Rex Dakota is a Joshua Tree (and Yucca Valley) business owner, and a popular hi-desert musician and songwriter. Area 62's JRod and Ethan Ocampo sit down with Rex for a fun journey through the life and musical roots of Rex Dakota. Watch for the Tiny Cactus Concert featuring Rex Dakota!

Area 62 Host/Producer JRod and Executive Producer Steve Brown join popular desert environmental journalist and activist, Chris Clarke, of the 90 Miles From Needles podcast and DAMN, the Desert Advocacy Media Network for a wild ride covering an assortment of topics only JRod come dream up - from protecting Joshua trees to the Annunaki and UFOs. Guess what desert animal pees glitter? Don't know? Guess you'll have to listen!

Area 62 host and producer, Shaunda McKinnon, joins Steve Brown, executive producer, with guests Greg Gilbert and Ruth Nolan. Greg is a writer and poet, actively involved in the hi-desert's writing community, a former English professor and trustee for Copper Mountain College, and the founder of HOWL, the CMC literary and arts magazine. Ruth is a poet, writer, and editor, as well as a freshly retired English professor from College of the Desert, and is the poet laureate for the Mojave Desert.

He's a Hopi/Tewa singer/songwriter, artist, and edutainer - the front man for Tha 'Yoties, and the fascinating presenter of Alter-Native History. Ed Kabotie has performed three times in Joshua Tree - twice at Copper Mountain College. JRod caught up with Ed for a stimulating musical episode of Area 62.

The desert around Joshua Tree blooms with talent. Area 62 host and producer Mariam Hussain conducts her last Area 62 interview before leaving for UCLA with the multi-talented Miri Hunter and Thom Merrick, in a rollicking exploration of the creative process.

He may be Copper Mountain College's librarian during the day, but Derek Monypeny is an internationally popular and respected desert psychedelic musician with influences from deserts around the globe. Join Area 62's hosts Mariam Hussain and JROD, as they explore Derek's musical journey and enjoy a Tiny Cactus Concert performance from the CMC Media Studio on the Joshua Tree campus in the Mojave Desert.

Join Area 62's Mariam Hussain and Jadyn Bauer as they discuss the work of the Mojave Desert Land Trust and its WISDOM (Women in Science Discovering Our Mojave) program with Mackenzie Nelson, Volunteer Program Manager for MDLT. Music by Locopelli.

The late Tommy Paul was a revered flamenco guitarist and co-owner of Joshua Tree's iconic Beatnik Cafe during the early part of this century. Join Tommy's brother and sister-in-law, along with co-hosts JRod and Nayeli, and CMC's Steve Brown on a musical reminiscence of Tommy's legacy. Watch the documentary "Tommy Paul: Portrait of an Artist" at https://vimeo.com/872400730.