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Since it's inception, this podcast has spoken directly with historians, artists, entertainers, business owners and more. The podcast has acted as a historical repository by documenting their stories and experiences, many never recorded or archived anywhere before. Some of these stories and conversations, loaded with historical information, would have eventually been lost to time had they not been recorded for posterity in their respective episodes.
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HELP US continue to document the history and stories of the Tiki, Cocktail, Exotica, Retro, Lowbrow, Surf Music cultures by keeping these interviews and stories coming!
A small example of the distinguished guests who have provided valuable and historical commentary to previous episodes:
Jeff "Beachbum" Berry
Author, Grog Log, Intoxica
Owner, Latitude 29
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Charles Phoenix
Author, Addicted to Americana
Southern California in the '50s
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Leroy Schmaltz and
Bob Van Oosting
Owners, Oceanic Arts
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Jochen Hirschfeld
Filmmaker, Photographer
Producer/Director DVD of Tiki
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Sven Kirsten
Author, Book of Tiki, Tiki Pop
Tiki Modern, Art of Tiki
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Tim "Swanky" Glazner
Author, Mai Kai: History and
Mystery of the Iconic Rest.
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Mike Buhen Sr & Jr
Owners, Tiki-Ti
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Bosko Hrnjak
Artist, Urban Archaeologist
Historian, Revivalist
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