Up + Adam with Adam Montiel
Community Content from Concentrate. After more than 20 years in broadcast radio, Adam brings his daily show on demand without the filler of FM radio. Enjoy topical and daily news that also celebrates the culture of arts, wine, music, travel, tourism, and artisanal entrepreneurship. Broadcasting from and celebrating California's Central Coast.
Episodes
B&E FREE WINE-COUNTRY XMAS MARKET THIS SUNDAY
Nathan Long, Owner of Nate’s on Marsh
What happens when you take a San Luis Obispo native, run him through the fires of San Francisco’s culinary scene, hand him a b...
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LEARN ABOUT OUR B&E WINE COUNTRY XMAS MARKET
Welcome to a holiday edition of Up+Adam that glows a little brighter. Adam sits down with Mike Arnold, General Manager of the Cambria Christmas Market, to take you behind the scenes of one of the most magical events in SLO CAL. What started as a modest stroll for hotel guests has exploded into a nationally recognized winter wonderland with over 3 million ...
Enjoy last year's Breaking & Entering Christmas Jingle Jam live performances and,
GET TICKETS TO THIS YEARS JINGLE JAM 12/11 LIBERTINE DT SLO
A Night of Music, Magic, and Local Holiday HeartJoin broadcaster Adam Montiel and an all-star lineup of SLO CAL artists for a holiday concert that makes a real difference. Jingle Jam is the live benefit show that fuels Up+Adam’s Breaking & Entering Christmas, a 12-year tradition where...
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COME TO OUR FREE WINE COUNTRY CHRISTMAS MARKET HERE
Downtown SLO is more than just a charming slice of San Luis Obispo. It’s a living, breathing experience. In this episode of Up+Adam, Adam Montiel sits down with LaBren Harris, CEO of Downtown SLO, and Events Manager Maggie Kovach. They are two of the visionary minds responsible for making downtown feel like a true community stage. From the Thursday n...
LEARN MORE ABOUT BREAKING & ENTERING CHRISTMAS
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Is humanity ready to hear the truth? In this episode of Up+Adam, Adam Montiel welcomes Dan Farah, the director and producer of the groundbreaking new documentary The Age of Disclosure. This isn’t your average UFO conversation. This is testimony from 34 insiders across the U.S. Government, military, intelligence community, and even the Senate floor - names like Rubio, Gillibrand, Clapper, Mellon, and Fravor, speaking on the record a...
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Today on Up+Adam, we’re stepping behind the curtain and straight into the holiday magic.
In celebration of The Great American Melodrama’s 50th anniversary, Adam sits down with four of the vibrant performers lighting up the stage this season: Joshua Kenebrew, Anjewel Lenoir, Rollins Mosley, and Kelly Brown. From backstage bloopers to standing ovations, this episode dives into what ma...
Even if you've never seen a frame of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, this conversation is one you won't want to miss.
Adam sits down with Pati Rock, the wife, creative partner, and now legacy-keeper of the legendary rock photographer Mick Rock. Mick captured some of the most iconic images in music history — Bowie, Queen, Iggy, Lou Reed — and was the only photographer given full access during the filming of The Rocky Horror Picture Sh...
Every Thanksgiving in Paso Robles, something extraordinary happens long before most people sit down to eat. Centennial Park transforms into a full-service restaurant complete with hosts, servers, menus, and real plates for anyone who needs a warm, dignified meal. No judgment. No questions. Just hospitality, humanity, and a whole lot of turkey.
On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam Montiel welcomes two community pillars: David Kudija, who...
In this episode of Up+Adam:
- Breaking & Entering Jingle Jam lineup and details for December 11 in downtown SLO
- A deeper look at LA’s Palisades Fire and the questions still hanging over it
- Pismo Beach’s Surfing for Hope Longboard Classic and how it supports local cancer patients
- Nipomo’s new bronze memorial honoring the real "Migrant Mother" and her story
- Central Coast rain outlook to start the ...
Jingle Jam Announced
Thursday December 11, 2025 at Libertine Brewing, Downtown SLO
Listen to the show for the first wave of artists announced.
Tickets on sale soon!
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This episode of Up+Adam features rising country artist Timothy Wayne, whose new single “Good Ole Boys Girl” is already gaining traction. He carries a famous last name and a powerful connection. His uncle is country icon Tim McGraw, but the conversation goes beyond music and into what it means to build a career under the weight of legacy.
More than just a country story, this episode explores what it’s like to have an "in" that can op...
In this special follow-up episode of Up+Adam, Rob Rossi is back, and this time, we go deeper.
If you thought Part One showed you who Rob Rossi is, Part Two shows you why.
This is not just real estate. It is personal, reflective, and unfiltered.
ICYMI:
Listen to Part One first — the origin story, from frat houses to Disney trains:
Rob Rossi on How a Trashed Frat House Turned Into Dreams, Deeds, and Disney Trains
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Listen to Up+A...Happy Veterans Day!
Met Richard “Dick” Grantham in 2021 when I hosted a Veterans dinner at the Elks. He stood up, shared his WWII story, and left the whole room in awe. He served in the Navy, survived some of the fiercest battles in the Pacific, and was awarded a Purple Heart after a kamikaze strike hit his ship.
Nearly a year later, his daughter reached out. Dick was home, frail, and in hospice care, but wanted to sit down with me a...
What happens when two of the most unforgettable characters from Ugly Betty sit down to relive the show that made being different feel like a superpower? You get Viva Betty, a rewatch podcast that is heartfelt, hilarious, and loaded with behind-the-scenes gold.
In this episode of Up+Adam, Ana Ortiz and Mark Indelicato, aka Hilda and Justin Suarez, join Adam for a conversation that goes far beyond nostalgia. From representing communit...
In this episode of Up+Adam, Adam shines a spotlight on the heart and soul of Arroyo Grande with three local legends making waves in wine, beer, and hospitality. He’s joined by Josh Klapper, the winemaker behind Timbre Winery and owner of LoBro Studios (where this very show is recorded), Laura Beth Amy of Humdinger Brewing, a dual-threat in AG and SLO, and Mindy Calmenson, general manager of Rooster Creek Tavern and a pillar of the ...
Rob Rossi isn’t just a developer - he’s a straight-up architect of identity on the Central Coast. In Part One of this two-part interview, Adam sits down in the Timbre LoBro Studios with the man behind some of San Luis Obispo’s most iconic buildings, boldest bets, and most emotional preservation projects.
From buying a trashed frat house out of college to rescuing original Disneyland train cars... from shaping downtown SLO to revivin...
What does it take to step into the spotlight of a legacy brand while holding a toddler’s hand and carrying new life inside you? In this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with Meghan Burkhardt, the new publisher of SLO Life Magazine, for a conversation about bold pivots, personal purpose, and the stories that make this Central Coast community so rich.
Meghan shares the moment she knew she had to own the magazine, what keeps her up a...
On this True Crime Tuesday, Adam sits down with Zoe Rosenberg, an animal rights activist from San Luis Obispo who’s no stranger to headlines. From being tackled on an NBA court to getting arrested at Cal Poly at just 15, Zoe’s activism has been bold, controversial, and now convicted.
In her first exclusive local interview, Zoe talks about the felony charges she just caught for taking chickens from a Petaluma poultry facility. She ca...
Today on Up+Adam, we’re joined by powerhouse actress and author Marianne Leone. You may know her as Joanne Moltisanti on The Sopranos, or from working with legendary directors like Martin Scorsese, John Sayles, and Nancy Savoca. But today, she’s with us as the author of one of the most irreverent, heartfelt, and hilarious novels to come my way in a long time.
In this episode, Marianne opens up about her new book, Christina the Aston...
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