Salinas Underground

This weeks episode is all about the social event of the year in Salinas, the Rodeo! This is the week that everyone dusts off their cowboy boots and heads over to the Sports Complex for a huge party. We talk about the events happening around the parade and our memories of past rodeos.

This week our guest is Roxie Heartless, a local quad skater that you can find on the track with the Faultline Derby Devilz or on a quarter pipe at the Salinas skate park. She tells us all about the local roller derby scene and the growing extreme quad scene not just in Monterey County but all over the world.

This week Oz and Cujo pull out their voter's guides and go through the whole ballot for the upcoming primary elections on June 5th. The voter's guide is over 60 pages long with a whole bunch of writing which can get difficult to get through so we did it for you and present it to you in this episode. Don't forget to vote on June 5th!

In this episode, we talk about the evolution of Netflix and how 5 years ago you would shy away from a show that was a "Netflix Original". Now they are spending hundreds of millions on production and hoarding awards.

This episode was recorded on Mothers Day so we decided to ditch our moms and go to Alvarado Street to drink a record a podcast. Oz updates Cujo on the progress of his tiny podcast production startup called Salad Bytes Media. To follow along on that journey follow @SaladBytesMedia on Twitter and Instagram.

This episode contains the usual Salad Bowl of topics which is usually just Oz releasing a stream of consciousness on the microphone while Cujo does his best to keep track of all the topics. This week Oz gives us an update on his podcast production company Salad Bytes media and gives his opinion on why he thinks red-light cameras in Salinas would be a bad idea.

For the third year in a row, a huge party is going down at Natividad Creek Park this Sunday, May 6! This week we welcome back our old friend Leti Hernandez from Local Urban Gardeners and Todd Farrington from the Big Sur Land Trust to tell us all about the free event. There will be a huge variety of activities and representatives from a lot of local organizations ready to answer any questions. We also talk about the progress Big Sur Land Trust has made with the Carr Lake project in the middle of town.

In this episode, Oz talks about the awkwardness of walking with a couple of people having a conversation about God and his attempts to not have to answer any questions. He then gives Cujo a long lesson on his interpretation of Existentialism and why he desperately wanted to stay out of the conversation.

In this episode, Oz talks about his latest project a podcast production company called Salad Bytes Media. He talks about where he is in the business process so far and what the long-term goals are. Can a podcast production company exist and make money in Salinas? Follow along to find out.

This week our guest is Rob from Masa for the Raza Podcast. Way back in the day Rob used to do a restaurant review series for Salinas Underground then he branched off to start his own show. It's always fun to have him back and to reminisce and drink many beers. Check out Masa for the Raza on YouTube and Instagram and anywhere quality podcasts are available!