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Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking What if the most unforgettable show you'll ever see is one you never would have thought to buy a ticket for? We're continuing our partnership with the City of San Luis Obispo celebrating ARTober, and this time, Adam Montiel welcomes back Molly Clark, Director of Cal Poly Arts, for a conversation about creativity, curiosity, and the incredible power of experiencing something unexpected.  Molly takes us behind the curtain of bringing world-class performances to the Central Coast, including the night singer Carla Morrison attracted a sold-out audience where 80% had never been inside the venue before. We explore the courage it takes to champion unfamiliar artists, why algorithms may be robbing us of the joy of discovery, and how live performance can connect our little corner of California to the rest of the world.  Plus, Molly shares stories from her recent arts-scouting adventure in South Korea, gives us a taste of what's coming to the Cal Poly Arts stage, from Australian contemporary circus to Korean musical collaborations, and reveals her other life spinning R&B, soul, funk, and guilty-pleasure pop as DJ Momo. It's a celebration of the arts, the people who make them possible, and the beautiful reminder that sometimes the best thing we can do is show up for something we know absolutely nothing about. Explore Cal Poly Arts and ARTober: Cal Poly Arts | Official WebsiteCal Poly Arts | 2026–27 Season, Performances & TicketsMeet Molly Clark | Cal Poly Arts LeadershipCity of San Luis Obispo | ARTober CelebrationVisit SLO | Your Guide to ARTober 2026Cal Poly Arts | Poly Arts for YouthCal Poly Arts | Passport to the Arts & Community Access******** Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Everybody thinks they have the best dog in the world. Well, it's time to prove it! Jill Alexander from Paso Market Walk and our good friend Robin Coleman from Woods Humane Society join Adam Montiel on Up+Adam to talk about the first-ever Best in Show Dog Show, happening Saturday, November 7th, in Paso Robles. And Adam's not just talking about it, he's emceeing the whole thing! From impressive tricks and outrageous costumes to senior pups strutting their stuff, this is a chance for the Central Coast's four-legged superstars to have their moment in the spotlight, all while raising money for the lifesaving work of Woods Humane Society. Jill shares how her love of rescue dogs, including one she found wandering behind Paso Market Walk and named Alan Steven, helped inspire the spirit of the event. Robin gives us the scoop on the competition, judges, prizes, pet vendors, and even an animal communicator who might know more about your dog than you do! Plus, Adam gets his first taste of the wildly popular dirty sodas from Paso Market Walk's newest addition, Cowgirl Soda Company, and discovers a whole new reason to visit. With local food, wine, dog-friendly festivities, and some seriously fun prizes, including pet photography and hotel stays, this is a celebration of the incredible bond between people and their pets. And behind all the fun is a cause worth showing up for: helping Woods Humane Society give more animals a second chance. BEST IN SHOW DOG SHOW | EVENT DETAILS Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026Time: 1–3 PM, dog check-in begins at noonLocation: Paso Market Walk, 1803 Spring Street, Paso Robles, CAAdmission: FREE to watchDog registration: $50 per dogReserved seating: $25 per personVIP tables: $125 for two, including Champagne, a Barkuterie Box, and premium seatingCompetition: Best Trick, Best Costume, Best Personality, Best Senior Strut (ages 8+), and an overall Best in Show winnerHost: Adam MontielBenefiting: Woods Humane SocietyDogs are welcome whether they're competing or just enjoying the festivities, provided they're leashed and comfortable around people and other animals. LINKS & MORE INFORMATION Best in Show event details: https://www.pasomarketwalk.com/dog-showRegister your dog or reserve seating: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/best-in-show-dog-show-at-paso-market-walk-benefiting-woods-humane-society-tickets-2001076381324Paso Market Walk: https://www.pasomarketwalk.com/Paso Market Walk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pasomarketwalk/Woods Humane Society: https://woodshumanesociety.org/Woods Humane Society on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/woodshumanesociety/Meet the adoptable animals: https://woodshumanesociety.org/adoptions/Support Woods Humane Society: https://woodshumanesociety.org/Up+Adam with Adam Montiel. Great people, great stories, and everything we love about life on the Central Coast. ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Opera San Luis Obispo is going GRAND, and apparently nobody told the Lord High Executioner that Adam was conducting an interview. Brian Asher Alhadeff and Luana join Up+Adam for a look inside OperaSLO’s massive production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado, coming to the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo October 17 and 18. We’re talking a full OperaSLO Grand Orchestra, an internationally acclaimed cast, enormous sets, ballet, and a chorus that grows to roughly 70 performers with the addition of 30 local kids who trained through OperaSLO’s summer opera camp. Those young performers are not getting a watered-down experience either. They’re stepping onto the stage alongside the professional cast and chorus. Then the interview gets hijacked. Actor John Laird arrives fully in character as Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, a man with the wonderfully inconvenient job of executing people despite being far too humane to actually execute anyone. Ko-Ko explains how flirting landed him on the execution list, why becoming executioner solved that particular problem, dismisses one of Adam’s guests from the interview, discovers headphones, refuses to sing without his orchestra, and assures us he has never even killed a bluebottle. It is exactly the kind of controlled chaos Gilbert and Sullivan would probably appreciate. Underneath all the spectacle and absurdity is what makes The Mikado surprisingly durable: a comedy about bureaucracy, power, hypocrisy, ridiculous rules, and what happens when systems start mattering more than the people living inside them. And OperaSLO is bringing a huge piece of the Central Coast arts community together to tell it. The official production features stage direction by Marcy Irving, choreography by Drew Silvaggio, and the OperaSLO Grand Orchestra conducted by Brian Asher Alhadeff. The Mikado plays Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 2 PM at the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo. The PAC lists the production as family friendly for ages 5 and up. • GET TICKETS: The Mikado at Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo • LEARN MORE: Opera San Luis Obispo’s The Mikado • FOLLOW: OperaSLO on Instagram @opera_slo Saturday & Sunday, October 17 & 18, 2026 Both performances at 2 PM Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo Box Office: 805-756-4849 ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking There's more to SLO CAL than great wine, incredible food, and postcard-worthy scenery. There's an extraordinary arts community bringing world-class talent right into our backyard, and Festival Mozaic is helping lead the charge.  Executive Director Lloyd Tanner joins Adam Montiel for a lively conversation celebrating ARTober, the City of San Luis Obispo's month-long celebration of arts and culture, and the people working behind the scenes to keep creativity thriving. From 44 events in 18 days, most of them free to the public, to attracting some of the finest musicians in the world, Lloyd shares why the arts are about so much more than entertainment. They're about connection, community, and sometimes simply giving someone a reason to get off the couch and experience something beautiful.  Plus, a look at Festival Mozaic's October 25th performance featuring artist-in-residence Susan Cahill, an unexpected blend of classical music, jazz, theater, and humor at Cuesta College. Whether you're a lifelong lover of the performing arts or someone who wouldn't know Mozart from the Mid-State Fair, this conversation might just inspire you to experience something new. Learn more and get tickets: Festival Mozaic | Official WebsiteSusan Cahill: An Afternoon of Music & Theatre | October 25 TicketsFestival Mozaic | 2026–2027 SeasonARTober 2026 | City of San Luis Obispo CelebrationFestival Mozaic | Instagram******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking The Fifth Annual Autumn Soirée: The SLO Way is coming back to Hotel SLO, and this one is basically a greatest-hits album of what makes the Central Coast so ridiculously good. Rebekah Fancher and Mikey Sayegh join Adam for a conversation about the food, wine, cocktails, creativity, and community behind the November 14 event. Rebekah shares how Autumn Soirée has grown into a celebration of the region’s harvest, culinary talent, winemakers, and local organizations, all while finding new ways to make the experience feel even more special each year. Then there’s Mikey, whose approach to cocktails sounds less like bartending and more like edible, drinkable storytelling. He talks about getting into that behind-the-bar flow state, waking up at 5:30 in the morning with new cocktail ideas, experimenting with ingredients like agar, building drinks around intention, and creating one-night-only cocktails from surprise farmers’ market ingredients. We also get into the glorious chain reaction caused by one espresso martini hitting a table, why he wants Hotel SLO’s drinks to have their own identity, and what makes a great cocktail feel personal. The conversation also gets into what guests can expect from Autumn Soirée this year, including VIP early entry, special wine pours, the afterglow at S.Low Bar, participating chefs and wineries, and the event’s continued focus on giving back to the community. If you love Central Coast food, wine, hospitality, cocktails, or just hearing passionate people talk about the thing they do best, this one is for you. • Autumn Soirée: autumnsoiree.com • Tickets: 2026 Autumn Soirée tickets on Eventbrite • Autumn Soirée Instagram: @autumnsoiree_slo • Hotel SLO: hotel-slo.com • Hotel SLO Instagram: @thehotelslo • Ox + Anchor: oxandanchor.com • Piadina: piadinaslo.com • High Bar: Hotel SLO High Bar • Mikey Sayegh Instagram: @mikeytendsbar ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking October is ARTober in San Luis Obispo, and Up+Adam is kicking off a month-long partnership with the City of SLO by looking at the art hiding in plain sight all around us. Adam sits down with City of San Luis Obispo Public Art Coordinator Amanda Grieshop, an artist and photographer who has turned a lifelong need to create into a job helping other artists become part of the visual life of the city. Amanda shares why she believes there may be no such thing as someone who "isn't an art person," how the community actually helps choose the public art that ends up in SLO, and why simply encountering art in our everyday lives can change the way we feel about the place we call home. They also get into the brand-new Poetry Walk, featuring 11 poems stenciled onto sidewalks between Downtown SLO and the Railroad District, SLO's collection of 72 Box Art installations, new murals arriving this October, guided public art walks, Art After Dark, and the Rooted in Art lecture series. Plus, Amanda shares the story of discovering photography as a teenager in rural Maine, why the combination of mountains and ocean keeps her camera busy on the Central Coast, and a little scoop about public art movement happening at Righetti Park. It's a conversation about creativity, community, and the beautiful idea that you don't always have to go looking for art. Sometimes art finds you. • City of SLO Public Art: https://www.slocity.org/publicart • ARTober and SLO Arts & Culture: https://visitslo.com/things-to-do/arts-and-culture/ • City of San Luis Obispo: https://www.slocity.org/ ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking It’s a two-part Wednesday on Up+Adam. First, we pick up with Part Two of Adam’s conversation with Chris Lambert. This half starts with the fun stuff: Chris and Allie’s cross-country RV adventure, Graceland, My Cousin Vinny locations, their wedding, six-minute vows, and the coffee-shop proposal Chris spent 14 years working his way toward. Then the conversation comes back to Southervisions and Chris’s relationship with his dad. Chris talks about the part of him that still hopes making this record might somehow “fix everything,” what it meant to hear even a simple “sounds great” from his father, and the moment at his wedding when his parents walked down the aisle together after not seeing each other for 18 years. Chris describes watching them together as something that was healing in real time. • Pre-order Chris Lambert’s Southervisions • Chris Lambert on Bandcamp Then we trade the RV for the wine trail. Meghan Ball of VinLumia is back with Arbuckle Ridge owner and winemaker Scott Saunders for the Red Wine Roundup, happening Sunday, October 4 at The Loading Chute in Creston. Meghan and Scott join Adam to talk about the lineup of Paso Robles wineries, the very intentional family-friendly setup, food, live music, bounce houses, pony rides, and the two Arbuckle Ridge wines Scott is pouring. They also get into harvest 2026, Scott’s approach to Arbuckle Ridge, and Meghan’s point that even in a changing wine market, people are still excited about wine. Sometimes you just have to meet them where they are. The Red Wine Roundup runs Sunday, October 4 from 2 to 5 p.m. at The Loading Chute Restaurant & Barn in Creston. Wine Passports are $45 before fees, General Admission is $15 before fees, kids 12 and under are $10, and kids under 3 are free. Meghan also shares the promo code KIDFREE during the interview for a free child ticket with the purchase of a Wine Passport. • Red Wine Roundup tickets and event information • Arbuckle Ridge Winery • VinLumia on Instagram ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Chris Lambert returns to Up+Adam, and this time the conversation begins with the music. His new album, Southervisions, arrives October 6 and draws from family, Louisiana, memory, and Lambert’s experience growing up half-Cajun on California’s Central Coast. Chris talks with Adam about the relationship with his father at the center of much of the record, the childhood trips to Louisiana that shaped him, and the unusual writing process that had songs arriving almost one after another. The album eventually became what Chris describes as a musical documentary of his family.   The conversation then turns to the work many listeners first discovered Chris through, Your Own Backyard, and the Kristin Smart case, including our presser question we have been waiting to ask. Chris discusses the recent search activity, his experience at the sheriff’s press conference, the enormous media attention surrounding new developments, and the difficult position the Smart family remains in when public attention moves faster than the answers available to them. This is Part One of Adam’s conversation with Chris Lambert. Part Two continues Thursday with the wedding road trip and the deeply personal story behind Southervisions and Chris’s relationship with his father. • Pre-order Southervisions on Bandcamp • Explore Chris Lambert’s music • Your Own Backyard • Listen to Your Own Backyard on Apple Podcasts ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking The big oak at Monterey and Nipomo in downtown San Luis Obispo is staying put. That is the good news. The bigger question is how we got here. Earlier this year, the San Luis Obispo City Council approved removal of the oak after arborists working with SLO REP and the City concluded the tree was extremely unlikely to survive construction of the new theatre. Then volunteer arborists stepped in, the root system was physically explored and pruned as part of a possible relocation effort, and new information emerged. The root system the tree depends on appeared to be smaller than previously thought. SLO REP has now reversed course and says the tree can remain in place while construction moves forward. Adam brings on expert arborist Paul Koenning to unpack what that actually means. How much can an arborist know about a mature oak's root system before excavation? How different can a real root system be from the protection zones used in planning? What do clean root cuts do to a mature tree? And after pruning roots in preparation for a move that is no longer happening, what should the City, SLO REP, and the community be watching over the next several years? Paul also explains why season matters when moving large trees, why root establishment can take years, what signs of stress matter most, and why a tree that looks green today can still require long-term monitoring. He brings decades of hands-on experience with live oaks and currently works as an arborist on the Property & Barn team at a well respected local winery in Paso.  This is not about turning the oak into a political football or finding a villain. It is about understanding the science, understanding what changed, and asking what this tree needs now if everyone involved is serious about giving it the best chance to thrive. • SLO REP campaign updates and oak preservation information: SLO REP Campaign Updates • Latest reporting on the decision to keep the oak in place: KSBY: Oak Tree Will Stay as SLO REP Sets October Groundbreaking • Reporting on the volunteer arborists and relocation effort: KSBY: Volunteer Arborists Advance Plan to Relocate 100-Year-Old Oak • Tree preservation resource recommended by Paul: Pacific Northwest ISA Tree Protection Guide ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Nevada Gibson joins Adam on Up+Adam for a conversation about what happens when you stop waiting for your life to change and decide to change it yourself. A Central Coast host, comedian, content creator, event producer, and podcaster, Nevada opens up about a year that completely rerouted her life. After a secret marriage, a quick divorce, and the realization that she was no longer living in alignment with the life she wanted, she walked away from a successful nonprofit career and took a chance on herself before she had any real idea what came next. Then came the internet. Just days before leaving her job, Nevada posted a TikTok that went viral with more than three million views. That moment helped her realize that maybe being fully herself online was not something to fear. She began documenting her breakup, dating, fitness journey, and life as a single woman in her late 20s on the Central Coast. One video asking what to do with a jar of love notes from her ex eventually inspired a community bonfire in Grover Beach, where strangers came together to symbolically let go of their own baggage. From there, Nevada started building something bigger. She began producing community events, live dating shows, comedy nights, and social experiences designed around a question a lot of people around here have probably asked themselves: where are all the single people? Adam and Nevada talk about rebuilding after a relationship, trusting your gut before you have a plan, the strange realities of dating on the Central Coast, what makes a good live dating show contestant, putting yourself out there online, and the confidence that can come from finally choosing the life you actually want. They also get into her podcast, Big in a Small Town, her work producing live events, and Laughs on the Coast in Orcutt. Nevada’s story is funny, messy, vulnerable, and a great reminder that sometimes the chapter you never planned for becomes the one where you finally start becoming yourself. • Tickets: Laughs on the Coast in Orcutt, September 25 • Nevada Gibson Official Website • Nevada’s Events Calendar • Nevada on TikTok: @nevadaonthecoast • Nevada on Instagram: @nevada_ • Jellybean Productions • Big in a Small Town on Apple Podcasts • Big in a Small Town on Spotify • Big in a Small Town on Instagram • Big in a Small Town YouTube Playlist ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking The Bloody Marys are back, the burritos are hot, and somewhere in Creston, one very important cow is preparing for its moment. Lisa Miller and Alex Cook from the Creston Women’s Club join Adam to preview the second annual Bloody Mary Battle, Burritos & Bovine Bingo, happening October 3rd from 11 AM to 3 PM at the Creston Rodeo Grounds. Top Bloody Mary makers from across the Central Coast will battle for Judge’s Choice, Crowd Favorite, and Best Presentation, with everything from classic and spicy pours to gloriously over-the-top garnishes. Lisa and Alex also explain why the competition is open to more than bars and restaurants, and how book clubs, families, friend groups, and anyone with a serious Bloody Mary game can jump in. And then there is Bovine Bingo. Yes, it is exactly what it sounds like. A field is divided into numbered squares, one cow enters, and wherever the first plop lands determines the winner. Beneath all the fun is a bigger purpose. The Creston Women’s Club uses fundraising like this to support scholarships, youth programs, senior support, community events, and direct assistance for local residents. In the interview, Lisa and Alex also talk about the special sense of community that makes Creston feel unlike anywhere else on the Central Coast. The day also includes live music from Peach and the Jam, Creston Men’s Club burritos, local vendors, wine, beer, games, and plenty of reasons to make an afternoon of it. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door. The event is 21+, and no pets are allowed. Adam will also be back at the event this year as one of the judges. • Bloody Mary Battle, Burritos & Bovine Bingo: crestonbloodymarybattle.com • Buy tickets and get event details: Bloody Mary Battle tickets and information • Competitor signup: Enter the Bloody Mary Battle • Creston Women’s Club: crestonwomensclub.com ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking SLO Symphony Music Director Andrew Sewell joins Adam Montiel on Up+Adam for a deep dive into “Rites of Passage,” the orchestra’s 2026-2027 classics season opener and a program built around one of the most electrifying works in classical music: Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Andrew takes Adam inside the music itself, from the famously exposed opening bassoon solo to the irregular rhythms, enormous orchestral forces, and sheer physical intensity that make The Rite of Spring such a challenge to perform and conduct. He also explains why this piece still feels so modern more than a century after its 1913 premiere, what a conductor is actually doing when the orchestra is moving through passages this complex, and why hearing this work live in San Luis Obispo is such a rare opportunity. Along the way, the conversation opens up into something bigger about conducting, chemistry, trust, and what happens when an orchestra and music director truly connect. “Rites of Passage” also features Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Danse Nègre and a world premiere by composer Stefan Podell, commissioned by Garrett Foulke and Dorothy Correa. The concert takes place Sunday, October 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM in Harold Miossi Hall at the Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo. Ticket holders can also attend the free Symphonic Forays pre-show talk with Andrew Sewell beginning at 2:00 PM. • SLO Symphony: SLO Symphony website • Rites of Passage event details and tickets: Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo • Date: Sunday, October 4, 2026 • Concert: 3:00 PM • Symphonic Forays pre-show talk: 2:00 PM • Location: Harold Miossi Hall, Performing Arts Center San Luis Obispo ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Connie Valens joins Adam Montiel for a deeply personal conversation about her brother, Ritchie Valens, and the life behind one of rock and roll’s most enduring legends. Connie talks about the Ritchie the world never got to know, the brother she remembers as her caregiver and her heart, and what it has meant to spend a lifetime sharing someone she loved so privately with millions of fans. She opens up about the family’s grief after Ritchie’s death, how the making of La Bamba forced them to revisit memories they had buried for years, and why she describes that period as “finding him again.” She also shares what it was like to see Ritchie honored in bronze at the Surf Ballroom, hear his music carried forward by new voices, and experience her brother Mario as part of that continuing musical legacy. The conversation also looks at Three Stars Tribute, the new Legacy Collection honoring Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and The Big Bopper. Led by Pat Boone, the project features 31 all-new recordings and performances from artists including Los Lobos, Frankie Avalon, Sha Na Na, Chris Montez, Marshall Crenshaw, Mario R. Valens, and more. The collection is available in a deluxe 2-LP 180-gram vinyl edition and a 2-CD set, with additional historical material including On A Cold Road to Clear Lake by Corey Long and a foreword from Connie, Irma, and Mario R. Valens. At its heart, this episode is about more than music history. It is about memory, family, grief, and the strange, beautiful way music can keep someone present long after they are gone. • Learn more about Three Stars Tribute: Gold Label Artists • Explore the 2-CD Legacy Collection: MVD Shop ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Music video director Nigel Dick joins Adam Montiel on Up+Adam for a wildly entertaining trip through the era when music videos did more than promote songs. They helped define how entire generations remember them. And Nigel’s résumé is almost absurd when you stack it up. Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” Oasis’ “Wonderwall,” Cher’s “Believe,” Def Leppard’s “Rocket,” Celine Dion’s “Falling Into You,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle,” Nickelback’s “Photograph,” Ozzy Osbourne’s “Back on Earth,” Britney Spears’ “Oops!...I Did It Again,” and Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” That is just a slice of a career that spans more than 450 music videos, plus documentaries, feature films, commercials, and a front-row seat to the rise of MTV-era visual culture. His new memoir, Music Video Mischief: Ozzy to Britney, Oasis to Gn’R, McCartney to Cher: A Lifetime of Rock and Chaos, goes behind the camera for the stories, personalities, creative risks, disasters, lucky breaks, and strange moments that came with helping invent the language of the modern music video. In this conversation, Adam and Nigel get into what it was like directing some of the biggest artists on the planet, how a three-minute film can permanently change the way we hear a song, what happens when an artist hates the video, whether MTV’s disappearance changed the art form forever, and whether the music video actually died or simply escaped into YouTube, TikTok, reels, and whatever comes next. The book also reveals a much more human story underneath the fame, from Nigel’s early life and obsession with music to the work ethic and curiosity that kept him going across decades of cultural change. • Nigel Dick Official Website: nigeldick.com • Nigel Dick Music Video Archive: Watch his work • Music Video Mischief: Book details and purchase information • More on Nigel Dick’s career: Official bio ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Sponsored by The Mountain Air | Sponsored by Benny’s Pizza | SLOFreeParking Kenny Taylor is back on Up+Adam with a lot more than a new batch of songs. His latest album, Imaginary Grace, is his first collection of original music in a decade, and it arrives after a stretch of major personal and creative change. Kenny talks with Adam about nearly three years of sobriety, getting out of the comfort zone of cover gigs, reconnecting with songwriting, and why this record became a reflection of growth, anger, perspective, and the person he is becoming as he approaches 40. The conversation also gets into the reality of being a working musician in SLO CAL, from playing wineries and private events to building a career that now stretches from Santa Barbara to Monterey. Kenny has a great way of describing it: he is "touring without having to tour," meeting visitors from around the world while making a living close to home. Along the way, Adam and Kenny get into reading a room, slipping original music into long live sets, the surprising economics of tip jars, looping, emo, pop music, Dave Matthews, NSYNC, and whether almost anyone can actually be taught to sing. And there is already another chapter beginning. Kenny has teamed up with fellow SLO CAL musician Josh Rosenbloom for a brand-new original project called Black Sheep Revival. The two first crossed paths years ago through local songwriting circles, but reconnecting through Adam's Jingle Jam turned a casual friendship into writing sessions, studio time, and a real band. Their first finished single, "Too Many People," gets an especially cool Up+Adam moment in this episode: Kenny brought the completed track into the studio before anyone had played it, giving Up+Adam the chance to be the first to put the finished record on the air. • Kenny Taylor: https://kennytaylormusic.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kennytaylormusic • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3yeqj4IzU1WhAO722BrVhy?si=eOFEiVnLQ9u8rf9PtPALnQ&nd=1&dlsi=0684cfd966824f8c • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kennytaylormusic • Black Sheep Revival Instagram: Black Sheep Revival Instagram ******** *PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL AFFILIATE FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS! Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music******** CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK! ******** ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE! ******** FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM ********* Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them! Life Elements City of SLO WoodsHumaneSociety Tin City Distillery Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective Moonshiner on Spotify HERE Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com ©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.