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• Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, March 20 at 2:30 pm, with guest Filmmaker Robert Sarkies ("Pike River")

  In honor of Women's International History Month, host Donna Walker welcomes filmmaker Robert Sarkies to discuss his film "Pike River" starring Melanie Lynskey, Robyn Malcolm and Lucy Lawless, based on the actual events surrounding the 2010 mining disaster in Pike River in New Zealand. Two remarkable, courageous women - one who lost her son, the other her husband - made it their mission to bring a negligent corporation to account, no matter the odds stacked against them, culminating in a political movement which brought Jacinda Ardern to power and a message of perseverance and hope.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Thursday, March 19, 2026

• LA Theatre Works, Sunday, March 22 a 10:00 pm, Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece "Hedda Gabler" starring Jocelyn Towne and J.D. Cullum

  Hedda and George have just returned from their honeymoon, but when her former lover Eilert appears with a brilliant new manuscript, George’s hopes for a professorship are dimmed. Hedda’s desperate dissatisfaction with her life leads to dangerous choices in this startling portrait of a woman hell-bent on destruction. English version by Doug Hughes. Also starring Gregory Harrison and Josh Bitton. Directed by Debbie Devine.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Wednesday, March 18, 2026

• Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, March 17 at 2:00 pm, with very special guest actor John Goodman ("Roseanne," "Righteous Gemstones," "The Big Lebowski")

  Acclaimed and beloved actor John Goodman has worked in film, television, and theater. An Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award winning actor, he's known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers in such films as The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), "Raising Arizona," and "Barton Fink," among others. Other acclaimed films, such as "Argo," and many animated films, such as "Monsters, Inc," rendering him a "Disney Legend." His television work includes his long time role as Dan Connor in both "Roseanne" and "The Connors," and more recently as the patriarchal televangelist, Eli Gemstone, in "The Righteous Gemstones." Beginning his theatre craft at the illustrious Pubic Theater in NY, he debuted on Broadway in "Big River." He'll join Phil and Ted to talk about showbiz, life, and the Palisades fire.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Tuesday, March 17, 2026

• Pacifica Performance Showcase, Friday, March 13 at 2:30 pm with special guest actress/author/animal activist Stefanie Powers ("Girl from U.N.C.L.E." "Hart to Hart")

  Host Donna Walker welcomes beloved actress Stefanie Powers who starred in the milestone series "Girl from U.N.C.L.E." (the first hour-long show to feature a female lead) followed by the long-running "Hart to Hart" co-starring Robert Wagner. She'll also discuss her devotion to animal preservation and protection, as founder and president of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, established in 1982 to continue her long-time partner’s conservation work in East Africa after his death.

  Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, March 9, 2026

• Phil and Ted's Sexy Boomer Show, Tuesday, March 10 at 2:00 pm with guest, journalist Greg Bishop ("Project Beta" and "It Defies Language!: Essays on UFOs and Other Weirdness") specializing in UFO/UAP studies.

  Greg Bishop is an investigative journalist specializing in UFO/UAP studies. His books include "Project Beta- The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth” and "It Defies Language!: Essays on UFOs and Other Weirdness. Join Phil and Ted for a discussion that's out of this world!

  Posted by Donna Walker at Monday, March 9, 2026

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