Episodes
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Ep. 113: Inclusivate
Guests: Mary Agnes, Robin Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Well, the heat goes on, as we live through the hottest summer on record, and we can’t get enough of GNUF. So in this episode we invited back Mary Agnes, one of the founders of the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival, and Robin, long-time…
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Ep. 112: A Walking Human Pocket
Guests: Bernadette, Matt Stead, Phil Doleman, Peter Luongo, Boris Mogievski, Elisabeth Pfeiffer, Marc Gallagher, The Mayor of Dorkshire, Uke Dad Host: Doug Brown From far across the Pond, we bring you this special edition of the OokTown Podcast recorded at the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival in...
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Ep. 109: Close Up Musician
Guests: Marlén Rodriguez-Wolfe Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown While the snows falls on Los Angeles and solar flares pummel the earth, we find our warm and safe spot for wellness with the CEO of the Ukulele Kids Club, Marlén, and learn about the history, programs, and Big Hairy Audacious Goal…
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Ep. 110: The Kanikapila Project
Guests: David Blake Hosts: Stuart Yoshida Links: - The Kanakapila Project website https://www.kanikapilaproject.org/ - Tickets for Live Concert and Dinner for Kapi’olani Medical Center on 4/30 in Oahu (with Jake Shimabukuro, Kimmo Hussey, Zanuck Lindsey and Roy Sakuma):...
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Ep. 108: Angry Brides
Guest: Brittni Paiva Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Hey, Internet, we’re back! And we have a GREAT show for you with the amazing Brittni Paiva, Hawaii homegrown ukulele performer, producer, and songwriter who has shared the stage with Santana and Tommy Immanuel, and she’s just getting started!...
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Ep. 107: Hit By The Hipster Bus
Guest: James Hill Hosts: Stuart Yoshida On the show this fine spring day is James Hill to tell us about his collaborative ukulele album called Uke Heads, where you can get to play on his album, get an NFT Uke Head picture of your own, and get your ticket to a once-in-a-lifetime experience to help...
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Ep. 106: An OokTown Sandwich
Guest: Victoria Vox Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Like the arrival of Spring, we welcome back long-time friend of the show Victoria Vox, who brings us soooo songs that she performs live from her upcoming new album, as we get to hear her loop her way through Nirvana in REM, talk about how art...
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Ep. 105: The PMS Song
Guests: Cali Rose Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Coming to you straight outta Culver City just outside the City of Angeles, Cali Rose - yes, that’s her real name - comes to talk to us about the beginnings of the CC strummers, affirms the power of the ukulele in music therapy, and takes us...
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Ep. 104: The Marlowe Pandemic Ukulele
Guest: Marlowe Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Not even a power outage could prevent Marlowe from joining the show, and we’re so glad she persevered! Coming up next is a stellar ukulele artists who’s traveled from her home state of Michigan to seek her fortune in LA. Find out all about her...
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Ep. 103: I’m Wearing Pants
Guests: Bernadette Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown With the new school year right around the corner, what better way to kickstart your education than a podcast with the YouTube sensation and ukulele teacher Bernadette from Bernadette Teaches Music. Hear her incredible story of teaching school…
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Ep. 102: un-Hawaiian-ization
Guests: Kimo Hussey Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Summer is here, and we so hope this marks the beginning of the end of the pandemic! On this show, well, we must have said his name three times, because Kimo Hussey is making an appearance to school us on teaching music, ukulele, and the…
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Ep. 100.5: Chased By Cows
Guests: Gerald Ross, Victoria Vox, Matt Stead Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Welcome to part two of our 100th episode and 10th anniversary show. We have one of our first guests back on the show, Gerald Ross, plus fan favorites Victoria Vox and Matt Stead. Our show is loaded with reflections on...
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Ep. 100: In My Eye
Guests: Lucy Laforge, Aaron Keim Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown We’ve reached a milestone I never expected to happen: This is our 100th episode and 10th anniversary show. Somehow, there’s symmetry and meaning there, but I’m not quite sure what it is. Come join Lucy of Lucy and La Mer, Aaron…
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Ep. 99: First Name Bass-is
Guests: Michael Kohan, Stephen Cox Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Like Meghan Trainor says, it’s “All About That Bass.” That’s right, it’s time we revisited the U-Bass. And with us we have first time guests Michael Koh-han(d), a U-Bass gear-geek and Patron of the show, and Stephen Cox, bass...
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Ep. 98: Crepe by Radiobread
Guests: Lisa Kljaich, Phil Doleman Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ooktown Make a donation: https://donorbox.org/info-ooktown-com-ooktown-podcast-donations There’re all kinds of things about online ukulele instruction that’s been fermenting while...
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Ep. 97: Giggly and Fluffy
Guests: Meredith Harper, Brad Bordessa, Molly Lewis Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ooktown Make a donation: https://donorbox.org/info-ooktown-com-ooktown-podcast-donations On our first Podcast of the new year, we welcome first time guests Meredith...
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Ep. 96: That’s Metric for Dollars
Guests: Gerald Ross, Mary Agnes Krell Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ooktown Make a donation: https://donorbox.org/info-ooktown-com-ooktown-podcast-donations ‘Twas the night before solstice and all through the Podcast, we had Mary Agnes and Gerald...
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Ep. 95: Bean Burrito Poke Bowl
Guests: Andy Andrews, Aldrine Guerrero Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown It's our Kama'aina episode with Hawaii residents Andy Andrews and Aldrine Guerrero joining me and my co-host, Doug Brown, to talk about ukulele thankfulness, maintaining your ukulele, the state of the ukulele in Hawaii…
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Ep. 94: Magic Castle Buffet
Guests: Dani Joy, Marlowe Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown t’s Halloween, a blue moon, and we’ve got fire in the sky! Come along to hear what first time guest, singer-songwriter Dani Joy and returning guest and ukulele instrumentalist Marlowe have to say about scary gig stories, what to do with...
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Ep. 93: The Dusty End
Guests: Matt Stead, Ben Hassenger, Jeff Krebs Host: Stuart Yoshida It’s officially the Fall in the year of the Pandemic, and this month we dive into Retail-palooza. On the show we’ve got returning guest Matt Stead of The Uke Room in the UK; Ben Hassenger, the unofficially-official ukulele...
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Ep. 92: Hi, Kermit!
Guests: Stephanie Epstein, Heidi Swedberg Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown We’re taking a break from the Pandemic to talk about ukuleles and music therapy. And I guess we said their name three times on the show, because we have Stephanie Epstein, president of the Ukulele Kids Club charity. And…
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Ep. 91: Infectious Personalities
Guest: Ben from Ukulele Roadtrips Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown This could be the start of a Bromance as we welcome back Ben from Ukulele Roadtrips to have another Nice-olation podcast on ukuleles and the Pandemic. It soon goes off the rails as we bounce from Batman tee-shirts, to Swedes, to...
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Ep. 90: It’s Not Burnt. It’s French.
Guests: Erin & Jeff, Mandi & George Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown We’re coming to you on the Summer Solstice in the year of the pandemic, and it’s part two of our “Nice-olation” podcasts. Only this time our focus is on performers. And we get to hear great punditry from our dual duets of Erin...
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Ep. 89: Nice-olation
Guests: Sarah Goodroad, Mary Agnes Krell, Ben Hassenger Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown It’s May 2020 in the year of the pandemic, and we’re still hunkered down trying to figure out how to do things like: having virtual ukulele strum along and festivals! And we’ve got an all-star panel of…
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Ep. 88: A Beer-Soaked SM58
Guests: Ray Ortega, Abe Deshotel Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown While we hunker down in place, I’m holding a special Podcasters summit to talk about Ukulele in the time of the Corona Virus Pandemic. Special guests Ray Ortega of the Podcasters’ Studio, Abe Deshotel of the Ukulele Podcast, and…
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Ep. 87: A Walking Spoiler Alert
Guests: Cynthia Kinnunen, James Hill, Amber Rozel, Jimmy Brink Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Wow! We’ve got a content-rich podcast for you, featuring JHUI members Cynthia Kinnunen, Amber Rozel, JHUI founder James Hill, PLUS first time guest and Music Teacher, Jimmy Brink. So join us on this...
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Ep. 86: Participating in Whamageddon
Guests: Phil Doleman, Heidi Swedberg and Daniel Ward Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown We welcome back our friends Phil Doleman, Heidi Swedberg, and Daniel Ward for a holiday-Christmas themed exploration of mentors and mentoring, ukulele in the UK, the way cool and hopeful London Ukulele Project,...
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Ep. 85: : A Coat of Mini-Colors
Guests: Matt Stead, Andy Andrews Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown It’s a fun-filled episode with first time guest Matt Stead of the Uke Room, and regular guest Andy Andrews of PUKA joining Doug Brown and me to talk about creating an ukulele experience, looking at ways of inspiring us, creativity...
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Ep. 84: Uke-ker-ist
Guests: Stu Fuchs, Amber Rozel Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Ukulele Zen Instructor extraordinaire Stu Fuchs returns to the show, along with first time guest and Level 3 Certified JHUI instructor Amber Rozel, PLUS text message kibitzing from Doug Brown, as we explore the world of Zen…
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Ep. 83: I Know A Lot of Baroque Guitarists
Guests: Sam Muir, Terry Carter Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown First time guests Sam Muir and Terry Carter go over their recent ukulele festival experiences, delve into finger style and classical ukulele, compare notes on music education in the UK and the US, and get me hankering for Tim Tam,...
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Ep. 82: It's Ohh-Kaay-Poh!
Guest: Jodie Lee Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown What summer songs have you been listening to? On this episode, we take a deep dive into songs with Jodie Lee and my co-host Doug Brown as we dig into the top ukulele songs playlist, then later try to guess who’s playlist we’re looking at, and…
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Ep. 81: The Result of Those Citizenship Tests
Guests: Mary Agnes Krell, Gerald Ross Hosts: Stuart Yoshida We’re all about the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon, Zero-G ukuleles, GNUF awards, and welcoming back two of my favorite guests, Gerald Ross of geraldross.com and Mary Agnes Krell, one of the driving forces behind GNUF. Plus,...
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Ep. 80: A Little Turbulence
Guests: Victoria Vox, Hope Dunbar Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBPlOeJiuU As the heat and allergies of summer roll in, we welcome back two great singer-songwriters to the show: Victoria Vox and Hope Dunbar! We follow a circuitous path while we...
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Ep. 79: Never Disrespect The Fish
Guests: Aldrine Guerrero, Aaron Nakamura, Stu Fuchs, Casey Cormier Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown We’re back at Swallow Hill for our annual spring Denver UkeFest Podcast with first time guest Stu Fuchs, plus Aldrine Guerreo, Aaron Nakamura, and Casey Cormier. Our conversations go from song...
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Ep. 78: Moisture Songs
Guests: Ben Hassenger, Andrew Nufer, Cynthia Kinnunen, Steve Espaniola Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Ahhh… spring time in the Rockies! With april showers, snow and hay fever, all is new again. And speaking of new, we have new guest Steven Espaniola, Clark Holmes of the Naked Waiters, plus...
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Ep. 77: Unconscious Ukulele Playing
With returning guest Jodie Lee of Baristas Unfiltered, plus co-host Doug Brown, we have first time visitors to the Podcast George Bartle and Mandi Harkett (aka Opera-lele) for some laugh snortin' good fun as we meander through talking talking about performing, finding your style, Huffle Puff, new...
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Ep. 76: Kittens On Top of That
Guests: Mary Agnes Krell, Heidi Swedberg and Daniel Ward Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown t’s a mid-Winter Podcast, and it’s great to have back regular guests Heidi Swedberg and Daniel Ward, along with Mary Agnes Krell of GNUF. And Doug is back after surviving the National Western Stock Show....
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Ep. 75: Doug's Chasing Cows
Just ahead of the arctic vortex (which thankfully didn’t reach Colorado), it’s a mini-summit on Ukulele Podcasting! My guest and ukulele paddler, Jodie Lee, comes aboard to talk about her experiences starting a podcast, the shared experience of Wonderstruck, and we even had a guest appearance by...
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Ep. 73: Anti-Dirty Dancing
Guests: Lucy Laforge, Victoria Vox Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown The season of Thanksgiving reminds us to be grateful, and so it’s with deep gratitude that I welcome back Lucy Laforge fresh off her tour of Europe, along with Victoria Vox, ukulele artist and mouth trumpeter extraordinaire. We...
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Ep. 74: Hold Me Closer Tony Danza
Guest: Gerald Ross Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown On our last Podcast of the year, we visit Wendy’s in search of product placement sponsorship, talk about our top five ukulele gadgets and songs; send shoutouts to all our guests in 2018, patrons, listeners, and our families; and in general...
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Ep. 72: Sending It Home In Your Underwear
Guests: Mike Hind, Ben Hassenger Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown The Fall is bringing the cold air down from Canada into Lansing, home of returning guest Ben Hassenger. We’re also bringing in the warmth from Bermuda with first time guest Mike Hind. You’ll get a sneak peak at what it was like at...
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Ep. 70: Now She's In Your Kitchen
Guests: Danielle Anderson, Erin McGrane and Jeff Freling Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown As the Summer winds down, we’re still all about The FUN of talking ukulele with folks like Danielle, Erin, and Jeff, AKA Danielle Ate The Sandwich, and Victor and Penny. It’s all kinds of talk about...
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Ep. 71: Emotional Support Ukulele
Guests: Ben from "Ukulele Roadtrips," Gerald Ross Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown The Autumnal Equinox has come and gone, and as the year flies by our theme for this episode is appropriately about traveling. And who better to bring on the show than Ben from “Ukulele Roadtrips,” and our regular...
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Ep. 69: First Bass and Pickups
Guests: Heidi Swedberg, John “The Ukulele Teacher” Adkins, Andy Andrews Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown (maybe) We have a hot one for you on this summer day, with Andy Andrews and the Volcano, John “The Ukulele Teacher” Adkins, Heidi and Daniel, plus my co-host Doug Brown who took time out from...
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Ep. 68: In A Ziploc Bag
Guests: Zoë Bestel, Abe Deshotel Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown The dog days of summer are upon us, and to be the heat we’ve got some cool guests on the show like Zoe Bestel and Ukulele Abe, along with my co-host Doug Brown. This time out we go off the rails right away exploring hot dog buns,...
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Ep. 67: Crockpot
Guests: Gerald Ross, Craig Chee, Sarah Maisel, Marcy Marxer, Cathy Fink, Ben Hassenger Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Broadcasting from Daniel’s Hall at Swallow Hill Music, we bring you the OokTown Podcast recorded in front of a live audience during the 11th Annual Denver Ukulele Festival…
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Ep. 66: Ukulele Jedi
Guests: Ben Hassenger, Victoria Vox Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown It's our 7th anniversary Podcast, and it’s just like starting over again. So watch us stumble through our first LIVE Podcast - and, yes, I said “watch us” because you can view our first LIVESTREAM broadcast on YouTube with...
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Ep. 65: Go See Robots Fighting Monsters
Guests: Aaron Keim, Phil Doleman, Mary Agnes Krell, Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown Welcome to Springtime in the Rockies! We muscled through the winter, survived the change to daylight savings time, and we’re here with returning guests Aaron Keim, Phil Doleman, and Mary Agnes Krell to talk…
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Ep. 64: Bacharach To Back On Track
Guests: Andy Andrews, Gerald Ross Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown In the bleak mid-Winter, my co-host Doug Brown and i bring you ukulele joy with returning guests Andy Andrews and Gerald Ross. We get to talk about Burt Bacharach songs, Andy Andrews first Ukulele Festival, the evolving Ukulele...
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Ep. 63: My New Year's Resolution is 1080p
Guests: Victoria Vox, Lucy Laforge Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown It’s the start of a New Year, and my co-host Doug Brown and I welcomed back Victoria Vox and Lucy Laforge to the show. We got the scoop ont their new CD and Kickstarter project, discussed putting albums onto vinyl records, plus...
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