Desert Dreams
Do you love the desert as much as we do? Find out what makes life in the desert so special via Desert Dreams, a podcast from local entrepreneur Sari Dickinson of DesertDreamsRealty.com and veteran radio personality Chris Cantore. Together they share the stories behind the stories about the people, places, culture and history of the inimitable Coachella Valley.
Episodes
On this episode of Desert Dreams we talk to Phil Blauer, an award-winning broadcast journalist with 35 years of experience. Before becoming a fixture at FOX 5 San DIego as a main anchor/reporter, Phil spent time in Palm Springs at KESQ where he shares amazing stories from Frank Sinatra to Liberace to Jimmy Kimmel.
Desert Dreams Podcast talks to Randy Williams, better known by his radio name, R Dub!, is the program director at San Diego's 92.5 and host of Sunday Night Slow Jams, which he founded on 24 July 1994.
Williams also serves as the self-proclaimed sultan of his own micronation, the Republic of Slowjamastan, located in Imperial County, which he founded on 1 December 2021.
This is a sweet one! Heather Raumin -- co-owner of Shields Date Garden in Indio, CA -- joins Sari Dickinson and the Desert Dreams podcast to discuss "The Sex Life of the Date." Famous for date shakes, date ice cream, and citrus, Heather wants to keep as much of the original look and operation of Shields Date Garden which opened in 1924.
Desert Dreams' Sari Dickinson tours the backyard of artist Kenny Irwin who has turned his 4 acre backyard in Palm Springs into a quirky artistic wonderland filled with sculptures and light displays combining sci-fi and religious holiday themes.
The Desert Dreams podcast, featuring Sari Dickinson and Chris Cantore, takes flight at PS Air Bar, a cocktail and dining speakeasy and Palm Springs' only aviation themed bar!
On location, hosts Sari Dickinson and Chris Cantore talk to Dale Myers, owner of Dale's Records -- a small indie record /skate shop in the heart of Palm Desert.
On location from The Spa at Séc-he Palm Springs, hosts Sari Dickinson and Chris Cantore talk to Daniel Spencer, Director of Spas for Agua Caliente Group. Sit back, relax, and learn all about this sprawling wellness space featuring 22 private mineral baths, 15 treatment rooms, a cryotherapy chamber, two float pod suites, a boutique fitness area, a grounding room, an acoustic wellness lounge, a tranquility garden, a menthol dry sauna...
Desert Dreams Podcast revisits the Acrisure Arena to talk to Coachella Valley Firebirds SVP John Page about the teams historic run -- from inception to the Calder Cup Finals!
Recorded at the Palm Springs Windmill Tours, Sari Dickinson and Chris Cantore talk to Rich Whiteman about the history of the wind farm, wind turbines and wind energy. Hold onto your hat!
Recorded at the Rusty Nickel in Pioneertown, Sari Dickinson and Chris Cantore talk to Ken Gentry, author of Pioneertown, USA: The Definitive History of Pioneertown, CA: Where the Old West Lives Again about -- you guessed it! -- Pioneertown, CA.
Did you know the youngest person in the country to pilot a commercial jet is from the desert? It's true! An extension of our last episode at the Palm Springs Air Museum, Desert Dreams with Sari Dickinson and Chris Cantore talk to Zach about the ups-and-downs of his career as an 18 year old Learjet pilot.
Desert Dreams with Sari Dickinson of DesertDreamsRealty.com and Chris Cantore talk to Fred Bell -- Director of The Palm Springs Air Museum, a living history museum which is home to one of the world’s largest collections of static & flyable aircrafts from WWII through the War on Terror.
Desert Dreams with Sari Dickinson visits the Mizell Center in Palm Springs to talk to David Wallace, a journalist who has covered celebrities and the movie industry for People Magazine. Wallace is a nationally published author of nine non-fiction books, including A City Comes Out: The Gay and Lesbian History of Palm Springs.
A hockey team in the desert? On this first episode of Desert Dreams, Sari Dickinson and Chris Cantore talk to Steve Fraser, (former) President of the Coachella Valley Firebirds -- the Seattle Kraken’s AHL affiliate.
Steve joined the Coachella Valley Firebirds in September of 2021 where his responsibilities include overseeing the Acrisure Arena, an 11,000 multi-purpose state-of-the-art facility which is home to the Firebirds, as wel...
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