Flowing With Famous - Fresno Culture Podcast

Is Your Life Really Soooo Much Better Not Living in Fresno?

Welcome to the April 2023 version of Flowing with Famous! This episode we will have a tussle with some of these Fresno things:
Are you REALLY living the life you couldn't in Fresno?
Where have more Fresno natives moved to?
A breakdown of Fresyes Fest 2023.
Tioga Sequoia is the venue Fresno it needs to be.
Band of the Episode: Elder Devil.
Fresno has a bad rep and we try to find out why.
Porchfest 2023 preview
And more Fresnoooooo!
Thanks for listening. Sorry for the cussing and ranting by one of the hosts.
Download: FlowingWithFamousApril23.mp3
Thank you for listening and thank you Fresno! Check out some links that link to our hosts:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Drenched Fresno, Rogue Festival 2023, Fresyes, Kid’s Day

Greetings, fellow Fresno enthusiast. This week, Josh and I have some great Fresno culture things to talk about, some include:
Why do we live in Seattle now?
What is up with Kid's Day this year?
Is it really Rogue Festival time again!?
Fresno's most important intersections.
Band Of The Episode: dontcryformeimalreadydead.
Fresyes Fest lineup for 2023.
A new Clovis bar does not sit well with one of us.
This and more Fresno!
-Mike
Downloadable: FlowingWithFamousMar23.mp3
Thank you for listening and thank you Fresno! Check out some links that link to our hosts:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Thrifting Fresno Festivals

Hi. Welcome to Fresno's culture (and first ever) podcast, Flowing With Famous. This month, some of the things we get into:
Fresno thrift shops.
Buying books in Fresno.
Art Hop.
The Warnor Corner.
Why are there more new things in Clovis?
Coffee in Fresno.
Should we be excited about new Starbucks?
Fresyes Fest Or Fulton Street Party?
And much more!
Band Of the Episode: Westing.
   DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousFeb.mp3
Thank you for listening and thank you Fresno!
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Looking At Downtown Fresno For 2023

Happy New Year, Fresno!
For our first episode of 2023 we park it in Downtown Fresno and talk about what we would like to see happen there and what is currently happening with things.
We also say goodbye to longtime Fresno reporter, Corin Hoggard. Plus, we find out why there are still only two Fresno pot dispensaries and much more!
Band Of The Episode is the Eighteen Hundreds.
DOWNLOADABLE FILE: FlowingWithFamous.mp3(Headsup: A few cuss words)
Thank you for listening to our podcast (Fresno's first, by the way). Please check the links for your host's things:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

A December To Remember In Fresno?

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Seasons Greetings and all that stuff. It's Winter. It's Fresno. We talk about it:
There has been some legit weather lately.
Why are we not known more for being a mountain city?
Christmas Tree Lane canceled the Walk Night again. Should they have?
Band Of The Episode: The Downwinders.
The City of Fresno looking for management help with the Tower Theatre.
Tower District getting some new stuff.
All this and more Fresno things!!
File for downloads: flowingwithdec22.mp3
Thank you for listening to our podcast (Fresno's first, by the way). Please check the links for your host's things:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.
 

Swede Fest, Tower Theatre, Art Hop, Fresno

We are happy to have back Roque & Brian to talk about this year's Swede Fest film festival happening at the Tower Theatre in December. 
Totally get into what it's like booking something at the Tower Theatre, post (all the things that happened), and get all the details of this year's Swede Fest.
Also, take the temperature of Art Hop and try to decide if Art Hop today is in good shape or if it needs a reset.
Band Of The Episode: Sun Umbra.
Plus other Fresno things, so please join us!
DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousNov22.mp3
Thank you for listening!
Check some links to support your hosts:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Riding Fresno Bike Lanes To 3rd Spaces

Welcome back to Fresno's oldest and crankiest podcast, Flowing With Famous. In this episode, we will discuss some things like:
The Fresno weather is coastal every day (depending on what part of the day we're talking about.
What political ad are you sick of?
The Taco Truck Throwdown.
Van Ness protected bike lane controversy.
BAND OF THE EPISODE: New Old Man.
Third spaces of Fresno.
Saying goodbye to a Fresno movie theater era.
This and more Fresno-ing! 
DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousOct22.mp3
Thank you for listening!
(Maybe one or two cuss words, alert!)
Check some links to support your hosts:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Fresno Is Not Dense

You two friends that talk about Fresno are back! This time talking about some things like:
The heat.
The Greek Fest.
The Fresno Fair.
The failure of Downtown developments.
The lack of density in Downtown Fresno.
The Band Of The Episode: Sun Umbra.
The Summer Sweat Festival.
All that and more! Thank you for listening!
DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousSep22.mp3
(Maybe one or two cuss words, alert!)
Check some links to support your hosts:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Valley Children, Driving In Fresno and Sweating Out The Summer

Greetings fellow Fresno and Central California enthusiasts. In this month's show we talk about Valley Children's Hospital paying for naming rights at Bulldog Stadium, Fresno traffic being better than Portland's, Fresno finally has pot dispensaries, Summer Sweat and a lot more Fresno.
Band Of The Episode: WhoIsGene?
Thank you for listening!
DOWNLOAD: FlowingWithFamousAug22.mp3
(Maybe one or two cuss words, alert!)
Check some links to support your hosts:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.

Can River Park Be Cool and Fresno Dive Bars

Welcome back to Fresno's original podcast, Flowing With Famous. 
This month we talk about the new Ragin Records in River Park and try to decide if this makes River Park cool and does it even deserve to have something like a cool record store?
Where have all the June Bugs gone?
Band Of The Episode: Sharks Of Dance.
We also talk about the return of Audra Mcdonald and get into a large Fresno dive-bar discussion.
Thank you for listening!
DOWNLOAD: FlwoingWithJuly22.mp3
(Occasional cussing alert!)
Check some links to support your hosts:
Josh's other podcast Aikido Discussed. Josh at the Fresno Bee.
Josh's local music newsletter: Bandgeeeek.substack.com.
Josh's bands: It'll Grow Back, Big Balls, and the Strikingly Originals. 
Mikey's new newsletter: Fresno! Fresno! and: Drinking & Thinking.
Check Mike's blogs The Fresnan and Mikey Top Pour.Plus the podcasts Get Off My Podcast, The Perfect Pour.