May 30, 2011 – A guitar-playing man named Rich Nixon is a regular in Westwood village, occupying the same bench twice a week to serenade the city by day. By night, students run through apartment parties and end the night at Bruin Cafe. As we say on the show, everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours?

Long Story Short airs Mondays at 6:00 p.m. on UCLAradio.com. Listen to the whole episode here or visit our broadcast archive.

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May 4, 2011 – Daily Bruin A&E columnist Shannon Cosgrove writes that vintage musical instrument stores are still thriving – even with the rise of outsourced manufacturing and the popularity of simulated music games like Rock Band. Reuben Cox, owner of Old Style Guitar Shop in Silver Lake, tells the story of one of his vintage guitars. [2:45]

June 7, 2010 - Many people look forward to finding out who their graduation speaker will be, and what he or she will say. Although speaking in front of crowds of commencement attendees seems frightening, two students do not fear the spotlight. They share the processes of writing and auditioning their speeches for UCLA’s communication studies commencement ceremony. [3:50]

Sure, you’ve heard of Powell Library and Young Research Library, but what is a “food library?” Evan Kleiman, host of the radio show “Good Food” KCRW-FM, came to UCLA on Wednesday to talk about her collection of over 3000 cookbooks and how to create a food library of your own.

We’ve all been to theme parks, but have you ever wondered how those rides and attractions are designed? Under the training and instruction of Professor Greg Lynn, Walt Disney Imagineer Scott Trowbridge, and other esteemed consultants, a group of UCLA architecture students in the SUPRASTUDIO program are learning just that. Listen as Daily Bruin Radio talks to them and a student in the class about what this new year-long program is all about.

For pictures and renderings of Townsend’s and all of the students’ work so far visit suprastudio.aud.ucla.edu.