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AREA 62 - the Desert's Podcast

Explore Area 62

Area 62 is the podcast of the culture of Joshua Tree and the hi-desert - and beyond - hosted, produced, and edited (usually) by the students of Copper Mountain College.

Look for Area 62 on Amazon Music, Audibles, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Art19, and Youtube Music.

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Song: Mystery Down in Area 62 (Remastered)

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The first Area 62 crew photo

Area 62 Podcast

Seeks Desert

Personalities to

Join Podcast as Guests.

Area 62 guest Michael DiGregorio from his podcast sessions.

Are you a desert author, musician, documentarian, historian, artist, activist or a creative creator who can't be pinned down? Are you a skin walker with a persecution complex? A Chupacabra trainer? A misunderstood shape-shifting reptilian? A prospector who actually found Pegleg Smith's lost gold?
If so, we want to hear from you if you'd like to talk story with our hosts on Area 62. While Area 62 is based here in Joshua Tree, beaming from our headquarters at Copper Mountain College, home of the Fighting Cacti, we welcome guests from across the California deserts (both Mojave and Colorado, and even a bit o' Great Basin), and beyond.

LISTEN NOW:

Link to Area 62 on Amazon Music

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Episodes

EP - 1

7.6.2024

Area 62: Welcome to Area 62 and The Cacti Chronicles Crew

Area 62 host and producer Nayeli

8.9.2024

Area 62: Singer/Songwriter - and

Undertaker - Shawn Mafia

Shawn Mafia on Area 62

EP - 2

EP - 3

9.24.2024

Area 62: Scrappers, Range Runners, and Unsolved

Mojave Murders - Area 62 Interviews Desert

Journalist and Filmmaker, Michael DiGregorio

Michael DiGregorio on Area 62

EP - 4

1.23.2025

Area 62 : Part 2 -Scrappers, Range Runners, and

Unsolved Mojave Murders - Area 62 Interviews

Desert Journalist and Filmmaker, Michael DiGregorio

Michael DiGregorio on Area 62

EP - 5

1.23.2025

Area 62 : Infinite Dreams - Phil Bosua and AI

Phil Bosua on Area 62

EP - 6

3.21.2025

Area 62 : The Legacy of Joshua Tree Musical Legend:

Tommy Paul

Flamenco guitarist Tommy Paul, subject of Episode 6 of Area 62

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EP - 7

3.25.2025

Area 62 : Talking Mojave and WISDOM with the

Mojave Desert Land Trust

The Area 62 crew with a guest from the Mojave Desert Land Trust

EP - 8

6.5.2025

Area 62 : The Desert Psychedelic Musical Journey of Derek Monypeny

CMC librarian and musician Derek Moneypeny with the Area 62 crew

EP - 9

Area 62 : The Creative Forces Behind Project Sheba and Hunter & the Wick'd

Hunter and the Wick'd on Area 62

EP - 10

Area 62: Don't Worry, Be Hopi - An Interview With Ed Kabotie

EP - 11

Area 62: A Desert Literary Vortex: Greg Gilbert & Ruth Nolan

EP - 12

Area 62: Desert Environmental Journalist and Activist, Chris Clarke

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