My May 2026 Substack newsletter is out now: justinchapman.substack.com/p/justins-ne...

The board chair of Mount Wilson Observatory, Samuel Hale, was my guest on this month's episode of "Pasadena Monthly." He's the grandson of George Ellery Hale, the legendary astrophysicist who founded the observatory in 1904. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVDq...

I'm nominated as a finalist again in this year's LA Press Club journalism awards. This time in the Anchor/Host in TV/Film Broadcast category for hosting my Pasadena Media TV show "Pasadena Monthly."

Watch the latest episode of "Pasadena Monthly," featuring an interview with Metropolitan Water District General Manager Shivaji Deshmukh: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HgI...

Check out my new story on the Bombay Beach Biennale's 10th anniversary in Culture Honey Magazine: www.culturehoney.com/strange-alch...

I turned my Spybrary article about the six "Danger Man/Secret Agent" novels into an episode of my TV show "Well Read": www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hrh...

Pasadena Media's Director of Community Engagement, Jasiri Jenkins-Glenn, joins me for this month's episode of "Pasadena Monthly": www.youtube.com/watch?v=xobp...

Pasadena Media's Director of Community Engagement, Jasiri Jenkins-Glenn, joins me for this month's episode of "Pasadena Monthly": www.youtube.com/watch?v=xobp...

Six years ago today, I filmed #MadMikeHughes' final and fatal rocket launch and crash in the desert outside Barstow. I'm almost done writing my book about #MadMike's life, daredevil stunts, rocket launches, and crazy conspiracy beliefs. Stay tuned.

I wrote an article about the six #DangerMan novels for Spybrary.com: spybrary.com/danger-man-n... #JohnDrake #SecretAgent #PatrickMcGoohan #Spybrary

Watch the latest episode of "Pasadena Monthly," featuring a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with Michele Zack, author of "Altadena: Between Wilderness and City" and former Altadena Town Councilmember. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXil...

#Altadena author Michele Zack joins me this week on "Pasadena Monthly." Read more: pasadenanow.com/main/altaden...

I'm nominated as a finalist for another video award, for the Gerry Adams episode of my TV show "Well Read," in the Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards! Award ceremony is next month.

Watch the latest episode of "Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman," featuring a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an exit interview with retiring Pasadena City Manager Miguel Márquez. Thanks for watching this year! See you in 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Z5...

The latest episode of my award-winning TV show "Well Read with Justin Chapman" features an interview with author A.J. Hartley, author of dozens of novels including several with blink-182's Tom DeLonge. Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgg7...

The latest episode of Pasadena Media's award-winning show "Pasadena Monthly w/ Justin Chapman" features a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with Susana Porras, author & Pasadena Police Department Senior Communications Coordinator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTlt...

@raymondbenson.bsky.social, author of the new #FelixLeiter novel "The Hook and the Eye" (as well as 6 #JamesBond continuation novels and 3 Bond movie adaptation novels) is the guest on the latest episode of my TV show "Well Read with Justin Chapman." youtu.be/3aABPmDsCco #IanFleming #RaymondBenson

Author Susana Porras will be the guest on my show "Pasadena Monthly" this Friday. Read more: pasadenanow.com/main/author-...

Please join us next Saturday, November 15, for #SidneyKirkpatrick's memorial service at All Saints in Pasadena. Sid was larger than life, so let's celebrate him in style!

Watch the latest episode of “Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman.” This episode features a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with Chris Ramon, president and CEO of Pasadena Humane Society. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aC...

This month on "Pasadena Monthly," Pasadena Humane Society President and CEO Chris Ramon joins me: pasadenanow.com/main/pasaden...

Read my obituary about Sid Kirkpatrick, published today in Pasadena Now: pasadenanow.com/main/sidney-...

Watch the latest episode of "Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman," featuring a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with author Chip Jacobs ("Arroyo" and "Later Days"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfZ3...

Pasadena author Chip Jacobs ("Arroyo" and "Later Days") will be my guest on this Friday's episode of "Pasadena Monthly." Read more: pasadenanow.com/main/local-a...

Thanks to Brian Biery for having me on your TV show "Power of One": www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH1g...

This month's episode of "Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman" features a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with Caltech President Dr. Thomas Rosenbaum! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8TE...

Watch this month's episode of Pasadena Media's "#PasadenaMonthly with Justin Chapman," featuring a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with Tom Coston, president of the Light Bringer Project and czar of the #DooDahParade: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVc-...

Pasadena Now covered my #ParadiseSprings book talk: pasadenanow.com/weekendr/par...

I was interviewed for this project about preserving Pasadena's history: www.youtube.com/watch?v=21TK...

This Saturday I'll be holding a book event at #ParadiseSprings to discuss my latest book, "Paradise Springs." If you've never been there before, now's the time!

In case you missed it, the video of my "Paradise Springs" book event at the Linda Vista Library is now available to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeJ3...

Watch this news brief by Pasadena Media about my upcoming "Paradise Springs" book talk on June 7 at the Linda Vista Library. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3pt...

I'll be giving a presentation about my book "Paradise Springs" on Saturday 6/7 at the Linda Vista Library in Pasadena. The free event begins with a coffee gathering at 10 a.m. on the patio before my presentation at 11 a.m. Read more: www.pasadenanow.com/weekendr/dis...

Watch the latest episode of "Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman," featuring writer Ellen Snortland. The show is a finalist for an LA Press Club journalism award: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWv6...

My TV show "Well Read with Justin Chapman" has won a Hometown Media Award from the Alliance for Community Media! The episode that won featured an interview with Gerry Adams, the legendary Northern Irish politician. Watch the episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xP7...

Award-winning writer extraordinaire Ellen Snortland joins me this Friday on "Pasadena Monthly." Read more: pasadenanow.com/main/award-w...

I'm a finalist once again for two LA Press Club journalism awards! In the Obituary category for my story on Pasadena Weekly editor Kevin Uhrich, and in the Local Political/Government Reporting category for my TV show, "Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman." Winners announced on June 22.

I'll be on a panel at #LitFestInTheDena this Saturday 5/3 at 4pm at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 E. Colorado Blvd., talking about "Pasadena as a Character" and my book #ParadiseSprings. Come check it out! www.litfestinthedena.org

Watch the latest episode of "Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman," featuring a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with Pasadena Now Managing Editor Andre Coleman. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5Xy...

This Friday on "Pasadena Monthly," Pasadena Now managing editor Andre Coleman joins me to talk about the Eaton Fire, the late Pasadena Weekly editor Kevin Uhrich, the current media landscape in Pasadena, and more: pasadenanow.com/main/pasaden...

Come check out LitFest Pasadena on May 2 & 3. I'll be on a panel at 4 p.m. on May 3, discussing "Pasadena as a Character" and my latest book, "Paradise Springs." www.litfestinthedena.org/schedule

Watch the latest episode of "Pasadena Monthly with Justin Chapman," featuring a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with Daniel Rossman, the new executive director of the One Arroyo Foundation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0IU...

I was interviewed for this Pasadena Media TV show about #Altadena and the #EatonFire: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UEU...

Watch the latest episode of "Pasadena Monthly," featuring a review of the month's top stories, a history segment, and an interview with Katie Hill, former member of Congress and the new CEO of Union Station Homeless Services. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xeS...

Read the February 2025 issue of my free email newsletter: justinchapman.substack.com/p/justins-ne...

Read my new article in Pasadena Now about the indie rock band #BrightEyes @brighteyesband.bsky.social: www.pasadenanow.com/weekendr/ind...

Former Congressmember and new Union Station Homeless Services CEO Katie Hill joins me on "Pasadena Monthly" this week. Read more: pasadenanow.com/main/union-s...

We're close to our goal. Please consider donating if you haven't already. Thanks in advance. gofund.me/4b181ab1 #EatonFire

Two episodes of my other TV show, "Well Read with Justin Chapman," have also been nominated as finalists in the WAVE video awards! (Alliance for Community Media West's Western Access Video Excellence awards). Winners announced in March.

My Pasadena Media TV show, "Pasadena Monthly," has been nominated as a finalist in the Alliance for Community Media West's WAVE Awards (Western Access Video Excellence)! Winners will be announced in March. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...