John “Sarge” Sargent joins Mark and Keith to talk about teaching music in this strange time. John and Mark have known each other just a little longer than Keith and Mark have–and John too, went on to become a teacher. He runs the choral and music program at Newbury Park High School in Ventura County […]

Mark and Keith discuss half a year of pandemic pandemonium, the latest conspiracy theories and interview each other about their beliefs and ideas.

Every episode of CST has been an experiment for me in how I wanted the podcast to come together. Over the course of this summer, I had a chance to spend time with Keith, one of my oldest friends and we talked about so many things. As I’d hoped when I asked him to join […]

Scott Wolfe is a City Manager for a small town on California’s Central Coast. He’s also a certified beer judge, a lover of travel, hiking and camping and lives with innumerable children running around his house and his patient and dear wife, Jenn. Keith Cox is a risk assessment officer in Santa Barbara County, a […]

Author, historian and podcaster David Reel along with the founder of 567 Podcast, Barry Funkhouser join Mark to talk about everything from Ventura County and Camarillo History to how podcasting might save the world in this back and forth discussion about family obligations, hard choices and hard times. David’s book, Past and Present: Camarillo, is […]

Logan Chase is that rare individual who used his college experiences to learn more, think more, create more and do more. Currently an MFA student at the East 15 Acting School at the University of Essex in London, Logan graduated California Lutheran University in 2016 with Bachelor’s in Political Science. Mark and Logan worked together […]

The Young Dubliners are a hard working, long touring American rock band who bring an upbeat vibe, Celtic influences and thoughtful lyrics together in a musical package fronted by singer, songwriter and guitar player Keith Roberts, who joins Mark on the podcast. The “Dubs,” like all touring rock bands, are struggling to find a way […]

Kaitlin is an artist, poet and writer who graduated from California Lutheran University in 2017. She worked with the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company in 2016 and that’s where she and Mark first met. Currently, Kaitlin works at an international arts organization as a Curation Specialist. She has since built her resume by being featured in various magazines […]

Loren hasn’t been kidnapped by aliens recently (that he is aware of) but it hasn’t stopped him from looking at the skies and dreaming of bigger things. The idea of bigger things has driven his entire career, from his award-winning performing career taking leading roles in London’s West End productions such as “Phantom of the […]

Dr. Tim Fox joins Mark as they pick their way through spiritual aspects of living in a time of universal fear. Dr. Fox was a student of Mark’s during his high school years and went on to study at California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, but soon realized he was being called to a […]