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Everybody's got a Story
by KX FM
Everybody’s Got a Story will delve into all aspect of the written word from the process of creating great stories to thoughts on editing, publishing and surviving the journey. We will also feature talks with authors, read their works, and discuss the literary tradition in Laguna Beach as we endeavor to give life to the art form that gives life to the stories that are our lives.
Episodes
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Everybody's Got a Story: Flash Fiction Through Music
Host John Tynan explores the fascinating connection between flash fiction and music, demonstrating how beloved songs function as complete short stories set to melody. Through analysis of classic tracks from Icehouse, Jim Croce, Peter Gabriel, and others, listeners discover the essential elements…
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Everybody's Got a Story with Shane Pollard
Artist, illustrator, and author Shane Pollard takes us on a journey through his fantastical mind and his first novel, Show Yourself, a quirky mystery thriller that blends dark humor with deeper questions about life and meaning. In this episode we hear how Shane originally dreamed of being a…
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Everybody's Got a Story: Talkin' LitFest with Tonkovich
Andrew Tonkovich, longtime editor of the West Coast literary arts journal the Santa Monica Review and founding editor of the online Orange County quarterly Citric Acid, joins Amy Dechary and me to preview the inaugural Laguna Beach LitFest. Andrew will moderate a lunchtime panel, Telling the...
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Everybody's Got a Story with Ellen Kempler on Bob Dylan
Poet Ellen Girardeau Kempler and I get into a very robust discussion about the differences between lyrics and poetry, and related topics, during this episode. Our conversation's point of departure is the controversy around Bob Dylan's 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for Literature. Ellen expounds her…
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Everybody's Got a Story: Randy Kraft Shares Her Short Story Collection
Former journalist & communications strategist, now book reviewer and lecturer, Randy Kraft is the author of three novels and two story collections in print, ebooks and audio. Randy holds an MAW [Masters in Writing] MBA & BA, Lit.Raised in NYC, writing in So. California. You can check out her...
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Everybody's Got a Story with Darrell Denny
Darrell Denny is the author of "Of Light & Lies", a heart thumping tale set on an isolated island with nowhere to hide. Helen and Juanita must decide—who can they trust? And what happens when the past won’t stay buried? Darrell writes pulse-pounding thrillers packed with intrigue, deception, and...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Discussion of the Writing Life with Scott T Barnes
Scott T. Barnes has published oral histories, a fourth grade reader, and works of young adult fiction, including the novel "Memories of Lucinda Eco", which BookLife called “a spellbinding blend of magic and mystery.” Scott’s science fiction story, “Insect Sculptor”, won the L. Ron Hubbard…
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Everybody's Got a Story: The Clock of Life Author Nancy Klann-Moren
Local author and artist Nancy Klann-Moren joins us to discuss her writing journey, advice for writers, and her three publications - "The Clock of Life" (a novel), "Like the Flies on the Patio" (a collection of short-stories), and "Love and Protest" (a novel). Nancy is the wife of a retired...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Lindsey Strand-Polyak Unpacks the Baroque Genius
Newly-appointed Education Program Director (and long-time Festival Orchestra violinist) Dr. Lindsey Strand-Polyak shares all the innovative details of "Coloring with Corelli", a collaboration between the Baroque Music Festival Corona del Mar and St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. The...
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Everybody's Got a Story: A Chat with Free Wheelchair Mission CEO Nuka Hart
Nuka Hart, CEO of Free Wheelchair Mission, joins us in this episode to discuss the importance of mobility and the central role storytelling plays in her organization's mission to serve the estimated 80 million people across the world who need a wheelchair. Nuka has the overall operational...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Talking Watercolor with Becky Ryan
As a child, today's guest Becky Ryan enrolled in art classes, which sparked an affinity for painting and established for her the value of practice. After painting casually for many years, Becky adopted a more intentional, dedicated approach, going on to earn an associate degree in fine art, enter...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Creative Identity Speaks
George Gilliam, Executive Director of Creative Identity, a non-profit dedicated to strengthening the voice of the intellectual disability community, joins the show to share the story of how this incredible organization began and continues to flourish. By utilizing music, ceramics, silk painting…
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Everybody's Got a Story: Conversation with Emily Hine
Emily Hine is a social entrepreneur with a national reputation for forging successful partnerships that result in significant social change. Over the course of her career in fundraising, philanthropy, marketing, public relations, and as a founding member of three successful start-up companies…
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Everybody's Got a Story: Calling All Garske Fans - Erick's in the Building!
Erick Garske entered early retirement from a career as a software engineer. Now he spends his days focused on composing poems and prose instead of debugging source code. In this episode, Erick and I continue a really fun conversation that started over coffee when delivering Pageant of the Masters...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Patty Truman & the Designing Women
Patricia Pepper Truman has always had a passion for writing, including poetry! Today she shares her history with the founders of Designing Women, her plunge into poetry, and even her experience running her first marathon! Patricia has been an active businesswoman for more than 40 years, first in...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Hanging Out with the True Art Stars, LBAA Board
Members of the 2025-26 Laguna Beach Arts Alliance (LBAA) Board & Advisors hang out with us on this episode to talk about the tremendous advocacy, collaboration, and impact the LBAA has on the Laguna Beach arts scene. Michael Ervin (President), Jay Kramer (Vice President), Amy Dechary (Advisor)…
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Everybody's Got a Story: 2025 John Gardiner Poetry Contest Winners
Third Street Writers members Claire Purcell and Norma Sadler, winners of the two top prizes in the 2025 John Gardiner Poetry Contest, are joined by Laguna Beach poet extraordinaire Ellen Girardeau Kempler. In this episode, the trio discuss the history of the John Gardiner Contest, his legacy, and...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Poems for the Pyrocene, Ellen Girardeau Kempler
Our good friend Ellen Girardeau Kempler returns to the show with her recently publihed book of poetry, Fire in My Head / Flame in My Heart - Poems for the Pyrocene. A fiting release in the midst of Earth Month, this collection of evocative, thought provoking works challenges the reader to think...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Into the Mind of Tim Twombly
If Escher's drawing were turned into novels you would enter the world and mind of Tim Wombly. Author of two novels, A Bonafide Detective and Road To Eden, Tim writes "with a pen dipped in the vibrant ink of magical realism and historical intrigue...In Twombly’s universe, the mundane deftly...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Catching Up with Cecile Sarruf
Cecile Sarruf is an Arab-American author originally from Southern California. Born to a mother of Syro-Lebanese ancestry from Cairo and a Midwestern father, Cecile is the eldest of five. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from CSULB and an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University, Los...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Iceland, DNA, and Murder: Tales from Sara Winokur
Sara Winokur introduces listeners to the worlds of genetic forensics, the people of Iceland, and a series of murders! In her Nordic noir novel “Double Blind: The Icelandic Manuscript Murders,” a young boy disappears from a fjord in Iceland. Years later, his twin sister Brynja, a DNA scientist,...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Women Authors: Cather, to Wharton to Woolf
Randy Kraft returns to the studio during Women's History Month to discuss three ground-breaking women writers: Willa Cather, Emma Wharton and Virginia Woolf. An American writer and designer, Wharton realistically portrayed in her works the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became…
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Everybody's Got a Story: A Story about Loss, Courage, and Perseverance
Katy Motiey joins the show today to discuss her writing journey that led to the publication of her book, Imperfect, the story of one woman’s loss, courage, love, and perseverance before and during the Iranian Revolution. Based on the experiences of the author’s mother, the story is old as a...
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Everybody's Got a Story: The Dragon Codex: Quest for the relics of Design
Author, high school teacher, and graphics design artisit David Block joins us this week to discuss how he combined his passion for graphic design and storytelling to create "The Dragon Codex: Quest for the Relics of Design," a captivating middle-grade fantasy adventure that weaves together the...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Author Herb Williams-Dalgart
Award-winning author and screenwriter Herb Williams-Dalgart joins us in this podcast to discuss his writing journey, thoughts on UCI's writing program and the commmunity of writers he found there, and his two novels - The French Girl's War and Jingle Boys (see more at HerbTheWriter.com). Herb's...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Promotional Tips for Writers with Diane Armitage
Social Media genius and The Best of Laguna Beach maven Diane Armitage offers writers advice and "how to" tips on the subject of promoting their writing. Diane discusses the importance of "leverage" and why writers owe it to themselves and their readers to make sure they "don't paddle around the...
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Everybody's Got a Story: First Wednesday First Chapters
We experienced a bit of a plot twist when today's guest came down with the flu so we pivoted to a new feature - selected readings of first chapters from books by authors who have previously appeared on the show! This episode features Becoming Modigliani, by Henri Colt; Signs of Life, by Randy...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Christine Fugate: Writing Through Her Lens
Producer, writer, director in film and television, and professor Christine Fugate takes us behind the camera to give writers insights into how to use perspective, story telling, and the well crafted lie in dialogue to enhance our tales. Along the way we discuss talent meeting opportunity, advice…
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Everybody's Got a Story: A Cringe-Worthy Conversation with Jason Feddy
KXFM's own Jason Feddy joins the show this week but not for the reason you think! A Laguna Beach icon and music legend, Jason takes us in a different direction - he shares his thoughts on Apologies - how to do it well and why you need to do it more now than ever. Jason discusses his youth and...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Grammatical Lessons from Rebecca Lyles
In this week's episode we mind our Ps & Qs and leave no participle dangled as guest author Rebecca Lyles joins us to humorously explore communication stumbling blocks, reveal common errors in the use of the English language, and provide time-tested advice on how to write and speak effectively. We...
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Exploring Dreams and Synchronicities with Deborah Gaal
Deborah Gaal has published two novels: Synchronicities on the Avenue of the Saints and The Dream Stitcher. Deborah enjoys crafting novels that bring darkness into the light, touch on societal issues, and make our personal trials seem relevant and manageable through the allegory of relatable...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Readings from the Indy Holiday Digest
Host John Tynan rings in the New Year by paying homage to Holiday Digest 2024, a collaboration with the Laguna Beach Independent and Third Street Writers that appears during the holiday season. For the past seven years, selected writers have shared holiday-themed stories with readers of the Indy....
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Everybody's Got a Story: Flash Fiction in Song
Whether your new to Flash Fiction or a seasoned pro, this episode looks to bring a new perspective to the genre by looking at select songs and their lyrics as a form of flash fiction. In particular, we feature the songs "Jericho Bay" and "Charlie's Sky" (Icehouse), "You Don't Mess Around with…
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Everybody's Got a Story: Writing Art & Craft with Norma Sadler
Norma Sadler reads from her book of poetry (Chasing the Past and Other Poems) and discusses how she has evolved since writing her two novels (Krystal's Notebook and Flight of the Swan). Along the way we discuss how her writing was influenced from her experience growing up in Pittsburgh and the...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Theresa Keegan - Nobody's Igit
Writer, editor, Arts columnist for Stu News, and in-coming Third Street Writers President Theresa Keegan joins this episode of Everybody's Got A Story - and she has some opinions on the art & craft of writing! Along the way, we talk about growing up in an Irish Catholic family, the importance of...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Hot to Trot with Trump's Hot Bot
Michael Ray and Monica Martin delve beneath the covers with Trump's Hot Bot, a unique and humorous work of creative non-fiction. This visual feast, described as "a cross between an adult comic book, Mad Magazine, and vintage Playboy" presents a biographical take on the 45th and 47th President of...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Katching Konsonants with Author Randy Kraft
Author Randy Kraft is a former journalist/communications strategist who has three novels (Colors of the Wheel, Signs of Life, and Off Season) and one story collection (Rational Women) in print. Randy is also a book reviewer and occasional lecturer. She holds an MAW, Masters in Writing; MBA; and…
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Everybody's Got a Story: Becoming Modigliani with Dr. Henri Colt
Dr. Henri Colt joins Everybody's Got A Story to discuss his book, Becoming Modigliani, "a myth-busting biography of Italian-Jewish artist Amedeo Modigliani." Along the way Henri answers such existential questions as “do we need another book on Modigliani? and Why write about Modigliani at all? We...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Kaira & Harley Rouda Takeover
Author Kaira Rouda and her husband, former Congress Person Harley Rouda, take over Everybody's Got a Story as part of KXFM's annual fundraising drive. This dynamic couple shares love, laughs, and their mutual passion for the art of writing, dedication to serving others, and the importance of…
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Everybody's Got a Story: The Best of Diane Armitage
Colorado transplant Diane Armitage came to "...this little vortex town in 2000...and decided to get out and explore...and...the “Best of Laguna Beach™” blog (Best of Laguna Beach | Diane Armitage | Substack) and books were inadvertently born." Over 17 years, Diana has shared her “best of”…
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Everybody's Got a Story: Ellen Girardeau Kempler
Laguna Beach poet, world traveler and climate change activist Ellen Girardeau Kempler takes us on a poetic jouney that includes how she emerged from the chrysalis of a significant life setback to become a poet, her love for Laguna and her views on climate change through the lens of her poetry....
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Everybody's Got a Story: Secrets & Sins: The Art of Collaboration - Third Street Writers & LCAD Gallery
Third Street Writers President Amy Dechary and LCAD Gallery Manager Bryan Heggie team up to talk about writing workshops, visual arts, and the symbiotic relationship between the two art forms in action here in Laguna Beach. Amy and Bryan also discuss the history of Secrets & Sins, an open mic...
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Everybody's Got a Story: A Corporate Script Writer's Advice to Writers
Linda Shelton Marshal spent twenty-five years writing scripts for Fortune 500 Companies including Dow and Dow-Corning as well as multinational organizations like the Boy Scouts. Embued with a keen sense of how human beings are wired for story, Linda admonished her client to avoid being a Talking...
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Everybody's Got a Story: The Art & Craft of Independent Publishing with Phil Daigle
Phil Daigle, Laguna Beach resident and author of three independently published novels, provides listeners with a step-by-step guide on how to successfully navigate the world of independent publishing to bring your writing project to life. From e-readers to Amazon sales to published hard copies,...
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Everybody's Got a Story: Conversation with Author Judie Mancuso
Author and political lobbyist Judie Mancuso discusses her first publication, Because They Need Us, a tale of how to make meaningful change for our furry friends through legislative action in Sacramento.
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Everybody's Got a Story: Billy Fried on the Art & Craft of Writing
Local personality and polymath Billy Fried, Chairman and Grand Poobah of KXFM kicks off our first season of podcast by sharing his thoughts and insights on the art & craft of writing. Billie has spent his career in media and marketing, most recently as an opinion columnist at the Laguna Beach...
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Everybody’s Got a Story will delve into all aspect of the written word from the process of creating great stories to thoughts on editing, publishing and surviving the journey. We will also feature talks with authors, read their works, and discuss the literary tradition in Laguna Beach as we endeavor to give life to the art form that gives life to the stories that are our lives.
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