Salinas Underground

In this episode, we wanted to introduce Rob and Edwin who travel around Monterey County looking for restaurants to include in their Mini Road Trip. The Road Trip is podcast-within-a-podcast that features a different local restaurant every time. In keeping with the food theme, we recorded this episode at the patio of 201 Main during their weekend brunch buffet.

In this episode, Oz thinks he is Ms. Cleo and predicts some madness about President Trump's next four years in office. Will anyone agree with him? Or will the world turn on him like the public turned on Ronda Rousey after her latest defeat?

In this episode, Cujo talks about how to get through a 4-day drinking weekend. Oz shamelessly plugs his other projects and a Thursday night Karaoke trip ends with Oz bringing out his inner Lemmy.

We are back and ready for 2017!! This week our guest is Coach Mark Cisneros from the Alisal High Soccer team. They just came back from LA where they outplayed some of the best teams in the state and just started league play with a win against Watsonville. We talk everything from soccer to writing to life on the Eastside of Salinas.

This episode, we welcome back our Cannabis guru, Joey Espinoza. We talk about what is different in the Cannabis industry now that Prop 64 has passed and recreational Cannabis is now legal in California. Click play to get a higher education.

In this episode, Oz found a place called El Huarache that makes Choriqueso and now won't shut up about it. Also, with the end of the year approaching, there are several parties going on in Oldtown to send this year to hell in proper style.

In this episode, Oz went to Tijuana and got a ticket in Oldtown and now he won't shut up about it. Seriously, who gives out a non-parking ticket on a Friday at 11:43 PM? The new meter maids the city hired are ruthless.

In this episode, Oz goes drinking at Whole Foods and walks through a fight in downtown San Jose and now won't shut up about it.

This week, we hit the road and head up to the Bay Area to record. The travel was worth it as we talked with Jesus Beltran and Sammy Martinez the guys behind Desmadre.com. Their weekly "El Mundo" video is a hilarious and informative look at the crazy world around us. Delivered in Spanish by the ever entertaining Juan Hierbas this is the show you want to be following to impress your friends with your knowledge.

The National Park Service is celebrating 100 years and the newest park in the system is here in Monterey County. Pinnacles National Park is part of an ancient volcano that blew up more than 190 miles south of where it sits today. Oz went out to check it all out and won't shut up about it.

Road Trip keeps feeding your mind this week with part 2 of their election special. This time Rob sits down with Josh Verwolf to talk more in depth about the local and state measures on Tuesday's election. Click and learn y'all!!

In this episode, we are back at the Press Club in Seaside for their monthly open mic night. For the last year, people have been gathering on Fremont Blvd to read poetry, sing, and play all kinds of instruments. They are back at it this Friday so if you are in the area come over for a drink and good times.

This episode of Road Trip has food for your brain instead of your belly. Rob sits down to talk about the upcoming election and how you can make sure your vote gets counted. If you have questions about voting in Monterey County, this is your episode.

This week our guest is Bridgette Spicer from Squid Row Comics. She is a Salinas-based artist and the creator of Squid Row, a comic that traces its roots back to 2002. Squid Row follows Randie as she tries to deal with life as a struggling artist in a cold seaside town. Several local landmarks are featured in the strip that is released every Saturday at SquidRowComics.com. 

This is our Ciclovia wrap-up episode. For the third year in a row, Alisal Street was shut down to vehicle traffic from Sanborn to Oldtown and opened up for pedestrians and bike riders. We took advantage of the sunny day to walk around the street and head over to the swap meet for some diablitos. We also talk about our upcoming guest schedule which has some exciting names on it.

This week, Oz and Cujo review Cujo's birthday week which started on a warm Tuesday night at BJs Brewhouse. The week went on to include Pasadena rockers The Letters Home on Thursday and ended on Saturday night at XL Public House.

In this episode of Road Trip, Rob and Edwin head out to Monterey to try out Randy's Sandwich Shop. If you have never heard one of our Road Trip episodes, they are different than our regular episodes and are focused on checking out food spots in Monterey County. Today the tiny, but popular Randy's in Monterey get its turn.

In this episode, Oz has a solution to all of Salinas' problems. Yeah, it's one of those episodes. Fitting for the day after the first presidential debate.

This week, our guest is Susan Shillinglaw, Director of the National Steinbeck Center. Throughout the rest of September and October, the National Steinbeck Center will be hosting several workshops and talks about Steinbeck and his love for Mexico. Susan is a world renown expert on Steinbeck and she tells us some great stories and insight into Salinas's most famous son. 

This week our guests are some of the volunteers for the Yes on Z campaign. While we never endorse any political candidates or causes we felt this campaign is so important to Monterey County that we had to have them on. Measure Z aims to ban fracking in Monterey County and is the first time such a measure is going to ballot in a major oil producing county. A lof of good information in this episode!