Up + Adam with Adam Montiel

********

********

*********

Sincere Thanks to the current supporters of Up + Adam. Please take a moment and visit them and thank them for supporting local broadcasting, and valuing what we do here. Thank you for supporting them!

Life Elements

City of SLO

https://www.805coastalkitchen.com

Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective

Moonshiner on Spotify HERE

Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

A Menu Like an Album: Building Sunday's Untamed Dinner with At Her Table Mar 04, 2026

Show notes

March 4, 2026 Sponsored by Portabidet

Food, wine, creativity, and a little bit of magic. That is exactly what the Untamed Dinner is bringing to the Central Coast this weekend.

On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with Chef Candace Custodio, executive director of At Her Table, and Chef Katie Prescott, the culinary mind behind this year’s Untamed Dinner happening Sunday at Ella’s Vineyard in Creston. The dinner is part of the monthlong At Her Table celebration, a Central Coast movement dedicated to elevating and celebrating the women shaping the region’s food, wine, and hospitality industries.

This year’s Untamed Dinner takes a slightly different approach. Instead of multiple chefs contributing individual courses, Chef Candace handed the entire culinary story to one chef. Enter Chef Katie Prescott, a self taught chef whose path to the kitchen includes 14 years in dentistry before discovering her creative home in the wine and culinary world of the Central Coast. Her menu will unfold like an album, with each course designed to be interactive and sensory driven, paired with wines from some of the region’s standout producers.

During the conversation, the chefs also share some exciting news. Chef Candace Custodio has officially stepped into a major new role as Executive Chef at Cass Winery, bringing her culinary voice to one of Paso Robles’ most beloved winery kitchens.

From dumplings and miso broth to playful takes on trending desserts, the Untamed Dinner promises an evening of storytelling through food, wine, and experience.

• Tickets and event details for Untamed Dinner

https://athertable.com

• Chef Candace Custodio

https://chefcandice.com

• Chef Katie Prescott | 805 Coastal Kitchen

• Cass Winery

https://www.casswines.com

If you love the Central Coast food and wine scene, this conversation is a must listen.

********

*PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!

*Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HERE

Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:

Official Website: adammontiel.com
Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify
iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio
YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music

********

********

********

*********

Life Elements

City of SLO

https://my805tix.com/e/mcalbumrelease?fbclid=IwdGRjcAP42CVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeHRUoCEe5LTnlPeCEnOwNlBcduBP2SsSosqKenSEDFcjkcTh7yHHBUex2iO0_aem_pkzg_kuj3PQ7mOfdQemHIg

Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective

Moonshiner on Spotify HERE

Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

High Tide, Higher Intentions: Moonshiner Collective Brings New Music to Up+Adam Mar 03, 2026

Show notes

Up+Adam with Adam Montiel - March 3, 2026 - Sponsored by Portabidet

Local Americana rock with heart, history, and just the right amount of swagger.

On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with Dan Curcio of Moonshiner Collective to talk about the band’s brand-new EP, Power of Now, and what it means to revisit songs written 20 years ago with a little more life lived and a little more space between the notes.

From recording in Los Angeles during the chaos of the fires to mixing at Sonic Milk in Cambria, Dan shares how this six-song project became both a creative reset and a full-circle moment. They dig into what it’s like to rework Still Time favorites like “High Tide,” how intentionality changes with age, why leaving space in music matters, and how collaboration with Nick Larson of Proxima Parada and local favorite Kate Armstrong helped shape the new sound.

Dan also performs two brand-new songs live in studio, “End of the Sunset” and “Falling,” and gives us a preview of what to expect March 20 at SLO Brew Rock. Carbon City Lights open the night, Visit SLO CAL will be filming across the Central Coast, and every ticket purchase includes a free download of the EP before its official release.

This is more than an album release. It is a celebration of community, growth, and the power of being present.

• Moonshiner Collective Album Release Show

March 20

SLO Brew Rock

All Ages

Doors 6:00 PM

Show 7:00 PM

Tickets $20 advance / $25 at the door

Free EP download with ticket purchase

Get tickets here:

While you are planning your Central Coast calendar, here is another one to circle:

Learn more about Moonshiner Collective:

https://www.moonshinercollective.com/

Follow Moonshiner Collective on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/moonshinercollective/

********

*PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!

• Wine You Want to Listen To: Find Your Genre

Presented by Timbre Winery and Libretto Studios

Happening Sunday

Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HERE

Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:

Official Website: adammontiel.com
Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify
iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio
YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music

********

********

********

*********

Life Elements

City of SLO

PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!

Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective

Moonshiner on Spotify HERE

Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

Actress Gina Gershon is Up+Adam Talking Grit, Glitter, and Gut Instinct Mar 02, 2026

Show notes

******

Gina Gershon has spent over four decades navigating Hollywood, Broadway, music stages, and cultural mythmaking without ever fitting neatly into a box. You know her from Showgirls, Bound, The Insider, Face/Off, and a long list of roles that challenged power, sexuality, and perception. But in this episode of Up+Adam, we go deeper than film credits.

Her new memoir, AlphaPussy: How I Survived the Valley and Learned to Love My Boobs, is funny, wild, self-aware, and unexpectedly profound. It is not a gossip book. It is a survival manual. Gina opens up about growing up in the porn-saturated San Fernando Valley, navigating predators and power dynamics, trusting her gut over career advice, and what it truly costs to hold your autonomy in rooms that expect you to give it away.

This conversation moves beyond the “sex symbol” narrative and into something far more interesting. Identity. Instinct. Self-trust. And the discipline of not blinking first.

If you care about women owning their narrative, Hollywood behind the curtain, or what it means to survive without becoming bitter, this one is for you.

What we cover:

• Growing up in a hypersexualized culture and finding agency

• The real story behind Showgirls and the male gaze

• Why trusting your gut can cost you work but save your soul

• The misconception about Gina she never bothered correcting

• What becoming an “AlphaPussy” actually requires

• And the question that stopped her cold at the end

Buy the book:

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/AlphaPussy-Survived-Valley-Learned-Boobs/dp/1636142818/

Publisher

https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/alphapussy/

Follow Gina Gershon:

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/ginagershon

IMDb

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000153/

********

PORTABIDET: UP+ADAM IS AN OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON FOR PORTABIDET - USE THIS LINK FOR UP+ADAM LISTENERS TO LEARN MORE AND GET YOURS!

Timbre Event with Cal Poly EIM Students Info HERE

Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:

Official Website: adammontiel.com
Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify
iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio
YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music

********

********

********

*********

Life Elements

City of SLO

• https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-welcome-to-the-family-wit-303353348/

Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective

Moonshiner on Spotify HERE

Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

Family Matters: TV Icons Telma Hopkins & Kellie Williams (Aunt Rachel & Laura Winslow) Are Up+Adam Feb 26, 2026

Show notes

For years, Friday night meant TGIF, pizza on the table, and the Winslows in the living room. On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam Montiel sits down with Telma Hopkins, who played Aunt Rachel Crawford, and Kellie Shanygne Williams, who played Laura Winslow, on the iconic sitcom Family Matters. Together, they revisit the legacy of a show that became more than television. It became part of America’s family ritual.

Now reunited for their iHeartPodcast, Welcome to the Family, Telma and Kellie are rewatching every episode in order and inviting listeners behind the curtain. In this conversation, they reflect on the 35-year legacy of Family Matters, the lightning-in-a-bottle magic of Steve Urkel, what it was like being part of TGIF at its cultural peak, and the very real awkwardness of growing up under studio lights. Telma shares how her grandmother once told her no one would ever pay her to “act silly” and the full-circle moment when that prediction flipped. Kellie opens up about navigating adolescence on national television and the joy of seeing generations still connect to the same loving feeling the writers intended.

This is nostalgia with depth. It is about representation, humor, growing up in public, and the kind of cast chemistry that still feels like family decades later.

Listen to Welcome to the Family with Telma and Kellie

Follow Telma Hopkins

• https://www.instagram.com/telma_hopkins

Follow Kellie Shanygne Williams

• https://www.instagram.com/kellieswilliams

********

Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:

Official Website: adammontiel.com
Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify
iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio
YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music

********

********

********

*********

Life Elements

City of SLO

Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective

Moonshiner on Spotify HERE

Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

SLO Funny or Die Trying: 40 Legit Comics, 20 Shows, 4 Wild Days – SLO Comedy Fest Feb 25, 2026

Show notes

Forty comics. Nearly twenty shows. Four days of straight-up laughter on the Central Coast. The SLO Comedy Festival is back and it is taking over SLO Cal in a big way. On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with festival creator Eric Shantz along with comics Kris Rubio and Mark Fry to talk about how this thing went from a bold idea to a full-scale comedy movement. We get into what it really takes to wrangle 40 stand-up comedians, how you build a comedy community in a wine country town, and why live stand-up still hits different in a world that lives online.

If you love comedy, live events, or just need a reason to get out and laugh with other humans, this one is for you. Whether you are a longtime fan of the festival or hearing about it for the first time, this conversation gives you the inside look at the hustle, heart, and humor behind one of the Central Coast’s most entertaining four-day takeovers.

• Official Website: https://www.slocomedyfest.com

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slofest

********

Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:

Official Website: adammontiel.com
Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify
iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio
YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music

********

********

********

*********

Life Elements

City of SLO

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-you-want-to-listen-to-find-your-genre-tickets-1982032005082

Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective

Moonshiner on Spotify HERE

Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

Learn by Doing… and Sipping: Timbre Winery Collabs with Cal Poly EIM Feb 24, 2026

Show notes

On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with Cal Poly Experience Industry Management (EIM) students Rylee Rust, Collette Madden, and Delaney Grau to talk about “Wine You Want to Listen To” happening Sunday, March 8 from 2 pm to 4 pm at Timbre Winery’s winemaking facility inside The Lobro Studios in San Luis Obispo.

This is not just a class project. It is a fully produced, professionally executed wine tasting experience built from the ground up by the next generation of event leaders. From marketing strategy and brand alignment to production logistics and immersive experience design, these students are applying Cal Poly’s Learn by Doing philosophy in real time. The result is a complimentary wine tasting event featuring live music from Cal Poly band Penny Jar, light bites, intentional ambiance, and a seamless guest journey from RSVP to final pour.

We talk about what really goes into producing an event like this, how post COVID audiences crave connection, and why word of mouth still beats every algorithm in the room. If you care about wine, live music, hospitality, tourism, or the future of experiential marketing, this conversation will leave you inspired.

Event Details

• Sunday, March 8

• 2 pm to 4 pm

• Timbre Winery Winemaking Facility at The Lowbro Studios

• 770 Capitolio Way, San Luis Obispo

• Complimentary event

• RSVP required

Reserve your spot here

Learn more about Timbre Winery

https://timbrewinery.com

Follow along on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/timbrewinery/

********

Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:

Official Website: adammontiel.com
Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify
iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio
YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music

********

********

********

*********

Life Elements

City of SLO

https://www.aetv.com/shows/storage-wars

Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective

Moonshiner on Spotify HERE

Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

Lights, Camera, Auction! Laura & Dan Dotson from A&E’s Storage Wars Are Up+Adam Feb 23, 2026

Show notes

Dan and Laura Dotson have been calling the shots on Storage Wars since day one, but this conversation goes far beyond what you see on television. On this episode of Up+Adam, Adam connects with the fast-talking, faith-led duo behind American Auctioneers for a conversation about grit, integrity, California roots, and what really happens when the locker door rolls up.

From Laura’s Thousand Oaks upbringing and that wild Agoura Hills connection, to the now-legendary $500 storage unit that reportedly contained $7.5 million in cash, Dan and Laura pull back the curtain on risk, ethics, and the human side of the auction world. They talk about why auctioneers cannot buy units themselves, how Storage Wars changed the industry, why most newcomers are not built for the dust and sweat, and the quiet work they do helping reunite families with personal items after a loss. This is about more than bidding. It is about belief, rhythm, and reading a room.

Storage Wars returns February 28 with back-to-back one-hour episodes on A&E. If you have ever wondered what it really takes to command a crowd and move money with integrity, this episode is your front-row seat.

• Watch Storage Wars on A&E

• Dan and Laura Dotson official site

https://www.americanauctioneers.com/

• Storage auctions nationwide

https://www.storageauctions.net/

• Follow Dan and Laura on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/DanAndLauraDotson/

********

Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:

Official Website: adammontiel.com
Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify
iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio
YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music

********

********

********

*********

Life Elements

City of SLO

https://www.libertinebrewing.com

Original Music by Dan Curcio and Moonshiner Collective

Moonshiner on Spotify HERE

Please Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast, and learn more at AdamMontiel.com

Sound Check at City Hall: The Libertine Movement to Keep Downtown SLO’s Music Alive Feb 20, 2026

Show notes

Downtown San Luis Obispo is having a moment. And right at the center of it is Libertine Brewing Company on the corner of Broad and Pacific.

In this episode of Up+Adam, Adam sits down with John Pranjaic, Events Manager at Libertine, to unpack the noise complaint controversy that has made headlines in local media. But this is not just a recap. This is a deeper conversation about permits, enforcement, small business realities, and what kind of downtown SLO we actually want to build.

Libertine has evolved into a 200 to 300 person live music venue that many see as filling the void left by the Garden Street era. In 2025 alone, the venue paid out more than $125,000 to local musicians and entertainers. It hosts weekly jazz jams, open mic comedy, line dancing, salsa nights, touring bands, and community fundraisers including Adam’s Breaking and Entering Christmas Jingle Jam.

Now, after a year of complaints from a nearby resident and multiple reviews with the city, Libertine’s use permit is under administrative review.

Public Hearing Details:

• February 23 at 2:30 pm

City Hall

990 Palm Street

San Luis Obispo, CA

Community members may attend and speak. You can also submit written comments to Assistant Planner Mallory Patino:

• mpatino@slocity.org

If you choose to participate, please be respectful. City staff, neighbors, and business owners are all part of the same community. Thoughtful, constructive input carries far more weight than outrage.

Learn more and support Libertine:

• Libertine Brewing Company Website

• Libertine Brewing Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/libertinebrew/

• Libertine Coffee Bar Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/libertinecoffeebar/

If you care about local music, small business, and the future of downtown San Luis Obispo, this conversation matters.

********

Listen to Up+Adam with Adam Montiel:

Official Website: adammontiel.com
Apple Podcasts: Up+Adam on Apple Podcasts
Spotify: Up+Adam on Spotify
iHeartRadio: Up+Adam on iHeartRadio
YouTube Music: Up+Adam on YouTube Music

********

********

********

*********

Life Elements

City of SLO