Matt Marble discusses Riley Shepard's career and music history in Stacya Silverman's blog.

Trip to New York included looking up an old address where my mother lived, and visiting the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room.

Great news! Hidden Brain has rebroadcast the story about my father, Riley Shepard. The episode dropped today, May 11th, 2026. Please listen and share on social media, and share with your friends!

A visit with my mother’s younger sister

We used to live right by The Hollywood's Largest Toyshop. The entire time we lived in Hollywood, we didn't have a car. We walked everywhere.

I’m working my way through my father’s boxes of stuff. I’m not sure why I hung onto it. Let’s death clean together.

Around the time I turned twelve, my father realized that my voice was changing, sounding more mature.

In 1942, Riley went to Dr. Ben L. Reitman’s funeral, introduced himself as Richard Riley Shepard, pastor of the Liberal Church of LA

Last week, I spent three days roaming around NYC with my “new” niece and nephew.

I met Shankar Vedantam, he’s got a great vibe.