106. Tod Ruhstaller (2010) and Johnny Milford (2013) - October 30, 2016

Welcome to Podcast Stockton, episode 106. For this episode, we pulled out some highlights from a couple of our past shows. 

This last weekend was the Over the Edge for Community Hospice event, which raised over $100,000 for the organization. 

Election Day is in just over a week. If you are registered to vote, please remember to do so!

Tod Ruhstaller and RileyHaggin Museum

Tod Ruhstaller and Riley
Haggin Museum

In February 2010, Matt and Rod met with Tod Ruhstaller, CEO and Curator of History at the Haggin Museum

The Haggin is currently featuring two great music-inspired exhibits, "Medieval To Metal: The Art & Evolution of the Guitar", a traveling exhibit from the National Guitar Museum and "Brubeck: Jazz Ambassador" - both on display through January 8, 2017.

For fans of Iret-net Hor-irw, the mummy that used to be at the Haggin, you can see it on display in the “The Future of the Past: Mummies and Medicine” at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Legions of Honor running through August 26, 2018.

The original episode can be found here


Johnny Milford

Johnny Milford

Matt and Susan sat down with local radio personality Johnny Milford for episode 71.

It was September 2013 and Johnny had spent nearly 20 years off-the-air. Shortly after his interview with Podcast Stockton, Johnny returned to the FM dial with the local station, KSTN, newly re-born as 105.9 The Bull. Johnny is back on the air and can still be heard on TV and radio spots throughout the central valley.

The original episode can be found here

Follow him on Instagram and Twitter.


The music for today's show is "Red, White & You" by Austin James from his new album, Full Throttle, check it out on iTunes. Follow him on Instagram @austinjames209.


106. Tod Ruhstaller 2010 and Johnny Milford 2013 - October 30, 2016
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105. Brandon Piasecki - October 16, 2016

On this episode of Podcast Stockton, we feature a great interview with Brandon Piasecki. Brandon is a high school chemistry teacher at Stockton Collegiate in downtown Stockton, but that barely scratches the surface of who Brandon is and what he does in Stockton.

Brandon PiaseckiPhoto by Shannon Lea Rock

Brandon Piasecki
Photo by Shannon Lea Rock

As a talented musician, and using the name Mista P, Brandon created some impressive YouTube videos to help teach chemistry principles to his students. He also recently released an EP, Touch The World, recorded at Press Recording Studio in downtown Stockton. The proceeds from which will go toward his Grace Notes Music Project to give local students the chance to record music in a professional recording studio. As the hype man for Channel Brewing, Brandon helped get the Kickstarter campaign off the ground and helps put on events for the brewery. 

Brandon is also a member of Little Free Library Stockton and is the host of the Third City Podcast

Follow Brandon on Instagram @mrp_chemistry and Twitter @mrp_chemistry.


This week, we welcome back an old friend of the show, Gabriel Reyes, as co-host. A talented local artist and former podcaster himself, Gabriel has co-hosted a number of Podcast Stockton shows in the past. It's great to have him back on the show! Gabriel recently took part in the Upside Down art show at Empresso, featuring local art based on the Netflix series "Stranger Things".


The music for episode 105 is "Collide Someday" from Brandon's new EP, Touch The World. Check out the whole EP at brandonjames209.bandcamp.com. We also played a sample of "What's the Table For?", the video is a must-see!


105. Brandon Piasecki - October 16, 2016
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104. Peter Powers - October 2, 2016

Sharing the positive stories about people in Stockton has long been the goal of Podcast Stockton but we are far from the only ones doing that. Driven by his faith as a Christian and his love for Stockton, Peter Powers started Positive Perspective Stockton magazine two years ago. 

Peter Powers

Peter Powers

Positive Perspective Stockton is a high-quality, full-color magazine that, just as the title suggests, highlights positive people and stories in Stockton. 

Peter's faith, along with his love for Stockton, drives him to publish the magazine, a definite labor of love. Peter is proud to consider his product a faith based magazine but acknowledges that not all of the articles in each edition are specifically Christian. 

Not being content with simply telling the stories of the positive side of Stockton, Peter plays an active role in creating more positive stories himself. He recently partnered with Calvary First Church on The Kelley Project to open Heroes Park, a needed community park on Kelley Drive. 

Positive Perspective Stockton is published 6 times per year and are available free throughout Stockton. In addition to making the print edition available for free, the magazine is also available online.


Hockey is back in Stockton! The Stockton Heat return to the Stockton Arena for their second season. This season they will be introducing a new goal song and they want us fans to help them pick a song. Visit their website before Wednesday to cast your vote!

And the next time you're at a Heat game, look for Podcast Stockton's own "Hot Rod" Villagomez working another season with the between play entertainment crew. 


104. Peter Powers - October 2, 2016
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