Flowing With Famous - Fresno Culture Podcast

This episode of Flowing With Famous has been approved by the Fresno City Council for mixed use - whatever that's worth.

Yep, we have plenty of Fulton Mall talk (I guess this is the last time we can refer to it as the Fulton Mall).

California's High Speed Rail is knows the way to San Jose and this could mean a big boom for Fresno.

The Collegian calls Donald Trump "Hitler" and we say "If not them, who?!" Then Donald Munro responds.

MUSIC BREAK: The Blue (aka Wild Blue Yonder).

The Tower District has a lack of hipster problem, what can we do?

Did you feel the earthquakes?

We finish by "plugging" things up and we make an announcement about the show!

CLICK TO LISTEN: FlowingWithFamous71.mp3

Hosted by Joshua Tehee and The Fresnan.

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on: Twitter, Stitchers and iTunes.

Oh man. The Fulton Mall Street drama keeps giving us an excuse to talk about Downtown Fresno and the Fulton Mall - may be one of the last times we talk about the Fulton Mall and not Fulton Street.

We also break down the whole business with Yosemite being sorta forced to change the name of The Ahwahnee Hotel. We play Band of the Episode: The Wee Beasties and talk about illegal gambling inside a local 97 cent store.

AND how Flowing With Famous is linked to a local porn store.

Direct Download: FlowingWithoutTheAhwahnee.mp3

(also a player at the bottom of the post)

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Hosted by Joshua Tehee and The Fresnan.

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on: Twitter, Stitchers and iTunes.

We say goodbye to 2015 as we choose some of our favorite stories from life in Fresno this past year. 

Best restaurant, news story, creative person...beer, ALL the things we think were interesting.

Also, we take a look at what we expect to see in Fresno for 2016!

Direct Download: FlowingAwayFrom2015.mp3

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Hosted by Joshua Tehee and The Fresnan.

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on: Twitter, Stitchers and iTunes.

Dude, you know we are going to talk about the Fulton Mall! It's like a thing right now and that's fun for us.

Also, Dumb Drum goes national with their Star Wars trailer, Mikey has problems with a Fresno radio station moving to Clovis and not to be missed, Josh makes a big announcement about It'll Grow Back.

Band Of The Episode: Beastmaker.

Click to listen: FlowingWithoutFultonStreet.mp3

(you can also use the player at the bottom of the post)

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Hosted by Joshua Tehee and The Fresnan.

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on: Twitter, Stitchers and iTunes.

It is a Fresno pleasure to have Roque and Bryan back on the show. The Swede Fest dudes join in our discussion about Downtown Fresno news (Fulton Street hitting road blocks), a tribute to George Hostetter, Fresno Film Festival, and of course, Swede Fest 15.

Good Fresno times.

Click to listen: FlowingWithSwedeFest2015.mp3

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Hosted by Joshua Tehee and The Fresnan.

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on: Twitter, Stitchers and iTunes.

The Zoo's new African Adventure has opened to Fresnans and it is definitely a gem for Fresno. But its not without some controversy and we talk about all the good and bad.

Councilman, Clint Olivier, has six ways to battle Fresno vagrants and we break down all six.

Plus we play some Tokyo Death March, talk about the Spanspek Festival and try to figure out if we should care about the whole FUSD and Harris Construction thingamajig.

Don't forget to check out Reid May on Wednesdays at 9AM on wgmuradio.com.

Direct Download: FWFresnoVagrants.mp3

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Hosts: Joshua Tehee and The Fresnan. 

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on Twitter, on iTunes and Stitcher.

On this, our special International Podcast Day episode, we get Fresno with stuff like:

What if there was a Fresno Hater podcast?

Why was there no FUSE Fest this year, guys?

Is the Fresno Fair the best fair in California?

BAND OF THE EPISODE: Grizzly City Boys.

Granite Park is on a comeback.

A review of the new spot Rocket Dog.

The Fulton Mall is still there, Fresno.

Fresno State Football in a bit of trouble this season.

The Spanspek Festival has a nice lineup.

Direct Listen: FlowingWithoutFUSEfest.mp3

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Hosts: Joshua Tehee and The Fresnan. 

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on Twitter, on iTunes and Stitcher.

Spirited Fresno talk this week - it's always a good talk when we take a while to come back.

We foundly talk up the re-birth of Storyland. 

Fresno also gets national with "Rib Guy" as we explore how is it that KMPH seems to get all these viral news stories.

Plus, more from the Downtown Fresno Partnership, the Fresno Grizzlies are the Kings Of Baseball as Josh threw out the first pitch, new eatin' places on Shaw, is Tom Hanks really coming to Kerman High and a tribute to Fancisco Vargas.

Band/Artist of the Episode is HALO The Human aka Pizza Halo.

Listen and enjoy: FlowingWithFamousRibs.mp3

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Hosts: Joshua Tehee, Mike S.

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on Twitter, on iTunes and Stitcher.

Welcome back to our Fresno talk hangout, also known as Flowing With Famous.

This episode we sorta recap this year's Taco Truck Throwdown and talk about the national attention it brought to Fresno this year. How can this event be topped?

We get into all the music coming to Fresno as we check in on how the local venues are doing.

BAND OF THE EPISODE: The Red Coats. Make sure to check out their Indie Go Go campaign.

And for the first time on Famous, the story of Rowdy Roddy Piper's wild Fresno party night.

Click to listen!: RowdyTacoTruckThrowdownFWF.mp3

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Hosts: Joshua Tehee, Mike S.

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on Twitter, on iTunes and Stitcher.

This week, we talk about the most badass Mayor that Fresno has ever known: Zeke Leymel. We also catch up with the Fresno PD and how they are reluctant to transgender, talk about how the Fresno Zoo is becoming a magnate for people working in the Zoo community across the country. 

We also play some great new local music from Conversation and recommend some Fresno stuff like:

Fresno Growing Up: A City Comes of Age: 1945-1985

Click to listen: MayorZekeFamous.mp3

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Hosts: Joshua Tehee, Mike S.

Show feed: Flowing With Famous.

Flowing on Twitter, on iTunes and Stitcher.