepared. It is perhaps no wonder that it is the deserts of the world that have become the settings for numerous tales of horror, sinister mysteries, and unfathomable supernatural dread. From spectral evil to ferocious mystery beasts, here we take a journey through these lonely, sandy expanses, to pry at some of the weird, spine-tingling, and terrifying enigmas that permeate them. One of the unseen dangers lurking within the desert are the mysterious creatures, sometimes malicious and malignant, that stalk through land. In the sun scorched, burning wilderness of a place called Borrego Sink, 45 mi SE of Borrego Springs, California, there have been reported terrifying encounters between man and mystery beast. The desert may seem to be a strange place to find Bigfoot, but not only have they been reported in this savage wasteland, but they seem to be of a rather aggressive variety, especially the ones that have come to be known as the Borrego Sasquatch. One such incident occurred in 1939, when a man was camping alone in one of the many dry gulches of the area. The man was awoken in the middle of the night by a band of two-legged hairy creatures stalking about his camp on the fringes of the campfire’s light. The beats were described as having white or silver fur and possessed piercing red eyes that glowed in the dark. The pack of creatures circled the camp menacingly for some time but seemed to be somewhat afraid of the fire and kept their distance until they finally slunk off back into the desert.

Endurance cyclist Jeffrey Ritter had to take small steps and set big goals to reach full recovery from a broken neck. He talks with Kelly and Maria about finding inspiration within to conquer each moment and how to “embrace the day.” Contact Kelly and Maria at hello@championsmojo.com. MORE ABOUT JEFFREY RITTER Jeffrey Ritter is a world champion cyclist who made a full recovery from a broken neck and other injuries he sustained while training on his bicycle. At the 2019 Borrego Springs 12-hour world time trials, he was the champion -- completing 181 miles in 12 hours. He was a visiting lecturer at the University of Oxford, an author of multiple books (including two books of poetry) and is a world renowned expert on doing business in the digital age.  Episode Topics and Mentions French Alps Race Across America, endurance race Recovery from a broken neck University of Oxford London Zwift Durham, North Carolina Col du Galibier Recumbent bike Cruzbike Goal setting Visualization Reshaping goals Gardening/growing cucumbers Sourdough bread Brain cancer Accountability Muhammed Ali Endurance cycling Using rage/anger as motivation Bicycle link tattoo Jim Parker “Embrace the day” Takeaways Kelly It’s important to remember the power of passion for motivation in everything in life. Passion is contagious. Endurance athletes have a willingness to expose themselves to suffering. In that difficulty, champion moments are made.  Maria Set small goals to reach larger ones, especially when it is hard to see the big goal off in the distance.  Optimism is so important to thinking about future goals. Positivity can turn goals into reality. Quote of the Week:  “Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” -- Muhammad Ali Subscribe to the Champion's Mojo podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Play.  Have something you want to share with us? Email it to hello@championsmojo.com Keep up with the show by visiting ChampionsMojo.com and visiting the Facebook page, Instagram page, and Twitter page.

Amid Pandemic, State Releases Thousands of Prisoners — But Will They Have Support at Home? Thousands of nonviolent inmates are being released from California’s prisons and jails as the state grapples with the pandemic. Advocates are worried about the fate of those men and women once they’re out. Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED Politics Families of Patients in State's Mental Health Hospitals Worry State mental hospitals face similar challenges. Families of patients worried that their loved ones aren't able to practice physical distancing inside. Reporter: Lee Romney, KALW Essential Fishing Industry Seeks Silver Lining to Coronavirus Commercial fishermen and women on the Central Coast are among the many who could use some clarity right now. Their salmon season is launching in just a few weeks, in early May. Even though California’s fishing industry is designated as essential, it’s biggest customers are not. Restaurants are all but shut down because of the pandemic. Some of the people who make their livings in commercial fishing are looking for a silver lining right about now. Reporter: Erika Mahoney, KAZU How Carlee's Restaurant is Feeding Borrego Springs The town of Borrego Springs, population 3,000, is smack in the middle of Anza Borrego State Park. "Panic buying" during quarantine has been especially tough on residents in rural towns. There’s often just one or maybe two grocery stores in some communities. So a restaurant owner there took matters into his own hands. Carlee’s is helping feed Borrego Springs in a way its owner probably never expected. Reporter: Nina Sparling, KQED Remembering KCRW's Matt Holtzman This weekend, our friends at KCRW in Los Angeles lost a friend and colleague, producer Matt Holzman, to cancer. Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report co-Host

I'm a desert rat. Jim is doing this whole SoCal desert tour thing for me because Borrego is my favorite place in the world. I love this remote, sunshiny and sparsely populated area and could happily live here year-round. Jim says, that's okay, he will visit me once a year in wintertime. Nestled in a valley within the 600,000-acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park we found the The Springs at Borrego RV Resort and Golf Course. The post Campground Review: The Springs at Borrego RV Resort in Borrego Springs, California appeared first on Living In Beauty.

Dark Side written by Nisha Catron and Cathryn Beeks, performed by Calamity: Nisha Catron, Cathryn Beeks, Marcia Claire, Patric Petrie, Catherine Barnes. Produced by Sven-Erik Seaholm, mastered by Paul Abbott. Video by Cathryn Beeks. Filmed at Casa Del Zoro in Borrego Springs, CA October 19, 2019 ListenLocalRadio.com/heycalamity

Wil was a real pleasure. He's new to his role as the director of sales and business development at Rams Hill Golf Club and has hit the ground running. It's so refreshing to hear of the modern and progressive mentality that Rams Hill has adopted. It's a breathtakingly beautiful golf course set in the desert of Borrego Springs, California that focuses on experience. Yes, a golf club that goes all in on customer experience. It's hard not to look at Rams Hill in complete amazement. The contrast of lush green to the sandy desert and the different lighting caused by the suns position in relation to the mountains makes it distinctly beautiful from first light to sun down. It recognises that Golf is a game for all and to be enjoyed in any way they see fit. Wil summed this up so profoundly when he said ‘Golf just needs you to be yourself'. We could not agree more and couldn't be prouder to help share the foundational thoughts of what we believe makes a Golf facility amazing. With so many other activities in the area and on site from horse riding to BBQing and hiking, this really is an idyllic setting for any type of Golf trip. Of course, we dive into Will's introduction into the game, our passion for travel and some other interesting topics. If you haven't already, check out @ramshillgolfclub and message Will to organise your next trip. Rest assured, it will be an unforgettable one. We cannot wait to visit and have definitely been inspired to have more courses and clubs come on so we can help share what's working in this modern world and what approach or practical steps should be taken to see more people benefiting from the game. Thank you all so much for listening and remember to review the podcast on Apple podcasts by Friday 25th October to be in with a chance of winning 1 of 4 AMPcaddy speakers that we are giving away to help you enjoy your rounds even more!

In this episode, Phil and Janelle talk about Dora the Explorer, Borrego Springs, Tarantino, fiction books, listener mail, Planet Tad, My Vacation Pants, and more.

There's been some progress made at SANDAG, Supervisor Desmond gives us an update! Also, Borrego Springs was given a unique distinction and we discuss the upcoming week! 

We covered a lot of topics this week including our revitalization meeting that took place in Borrego Springs. Also, there's been a lot in the news regarding SANDAG, we discussed the latest. Plus, we finished by talking about tourism in San Diego! 

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond talked about the wonderful feedback he received last week at a "Kitchen Cabinet Meeting." Also, he spoke about SANDAG spending $800,000 more dollars on Grand Central Station. Plus, he tells us about visiting Borrego Springs with his family. 

In Episode 54 of the Wandering But Not Lost Podcast, co-hosts Matt Emerson and Jan O’Brien share how to achieve LinkedIn Mastery amping up your profile into All-Star status and a few key points about connecting on this powerful online platform and in Wandering Zen, Matt takes a road trip into the desert of San Diego County and visits the little oasis of Borrego Springs. Find our show notes at https://www.WBNLPodcast.com/Episodes 

Mick Walsh checks in from Borrego Springs, CA with an update from the 6-12-24 Hour World Championships See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dennis Mammana lives in Borrego Springs, an International Dark Sky Community located two hours east of San Diego that just happens to be one of the best places in the world to experience the night sky.  Former pro cyclist Phil Gaimon explains why California is his favorite place to ride (his rationale involves sunshine and dolphins) and architecture expert Sam Lubell raves about the Mid-Century Modern buildings worth visiting in the Golden State.

Michael Conti checks in from the rode as he rides somewhere in the wide open desert spaces between Borrego Springs and Blythe. Conti plans to ride all the way to Flagstaff before taking his first sleep break. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join host Brian Roach, Jr, and John Gozzi live on Sunday March 25th, 2018 from 7:30-9pm EST for episode #109 of Major League Fantasy Baseball Radio. We are a live broadcast that will take callers at 323-870-4395. Press 1 to speak with the host. This is our kick off show for the new 2018 fantasy baseball season. We will discuss the latest information in the world of fantasy baseball. Our guest this week is Coach Andy Macuga. Andy is the Head Coach for Borrego Springs H.S. in the San Diego area. He has been an owner in our leagues for 6+ years, and also contributes to our football shows as well. He is also the Head Football Coach for Borrego Springs. 

Way back in December of 2015, Drew Cronyn took advantage of the "Body" theme to tell a series of funny and gross and also funny stories about attending autopsy classes in medical school. Side characters in these stories include Fire Island regulars, die-hard Charlie's Angels fans, and people with too many grandmothers. From Drew's Odyssey bio: Drew Cronyn is delighted to be telling another story for Odyssey. He's told about parenthood, travel, love and now this. He is from a family of storytellers including one grandfather who was on the bestseller list in the 50's and another who had a play on Broadway. Hailing from Borrego Springs, California, Drew now lives in far eastern Tucson with his husband and tweenaged son, two dogs and four chickens. Drew also dedicated this particular story to his now-departed left inguinal hernia. This episode was performed and recorded in front of a live audience at The Screening Room on December 3rd, 2015, and curated by Carolyn Langford Hussein Fort. For more information about Odyssey Storytelling, please visit www.odysseystorytelling.com

Denmark's Aske Soby is looking to make a big improvement at the 2016 Race Across America. Soby took a few minutes to check in from Borrego Springs where he's currently acclimating to the 115 degree desert temperatures. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Live from Reuben's Burger Bistro in Boulder, CO we join Michael Robson to hear about his experience working as crew chief for the winning 2014 4 man relay Legends of the Road. However, we start things off by checking in with Robert Baldino of Team Cyclonauts who is racing on a 4 man relay team in the 2015 Race Across America. The Cyclonauts lost a motor home to engine trouble in Borrego Springs and had one of its support vehicles totaled when another driver ran a stop sign and crashed into the team car. Cyclonauts haven't missed a beat and were in Cortez, CO... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The 2015 Race Across America starts today. We've followed American solo rookie Adam Bickett as he prepares for one of the toughest athletic events in the world. We caught up with Adam as he was 'relaxing' in Borrego Springs. We'll begin 'during the race' updates with Adam and his crew chief Airey Baringer as they near the Mississippi. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a re-recorded mix of my live set at AWOL Oasis on February 28th in Borrego Springs, CA. My set began at 1:30am. Unfortunately, I had complications with recording live but I loved the vibe so much I decided to re-record it back at home. ENJOY THE VIBES! Visit → http://porterhausmusic.com Follow → twitter.com/portehausmusic Like → facebook.com/porterhausmusic

Come learn of research that represents the first comprehensive county-wide survey and analysis of San Diegans who depend on the region’s Food Bank. It draws a portrait of the people needing food assistance and seeks to understand the demographic, economic, and social factors driving that need. The FBEI Research team was led by Reaser and Economic Research Associate Dieter Mauerman, and coordinated by FBEI Manager Emily Gallentine who worked carefully with teams of PLNU students to interview 570 households at 13 distribution sites throughout San Diego County. These were a geographically representative sampling of all the communities the Food Bank serves, from coastal cities to as far north as Borrego Springs, and to the Backcountry, San Ysidro, and central San Diego. Reaser commented, “The study results will certainly dispel preconceived notions of who it is the Food Bank is helping because what we have discovered is the face of hunger looks very much like you and me.”