Huell's Gold Podcast

This time for our in-between seasons episode, we chronicle Huell's numerous trips to Moscow. During the early years of the 1990's Huell was intrigued by the Soviet Union and decided to go. That trip, and a subsequent follow up less than two years later changed Huell's life and that of two Russian ex-pat's who's life in their new country of America is shown through the lens of Howser and Fuerte. These shows may not be in California, but they're most definitely GOLD! Huell Howser Presents: Hello Moscow 1 & 2 Visiting Episode 104: Roman Genn Visiting Episode 514: Roman Genn Update http://www.romangenn.com/index.html Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

This week were getting down and dirty with some clay, because were making some terra cotta, and no not flower pots. This is high art pieces made for building facades. This is all new to Huell and he is in complete AMAZEMENT of the work done at the Gladding McBean Company in Lincoln, CA. Chris and Allan explore this little known but ubiquitous aspect of California architecture. Pure California's Gooooold. Gladding McBean Video-California's Gold 412: Terra Cotta Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Huell is really going out on a limb this week...a bristlecone pine tree limb that is. Were joining Mr. Howser on a trip to find two of the most remote places in California. First we visit the site of the oldest living things on earth, the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Then we head out on Mule-back to visit the AMAZING LeConte Falls in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park. It's real deal California's Gold this week.  Video: California's Gold 411- Hard to Get to Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest LeConte Falls-Tuolumne Meadows Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Huell has left the Bay Area and headed down to the desert. Were in Amboy, a town so small that a man owns the whole thing! But that's just the beginning ... We'll also visit some homestead shacks, a dry salt lake bed, a VOLCANO! and a few other surprises. This is a hot one and Huell has plenty of lemonade.  Video- California's Gold: Amboy Amboy Crater Kelso Depot Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Huell leaves the bay area this week to visit some very obscure places in California's World War II history. First were heading to Long Beach to visit Herman the German. Than, we head north to Goleta to see the spot that brought the war to the West Coast. Huell is going to where the history is richest and we're all along for the ride.  Video: California's Gold 409- World War II Wikipedia- Herman the German Attack on Elwood by Goleta History Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Huell Howser is still in the Bay Area this week and he's visiting the largest island in the bay. It is rich with history and has played an important if not controversial role in San Francisco history. Chris and Allan see how Angel Island was a quarantine zone for asian immigrants, multiple military outposts, and now California State Park. Its big time California's Gold!!!  Angel Island website Video: California's Gold- Angel Island Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter KCET Kickstarter to get Huell on streaming services!!

Here it is, the biggest & best episode so far in the show's history! Huell is going on, in, under, over and on top of the most famous and most photographed structure in the nation. The Golden Gate Bridge! Louis Fuerte called this award-winning shoot his most challenging and rewarding shoot of his career, come see why! This is a perfect example of Californias Gold Video: California's Gold- Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge Website Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Huell is getting deep this week. Deep into the music and culture of the mariachis of Los Angeles. He visits Olvera st. in DTLA and learns about the name and style of mariachi music. Then he heads to 1st and Boyle, where mariachi bands congregate in hopes of getting hired for the day. This is a fun episode with tons of music! take a listen!! Video: California's Gold episode 406- Mariachis KCET Huell Howser's Greatest Hits Kickstarter Olvera Street Information Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Grab a rake and get to the front yard! Huell is in Sacramento hanging at the State Capitol building and were learning about OUR state yard. WE get to meet Dody and Rob and Bill, a trio of interviewees that make this yard one for the history books. Don't forget the lawn mower, because this yard, and episode, are a big one. See ya in the formal rose garden!! Video: California's Gold 405: Our States Front yard Los Angeles Magazine Article on Huell Howser and Visiting OC Weekly article on SCE videos on Chapman University Huell Happy Hour Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Huell is in his element. If you haven't learned by now, he's a desert guy... and what better desert than the Mojave and the Joshua Tree National Park! Huell is gonna learn all about this most peculiar of trees and gets sliced and diced by one. Then he visits the Keys' Ranch, an old private residence on the park grounds, with one of the original residents. Then he marvels at the wildflowers and lizards. Don't miss the end of this episode, it's gonna get very wild! Video: California's Gold 404- Joshua Tree Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Huell is hitting the high seas this week with a trip out to the Channel Islands. First Chris and Allan join Mr. Howser at the Catalina Ski Race, where people are slammin' out to Catalina and back in AMAZING fashion. Then we head on over to the Navy run San Nicolas island, a place chalk full of great sites and wildlife. It's time to hit the beaches of our states islands. Don't be scared of the sharks!! Video: California's Gold Episode 403- Islands Catalina Ski Race Atlas Obscura: San Nicolas Island Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Giddy up Huell Heads!! It's time to hit the open range and ride off into the sunset. Huell Howser is exploring the history of horse culture in California. First we visit the Cal Poly Pomona campus and the W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center. It's a jewel among LA County and very historic. Then we head up north to see the annual re-run of the Pony Express. This short but sweet private mail service has garnered a high level of historical reverence, come see why! It's a horse of an episode. Come check it out!! Video: California's Gold 402: Historic Horses WK Kellogg Arabian Horse Center National Pony Express Association Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

New season... New Huell!! Yeah right, it's our same ol' Huell flavor of fun on the season 3 premiere, and Howser hits it off Hollywood style. First we visit the Guadalupe dunes of the Central Coast to visit the long lost movie set of Cecile B. DeMille's 1932 silent movie, The Ten Commandments. From there we head North to a small mining town that has produced so much gold, the town is swimming in it! It's a classic episode and one you'll never forget. Welcome to Huell's Gold Season 3!! Video- California's Gold 401: Buried Treasure Peter Brosnan- Documentary trailer about lost movie set Dunes Center movie set info Sixteen To One Mine History and Information Huell's Gold Instgram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Chris and Allan have been waiting  their whole lives for this moment...It's time to hear about Huell in Bakersfield!!! For our inbetween-er episode this week, we visit the boys' hometown with Huell checking out all the sites. We visit the Tule Elk Reserve, Guild House, Kern County Museum, Woolgrowers, Alley Cat Bar, Dewars Candies and Ice Cream, and finally the Crystal Palace with the man himself, Buck Owens!! It's a classic episode and definitely had some California's Gold snuck in the show!! Tule Elk State Reserve Video: Road Trip 112- Bakersfield Guild House Padre Hotel Fox Theater Bakersfield Kern County Museum Woolgrowers Restaurant Alley Cat Bakersfield Dewars Candy Buck Owens' Crystal Palace

Its the season 2 finale this week, and Huell has a party to celebrate. Were in Little Tokyo for the Nisei Parade. Huell spends the week exploring all that Little Tokyo has to offer. A parade, a flower show, a bonsai exhibit, another parade, a candy artist, a history lesson about the buildings and boy scouts, and finale a drum circle with a jazz fusion legend. If this episode doesn't have something that piques your interest, I don't know what will. Chris and Allan went along for the ride, and so should you!! Video: California's Gold 312- Nisei Parade & Little Tokyo Nisei Week- happening next month! Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Let's all go take a dip! This week we're staying in Mono county, but instead of hanging with ghosts, were hanging with flies and shrimp. Huell is at Mono Lake, and this is a wet and wild one. We get to learn about Tufa, and water fowl, and oh, Huell finds a shoe. This episode sure doesn't disappoint! Come join us! Video: California's Gold- Mono Lake Books and info by David Carle Mono Lake Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Last week Huell was in the dark, this week he's seen the light. The light of an AMAZING gold rush era ghost town named Bodie. Join Chris and Allan and thy review Huell's visit to on of Eastern California's greatest treasures. We meet up with Arlene and Ranger Stone to hear all about life in a mining town that ceased to exist back in the 1930's. This place is full of great stories and great people. It's pure GOLD!! Video: California's Gold 310: Bodie Bodie State Historic Park Highway 395 Tourist Info Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Splish Splash, Huell's takin' a bath, in the ocean! It's all about nocturnal animals this week and Huell takes us on a wet and wild ride. First were in San Pedro for the Great Grunion Run. Come see these fish go wild! Then, we're heading over to the Carrizo Plain Natural Area to see the Kangaroo Rat, along with a quick run over to the mysterious painted rock! Chris and Allan are holding on for dear life this week as Huell has us jammin' all over this Golden State.  Video- California's Gold 309- Things that Crawl in the Night Cabrillo Marine Museum- Grunion Run Carrizo Plain Natural Area Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

It's an Ooblay Dooooblay episode this week. Huell takes Chris and Allan a few miles north to Col. Allensworth State Park for the Old Time Jubilee! There we visit the states first all-black town and learn of it's importance. Then we go east up the 178 to Kernville, OLD Kernville to be exact. These two cities have interesting histories and Huell is riding the rapids to give it to us! Video: California's Gold- Tale of Two Cities Col. Allensworth State Park Kern Valley Museum Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter

Thats right, buildings. Huell may not have gone hard on titles this week but he came heavy with the history. He takes Allan and Chris to Bayliss to start things off this week to see the last rural Carnegie Library. After that we head south to (29)Twentynine Palms to see the first town school get loaded on a truck and paraded down the road. Then finally we head to LA and visit the Apple Pan, a throw back diner in a very modern city. Its Gold, Pure Gold! Video: California's Gold 307 Buildings Bayliss Carnegie Library Twentynine Palms historical society- Old Schoolhouse The Apple Pan Huell's Gold Instagram Huell's Gold Facebook Huell's Gold Twitter