Oxygen Starved Podcast

Christopher and Stacey chew on getting prepped for the holidays by touring the Cardinal Christmas Village (outside Bishop), reveal all of their 'tricks' in a recounting of the many ways they find new books to read, and, finally (the prime slot), have a great, ranging conversation with Camille Miller, of the Mammoth Fun Shop.

Christopher, Stacey, and Dave Leonard (Owner, Booky Joint in Mammoth) get together to discuss their top reads of 2023. Their 5th celebration together!

The adventure: Axe Throwing (you heard right)! The book: graphic memoir This Country. The guest: senior tech teacher (and general renaissance guy) Matt Ulery.

This episode: a chat about nearby Lake Tahoe, a back and forth over James McBride's Heaven and Earth Grocery Store two thumbs up!!), and a visit with Lee Vining Branch Librarian and Fish Scientist Beth Long.

Christopher and Stacey talk about (stuff and) the Mono Arts Council's Art & Wine events (Bob Ross' Paint-Along), and then take a look at Disney On the Mountain, a new book considering Walt's attempts to establish his own ski resort.

It's Mammoth's Rock & Rye for adventure this time, a delve into Stacey and Christophers' current YA picks, and a conversation with Mono County Supervisor Lynda Salcido.

Early Justice in Bridgeport, CA, as recounted by the plaque outside Ken's Sporting Goods; Steven Rowley's The Celebrants and Curtis Sittenfeld's Romantic Comedy; and Eastside Bake Shop's Elizabeth McGuire.

Tons of chat on what Stacey and Christopher did last summer, inside and out, and including TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, Ann Napolitano's Hello Beautiful, Lindsay Lynch's Do Tell, and Bogie and Bacall, by William J. Mann

This episode it's early summer hikes and independent bookstores, intended summer reads, and a visit with Mammoth Lakes Recreation's Kim Anaclerio.

Christopher and Stacey talk about Mono's bountiful springtime water, compare notes on Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions for You, and talk small-town newspapers and migration to Mammoth with The Sheet's Charlie Pike.