Split Peak Soup

About Split Peak Soup

Welcome to Split Peak Soup Podcast! I’m your host, Neal Kearney. I feel very blessed to have been born and raised here in Santa Cruz, California. Santa Cruz is a hotbed for talented individuals, including, but not limited to: professional surfers and skaters, master surfboard shapers, internationally renowned artists, expert musicians, boundary pushing intellectual thinkers, and out-of-this-world explorers of consciousness. Working as a professional journalist for the past twenty-plus years, I’ve had the opportunity to sit down with these extraordinary humans and in-depth and insightful chats. While these discussions have helped inform many written pieces that I’m proud of, I oftentimes felt that I was leaving a lot of meat left on the bone, as the few quotes I’d incorporate into my writing oftentimes seemed to strip my interviewees of their own authentic voices. Luckily, we are entering a brave new world, where the podcast has risen as a popular form of storytelling and media consumption. From Joe Rogan to Conan O’Brien, podcasters have officially taken over. And now, I’m joining the fray. The Split Peak Soup Podcast is my way of using my skills as a story-teller to offer long format conversations with those whose stories deserve to be told. So, what are you waiting for? Pull up a cozy chair, grab a napkin and your favorite spoon, and get ready to dig into another savory serving of Split Peak Soup!

Publisher

Neal Kearney

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jul 2025

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Split Peak Soup Podcast Episode 30--James Sclar

   Send us Fan Mail In 2004, Santa Cruz local James Sclar enlisted in the US Marine Corps. This decision was rooted in his desire to fund his dream of becoming a stunt man in Hollywood. However, when he got there, he found a toxic culture completely at odds with his family’s supportive upbringing, complete with relentless hazing and abusive leadership. Despite his disappointment, Sclar was locked into his contract, and had no choice but to serve out his term. After four oppressive years of serv...

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Split Peak Soup Podcast Episode 29--Ryan Augenstein

   Send us Fan Mail For many Santa Cruz surfers, the giant, perilous waves that break at Mavericks, located off Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, hold a certain charm. Every Winter, the break produces waves that regularly reach the heights of large buildings, that, when ridden successfully, provide a shot of adrenaline unrivaled in any other aspect of the sport. The qualities required to be a successful Mavericks surfer include, but are not limited to: superhuman strength and balance, a healt...

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   9 Sept 2026

   Split Peak Soup Podcast Episode 28--Tony Roberts

   Send us Fan Mail Sixty-one year-old filmmaker and photographer Tony Roberts is a true original, a trailblazer who never felt content to follow the crowd. He's dedicated his entire life to chasing those fleeting moments we all wish we could preserve forever...the hum of surfboard fins tracking through a vicious carve, the sight of a tropical rainbow arcing over a vibrant jungle, the haunting chorus of a soulful reggae tune, or the click of a high speed shutter as it captures a surfer burying t...

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