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Paul Solotaroff: What Happens When Everyone Looks the Other Way & Certainty Kills the Truth? | Up+Adam

Jun 25, 202636 min

The Maestro, the Cellist, & America's 250th Birthday | Stars, Stripes & Strings with Opera SLO | Up+Adam

Jun 24, 202634 min

Jamison Firestone: A New York Kid, a Russian Mafia, and a Front Row Seat to History & Author of Rules of Lies | Up+Adam

Jun 23, 202632 min

Chef Anna Francese Gass: Instant Italian Season 2 and the Recipes That Keep Family Close | Up+Adam

Jun 22, 202639 min

Personal Finance Advice for Real Life: Mandi Woodruff-Santos of Brown Ambition Is Up+Adam

Jun 18, 202626 min

Mighty Cap Mushrooms, The Groves on 41 & Leo Leo Talk Open Farm Days This Weekend | Up+Adam

Jun 17, 202654 min

Santino DeFranco: Discipline, Fear, and the Psychology of Performance #FightReady | Up+Adam

Jun 16, 202632 min

The People Behind Your Plate Are Closer Than You Think | Up+Adam

Jun 12, 202651 min

Mayor Erica A. Stewart: State of SLO Is Stronger, But the Work Isn't Done | Up+Adam

Jun 11, 202656 min

CITIZEN The Artist & Grace Bennett on Fame, Creativity, Relationships & Going Viral Again | Part 2 Up+Adam

Jun 10, 202640 min

CITIZEN The Artist: Rare Interview with Phineas Peters & Grace Bennett - Building a Viral Independent Music Empire (From SLO) | Up+Adam

Jun 9, 202636 min

Jimmy Paulding, SLO Supervisor is Up+Adam

Jun 2, 202650 min

Slo County Supervisor Race | Michael Erin Woody on Public Trust & SLO CAL Issues | Up+Adam

May 27, 20261h 9m

Greek Festival SLO 2026: Inside the Bigger-Than-Ever Celebration in San Luis Obispo | Up+Adam

May 26, 202631 min

Pinot & Paella Returns to Templeton Park for Paso Robles Youth Arts | Up+Adam

May 22, 202643 min

Molly Kern: Inside the SLO Food Bank’s Summer Hunger Fight | Open House 2026 | Up+Adam

May 21, 202643 min

Leonard Cohen: La Esquina, Free Parking & the Future of Downtown SLO | Up+Adam

May 20, 202657 min

Actor Michael Chiklis (The Commish/The Shield) on Saving the Arts for Children | Up+Adam

May 19, 202624 min

Adam Verdin: Political Newcomer Takes on an Incumbent in the SLO Supervisor District 4 Race | Up+Adam

May 18, 202653 min

Próxima Parada with SLO Symphony at Cal Poly PAC 5/21 | T-Minus 7 Days with Nick Larson | Up+Adam

May 14, 202646 min

Jake Steinfeld: Body By Jake Radio, Rebuilding After the Palisades Fire & the Power of “Don’t Quit” | Up+Adam

May 13, 202633 min

Ben Arona Part 2: More Than a Pizza Place | Benny’s & Community | Up+Adam

May 12, 202636 min

This Weekend’s Olive & Lavender Festival in Paso Robles with Gina Hambly of Hambly Farms

May 8, 202638 min

Why Up+Adam was Mentioned in Very First Question of Sheriff's Kristin Smart Press Conference - Adam's Complete Coverage from Presser

May 8, 202646 min

Exclusive: Sheriff Ian Parkinson Speaks As New Kristin Smart Search Warrant Unfolds in Real Time only to Up+Adam

May 7, 202628 min

BREAKING: Search Warrant on Susan Flores House in Kristin Smart Case

May 6, 202615 min

Sweet Stakes & Small-Town Pride: SLO Pastry Chef Heads to Finale of Food Netowrk's Ultimate Baking Championship | Up+Adam

May 4, 202627 min

From Underground Pizza to Local Staple | The Benny’s Pizza Story w/ Ben Arona | Up+Adam

Apr 29, 202641 min

Terrie Bannish on Atascadero’s Flavor Run | Tamale Fest Turns 10 in a Town That Refuses to Sit Still | Up+Adam

Apr 28, 202632 min

Eve Plumb: Life After Jan Brady | The Brady Bunch & Happiness Included | Up+Adam

Apr 27, 202622 min

Sarah Tomasetti: Wine 4 Paws Founder on 18 Years of Giving Back | Woods Humane Society | Up+Adam

Apr 24, 202625 min

Tommy Dorfman: One Promoter vs The Monopoly | Live Nation, Ticketmaster, Power & Price of Music | Up+Adam

Apr 23, 202635 min

Robert “Kool” Bell: Kool & The Gang, Celebration, and Music Legacy | Kool Kids Foundation | Up+Adam

Apr 22, 202622 min

Alexia Jayy: 'The Voice' Season 29 Winner on Finding Herself | Rent Free | Up+Adam

Apr 21, 202628 min

Alexia Jayy: The Voice Season 29 Winner on Finding Herself | Rent Free | Up+Adam

Apr 21, 2026

#1 NYT Bestselling Author Mark Greaney Talks The Hard Line and Writing the Gray Man

Apr 16, 202631 min

Emmanuelle Chriqui: From 'Entourage' to Her Latest Film, 'A Love Like This' | Candid Chat | Up+Adam

Apr 15, 202629 min

Corey Jordan: Inside Paso Robles Jazz Fest, Libretto’s Intimate Music Culture & AMSTRDM Breaking News | Up+Adam

Apr 14, 202651 min

Andy Stumpf: Former Navy SEAL on Failure, Fear, and Bing 'Drownproof' | Up+Adam

Apr 13, 202616 min

I Will Be Fine Filmmakers | Filmmaking Under Pressure but with Purpose and Local Heart

Apr 11, 202633 min

Jack’s Helping Hand Turns 20: Bridget Ready | Soup n’ Syrah Paso Robles Event | Up+Adam

Apr 9, 202640 min

Joe from Meta: Inside Instagram on a Real Consultation Call | Growth, Reels, Algorithm | Up+Adam

Apr 8, 202632 min

The Mountain Air on Life, Love, and Not Selling Out | Josh and Lindsey Haring are Up+Adam

Apr 6, 202647 min

Happy Friday | Pet of the Week with Woods Humane Society

Sponsored by The Mountain Air*********PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HEREListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Apr 3, 202614 min

Are You Daughtering? The Invisible Work of Adult Daughters with Dr. Allison Alford | Up+Adam

Sponsored by The Mountain AirDr. Allison Alford is a communication researcher, keynote speaker, and the founder of Daughtering 101 and her debut book Good Daughtering gives a name to something millions of women have been doing their entire lives without ever getting credit for it. Daughtering is the invisible labor, the emotional heavy lifting, the crisis management, the deep breath before you answer the phone and the even deeper one after you hang up. It's the planning, the worrying, the checking in, the smoothing over. It's just Tuesday. But Tuesday has a cost.In this episode, Adam and Dr. Alford get into the messy middle, the space where you love your family deeply and it's still complicated. They talk about the internal "enoughness" meter that never quite shuts off, why daughters protect their parents' feelings at the expense of their own needs, how siblings can hold completely different memories of the same parent and both be right, and what it actually looks like to reclaim your role without blowing up your relationships. If you have ever felt stretched thin, unseen, or quietly exhausted by the weight of being the one who holds it all together, this episode was made for you.Buy Good Daughtering: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/good-daughtering-allison-m-alfordDr. Allison Alford's website: https://www.daughtering101.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/daughtering101Substack: https://www.substack.com/@daughtering101********Sponsored by Portabidet*********PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HEREListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Apr 2, 202633 min

KB OF IMVA Talks the Resurgence of Michael Jackson: The Movie and a Night of Tribute Live at Libertine in SLO | Up+Adam

Sponsored by The Mountain AirSome guests come on to promote something. KB came on to confess something. Kahonukai Boro, lead singer of IMVA, has been living inside the world of Michael Jackson since before he could explain it. Fedora to elementary school. Gold compilation CDs on repeat in the Honda CRV. A 12-minute mock rock performance at the Paso Fairgrounds that ended in cardiac arrest. And then, on the table at Children's Hospital LA, waiting for surgery, he looked up and saw Michael Jackson's signature on artwork donated to the very walls around him. That is not a coincidence. That is a calling.In this conversation, KB and Adam dig into what it actually takes to build a living as a musician on the Central Coast, how IMVA learned the power of saying no, and what it means to dedicate an entire night of music to one artist with zero originals, zero safety nets, and everything on the line. KB also performed "Butterflies" live in the studio, and honestly, clear your schedule because you are going to want to rewind it. Michael: A Night of Tribute happens Friday, April 24th at Libertine in San Luis Obispo. Tickets are just $5 in advance and $10 at the door. This is the kind of night the Central Coast was made for.Grab your tickets here: Michael: A Night of Tribute at LibertineFollow IMVA on Instagram: @imvamusicFollow KB on Instagram: @kboro143Win tickets + more at: adammontiel.com********Sponsored by Portabidet*PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HEREListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Apr 1, 202657 min

Rider Strong: Boy Meets World, The Red Weather, and the Truth About '90s Nostalgia | Up+Adam

Up+Adam for March 31, 2026 Sponsored by PortabidetWhat happens when you stop telling a story… and start questioning it?In this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with Rider Strong, best known as Shawn Hunter from Boy Meets World, to talk about his bold new podcast The Red Weather, and what unfolded was a genuine, wide-open conversation about memory, storytelling, nostalgia, and what we owe the people whose stories we decide to tell. Rider grew up in the redwoods of Northern California, surrounded by communes and communities he didn't fully understand until he was well into his 40s. That curiosity became the engine behind The Red Weather, an eight-episode autofiction series from iHeartPodcasts that blends a fictional 1995 cold case with real documentary-style interviews featuring his actual family, his childhood best friend Ocean, and his own unfiltered past.They go deep on the ethics of true crime storytelling and who gets to be the hero of someone else's tragedy. They unpack the "cracked nostalgia" of the 90s, the warm glow we all feel, and the casual misogyny, homophobia, and blind spots hiding inside it. Rider gets real about why he stopped acting, what it felt like to be a teen idol he never wanted to be, and why playing himself in The Red Weather felt more freeing than playing any fictional character ever did. Adam also brings his own story to the table, his connection to the Jimmy Farris case, a real conversation with the man convicted of his friend's death, and the two find common ground in what it means to carry a story that belongs to someone else.Oh, and Rider Strong's name. They go there. Boogie Nights, laser discs, and all.The Red Weather on iHeartRadio: The Red Weather PodcastRider Strong on Instagram: @rider_strongPod Meets World (Rider's Boy Meets World rewatch podcast): Pod Meets World*********PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HEREListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Mar 31, 202630 min

Ben Higgins of The Bachelor: From Final Rose, Full Disclosure, and a Franchise in Freefall | Up+Adam

Up+Adam for March 30, 2026 Sponsored by PortabidetIf you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, yours, someone else's, or the one playing out on your screen right now, this episode is for you. Adam sits down with Ben Higgins, the man America met on Season 20 of The Bachelor, and what unfolds is something far more interesting than a rose ceremony recap. Ben opens up about what vulnerability actually taught him on national television, how imposter syndrome doesn't care how famous you are, and why the moment fame stopped filling him up became one of the most important moments of his life.They get into Ben's podcast If You Can Hear Me, a show built on the belief that the secular and the sacred can sit in the same room and have an honest conversation, and what he has learned from guests walking through grief, loss, and the kind of pain that doesn't have a clean ending. Ben also pulls back the curtain on Generous Coffee Company, a business where every dollar of profit goes straight to social good, and why radical transparency is the only way a purpose-driven brand earns real trust.And then there is The Bachelor franchise. Ben was there when the show was about love. He watched it become about drama. And now, with Taylor Frankie Paul's Bachelorette season pulled just days before its premiere amid multiple domestic violence investigations, the conversation about what the franchise has become and what it cost is one Ben is uniquely positioned to have. This one goes there.Ben Higgins on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/higgins.benIf You Can Hear Me Podcast on iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-if-you-can-hear-me-319562960Generous Coffee Company: https://www.generouscoffee.com*********PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HEREListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Mar 30, 202637 min

Actor Paul Rust: Love, Comedy, and The Napa Boys | Woods Pet of the Week | Up+Adam

Up+Adam for March 27, 2026 Sponsored by PortabidetPaul Rust is one of those actors you know. You have seen him. You have felt his work. Maybe in ‘Inglourious Basterds’, maybe in ‘Love’ on Netflix, maybe somewhere else where he quietly stole the scene. And then you realize he is not just funny. He is thoughtful. He is a little uncomfortable in the best way. The kind of storyteller who makes you laugh and then makes you sit with something real.In this episode of Up+Adam, we get into it. Paul joins us to talk about his new film The Napa Boys, a wild, self-aware comedy that plays like the fourth installment of a franchise that does not even exist. But underneath the absurdity, there is something deeper. We talk about how comedy can be a disguise for the things that scare us, what he learned working with Judd Apatow about vulnerability, and why relationships on screen feel more honest when they are a little messy. We also get into wine culture, performance, and that feeling that maybe all of us are acting just a little bit whether we are dating, creating, or sitting at a tasting bar trying to sound like we know what we are talking about.This is one of those conversations that starts fun and ends somewhere real. Exactly where we like it.• Watch the trailer for The Napa Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DV80S8rZy4• Follow Paul Rust on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulrust*********PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HEREListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Mar 27, 202635 min

Driving Support for THS Athletics: Templeton Boosters Launches More Than a Golf Tournament

March 26, 2026 Up+Adam Sponsored by PortabidetTempleton High School athletics gets the full community treatment in this conversation with Jessie Yates and Joe Farley, two people helping power the THS Athletic Boosters and rally support for student-athletes across the campus. They join Adam in the LoBro Studios to talk about the THS Athletic Boosters Golf Tournament at Hunter Ranch Golf Course in Paso Robles on May 3, a day built around golf, community spirit, sponsor support, a silent auction, prizes, and a whole lot of Eagle pride. This is one of those events that makes it easy to see how much can happen when a town decides its kids matter.Jessie and Joe break down how the tournament brings people together beyond the fairway, with ways to participate whether you are golfing, sponsoring, donating, bidding in the auction, or just showing up to support. There is real fun built into this one too, from special on-course moments to reception tickets and community energy that feels very Templeton. And yes, as heard on Up+Adam, businesses that jump in as sponsors of at least $1000 for this event can score a month of free advertising on the show.LINKS• Register for the 2026 THS Athletic Boosters Golf Tournament• Tournament packages, sponsorships, singles, twosomes, and foursomes• Templeton High School Athletic Boosters website• Become a Booster• Contact the THS Athletic Boosters• Instagram: @thsathleticboosters• Facebook: Templeton High School Athletic Booster Support Club• Email: [email protected]*********PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HEREListen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:Official Website: adammontiel.comApple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple PodcastsSpotify: Up+Adam on SpotifyiHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadioYouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music********CHECK OUT OUR WOODS HUMANE PET OF THE WEEK!********ADAM’S TEDX VIDEO IS HERE!********FOLLOW ADAM ON INSTAGRAM*********Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!Life ElementsCity of SLOWoodsHumaneSocietyTin City DistilleryOriginal Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner CollectiveMoonshiner on Spotify HEREPlease Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com©2026 Up+Adam with Adam Montiel / LoBro Studios, All Rights Reserved.

Mar 26, 202627 min