Be Careful What You Wish For may as well be the album title to Gabby La La's career. She has a truly original approach to life and music. In finding her instrument, the Sitar and learning from the master Ali Ahkbar Khan, she found a discipline, her voice, and the bigger lesson: To play from the heart.

If you were considered radical because you believed that we should "build as nature Builds" or to embrace "Thinking like nature" Welcome to Eugene’s Life.

Kevin Concannon has a PHD in Modern and Contemporary Arts and African Art History. As the former Director, Adjunct Professor and Chair of the Virginia Tech School of Visual Arts, his perspective on the Art World is well known.

Brent Lambert has been mastering sound recordings for over 30 years. His studio, The Kitchen located in North Carolina, has mastered records for well over 2,000 top selling and indie artists like Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven, The Db's and Southern Culture on the Skids.

Marty Marfin is an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts based in San Francisco, California. His field of expertise is in model making, prototyping, sculpture, and museum exhibits. His students come from all over the world to study first hand the advanced techniques needed to enter the world of modeling and advanced prototyping.

Brian Barnacle is from Petaluma, California and has spent most of his life here. While he has spent all of his professional career working to make the world a better place via clean energy development, he decided to transition his efforts to include local politics.

When I want to know the truth about the media I ask author and professor Mickey Huff. He's President of The Media Freedom Foundation, and he's the Executive Producer and Co-Host of the syndicated weekly public affairs program Project Censored.

Melanie Dado-Stammler is the epitome of the Bohemian California lifestyle. The smile is real. The life story is sincere - a simple philosophy of doing good things. Being positive comes natural even through adversity.

Kristin Lucas is the V.P. of Client Relations, Training and Veterinary Operations for Marin County based Guide Dogs for the Blind. Since 1942 this organization that is dedicated to providing guide dogs for the sight impaired.

Musician Barrance Whitfield has only been one thing in his life: one of the best regarded by fellow musicians, hardest working, and never giving up the love he brings to the stage.

Kayatta Patton is a Northern California based rapper, poet, educator and producer. Born in Oakland, California, she grew up on the good vibes of community, family, and the music that is the melting pot of that diverse city.

KC Turner knows that what audiences and performing artists both want is a great time. He puts together shows all over the Bay Area and is a consistent winner in a market where live music entertainment is a big industry.

Emily Duff is proof that hard work and grit pay off. She's a life long country girl who grew up in New York and has continued to conquer it all while keeping genuine to her genre and her self. She's written for, played on stage with and recorded with all the big names in country music.

Matt Gaser is an award winning illustrator and visual artist who lives with his family in Petaluma, California. He works in all types of media, computer, hand art, video.

In this debut episode of the podcast, Dana interviews one of his oldest friends, Zanya Gissler. She’s a spa and salon owner and shares her stories of making it in a business that is equal parts passion and hard work.

The Creatives is a new podcast exploring creativity through conversation. It's hosted by Dana Porteous who has been called "one of the most knowledgeable people on the planet, when it comes to music and the artists who create it." But his curiosity goes beyond music - he's interested in getting to understand how the creative mind solves problems in the world to make it a better place.