Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:30 PM PDT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online, and now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations! Experience Talks is produced by the non-profit EngAGE, Inc.
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Sunday @ 5:30 PM PT
ERIC LEWALD and JULIA LEWALD
with host JOHN SEMPER JR.
Eric Lewald and Julia Lewald are two of the premier writer-producers in youth-oriented and animated television, with over 700 produced credits, a number-one hit, an Emmy nomination and an Environmental Media Award between them. They have been showrunners, together or individually, on 14 series, including X-Men: The Animated Series, which launched in 1992 and put Marvel characters on the map, making Fox TV the number one network in kids’ programming.
Eric is also the author of a book entitled, Previously On X-Men: The Making of an Animated Series, which tells the behind-the-scenes story about how, on small budgets and under tight schedules, X-MEN: The Animated Series became a television show that, despite an industry full of naysayers, immediately shot to the top of the ratings.
Host John Semper Jr. was the producer and showrunner for Spider-Man: The Animated Series, which went on the air in 1994, two years after X-Men, and was also a number one hit for the Fox TV network.
Experience Talks is going on hiatus after this show,
but will return with an exciting new podcast on KPFK.org!
JERRY LAWSON fronted the legendary a cappella group, The Persuasions, for nearly 40 years. He led the celebrated quintet as they recorded and toured with numerous artists such as Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli, Joni Mitchell, and Frank Zappa. Anyone who had the privilege to hear them knows that their signature sound was defined by Lawson’s sweet and smoky baritone. As music writer Rip Rense put it, “By any fair measure, Lawson is really one of the best singers of the last 50 years — up there with Sam Cooke, David Ruffin, Brook Benton, Jerry Butler, Roy Hamilton, and Nat King Cole.”
In my Impact Studio, grunge metal plays loudly. I pull on the head and face gear of my “Shadow Warrior” self and pull both of my arm-length impact brushes off the tool table. I call them “The Challengers.” They look like handfuls of thick surgical tubing with leather wrapped handles for grips, paint loaded and dripping from the ends.
The “Human Phoenix Project” is created to highlight the energy of servant warriors who inspire me, while providing strong models of compelling leadership through open vulnerability. My vision is to cultivate the reclaiming of personal power, while connecting people through the vulnerable messiness of what it is to be human.
After selling the Brave New Workshop in 1997, Dudley Riggs started his third career as a writer. His memoir, 
