Two senior "Sages" talk with a former Cal State student, a "Seeker," about an awesome intergenerational program coming this fall that closes the seeming divide between OLLI members and young students: a veritable "fountain of youth and wisdom"
OLLI members and Cal State Students compare Coming of Age and getting it together when the World is falling apart.
OLLI luminary and author Ray Smythe discusses his new book on anguish with Dr. Arlette Stella Poland, who teaches courses on Death and Dying, and his friend Suzy Walker, who recently lost her son. Theirs is an engaging conversation about life after loss, splashed with tears and laughter.
Dr. Tomás Morales, the President of CSUSB, talks to us about OLLI's vital role in the life of not only its members but the entire Palm Desert campus. If you think this former New Yorker doesn't speak from his heart ... fuh·ged·da·boud·it! View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: A Conversation with CSUSB President, Tomas Morales
Two OLLI luminaries, well versed in business success, share ideas with a pair of Cal State students on entrepreneurship and why it is so popular these days with people of all ages. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: CSUSB & the Coachella Valley Mean Business Transcript
An Angelino and New Yorker debate which town is tops -- from tasting a meal to falling in love. However, the conversation lands at a location far different than either Gotham or Tinseltown. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: I LUV LA. I LUV NY. I LUV Transcript
Do you know how to spot a liar? Trial lawyers Harry Schaffner and Lara Bloomquist reveal some of their courtroom techniques to get at the truth. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: Pinocchio's Nose: Reading People with the Pros Transcript
Two OLLI food and wine connoisseurs explore how sights, sounds, and textures play a major role in flavor perception, sometimes even more than taste or aroma. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: A Toast to Champagne and Other Sounds, Sights, and Textures Transcript
Become a twin for a time. OLLI member, Nanci Smaby, and Program Director, Johnna Norris, invited their identical twin sisters to a virtual members coffee hour. Surprises, secrets, and insights await. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: A Thing or Two about Twins Transcript
Popular OLLI film instructor, Butch Epps, and gifted writer/poet, Paige Wajda, explore the art of finding stories on screen, on the page, and most unforgettably, the story within ourselves. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: Story Finders Transcript
Shawn Richcreek, wine executive, and OLLI instructor share a “sparkling” conversation about food, wine, and what your nose knows with dining maven and consultant, Shawn Shepard. A delightful pairing. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: Food, Wine, and What Your Nose Knows Transcript
Two OLLI instructors, Historian Kevin Peterson and Technology Expert Gary Smaby, share an illuminating conversation about the marriage of politics and photography -- from Lincoln's first campaign to the present. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: Images: Political and Photographic Transcript
In typical OLLI fashion, a conversation between a teacher and student becomes an opportunity for two women to connect as peers, sharing some very personal details about their lives. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: Staying After School Transcript
A young college student joins two much older OLLI members to relive their multi-generational and magical journey to Washington D.C. via the popular OLLI travel program. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: OLLI Goes to Washington D.C. Transcript
Two OLLI instructors, one a retired surgeon and the other a former professor of Pharmacology, discuss the most complex and wondrous mechanism on earth: the human body. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: Wonders of the Human Body Transcript
Two OLLI instructors from different disciplines - Cash Baxter, an artist, and Larry Fox, an economist - discover they have much in common. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: An Artist and a Scientist Transcript
Sue Anderson, OLLI director, and Lacey Kendall, an OLLI instructor and media specialist at Cal State San Bernardino, exchange thoughts about the opportunities -- and the challenges --of remote learning. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: The Covid-19 Classroom Transcript
Two OLLI volunteers and donors - Sue Robinson-Neeb and Ray Smythe - share thoughts about the rewards of giving support to the OLLI program. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: It Takes a Village to Run an OLLI Transcript
OLLI instructors and Hollywood veterans - Sue Cameron and Frank Furino - share memories of the legends of Tinseltown and Vegas. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: Hollywood, Once Upon a Long Time Ago: The Legends Transcript
Two OLLI instructors and Hollywood veterans examine the story of two blondes, one who survived Hollywood, Kim Novak, and one who succumbed, Marilyn Monroe. View Podcast Transcript for the verbiage: Hollywood, Once Upon a Long Time Ago: The Blondes Transcript