The California Frontier Podcast is back! Our first season was short — interviews with journalist and travel writer Maggie Espinosa about her pilgrimage to all 21 of the Spanish missions in California, and with Greg Bernal Smestad about his quest to pre...

In this episode, I speak with Greg Bernal-Mendoza Smestad, a direct descendant of the families who settled Alta California over 200 years ago.  Greg talks to us about their journey, the character of those people who risked their lives to come to come n...

A conversation with writer Maggie Espinosa, on her quest to visit all 21 California missions, from San Diego to Sonoma. A growing number of people of all ages are taking up the challenge of walking the entire California mission trail. For many,

Introducing the California Frontier Podcast, dedicated to the people and stories of the California mission and rancho eras. For some months now I have been promising to launch a California Frontier Podcast. Well, as they say in Spanish,