experience talks


KPFK-FM  90.7

Los Angeles



KPFK-FM  98.7
Santa Barbara



2:00 - 3:00 p.m. on tuesdays

A radio magazine for the experienced listener, Experience Talks shares the experiences of the baby boomers and beyond in a way that transcends the generations.

You'll hear interviews and commentaries from a wonderfully diverse group of people with unique stories and insights.

And, on occasion, you'll hear "In My Experience" essays written and read by Cynthia Friedlob.

Guests have included former White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers; actress and author Shirley MacLaine; author and broadcasting legend Studs Terkel; syndicated columnist, author and radio host Arianna Huffington; 93-year-old actress, model and "free spirit," Mimi Weddell and Jyll Johnstone, award-winning director of "Hats Off," a documentary about Ms. Weddell; internationally-known African-American fine artist John Outterbridge; Wilma Mellville, founder of the National Search Dog Foundation; and Sally Bingham, an Episcopal priest who founded the environmental organization, The Regeneration Project.

For an hour of stimulating and thought-provoking radio entertainment, listen to Experience Talks, streaming online at KPFK.

"In my experience"


radio essays by


cynthia friedlob

May 19, 2009
Women Fighting for Change
Essay: The Lost Art


April 7, 2009
Writers on Egomania & Madness
Essay: Who Are We?


January 20, 2009
The Experience of Clarity
Essay: Mortgage Meltdown


December 16, 2008
Music & Heart

Louis "Studs" Terkel
16 May 1912 - 31 October 2008
"Curiosity did not kill this cat."