CST started when we were all in the, “I’m going to use this time to make bread, home-cooked meals, concentrate on what I can do to make my and my family’s life better…” phase. And here it is nearly a year later. This is not to say we are deterred and saddened. Rather, this is […]

Cameron Clapp has taken tragedy and turned it into triumph. An accident that left him a triple amputee when he was in high school left him wounded and wondering. But as became enmeshed in his own hero’s journey, Cameron met mentors and began to take what had happened to him and use it as a […]

One hopes that as you read this it has been a peaceful and grand day, free of any silliness, sadness and absurdity as a new president is sworn in. But what lies in wait in 2021 has us all still just a bit off-center. Keith and Mark tackle the everyday issues that come round during […]

We welcome to CST our own Executive producer and co-creator of the podcast, Jason Abrahamson. He’s not here to tell us how to do it better, nor to critique us. In fact, he probably should do those things–but Jason is a pretty skilled “pit boss” and bbq/smoked meats master in his own right and in […]

With 2020 now in the rear-view mirror, CST looks ahead to well…..we’re not sure what we’ll be looking at, but it feels disconcerting. And since none of us are quite aware of what 2021 will be, we pause to deal in a bit of trivia, CST style and talk about the year that was, the […]

The CST duo welcomes our old friend, the mysterious “G” man himself, Scott Wolfe. Usually, Scott brings common sense to the shows with sober reflection and interesting ideas. Well—not this time. A New Year’s Eve eve collection of absurd posturing and a horribly off-the-rails conversation between three friends figuring out where to go from here. […]

Mark and Keith go through their favorite movies and make a fateful decision of their Top 5 movies of all time….until they change their minds. At the Holiday Season, under a California-style lockdown, perhaps a few movies might help pass the time, heal the mind, bring some peace and share a little love. Happy Holidays […]

While attempting to define the 80’s generation, the years during which Mark and Keith came of age as members of Generation X, the conversation veers off course several times in comparing those days with the current state of lockdowns in the state of California. Our opinions get expressed as we decry the absurd political posturing […]

Gary Burk is the quintessential winemaker. Farmer, businessman, winemaker, musician, dreamer-he and his family’s Costa de Oro Winery located right off the 101 Freeway in Santa Maria, Calif. have been producing award-winning Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and other varietals and blends. Keith and Mark talk to Gary about everything from his writing children’s music to the […]