Press Coverage & Publications

KEYT Newschannel 3 11/20/2025 – From Government Shutdown to Community Liftoff: Santa Barbara’s Answer to a National Crisis “It’s good to have you guys back on the payroll,” pilot Levi Maaia of Santa Barbara Aviators said over the radio during a flight over Santa...

Laptop Mag 2/25/2025 – From the basement to the festival: The enduring allure of vintage computers Laptop Mag's Joanna Nelius stopped into VCFSoCal 2025 to write this article on the "enduring allure" of vintage computers. It opens with the story of Linda Maaia...

AUTM on-the-Air 6/6/2024 – From Ideas to Innovation: A Conversation with Levi C. Maaia and Noah Mark About The ‘Pathways to Invention’ Documentary Levi C. Maaia and Noah Mark were on the AUTM On-the-Air Podcast to talk about innovation and "Pathways to...

WPRI-TV's The Rhode Show 5/8/2024 – ‘Pathways to Invention’ debuting on PBS Levi C. Maaia appeared on WPRI-TV’s “The Rhode Show” to talk with host Audrey McClelland about perseverance and other themes from "Pathways to Invention."

KCLU/NPR 5/6/2024 – Creativity spotlight: Santa Barbara filmmaker co-produces new PBS documentary focused on innovators KCLU’s news director Lance Orozco interviewed Levi C. Maaia and Noah Mark for a drive-time news segment on celebrating invention.

EastBayRI 5/2/2024 – Debut doc by East Providence's Maaia features on PBS The East Providence Post covered the TV premiere of East Providence native Levi C. Maaia’s first documentary feature, "Pathways to Invention."

LA Weekly 5/1/2024: Levi C. Maaia and Noah Mark: Shaping the Impact of Documentary Film with ‘Pathways to Invention’ LA Weekly featured a profile piece on Levi C. Maaia and Noah Mark, showcasing their journey from university students to prominent documentary...

MSN Money 4/17/2024: ‘Pathways to Invention’ on PBS Illuminates the Perseverance of Entrepreneurial Inventors MSN Money published a piece on the launch of Maaia Mark Production's one-hour TV special "Pathways to Invention.

The MagPi: Your Official Raspberry Pi Magazine: Issue 136 December 2023 How do you know the tide is right for a walk? If you’re Levi Maaia, you create a special – and very pretty– tide clock using a Raspberry Pi single-board computer.

Levi was on The ЯRetro Show with Perifractic and Lady Fracitic in March 2023 to present a solution for connecting vintage computers to AI and ChatGPT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV-1FD4H0P4&t=1051s

Doc Searls and Shawn Powers take a deep dive into the open source and open data slices of ham radio with Levi C. Maaia, an accomplished pilot, filmmaker, and much more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQALIf2aX04

Levi C. Maaia and Noah Mark, co-founders of Maaia Mark Productions are on LA Weekly's list of "Top 10 Entertainment Figures to Look out for in 2023"