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Dan Imhoff began broadcasting as a DJ at Allegheny College in 1981. He later spent over a decade  (1998-2008) as a radio journalist and co-host of a monthly Mendocino Public Broadcasting show featuring live interviews with luminaries in the sustainable food and agriculture movement. During the Covid pandemic he resumed his interest in broadcast journalism with the Full Expression podcast: long-form conversations with cultural creatives about the creative process. Now in its third season Dan and show producer Megan Botel (LA Times, LA Public Radio) seek out exemplary guests and timely subject matter for in-depth interviews. Previous shows include journalist Michael Pollan, colorist Laura Guido-Clark, Killers’ drummer Ronnie Vannucci, food writer and media producer Matt Goulding among many others. Creativity may be the only thing that can save us. This series is only getting started. Please spread the word.

Narsiso Martinez : Making Labor Visible Through Art 

Episode 41 In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with artist Narsiso Martinez for a conversation about labor, migration, and the creative process. Narsiso traces his…
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Angelo Garro: Life of a Master Craftsman

Episode 40 Craft lives in the hands. And in a world increasingly shaped by speed, automation, and abstraction, what does it mean to dedicate your life to making things slowly,…
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Thomas Lauderdale: Pink Martini and Building a United Nations of Sound

Episode 39 Behind Pink Martini’s unmistakable sound is a simple idea: music can bring people together across cultures. In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff sits down with…
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Mindy Marin: The Unsung Art of Casting Direction

Episode 38 Behind every unforgettable performance is great casting. Today, we explore this often invisible process that’s part intuition, part logistics, and part relentless creative problem-solving. In this episode of…
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Arnaud Weyrich: The Art and Science of Sparkling Wine

Episode 37 Sparkling wine is one of humanity’s most enduring creative rituals. In this episode of Full Expression, host Dan Imhoff travels to California’s Anderson Valley to sit down with…
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Ramesh Srinivasan: The True Cost of Artificial Intelligence 

Episode 36 Artificial intelligence is here, whether we’re ready or not. In this episode of Full Expression, I sat down with UCLA professor and Utopias podcast host Ramesh Srinivasan to…
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Adam Weymouth: Walking Across Europe, Writing About Wolves

Episode 35 An epic wolf journey becomes a lens on everything from ecology to migration, borders, and what it means to coexist with the wild in modern Europe. In this…
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Karen Bates and Byron Hoffman: The French Laundry and the Origins of California Cuisine

Episode 34 Before The French Laundry became a culinary landmark, there was Sally Schmitt, a quietly radical cook whose life helped shape what we now call California cuisine. In this…
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Nick Casey — 2025 Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist

Episode 33 Nick Casey is a staff reporter for the New York Times Magazine based in Europe. He writes about geopolitics, threats against democracy and armed conflict. Raised in California…
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Mary Gabriel — Women of New York’s Avant-Garde

Episode 32 Mary Gabriel is an American author and biographer whose books include Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution, which was a finalist…
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Bill Frisell — A True American Guitar Hero

Episode 31 Few guitarists have shaped the emotional landscape of modern music the way Bill Frisell has. Across five decades, his playing has stretched the boundaries of jazz, Americana, folk,…
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Warren Zanes — The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” 

Episode 30 Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska stands as one of the starkest, most haunting records in American music—a raw home recording that reshaped how we think about artistry, fame, and solitude.…
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