Riley Shepard | Stacya Silverman

Part 107: Funerals and Weddings

Today is Saturday, March 2nd, 2024. Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny died on February 16th. Only 47, he died in an Arctic...

Part 101: Stationary

Part 100: The Big Fish

According to Riley Shepard, he produced "Breakfast at Tiffany's", wrote the song "Blue Christmas", had cash stowed away in England.

Part 98: A Conversation with Eric Pitsenbarger, Writer, Memoirist

Eric Pitsenbarger's new book, "Beaujolais in My Blood."

Part 94: Back To The Future

Riley Shepard started a family with Kay McCauley in 1957, what happened after that is anyone's guess.

Part 90: Dream On

They told their mother in Spanish "we brought home a stray dog." I didn't speak Spanish, but much later, the sisters told me...

Part 85: Car Crash

We moved to Porterville, a town in the middle of California, away from beaches, away from Riley's friends, away from the world it...

Part 84: The Hayride

I'd been invited to go on a hayride in the small town of Porterville. Where the ride ended has stayed with me for decades.

Part 82: Riley Shepard's Top Songs

Stolen songs and strange behavior, Riley Shepard fits right in.

Part 81: What Did I Know and When Did I Know It?

Riley Shepard sold shares in his "Encyclopedia of Folk Music" to multiple investors.