KZYX Public Affairs: Recent Episodes
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KZYX is member supported community radio for Mendocino County, California. This podcast features a range of local public affairs programs from KZYX focused on issues unfolding on California's North Coast, produced by volunteer programmers at Mendocino County Public Broadcasting.
August 23, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni discusses Insurance Companies leaving California, cost increases and the impact on our communities, with guest, Amy Bach from United Policy Holders, a non-profit helping consumers with insurance issues. With caller questions and concerns.
July 31, 2023 -- En el programa de hoy tenemos la conversación con el miembro de la junta de supervisores del condado de mendocino John Haschak supervisor del distrito 3 del condado con quien hablamos de la agenda de la última reunión de los supervisores el pasado martes, seguido de un reporte de los viernes con UVA, un evento mensual del verano en Ukiah.
July 24, 2023 -- La organización latino outdoors está celebrando la semana latina de la conservación con eventos informativos y actividades al aire libre diseñadas para alentar a las comunidades de color a participar en la naturaleza y ofrecer un espacio de representación y conciencia cultural para los entusiastas de la naturaleza.
KZYX habló con Esmeralda Plascencia, coordinadora de programas del capítulo del norte de california de latino outdoor sobre la organización y la semana de conservación latina.
July 18, 2023 -- Special presentation of Citizen U. Prerecorded Town Hall meeting with State Senator Mike McGuire, Majority Leader of the California State Senate. The meeting took place Monday July 17. Organized by the GrassRoots Institute.
June 18, 2023 -- This month Art Waves visit the Willits Center for the Arts and talk about their new programs and recognitions, followed by a quick mention of the Deep valley Arts Collective. Next a conversation with the Mendocino International Summer Music Academy about their Virtuoso Concert Series and we end with local visual artist Danza Davids. Hosted by Victor Palomino
Julio 17 del 2023 - Noticias Locales en español. Conversaciones civicas con el Concejal de la ciudad de Ukiah Juan Orozco. Temas: Los comités de la ciudad y el nuevo centro de bienvenida en Ukiah.
July 12, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni talks about Insurance Companies leaving California, cost increases and the impact on our communities. Guests are Harvey Rosenfield from Consumer Watchdog and Amy Bach from United Policy Holders.
June 15, 2023--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Jess Arnsteen, Culinary Farm Manager of Long Meadow Ranch and Farmstead Restaurant in St Helena, about the ranch and restaurant and what he does there.
June 15, 2023--Host Johanna Wildoak talks with Madge Strong, Willits city council member and co-founder of WELL, Willits Economic Localization. They discuss ‘Building Community’ in the town of Willits, California.
June 14, 2023--Join hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.
June 14, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Mendocino County 5th District Supervisor, Ted Williams & 1st District Supervisor Glenn McGourty. The topic is what’s the financial state of our county.
June 13, 2023--Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies discuss marine mammal disease, with Dr. Padrick Duignan, Director of Pathology, Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito. Dr. Duignan talks about Leptospirosis in California Sea Lions, the recent gray whale mortality event in the Eastern Pacific, killer whale predation, Narwhal population decline in the Arctic Ocean, and the widespread DDT contamination of the Southern California Bight. Woven throughout is the effects of climate change on these processes.
June 13, 2023--Host Dr. Casey Johnston speaks with Internal Medicine Doctor, Sarah Alvord, about her work at the Dora Clinic of the Mendocino Community Health Clinic System.
June 11, 2023--Join hosts Jerry and Jim Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.
June 9, 2023--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with, Department of Justice Attorney, Brendan Ballou, to discuss his book, PLUNDER: PRIVATE EQUITY’S PLAN TO PILLAGE AMERICA.
June 8, 2023--Host Chris Skyhawk continues his series, Surviving Late Stage Capitalism: What's Next? He speaks with Wendsler Nosie about his efforts to protect Oak Flats.
June 7, 2023--Host Doug Livingstone covers developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
June 7, 2023--Host Dan Gjerde speaks with Mary Anne Petrillo, Executive Director of West Business Development Center, about jobs in the economy within Mendocino County.
June 6, 2023--Host Julie McGovern talks about connecting students and graduates to local employers in our community with Pamela Heston, Director of Employer Partnerships; Julia Siderakis, Cooperative Work Experience Education Coordinator; and Joel Shura, Career Hub Specialist.
June 5, 2023--Host Corine Pearce speaks with Woniya Thibeault, ancestral skill teacher and 2 time contestant on the History Channel series, Alone.They speak about her experience on the show, and her book Never Alone: A Solo Arctic Survival Journey.
June 4, 2023--Join hosts Jerry and Jim Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.
June 1, 2023--Host Blake More celebrates the successful end of the 2022-23 school year with a show featuring the literary voices of K-12 students in Mendocino County. Voices include 3-8 students Manchester Elementary School, 3-8 students from Pacific Community Charter School, as well as some poems from the Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate Sidney Regelbrugge.
May 31, 2023--Join hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.
May 23, 2023--Host Anna Halligan interviews the Mendocino Resource Conservation District’s Navarro River Watershed Coordinator Linda MacElwee about the history of land use and conservation in the watershed.
May 23, 2023--Join Dr. Casey Johnston on the Mind-Body-Health program for an in-depth discussion with Megan Peterson of MendoLeap, an empowering space in Ukiah for children of all ages and abilities to learn, explore, and adapt through the art of play.
May 21, 2023--Join hosts Jerry and Jim Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.
Noviembre 29, 2022 -- el programa hablamos del programa de ecología y la caminata ambiental de Descubre el Bosque, seguido de una reflexión sobre cómo los latinos celebramos el día de acción de gracias.
November 25, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with Christopher Marquis, to discuss his latest book, MAO AND MARKETS: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise.
November 24, 2022--Host Michelle Hutchins, County Superintendent of Schools, interviews members of the County Board of Education. She explores all topics of County Board Governance and why these leaders choose to serve on the County Board of Education.
November 24, 2022--Host Sara Grusky and Michael Foley speak with Jamie Chevelier about the fall and winter garden, from putting the garden to bed to keeping it going.
November 23, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni is joined by Amanda Friscia, Executive Director for the Fort Bragg Food Bank, about food security in Mendocino County.
November 22, 2022--Host Anna Halligan speaks with Sue Colter, Education Program Coordinator for the Noyo Center for Marine Sciences about the history, benefits, and ecological impacts of plastics in our world.
November 22, 2022--Dr. Drew Colfax returns for a live call-in show about the current triple-demic of Covid, Influenza and RSV that is impacting Emergency Rooms in the county and affecting primarily kids in our community.
November 21, 2022--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter updates listeners with a live show looking at issues from Pomo Country. Including an update on JDSF with Matt Simmons, staff attorney from EPIC.
November 20, 2022--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.
November 17, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with two guests about the Good Farm Fund: Caroline Radice, Owner of Black Dog Farm & Catering and founding member of the GGF, and Bridget Harrington, Owner of Patrona Restaurant and current Steering Committee member for the GGF.
November 18, 2022--Host Alicia Bales talks with one local Democrat and one local Republican about the Reds and the Blues in Mendocino County, and what each local political party worked on during the Midterms. With an update on the PG&E tree clearing from Kevin Collins and Walter Smith.
November 17, 2022--Hosts Steve and Annie discuss Vote Suppression in Georgia in Last Week’s Midterm Election vs. the upcoming runoff. And Judith Ehrlich, Director of the film ‘The Boys Who Said No,’ talks about her documentary on draft resisters in the 60’s and 70’s, which will be shown at the Anderson Valley Grange the following Saturday.
November 15, 2022--Host Chad Swimmer talks with Joanna Nelson, PhD, the Director of Science and Conservation Planning at the Save The Redwoods League and one of the newer members of the Jackson Advisory Group. They delve into the latest developments on the ground in Jackson State Forest and the Save The Redwoods League's recent acquisitions throughout Northern California. Chad also speaks with a representative of the Friends of Little Bear, in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, and with Fire Ecologist Chad Hanson about the slowing and eventual stopping of a CalFire fuels reduction project in an alpine sky island forest.
November 17, 2022--Host Johanna talks with Phil Allen Jr. about his book The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier. The book explores important question such as: Would there have been a Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter without the camera? The camera lens is a potent tool for revealing the truth and guiding us toward just outcomes. In the second part of the program, an update from and about Ukraine with local activist and fundraiser Mary Rose Kaczarowski.
November 16, 2022--Host Mari Rodin has an in-depth discussion about next steps for the buildout of the Great Redwood Trail, Senator Mike McGuire’s proposed 320-mile, world class, multi-use rail-to-trail project connecting San Francisco to Humboldt Bay. Guests are Caryl Hart, Chair of the Great Redwood Trail Agency, Karyn Gear, of the California State Coastal Conservancy, and Neil Davis from the City of Ukiah.
November 15, 2022--Hosts Victor Palomino and Marty Durlin feature Mexican born visual artist Salvador Andrade, a report from the podcast workshop “Making History, Latinos in Mendocino,” and a conversation with KZYX news reporter Stacy Sheldon about the California Creative Corps. Also, spoken word artist Felicity Artemis will talk about her upcoming show "The End of Dystopia" at the Willits Community Theatre.
14 de noviembre del 2022--Esta semana en Mendolatino: hablamos con dos mujeres de la organización Latinas en Poder de Washington D.C. sobre la migración y la política desde una perspectiva de género.
November 14, 2022--MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas. This week they’ll have a conversation with two Latinas from the D.C.-based organization Latinas en Poder about migration, politics and gender.
November 13, 2022--Join hosts Jerry Young and guest-host Vince for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.
Noviembre 14, 2022 -- En el programa de hoy nos enfocamos en el arte latino en el condado de Mendocino. Comenzamos con un reporte del taller de producción de podcast Haciendo Historia, Making History Latinos en Mendocino, seguido de una conversación con el artista visual mexicano recidentre en Willits Salvador Andrade.
November 11, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire is joined by David Daley, author of RATF'D and UNRIGGED, as well as Paul Pierson, author of LET THEM EAT TWEETS, to discuss the results and ramifications of the midterm elections.
November 10, 2022--Host Chris Skyhawk speaks with Co-director and Lead Counsel of the Lakota People's Law Project, Chase Iron Eyes about the Indian Child Welfare Act. Followed by a speech by John Trudell.
November 10, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci speaks first with Tim Blake, found of the Emerald Cup, about the upcoming Harvest Ball. Then she continues her discussion with Phil Crews of Mendocino Family Farm, about breeding and genetics.
November 9, 2022--Host Doug and guest co-host Chris talk about a variety of hydrogen topics. With listener calls.
November 9, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni is joined by 2nd District Supervisor Mo Mulheren for the first time in over a year.
November 8, 2022--With Dr. Trotter out of the studio, co-host Cob speaks with Mili Navani DO, 1st year Resident in Adventist Health's Family Practice Residency Program, about sleep, sleeplessness, and how to get a healthy rest.
November 7, 2022--Host Corine Pearce celebrates Native American Heritage Month with special guest Reno Franklin, Chairman of the Kashaya Pomo tribe. Hear about just some of the good works he is doing In historic preservation, sacred site protection and (NAGPRA) the Native American graves protection and repatriation act.
November 6, 2022--Join hosts Jerry Young and guest-host Vince aka "Backup Jim" for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.
November 4, 2022--Hosts Chad Swimmer and Roland Cory Medina talk with Tatumn, Kashia Pomo person and a member of Women With Bows, an organization of queer indigenous people working for the betterment of their community. They also ask the question: how are we more than just ones and zeros? What does it mean to be non-binary and how is gender a social construct.
Noviembre 7, 2022 -- Conservación mensual con los Servicios de autoayuda de la corte del condado de Mendocino. Invitada: Cristina Llop, Facilitadora de derecho familiar/abogado de autoayuda para el Tribunal Superior de California, Condado de Mendocino.
November 4, 2022--Alicia Bales Hosts a Mendocino Coast Health Care District Candidates Forum. There are three seats up for election, with four candidates running: Incumbent John Redding and Challengers Susan Savage, Lee Finney, and Jade Tippett.
The Coast Health Care District spans from Westport to Elk. Only residents who live in this district are eligible to vote in this race. The MCHCD formed in the early 1970s to build the Mendocino Coast Hospital in Fort Bragg. It recently entered into an agreement to lease the Hospital to Adventist Health after voters approved the affiliation in a local ballot measure, Measure C, with 91% of the vote in March 2020.
Note: Dr. DAWNMARIE RISLEY-CHILDS also appears on the ballot but she has withdrawn from the race.
Election Day is TUESDAY November 8, 2022. Please fill out your ballots and return them via mail, county ballot dropbox or in person to the elections office by 8pm on Tuesday. To listen back to this or any of KZYX’s Election Coverage visit KZYX.org and look for the elections page, or subscribe to the KZYX Public Affairs Podcast.
November 3, 2022--Host Blake More interviews author, filmmaker, and “Phoenix Lights” experiencer Dr. Lynn Kitei. They discuss her 1997 experience, and the lasting impact it has had on her “healthy skeptic’s” life, as well as the hundreds of other eyewitnesses to the event.
November 3, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Alex Neilson, project coordinator with the Mendo Lake Food Hub, a program of North Coast Opportunities.
November 11, 2022--Host Johanna Wildoak shares information and tips about wood heating and burning, from her own experience and various articles and sources. With listener calls.
November 2, 2022--Join hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.
November 1, 2022--On this edition of the Ecology Hour, host Hannah Bird replays a discussion she had with Chelsea Andreozzi of UC Berkley Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, about her study of bats in redwood forests. Near the end of the hour, Hannah speaks with Chloe Wanaselja of the GrizzlyCorps.
November 1, 2022--On the Mendocino College Radio Hour host Julie McGovern speaks with Yuliana Sandoval, Director of Financial Aid & EOPS, and Mark Edward Osea, Transfer Counselor/Articulation Officer, about the affordability of community college.
October 30, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
October 31, 2022 - El programa de hoy tiene dos segmentos. En la primera parte escucharemos una conversación con Alexie Koseff, reportero de política y gobierno de la organización de noticias de California CalMaters. En esta conversación hablamos sobre diferentes temas de las próximas elecciones como la carrera por la gobernación, también discutimos algunas de las propuestas que se encuentran en la balota de votación y hablamos un poco sobre la importancia de elegir a los representantes a nivel estatal y nacional. En la segunda parte de nuestro programa tenemos una conversación sobre el proceso de naturalización para las personas que viven en los Estados Unidos con los servicios de inmigración de las Caridades Católicas de la Diocesis de Santa rosa. Invitada: Dina Lopez, Directora de Inmigrasión Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa
October 28, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire, award winning author, Adam Hochshcild returns to discuss his latest book, AMERICAN MIDNIGHT: THE GREAT WAR, A VIOLENT PEACE, AND DEMOCRACY’S FORGOTTEN CRISIS
October 27, 2022-- Host Chad Swimmer interviews energy systems analyst and Nobel Prize co-recipient Evan Mills, PhD about the carbon footprint of indoor cannabis production and how green international remittances can be a tool in the fight against climate change.
October 27, 2022--Inside Education is a show about education in Mendocino County, hosted by Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools Michelle Hutchins. This episode starts with safety tips for the upcoming holiday season. The second half of the show outlines California, federal, and Mendocino County's test scores as recently released by the California Department of Education, and summarizes what they mean for our county.
October 27, 2022--Continuing KZYX’s local election coverage, here are excerpts from the Fort Bragg City Council Candidates forum hosted by the League of Women Voters in Fort Bragg on October 14th. To view the entire forum, you can go to the videos section of the Facebook Page for the City of Fort Bragg California here: https://www.facebook.com/CityFortBraggCA/videos/665362495242714/
You can also find audio of the entire forum here on the KZYX elections page at kzyx.org.
There are 9 candidates running for three open four year seats on the Fort Bragg City Council: Incumbents Tess Albin-Smith and Marcia Rafanan; and challengers: Richard Garcia, Jason Godeke, Mary Rose Kaczorowski, Richard Mohr, Blanca Pena, Michelle Roberts and Scott Taubold. Incumbent Lindy Peters is running unopposed for the one open two-year seat on the council.
This excerpt of the candidate’s forum starts with opening statements, then answers to two of the three moderator questions, then closing statements. The moderator is Pat Dunbar of the League of Women Voters of Mendocino County.
October 20, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer is joined in the studio by Alicia Bales and they speak with Casey O'Neill of HappyDay Farms.
October 27, 2022--Jenn Procacci hosts four local small cannabis farmers for a deep dive into local genetics. Featuring Patricia Vargas and Forest Gauder from Sun Roots Farm, Joseph Haggard of Emerald Spirit Botanicals, and Phil Crews from Mendocino Family Farm.
October 26, 2022--Doug and guest cohost Chris cover developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
October 26, 2022--Karen Ottoboni hosts a call-in conversation about the ongoing Midterm Election Campaigns, and gets a live update from County Registrar of Voters Katrina Bartolomie.
October 25, 2022--Anna talks with researchers Phil Georgakakos and Abel Brumo about the Sacramento Pike Minnow, how it was introduced to the Eel River in the 1970s, and how to manage their impacts on native salmonids in the watershed.
October 25, 2022--Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob talk with Dr. Robin Seran, who works at the emergency room at the Coast District Hospital.
24 de octubre del 2022--Celebre con nosotros el mes de la hispanidad con una entrevista a Carlos y a Jesús Jacinto de Ukiah. Padre e hijo recuerdan su vida en Ukiah, la vida en los ranchos, el trabajo en el campo, el Concilio Latinoamericano y el valor de la familia y de la comunidad para los latinos. No se pierda esta interesante conversación y recuerde hacer una donación a nuestra radio comunitaria kzyx.
October 24, 2022-Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with an interview with Carlos and Jesus Jacinto of Ukiah. Father and son reminisce about their life in Ukiah, ranch life, working in the fields, the Concilio Latinoamericano and the value of family and community for Latinos. Don't miss this interesting conversation and remember to donate to our community radio kzyx.
October 23, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
October 20, 2022--Steve and Annie discuss Risks to Democracy in the November Midterms – The State of Election Integrity and Voting Rights with Mendocino College Professor Phil Warf, and take calls from listeners.
October 21, 2022--Host Alicia Bales takes a deeper look at a story that ran on the KZYX Local News on October 5th titled: “Sheriff suspends restorative justice program with connections to "orgasmic meditation" organization.” The story involves a group of people who were cleared to volunteer at the Mendocino County Jail in Ukiah, and have been working with inmates there for over a year, called the Unconditional Freedom Project. They worked with County staff at the jail on a program called The Prison Monastery, teaching inmates yoga, meditation and gardening. Individuals involved with Unconditional Freedom are associated with a sexual wellness company called One Taste, which promotes a practice called Orgasmic Meditation. One Taste is currently under investigation by the FBI for alleged sex trafficking, prostitution, and violations of labor law. The story raises serious questions about the vetting process at the jail, and who is responsible for letting Unconditional Freedom have access to the people incarcerated at our jail. How did these people get into the jail, and who let them in?
October 20, 2022--Host Johanna Wildoak speaks with singer-songwriter and activist Judy Fjell and KZYX Underwriting Director and musician Katherine Cole, also known as Kitty Rose, during this pledge drive edition of Wildoak Living.
October 19, 2022--Join hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.
October 19, 2022--Hosts Annie Esposito and Karen Ottoboni talk through the state propositions on this November's ballot.
October 18, 2022--Hosts Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman speak with Gary Hughes, America's Program Coordinator for Biofuel Watch International for a dive into the betrayed promises and conflicts of interest of the Forest Stewardship Council with its internationally recognized stamp of sustainable forestry.
October 18, 2022--Hosts Victor Palomino and Marty Durlin present interviews with several members of The Anderson Valley Artists about their 20th annual Open Studios Tour: Antoinette Von Grone, Saoirse Byrne, Rebecca Goldie, Marvin Schenk. Later they speak with Dan McDonnel and Cob, creators of Magic Milk, the second silent musical.
October 17, 2022--Michael Hunter, Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, reflects on his two years hosting Pomo Perspective on KZYX, and how his point of view has changed. When he was growing up in Mendocino County he never felt the need to talk with the non-Native community. Now, as he is working to achieve tribal co-management for Jackson Demonstration State Forest and protection for sacred sites, radio has become an important tool for conversations about forests and our common future, across communities.
October 16, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
October 14, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire talks with Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Edinburgh, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, about his latest book, A QUESTION OF STANDING: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA.
October 13, 2022--There are five candidates running to fill three seats on the Ukiah City Council: Incumbents Juan Orozco, Mari Rodin and Jim Brown are all running to keep the seats they now occupy. And challengers Susan Sher and Thao Phi are newcomers running to replace them.
On September 26, The Mendocino Women’s Political Coalition, American Association of University Women and the Mendocino Voice Newspaper co-sponsored a Ukiah City Council Candidates Forum. As part of KZYX’s local election coverage, we broadcast an hour long excerpt of the forum.
The moderator of the forum is Wendy De Witt. The Candidates Forum lasted almost 90 minutes, and began with opening statements, questions from the sponsors, and then opened up for questions from the audience. Here are about 55 minutes covering a range of topics. You can find video of the entire forum, including discussions of the local ballot measures, at the Mendocino Voice Youtube page. You can also find this and our other local election coverage at our website, kzyx.org.
October 13, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci presents a recording of a panel from 2018's Emerald Cup called, Cannabis Spirituality: Practice, Beliefs, and Laws.
October 12, 2022--Doug and guest cohost Chris start this discussion with microgrids. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
October 9, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
October 12, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with several folks about local measures on the upcoming ballot. First, Michelle Savoy about Measure O, the Citizen's Library Initiative. Followed by Bill Brockenborough with Measure N for the Hopland Fire Protection District. Then lastly with Scott Cratty and Kerry Robinson about Measure P, County Essential Services Sales Tax.
October 11, 2022--Hosts Tim Bray and Robert Spies talk with Dr. Anusha Shankar of the Cornell Ornithology Lab about hummingbird biology and ecology. These exclusively American (North and South) family of birds live on the energetic edge, with a sky high metabolism made possible by unique physiological adaptations. We have several local species, some migratory and one that is rapidly expanding its range northward.
October 11, 2022--Hosts Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob host and open lines call-in show, answering listener questions about health and health care for this hour long program.
October 7, 2022--Hosts Chad Swimmer and Roland Cory Medina commemorate this year's unprecedented challenges to progressive cultural freedom by bringing you readings from banned books through the ages, with Diane Patterson reading Sappho, George Russell reading Walt Whitman, Chipmunk reading Captain Underpants, the hosts doing a performance of In The Night Kitchen, and much much more. They also hear from independent bookseller Christie Olson Day.
10 de octubre 2022-- MendoLatino celebra el mes de la hispanidad reconociendo las luchas de los pueblos originarios mayas que se empeñan en mantener su cultura y lengua a pesar de los obstáculos que encuentran en la ruta crítica de la inmigración. Escuche la entrevista a la profesora Alicia Ivonne Estrada que se ha dedicado a estudiar, apoyar y colaborar con los mayas en California y aprenda cómo ellos se han organizado para mantener su identidad y unión como grupo.
October 10, 2022--MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas. This week, MendoLatino celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month by recognizing the struggles of the original Mayan peoples who strive to maintain their culture and language despite the obstacles they encounter along the critical immigration path. Listen to an interview with Professor Alicia Ivonne Estrada who has dedicated herself to study, support and collaborate with the Maya in California and learn how they have organized themselves to maintain their identity and unity.
October 7, 2022--Host Alicia Bales talks with Houston-based artist, language worker and community organizer José Eduardo Sánchez about Language Justice, Radical Listening, and how the radio can be a multilingual space to connect communities and challenge relationships of power and dominance.
October 6, 2022--Host Blake More interviews Mendocino County poet John Allen Cann. They discuss Cann’s poetry and how it expresses itself in his life and community. Topics include being in the moment, finding one’s voice, inspiration and lots of poetry.
October 6, 2022--Host Johanna speaks with Charlie Seltzer about a program called Healthy Living with Chronic Pain. Then she is joined by Megan Barber Allende and Meredith DeLucia from the Community Foundation of Mendocino County to give an update on the Foundation, how they've been supporting the community during the pandemic, their annual report, and upcoming programs.
October 5, 2022--Host Dan Gjerde speaks with Conrad Kramer, Executive Director, and Nicolet Houtz, Director of Stewardship, of the Mendocino Land Trust.
October 5, 2022--Hosts Bob, Jim, and Toby talk about a free web service that lets you send an email to your future self. Write an email, specify the date you want it sent, and…wait. They also talk about DALL-E, an amazing artificial intelligence system that allows you to create images based on text phrases. Type a phrase like “photograph of a dog playing on the beach,” and DALL-E will generate it. It and other AI-based image generators are incredible — and controversial — new ways to create images in a variety of styles, from pencil sketches to oil paintings to photographs.
October 4, 2022--Host Julie McGovern interviews former student and current Foundation Director Tina Rader. They discuss how the College propelled Tina’s career to her current position as Senior Vice President at Savings Bank of Mendocino County; her involvement with Business Advisory Committee at the College and the recent launch of an alumni association.
October 3, 2022--Host Corine Pearce welcomes the Founder and the Director of the 'Native Dads network,’ Mike Duncan, an enrolled member of the Round Valley Tribe, and Leticia Agular of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation. They talk about the amazing work they are getting done throughout California.
October 2, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
September 30, 2022--Lux Karpov-Kinrade talks about misogyny in medicine with Dr. Iris Crawford, MD.
September 30, 2022--Host Bob Bushansky returns for a 5th Friday discussion with Ed Wilson, a Washington lawyer and a Republican. He worked in the Reagan and Bush administrations at the White House and Treasury Department. They discuss a range of topics from the war in Ukraine, to Britain's new prime minister, to rising inflation.
September 29, 2022--Mendocino Theater Company presents “Young Voices” as part of the “Readings on the Radio” program. Written and performed by students in the Mendocino coastal community, it shows the creativity, humor, and thoughtfulness these young people bring to their creations, and showcases these artists and their work.
September 29, 2022--Join Elizabeth Archer for a talk about going viral! A post she wrote about anti-fat bias in Hollywood blew up on Facebook, and Elizabeth is joined by an online commenter who pointed out the many issues of intersectionality in her post. Bryan Guffey is an internationally recognized educator and activist in the areas of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, and body size.
September 28, 2022--Doug and guest cohost Chris cover developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
September 28, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni takes a look at hot topics in local politics. This week Karen talks with Elizabeth Swenson, a founding member of the Housing Action Team.
September 27, 2022--Host Anna Halligan focuses on the geology of the north coast. Join this discussion with Tom Leroy, engineering geologist with Pacific Watershed Associates, as they discuss the physical nature of northern California's coastlines.
September 27, 2022--Hosts Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob speak with Dr. J. Robert Ortega DDS, about dentistry and oral health.
September 26, 2022--MendoLatino presenta un programa dedicado a explorar la crisis de pérdida de derechos de las mujeres en los Estados Unidos y en otras partes de Latinoamérica. Conversamos con Gloria Martinez Directora de Operaciones de Planned Parenthood Northern California, con Lilian Medina Moreno de Catholics for Choice y Dilcia Molina Sanchez de la organización "Madre Tierra".
MendoLatino presents a program dedicated to exploring the crisis of women's loss of rights in the United States and elsewhere in Latin America. We converse with Gloria Martinez Director of Operations of Planned Parenthood Northern California, Lilian Medina Moreno of Catholics for Choice and Dilcia Molina Sanchez of the organization "Madre Tierra".
September 25, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
September 23, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with Department of Geography and Environment Chair at the University of Hawaii, Reece Jones, to discuss his latest book, NOBODY IS PROTECTED: HOW THE BORDER PATROL BECAME THE MOST DANGEROUS PLICE FORCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
September 22, 2022--Host Michelle Hutchins interviews several new educational leaders in the county, including Fort Bragg Unified Superintendent Joseph Aldridge, Manchester Elementary Superintendent Kristen Larson Balliet, and Laytonville Unified Superintendent Bruce Peters.
September 22, 2022--Host Johanna Wildoak speaks with Sarah Koenigsberg, award-winning filmmaker, educator and communications director for the The Beaver Coalition. Her documentary The Beaver Believers shares the story of beavers with the goal of continuing to expand the web of "believers." Johanna also talks with Chris Bartow of the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District about a beaver project in Little Lake Valley in Willits.
September 21, 2022--Guest host Mary Anne Petrillo speaks with Marie Jones, who has experience in planning, economic development, coastal development, climate action, market analysis, and grant writing. Mary Anne also speaks with Patty Martin PhD, scientist, artist, speaker, and climate optimist.
September 20, 2022--Hosts Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman bring you up to date on the news from Jackson State Forest, including a discussion with Charlie Schneider of the Jackson Advisory Group, then hear from Eric Schramm, the founder of Mendocino Mushrooms, about the wild fungus economy and the webs that tie a forest together beneath the surface.
September 20, 2022--Victor Palomino and Marty Durlin interview with Potter Valley mosaic artist Elizabeth Raybee, Willits painter Marta Alonso Canilar, and Mendocino Theatre Company's Producing Director, Elizabeth Craven.
September 19, 2022--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter updates listeners with a live show looking at issues from Pomo Country.
September 15, 2022--On Corporations and Democracy: Charities depend on Mega-donors - and it’s skewing public policy toward the interests of the wealthy. Hosts Steve and Annie talk to Chuck Collins and Helen Flannery of the Institute for Policy Studies, the authors of a new study on “Gilded Giving.”
September 14, 2022--Doug and Chris cover new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
September 14, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni takes a look at hot topics in local politics. This week Karen talks with Shari Schapmire, retired Treasurer-Tax Collector at County of Mendocino.
September 13, 2022--Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with Scott Weidensaul, avian researcher and author of "A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migrating Birds." He describes some of the fantastic discoveries being made about the navigational and physiological feats performed by migratory birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, forgo sleep for days or weeks, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch, using infrasound, the earth's magnetic field, and even quantum entanglement.
September 13, 2022--Hosts Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob speak with Arlene Flores DO about her journey to Mendocino County, the difference between a MD and DO, her experience in the residency program, as well as taking listener calls.
September 12, 2022--MendoLatino meets two important organizations for our community: Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County and California Human Development. Learn about what they have to offer and how to contact them by listening to Keily Becerra and Mayte Sanchez from the Cancer Centers and to Lydia López and Rosalia Aguirre for Farmworker Services at California Human Development.
MendoLatino presenta dos organizaciones importantes para nuestra comunidad: Cancer Centers of Mendocino County y California Human Development. Infórmese sobre qué servicios ofrecen y cómo contactarlos. Del Centro de ayuda para el enfermo de Cáncer tenemos a Keily Becerra y a Mayte Sánchez y de California Human Development participan Lydia López y Rosalía Aguirre de la división de Servicios para los trabajadores agrícolas.
September 9, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire talks with Thom Hartmann, about the newest addition to his Hidden History Series, THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF NEOLIBERALISM: HOW REAGANISM GUTTED AMERICA AND HOW TO RESTORE ITS GREATNESS.
September 8, 2022--Chris Skyhawk continues his series “Surviving Late Stage Capitalism: What’s next?” as he looks at the possible role hallucinogenic mushrooms might play in personal and collective healing. His guest is Cashmere Woods, who teaches classes on the benefits of Micro dosing.
September 7, 2022--On “For the Love of Reading”--a special program “From Pooh Corner,” featuring excerpts from Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, plus the world premier of an unknown Pooh poem and the tender story surrounding its creation, read for you by Linda Pack.
September 2, 2022--Hosts Roland Cory Medina and Chad Swimmer will play a medley of highlights and outtakes from the first 9 months of the show--talking about queer on the Coast, marriage equality, body image, church with the Obamas and more.
September 8, 2022--Join Johanna Wildoak for some thoughts about "The Myth of Normal" by Dr. Gabor Maté, a Vancouver doctor who has been celebrated for his expertise on addiction, stress, and childhood development. Johanna also talks about how to prepare for harvesting rainwater this winter, then opens the phone lines to hear from our listeners, from the cool coast to the scorching inland areas, about how they are dealing with the record setting heat wave we are experiencing.
September 7, 2022--Join hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls. They look at essential weather and fire-safety apps to grab for your smartphone or tablet. All of them are free, and all of them are particularly important these days. Then they talk about today’s announcements from Apple — new iPhone models, new Apple Watch models, and more. They’re cool — and expensive. Are they worth it? They also have a grab bag of computer news, and we’ll take your calls and questions.
September 7, 2022- Dan Gjerde, 4th District County Supervisor, speaks with Congressman Jared Huffman about a range of topics from legislation passed by Congress, recent Supreme Court rulings, and his thoughts on the Eel River water diversion. After, we learn about the Slack Tide Cafe and how it's connected to the Noyo Center for Marine Science.
September 6, 2022--Host Hannah Bird speaks with Esme Plascencia of Latino Outdoors and Azucena Chavez-Huerta of the Blue Zones Project Mendocino about how we can break down barriers to access green spaces, and find out about some hidden gems to explore in Mendocino! Warning – you may be inspired to take a hike after this show!
September 6, 2022--Marty Durlin and Victor Palomino speak with Alyssum Wier of the Arts Council of Mendocino County; Gary Martin and Sasha Thomas from Willits Center for the Arts; Laura Fogg of Ukiah Center for the arts; and Pepperwood Pottery’s Doug Johnson.
September 5, 2022--Join Corine Pearce and guest Meyo Marrufo, Eastern Pomo Artist, educator, curator and activist for a special 'Tea Time with Auntie'. They discuss the 'Gathering Time', the new Pomo art exhibit that recently opened at the Grace Hudson museum which was curated by Meyo, as well as basket weaving, traditional food and the importance of true inclusion and representation of native culture.
September 4, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
September 2, 2022--Alicia Bales hosts a local media round table with Santa Rosa Press Democrat's breaking news reporter Colin Atagi and Kate Fishman, Climate and Environment reporter for the Mendocino Voice. Later, she talk with Legal Director for the First Amendment Coalition David Loy and Kate Maxwell of the Mendocino Voice about Mendocino County's efforts to recoup administrative fees by charging high rates to process Public Records Act requests.
September 1, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer will be talking about queerness and farming with guests Shai Schnall, a shepherd, shearer, and farmhand based in Ukiah, and Katherine Flink of the New Agrarian Collective in Willits.
September 1, 2022--Host Jenn speaks with Chiah and Michael about the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance.
August 31, 2022--Doug and Chris cover new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
August 31, 2022--Michelle Blackwell interviews local author Emily Lloyd-Jones about her 2022 novels, The Drowned Woods and Unseen Magic; and Lake County Poet Laureate Georgina Marie Guardado about poetry, healing and community.
August 30, 2022--Alicia Bales hosts an update on the news out of Jackson Demonstration State Forest, with Jackson Advisory Group (JAG) member Charlie Schneider and youth activists just returning from a protest at the Natural Resources Agency building in Sacramento. CalFire announced a new vision for JDSF management and then immediately announced logging would resume on four controversial logging plans shut down last year by public outcry and direct action blockades.
August 30, 2022--Host Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob interview Adventist Health President Judson Howe, who is head of the five regional hospitals and a behavioral health facility in Northern California, including in Ukiah, Willits, Fort Bragg and Lake County. Adventists recently had to renegotiate a contract with the largest commercial insurance provider in the area, Anthem/Blue Cross, a process which revealed some of the weaknesses in access to care for many of Mendocino's residents.
August 29, 2022--Host Julie McGovern invites you to listen and learn about what’s happening on the Mendocino College campus, hear about scholarship opportunities, upcoming cultural and athletic events and more. This first show features Mendocino College Student Trustee Leo Rodriguez.
August 28, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
August 26, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire talks with award-winning science journalist, Gaia Vince, about her latest book NOMAD CENTURY: HOW CLIMATE MIGRATION WILL RESHAPE OUR WORLD. Joy’s March 29, 2020 interview with Vince, about her book, TRANSCENDENCE, was enthusiastically received by listeners. It included audio from “whistle language” cultures.
August 25, 2022--Host Michelle Hutchins spotlights what's new for students this year in Mendocino County. As schools start up, find out what parents can do to prepare their students for the transition back to School.
August 26, 2022--Host Chad Swimmer speaks with Andrea Prichett, a founder of Berkeley Copwatch, about the unrest that is happening in Berkeley as UC crews have moved in in the dead of night to cut trees and break ground in the iconic People's Park. He also talks to Matt Simmons and Tom Wheeler of the Environmental Protection Information Center about how legal activism can protect wild spaces.
August 25, 2022--Host Johanna Wildoak revisits her interview with Andrew Fiala about tyrants, and plays snippets of other lectures he's given. In the last part of the program, Johanna shares her thoughts about gratefulness, with some audio by Benedictine monk David Steindl-Rast on the topic.
August 24, 2022--Hosts Jim Heid and Toby Melina talk about security updates and new iPhones, and they speak with Tamir Scheinok, Chief Operating Officer with Further Reach about rural internet access.
August 24, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Patrick Hickey and Julie Beardsley from SEIU Local 1021, the union that represents Mendocino’s County Workers.
August 23, 2022--Anna Halligan interviews two guests: Dana Stolzman, Executive Director of Salmonid Restoration Federation, and Gabriel Rossi, ecologist and researcher at UC Berkeley and the non-profit California Trout, about the 24th Annual Coho Confab happening September 9th-11th.
August 23, 2022--Hosts Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob speak with Karen Oslund and Sue Sweet about the Cancer Resource Center.
22 de agosto de 2022--MendoLatino conversamos con Chad Swimmer, el co-fundador de Mendocino Trail Stewards y la Coalición Para Salvar Jackson y Esme Placencia, fundadora de Latino Outdoors North Coast.
August 21, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
August 19, 2022--Alicia Bales interviews attorney Les Marston. He represents two local Pomo Tribes who just won a David and Goliath ruling in the 9th District Court of appeals against the State of California over the state’s bad faith negotiation of their Gaming Compacts. Les is the lead attorney on the case, and discusses the State and National significance of the efforts by the Hopland Band of Pomo and Robinson Rancheria, among a handful of other tribes who fought back against the State of California and won.
August 18, 2022--Steve and Annie talk with 'Community Rights U.S.' founder Paul Cienfuegos about his new book, “How Dare We?”
August 18, 2022--Elizabeth Archer talks with Marissa Ward and Joshua Sternburg about The Prison Monastery, an Unconditional Freedom project.
August 17, 2022--Doug and cover new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
August 17, 2022--Host Mari Rodin discusses emergency services, fire services, and the Measure P sales tax. Joining the discussion are Emergency Services Coordinator Garrett James, Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department Chief Dave Latoof, and Emily Tecchio County Coordinator for the Mendocino Fire Safe Council.
August 16, 2022--Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman interview equestrian Lari Shea, mushroom entrepreneur Eric Schramm, and others, about trails and their unintended consequences, "secondary forest products" such as mushrooms, about the challenge of horse, bike, and pedestrian coexistence, and other subjects essential to modern forest management.
August 16, 2022--Victor Palomino and Marty Durlin speak with Deep Valley Arts Collective, about their Medium Art Gallery. Later they speak with members of Flynn Creek Circus about circus art and their new show, Balloons, Bird, and other flying things.
August 15, 2022--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter updates listeners with a live show looking at issues from Pomo Country.
August 14, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
August 12, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with Indigenous elder, author, and teacher, Stan Rushworth, about his work and book he co-edited with Dahr Jamail, WE ARE THE MIDDLE OF FOREVER*: INDIGENOUS VOICES FROM TURTLE ISLAND ON THE CHANGING EARTH.
August 11, 2022--Ken Taylor of Joshua Grindle Inn visits the Fort Bragg Studio to talk about water in Mendocino Village.
August 11, 2022--Johanna Wildoak features a 2007 interview with beloved KZYX programmer and political commentator Ross Murray, who died at the age of 98 in 2017. September 16th would have been his 104th birthday.
August 10, 2022--Bob and Jim follow up on the new online privacy risks in a post Roe vs Wade world. As well as a roundup of other news items, with listener calls.
August 10--Karen Ottoboni digs into the county's financial and political budget woes with 5th District Supervisor Ted Williams.
August 9, 2022--Tim and Bob speak with Bryan Richards, Emerging Disease Coordinator with the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, about a new outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.
August 9, 2022-- Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob take listener calls and question for an hour of open lines.
August 7, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
August 8, 2022--This week on Mendolatino: a conversation with KZYX’s bilingual news director, Victor Palomino, about how to make our radio station more accessible and relevant to the Latino community.
August 5, 2022--Chad Swimmer and Roland Cory Medina bring you the story of Nancy Chao, from China to Taiwan to Albion. They also speak with Adrian James about putting on the Queer Prom, and writer and performer Sherry Glaser, talking about her new book Chicktionary, taking the 'dick' out of dictionary.
August 4, 2022--Blake More interviews writer/performer Sherry Glaser. They discuss her latest book, Mama's 1st Pocket Chicktionary: Taking the Dick Out of Dictionary, a bridge to the feminine paradigm.
August 4, 2022--Elizabeth Archer interviews 4H and FFA kids who raised livestock and are participating in the Redwood Empire Fair.
August 3, 2022--Doug and Alex cover new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
August 3, 2022--Host Dan Gjerde speaks with Donne Brownsey, Chair of the California Coastal Commission.
August 2, 2022--Host Hannah Bird speaks with GrizzlyCorp fellow Katie Smith, who's been supporting Mendocino County Fire Safe Council and the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District.
August 2, 2022--Hosts Victor Palomino and Marty Durlin explore Grace Hudson Museum and the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden's event, Art In The Gardens.
August 1, 2022--Host Corine Pearce speaks with Executive Director of the Redbud Resource Group Taylor Penwell of the Berry Creek Rancheria, and Community Outreach specialist Rose Hammock of the Round Valley Indian Tribes.
July 31, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
July 29, 2022--Hosts Lux Karpov interviews K.M. Robinson about social media influencing and what the future might hold, Kimberly Graham on money management, debt and investing, and tiktoker Randi Shover about feminist action on social media.
July 29, 2022-- Host Joy Laclaire speaks with University of Washington Political Science Professor, Jacob Grumbach about his research and his latest book, LABORATORIES AGAINST DEMOCRACY: HOW NATIONAL PARTIES TRANSFORMED STATE POLITICS.
July 28, 2022-- Host Michelle Hutchins discusses local and state plans to expand pre-kindergarten programs.
Eduardo Landeros, Centro Latino West. Programa Fundado Nuestros Sueños. Acutalización de la pandemia del COVID 19 en el condado de Mendocino.
July 28, 2022-- Host Johanna Wildoak shares information and tips on how to stay cool this summer, followed by a discussion with Kylie McCarthy of Soulcare in Nature.
July 27, 2022--Hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid talk about a new, free wildfire tracking app, upcoming changes to Apple's operating systems for phones, tablets, and laptop & desktop computers. Plus possible action by Congress to do away with those annoying so-called "data caps" on your Internet service plans. All that plus other computer-related news - and listener phone calls.
July 27, 2022-- Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Kathy Wylie, Foreman of the most recent Mendocino County Grand Jury.
July 26, 2022-- Host Anna Halligan replays and interview she had with Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, followed by a recent discussion she had with Kate about what the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's new beaver management plan is all about.
July 26, 2022-- Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob interview Annie Frassinello Earsley, Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Educator at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley.
July 24, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
July 21, 2022-- Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Greg Graziano of Graziano Family of Wines about everything from viticulture to sparkling wine.
July 20, 2022--Doug and Alex cover new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
July 19, 2022-- Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman interview Abeja Hummel and Tom Shaver of Emerald Earth Sanctuary in Anderson Valley about the prescribed burns they've been doing, and Kyle Farmer of Potter Valley, a co-founder of the Mendocino County Prescribed Burn Association and a Community Education Specialist for UC Cooperative Extension in Hopland.
July 20, 2022--Host Mari Rodin speaks with 5th district supervisor Ted Williams and Jeff Tyrrell of the Broadband Alliance of Mendocino County about plans in the works to bring fiber internet access to most of the county.
July 19, 2022--Marty Durlin and Victor Palomino host an hour of conversations about art, inspiration and the voices of Mendocino County’s art sector. In the second episode of art waves, they talk with 3 different artists about art as a way of living, a life journey, healing process and as a destination. The guests include: Black Oak gallery manager Tom Chandler, Jared Coldren, Rachel Lahn, and Alexa Balwind.
July 18, 2022--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter calls in from the coast to explore issues from Pomo Country.
July 17, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
July 15, 2022--Alicia Bales reports from Fort Bragg on the Coastal Commission hearings and their upcoming tour of the GP Mill Site. She talks with KZYX News's Sarah Reith about uncovering the culture of violence at the Ukiah Police Department. And she gives an update on the ongoing contract negotiations between Mendocino County and SEIU 1021 with organizer Patrick Hickey, featuring voices of workers who showed up en masse at the Supervisors meeting this week to speak up for a fair COLA.
July 14, 2022--Chris Skyhawk talks with Taylor Lampson, a spiritual life coach based in Sonoma County. Taylor has extensive experience in the field of deep men’s work and grief work, where he facilitates and supports deep ritual work, toward individual and community healing. They discuss how rejuvenating and re-discovering these ancient practices can facilitate new visions of what we can be as a planetary community.
July 14, 2022--Host Johanna talks with Janie Ward and Tracy Robinson-Wood about their book Sister Resistors: Mentoring Black Women on Campus. She also talks with local farmer Sara Grusky about an upcoming farm tour in Willits.
July 13, 2022--Hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina cover last week’s decision by the Mendocino Unified School District to sell Mendocino Community Network, one of the pioneering internet service providers in our area. MCN broke new ground in the 1990s, when it brought internet access to local schools, to teachers, and to the local community. (Prior to MCN, getting online meant making expensive toll calls to Santa Rosa.) But a combination of factors — from declining school enrollment to changing technologies to personnel shortages — have led to MUSD’s decision to sell MCN. There’s a lot to unpack here, and we chip away at some of it along with a roundup of other computer-related news and listener calls. calls. (If you have an Apple or Android phone or tablet, don’t forget to grab the new, free KZYX app, which lets you pause and rewind live radio. You can get them at the Apple App Store or the Google Play store.)
July 13, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County Sheriff, Matt Kendall. With caller comments and questions
July 12, 2022--Tim Bray and Robert Spies talk with Dr. Ken Johnson, a physical oceanographer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute about how improved technology and modes of measurement have allowed a great expansion of the ability to characterize the status and changes in the world's oceans.
July 12, 2022-- Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob interview new family resident, Dr. William Wey about LGBT health.
July 11, 2022-- MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas. This week features an archive edition first broadcast on Valentine’s Day, focusing on self-care and self-love. They talk with three Latinas who work with immigrants and communities of color to heal and transform experiences of violence and trauma. MendoLatino, every 2nd and 4th Monday at 9am, en español, right here on KZYX and Z.
July 10,2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
July 8, 2022--Joy LaClaire talks with British barrister and award winning author, Jamie Susskind, about his latest book, THE DIGITAL REPUBLIC: On Freedom & Democracy in the 21st Century.
July 7, 2022--Blake More interviews Mendocino County poet and Gualala Arts Poet in Residence Dana Teen Lomax. In a mix of poetry, process and discovery, they discuss her poetry as well as her recent anthology “The Beautiful”, an optimistic, wise collection of images and poetry highlighting America’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories & commonwealths.
July 6, 2022--On “For the Love of Reading”, The Soul of the Night by astronomer Chet Raymo. A fascinating and lyrical exploration of the night sky, with excursions into the science of galaxies, quasars, dark matter, eclipses, and more. Read for you by Linda Pack.
July 7, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Sara Grusky of Green Uprising Farm in Willits about their 5 acre farm.
July 7, 2022--Jenn catches listeners up on cannabis policy in Mendocino County and California, the inaugural inclusion of cannabis in the California State Fair, and the Kind Bud Camp Out happening July 9th.
July 6, 2022--Join hosts Doug and Alex for a show about new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
July 6, 2022--This week: How do we ensure we have enough water? Dan Gjerde talks with two people working to secure our water -- Water District Manager Jim Shields and Civil Engineer Rod Wilburn, who give a roadmap for water security in Mendocino County.
July 5, 2022--Victor Palomino and Marty Durlin kick off a new short series on KZYX about local artists, art and art spaces.
July 4, 2022--Corine Pearce welcomes two special guests: family wellness advocate Katie Ray, an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, along with Priest Martinez, tribal council member, community organizer, and cultural educator member of the Little River Band of Pomo Indians in Redwood Valley.
July 3, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
July 1, 2022--Host Alicia Bales talks with Kailea Frederick, a climate justice organizer with NDN Collective and co-organizer of the abortion rights protest in Petaluma on June 26 that drew over 500 people; and Kimi Barbosa of North Bay Organizing Projects Deep Democracy civic engagement policy and the Police Accountability Task Force. They are joined by Dr. Andy Coren, Mendocino County's Public Health Officer, who himself has performed abortions locally for decades.
June 30, 2022--Mendocino Theatre Company brings you their reading of “The Twelve Pound Look” by J.M Barrie, directed by Lorry Lepaule.
June 30, 2022--Join Elizabeth Archer for an exploration into how survivors of domestic and sexual violence are often treated after sharing their stories, drawn from her own experiences as well as from the recent John Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial.
June 29, 2022--Join Michelle Blackwell for the second episode of Upwelling. She interviews local author Norma Watkins about her new novel In Common and Mendocino County youth laureate Sidney Regelbrugge about her writing journey.
June 30, 2022--Join Johanna as she talks with Megan Parker, Certified Social Worker, about Hospice of Ukiah.
June 28, 2022--Host Anna Halligan talks all about lamprey, with Dr. Stewart Reid of the firm Western Fishes.
June 23, 2022--Tune in for Inside Education, a show about education in Mendocino County. Host Michelle Hutchins interviews faculty and students of Mendocino College on the topic of equity in education.
June 28, 2022--This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Care for Her's Devery Montano, CNM, about midwifery services in Mendocino County.
June 26, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
June 24, 2022--On Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire talks with co-founder of Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Senior Fellow in The Brookings Institution Governance Studies program, Norman Eisen, about his latest book, OVERCOMING TRUMPERY: HOW TO RESTORE ETHICS, THE RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY.
June 23, 2022--Cannabis Hour host Jenn Procacci is joined by Traci Pellar of Mendocino Producer’s Guild, Nikki Lastreto of Mendocino Cannabis Alliance and Swami of Swami Select to cover upcoming cannabis events; the Mendocino Producer’s Guild Farmers Market Series and the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance’s historic inaugural Craft Farmers Auction. Swami and Nikki also discuss their background in the Emerald Triangle and journey from then till now with their grand Swami Select.
June 22, 2022--Join hosts Doug and Alex for a show about new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
June 22, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with 3rd District County Supervisor John Haschak. With caller comments and questions
June 21, 2022--A tribute to the life of Bill Lemos, one of Mendocino County's greatest educators, environmentalists and a profound inspiration to us all.
June 21, 2022--Fire Safe Council Executive Director Scott Cratty talks about home hardening and wildfire preparation with new CalFire Mendocino Unit Chief Luke Kendall, with call-in questions.
June 21, 2022--Join Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter for a live show looking at issues from Pomo Country.
June 19, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
June 17, 2022--This week, Alicia Bales talks with veteran local reporter Mike Geniella about the criminal case opened against the Ukiah Chief of Police, and she speaks with Ryan Burns of Lost Coast Outpost about the death of the mysterious Coal Train.
June 16, 2022--Join hosts Annie Esposito and Steve for a discussion about Corporate Influence in the California Public Utility Commission’s Proposed New Tax on Home Solar Energy, with Dave Rosenfeld, Executive Director of the Solar Rights Alliance, and Loretta Lynch, former member of the CPUC.
June 16, 2022-- Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Ron Ortman about a goat co-op he and four other families own and operate.
June 16, 2022--Join Johanna as she talks with Ellen Bravo and Larry Miller, authors of Standing Up: Tales of Struggle. This husband-and-wife team marshal almost a century of combined experience organizing and fighting for gains that strengthen families as well as the dignity and dreams of “the deliberately unheard.” Through engaging stories drawn from the 1970s to today, they wrangle with sexual harassment, racism and economic inequality, and work for paid family leave, healthcare and safer workplaces.
June 15, 2022--Join hosts Jim Heid and Toby Malina to talk about artificial intelligence. A google engineer says he believes that a Google AI has attained true intelligence. What’s the real story? Has the era of true computer intelligence arrived? They talk to a well-known technology educator and digital ethicist about it — and about the potential risks of truly intelligent AI.
June 15, 2022--Host Mari Rodin speaks with 2nd District Supervisor Maureen Mulheren, then 4th District Supervisor Dan Gjerde about two different tax measures that may make there way to voter ballots in November.
June 14, 2022--Tim and Bob talk all about Grey Whales with Dr. James Harvey, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory. They explore the life history, migratory patterns, feeding and reproduction of these wonderful Eastern Pacific whales. Join hosts Tim Bray and Robert Spies for this informative exploration of some of the most enigmatic Mendocino County tourists.
June 14, 2022--Join Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob on Mind/Body Health, for in-depth conversations with local health care providers about preventative care and treatment for medical issues that affect our community. This week, Marvin’s guest is Pediatrician Dr. Casey Johnston.
June 12, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
June 10, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire talks with psychologist and environmentalist, Joseph Scalia III (no relationship to Antonin Scalia), about the problems of corporate funded Big Green organizations using the collaboration process with The National Forest Service at the expense of wilderness protection.
June 9, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci is joined by veterans and their allies to discuss how cannabis has improved their lives after service and helped alleviate PTSD.
June 8, 2022--Join hosts Doug for a show about new developments in Renewable Energy. With time for you to call in with your own inspirations, questions and concerns.
June 7, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni talks with Brentt Blaser, Mendocino County Office of Emergency Services program manager, about how prepared you & the county are for the coming fire season.
June 7, 2022--Host Hannah Bird speaks with Heather Podoll, Partnership & Advocacy Coordinator for Fibershed, about the climate beneficial practices associated with California fiber production. Then she speaks with John Bailey, Director at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center, about the recent addition of a hedgerow to their site and the multi benefits such plants add to a working landscape.
June 7, 2022--Join us for Part 2 of 3 of the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Radio Hour's Special Series for Fire Season. Fire Safe Council Executive Director Scott Cratty leads a discussion about wildfire policy and preparation with Yana Valachovic, the Forest Advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties.
June 6, 2022--Corine is joined by Chag Lowry who is of Yurok, Maidu, and Achumawi ancestry, to discuss his graphic novel Soldiers Unknown, which was honored as a 2022 American Indian Library Association Honor Book. They are also joined by Rebecca Lowry a poet, basket weaver and curriculum writer of Lenape ancestry.
June 5, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
June 3, 2022--Hosts Chad Swimmer and Roland Cory Medina pose yet another existential question: Is the Supreme Court's conservative majority trying to take us back into the Dark Ages? Why did Alito's draft opinion reference a 13th Century English legal treatise? Listen in to hear queer perspectives on why the right to legal, safe, and funded abortions must be defended.
June 3, 2022--NPR's Renee Montagne is in Mendocino to be a juror in the Documentaries Selections at the Mendocino Film Fest this weekend. She visited KZYX's Fort Bragg studio and talked with Alicia Bales about her 40 years of extraordinary work at NPR, how she got her start in radio, and reflections on the impact of voices on the air.
June 2, 2022--Host Blake More celebrates the successful end of the 2021-22 school year with a show featuring the literary voices of K-8 students at Manchester Elementary School in Manchester, CA. The last school year has not been without its ups and downs, so 5th grader Max and his fellow students came to Blake with the idea to close the school year on an especially high note.
June 2, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer is join by her first repeat guest, Carson Elmer, for another discussion on bees!
June 2, 2022--Johanna talks with Annie Liner about the Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund.
June 1, 2022--Join hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.
June 1, 2022--Host Dan Gjerde speaks with several volunteers from Mendocino County Libraries about the work of the different Friends of the Library groups, and the citizen's petition for a sales tax for this November. .
May 31, 2022--30 years ago this month, in May of 1992, the community of Albion rose up against LP corporation’s logging of the Enchanted Meadow along the Albion River. For nine weeks, hundreds of people nonviolently protested at logging gates, sat in trees, locked down to heavy equipment, got arrested, packed courtrooms, and eventually stopped the cut. In the middle of the Uprising, timber worker Ernie Pardini spoke out against LP’s liquidation logging, and called for change. KZYX commemorates the 30th Anniversary Albion Uprising, with an archive of Judi Bari’s historic KZYX interview with Ernie Pardini, a milestone in the Timber Wars in Mendocino County.
May 31, 2022--Diane Hering died Tuesday May 24 at the hospital in Ukiah. She had served KZYX as both general manager and membership director, and hosted a music show “Lunch on the Backporch” for some 20 years. She was also a musician, playing bass and singing with local groups. KZYX presents a program in Diane’s honor, hosted by KZYX operations director Rich Culbertson and featuring former GM John Coate, former program director Mary Aigner and former KZYX programmer Lynda McClure.
May 29, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
May 31, 2022--Sheriff Matt Kendall was running un-opposed in the June 7th election, until Trent James qualified as a write-in candidate last week. James has made waves with his YouTube video series, “Confessions of an Ex-Cop,” and now he’s running to lead the Department where he once worked as a Patrol Deputy. Trent James live in the studio this Tuesday morning at 9am, with time for your calls, right here on KZYX and Z.
May 27, 2022--Tune into Forthright Radio for another Radio Goes to the Movies edition. Host Joy LaClaire previews films screening at the 2022 Mendocino Film Festival, featuring interviews with Pamela Green, director of BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ; Chikara Motomura, director of JOURNEY TO HOKUSAI; and Sara Dosa, director of FIRE OF LOVE.
May 27, 2022--Aspecial episode honoring Mental Health Awareness Month. Host Chad Swimmer brings in the voices of youth, parents, educators, and practitioners to shed light on the various emotional health issues affecting youth and activists in general.
May 26, 2022--John Horton spotlights Mendocino County’s Summer School Programs with guests Malea Meyer and Bessie Glossinger of Youth Services in the Continuous Improvement, Innovation & Development Department at MCOE.
May 26, 2022--Emerald Cup Founder Tim Blake joins Cannabis Hour host Jenn Procacci to discuss the Cup’s inaugural awards ceremony in LA; Cultivator and Emerald Cup award winner Tina Gordon of Moon Made Farms adds her perspective, as well as a recount of the Farmer’s Walk in Hollywood. Nick Smilgys of Mendo Distro gives us the 411 on the upcoming Mendocino Producers Guild farmers markets.
May 25, 2022--Doug Livingston and Alex Aragon host an open lines show on Renewable Energy issues, with questions about off-grid home systems and the ongoing state politics affecting "solar rights."
May 25, 2022--Karen Ottoboni talks with the new Chief of the Mendocino Unit of CalFire, Luke Kendall.
May 24, 2022--Host Anna Halligan shares recordings from distinguished keynote speakers at the 39th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Santa Cruz, CA. The conference showcases watershed visionaries and scientists at the forefront of the restoration movement in California.
May 24, 2022--Join guest host Cob on Mind/Body Health, for an interview with Faith Dayton, Lead LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) for the “Compass Street Medicine Program,” part of Adventist Health in Ukiah. They discuss street medicine in the Ukiah Valley, and the connection between mental and physical health.
May 23, 2022--WDan moderates a debate between 3rd District Supervisor Incumbent John Haschak and Challenger Clay Romero. The Election is June 7th.
May 23, 2022--This week, MendoLatino celebrates the 15th annual Mendocino Film Festival. Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas interview Missing in Brooks County's producer Jacob Bricca and The Keepers of the Corn's director Gustavo Vazquez, two of the features of this year's festival. Vasquez’s film Guardianes del Maíz focuses on the ancient corn seeds cultivated in Mexico and the people that keep the tradition and food culture alive in many corners of that land. Bricca is an award-winning film editor, producer, director and academic. In Missing in Brooks County two families search for loved ones who disappeared in the fields of Brooks County, Texas, after crossing from Mexico and find a hard truth: that the deadliest part of the journey is far from the border.
May 22, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
May 20, 2022--Alicia Bales talks with Walter Smith about PG&E's nightmare "Enhanced Vegetation Management" policy, a reactionary panic-driven campaign of clearcutting along their power lines throughout the region, with no oversight, landowner protections, or environmental safeguards.
May 19, 2022--Steve and Annie talk with Common Dreams Journalist Jessica Corbell about what it’s like to be a reporter when there is so much false news, so many existential issues to cover, dangerous times for reporters, and difficult financial times for news outlets.
May 19, 2022--Elizabeth Archer speaks with Paul Brumbaugh and Matt Drewno about what a good farm looks like in Mendocino County in the year 2022 and beyond.
May 19, 2022--Host Johanna Wildoak features two women who each tell compelling stories, one with words and one with images. She talks with local illustrator and photographer Leona Walden about the recently reissued Country Women, A Handbook for the New Farmer. A “back to the land” classic, this homesteading handbook chronicles the aspirations of tireless women seeking a new life on small farms around America, including in Mendocino County. Johanna also talks with award-winning journalist Jori Lewis in Dakar, Senegal. Her book Slaves for Peanuts, tells the story of an African minister, born to would-be slaves, who walked a tightrope between Western colonization and African self-determination and what role the peanut played.
May 18, 2022--Mari Rodin talks with Neeka Aguirre and Rebecca Montes of the Mendocino County Museum Advisory Board about the Mendocino County Museum in Willits and the possibility that budget shortfalls might force the county to close it.
May 17, 2022- Paul Schulman and Chad Swimmer take you on a walk in the forest above Jughandle Creek with Professor Emeritus and California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Specialist Teresa Sholars, and Zoom with San Jose State University Environmental Scientist Will Russell--talking about redwood forest ecology, unique plant communities and forest practices.
May 17, 2022--Elizabeth Archer and Fire Safe Council Executive Director Scott Cratty talk about the first annual Wildfire Safety Expo happening this weekend in Boonville.
May 16, 2022--Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter updates listeners on the latest exciting developments in the community effort to create a Tribal Co-Management agreement in Jackson Demonstration State Forest.
May 15, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
May 13, 2022--Joy LaClaire presents interviews with three filmmakers, whose films will be screening at the Mendocino Film Festival. Each of the films deals with Indigenous Peoples Issues. Gustavo Vazquez on The Keepers of Corn, Alex Pritz on The Territory, and Dan Golding on Chasing Voices.
May 12, 2022--Host Chris Skyhawk talks with Joel Preston Smith, a photo-journalist who has used his skills on numerous humanitarian missions in such places as Iraq, Honduras, Palestine, Rwanda, and Standing Rock. He is the author of Night of a Thousand Stars and Other Portraits of Iraq, was published by Nazraeli Press (2006).
May 6, 2022--The Mendocino County Chapter of the League of Women Voters hosts this Candidates Forum with the candidates for Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools: Incumbent Michelle Hutchins, and Challenger Nicole Glentzer. Moderated by Pat Dunbar. Election Day is June 7th.
May 16, 2022--WDan moderates a debate between 5th District Supervisor Incumbent Ted Williams and Challenger John Redding. The Election is June 7th.
May 12, 2022--Alicia Bales hosts a special overview of the upcoming Primary Election on June 7, with Mendocino County Registrar of Voters Katrina Bartolomie and Pat Dunbar of the Mendocino County Chapter of the League of Women Voters.
May 12, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci welcomes Mary Jane Oatman, Joe Montoya and Dan Turbyfill to discuss Native American cannabis culture and policy. Mary Jane Oatman is the founder of Indigenous Cannabis Coalition and publisher of THC (Tribal Hemp and Cannabis Magazine). Joe Montoya, known as Green Chief, is the tribal cannabis liaison and CEO of Green Chief Farms for the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians at Big Valley Rancheria. Dan Turbyfill is the founder of Turby + Co, a cannabis consulting, advocacy, management and policy organization.
May 11, 2022--Doug and Alex host a show about new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
May 11, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Alicia Bales and KZYX's News Director, Victor Palamino, about KZYX's new building and what it means for the growing news department. With listener calls.
May 10, 2022--Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with Dr. Marshal Hedin of San Diego State University, about the amazing diversity and evolutionary history of Spiders. With more than fifty thousand species known and probably twice that many yet to be discovered, they have plenty to talk about.
May 9, 2022--Today's topics: changes in Medi-Cal presented by Andy Coren and Brenda Moreno Sanchez from Public Health. WestCenter informs about a grant for small businesses owners presented by Monserrat Plascencia and Eduardo Landeros. And Monica Flores of Mendocino College informs the public about a Job Fair and Registration Fiesta happening in Lake County and Ft. Bragg on May 12 and 13. This is a pledge drive show.
May 10, 2022-- Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Shannon Todd, FNP about nurse practitioners and hospitalists and their roles in the hospital. With Alicia Bales engineering.
May 8, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
May 6, 2022--Cohosts Chad Swimmer and Roland Cory Medina interview Northern California Queer Folk Goddess, singer-songwriter Diane Patterson from Poland, near the Ukrainian border, where she is on tour taking her activist and poignant music on the road through Northern and Eastern Europe. They talk about her life, her music, and what she is seeing now on the ground on the edge of a war zone.
May 6, 2022--On Politics: A Love Story, Bob Bushansky speaks about his pent up anger and frustration about the direction our country is taking politically. He also renames the Republican Party and the Fox organization. He explains why the next 2 election cycles are not a competition between Democrats and Republicans — but something much more dire.
May 5, 2022-- On Be More Now, host Blake More interviews Mendocino County muralist Lauren Sinnott. They discuss her recently completed “Community History Mural” covering an entire block of Ukiah, including the inspirations and challenges of such a project as well as the official unveiling scheduled for Friday, May 6.
May 5, 2022--Join Johanna “Wildoak” for a special pledge drive edition of WildOak Living, focusing on the vital role of community radio for connecting us here locally and with other communities around the world. With a report about the hugely successful Stand With Ukraine event on May 1 in Mendocino and the resolution by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors in support of Ukraine.
May 5, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer is joined by former host Ruthie King, owner and operator of Shear Mendocino and a member of the New Agrarian Collective community of farmers. Together they discuss life and death on the farm.
May 4, 2022--Linda Pack and Special Guest Kate Magruder present "Journey to a New Home." Works by Carl Sandburg and Willa Cather, and the true story of Helen Carpenter’s Journey by Ox Cart from Kansas to Potter Valley in 1856.
May 4, 2022--Join hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.
May 4, 2022--What is it like to hire a building contractor? Ask the experts: two local builders talk about their work and their clients here in Mendocino County. Howie Hawkes of Ukiah and Cynthia Sharon of Fort Bragg share the inside scoop on how a homeowner can have a successful building project. Join the conversation on Citizen U with Supervisor Dan Gjerde and Ukiah Council Member Mari Rodin.
May 3, 2022--On this edition of the Ecology Hour, host Hannah Bird speaks with PhD candidate Chelsea Andreozzi of UC Berkley Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management, about her study of bats in redwood forests and the importance of their habitat as the climate changes.
May 2, 2022--Host Corine Pearce, Pomo Cultural Educator and Basket Weaver, talks with Martin Morgan of the Kaishia band of Pomo Indians about the Pomo Weavers Society.
May 1, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.
April 29, 2022--Hosts Lux Karpov and Alicia Bales talk with Andrea Chalupa, co-host of the Gaslit Nation Podcast, about the situation for women in Ukraine during Russia's assault. With a report on the new Women's Empowerment Club at Ukiah HS.
April 29, 2022--Bob Bushansky held a LIVE discussion with Phil Warf, Political Science professor at Mendocino College. Are the Dems going to be crunched in November? Will Dumpy Trumpy ever be indicted? Can Joe Biden get into positive territory in the polls?
April 29, 2022--Host Chad Swimmer interviews Youth Climate Activists Sara Constance Rose and Ravel Gauthier about their recent trip to the EarthX Climate Summit. We'll also hear from Michelle McMillan and Matthew Bostock about innovative ways that activists are taking the struggle into cyberspace.
April 28, 2022--Join host John Horton for Inside Education’s second spotlight on the Mendocino County Science Fair. Guests include E.J. Renner, MCOE Continuous Improvement Specialist and the nine students who represented Mendocino County at the State Science Fair to learn about what inspired their projects.
April 28, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci brings you voices from the local Cannabis Community, with perspectives about the politics, cultivation, economy, uses and culture of Mendocino County’s most talked-about crop. This week she speaks with Jessica Roemer, Sweet Leaf Joe, and Traci Pellar. They talk about the Leggett Fire Water Project, MPG's Farmers Market Series, and the Sweet Leaf Collective.
April 28, 2022--Join Mary Anne Petrillo, CEO of West Business Development Center this week for the New Normal Radio Hour. Mary Anne talks with Luke Gardner, Extension Specialist with California Sea Grant; Anna Neumann, harbormaster of Noyo Harbor; and Sarah McCormick with the City of Fort Bragg. They discuss the upcoming Blue Economy Symposium and Learning Festival, happening May 19 to 22.
April 27, 2022--Doug and Alex host a show about new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.
April 27, 2022--Sarah Reith of KZYX News hosts a special show on Mendocino County's process for spending the $17 million it received in ARPA Funding, with Laura Diamondstone and Interim County CEO Darcie Antle.
April 24, 2022-- Tune into the Sports Phone with Jim and Jerry for a lively community call-in about all things sports.
April 26, 2022--Want to learn more about groundwater and streamflow in a changing climate? Join host Anna Halligan as she shares two interviews with researchers Eli Asarian and David Dralle.
abril 25, 2022--Mendolatino se enfoca en el Centro de Soñadores, o Dream Center de Mendocino College. Conversamos con 2 personas que trabajan alli, Mariana Martínez y Nayeli Chaidez. Ellas explican los servicios, consejos legales y recursos que brindan a estudiantes indocumentados y provenientes de familias de estatus mixto.
MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas. This week, MendoLatino looks into the recently established Dream Center of Mendocino College. They speak with the Center's personnel, Mariana Martinez and Nayeli Chaidez, about the services, resources and legal advice the center offers to undocumented youth and their families, as well as mixed-status families.
April 22, 2022--On Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire talks with author and culture writer, Stephen Marche, about his work and his latest book, THE NEXT CIVIL WAR: DISPATCHES FROM THE AMERICAN FUTURE.
April 21, 2022--On Corporations and Democracy, Steve & Annie discuss “A New Day for Labor” with Mark Brenner, Co-Director of the Labor Education and Research Center at the University of Oregon, and past writer for Labor Notes.
April 21, 2022--Elizabeth Archer speaks with Anderson Valley's Kevin Owens about all things sheep dog!
April 21, 2022--Johanna talks with philosopher Andrew Fiala about what exactly is a tyrant and what makes a tyrant possible. Fiala shares his hopeful thoughts about how solutions and models from the past can curb the worst disorders of the human soul going forward. This program also features an update about local efforts and events to support the people of Ukraine.
April 20, 2022--Join hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.
April 20, 2022--Host Mari Rodin talks with Katherine Cole and Uma Hinman about special districts and how they work.
April 19, 2022- In this special podcast version of the Trail Stewards Radio Hour, hosts Paul Schulman and Chad Swimmer distill for you mountain of news coming from Jackson--the People's Forest and also talk to Biofuel Watch International's Gary Hughes about the problems with California's carbon markets.
April 18, 2022--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter brings the latest information about his work to protect Pomo Ancestral Homelands in Jackson Demonstration State Forest, including his ongoing meetings with the head of California's Department of Natural Resources, Wade Crowfoot. He talks about the progress being made toward the vision for Tribal Co-Management of JDSF's 50,000 acres of publicly owned redwood and douglas fir forests. Pomo Perspective can be heard live on KZYX every 3rd Monday of the month from 9-10am PST.
April 15, 2022--Host Bob Bushansky talks with Julian Zelizer, editor of a new book: The Presidency of Donald J Trump — A First Historical Assessment. The book has 19 essays looking at Trump’s racism, lies, impeachments, his effect on the GOP, white militancy, Latinos For Trump and more.
April 14, 2022--Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow return with “Talking About California” and part 3 of a series on the causes and consequences of the war in Ukraine. Their guest is Tariq Ali, the celebrated writer, film maker and peace activist. He writes fiction and non-fiction and has published in magazines and newspapers including the Guardian and the London Review of books. He is frequently a guest on Democracy Now.
April 14, 2022--Join Mary Anne Petrillo, CEO of West Business Development Center for the New Normal Radio Hour. Mary Anne talks with Sheila Semans, Executive Director of the Noyo Center for Marine Science, and Brianna Zuber, Associate Professor of Biology at Mendocino College, for a discussion on what the blue economy is and what it means for our county’s economic development and growth. Part 1 of 2 in a special series.
April 14, 2022-- Host Jenn Procacci talks with Chiah Rodriques of Arcanna Flowers, Michael Katz of MCA, and Genine Coleman of Origins Council about the cannabis documentary, Lady Buds.
April 13, 2022--Alex and Doug revisit some of the themes from recent shows, with a focus on the role of government incentives (carrots) and mandates (sticks) as vital in the move forward toward environmental health. With listener calls.
April 13, 2022--Karen Ottoboni talks with Kate Feigin, Program Director for the Restorative Justice Program at the Mendocino County Jail.
April 12, 2022--A dramatic loss of kelp forest habitat along the Mendocino-Sonoma coast has received national attention. To find out what scientists are learning about this phenomenon, Tim and Bob talk with Dr. Laura Rogers-Bennett of the UC David Bodega Marine Laboratory. She leads a team that monitors marine environmental health using field investigations, laboratory work, and quantitative modeling, and has been monitoring nearshore marine conditions for 30 years. They ask her about the latest research and what is being discovered about the kelp, sea urchins, and sea stars, and what might be done to "help the kelp."
April 12, 2022--Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Micheal Frick, who runs the Oral Health Grant for Public Health Community Wellness in Ukiah, and Jen Stasch, Executive Director at Pediatric Dental Initiative in Windsor, about oral health for children, and the extraordinary impact it can have for lifelong wellbeing.
11 de abril de 2022--Esta semana en Mendolatino hablamos de Tango con el Maestro Guitarrista venezolano Carlos Caminos de Los Tangueros del Oeste. Este grupo de Nuevo Tango fusiona ritmos y texturas del hip hop y la electrónica con el flamenco. Tocarán en Ukiah el 24 de abril.
April 11, 2022-- This week on Mendolatino we talk about Tango with Venezuelan Master Guitarist Carlos Caminos of Los Tangueros del Oeste. This Nuevo Tango group blends beats and textures from hip hop and electronica with flamenco. They will be playing in Ukiah on April 24th.
April 10, 2022--Join Jerry and Vince to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
April 7, 2022--Join Johanna Wildoak for Wildoak Living, the program about creating sustainable community in Mendocino County and beyond. Listeners are invited to call in with questions or to share ideas. This episode features local author Monroe Robinson, as they discuss his latest book, The Handcrafted Life of Dick Proenneke.
April 9, 2022--On Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire interviews former CIA analyst and Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity member, Ray McGovern. He’ll share his expertise, knowledge and perspectives on the current and evolving geopolitical situations.
April 7, 2022--Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow return with “Talking About California” and an interview with Phyllis Bennis. Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at Institute for Policy Studies, focusing on Middle East, U.S. wars and UN issues. She is also a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. In 2001 she helped found the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and now serves on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace.
April 5, 2022--This week on The Ecology Hour, host Hannah Bird speaks again with PhD candidates, Phoebe Parker-Shames and Kendall Calhoun, about their research projects. Phoebe is studying the environmental impact on cannabis production, and Kendall is studying wildlife response to wildfire.
April 6, 2022--Dan Gjerde, 4th District County Supervisor, talks with Bekkie Emery, Jill Rexrode and Nancy Powers-Stone about local resources for those who care for elders.
April 6, 2022--Jim Heid and Toby Malina take listeners on a journey into the depths of wikipedia, the free, people-powered online encyclopedia. They talk to the creator of a wildly popular social media account called “Depths of Wikipedia,” which showcases some of the just-plain-weird things that have made their way into wikipedia.
April 4, 2022--Join Corine Pearce and her guests, culture bearers Eric Wilder, a local artist and storyteller from the Kashia Pomo Tribe and Sara Calvosa of the Karuk tribe from the Hupa valley, a home cook and food writer who works with traditional native foods of California.
April 3, 2022-Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. You can hear the The Sports Phone, Sunday nights at 7pm PST, on KZYX and Z or at kzyx.org. Call in from anywhere at 707-895-2448.
March 10, 2022--Alicia Bales presents a very special program remembering Legendary Civil Rights Attorney Dennis Cunningham, who died on Saturday March 6, 2022 at the age of 86. Featuring an interview with Dennis first broadcast on October 29, 2019 for the KZYX Ecology Hour, just before Dennis was honored by EPIC the Environmental Protection Information Center in Humboldt county for his lifetime of advocacy on behalf of activists. With reflections from Darryl Cherney, who Dennis represented in his civil rights case with Judi Bari against the FBI and Oakland Police, and from Tom Wheeler, the executive director of EPIC, about Dennis’s role as a hero to up and coming social justice lawyers.
April 1, 2022--Hosts Roland Corey Medina and Chad Swimmer look closely at body image, gender dysmorphia, the bad old HIV positive diagnosis and a fabulous new book that really brings it home. They also check out ways to fight back against the slew of hateful new laws sweeping red America.
April 1, 2022--Bob Bushansky speaks with Stian Westlake, co-author of Restarting The Future — How To Fix The Intangible Economy. Stian Westlake is the CEO of the Royal Statistical Society of Great Britain. He believes that with the decline of manufacturing, the intangible economy — intellectual property, R & D, software, design, etc. — is the future and it needs fixing.
March 31, 2022--Mendocino Theatre Company brings you their reading of SUPPRESSED DESIRES, a hilarious satire of contemporary fads written in 1915 by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Susan Glaspell. The reading, directed by Lorry Lepaule, features Pamela W. Allen, Mark Friedrich, Ken Krauss, and Laura Pinyuh.
March 31, 2022-- Host Elizabeth Archer goes in depth on a different kind of food-related topic. She talks about the prevalence of anti-fat bias in our society and medical system, and detail her own journey of overcoming the shame of fatness and learning to appreciate and love her fat body.
March 31, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci talks with Attorney Hannah Nelson about the Vegetation Modification Letters that many cultivators have received in Mendocino County.
March 30, 2022--Hosts Doug and Alex talk with Michael Pratt, lead automotive technologies instructor at Mendocino College, about Mendo College’s new EV program, other school offerings, and the many employment opportunities made possible with different certifications. With listener questions.
March 30, 2022--Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow interview the award-winning journalist Patrick Cockburn, columnist for the London Independent and the Financial Times. He has also worked as a correspondent in Moscow and Washington and is a frequent contributor to the London Review of Books. Cockburn discusses the causes, consequences and dangers of the war in Ukraine.
28 de marzo de 2022--MendoLatino presenta a Camila Chávez Directora Ejecutiva de la Fundación Dolores Huerta y a Eliana Jiménez Honeycutt quien es la Coordinadora de Participación Ciudadana del Condado de Kern para la misma fundación. Acompáñanos a celebrar a las mujeres a través del reconocimiento de su trabajo, luchas y triunfos.
March 28, 2022--Hosts Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas talk with Camila Chavez, Executive Director of Dolores Huerta Foundation, and Eliana Jimenez Honeycutt, the foundations' Citizen Participation Coordinator for Kern County.
March 27, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
March 24, 2022--Join Michelle Blackwell for the first episode of Upwelling. She interviews award winning local author Ginny Rorby about her recent novel Like Dust I Rise. Rorby chronicles a family’s struggle to capture the American Dream from the Chicago Stockyards to the ravages of the depression and the dust bowl. Upwelling brings the richness of local literature to the airwaves.
March 24, 2022--This episode of Disquiet on the Western Front features a montage of people, animals, running or falling water, poetry, original music, and one 120-year-old Ukrainian folk song in Yiddish. That is Disquiet on the Western Front, Conversations to Cool a Planet on Fire.
March 24, 2022--Join host John Horton for Inside Education’s spotlight on the Mendocino County Science Fair. Guests include MCOE Science Fair Leaders Dr. Maia Steward, EJ Renner, and Bessie Glossenger. Student interviews will be highlighted in next month's show.
March 24, 2022--Join Johanna Wildoak for Wildoak Living, the program about creating sustainable community in Mendocino County and beyond. Listeners are invited to call in with questions or to share ideas.
March 23, 2022--This week, hosts Jim Heid and Toby Medina talk about the surge of fake friend requests that a lot of people are seeing on Facebook. Hackers will often create fake accounts and use them to obtain personal information. Learn how to spot the fakes and report them. They also cover about the recent White House warning regarding cyberattacks that could be part of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. And they go local with an interview with the business manager of Mendocino Community Network to learn what’s new from one the original local internet providers in Mendocino County.
March 22, 2022--Anna Halligan speaks with Alicia Hamann, Executive Director at Friends of the Eel River, about the potential of a free flowing, undammed Eel River.
March 21, 2022--Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter explains the latest on the #PomoLandBack campaign and the struggle for tribal-comanagement in his tribe's ancestral homeland at Jackson Demonstration State Forest.
March 20, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
March 17, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci talks with Michael Katz of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, giving an update on local and state cannabis policy, as well as what's new with the MCA.
March 17, 2022--Steve & Annie discuss “What are Russian Oligarchs doing in U.S. Tax Havens?” with Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies.
March 18, 2022--Bob talks with Frederick Schauer about his new book The Proof — Uses of Evidence in Law, Politics, and Everything Else. How does someone know whether what you were told was a fact, a rumor, or hearsay?
March 17, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer interviews Lucy Bartholomew and Michelle Duarte of Blue Zones Mendocino County. They will give listeners a primer on Blue Zones, discuss the recently completed Food Policy Discovery Report, and take caller questions.
14 de marzo de 2022--MendoLatino celebra a las mujeres a través del reconocimiento a su trabajo, sus luchas y triunfos. Con Ana Almanza, Naya Barreto, y Juliana Sanchez.
March 14, 2022--MendoLatino celebrates women through recognition of their work, struggles and triumphs. With Ana Almanza, Naya Barreto, and Juliana Sanchez.
March 16, 2022--Hosts Doug and Alex talk about gravitational potential energy batteries, used for storing excess solar power in raised weights to put power back into the grid when the sun isn't shining.
March 16, 2022--Host Mari Rodin interviews Jordan Wells of the National Stewardship Action Council about recycling policy.
March 15, 2022--On the Trail Stewards Radio Hour, hosts Paul Schulman and Chad Swimmer distill all the Jackson State “People's Forest” news into one action packed hour: State Senator McGuire's town hall, Cal Fire's PR-Palooza, the Jackson State Coalition's gathering momentum, the Pomo's Caspar Cultural and Spiritual Gatherings.
March 13, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
March 11, 2022--Veteran author/journalist Thom Hartmann returns to discuss the latest in his Hidden History series: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF BIG BROTHER IN AMERICA: HOW THE DEATH OF PRIVACY AND THE RISE OF SURVEILLANCE THREATEN US AND OUR DEMOCRACY, as well as the evolving situation(s) in the U.S. and abroad.
March 10, 2022--Host Chris Skyhawk continues his series “Late Stage capitalism, the collapse of the existing system: What’s next?” His guest this episode is Audrya Chancellor, a sacred sound practitioner and a recently certified Reikki Master. They look at collective and personal healing modalities that may help people with the shifting times we find ourselves in.
March 4, 2022- This week hosts Roland Corey Medina and Chad Swimmer bring you voices from Mendocino County Department of Social Services about foster care for LGBTQIA+ youth and how open-minded adults can help; what it used to mean to test positive back in the 80s and 90s; and a special segment on 'having my baby'--how gay couples create loving families.
March 10, 2022--Johanna talks with a journalist calling in live from the Ukraine, Ukrainian refugees, a representative from the International Rescue Committee and people involved locally in helping the people of Ukraine.
March 9, 2022--Join hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid with the latest computer news and time for your calls. That’s all things computed, with Point and Click Radio.
March 8, 2022--Ravens, Ravens, Ravens! The Ecology Hour takes a deep dive into this fascinating local bird with Dr. John Marzluff of the University of Washington. The biology and behavior of ravens is complicated and fascinating. They have many human-like traits, such as pair bonding, social hierarchies, tool use and a fantastic memory. Join hosts Tim Bray and Robert Spies in an enjoyable hour long interview and discussion of ravens.
March 9, 2022--Wednesday mornings on TKO, host Karen Ottoboni takes a look at hot topics in local politics. This week’s topic is food insecurity in a time of inflation. Karen will be talking with the director of the Fort Bragg Foodbank about what’s being done to keep our communities fed. Tune-in and call-in with your comments and questions, every other Wednesday at 9am, alternating with Citizen U, right here on KZYX and Z.
March 8, 2022--This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Trotter's guest is Angela Eaves-Lewis. They talk about patient insurance woes, how to with insurance when you experience hospitalization or long-term care.
March 7, 2022-- Celebrate women's history month with special guests Georgina Marie Guardado, award-winning Lake county poet laureate, and Shirley Matilton Feather, local business owner, one of the 2022 Women's History Gala Celebration honorees.
March 6, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
March 4, 2022--Host Bob Bushansky talks with A J Baime about his new book White Lies — The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret. With blonde hair, fair skin, and a slim patrician nose, Walter White was able to, and did, pass for “white.” He went to the scenes of lynchings, and to the aftermath of race riots and massacres, where he interviewed some of the participants and victims, who gave him unshielded answers to his questions.
March 3, 2022--Blake More talks with Mendocino County’s very own Jazz scholar and producer Fred Adler. They discuss his lifelong love of Jazz and specifically the peace and presence of John Coltrane with a special tribute to his musical legacy.
March 3, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer discusses landrace gardening with local farmer Julia Dakin.
March 2, 2022--On this episode of "For the Love of Reading:” Tales of Cats and Dogs. Poems, memoirs, and short stories about Our Best Friends, featuring Rudyard Kipling’s The Cat That Walked By Himself and Memoirs of Yellow Dog, by O.Henry. Read for you by Linda Pack.
March 2, 2022--Supervisor Gjerde interviews Megan Allende and Roger Foote of The Community Foundation of Mendocino County.
February 28, 2022--MendoLatino presents a special program about what to plant this season to eat and how to create a flower garden to attract bees. Cultivate your own food this Spring and learn about bees and beekeeping with master gardeners Camila Javiera and Francesca Sandoval. Francesca is a professional beekeeper who teaches all about bees and beekeeping.
February 27, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, a community conversation for sports lovers.
February 25, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire talks with award winning journalist, Jonathan Katz, about his latest book, GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM: SMEDLEY BUTLER, THE MARINES, AND THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF AMERICA’S EMPIRE.
February 25, 2022--Disquiet on the Western Front features youth on the front lines: Sorrel, Walker, Ravel, and Otter talking about defending the trees of Jackson, plus Alicia Littletree, recounting when she was a youth activist, defending trees in Enchanted Meadow. That is Disquiet on the Western Front, Conversations to Cool a Planet on Fire.
February 24, 2022--Local teachers react to the idea of the mask mandate ending for schools. Host John Horton, teacher at Willits Unified, interviews Tessa Ford, Union President for Willits Teachers Association.
February 24, 2022--After twelve years as Mendocino County’s Chief Executive Officer, and the first woman to ever serve in that role, Carmel Angelo is retiring on March 20. Alicia Bales sat down with her in the KZYX studio to look back at her years at the helm of Mendocino County’s Executive Office, the challenges she faced during her time as CEO, and what she anticipates for local government in Mendocino County after she leaves.
February 24, 2022--This week, Johanna talks with Donna d’Terra and Gary Martin about an art show coming up in March at the Willits Center for the Arts. This invitational show called “Voices of the Earth” features 35 artists expressing how the Earth/Gaia/Nature communicates to us and through us.
February 23, 2022--Join hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for listener calls.
February 23, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni takes a look at hot topics in local politics. She walks listners through some of the latest goings on in the county, with open-lines.
February 22, 2022--Host Anna Halligan interviews two North Coast Fisheries Biologists about a recent study that was conducted in Pudding and Caspar Creeks to evaluate the relationship between restoration activities and fish and habitat response. This episode includes a great discussion about how scientific data can improve recovery actions and the importance of long-term scientific monitoring.
February 22, 2022--Marvin’s talks with Suni Smith and Kay Lieberneck about healing personal and societal issues around suicide, mental illness, and trauma.
February 21, 2022--Host Michael Hunter, Tribal Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, discusses the latest developments in his efforts to protect his ancestral homelands in Jackson Demonstration State Forest from logging by CalFire.
February 20, 2022--Jim and Jerry Young return after the Super Bowl for The Sports Phone, the live call in radio talk show for sports lovers on KZYX and Z.
February 18, 2022--Host Bob Bushansky talks with Lea Ypi about her new book Free: A Child and a Country At the End of History. Lea grew up in Albania before the end of the Soviet Union in 1990. Albania was one of the most Stalinist countries in the USSR, and life was hard. She is now a professor at the London School of Economics.
February 17, 2022--Hosts Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini talk with with George Reinhardt and Jim Tarbell of The Grassroots Institute of Mendocino County about the Future of the Noyo Headlands (previously the Georgia Pacific mill site) in Fort Bragg.
February 17, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer takes a tour of all the good news happening in food, farming, and gardening around the country and the world.
February 17, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci brings you voices from the local Cannabis Community, with perspectives about the politics, cultivation, economy, uses and culture of Mendocino County’s most talked-about crop. On this episode, Jenn talks with Matt and Sophia of High Rollers Artisanal Pre-Rolls.
February 16, 2022--Host Mari Rodin talks with Neil Davis, the Director of Community Services for the City of Ukiah, the founder and director of Ukiah Valley Trail Group and former director of Walk and Bike Mendocino. They talk about trails in the Ukiah Valley, and the present and future of the Great Redwood Trail.
February 15, 2022--On the Trail Steward's Radio Hour, Paul Schulman and Chad Swimmer present readings from their new coffee table book, This Gem of a Forest. They also speak with Tom Wheeler, executive director of EPIC about how they support environmental causes across Northern California, and, of course, you will hear updates on what's going on right now in Jackson--The People's Forest.
14 de febrero de 2022--Con un enfoque en auto-cuidado y amor propio platicamos con 3 latinas, que trabajan con inmigrantes y comunidades de color para sanar y transformar experiencias de violencia y trauma.
On Valentine’s Day, MendoLatino focuses on self-care and self-love. They talk with three Latinas who work with immigrants and communities of color to heal and transform experiences of violence and trauma.
February 13, 2022--Jim and guest host Tim talk about all things sports, on this Super Bowl Sunday Edition of The Sports Phone.
February 11, 2022--Joy LaClaire talks with UCSF Hastings Law Professor Emeritus, John Leshy, about how the US Government came to own nearly one-third of the nation’s land. His forthcoming book is called OUR COMMON GROUND: A HISTORY OF AMERICA’S PUBLIC LANDS.
February 10, 2022--Alicia Bales talks with Troyle Tognoli of the Mendocino Chapter of Black Lives Matter about her work locally for racial justice. With updates on the progress of the county’s Public Safety Advisory Board and BLM’s Black History Month Art Contest for Kids.
February 10, 2022--Johanna talks with local presenters of an upcoming series of Zoom workshops about Living Well: Techniques for Stress Reduction, part of her series about coping and thriving in a world where emergencies are the new normal. These programs feature local people with expertise in developing personal and community resilience.
February 9, 2022--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and listener calls for tech advice.
February 9, 2022--Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall from quarantine, where he is recovering from Covid-19.
February 8, 2022--Dr. Robert Spies and Tim Bray talk with Professor Merav Ben-David from University of Wyoming who has done extensive studies of river otters in the western US and Alaska. Learn about the ecology and physiology of these fascinating, playful, highly social and common aquatic mammals in coastal Mendocino County.
February 8, 2022--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Clover Martin, the Director of the Ukiah Recovery Center.
February 7, 2022--Corine visits with 2 local Elem Pomo tribal elders: Thomas Leon Brown, the oldest living member of the Elem tribe, and Don Montez. Both are living legends, culture bearers and teachers of several generations of Pomo people. They discuss the importance of preservation, representation and practice of living indigenous culture.
February 6, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking listener calls about all things sports. The Sports Phone, the place for sports lovers on KZYX.
February 4, 2022--Hosts Roland Cory Medina and Chad Swimmer paint a portrait of queer on the Mendocino Coast, with a focus on the challenges facing LGBTQIA youth and how you can change a life by being a foster parent. Pride Radio 101 is queer music, stories, opinions, and lives from Mendocino County and beyond.
February 4, 2022--Host Bob Bushansky talks with Christopher Elias about his new book Gossip Men — J Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation. They explore how these three men, who knew each other and at times worked together, influenced politics by spreading gossip, lies and insinuation.
February 3, 2022--Host Blake More interviews vibrational science pioneer Don Estes. They discuss his lifelong quest to develop methods and practices to use sound, light and vibration technologies rather than psychedelics to access non-ordinary states of mind.
February 3, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer interviews Rachel Britten, owner and operator of the Mendocino Grain Project. They discuss what grows well in our region, the role of grains and legumes in our local food system, how the Grain Project has evolved after a recent transition, and answer questions from callers.
February 3, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci presents an Emerald Cup panel discussion from 2018, called 'Holistic Practices To Control Pests And Plant Pathogens' with spekaers Lydia Abernethy, Ron Whitehurst, Kelly Dunn, and Josh Sarvis. Moderated by Heavy Dayze.
February 2, 2022--Join hosts Doug and Alex for a show about the latest developments in Renewable Energy.
February 2, 2022--Host Dan Gjerde talks with Scott Cratty and Nancy Armstrong-Frost from the Mendocino Fire Safe Council about wildfire safety and hardening.
January 30, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, a community conversation for sports lovers.
January 28, 2022--Joy LaClaire talks with Kehinde Andrews, Birmingham City University Professor of Black Studies and Director of its Center for Critical Critical Social Research, about his work as Founder and Chair of the Harambee Organization of Black Unity and Editor-in-Chief of MAKE IT PLAIN, as well as his latest book, NEW AGE OF EMPIRE: HOW RACISM AND COLONIALISM STILL RULE THE WORLD.
January 27, 2022--On this episode of Disquiet on the Western Front: Voices of the Forest Resistance, Direct activists Silver Fox, Badger, Slug, and Olive give their testimony and tell their stories of forest defense in the Redwoods.
January 27, 2022--Michelle talks with Kristin Hills, Director of Early Learning and Care for Mendocino County Office of Education, about what local schools are planning to offer for universal pre-Kindergarten next fall.
January 27, 2022--Johanna welcomes two guests: Andrea Press, author of Media-Ready Feminism and Everyday Sexism; and Kathryn Bond Stockton, author of Gender(s), a witty examination of the true queerness of gender and gendering.
January 26, 2022--Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County 5th District Supervisor Ted Williams about the priorities for Mendocino County in 2022.
January 25, 2022--Anna Halligan interviews Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman from the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center about the importance of beavers in river and floodplain ecology.
January 25, 2022--Join Dr. Marvin Trotter on Mind/Body Health, for in-depth conversations with local health care providers about preventative care and treatment for medical issues that affect our community. This week, Marvin’s guests are Charlie Seltzer and Susan Era of the Healthier Living Program.
24 de enero de 2022--Entrevistamos a trabajadores de salud sobre el brote de casos en el condado debido a la nueva variant. Dr. Leah Collins de Anderson Valley Health Clinic, Keily Becerra, de Promotores de Salud de Alianza de Willits y Maria Avalos de Ukiah Vecinos en Acción. Este lunes 24 de enero a las 9 de la mañana en una nueva edición de MendoLatino, su programa en español aquí en KZYX.
January 24, 2022--MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas. This week features local heath care workers talking about the current surge in cases and the Omicron variant. Dr. Leah Collins of Anderson Valley Health Clinic, Keily Becerra of Promotores de Salud de Alianza de Willits, and Maria Avalos of Ukiah Vecinos en Acción. MendoLatino, every 2nd and 4th Monday at 9am, en español, right here on KZYX and Z.
January 23, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, a community conversation for sports lovers.
January 21, 2022--Bob Bushansky talks with Ken Kollman, professor of political science at the University of Michigan, about his new book Dynamic Partisanship — How and Why Voter Loyalties Change. They explore why and how parties are moving away from the people rather than the people leaving the party.
January 20, 2022--Hosts Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini talk with Veterans for Peace about U.S. nuclear readiness, and Norman Solomon about his classic book, Made Love Got War - which is being released for free this week as an e-book.
January 20, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer and guest Susan Lightfoot discuss supply chain disruptions to the global food system and the increasing importance of building a resilient local food chain.
January 20, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci speaks with Hanna L. Nelson Attorney at Law, and Michael Katz Executive Director of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, about cannabis regulation. With listener calls.
January 19, 2022--Host Doug Livingston flies solo for a call-in show about new developments in Renewable Energy.
January 19, 2022--Mari Rodin talks with Anne Molgaard and 3rd District Supervisor John Haschak about the County's ongoing strategic planning process.
January 18, 2022--On the Trail Stewards Radio Hour, hosts Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman talk with Charlie Schneider of Trout Unlimited, and Chris Blencowe, an independent forester, both members of the Jackson Advisory Group or JAG. Bill Lemos remembers summer days swimming in Big River way back in 1949. With an update from two of the woods activists cited during a citizens arrest on January 10 at the Red Tail THP.
January 16, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports! Live every Sunday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
January 14, 2022--On Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire talks with Karen Greenberg, Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, about her work and her latest book, SUBTLE TOOLS: THE DISMANTLING OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY FROM THE WAR ON TERROR TO DONALD TRUMP.
January 13, 2022--Chris Skyhawk continues with his series "Surviving Late Stage Capitalism," talking about Community Land Trusts to tackle the housing crisis.
January 13, 2022--Join Lama, Lilia, and Matthew for a discussion about mushrooms cultivation, mycology, and all things fungi!
January 13, 2022--Johanna starts the new year with a call-in program about getting ready for 2022. With her guest, local naturopath Claudia Wenning, she explores how to engage in bringing resilience and sustainability to the world.
January 12, 2022--Jim Heid and Toby Melina talk about all the digital resources you can access through the Mendocino County library: newspapers, magazines, online learning, and much more — it’s all free if you have a library card, and they tell you how to get one of those online, too. In the second half hour, they take a virtual visit to Yosemite National Park with a photographer who has created a website that enables you to visit hundreds of locations throughout the park.
January 14, 2022-- Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County CEO Carmel Angelo, who has announced her retirement in March of this year after 12 years as the county’s chief executive.
January 11, 2022--Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies interview Dr. Katheryn Beheshti, recently of the Ocean Protection Council and now Research Assitant with the University of California, Santa Barbara. If you kayak the coastal estuaries of the Albion River or Big River you may notice patches of Eelgrass growing under the water. Dr. Baheshti explains what Eelgrass is, how it's adapted for life under salt water, and why it's a key component of the nearshore marine ecosystem.
10 de enero de 2022--MendoLatino presenta una actualización de Covid19 y la variante Omicron con Lucresha Rentería, directora de las Clínicas de Salud de la Costa. Renteria nos dice cuál es la situación actual en el condado, cuándo y dónde acceder a las pruebas y los eventos de vacunación.
En la segunda parte del programa, Lydia Lopez nos presenta a dos entrenadores de fútbol que llevaron al primer lugar a la división de jugadores de 12 años. Ellos enseñan a través del deporte la fuerza, dedicación, ética y trabajo en equipo a los jóvenes atletas de nuestro condado.
January 10. 2022--Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas present an update on Covid-19 and its new variant Omicron. Lucresha Renteria explains the impact of the pandemic in the county, reviews the public health orders and informs about the upcoming tests and vaccination events.
Lydia Lopez, a MendoLatino contributor, presents two Latino soccer coaches: Hector Toscano and Pepe Hernandez who lead a 12 year old team of children in a State championship where they won First place. Learn about their work and the opportunities for our children to develop through sports their strength, ethics and working in teams.
January 9, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports! Live every Sunday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
January 7, 2022--Join "Pride Nation 101" hosts Chad Swimmer and Roland Corey Medina as they talk with people aged 12 to 75 about Maia Kobabe's groundbreaking graphic novel, Gender Queer, and what it means to be genderqueer. They also speak with Doctor Carla Longchamp about gender affirmation surgery, and retired attorney Barbara Wechsler and her spouse, retired social worker Sara Maupin, about marriage and adoption. Airs every First Friday at 7 on KZYX and Z.
January 7, 2022 -- Bob Bushansky speaks to Frank Vogl, whose new book is: The Enablers — How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption — Endangering Our Democracy. Frank Vogl is a former senior World Bank official, former foreign correspondent for Reuters and the Times of London, and professor at Georgetown University.
January 6, 2022--On this episode of For the Love of Reading: Excerpts from EVE'S DIARY, (with interpolated extracts from ADAM’S DIARY), by Mark Twain. Originally published in Harper’s Magazine, Christmas 1905, it is widely believed that this piece is Twain’s tribute to his late, beloved wife, Olivia Langdon Clemons. Read for you by Linda Pack.
January 5, 2022--Join hosts Doug and Alex for a show about the latest developments in Renewable Energy.
January 5, 2022--Dan Gjerde speaks with two community leaders: the City of Ukiah's Community Development Director, Craig Schlatter, and a volunteer with the Coast Housing Action Team, Johanna Jensen, about the cost of housing in Mendocino County and what can be done to make it more affordable.
January 3, 2022--Corine Pearce speaks with the makers of “Coyote and Big Buff,” a local short film that has recently been the official selection of 5 film festivals and screened by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
January 2, 2022--Jim and Jerry Young host The Sports Phone, your chance to get your sports fix on this community call in show about all things sports. This week, they’ll look at the best sports stories of 2021. And also ask the question “What do you hate about sports?”
December 31, 2021--Wild Women is a new, intersectional feminist broadcast focused on contemporary and historical issues that specifically impact the lives of women. This week, co-hosts Lux Karpov and Alicia Bales will share stories of women who were forced to endure illegal—and often dangerous—abortions before Roe Vs Wade and discuss the new abortion restrictions and what that means for all of us. They talk with Colleen Donovan-Batson, a nurse midwife and professor of midwifery, about why abortion is a human right.
December 30, 2021--Mendocino Theatre Company presents an uplifting evening of YOUTH VOICES, featuring short works written and performed by local teens, ages 12 to 16.
December 31, 2021--On the last day of 2021, host Bob Bushansky talks with Phil Warf, professor of political science at Mendocino College, about the politics of the day and the year, and speculate on what the year to come may bring.
December 30, 2021-- Johanna interviews Juliana Sanchez, Community Resource Specialist with the Mendocino Coast Children's Fund, about the organization and how folks can get involved.
December 29, 2021--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid take a look back at the important tech industry stories of this past year, with their favorite tips for rural internet users
December 28, 2021--Host Anna Halligan interviews Linwood Gil, Dave Wright, and Ken Smith about how they are contributing to forest management and their unique approaches to watershed restoration.
December 27, 2021--MendoLatino interviews members of the musical trio Tres Souls about their passion for the Latin American rhythm the Bolero and their first EP, Made in LA. Entrevistamos a los miembros de Tres Souls, un trio musical sobre su pasión por el Bolero y su primer EP Made in LA.
December 26, 2021--Jim and Jerry zoom in through the wonders of technology from the Portland Sports Phone Bar, with Eddie on the controls, to have a call-in conversation about sports in the time of covid.
December 24, 2021--Joy LaClaire talks with University of Wisconsin History Professor, Alfred McCoy, who returns to discuss his latest book, TO GOVERN THE GLOBE: WORLD ORDERS & CATASTROPHIC CHANGE.
December 23, 2021--Michelle Hutchins talks with four women educators in STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering or Math, about why they entered careers these fields.
December 23, 2021--Marty Durlin presents a special program featuring the author, essayist, and anarchist Edward Abbey reading from three of his works: The Journey Home, Down the River and Abbey’s Road.
December 23, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci brings a collection of voices from the Harvest Ball, and Cannabis-themed Holiday songs.
December 22, 2021--Doug Livingston hosts a solo show, opening of the phone lines for callers to ask questions about renewable energy systems and compare notes about the state of renewable energy policy in California.
December 22, 2021--Karen Ottoboni talks with 1st Distric County Supervisor Glenn McGourty and Anne Molgaard, the Transition Director for Public Health and Project Manager for the Strategic Planning Process.
December 21, 2021--On the Trail Stewards Radio Hour, hosts Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman talk with Bill Lemos and Vince Taylor about the past, present, and future of the Mendocino Woodlands, an iconic and historic National Landmark in the heart of Jackson--the People's Forest. Polly Girvin gives an update about some positive developments for the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo about JDSF and co-management with the Tribe.
December 21, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Mendocino County Head of Social Services Bekkie Emery and Program Specialist Steve Gornyecz about enrolling in Covered California and Medi-Cal.
December 20, 2021--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter and his daughter Ma-kayla share their unique Native American Generational Perspective.
December 17, 2021--“Tales of the Winter Solstice,” stories from around the world to Celebrate the Return of the Light. Read for you by Linda Pack, with special guests, R. Bobby and Rickie Dedola. Roman Saturnalia, Norse and Celtic Yule feasts, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, an Inuit tale of Raven, The Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, the ancient Persian festival of Yalda Night and more!
December 17, 2021--Bob talks with Michael D Minta about his new book “No Longer Outsiders — Black and Latino Interest Group Advocacy on Capitol Hill”. It wasn’t that long ago when the number of Black and Latino members of Congress could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Today you need to be polydactyl to count their numbers. With a much higher number of members comes new found clout.
December 16, 2021--On Corporations and Democracy, Annie and Steve review Project Censored’s most suppressed news stories for 2021. Andy Roth joins Steve and Annie, with the over-all theme of “journalism in turmoil.”
December 16, 2021--Join Johanna “Wildoak” for Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. This week, Johanna talks with Zida Borcich, Judith Detrick, Felicia Rice and Theresa Whitehill about Book Arts Mendocino, and with Juliana Sanchez about the Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund.
December 15, 2021-- Host Mari Rodin interviews Janet Pauli—a rancher and vintner with a doctorate in zoology—about the history and future of the Potter Valley Project and the Eel River diversion into the Russian River watershed.
December 14, 2021--Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with Dr. Edwin Grosholz of the University of California at Davis, who has been conducting research on Green Crabs on the Pacific coast. Anglers trying for Dungeness crab in the Mendocino rivers have been pulling up lots of small greenish crabs instead - the invasive European Green Crab. Hear the story of how they got here and how they are affecting the ecosystems as well as fisheries.
Monday December 13, 2021--MendoLatino, a public affairs radio program in KZYX and Z interviewed Ignacio Ayala and David González of SPACE en Ukiah, and Lydia López of UVA: Ukiah Vecinos en Acción. A lively dialogue about successes, challenges and future plans with two community-based organizations.
MendoLatino , un programa radial en español en KZYX y Z entrevista a Ignacio Ayala y David González de SPACE en Ukiah y Lydia López de Ukiah Vecinos en Acción. Un diálogo entretenido sobre los éxitos, desafíos y planes al futuro de dos grupos comunitarios de Ukiah.
December 12, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports! Live every Sunday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
December 10, 2021--Host Joy LaClaire talks with award winning national security journalist, Spencer Ackerman about his work and his recent book, REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA AND PRODUCED TRUMP.
December 3, 2021--Check out Mendocino County's newest queer radio hour, Pride Nation 101. Hosts Roland Corey Medina and Chad Swimmer feature L G B T Q I A + music, perspectives, opinions, and lives. This week features Roland's story, and in interview with Jennifer Sookne of the Mendocino Pride Alliance and Marriage Equality.
December 9, 2021--Join host Chris Skyhawk for Universal Perspectives, as he continues his series- “surviving late stage capitalism, What’s next?" His guest is bodyworker and healer James Hummecky. They talk about how the human body responds during a time of planetary crisis, and different paths of healing humans might take individually and collectively, to create new political and social paradigms.
December 9, 2021--Matthew talks compost, not to be confused with talking dirty! Also, he presents ideas on how to single-handedly dismantle the Big Ag corporate oligarchy.
December 9, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci hosts a discussion focused on this year's Emerald Cup Harvest Ball, featuring Emerald Cup Founder Tim Blake, Michael Katz of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, Phil from Mendocino Family Farm, Chiah of River Txai Farms and Arcanna Flowers, Blaire of Radicle Herbs, Marty of Martyjuana, and Nate of Higher Heights Farms.
December 8, 2021--Join hosts Doug and Alex for a show about new developments in Renewable Energy.
December 8, 2021--Karen’s guest is Robert Pinoli, President & CEO, of Mendocino Railway. The topics will be the history of the Skunk Train, his company's recent purchase of the old GP mill site in Fort Bragg, and future plans of the Railway.
December 7, 2021-- Host and environmental educator Hannah Bird speaks with Dr Adina Merenlender, adjunct Professor at UC Berkley, about her new book, Climate Stewardship: Taking Collective Action to Protect California.
December 6, 2021--This month on Good Ancestors and Local Treasures with Corine Pearce, Corine’s guests are two amazing women: Bonnie Lockhart and Ali Meders-Knight. They talk about all the incredible things these two are making happen in the local Indigenous community.
December 5, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, in their new time, Sunday nights at 7pm! Taking your calls about all things sports.
December 7, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Mariane Cox Gould, head Medical Assisted Treatment provider for the county, about the use of Suboxone for Opiate addiction, and why the US had 100,000 overdose deaths in the last 12 months, an increase of over 25% from the previous year.
December 2, 2021--Blake More interviews Ladies of BAM – Book Arts Mendocino – Theresa Whitehill, Felicia Rice and Zida Borsich. They discussing BAM and its series of exhibitions, readings, talks, demonstrations, and workshops, all devoted to the wide ranging & varied arts of the book.
December 2, 2021--Join Farm and Garden Show host Elizabeth Archer and Live Power Community Farm owner Gloria Decater for a special commemoration of Stephen Decater, who passed away on November 4. Listeners call in to share memories of Stephen, who spent five decades building and tending to Live Power in Covelo.
December 2, 2021--Johanna talks with Jen Dalton, Vice President of Hearthstone Village, a local non-profit that raises money to support a community of girls in Haiti, and Danilla Sands of United Disaster Relief of Northern California about their new resource center in Ukiah.
December 1, 2021--Tune in for an all-new episode of 'Citizen U'. This week’s topic? The inside scoop on elected office. Hear co-hosts Supervisor Dan Gjerde and Ukiah Council Member Mari Rodin discuss all things local government.
November 29, 2021--Mendocino Latinx Alliance's November Virtual Meeting featured a panel discussion on the Historical Context of Racial Relations Among Latino and Native American Populations in California. The two panelists were Professor V, an adjunct professor of ethnic studies at San Francisco State, who is also a musician and producer. And Dioganhdih, a hip-hop artist and producer. Professor V (born in Guanajuato, Mexico) and Dioganhdih (Mohawk) collaborate on music together.
This presentation is the first of a three-part series where MLA will host a race exploration dialog. The purpose is to: (1) examine the progression of race dynamics and what that looks like in our own community, (2) to open dialog and (3) to celebrate the strength and richness of Latino and Native American cultures in Mendocino County.
November 28, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young take listener calls about all things sports, with this week's guest Matt Winslow, local JV Coach at Mendocino High School.
November 26, 2021--On this final episode of Byline Mendocino, Alicia Bales speaks with local youth radio producers Marshall Brown of KAKX at Mendocino High School, and Billy Heatherington of the Radio Production class at Willits Charter School. In the second half of the show she talks with Fort Bragg Vice Mayor Jessica Morsell-Haye about developments with the Georgia Pacific Mill site, which has been shuttered for almost 20 years and is now under the ownership of the Skunk Train owners Mendocino Railway, despite ongoing efforts by the City of Fort Bragg to purchase the site.
November 25, 2021--Michelle Hutchins, Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools, interviews California Poets In the Schools Area Coordinator, Blake More. Ms. More has put together a collection of poems written and read by students all over the county.
November 25, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci presents "Growing on the Rez", a piece about the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians and their journey to enter the legal cannabis cultivation space. Followed by two 2018 Emerald Cup Talks: the first with Sunshine Johnston, "Low Impact Winter Farming", and the second with Dan Mar, "Rainwater Catchment and Groundwater Recharge".
November 25, 2021--KZXY broadcasts a lecture by Lake County archaeologist Dr. John Parker called The Kelsey Brothers, a California Disaster. The Kelsey Brothers are well-known for their cruelty and abuse of local Pomo people. Dr. Parker takes a close look at the facts surrounding their genocidal violence against local Pomos, and attempts to find the true story of the Bloody Island Massacre. Recorded by Euston Productions at the The Ely Stage Stop Museum in Kelseyville on October 9, 2021, and broadcast with permission from Dr. Parker.
November 24, 2021-- Karen Ottoboni flies solo, taking listener calls and catching folks up on local happenings, the day before Thanksgiving.
November 23, 2021--Anna Halligan interviews Lucas Bissett, the Executive Director of the American Fly Fishing Trade Association, about how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act can create opportunities for significant change for fisheries and habitat.
November 22, 2021--On MendoLatino, hosts Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas focus on the Covid-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11, with Leah Collins, M.D. and pediatric nurse practitioner Erica Baumker. With information about the approval process of the vaccine and answers to the most common questions.
En Espanol: MendoLatino informa sobre la vacuna Covid-19 para los niños de entre 5 y 11 años de edad. Habrá información sobre el proceso para aprobar la vacuna y respuestas a las preguntas más frecuentes. Escuche a la Dra. Leah Collins y a la enfermera pediátrica Erica Baumker este lunes 22 de noviembre a las 9 de la mañana en una nueva edición de MendoLatino, su programa en español aquí en KZYX.
November 19, 2021--On Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky speaks with leading economist Scott Sumner about his new book The Money Illusion — Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy.
November 18, 2021--Annie and Steve take a hard look at the Chevron Corporation with Richmond Community Organizer Andrés Soto - ranging from unprecedented prosecutions against an environmental lawyer to the unhealthy air in Richmond.
November 18, 2021--Host Johanna Wilodoak continues her mini-series about the arts in Mendocino County, with David Burton about the Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House in Ukiah.
November 17, 2021--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and listener calls for tech advice.
November 16, 2021--Hosts Paul Schulman and Chad Swimmer talk with Mendocino County alternative builder Colin Gillespie about handsome and energy-efficient houses made with little to no milled lumber. They also have an update about the efforts to protect Jackson State Forest with forest activist Anna Marie Stenberg.
November 17, 2021--Host Joy LaClaire talks with UCLA Professor of History, Benjamin Madley, about his award winning book, AN AMERICAN GENOCIDE: THE UNITED STATES AND THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN CATASTROPHE, 1846-1873, in this archived interview from 2016.
November 16, 2021--On Mind/Body Health, Cob speaks with Azucena Chavez-Huerta, the Engagement Lead at Blue Zone Project Mendocino County.
November 15, 2021--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter talks about the latest developments in the efforts to protect JDSF, Jackson Demonstration State Forest within his people's traditional territory in Mendocino County.
November 12, 2021--Alicia Bales talks with local Mill Owner Art Harwood of Harwood Forest Products and the Redwood Forest Foundation, RFFI, about the long view on Forestry in Mendocino County.
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November 11, 2021--As a part of their ‘farmer spotlight series’ Lila, Matthew and Lama interview Caymin Ackerman, owner of Big Mesa Farm in Comptche.
November 11, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci plays the Analytical Breeding Programs Panel from the 2018 Emerald Cup, with information about Cannabis genetics and breeding.
November 10, 2021--Join hosts Doug and Alex for a show about new developments in Renewable Energy.
November 10, 2021--Karen Ottoboni talks with Kyle Farmer, chair of the 2020 Mendocino County Redistricting Committee, about the redistricting process and what happens next.
November 9, 2021--Hosts Bob Spies and Tim Bray talk with Scott Koller, a wildlife biologist retired from the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, about the information gained from monitoring the bears taken by hunters.
8 de noviembre de 2021--Conversaremos con Juan Orozco, alcalde de Ukiah, y John Haschack, supervisor del distrito 3, sobre la nueva distribución geográfica de los distritos electorales en el condado de Mendocino y los desafíos que encontramos entre la población de habla hispana para participar en estos procesos.
November 8, 2021--MendoLatino presents a conversation about redistricting in Mendocino County with Juan Orozco, Mayor of Ukiah, and John Haschack, Mendocino County Supervisor for District 3.
November 12, 2021--This special rebroadcast features the first two speakers from this year’s Ocean Life Symposium: Richard Charter of The Ocean Foundation and Shari Goforth-Eby of the Mendonoma Gray Whale Photo ID Project. The 3rd Annual Ocean Life Symposium was organized by Mendonoma Whale and Seal Study and KGUA Public Media. It was broadcast on KGUA in Gualala, and streamed online at their Youtube page, and included a week of presentations by local and national experts about the health of our oceans.
November 5, 2021--Bob Bushansky speaks with George C Edwards III about his latest book “Changing their Minds? Donald Trump and Presidential Leadership."
November 4, 2021--Host Blake More interviews Shugri Said Salh about her recently published memoir “The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.” Honest and tender, The Last Nomad is a riveting coming-of-age story of resilience, survival, and the shifting definitions of home, exploring Salh’s personal history of trauma, civil strife, asylum and ultimately triumph, as a youth divided between opposing worlds.
November 4, 2021--New Farm and Garden Show host Elizabeth Archer of Carson and Bees shares her background in the farm and garden world, including how she came to Mendocino County as a farm volunteer. She is joined by her husband and beekeeper Carson Elmer for a discussion about the business of bees.
November 3, 2021--Linda Pack reads the saga of Lucy Young, a Wailaki Indian girl, who in 1862, when she was 10 years old, fled from soldiers and from white men who trafficked in Indian children. In 1939, when Lucy Young was in her 90s, she told her story to her neighbor in Covelo, Edith Van Allen Murphey, OUT OF THE PAST: A TRUE INDIAN STORY, TOLD BY LUCY YOUNG OF ROUND VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION. Published in the California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 4, December 1941.
November 4, 2021--Johanna talks with Alyssum Weir of the Arts Council of Mendocino County and Sasha Thomas of the Willits Art Center.
November 3, 2021--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and listener calls for tech advice.
November 3, 2021--Host Joy LaClaire talks with University of Chicago History Professor Kathleen Belew about her recent book A FIELD GUIDE TO WHITE SUPREMACY, which she edited with Ramón A. Gutiérrez. It expands on her 2018 book, BRING THE WAR HOME: THE WHITE POWER MOVEMENT AND PARAMILITARY AMERICA.
November 2, 2021-- Host Hannah Bird talks with Dr. Jacalyn Beck about her research into the importance of diverse voices in ecology. Dr. Beck also shares stories of her studies with the lions and people of Tanzania, and how her past work informs her new position at the Hopland Research and Extension Center.
November 2, 2021--On Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Dr. Charles Baugh, a resident at Adventist Health’s Family Medicine Residency Program in Ukiah, about nutrition and exercise for kids
November 1, 2021--Corine talks with Rose Hammock and Gabe Ray about Native American Heritage Month and their work organizing in their communities. Corine also talks about this year's bumper crop of acorns.
October 29, 2021--Bob Bushansky talks with Phil Warf, professor of political science at Mendocino College, about the politics of the day on this live, 5th Friday edition of Politics, A Love Story.
October 28, 2021--This week’s show features some creative holiday gift ideas. Student fundraisers are back, and host Michelle Hutchins interviews students and teachers organizing the many fundraisers planned across the county.
October 28, 2021-- Jenn Procacci talks with Mendocino Cannabis Alliance Executive Director Michael Katz about changes to the county's Equity Grant Program to assist licensed and aspiring licensed cultivators with grant money.
October 27, 2021--Doug and Alex talk about new developments in Renewable Energy and answer listener calls.
October 27, 2021--Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County 3rd District Supervisor John Haschack about hot topics in local politics, including the redistricting process, with one proposal that would move Laytonville out of the 3rd and into the 4th District.
October 26, 2021--Host Anna Halligan interviews Regina Hirsch, Executive Director of Watershed Progressive, about how to integrate tools like greywater re-use, rainwater harvesting, and stormwater management at your home.
MendoLatino el lunes 25 de octubre. Byron Ceballos desde Ecuador habla sobre la importancia de organizarnos y su trabajo como educador popular. Lulu Pérez de Botanical Bus de Sonoma habla de su trabajo llevando ayuda a las personas afectadas con Covid y su trabajo con las yerbas y la medicina tradicional. Lucrecia Rentería da una actualización sobre la pandemia y responda las preguntas del público. ¡No se lo pierda!
October 25, 2021--Hosts Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas talk with Byron Ceballos from Ecuador about the importance of organizing and his work as a popular educator. Lulu Perz from Botanical Bus of Sonoma talks about their work helping people affected with Covid and how to use herbs and natural medicine to better our health. Lucrecia Rentería gives an update about Covid and answers questions.
October 22, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young for a live call-in discussion about all things Sports, every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
October 22, 2021--Alicia Bales speaks with Ellen Weed and Reid Edelman about “Coming Up for Air,” a recent performance that used first person narrative to help our community heal from the trauma of the Coronavirus Pandemic. They also talk about Ellen's Work with "First Person Plural," and an extraordinary performance with Fire Survivors in Redwood Valley after the devastating 2017 Redwood Complex Fire.
October 21, 2021--Chris Skyhawk talks with Zia Catallini and Coyote of Albion, and Matt Simmons, staff attorney for the Environmental Protection Information Center, EPIC. Zia and Coyote report on MRC logging that is occurring alongside Enchanted Meadow, where a massive community uprising 30 years ago spared much of the forest. Matt discusses a recent letter EPIC sent to state agencies concerned with the increasing threats of violence faced by forest protectors in Jackson State.
October 21, 2021--This week on The Farm and Garden Show, hosts Lama and Matthew have a conversation with Caroline Radice of The New Agrarian Collective and Black Dog Farm and Catering about the local food scene: from growing food, to preparing food to supporting farmers through the Good Farm Fund.
October 21, 2021--Johanna talks with former BlackRock executive Morris Pearl and Patriotic Millionaires’ founder Erica Payne about their book Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes & Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer.
October 20, 2021--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and listener calls for tech advice.
October 20, 2021--Joy LaClaire interviews internationally recognized expert on natural resource security and environmental sustainability, Giulio Boccaletti about his work and his book, WATER: A BIOGRAPHY. From the Big Bang to the Three Gorges Dam, he examines how water shapes our lives and politics.
October 19, 2021--Updates on the struggle to save Jackson State Demonstration Forest, Ravens in the Redwoods, Youth Climate Activists Sara Constance Rose and Ravel Gauthier, and a report on the Soda Gulch THP. Hosted by Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman.
October 19, 2021--Dr. Trotter talks about heart health with Dr. Aaron Armstrong, cardiovascular surgeon.
October 18, 2021--Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter tells the story of his recent experiences in the woods and in Sacramento, organizing among tribal leaders statewide to call for a moratorium on logging Pomo ancestral lands at Jackson State Demonstration Forest.
October 15, 2021--KZYX General Manager Marty Durlin hosts this 2-hour KZYX Birthday special, with Annie Esposito, Alicia Bales, Loreto Rojas, and a collection of voices from the archive including station founder Sean Donovan and many more! Broadcast on KZYX's 32nd Birthday, October 15th at noon.
October 15, 2021--KZYX Board member and host of "Politics, A Love Story" Bob Bushansky and KZYX Program Director and host of "Byline Mendocino" Alicia Bales join forces to encourage listeners to support the station by making a donation at kzyx.org.
October 15, 2021-- Chad Swimmer presents a new podcast, "Disquiet on the Western Front," bringing the voices of the forest resistance to the airwaves. This episode he talks with treesitters Applesauce and Pat about an ongoing action in Humboldt County on land owned and logged by Green Diamond Timber.
October 14, 2021--Steve and Annie talk with Jim Kachik of The Woods Senior Mobile Home Park in Little River, and Kim Coontz, the Executive Director of the California Center for Cooperative Development in Davis, CA
October 14, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci speaks with Dan Turbyfill to talk about his experience with the cannabis industry and how he got involved in it.
October 13, 2021-Doug Livingston and Alex Aragon host a call-in swap shop for renewable energy equipment.
October 13, 2021---Karen Ottoboni and Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall have a "catch-up" discussion about recent events.
October 12, 2021--Hosts Bob Spies and Tim Bray talk with Bart Selby, a citizen-scientist who has been monitoring flocks of California Brown Pelicans flying around and diving into the water, about their near-extinction and remarkable comeback.
October 12, 2021--Talking About California presents the last of four programs in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month 2021. Hosts Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow interview three Mendocino County Latino leaders and activists who report on the work done in the last years to improve the access to health, information and services by the Latinos in our county.
Roseanne Ibarra is a spokesperson for the Mendocino Latinx Alliance, a leadership group that provides a voice for the aspirations, needs and concerns of the Latinx community in Mendocino County, as well as a place to inform and grow leaders. She is also a founding member of the Mendocino Diversity, Equity & and Inclusion Task Force, formed in 2020 following community outcry regarding disparities magnified during the Pandemic.
Keily Becerra serves as a commissioner on the Citizens Commission tackling the potential Fort Bragg name change. In addition, she is the program manager for the Promotores de Salud de Nuestra Alianza de Willits.
Esme Plascencia created the local chapter of Latino Outdoors, a national group working to inspire, connect, and engage Latino communities with the outdoors and nature and embrace cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative, ensuring our history, heritage, and leadership are valued and represented.
October 11, 2021-Public Affairs in Spanish. A special edition of MendoLatino during KZYX's pledge drive presents Camila Guerrero, Civil Engineer and hydrologist who talked about Food Sovereignty, community gardens and the importance of having an emergency plan in case of a natural disaster. Also Dr. Coren updates the community about the situation with Covid-19 and vaccination in Mendocino County.
October 8, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young for a live call-in discussion about all things Sports, every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
October 8, 2021-- Bob Bushansky speaks with Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig about his book They Don’t Represent Us -- Reclaiming Our Democracy. Professor Lessig is a staunch advocate of Democracy and is distressed by Republicans’ efforts to destroy it.
October 7, 2021--Blake More interviews New Orleans filmmaker Tom Roche. Currently working on a documentary about pianist Professor Longhair, Tom shares insights into the life and motivations of this NOLA treasure, and why his wildly creative contributions have had such a lasting impact on the way New Orleans music has developed today.
October 7, 2021--Host Johanna Wildoak talks about preparing for fall and winter. Topics include sustainable wood heating, getting ready to harvest rain water, preventing erosion and runoff, and preserving the season’s food bounty.
October 7, 2021--Hear our newest Farm and Garden Show host, Elizabeth Archer in a conversation about sustainable and conservation-based farming practices with Sierra Orchards owner Craig McNamara and local conservation biologist Adina Merenlender, who is also the author of a new book about climate stewardship in California.
October 6, 2021--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.
October 6, 2021--Host Joy LaClaire talks with Washington Editor for Harper’s, Andrew Cockburn about his latest book, THE SPOILS OF WAR: POWER, PROFIT AND THE AMERICAN WAR MACHINE.
October 5,2021--Hannah Bird speaks with Heather Podoll from Fibershed to understand how climate beneficial practices can be knitted or woven into our daily lives. It's a chance to consider just how many miles the fiber that constitutes our clothing, our bedding, our carpets might have come, and what environmental impacts it may have had along the way.
October 5, 2021-- Hear the story of three Family Medicine Resident physicians working on the Southern border at the Chula Vista Scripps Mercy Hospital. Allison Estrada, Aisha Van Pratt Levin and Ana Ortiz talk about their jobs providing health services, inspiring youth and helping to build stronger communities that can organize and fight for their own well-being. Talking About California is presenting a Special Series on KZYX for Hispanic Heritage Month. Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow host four programs, each considering an important issue in the LatinX community and beyond. This program is part 3 of 4.
October 5, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Dr. Russell Kackley, first year resident at Adventist Health’s Family Medicine Residency Program in Ukiah, about vaping.
October 4, 2021--KZYX Board President Tom Dow and General Manager Marty Durlin join WDan on The Discussion to answer questions about the station's purchase of a property in Ukiah, and relocating the station in a year's time.
October 4, 2021--This week Good ancestors and local treasures with Corine Pearce features Pomo basketmaker Silver Galleto and Singer Bernadette Antoinette Smith.
October 1, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young live on KZYX every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking listeners calls about all things sports.
October 1, 2021--Bob Bushansky speaks with two authors, Kay Whitlock and Nancy A Heitzeg, about their new book Carceral Con: the Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform. They have spent years researching the many attempts at criminal justice reform only to find that not only did the reforms not work, they often made things worse.
September 30, 2021--Mendocino Theatre Company brings you a reading of Susan Glaspell's TICKLESS TIME, a one-act satire, written in 1918, that will have you laughing out loud! Read by the Mendocino Theater Company.
September 30, 2021--Alicia Bales talks with Assembly Member Jim Wood and Paul Mason, policy advisor and lobbyist for Pacific Forest Trust, about AB-9, a groundbreaking new law to accelerate fire preparedness in neighborhoods and vulnerable landscapes in California.
September 30, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci speaks with Chris J. Russo and Chiah Rodriques, director and subject in the upcoming documentary, LADY BUDS.
September 29, 2021-- Doug and Alex talk about new developments in Renewable Energy and answer listener calls.
September 28, 2021--Host Anna Halligan interviews Trout Unlimited’s Staff Attorney and water rights expert Matt Clifford about the drought and California water policy.
September 28, 2021--Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow focus on immigration issues with Alvaro Huerta, Associate Professor of Urban & Regional Planning and Ethnic & Women’s Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. This is Part 2 of a 4-part special series for Hispanic Heritage Month produced by Loreto and Cal for Talking About California. It is airing Tuesdays at 3pm on KZYX and Z.
September 28, 2021--Mari Rodin discusses all things water and drought with Sean White, Water and Sewer Director for the City of Ukiah. Learn about water supply issues, how their being addressed, the role of Mendocino County’s many water districts, and more.
27 septiembre 2021-- la historiadora Avi Chomsky con quien hablaremos sobre cómo y por qué las historias y memorias son borradas y el impacto de perder la memoria histórica. Todas estas ideas están en su libro: La Historia olvidada de Centro América: Revolución, Violencia y las Raíces de la Migración.
September 24, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
September 24, 2021--Alicia Bales welcomes KZYX News reporter Sarah Reith to talk about her series on PG&E's Fire Clearing work and its ecological and human impacts. Mathew Caine of the Willits Weekly joins for the local media round table in the second half of the show.
September 23, 2021--Michelle Hutchins, County Superintendent of Schools, interviews the human resource directors from the county’s three largest school districts to describe their open positions and how a person might apply.
September 22, 2021--KZYX Operations Director Rich Culbertson interviews Glenn Kirschner, former 30-year federal prosecutor, Legal analyst for MSNBC and host of the podcast Justice Matters. They explore what’s happening in the American Justice system today, and why the future of American Democracy depends on the prosecution of the crimes committed by the Trump administration.
September 22, 2021--Host Bob Laughton brings the latest computer news, with time for your calls. It’s all things computed, with Point and Click Radio.
September 22, 2021--Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County 1st District Supervisor Glenn McGourty about the drought and the work of the county’s Drought Task Force.
September 21, 2021--Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman talk with retired logger turned forest advocate Nick Parrish, and former Jackson Advisory Group member Linda Perkins.
September 21, 2021--Join Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow talk with the historian, author and activist, Aviva Chomsky to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. This is the first of 4 special programs in a series that will air Tuesdays at 3pm on KZYX through mid-October.
September 21, 2021--Join Dr. Marvin Trotter discusses mindfulness Dr. Chloe Nicolaisen, of the Adventist Health Family Medicine Residency Program.
September 20, 2021--Dino Beltran, filmmaker and Vice Chairman of the Koi Nation, talks about his tribe's proposal to build a casino resort between Windsor and Santa Rosa in Sonoma County.
September 17, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young host the Sports Phone on "Fair Weekend," and every Friday at 7pm on KZYX, with live call ins on all things Sports!
September 17, 2021--Starting September 18, the Mendocino County Museum in Willits will host a special exhibit called “The Car Bombing of Judi Bari, A Community Remembers,” featuring artifacts from the life and work of Mendocino County’s own extraordinary environmental leader, Judi Bari. The exhibit includes the first public showing of the bombed car at the heart of her fight for justice. On this special program, hear Judi’s last public talk, recorded at Beginnings in Briceland in November 1996, as she lays out the evidence in her case against the FBI and explains why she and the Earth First! Movement were the targets of repression.
September 17, 2021--Host Kamelle Leggette, aka "K," talks with Los Angeles singer, songwriter, producer, and choreographer, Nakkia Gold.
September 16, 2021-- Chris Skyhawk's guests are Yurok Tribal Council Vice Chairman Frankie Myers about the upcoming name change of Patrick's Point State Park, and Angelina Cook from the McCloud Watershed Council about water use policies in these times of drought and climate change.
September 16, 2021--This week on The Farm and Garden Show, as a part of their ‘farmer spotlight series,’ hosts Lama, Matthew and Lila interview Alex Nielson of Cinnamon Bear Farm to discuss the realities of being a market farmer during a drought.
September 16, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci talks with Michael Katz of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance and Attorney Hannah Nelson about the Supervisors unanimous vote to overturn their own Cannabis Ordinance.
September 15, 2021--Join Doug Livingston and Alex Aragon for the Renewable Energy Hour on KZYX, and hour of expert talk about the latest in renewable energy and green off-grid power systems.
September 15, 2021--Joy LaClaire talks with Henry Giroux, who returns to KZYX to dissect our current state of affairs. After decades of predicting the demise of democracy and the rise of fascism, not just in the United States, but globally, his analysis continues to inform and offers ideas for resistance to the dehumanization of late stage global capitalism and zombie politics.
September 14, 2021--Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies interview Dr. Chad Hanson, fire scientist and author of Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate.
September 14, 2021--Mari Rodin talks with Ukiah Valley Fire District Chief Doug Hutchison, CalFire Mendocino Unit Chief George Gonzalez, and Mendocino Fire Safe Council Executive Director Scott Cratty about efforts to fight the Hopkins Fire in Calpella and how to protect homes from damage and loss.
13 septiembre 2021--MendoLatino conversa con la Dra. María Amelia Viteri sobre género, sexualidad, raza, etnicidad y migración. La importancia de reconocer la diversidad de las personas a la hora de desarrollar políticas públicas y de salud.
September 13, 2021--MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas. This week MendoLatino interviews Maria Amelia Viteri, PhD about gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and migration. And about the importance of recognizing diversity when it is time to develop public and health policies.
September 10, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young return for KZYX's Friday night Sports call-in show, The Sports Phone.
September 10, 2021--Alicia Bales talks with Lost Coast Outpost reporter Ryan Burns, who broke the huge story last week about the mysterious company that wants to run a coal train on the old North Coast Rail line, which would kill plans for The Great Redwood Trail from the SF Bay Area through Mendocino County to Humboldt Bay. The second half of the show features an interview with Peter Pomerantsev, who studies the role of disinformation and propaganda in society. He’s the author of Nothing is True, Everything is Possible, which explores the development and use of Tactical disinformation campaigns in Russia, and his latest book This is NOT Propaganda, looking at the expansion of information warfare around the world. They talk about how disinformation works to sow confusion and mistrust, and why people are vulnerable to it.
September 9, 2021--Steve and Annie talk with Ashik Siddique of the Institute for Policy Studies. He co-authored a study on military spending, which is more holistic than the conventional studies. It reaches into Homeland Security, ICE, and other agencies that are actually quite militarized. If you look at it that way, the 6 trillion dollars we spend on military turns out to be more like 21 trillion. He also connects that militarized culture to current social divisions, the rise of white supremacists for example.
September 9, 2021--Johanna Wildoak features local organization whose fundraising and outreach have been impacted by the pandemic. Michelle Rich with the Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Karen Oslund Executive Director of the Cancer Resource Centers of Mendocino County, and Elizabeth Elmore the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Ukiah.
September 8, 2021--Bob Laughton hosts a solo version of Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and answers to listeners' questions about all things digital.
September 8, 2021--Karen talks with Supervisor Ted Williams to get an update on the many issues affecting Mendocino County right now, including the severe drought, the allocation of PG&E Fire settlement funds, Covid-19, and the county's strategic planning.
September 7, 2021-Take a dive into our forests with the Ecology Hour. Hannah Bird is joined by Dr. Mike Jones, UC Cooperative Extension Forestry Advisor, on an audio exploration of Mendocino County's different forest types to understand some of the stresses and adaptations our incredible woodlands are currently showing. From drought to wildfire and human management, how can we best support healthy forests?
September 7, 2021--Dr. Trotter and Cob talk with Dr. Claire Denley about Colon Cancer screenings and treatment. Dr. Denley is a Family Practice Resident at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley.
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September 5, 2021--Three college students from Mendocino County discuss the Three C's- Covid, Climate Change, and College. Insightful and entertaining.
September 3, 2021-- Jim and Jerry Young return to host one of community radio's few live SPORTS call-ins, The Sports Phone! A lively hour of community conversation about all things Sports, every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
September 3, 2021-- Bob Bushansky talks with Tara Dawson McGuiness, who along with Hana Schank, wrote “Power to the Public - The Promise of Public Interest Technology”. They believe that there is no solving the world’s hardest problems without government, and that technology can play a critical role, but it is never the solution alone.
September 2, 2021--This week On Be More Now, host Blake More interviews multi-disciplined alchemist, Randolph Masters. Masters is an award winning composer, a professional, multi-instrumentalist musician, frequency and sacred geometry consultant, and university music teacher. Show topics include the future of healing as it pertains to music, frequency and architecture.
September 2, 2021--Join Alicia Bales as she interviews legendary Environmental Attorney Sharon Duggan about her lifetime of impactful litigation to protect the forests of Northern California, and her latest efforts to advocate for a “CalFire divorce,” a call to separate the Forestry and Firefighting sides of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
September 1, 2021--On this edition of "For the Love of Reading: CHALLENGED and CENSORED, Linda Pack reads selections from Banned Books. Hear what many people — over centuries — have NOT wanted you to hear! Featuring selections from banned authors including: Nicholas Copernicus, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, George Orwell and more. This program is in honor of Banned Books Week, an annual event sponsored each September by the American Library Association, celebrating the First Amendment and the Freedom to Read by spotlighting current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.
September 2, 2021--Jenn Procacci brings you a throwback talk with Kevin Jodrey at the 2015 Emerald Cup where he focuses on harvest and curing. Fall is right around the corner! Do you know all the tips and tricks to best preserve your cannabis harvest?
September 1, 2021--Doug and Alex host a show about new developments in Renewable Energy.
September 1, 2021--Joy LaClaire talks with Izzy Award winning journalist Todd Miller about what he’s learned in his 25 years of reporting from the southern border of the US and his latest book, BUILD BRIGES, NOT WALLS: A JOURNEY TO A WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS, published by City Lights Books.
August 31, 2021--Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow, hosts of “Talking about California,” interview Susanna Hecht, Professor of Geography at UCLA’s Environment and Sustainability Institute. In a conversation that ranges from the redwood forests of northern California to the heart of the Amazon in Brazil, Professor Hecht discusses human “management” of the earth’s forests from Paleo-Indian times to the present. The program is part of a series of in-depth interviews that examine the fate of the California redwood forests, focusing on Mendocino County.
August 31, 2021--Doc Holliday and W.Dan talk all things puppies and kittens. What to look for, how to pick one and what to do with it after you've got it, with listener calls.
August 30, 2021--Mendocino County voters have received their mail-in ballots for the September 14 Recall election to decide whether Governor Newsom will continue in office or be replaced. With over 40 candidates running to replace him, it is more than a Yes or No question - and confusion abounds! Karen Ottoboni and Annie Esposito work through the ins and outs, and where the money is, in this historic election.
August 27, 2021-- Alicia Bales talks with local journalists Colin Atagi of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and Justine Frederiksen of the Ukiah Daily Journal about the week's local headlines, including the Cache Fire in Lake County and the surge in hospitalizations and deaths in Mendocino County due to the Delta variant. In the second half of the show, she talks with wildfire researcher Chad T. Hanson about how thinning and fuels reduction may not provide the protection from wildfire that people believe. His new book is Smokescreen: Debunking wildfire myths to save our forests and our climate.
August 26, 2021--Michelle Hutchins, Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools, interviews the new educational leaders of Anderson Valley Unified, Leggett Valley Unified, Manchester Union Elementary, Potter Valley Unified, and Willits Unified School Districts. She asks these five superintendents, hired this July, about their experiences starting to lead a new school community during a pandemic.
August 26,2021--Host Johanna Wildoak is joined by local holistic health consultant Claudia Wenning for a call-in program about Community Resilience. During these challenging times, who or what do you turn to for solace and support?
August 25, 2021--Hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid bring the latest computer news, with time for your calls. It’s all things computed, with Point and Click Radio.
August 25, 2021--On TKO, Karen Ottoboni will talks with Mendocino County Registrar of Voters, Katrina Bartolomie, about the upcoming special election on September 14, when voters will decide whether to Recall Governor Newsom.
August 24, 2021--Host Anna Halligan speaks with Patty Madigan, the Conservation Programs Director with the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District.
August 24, 2021--Did you know that PG&E has local competition? And not only from Sonoma Clean Power. The City of Ukiah is a member of an "electric utility cooperative” along with 16 other municipalities in northern California, and has been for decades. Mari Rodin talks with Mel Grandi and Cindi Sauers, Utility Directors for the City of Ukiah. Find out how Ukiah gets its power, how it came about, how it affects the City’s green energy footprint, and more.
23 agosto 2021--MendoLatino conversa con Dr. Andy Coren sobre como COVID y la variante Delta está impactando nuestro condado. Luego, George Verástegui nos cuenta de su investigación sobre disparidades en el despliegue de la campaña de vacunación.
August 23, 2021--This week on Mendolatino Dr. Andy Coren discusses how COVID-19, and the Delta variant are affecting our county. Later, hosts Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas speak with George Verástegui about his research on health disparities in our county related to the distribution of COVID vaccines.
August 20, 2021--Jerry Young makes a rare studio appearance for this week's edition of the Sports Phone, community call in about all things sports, every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
August 20, 2021--Bob Bushansky speaks with William L. Silber about his book “The Power Of Nothing To Lose — The Hail Mary Effect In Politics, War, and Business. It is not just in football that people throw a Hail Mary pass. Silber tells us when it is worthwhile and when it isn’t.
August 20, 2021--Welcome to Episode 1 of The Criminal, an new show on KZYX hosted by DJ 'Kay that aims to elevate discourse about controversial topics related to the Black Experience, minority groups and People of Color. It explores topics and perspectives that are anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic and challenges all forms of oppression.
August 19, 2021-- Chris talks with local forest activist Kent Graney about the daily Action Camp in Caspar that has been instrumental in temporarily stopping logging in Jackson Demonstration State Forest; and Jeanne Jackson of Friends of The Gualala River about the recent logging of the “Dogwood” Timber Harvest Plan.
August 19, 2021--The Farm and Garden Show is back at it’s new time slot on the third Thursday of each month at 3pm, with new hosts Lama and Matthew. This week they talk with Matthew Drewno about his new book, “A Path to Peace and Sustainability: Growing Soil, Food and Seed in as Little as 1,000 square feet”.
August 19, 2021--Jenn Procacci talks with Bruce Robinson, administrator for the Mendocino County Cannabis Equity Program about LEEP, the Local Equity Entrepreneur Program, which offers grants and benefits for the cannabis community.
August 17, 2021--Host Chad Swimmer gives updates on what's happening in Jackson Demonstration State Forest, The People's Forest. He has a conversation with youth climate activist Sara Constance Rose, an early riser that some are calling “The Ninja,” and Vince Taylor, founder of the Original Campaign to Restore Jackson.
August 18, 2021--Thom Hartmann returns to Forthright Radio to discuss the 7th in his Hidden History series, THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE: WHY SICKNESS BANKRUPTS YOU AND MAKES OTHERS INSANELY RICH.
August 17, 2021-- Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Dr. Megan McCurry about sun and skin cancer.
August 16, 2021--Firefighter and EMT Reno Keoni Franklin, Chairman Emeritus of the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, returns to Pomo Perspective to talk about fires, firefighting, and the urgent need for planning to keep Native Communities safe.
August 13, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young host the Sports Phone, a lively community call in show about all things sports. This week they welcome Dr. Patty Chico with a segment they call "Ask the Sports Phone Doctor."
August 12, 2021--Steve and Annie explore different aspects of corporate excesses that threaten our Democracy. This week, they’ll look at Chevron Corporation’s Prosecution of Attorney Steven Donziger, and the new IPCC Report on Climate Change with Jessica Corbett, staff writer for Common Dreams.
August 12, 2021--Johanna talks with the organizer and some of the speakers of Community Immunity - Resilience and Wellness for our time. At this event on August 28 in Willits, local herbalists and healing professionals will share information on how to boost community immunity and resilience during this pandemic.
August 11, 2021--Hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid bring the latest computer news, with time for your calls. It’s all things computed, with Point and Click Radio.
August 11, 2021--Karen Ottoboni is joined by local entrepreneur Jim Roberts and Mary Anne Petrillo from the West Company for a lively discussion about the challenges around economic development in Mendocino County.
August 10, 2021--Hosts Bob Spies and Tim Bray talk with Professor Peter Raimondi of the University of California at Santa Cruz, about intertidal marine life and specifically the endangered Black Abalone.
August 10, 2021--Mari speaks with Megan Van Sant, Senior Project Manager at Mendocino County HHSA; and Jacque Williams, the Executive Director of the Ford Street Project in Ukiah, about homelessness in Mendocino County.
August 6, 2021--Jerry Young and special guest Chad Swan host this edition of The Sports Phone, live community call in about all things sports.
August 6, 2021--Host Bob Bushansky talks with Peter T Coleman, professor of psychology and education at Columbia University, whose latest book is “The Way Out - How to Overcome Toxic Polarization.”
August 5, 2021--Host Blake More interviews Diane Frank, editor of Fog and Light: San Francisco through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here. A mix of poetry and discussion, with a few of the poet contributors reading their poems, including Dan Langton, Angie Minkin, Kathryn Goldman, Gail Neuman, Alejandro Murguia and Marianne Betterly – all reading about their love for SF and its wonderful sense of place.
August 5, 2021-- Host Jenn Procacci speaks with U.C. Davis researchers to discuss the impact of cannabis on local economics.
August 4, 2021--Hosts Doug and Alex discuss new developments in Renewable Energy with guest speakers from the Grassroots Institute.
August 4, 2021--Joy LaClaire speaks with Rutgers University Professor of Anthropology, Alexander Hinton, about his work and his latest book, IT CAN HAPPEN HERE: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US. He was an expert witness in the 2016 Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia.
August 3, 2021--How do you take inventory of a forest? What is the value of collecting this information and how can it be helpful? Join the Hopland Research and Extension Center to hear from their volunteers about this practice, what they have learned during the data collection and what they hope to see in the future.
August 3, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Dr. Joanne Rosenfeld, local family practitioner and author of the book "Caring for Your Friend with Dementia."
August 2, 2021--On Tuesday August 3, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors will discuss a proposal to use 2 Million dollars of American Rescue Act funds to reduce and eliminate the carbon footprint of County buildings and operations. The agenda item, sponsored by Supervisors Gjerde and Haschak, was proposed by the Grass Roots Institute, a local group that has been outspoken about the need for climate action by the county.
KZYX Program Director Alicia Bales talks with four guests about the Carbon-Free Mendocino Proposal:
Dan Gjerde is Mendocino County’s 4th District Supervisor. Working with Supervisor John Haschak, Dan created an action item for the board of supervisors' meeting tomorrow, August 3rd. The action starts with the $2 million carbon reduction fund proposed by the Grass Roots Institute, builds on the work of Sonoma Clean Power and proposes the County Government reduce and eliminate the carbon footprint of County buildings and operations.
Peter MacNamee and Marcy Snyder are Mendocino Coast residents and volunteers with the Grass Roots Institute, Peter and Marcy are two of the citizen activists who drafted a community-initiated proposal to have the County of Mendocino establish a $2 million fund to help County government and the community to move away from fossil fuels.
Geof Syphers is the Executive Director of Sonoma Clean Power. As the leader of a community-owned provider of electricity, Geof has worked to reduce the carbon footprint of Sonoma and Mendocino County customers. Today, 91% of the power supplied by Sonoma Clean Power is from carbon-free sources, and Geof will discuss ways to further reduce the environmental footprint of Sonoma Clean Power customers.
July 30, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young host a lively community conversation about all things sports, every Friday night at 7pm. Call in live on KZYX and Z.
July 30, 2021-- Bob Bushansky talks with Phil Warf, political science professor at Mendocino College, on a special live 5th Friday edition of Politics, A Love Story.
July 29, 2021--Mendocino Theatre Company brings you another evening of theatrical farce with a reading of the great Anton Chekhov's "joke in one act" THE BEAR. Featuring Bob Cohen, Mark Friedrich, and Gina O'Feral.
July 29, 2021--On this episode of Inside Education, Michelle Hutchins, County Superintendent of Schools, interviews faculty and students from Mendocino College on the topic of equity in education.
July 29, 2021--Johanna Wildoak talks with John Cavanagh about global struggles to protect our water supplies. His new book “The Water Defenders” tells the inspirational story of a community who took on an international mining corporation and won two historic victories.
July 28, 2021-- Bob Laughton, Jim Heid, and Tobi Melina talks about some new apps to add to your repertoire, web browsers, and latest computer news and time for calls. That’s all things computed, with Point and Click Radio.
July 28, 2021--Karen Ottoboni talks with Howard Dashiell of Mendocino County’s Department of Transportation, all about the state of local roads. Listen to TKO for a lively community conversation about local politics.
July 27, 2021--Host Anna Halligan talks with Eli Asarian of River Bend Sciences in Eureka, about freshwater aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on the Klamath, Trinity and Eel River basins.
July 27, 2021--This week Mari speaks with Mendocino County’s new "Transitional" Director of Public Health, Anne Molgaard. Tune in for a brand new public affairs show here on KZYX, “Citizen U” hosted by Mari Rodin. Mari has decades of experience in local government in Mendocino County, and will help navigate the ins and outs of local power structures. How do decisions really get made around here?
MendoLatino presenta a Ignacio Ayala el nuevo subdirector de la Escuela de Artes SPACE de Ukiah y a Olivia Zamora, la creadora y productora de "Voces de Mendocino" un documental que revisa como COVID 19 ha afectado a la comunidad latina. Escuche sus historias y aprenda sobre su trabajo en nuestro condado, promoviendo varias formas artísticas y educativas.
MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish, hosted by Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat. This week, MendoLatino presents Igancio Ayala new vice-director of SPACE and Olivia Zamora, producer and creator of Voices of Mendocino, a documentary about the impact of COVID.19 in our county. Learn about their personal stories and their work serving the Latinos and the community at large, promoting art, conversations and education.
July 23, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young live every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. Listen live every Friday night at 7, on KZYX and Z.
July 23, 2021--Alicia Bales talks with Sonia Waraich, the new Report for America Reporter for KZYX and The Mendocino Voice; and with Mary Callahan, the Climate Change and Environment reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Byline Mendocino is a local media round table, featuring local reporters in conversation about the week’s headlines.
July 22, 2021-- Alicia Bales talks with Covelo Rancher Richard Wilson, the former director of CDF/CalFire, about his long history of conservation activism in Mendocino County and his current efforts to separate CalFire's Forestry and Fire units.
July 22, 2021--Host Sarah Reith sits in for Jenn Procacci this week to speak with Cannabis Attorney Hannah Nelson and representatives of "The People's Referendum," Ellen Drell and Kate Marianchild, on current happenings with the cannabis referendums.
July 21, 2021--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with Princeton University Professor, Jan-Werner Müller, about his latest book, DEMOCRACY RULES, an examination of the rules and norms essential to democracy and its future flourishing. That’s Forthright Radio, listen live Wednesday at 9am on KZYX and Z.
July 20, 2021--Hosts Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman speak with environmental activist Naomi Wagner and scientist, educator, and historian, Bill Lemos about how to save a forest. Also Alder and Sara Rose with updates on progress of the new campaign to protect Jackson State Forest.
July 20, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Willits Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Katsuura about back surgery and more.
July 19, 2021--Coyote Valley Pomo Elder Priscilla Hunter and her partner Environmental and Native Rights Attorney Polly Girvin talk about the latest events in their Tribe's efforts to preserve and protect the forest and cultural sites in Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Caspar, including their attempt last week to meet with CalFire. When CalFire realized the site visit would begin with a prayer circle, the agency abruptly changed plans, effectively cancelling the meeting.
July 16, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. Listen live, every Friday night at 7, on KZYX and Z.
July 16, 2021--This week On Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky will be speaking to Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund, Micheal Keen and Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, Joel Slemrod about their new book, "Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue: Tax Follies and Wisdom Through the Ages," and taxes.
July 15, 2021--Chris Skyhawk interviews members of the Coalition to Save Jackson State Forest about this week's scheduled government-to-government consultation with local Pomo tribal members that CalFire canceled unexpectedly when they saw that the Pomo representatives were part of a prayer circle with a number of supporters.
July 15, 2021--Johanna Wildoak hosts a call in show about green grilling and staying safe and healthy during heatwaves.
July 14, 2021--Karen Ottoboni hosts a community discussion about the latest hot topics in local politics.
July 13, 2021--Bob Spies and Tim Bray talk with Dr. Craig Smith of the University of Hawaii, who has been studying the phenomenon of "whalefall" - when a whale carcass sinks to the bottom of the deep blue sea. Whales are the largest animals on Earth. What happens when one dies? In the cold, dark regions of the deep sea floor, a whale carcass is a bonanza of nutrition and energy, supporting a complex and surprisingly long-lived ecosystem.
July 13, 2021--Mari Rodin talks with Uma Hinman, the Executive Officer of Mendocino County's Local Agency Formation Commission, or LAFCO. Citizen U is a brand new public affairs show here on KZYX, hosted by Mari Rodin. Mari has decades of experience in local government in Mendocino County, and will help navigate the ins and outs of local power structures. How do decisions really get made around here?
MendoLatino presenta los anuncios de servicio público creados por el grupo DEI que aboga por la Diversidad, la Equidad y la Inclusión en el condado de Mendocino. Escuche las historias detrás de la creación de estos anuncios que invitan a las personas a vacunarse y así proteger a nuestra comunidad. También hay un reporte sobre COVID19 de Lucresha Renteria, directora ejecutiva de Mendocino Coast Clinics.
July 12, 2021--MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish, hosted by Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat. This week, they present the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force’s Public Service Announcements, created to promote vaccination and care during COVID19. Learn about the process of creating the message, recording and community effort. Also Lucresha Renteria from MCC gives a COVID19 update.
July 9, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young host another edition of The Sports Phone, a lively call in show about all things sports. Listen and call in live every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX.
July 9, 2021--Alicia Bales speaks with Ariel Carmona, Managing Editor of Lake County Record-Bee, and Danilla Sands of Mendocino Action News for this week's local media round table. In the second half, CapRadio's Scott Rodd talks about his investigation into Governor Newsom's misrepresentations about progress on wildfire prevention projects in the state, including in Ukiah and Willits.
July 8, 2021--Hosts Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini speak with former U.S. represenative and mayor of Cleveland, Dennis Kucinich, about his new book, "The Division of Light and Power."
July 8, 2021--Jenn Procacci speaks with Traci Pellar of the Mendocino Producers Guild about this weekend's Cannabis Farmer's Market in Laytonville, and Michael Katz of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance about local cannabis policy and his position on the referendum situation in the county.
July 7, 2021--On this edition of For the Love of Reading: To the Lighthouse. A selected condensation of Virginia Woolf’s luminous, thought-provoking masterwork. Beautiful, compassionate, and truly human. Read for you by Linda Pack
July 7, 2021-- Hosts Doug Livingston and Alex Aragon discuss new developments in Renewable Energy, with open lines for calls from listeners.
July 7, 2021--Joy LaClaire speaks with journalist Mike Rothschild about his latest book THE STORM IS UPON US: HOW QANON BECAME A MOVEMENT, CULT, AND CONSPIRACY THEORY OF EVERYTHING, just released by Melville House.
July 6, 2021--Hannah Bird hosts this week’s Ecology Hour focusing on forest health and fire with Dr. Mike Jones, UCCE Forestry Advisor for Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma Counties.
July 6, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Dr. Jill Buller about lifestyle interventions for depression. Dr. Buller is a new resident at the Family Practice Residency Program in Ukiah.
July 2, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young host a lively and informative call in show about all things sports, every Friday night from 7-8pm live on KZYX and Z.
July 2, 2021--This week On Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky will be speaking to Theodore Roosevelt Johnson III about his new book When The Stars Begin to Fall - Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America. Ted is a Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. He served in the U S Navy for 20 years and was a White House Fellow in the first Obama Administration. This is a DON’T MISS conversation. Politics: A Love Story, Friday at 9am here on KZYX and Z.
July 1, 2021--This week on Putting Down Roots, Host Michelle Frederick discusses The Wonderful World of Mushrooms, with guests Lama and Matthew, owners of The Forest People in Boonville and Dr. Richard Miller. They discuss mushrooms’ varied uses, ranging from culinary to mind altering.
June 30, 2021--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for calls. That’s all things computed, with Point and Click Radio.
June 30, 2021--Karen Ottoboni will talk with 5th District County Supervisor Ted Williams all about Mendocino County's pressing issues.
June 29, 2021--As signature gathering begins for two different voter referenda aimed at rolling back or rejecting the recently approved county Cannabis Ordinance, 5th District Supervisor Ted Williams makes an affirmative case for the new policy. Hosted by Alicia Bales.
June 28, 2021--MendoLatino presents Roseanne Ibarra and Erica Nunez Reyes creators of Project Reparations podcast. Their first episode "The traumas we carry" was released in March (https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tz9pV3Fo6j7iTy1HBIKlt). The purpose of the podcast is "to disentangle the web of hate, self-deprecation, oppression, intolerance, colonialism and victimization that continues to affect people of color and minorities.Our hope is to assist in empowering people who are not heard". Listen to a lively conversation about the original idea, the making of the podcast, the voices involved and the plans for future episodes.
June 25, 2021--Alicia Bales talks with Kate Maxwell of the Mendocino Voice and Loreto Rojas of MendoLatino about a county wide bilingual local news and information survey they are collaborating on. She is joined by Jackie Orozco in the second half of the show, Publisher of Periodico Al Punto, a monthly local Spanish Language newspaper for Lake and Mendocino Counties.
June 24, 2021--Michelle Hutchins, County Superintendent of Schools, interviews Round Valley High School Senior Gerald Britton. Britton shares the experience of his internship with KEET TV in Eureka and the Public Broadcasting Service which gave Britton the opportunity to make his movie titled, “From Ridge to River and From Fish to Fire.” That’s Inside Education, listen live Thursdays at 3pm on KZYX and Z.
June 23, 2021--After a 6 month hiatus, the Renewable Energy Hour is back! Doug and Alex discuss new developments in Renewable Energy that have exited us in the last six months. Listeners call in with their own excitements or concerns. Listen to The Renewable Energy Hour live, Wednesdays at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
June 23, 2021--Host Karen Ottoboni talks with 3rd District Supervisor John Haschack about Mendocino County's pressing issues. That’s TKO, listen live on Wednesdays at 9am on KZYX and Z.
June 24, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci speaks with Mendocino County Cannabis Program Manager, Kristin Nevedal, to discuss her role in the cannabis program, and demystify the cannabis equity program.
June 22, 2021--Host Anna Halligan interviews David Dralle, Research Hydrologist for the US Forest Service, about his research on groundwater storage capacity in the Eel River and other Mediterranean climates.
June 22, 2021--Project Manager Elizabeth Archer explains the details of a new grant opportunity that will reimburse eligible Mendocino County homeowners in high fire risk zones approximately 70% of the cost of a new "Class A" type fire safe roof. For those who qualify, this is an opportunity to harden their homes and save thousands of dollars courtesy of FEMA, CAL OES, and Mendocino County.
Join Michael Hunter, Tribal Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, for Pomo Perspective, every 3rd Monday at 9am, right here on KZYX and Z.
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. Every Friday night at 7, here on KZYX and Z.
June 18, 2021--Bob Bushansky talks with Carol Anderson, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Emory University, about her new book The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America. Is the Second Amendment about guns or Anti-Blackness? Listen to Politics, a Love Story live Friday at 9am, on KZYX & Z.
June 17, 2021--Host Chris Skyhawk talks about Direct Action. With ongoing blockades in Fairy Creek in British Columbia, Thacker Pass in Nevada, and right here at home in Jackson Demonstration State Forest, Chris takes a look at what’s happening and why activists are taking to the woods. That’s Universal Perspectives. Listen live Thursday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
June 17, 2021--Host Johannna Wildoak is joined by the Communications Manager of the Community Foundation and the coordinator of the Renewable Energy Development Institute to discuss community resilience and disaster preparedness.
June 16, 2021--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for calls. That’s all things computed, with Point and Click Radio. Listen live, Wednesday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
June 16, 2021--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with Director of the Humanism Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, Andy Norman, to discuss his latest book, MENTAL IMMUNITY: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think.
June 15, 2021--Join Paul Schulman and Chad Swimmer for the premier of the Trail Stewards Radio Hour. They give an update about the New Campaign to Restore Jackson State Forest, and interview climate scientist JP O'Brien about the intersection between logging, climate change, and wildfire. They also speak with local biologist Teresa Sholars about how timber harvest can be done from an ecologist's perspective.
June 15, 2021--On Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Jen Dalton, president of Hearthstone Village, a nonprofit running a girls program in Haiti for orphans. They discuss lessons from their successes.
MendoLatino presenta a Emily Cohen, directora, y a Ashley Solis, protagonista de Fruit of Labor. Un film sobre una joven Latina en el sur de California enfrentada a las fuerzas visibles e invisibles que mantienen a su familia atrapada en la pobreza. Y la lucha por los trabajadores esenciales que ponen comida y frutas en nuestras mesas. También tendremos al Dr Coren quien informará sobre Covid.
MendoLatino presents Emily Cohen, director, and Ashely Solis, protagonist of Fruit of Labor, is a coming of age story about an American teenager traversing the seen and unseen forces that keep her family trapped in poverty. And the essential workers that put food on our tables. We’ll also have a report about Covid-19 from Dr. Andy Coren. That’s MendoLatino, Monday morning at 9am here on KZYX and Z.
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. Every Friday night at 7, here on KZYX and Z.
June 11, 2021--Alicia Bales host the local journalism round table for this week with Matt LaFever of MendoFever.com and Robin Epley, Editor in Chief of the Fort Bragg Advocate News and the Mendocino Beacon. Regional Wildfire Reporter Sarah Stierch joins in the second half of the show to talk about using social media to adapt to the immediacy of fire reporting.
June 10, 2021--Jenn Procacci talks with Charles Sargenti of Small is Beautiful and Lew Chichester to discuss the referendum movement against 10% cannabis cultivation.
June 9, 2021--Karen Ottoboni talks with Delynne Rogers of Ukiah PFLAG and Katherine Fengler of GLAM on to talk about gay pride and progress through community alliances. And to acknowledge all the work they’ve done in this community over the past 20 years for gay rights and inclusion.
June 8, 2021--Co-hosts Tim Bray and Robert Spies interview behavioral biologist Dr. Mark Hauber of the University of Illinois about Cowbirds. Widespread and abundant, Cowbirds are "brood parasites:" laying their eggs in the nests of unsuspecting other birds who incubate those eggs and raise the young. Learn about the intricate behavior of cowbirds and their victims in this fascinating interview.
Anderson Valley’s own Tiernan and Morgan Kobler discuss the personnel involved with wildland firefighting, what they do, and some challenges they face. The show will also feature Lana Cohen’s interview with Cal Fire Mendocino Chief, George Gonzales, about this year’s drought, what to expect this fire season, and how Cal Fire is preparing.
June 4, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young are back for the Sports Phone, hosting a lively community wide forum on all things sports. Listen live and call in every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
June 4, 2021--Bob Bushansky speaks with Colin Jerolmack about his new book Up To Heaven and Down to Hell - Fracking, Freedom, and Community in an American Town.
June 3, 2021--This week on Be More Now, host Blake More interviews Sound Healing author, teacher, and practitioner David Gibson about vibrational healing.
June 3, 2021--This week on Putting Down Roots, Phoenix and Michelle talk all about Plants and Botanicals on the Mendocino Coast with their guests Wavelength Farm, Ficus and Fern, and The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
June 3, 2021--Johanna talks with Chuck Collins about his new book The Wealth Hoarders, which offers a blueprint for reversing inequality.
June2, 2021--Point and Click Radio is hosted by Bob Laughton and Jim Heid with help from Toby Malina at the Point and Click Research Desk. It airs live on KZYX and Z every other Wednesday from 7-8pm.
June 2, 2021--Joy LaClaire speaks with Editor-at-Large at Talking Points Memo, John B. Judis, about his updated compilation, THE POLITICS OF OUR TIME: Populism, Nationalism, Socialism, published by Columbia Global Reports.
June 1, 2021--Host Hannah Bird is back! Hard work, low pay and miserable conditions! Sound attractive to you? The California Conservation Corps are a committed group of young people aged 18-24 developing new job skills, expanding personal growth and conserving California’s natural resources. Join members of the Ukiah CCC on the Ecology Hour to learn about their experiences and their journey to become California Naturalists at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center.
June 1, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Dr. Robin Serratin, RN Anita West, and Paramedic Davey Beck of Mendocino Coast Hospital. They discuss the Coast hospital’s transition to management by Adventist Health among many other issues.
May 28, 2021--Enjoy this special Portland Sports Phone "Sports Bar" edition of The Sports Phone with Jim and Jerry Young. You can listen live and call in to the show every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z or catch the live stream at kzyx.org.
May 28, 2021--Frank Hartzell and Kate Maxwell of Mendovoice.com make up the local media round table on this edition of Byline Mendocino. Followed by a damning report about the PG&E Fire Victims' Trust by Lily Jamali of the California Report and KQED news, and Aaron Glantz of NPR's California News Desk, who is working on a fire mapping project to keep people safe this fire season.
May 27, 2021--Join Michelle Hutchins, County Superintendent of Schools, for Inside Education, as she interviews pediatricians and family practitioners about the COVID-19 Vaccine. She talks with three local doctors to learn about the safety of this vaccine for children and adolescents.
May 27, 2021--Attorney Hannah Nelson and Genine Coleman of the Origins Council talk with host Jenn Procacci about the Origin Council's recent CEQA Report.
May 26, 2021--Alicia Bales welcomes five people involved in the creation of a new mural on North State Street in Ukiah that features Khadijah Britton, a local Native woman who disappeared on February 7, 2018. With Katie Ray, a member of Round Valley Indian Tribes; Shane Grammer of Hope Through Art; Kate Feigin and Kamille Leggette of Drug Free Communities; and Mercy, one of the youth mural artists.
May 26, 2021--Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino Emergency Operations Director Brentt Blaser about the new emergency communication system, the Zone map, and how listeners can participate in Wednesday’s notification test. Mendocino County is launching a new emergency response plan in preparation for the upcoming fire season. They are dividing the county into numbered ‘zones,’ and asking county residents to get to know the zone numbers where they live and work. On Wednesday, they will test their Wireless Emergency Alert system and launch a new website MendoReady.org for emergency information, including the map of the new zones.
May 25, 2021--This week on The Ecology Hour, Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow host a special episode of Talking about California. They interview Professor Will Russell, an environmentalist at San Jose State University. Russell is a leading authority on redwood restoration, and the role of redwood forests in carbon sequestration. He is an expert on how commercial logging increases the threat of wildfires. Much of Russell’s research has been done in Jackson Demonstration State Forest here in Mendocino County.
May 25, 2021--It's a Mendocino County Fire Safe Council recap. Executive Director Scott Cratty from the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council and CAL FIRE information officer Trisha Austin cover what is going on in the local CAL FIRE unit now, and review key points about being ready for the coming season.
May 25, 2021--MendoLatino is Local Public Affairs in Spanish, hosted by Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat. This week, they explore the experience of Family Medicine at the US-Mexico border. Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista prepares physicians to provide medical care that respects the culture of its patients, and an integrated view of health. Three physicians will share their experiences, and Dr. Andy Coren will give an update about COVID in Mendocino County.
MendoLatino presenta la experiencia de medicina familiar en la frontera. El Hospital Scripps Mercy en Chula Vista prepara a médicos en medicina centrada en el respeto a la cultura de las pacientes y ofrece una mirada amplia de la salud. Tendremos 3 médicos hablando de sus experiencias y al dr. Andy Coren quien nos dará un reporte sobre la situación de COVID en el Condado de Mendocino. Escuche MendoLatino este lunes 24 de mayo a las 9 de la mañana en KZYX.
Tune in Sunday at Noon to “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) with host Jim Beatty, The Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features “Wheels and Rolling Things.” With songs, dance, stories, “Hear Ye, Hear Ye!…"The Listening Game”, fun facts, & more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
May 21, 2021-- Jim and Jerry Young are back for the Sports Phone, hosting a lively community wide forum on all things sports. Listen live and call in every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
May 21, 2021--Bob Bushansky speaks with Dorothy Wickenden, the executive editor of The New Yorker Magazine. Her latest book is: “The Agitators - Three Friends Who Fought For Abolition and Women’s Rights”. The three women are Harriet Tubman, Martha Coffin Wright, and Frances A. Seward. Their efforts changed the course of this country’s history.
May 20, 2021--This week on Universal Perspectives, Chris Skyhawk’s guests are Daniel Sheehan and Sara Nelson with the Lakota People’s Law Project. The project is dedicated to reversing the slow genocide of the Lakota People and destruction of their culture, partnering with Native communities to protect sacred lands, safeguard human rights, promote sustainability, reunite Indigenous families, and much more. There is also an update for listeners on the Jackson State Forest Tree Sit in East Caspar.
May 20, 2021--This month’s Mendocino College Symposium Lecture features Professor Rachel Donham: From Zombies to Planet B, Environmental Toxicology and Justice. Have you ever wondered if zombies are real, just how bad are cigarettes, or what’s really in the water? This talk explores a brief history of environmental toxicology and environmental justice, covering local, national, and international issues such as lead in drinking water, mercury in Clear Lake, and the injustice and immediacy of climate change. Professor Donham holds a BS in Environmental Toxicology and a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from UC Davis.
May 20, 2021--This week, Johanna invites listeners to call in with their visions and thoughts for our future. How are you dealing with the lifting of Covid restrictions? Is the climate crisis on your mind? What are your hopes for the future of our kids or grandkids? What are you doing to prepare for the fire season?
May 19, 2021--Hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid bring you Point and Click, KZYX's biweekly computer show, with the latest computer and internet news, and answers to listeners' computer questions.
May 19, 2021--Joy LaClaire speaks with Washington University Professor, Mark Rank, about his work and his latest book, POORLY UNDERSTOOD: WHAT AMERICA GETS WRONG ABOUT POVERTY, co-written with Lawrence M. Eppard and Heather E. Bullock.
May 18, 2021--Artists Betty Lacy, Laura Fogg, Margo Frank and Rosie Saxe Morris continue the discussion about waste in our culture and what we can do about it on the local level. They focus on their use of art as a catalyst for community action. Through their upcoming RECLAIMED show at the Corner Gallery in Ukiah, which is all created from the cast-off junk of our culture, the artists begin a conversation with KZYX listeners and leaders in our community to explore what can be done to alter our course of environmental degradation and navigate towards a healthier Earth for all.
May 18, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Ukiah Physical Therapist Dr. Emily Pedersen.
May 17, 2021--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter and Sunny Elliot of the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians talk about their journey together through higher education, and their graduation ceremony at Sonoma State University this weekend.
“Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) with host Jim Beatty, The Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features “Fun With Frogs!” With songs, dance, stories, “Hear Ye, Hear Ye!…"The Listening Game”, fun facts, & more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. Dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. Sounds like FUN!
May 14, 2021-- Jim and Jerry Young are back for the Sports Phone, hosting a lively community wide forum on all things sports. Listen live and call in every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
May 14, 2021--KZYX News' Lana Cohen talks with Fisheries Biologist Anna Halligan of Trout Unlimited and Dr. John Abatzoglou, Associate Professor in the Department of Management of Complex Systems at the University of California, Merced, about the impact of the current severe drought on Mendocino County's natural environment.
May 13, 2021--Hosts Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini discuss the voter suppression bills being pushed in several key state legislatures with David Armiak, Research Director of The Center for Media and Democracy, followed by an interview with Ellen Drell, cofounder of the Willits Environmental Center, about the a possible upcoming Referendum on the County’s Proposed Cannabis Cultivation Land-use Ordinance.
May 13, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci talks with Attorney Ed Denson about Humboldt County's use of Satellite monitoring for Cannabis Abatement, a model that is now being considered for Mendocino County.
May 12, 2021--KZYX Program Director Alicia Bales presents a special interview with NPR’s global health correspondent Jason Beaubien. Jason has family in Mendocino County, and while he was in the area on May 8, he sat down for a conversation about radio, his work covering the global pandemic, and why stories from around the world matter.
If you listen to NPR news, Jason Beaubien’s name will be familiar. Over his two decades at NPR news he has travelled all over the world, bringing listeners the voices of ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances, from civil wars to nuclear meltdowns. He has spent most of his career in the developing world, and has a reputation for being willing and able to cover disasters. So when news came of an outbreak of a novel virus in Wuhan, China, he tried to get in to tell the story. Since then he has reported on the scope of the pandemic throughout the world, and has shined a light on the stark inequities revealed by the global response.
He spoke to KZYX on Greenfield Ranch in the hills west of Redwood Valley.
May 12, 2021--Karen Ottoboni gives a thorough update with commentary about the current issues facing the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, and opens the phone lines for listener input.
May 11, 2021--Co-hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with Dr. Sarah Kupferberg, an aquatic ecologist doing research at the University of California's Angelo Reserve in northern Mendocino County. Dr. Kupferberg has studied the food web in the South Fork of the Eel River, including the yellow legged frog. They explore the life history of these frogs, how they use the riverine habitat, and their population status.
May 11, 2021--This week on on Mendocino County Fire Safe Radio, Host Scott Cratty delves into concerns and get advice about Homeowners Insurance with Amy Bach, Executive Director of UP, United Policyholders, providers of information for insurance customers. He also reviews the state of 2021 wildfire-related legislation with Representative Jim Wood.
May 10, 2021--Este lunes MendoLatino comenzará la hora hablando con Redwood Care Giver Center sobre recursos que están disponibles are familias afectadas por COVID. El enfoque principal será Latinas en la Educación Superior, y un proyecto de investigación sobre las barreras que se enfrentan, que se llama UnDocuLatina. Sintonicen a MendoLatino a las 9 de la mañana!
MendoLatino is a biweekly local public affairs program in Spanish, with hosts Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas. This week MendoLatino starts the hour with the Redwood Care Giver Center, and the resources that are still available for families who have been affected by COVID. The main theme of the program is Latinas in Higher Education, the systemic barriers they face, and a research project called UnDocuLatina.
May 9, 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…“Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) celebrates “Mothers Everywhere” with host Jim Beatty, The Dancing Grandpa. Featuring songs, dance, stories, the “listening game”, fun facts, & more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
May 7th 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
May 7, 2021--Bob Bushansky speaks with Sara Laschever about her book, co-witten with Linda Babcock, called Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide. It explores how our institutions, child-rearing practices, and implicit assumptions discourage women from asking for the opportunities and resources that they have earned and deserve.
May 6, 2021--Blake More interviews author, philanthropist and spiritual teacher J. Jaye Gold, who founded the Center for Cultural & Naturalist Studies, a California non-profit organization that offers disaster relief in the US and works with underprivileged children worldwide. They talk about his work, his lifelong studies & world travels, as well as his insights on how subtlety, humor, perspective, and an understanding of group dynamics can help us come to terms with today’s fast-paced, technology-filled culture.
May 6, 2021--This week on Putting Down Roots, hosts Phoenix and Michelle explore “Local Curiosities and Hidden Gems” with Guests Anne Maureen McKeating, Director of the Larry Spring Museum, and “Mr. G and Chinchilla” from Triangle Tattoo in Fort Bragg.
May 6, 2021--This week, Johanna talks with Megan Barber Allende, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Mendocino County. They’ll discuss the work of the foundation to support the people and organizations of our county during the Covid pandemic and its plans for the future. She also talks with Chloë Guazzone-Rugebregt of Anderson Valley Health Center; and Laurel Near and Ignacio Ayala of SPACE, the School of Performing Arts and Cultural Education, in Ukiah.
May 5, 2021--On this episode of For the Love of Reading....In Memoriam: Stories by Local Writers we have lost. Featuring selections by Lenny Laks, Antonia Lamb, Bobby Markels, Bonnie Sanger, and Chester Anderson. Read for you by Linda Pack.
May 5, 2021--Hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid bring you Point and Click, KZYX's biweekly computer show, with the latest computer and internet news, and answers to listeners' computer questions.
March 5, 2021--Joy LaClaire speaks with forestry scientist Suzanne Simard, about her decades long research to discover the workings of the interconnected fungal web underlying healthy forests. Her highly anticipated book, FINDING THE MOTHER TREE: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, was published on May 4th.
May 4, 2021--Join the “International City Nature Challenge” from the comfort of your own radio! The Ecology Hour this week looks at this worldwide observation and citizen science effort, and how Mendocino County has been involved. Host Hannah Bird talks with some of the partners who spent the weekend observing all living things, and explains how you can participate in this great identification effort!
May 4, 2021--This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Anderson Valley Health Center’s one and only Dr. Mark Apfel. They talk about Primary Care and “POLST,” or Portable Medical Orders, which allow patients to do advance care planning that is valid outside of the clinic or doctor’s office. With Cob engineering.
May 2, 2021--Jayma Shields Spence hosts this month's edition of Youth Speaks Out! Introduced and produced by Dan Roberts, Jayma talks with her colleagues in Laytonville's schools about their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. The interviews include a teacher, and school psychologist, a student and a school principal.
May 2, 2021--This week “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) explores “The Fascinating & Incredible World Of Tortoises & Turtles” with host Jim Beatty, The Dancing Grandpa. Featuring songs, dance, stories, the “listening game”, fun facts, & more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. Tune in LIVE and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
April 30, 2021--Host Bob Bushansky and Phil Warf, Political Science Professor at Mendocino College, are live in the studio for a Fifth Friday conversation looking at President Biden's First 100 Days in office.
April 29, 2021--Join the Mendocino Theatre Company for a reading of the one-act comedy WOMAN'S HONOR by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Susan Glaspell. It's a witty satire of the sexual double standard that is sure to make you smile!
April 29, 2021--KZYX is pleased to broadcast the newest lecture in the Mendocino College Symposium Series: Caring Classrooms and Communities, Supporting Mendocino County Students' Mental Health Needs Now and Beyond the Pandemic by Vincent Poturica. Many Mendocino County students have been affected by trauma related to poverty, wildfires, racism, and other issues. Students' responses to trauma and subsequent mental health struggles have been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. The talk explores ways to provide more consistent support resources for students throughout the county.
April 29, 2021-- Host Jenn Procacci speaks with Charles Sargenti and MCA's Michael Katz about the latest in the saga to update Mendocino County's Cannabis Ordinance, including land use and zoning changes, Phase III, and the possibility of not one but two voter referendums.
April 28, 2021--Join host Karen Ottoboni for a conversation with Mendocino County District Attorney Dave Eyster. TKO is open lines on local politics. Listen live and call in every other Wednesday at 9am on KZYX and Z.
April 27, 2021--Our ocean is the Earth's "Blue Heart" covering 72 % of our planet . . . and it's in bad shape. With more than 300 tons of plastic produced annually, less than 5% is recycled. Where does much of it end up? You guessed it, in the ocean! On thie edition of the Ecology Hour on KZYX, guest host John Azzaro speaks with Mary Crowley, founding director of Ocean Voyages Institute dedicated to ocean cleanup and raising the awareness of the dangers of marine debris. John sailed with Mary and crew of marine scientists on a 150' tall ship to study first hand the world's largest toxic dump, the North Pacific Gyre.
April 27, 2021--This week on Mendocino Fire Safe Council Radio, host Scott Cratty talks with Albion-Little River Fire Chief Michael Rees about life at a rural, volunteer Fire Department. With tips to help you survive and thrive in the coming fire season, and the most common things you should do to help make sure you don't accidentally start the next wildfire.
April 26, 2021--This week on Mendolatino: our relationship with nature and our forests. Hosts Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas speak with Esme Placencia about her program, Latino Outdoors, and Chad Swimmer, the president of the Mendocino Trail Stewards, about Jackson State Forest. Dr. Coren provides a brief update about the vaccination campaign underway in our County.
Este lunes MendoLatino enfocará sobre nuestra relación con la madre tierra y nuestros bosques. Hablarán con Esme Placencia de Latino Outdoors y Chad Swimmer, presidente de Mendocino Trail Stewards, sobre Jackson State Forest. Sintonicen a MendoLatino a las 9 de la mañana!
April 25, 2021--This edition of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) celebrates “Good Friends, Good Fun and GOOD RADIO!” It’s the “Flash Drive Show” with Jim Beatty, The Dancing Grandpa. Featuring songs, dance, stories, the “listening game”, fun facts, & more. It sounds like FUN!
April 23, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young host the Sports Phone, a community call in show about all things sports.
April 23, 2021--Byline Mendocino is a local media round table, featuring local reporters in conversation about the week’s headlines, with host Alicia Bales. This week’s panel features local freelance reporter Frank Hartzell and Sarah Reith of the KZYX Local News. The panel is joined in the 2nd half of the hour by Aaron Glantz, Senior Investigations Editor at NPR's California Newsroom.
April 22, 2021--Michelle Hutchins, County Superintendent of Schools, interviews Mendocino County Science Fair winners. She talks with the ten students who represented Mendocino County at the State Science Fair to learn about what inspired their projects.
April 22, 2021--Johanna “Wildoak” talks with Dr. Noliwe Rooks, W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of Literature at Cornell University, about her most recent book Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education. Also, a look back at Earth Day 2021 from Earth Day 2031.
April 21, 2021--Join hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid for KZYX's call-in computer show, Point and Click, all things computed.
April 21, 2021--On this edition of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire speaks with Senior Correspondent at Vox, Ian Millhiser, about the decline of liberal democracy in the US and his latest book, THE AGENDA: HOW A REPUBLICAN SUPREME COURT IS RESHAPING AMERICA.
April 20, 2021--This week on The Ecology Hour, two local members of Elders Climate Action, Margo Frank and Steve Zuieback have a conversation about simple things you can do to lower your carbon footprint and make an impact on climate change. They share some individual and community actions you can join at the local, state and national level and they’ll inspire you with hopeful and positive changes that are taking place around the country and the world. Their conversation is followed by questions and comments from the community fielded by Margo Frank.
April 20, 2021--This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Kate Feigin, Project Director at the Drug Free Communities Coalition, about whippits, and why she believes they should be banned, including from being sold at head shops.
April 19, 2021--Pomo Perspective features Priscilla Hunter, Pomo Elder and former Chairwoman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, and Polly Girvin, Environmental activist and Indigenous Rights Attorney. The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo has recently requested Government to Government Consultation with the State of California to discuss their opposition to the timber operations proposed in their ancestral Northern Pomo and Coast Yuki territory which is now Jackson Demonstration State Forest. There are at least 22 cultural sites in the State Forest that have been identified, many of which have been destroyed by road building and other industrial activity. Currently 500 acres of mature second growth redwood are approved for logging by Cal Fire (the California Department of Forestry).
April 16, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young host The Sports Phone, a call in community conversation on all things sports. Listen live and call in every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
April 16, 2021--This week On Politics: A Love Story, Bob Bushansky speaks with Tsun Mei Cheng, widow of Uwe Reinhardt who authored “Priced Out - The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care”. Tsun Mei worked closely with her husband, wrote the epilogue, and had the book published after his death. She is a Health Policy Research Analyst at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.
April 15, 2021--On this first episode of Universal Perspectives, host Chris Skyhawk remembers Joe Louis Wildman with Raul Gardea of SEIU Local 2015, and gives an update on the treesit in Jackson Demonstration State Forest with a member of the support team.
April 15, 2021--KZYX's Alicia Bales interviews Treesitters Greasy Pete and Bugs about their efforts to protect the redwoods in Caspar that are slated to be cut by CalFire in Jackson Demonstration State Forest.
April 14, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci talks with Hannah Nelson and Michael Katz of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, about cannabis enforcement and protecting legacy cultivators.
April 14, 2021--Karen Ottoboni talks with Matt Kendall about Cannabis enforcement in Mendocino County, with calls from listeners.
April 13, 2021--On this edition of The Ecology Hour with hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies, journey to the bottom of the deep blue sea with Dr. James Barry of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute as he describes their cutting-edge research using Remotely Operated Vehicles to examine the seafloor. Dr. Barry and his team of scientists are discovering the fantastic ways life adapts to the total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, more than two miles below the surface.
April 13, 2021--Mendocino County Fire Safe Radio host Scott Cratty talks with representatives of the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, including Chairman Sonny Elliot, covering the cultural uses of fire, the numerous current wildfire mitigation programs currently under way, and the Tribe's partnership with the Fire Safe Council on Defensible Space and Chipper Day programs.
April 12, 2021--This episode of Mendolatino focuses on education, including efforts underway to vaccinate 16-18 year olds and their families. A group of educators and students discuss the challenges they have faced under COVID, and now, the partial return to the classroom.
MendoLatino enfocará en la educación y los esfuerzos para vacunar a los estudiantes y sus familias. Los invitados incluyen un grupo de educadores y estudiantes que relatarán como ha sido el regreso parcial a las escuelas.
April 11, 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…Listen to “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features “Humdingers, Silly Songs & Funny Words.” With songs, dance, the “listening game”, story time, fun facts, riddles & more. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
April 9, 2021--This week on Byline Mendocino, host Lana Cohen, environmental reporter for KZYX News, looks into the impending drought and the state of regional water security in Inland Mendocino with Sean White, Director of Water and Sewer for the City of Ukiah, and Beth Salomone, General Manager at Russian River Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
April 8, 2021--Join Steve and Annie on Corporations and Democracy, for an interview with David Cobb, with the California Public Banking Alliance, and Ruth Kaplan, Co-Chair of the Massachussets Public Banking Campaign. A Public Banking bill in the CA State Assembly would enable the disadvantaged to do banking without depending on pay-day lenders.
April 8, 2021--April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Host Johanna Wildoak talks with Vicki Wellspring from Project Sanctuary, Mendocino County’s domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, response and crisis center. Rose Bell from The Community Foundation joins for the second half of the show about support for local nonprofit organizations hit by Covid-19, the Non-profit Relief Grant.
April 7, 2021--Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio, KZYX's biweekly computer radio show with call ins.
April 7, 2021--On this edition of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire speaks with scientist Rob Dunn, about his latest book DELICIOUS: THE EVOLUTION OF FLAVOR AND HOW IT MADE US HUMAN.
April 6, 2021--Archive from the Fall of 2016 about local pollinator experts Kate Frey, Kathy Monroe, and Lavender Cinnamon.
April 6, 2021--Dr. Trotter talks with Dr. Sara Martin and Dr. Jodi Parungao, Family Physicians and Faculty at the Family Practice Residency Program in Ukiah.
April 5, 2021--Host Ruthie King plays selections from the 2021 California Small Farm Conference, focusing on New Black Farmers.
April 4, 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”… “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features fun with “Humming” & “Hummingbirds.” With songs, dance, the “listening game”, story time, fun facts, riddles & more. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
April 2, 2021--Jim and Jerry Young host a call in show about all things Sports, live every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
April 1, 2021--This week on Be More Now, host Blake More honors Poetry Month by devoting the hour to youth poetry – the voice of our future. Some poems are brand new, some are a few years old, some you might have heard, but all of them are reminders of the importance of staying connected to the heart thread of our choices.
April 1, 2021--This week on Putting Down Roots, hosts Michelle and Phoenix focus on climate change and climate action. They talk with Doug Nunn, a local climate action activist, and Matt Drewno of Victory Gardens for Peace and Ecology Action.
March 31, 2021--Celebrate National Women’s History Month with Mary Anne Petrillo, CEO of West Business Development Center. On this week’s program, Mary Anne speaks with Surina Kahn, CEO of the Women’s Foundation California, and Claudia Viek, founder of Invest in Women Entrepreneurs Initiative about what the future holds for women in business, gender equity in the workplace, and much more.
March 31, 2021--Join Karen Ottoboni for TKO, Community Open Lines, exploring local government and politics. This week, her guest is 1st District supervisor Glenn McGourty about his learning curve in the 3 months since taking office, the urgent issue of water for his constituents and the whole county, cannabis policy, and more.
March 30, 2021--There are currently multiple Timber Harvest Plans slated for the watersheds of Big River, Caspar, Jughandle, Mitchell, and Hare Creek, encompassing much of the western section of the Jackson Demonstration State Forest. Logging is set to start on the Caspar plan as soon as this spring. Is this the highest and best use of our public lands? The Mendocino Trail Stewards, along with Tom Wheeler and Matt Simmons from EPIC, discuss how logging impacts wildfire, climate change, and outdoor recreation. What can we do to bring today’s forest practices in alignment with the realities of the 21st century?
March 29, 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…This week's edition of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, celebrates our “Wishes, Hopes & Dreams." With songs, dances, the “listening game”, story time, fun facts, riddles & more; “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is “Fun Family Radio”; it’s listening fun for everyone, young old and in between. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
March 26, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. The Sports Phone, every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
March 25, 2021--Michelle Hutchins, Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools, interviews teachers from local schools that are just opening to in-person instruction.
March 25, 2021--Johanna Wildoak talks with Joanne Goldblum and Colleen Shaddox about their book Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty. They reframe poverty as a policy—not a people—problem, enabled by a litany of institutional obstacles.
March 24, 2021--Join Jim Heid and Toby Malina for all things computed, KZYX's biweekly computer call in show.
March 24, 2021--Join Karen Ottoboni for TKO, Community Open Lines, exploring local government and politics. This week, her guest is 2nd district supervisor Mo Mulheren. The topics include what she's learned in the 3 months since taking office, the $21.6 million dollar PG&E settlement money and more.
March 23, 2021--Join host Chris Skyhawk for the Ecology Hour, all about the Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota. Line 3 is an attempt by Enbridge Co. to transport tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada. A powerful coalition of climate activists, farmers, and First Nations people are coming together to stop Line 3.
March 23, 2021--Host Scott Cratty talks with Brentt Blaser from the Mendocino County Office of Emergency Services. The lack of winter rainfall indicates Mendocino County is heading for another dry and dangerous fire season. Being fire-ready should be part of your new normal. Find out more about our emergency alert systems and how the county is helping to get us all ready.
March 22, 2021--MendoLatino is live, local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat. This week’s program features Dr. Andy Coren, County Public Health Officer, about the latest information related to COVID-19 and the vaccine. They also talk with NCO about the California Immigrant Resilience Fund.
March 21, 2021--This edition of Youth Speaks Out! Features two college freshmen women on Women’s History Month and liberation. Do high schools and colleges help evolve female equality? Which women have inspired these recent Laytonville High School graduates?
March 21, 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”… This week's edition of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids,” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. celebrates “Springtime & Spiders.” With songs, dances, the “listening game”, an “Anansi The Spider” story, fun facts, riddles & more; “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young old and in between. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
March 19, 2021--Get your sports fix with Jim and Jerry Young on the Sports Phone. Tonight's conversation veered into the unexpected but familiar world of playground sports! Listen live and call in every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z or www.kzyx.org
March 19, 2021--This Week on Politics, A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky speaks with Nancy Kleiber, Vice President of the Mendocino County League of Women Voters. They talk about HR-1, also known as “For The People Act,” just passed by the House of Representatives and set for debate in the Senate starting March 23rd. How does the bill protect voting rights across the US, and can it pass if the Senate doesn’t get rid of the filibuster?
March 18, 2021--On this edition of Be More Now, host Blake More interviews author, animal rights advocate and veterinary homeopath Jan Allegretti about holistic health care for animals, animal rights advocacy, and animal/human wellness, personal growth, environmental sustainability and spiritual curiosity. With a poem at the end by Gwyn Rosenburg.
March 18, 2021--This week’s Cannabis Hour provides clear information on the proposed opening of Phase 3 of the County’s Cannabis Ordinance ahead of Friday's Planning Commission hearing. Host Jenn Procacci talks with Patrick Sellers of Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, Monique Ramirez of Covelo Cannabis Advocacy Group, and Sarah Bodnar of Cannabis Business Alliance of Mendocino County. They discuss the proposed 10% expansion, pros and cons, and what affect these proposed changes could have on the cannabis community.
March 17, 2021--On this special episode of The new normal Radio Hour, host Mary Anne Petrillo celebrates Women’s History Month by speaking with women business owners Alison Smith Story owner of Smith Story Wine Cellars, and Anna Burkas of Village Ecosystems and designer of the Chickfly clothing line. Mary Anne also acknowledges the one year anniversary of the Shelter in Place order that shuttered businesses in the County and across the country.
March 17, 2021--On this edition of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire speaks with award winning NY Times journalist and author of 13 books about science, Carl Zimmer, who unravels the mysterious borderland between the living and the non-living in his latest book, LIFE’S EDGE: THE SEARCH FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ALIVE. Followed by a remembrance of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
March 16, 2021-- KZYX's final episode of the Ecology Hour's "Running on Empty" with Patrick Hentschel. This episode features an interview with Gabriel Silva, Founder and CEO of Ahimsa, a global vegan leather shoe brand based in Brazil. Gabriel was a young commercial airline pilot until he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. In response to this diagnosis, he reshaped his entire approach to personal health and in doing so became vegan. Soon after, he developed Ahimsa, a company that delivers sustainably manufactured alternative "vegan" leather shoes. Patrick & Gabriel discuss Ahimsa's inspiring approach to business and what really matters when creating a service-oriented company.
March 16, 2021--Dr. Charlie Evans, ER Doctor in Petaluma and Healdsburg, and longtime medical collaborator with host Dr. Marvin Trotter, talks about his decades of work for public health all over the world, including in Africa and Latin America.
March 15, 2021--Stephanie Hicks talks about growing up Fallon Paiute Shoshone in Northern Nevada, and how her path to Coyote Valley and Mendocino County has changed her worldview. Pomo Perspective on KZYX features views from the Pomo Tribal nations of Northern California, every 3rd Monday morning at 9am.
March 14, 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…This episode of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, features the world of “Bug, Bugs, & More Bugs part 2.” With songs, dances, the “listening game”, story time, fun facts, & more; “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is “Fun Family Radio”; it’s listening fun for everyone, young old and in between. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
March 12, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young from the Sports Bar at Jerry's place in Portland, with conversation and calls about all things sports.
March 12, 2021-- Byline Mendocino is a local media round table, featuring local journalists in conversation about the week’s headlines. This week’s panel includes two powerhouse local women, each publishers of well known local magazines: Holly Madrigal, of Word of Mouth Magazine, and Zida Borcich, of Real Estate Magazine. They talk about their March issues, and what it takes to publish in Mendocino County.
March 11, 2021-- How did deregulation of the Texas electric grid actually kill people a few weeks ago? Join intrepid investigative reporter Greg Palast on Corporations and Democracy with hosts Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini. In the second half they discuss HR-1, the "For the People Act", the most significant voting rights and democracy improvement bill in more than a half century, with Aaron Scherb of Common Cause.
March 11, 2021--On Wildoak Living this week: the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program in Mendocino County. The goals of this project are to protect valuable agricultural lands while also supporting sustainable housing development and to build a sustainable and resilient agricultural community. Hosted by Johanna Wildoak.
March 10, 2021--Karen Ottoboni is joined by 5th District County Supervisor Ted Williams to discuss the issues on yesterday's Board agenda, including the budget and the $22 million settlement payment from PG&E for the damage caused by 2017's Redwood Complex Fire.
March 10, 2021--On this edition of “Point & Click Radio,” the biweekly computer show, Jim and Toby talk about passwords — how to find out if any of your passwords have been compromised by hackers, and how to create and store secure passwords. “Point & Click Radio,” on the air and on your computer for over 25 years.
March 9, 2021--Where do big fish come from? Little fish of course! Tune in to the Ecology Hour this week for a program all about larval fish and fish reproduction. Hosts Tim Bray and Robert Spies discuss the ecology of larval fish and the timing of fish reproduction in the ocean with Dr. Rebecca Asch of Eastern North Carolina University.
March 9, 2021--On this episode of the Fire Safe Council Radio show, get tips to help you preserve the natural environment while creating your wildfire defensible space. You chose to live here for the natural beauty. Now it seems like you may need to turn your home into a moonscape to keep it safe from wildfire. Host Scott Cratty talks with Jim Xerogeanes from the Mendocino College Agriculture Department and Andrea Davis from the Sanhedrin Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
March 8, 2021--MendoLatino presents Dr. Andy Coren, Health Officer of Mendocino County, Dr. Leah Cohen and Jackie Orozco to discuss vaccination in our county.
MendoLatino presenta el lunes 8 de marzo al oficial de salud del condado, Dr. Andy Coren quien informará sobre la campaña de vacunación y el acceso a la vacuna por parte de la comunidad latina. La Dr. Lea Collins explicará los mitos y las verdades sobre las vacunas. Jackie Orozco nos contará sobre lo que está haciendo UVA en Ukiah para ayudar a que todos se vacunen.
March 7. 2021-- “Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…listen to “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show explores the world of “Bugs…Bugs…&…More…Bugs.” With music, songs, dances, the “listening game”, story time, fun facts & more; “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is “Fun Family Radio”; it’s listening fun for everyone, young old and in between. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
March 5, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. The Sports Phone, every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
March 5, 2021--Bob Bushansky speaks with James A Morone, the John Hazen White professor of political science at Brown University about his new book —“Republic of Wrath — How American Politics Turned Tribal, from George Washington to Donald Trump” on Politics: A Love Story.
March 4, 2021--Attention theater lovers...Mendocino Theatre Company’s RADIO READING SERIES continues with a reading of THE CLOD by Lewis Beach. First performed in 1914, this short Civil War drama explores the brutality of war and the dehumanizing effects of poverty with a sardonic humor. The reading, directed by Lorry Lepaule, features: Pamela W. Allen, Bob Cohen, Mark Friedrich, Ken Krauss, Phil Regan, and Katan Sosnovec.
March 4, 2021--On this episode of Putting Down Roots, hosts Michelle and Phoenix focus on community health and resilience. They talk with Patrice and Molly from Healthy Mendocino, Jocelyn from Botanical Bus, and Megan from The Community Foundation of Mendocino County about the work they’re doing to support wellness in our community.
March 4, 2021--Cannabis Hour host Jenn Procacci interviews co-founder/CEO of LeafWorks Inc, Eleanor Kuntz about fraud in the medicinal plant supply chain, best practices and ethics surrounding genetics based research in cannabis, and more. Dr. Kuntz is also the founder of Canndor, the first cannabis herbarium, dedicated to preserving unique cannabis cultivars through traditional plant pressing processes.
March 3, 2021--On this episode of For the Love of Reading….Utter Nonsense! Selections from the truly Fantastical writings of Edward Lear, and the incomparable genius of Lewis Carroll. Read for you by Linda Pack. With an episode from the archives of Mendocino County Remembered.
March 3, 2021--Mary Anne Petrillo of West Business Development Center returns to KZYX for the first of a three part series on Women in Business, honoring Women’s History Month. She talks with local women entrepreneurs Sheilah Rogers, Maggie Watson and Erica Fielder, about their experiences starting and operating their own businesses in Mendocino County. It's the Women’s Month edition of the New Normal Radio hour with Mary Anne Petrillo.
March 3, 2021--On this edition of Forthright Radio host Joy LaClaire speaks with Columbia University Law Professor, John Coffee about his book, CORPORATE CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: THE CRISIS OF UNDERENFORCEMENT. Why have corporate executives at major companies such as Boeing, Pacific Gas and Electric, Purdue and Goldman Sachs escaped prosecution, despite the severe injuries their firms have inflicted on many? That’s on Forthright Radio, from KZYX and Z.
March 2, 2021--Nerd out on newts! On this edition of the Ecology Hour, learn about these mini super heroes with Kate Marianchild, author of Secrets of the Oak Woodlands and host Hannah Bird. Does a newt have superpowers? Can it grow back it’s organs? How does it “disappear” through the dry season? And just what is an “erotic cyclone”?
March 2, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Dr. Kevin Mack, Clinical Psychologist in Mendocino County, on the topic of suicide prevention.
March 1, 2021--On this edition of The Farm and Garden Show with Ruthie King, take an inside look at this year’s California Small Farmer Conference, including highlights from a wide range of cutting edge California farmers. The Farm and Garden Show airs every first Monday of the month at 9am on KZYX.
February 28. 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…Listen to this week's edition of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. We hear more “Listener Favorites” and explore the world of musical instruments. With music, songs, dances, the “listening game”, story time, fun facts & more; “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is “Fun Family Radio”; it’s listening fun for everyone, young old and in between. Tune in and dance, sing and play LIVE every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
February 26, 2021-Jim and Jerry Young host the Sports Phone, listener driven call in show about all things sports! Listen live every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and KZYZ.
February 26, 2021--Byline Mendocino features local journalists. On this episode, host Alicia Bales talks with Sarah Reith of KZYX News about her coverage of local issues this week, including developments on the Measure B committee and the Great Redwood Trail. In the second half of the show, Alicia interviews Neal Reardon of Sonoma Clean Power, about the state of our power grid in light of the disastrous events in Texas.
February 25, 2021--On this episode of Inside Education, hosted by County Superintendent of Schools Michelle Hutchins, local principals and administrators from schools across the county discuss the challenges and successes of in-person instruction during the pandemic.
February 25, 2021--Join Johanna “Wildoak” for this week's episode of Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. Johanna talks with Heather Hurwitz, author of “Are We The 99%?” 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Hurwitz explores what the successes and failures of the Occupy movement have to teach us about building inclusive, resilient movements. Johanna also presents a reading list to celebrate Black History Month.
February 24, 2021--On this edition of “Point & Click Radio,” the biweekly computer show, Bob and Jim have an update on Starlink satellite availability in this area and a roundup of computer news, along with Toby Malina’s Tip of the Week, and answers to listeners' computer questions.
February 23, 2021--This week on The Ecology Hour, host Chris Skyhawk talks with Jean Su of the Center for Biological Diversity about the potential environmental impacts of a proposed Lithium Mine near Death Valley National Park, and also efforts toward energy justice.
February 23, 2021--Your emergency plans should include the pets and livestock in your life. Find out how to prepare to take care of your animals during wildfire on this episode of Mendocino Fire Safe Radio hour with Scott Cratty of the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council.
February 22, 2021--MendoLatino is live, local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County. This week, join hosts Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat for a program with Promotores de Salud and Dr. Andy Coren, Health Officer, about the efforts in Willits and Ukiah to support Latinos during the pandemic and beyond.
MendoLatino presenta el lunes 22 de febrero a Promotores de Salud y al Dr. Andy Coren, nuestro oficial de salud. Hablaremos sobre los esfuerzos en Willits y en Ukiah para apoyar a los latinos durante la pandemia y más. Llame con sus preguntas para el Dr. Coren y aprenda sobre los esfuerzos para vacunar al Condado de Mendocino.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…This episode of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, features “Listener Favorites and DJ Inspirations.” With songs, dance, riddles & jokes, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is “Fun Family Radio”; it’s listening fun for everyone, young old and in between. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Feb 19, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. Call in live to The Sports Phone every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky talks with New York Times cyber security reporter Nicole Perlroth, about her book “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends”. According to Perlroth, nothing digital is safe from hackers: our phones, computers, appliances, thermostats, cars - not even the National Security Agency (NSA)
February 18, 2021--On this edition of Be More Now, host Blake More dives into Mendocino poetry, and poets, sharing a couple of interviews with valley poets Bill Churchill and Michelle Peneloza. Tune in for a mix of poetry, process and lots of discovery as these two fine Mendocino County poets discuss what makes them write!
February 18, 2021--On this KZYX special program, local pediatrician Dr. Casey Johnston hosts a conversation about how kids and teens are doing during the pandemic, and how to help. She is joined by Ben Anderson, the behavioral health director at MCHC clinics, to discuss children’s emotional health during the pandemic and provide resources and strategies to help with resiliency and wellness. With phone calls from listeners.
February 18, 2021--Is cannabis an effective treatment or preventative for COVID-19 infections? Join Cannabis Hour host Jenn Procacci and Dr. Olga Kovalchuk of PathwayRx to learn more. They also discuss Dr. Kovalchuk's personal COVID-19 experience, as well as the importance of dispelling misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines.
February 17, 2021--On this edition of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire speaks with Gary Ferguson and Mary Clare about their forthcoming book, FULL ECOLOGY: REPAIRING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATURAL WORLD.
February 16, 2021--This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob speak with Theresa Gowan, Operations Manager at Medstar and Director of the Fire Science and EMS programs at Mendocino College. They talked about the new Paramedic Program at Mendocino College. Mind/Body Health airs alternating Tuesday mornings at 9am on KZYX and Z.
February 15, 2021--On this episode of Pomo Perspective, Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter talks through his conflicting reactions to Trumpism and the Impeachment Trial, opening the phone lines for conversation with listeners. Pomo Perspective airs on KZYX the third Monday of every month at 9am.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…This episode of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, celebrates “Love For Each Other, Our Selves and Our World.” with songs, dance, riddles & jokes, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is “Fun Family Radio”; it’s listening fun for everyone, young old and in between. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
February 10, 2021--On this edition “Point & Click Radio,” the biweekly computer show, Point and Click hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina (from the "Point and Click Research Desk") give an update on the Starlink satellite internet service, which they covered in detail in their last show. Since then, Starlink has begun taking orders for service in our area. They talk about the realities behind ordering the service as well as some interesting details they’ve dug up about the service. Continuing with the internet theme, they also talk about a free browser that they’ve been testing. It’s called Vivaldi, and it might just become their new favorite browser. As always, they take listener calls and computer-related questions and comments.
Tomales Bay supports roughly 20,000 shorebirds in early winter, qualifying as a wetland of international importance by the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. Since 1989, Audubon Canyon Ranch has been monitoring seasonal populations of shorebirds there, and the resulting data reveal some interesting and disturbing trends. Dr. Nils Warnock, Director of Conservation Science at Audubon Canyon Ranch, presents those findings and explains their significance in the context of the Pacific Flyway and global shorebird populations.
Tuesday, February 9, 2021—Mendocino County Fire Safe Council Executive Director Scott Cratty hosts a conversation with representatives from three neighborhood Fire Safe Councils around the county: Keith Rutledge from Sherwood Firewise, Megan Watson co-founder of the McNab Ridge Fire Safe Council, and Eric Hart of the Ridgewood Fire Safe Council.
El Dr. Andy Coren de Salud Pública informará sobre la pandemia y el plan de vacunación. La Dra. Georgina Calderon de Adventist en Ukiah nos explicará las vacunas y por qué es importante vacunarse. Con Jackie Orozco de periódico Al Punto reportaremos sobre la situación actual en el condado.
MendoLatino is live, local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat. This week, Dr. Andy Coren from Public Health gives an update about the pandemic and vaccination efforts. Dr. Georgina Calderon from Adventist in Ukiah explains why it is important to get vaccinated. And Jackie Orozco from Al Punto newspaper reports about the current situation in the county.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…Listen to this week's episode of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, celebrating “Sunshine & Showers." With songs, dance, riddles & jokes, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is “Fun Family Radio”; it’s listening fun for everyone, young old and in between. Tune in and dance, sing and play LIVE every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Friday, February 5, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking calls from Mendocino County sports fans about all things sports. The Sports Phone airs every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting.
February 5, 2021--Bob Bushansky hosts a community open lines conversation on the goings on in the Senate, including the filibuster, the Senate Organizing Resolution, and budget reconciliation as a means to pass legislation with a simple majority.
February 4, 2021--KZYX is pleased to broadcast the newest lecture in the Mendocino College Symposium Series: “Curious Reactions, Vaccines and Social Response” by Dr. Larry Aguirre. The presentation explores some of the social responses to vaccination that societies have been grappling with since the earliest attempts were made to create vaccines. Dr. Aguirre evaluates how present-day vaccines work and discuss some common contemporary concerns of vaccination including those related to COVID 19.
February 4, 2021--This week on Putting Down Roots, hosts Michelle and Phoenix focus on local women entrepreneurs. They’ll be talking with Marisol from Style Salon, Kristen from Folklore in Mendocino, and Holly from Word Of Mouth Magazine about what inspires their work and their vision for the future.
February 4, 2021--Peace and Harmony Foundation of Mendocino founder and cannabis community member Joel Thompson shares his take on the Borges/Gurr versus Mendocino County Federal Civil Rights case, and then discusses ecological farming practices for both cannabis and vegetables.
Wednesday, February 3, 2021--Tune in for this special public affairs program featuring a live interview with Troyle Tognoli of the Mendocino County Chapter of Black Lives Matter. She has an update on the new Public Safety Advisory Board: who will be on it, and how it will function to oversee Law Enforcement in Mendocino County.
February 3, 2021--On this episode of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire speaks with Thom Hartmann, who returns to discuss his latest book in the Hidden History Series: The Hidden History of American Oligarchy, Reclaiming Our Democracy from the Ruling Class.
February 2, 2021--On this edition of the Ecology Hour: What practical information can a “living laboratory” like the Hopland Research and Extension Center offer to our community? How does research on our wildlife and landscapes jump from the page of a scientific journal into the real world? Join Ecology Hour Host, Hannah Bird for an interview with PhD candidates Phoebe Parker-Shames and Kendall Calhoun about their studies on the impacts of wildfire and cannabis on our wildlife and landscapes, and how their studies will be shared with the community.
February 2, 2021--This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with pediatrician Dr. Casey Johnston, about reopening schools. Dr. Johnston has consulted with local public health officials about covid risks and how to keep kids safe as they return to in person instruction.
January 30, 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…Tune in to this episode of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, featuring “Car Songs and ‘R’ Songs” with dance, jokes, the “listening game”, fun facts and more. “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. This week the Sports Phone speaks with Noah Gold, athletic Director from Mendocino High School, with an update on High School athletics both statewide and locally. Listen and call in live to The Sports Phone, every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
January 29, 2021--On this live “fifth Friday '' edition of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky talks with special guest Phil Warf, Political Science professor at Mendocino College. They have plenty to talk about, including the Biden & Harris win, the attempted insurrection, and the second impeachment of the “Cheeto who left DC ignominiously". Don’t miss Politics: A Love Story, alternating Friday mornings at 9:00 AM on KZYX and Z.
January 28, 2021--KZYX is pleased to present a new program, Inside Education, hosted by Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools Michelle Hutchins. In Mendocino County’s school districts, the maintenance, operations and transportation directors have had to figure out how to comply with constantly evolving safety guidelines, procure supplies when the whole world wants those same supplies, and retrofit facilities that were never intended to accommodate social distancing. On this first episode, Michelle talks with them about their work to get schools ready for students to return. "Inside Education" will air on KZYX every fourth Thursday of the month at 3pm.
January 27, 2021--On this week's edition of Point and Click Radio, Jim Heid and Toby Malina talk about Wunderground.com personal weather station weather forcasting website; the latest security updates for Aplle ios 14 and ipad; and discuss the potential and controversies regarding Starlink Satellite Internet for bringing broadband to rural and underserved areas. Point and Click Radio airs every other Wednesday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
January 27, 2021--Regular TKO host Karen Ottoboni was snowed in due to a winter storm, so Sarah Reith of KZYX News stepped in to talk with Dan Gjerde, Mendocino County's 4th District Supervisor, who is now the longest-serving member of the Board and this year’s chairman. They talked about the board’s priorities for the coming year, with open lines for questions from the community.
On this episode of The Ecology Hour, longtime local activist Chris Skyhawk returns to KZYX as a regular host of the Ecology Hour. After many years away, Chris brings his unique insights on the state of the natural world and our relationship with it. His guest is Chris Simmons of the Environmental Protection Information Center, EPIC, on the fate of the Northern Spotted Owl. Aired live Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 7pm on KZYX.
This week on Fire Safe Radio, host Scott Cratty takes a detailed look into the work PG&E is doing to reduce the risk of wildfire in and around Mendocino County, from this year's plans for vegetation management to stepped up weather monitoring programs. Mendocino County Fire Safe Radio airs the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 9am on KZYX and Z.
January 25, 2021--MendoLatino is live, local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County. This week, join hosts Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat for a program about Covid19 vaccinations. Leah Collins, M.D. from Anderson Valley explains how vaccines work, the process to create these vaccines and how they have been distributed in the valley. Lucresha Renteria informs about the vaccination campaign on the coast and the efforts in the county to vaccinate the community.
MendoLatino dedica su programa del lunes 25 de enero a las vacunas disponibles de Covid19. La médica Leah Collins del valle de Anderson nos explicará como funcionan, cuál ha sido el proceso de crear las vacunas y cómo se han distribuido en el valle. Lucrecia Rentería hablará sobre la campaña de vacunación en la costa y los esfuerzos del condado para vacunar a toda la comunidad.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…Tune in to this week's edition of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show is a potluck with The Beatles to Boogie Woogie, Mother Goose to Zydeco. With songs, dance, the “listening game” and more. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking calls from Mendocino County sports fans about all things sports. The Sports Phone airs every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
January 22, 2021--KZYX News Environmental Reporter and Report for America Corps Member Lana Cohen hosts this special program on regional water security, an urgent but little understood issue affecting Mendocino County. She talks with Devon Jones, executive director of the Mendocino County Farm Bureau and Erik Ekdahl Deputy Director at the California State Water Resources Control Board about regional water security, water rights, and preparing for drought. Broadcast live on KZYX on Friday, January 22, 2021 at 9am.
January 21, 2021--On this edition of Be More Now, host Blake More interviews award winning author and university professor Valerie Miner. A longtime visitor and now resident of Mendocino County, Valerie reads from and discusses her fifteenth book, Bread and Salt: Stories. That’s Be More Now, rotating Thursday evenings at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
Following Be More Now, check out Mendocino Theatre Company's "One Minute Play" series, every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm.
January 21, 2021--On this episode of The Cannabis Hour, host Jenn Procacci talks with Loretta Maps Bolt, who makes musical profiles of cannabis and other plants by recording and translating the plants' electrical impulses into music.
January 20, 2021--Governor Newsom is encouraging California’s elementary schools to begin reopening as soon as February 15th. On this special community affairs hour, Alicia Bales talks with Ukiah Unified School District Superintendent Deb Kubin, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Katie Sommer, and Gabriel Sherman UUSD's Director of Maintenance, Operations and Transportation. They review the latest information on plans to reopen schools in Ukiah, including vaccination efforts, state guidance and funding, and a series of upcoming town halls they are hosting for families to find out more.
Tune in to this week's Ecology Hour for "Running on Empty" with Patrick Hentschel. Patrick talks with Erika Morgan, Operations Director for the California Alliance of Community Energy, an advocacy group dedicated to defending Community Choice energy programs in California that advance local clean energy for the environmental, economic, and social justice benefit of our communities. Where does our electricity actually come from? What role could microgrids play in a transition to safe, sustainable energy? What are Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) and how do they bring clean energy to the grid? Patrick & Erika discuss all of this and more.
This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Dr. Lloyd Klein, a new cardiologist in Ukiah. Dr. Klein talks about heart failure, stents, atrial fibrillation and more. Mind/Body Health airs alternating Tuesday mornings at 9am on KZYX and Z.
January 18, 2021--Pomo Perspective this month features Dino Beltran, Vice Chairman of the Koi Nation of Northern California and Emmy-Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker of two films about the Koi: "Saving the Sacred," and "A Walk Through Time." He discusses his efforts to work with local municipalities and state lawmakers to protect sacred sites throughout California and the US. The Koi Nation is from the Clearlake Basin in Lake County, California.
This month's edition of YouthSpeaksOut! features two new interviews with Laytonville High School graduates attending universities- one in person in Oregon, and one online from Laytonville. They talked about how college is evolving, how Covid has affected their lives, and their thoughts on the attempted coup and the election. Informative and inspiring. Produced by Dan Roberts, and broadcast on Sunday, January 17th 2021 at 4pm during the second hour of Rhythm Running River on KZYX and Z.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”… “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) is hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show celebrates “Dreams of Freedom & Equality” and the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. With songs, dance, the “listening game” and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
This week on Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky spoke with Law Professor and Author Carlton F. W. Larson. Larson is the Martin Luther King Jr Professor of Law at University of California, Davis, School of Law and author of the book On Treason: A Citizen’s Guide to the Law. He’ll explain what treason means to “non-lawyers” in an understandable way. Bob finished the episode with his own commentary about sedition as practiced on January 6th by 140 House of Representatives members and a few US Senators. Broadcast Friday, January 15, 2021 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Corporations and Democracy, Anti-Voter Suppression warrior Greg Palast talks about What Just Happened in Georgia. And in the second half of the show, Norman Solomon assesses Biden’s cabinet nominees and appointments. Steve Scalmanini and Annie Esposito host. Broadcast live on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 3pm on KZYX and Z.
Join Johanna “Wildoak” for Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. On this episode, Johanna talks with energy expert Jennie Stephens about Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy. Stephens argues that women and communities of color have for too long been underrepresented and over-impacted by the growing wealth gap and the deepening global climate crisis. She makes the argument that giving voice and agency to almost three-quarters of our population can have potentially Earth-changing results. Broadcast live on Thursday, January 14th, 2021 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
January 13, 2021--Join hosts Jim Heid and Bob Laughton for Point and Click Radio, the bi-monthly call in show about all things computed. Every other Wednesday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this edition of the Ecology Hour with hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies: For millions of years, Barred Owls lived in the hardwood forests of eastern North America, while Spotted Owls lived in the conifer forests on the Pacific coast. In the 20th century, Barred Owls began expanding to the west, and today they are found throughout the original range of the Spotted Owl. Dr. Jack Dumbacher, Curator of Ornithology and Mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences, tells the fascinating story of the Barred Owl invasion of West Coast forests, and the scientific, environmental, ethical and legal questions it raises.
January 12, 2021--Congressman Jared Huffman held a virtual town hall to respond to questions and provide a report on the Wednesday, January 6 assault on the Capitol and Congress during the certification of the electoral college results. Topics include the 25th Amendment, articles of impeachment, Capitol Police readiness, holding rioters and those who incited violence accountable, as well as ways to ensure a peaceful transfer of power. Participants submitted their questions in advance to huffmanQandA@mail.house.gov.
On this week's Mendocino Fire Safe Council Radio, host Scott Cratty interviews George Gonzales, CalFire’s Mendocino Division Unit Chief, about their local operations. Mendocino County Fire Safe Radio airs the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 9am, live on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of MendoLatino, Loreto and Diana talk with Lucresha Renteria of Mendocino Coast Clinics about the latest COVID cases, testing and the vaccinations that will be available. They also interview Juan Orozco, the first Latino mayor of Ukiah. Nuestros invitados son Lucresha Renteria de MCC y Juan Orozco, el primer alcalde Latino de Ukiah. MendoLatino, local public affairs in Spanish on KZYX and Z. Broadcast Monday January 11, 2021 at 9am.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…This is “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features “Fun Songs & Love Songs” for Rainy Days. With music, dance, the “listening game” and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Jim and Jerry Young return from their holiday at the Portland "Sports Bar" for a Home Game edition of The Sports Phone, taking listeners' calls about all things sports. Broadcast live on Friday January 8, 2021 at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Byline Mendocino, the local media round table on KZYX, host Alicia Bales talks with Adrian Fernandez Baumann of the Mendocino Voice and Lauren Schmitt of KMUD News about the significant local stories of 2020 and how this momentous year has changed local journalism. Broadcast live on Friday, January 8, 2021.
Sarah Reith of KZYX News talks with Mendocino County's two newest Supervisors: the 1st District's Glenn McGourty and Maureen "Mo" Mulheren of the 2nd District. They had their first Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday, just as Covid-19 vaccination planning is ramping up in the county. This is their first open lines show on KZYX since they were sworn in this week. Broadcast Thursday January 7, 2021 at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
This week on Putting Down Roots, Phoenix and Michelle look at the performing arts in Mendocino County. They speak with Kara Starkweather of Mendocino Dance Project and Doug Nunn of Hit and Run Theater and Mendocino Highschool Improv Club.
On this edition of the Cannabis Hour, host Jenn Procacci talks with Supervisors John Haschak and Ted Williams, and Monique Ramirez of Covelo Cannabis Advocacy Group about changes to the Mendocino County Cannabis Ordinance. Broadcast live on Thursday January 7, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
On this week's Renewable Energy Hour, Doug and Alex are joined by solar veteran and previous cohost, Jeff Oldham. As with many shows this time of year they looked backwards and forwards, but not just at 2020 and 2021. They talked about how the RE world has changed over their long careers and what they are excited about looking forward. Broadcast live Wednesday, January 6 at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire talks with Richard Kreitner about his book, BREAK IT UP: SECESSION, DIVISION, and the SECRET HISTORY of AMERICA’S IMPERFECT UNION. With an update on the Georgia Senate Runoffs. Broadcast live at 9am on January 6, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
On this archive episode of The Ecology Hour, host Hannah Bird features local poets and their writings on nature.
On this edition of Mind/Body Health, Dr. Trotter and Cob open up the phone lines to talk about health and medicine issues that are NOT Covid-19. With questions from callers. Mind/Body Health airs live every other Monday at 9am on KZYX and Z.
Supervisors Ted Williams and John Haschak join Alicia Bales to discuss the outbreak at the Mendocino County Jail and an upcoming proposal by the Sheriff to add 10 deputies to address “organized crime and illegal marijuana grows in Mendocino County.” Broadcast live on January 4, 2021 on KZYX and Z.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…listen to “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features a “New Years Dance Party!” With music, dancing, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. Tune in and dance, sing and play LIVE every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z.
Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on this New Year's Day edition of The Sports Phone, taking listeners calls about all things sports, broadcasting live from Jerry's house in Portland. Tune in and call in live Fridays at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this edition of Politics: A Love Story, Bob Bushansky kicked off the new year speaking to Geoff White, an investigative journalist, and one of the UK’s leading technology correspondents. They talked about his new book “Crime Dot Com - From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global”. Geoff White charts the astonishing development of hacking, from its conception in America’s hippy community in the 1970s, through its childhood among the ruins of the Eastern Bloc, to its coming of age as the most pervasive threat to our digital world. Broadcast January 1, 2021 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond, Johanna Wildoak continues her coverage of the Mask Awareness grant program by North Coast Opportunities. This program provides mini-grants for outreach and mask making materials to local groups. Listeners were invited to call in with their year-end thoughts and outlooks for the new year. Broadcast on December 31st at 9am on KZYX and Z.
Karen Ottoboni hosts open lines on KZYX, with a community conversation about the year we just lived through, and what listeners are thinking about for 2021. Aired December 30, 2020 at 9am.
There are currently six proposed Timber Harvest Plans in the watersheds of Big River, Caspar, Jughandle, Mitchell, and Hare Creek, encompassing much of the western section of the Jackson Demonstration State Forest. On this edition of the Ecology Hour, join Paul Schulman and other members of the Mendocino Trail Stewards for a discussion of the impacts of logging, climate change, wildfires, and recreation on the health of our environment and ourselves. What kind of science should a demonstration forest “demonstrate"?
On Christmas Eve, Mendocino County reported an outbreak at the jail in Ukiah that had grown to 17 inmates and 5 staff, the largest outbreak of Covid-19 at the facility since the pandemic began. Alicia Bales talks with Sheriff Matt Kendall and Lt. John Bednar, PIO at Corrections, to get the latest about the outbreak, the MCSO's response, and future plans for surveillance testing and vaccination.
Todos invitados a Mendolatino para escuchar a tres artistas locales que nos hablarán sobre el poder del arte y la creatividad en tiempos de pandemia.
Join Mendolatino as they say goodbye to 2020 and ring in the new year with three special guests - local latina artists and teachers that will express how music, art-making and creativity of all kinds have helped them and their students during this challenging year.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…enjoy this episode of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show celebrates “Kwanzaa” and hope & happiness for the New Year. With songs, dance, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in live to dance, sing and play along every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
For the Love of Reading on KZYX presents a new radio adaptation of Charles Dickens’ beloved “A Christmas Carol," brought to life with music and special effects. Read for you by Mendocino County theatre luminaries R. Bobby, Lindy Peters, Nichole Phillips, and Linda Pack.
As if 2020 hasn’t been full of events and news, this week on Corporations and Democracy, Mickey Huff, Executive Director of Project Censored, will talk about what hasn’t gotten coverage. You'll be amazed at the big news stories that have been censored this year. Join host Lynda McClure for Corporations and Democracy on KZYX and Z.
On this edition of the Renewable Energy Hour with Doug Livingston and Alex Aragon, tune in for a lively discussion about renewable energy technologies, and practical applications for your home power system.
On this episode of TKO with Karen Ottoboni, she looks at community needs and giving during this holiday season, which comes as the pandemic surges locally and across the country. Karen's guest is Rose Bell of the Community Foundation of Mendocino County.
On this episode of The Ecology Hour it's "The Fish Files," a special series focused on Pacific salmon on the Mendocino Coast. Join this week’s host Anna Halligan to hear the latest about the current salmon run, and how the Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria is monitoring and restoring Ten Mile Creek. With a traditional reading of "The Night Before Fish-mas."
On this edition of Mendocino Fire Safe Council Radio: a deep dive into how local fire districts operate, what the work involves, and what it takes to keep them going -- so they can do what they do to keep all of us safe. Host Scott Cratty interviews Chief Andres Avila and EMS Officer and Battalion Chief Clay Eubanks of the Anderson Valley Fire Department. Mendocino County Fire Safe Radio airs the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 9am on KZYX and Z.
Enjoy this special holiday program “Tales of the Winter Solstice,” stories from around the world to Celebrate the Return of the Light. Read for you by Linda Pack, with special guests, R. Bobby and Ricci Dedola. Roman Saturnalia, Norse and Celtic Yule feasts, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, an Inuit tale of Raven, The Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, the ancient Persian festival of Yalda Night and more! Produced by Linda Pack for KZYX and Z.
In this weeks Youth Arts Outreach show we listen to celebratory music and hear a poem about celebrating life. We also hear from Jo and Sinead about their COVID outreach project on the coast.
Pomo Perspective is hosted by Michael Hunter, Tribal Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians. This episode explores the perils and power of finding one's voice, sports team mascots, the nomination of Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior, and much more. Pomo Perspective airs live on KZYX the third Monday of every month at 9am.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…Tune in to this week's episode of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s Winter Solstice show celebrates “Christmas” and more “Holiday Cheer From Far & Near.” With music, dance, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in and dance, sing and play LIVE every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking listener calls about all things sports. The Sports Phone airs every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this edition of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky interviews Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Z Huq. Their latest book is: “How To Save A Constitutional Democracy,” and explores the extraordinary challenges democracies face from populist leaders today, above all in the United States. They suggest that our institutions may not be as resilient as we would like to believe, and propose concrete ways in which they might be strengthened based on wide ranging knowledge of the experiences of other countries facing similar threats. That’s Politics: A Love Story, alternating Friday mornings at 9am on KZYX and Z.
To watch Professor Ineich's talk in its entirety, and see the slides that accompany this lecture, visit https://www.mendocino.edu/symposium
On this episode of Wildoak Living, Johanna Wildoak talks with community groups using art, storytelling, and other creative ways to protect the county’s most vulnerable from COVID-19, through NCO’s Mask Awareness Project. Guests include Lucy Kramer NCO's project manager, Ignacio Ayala from Ukiah Vecinos en Accion (UVA), Savanah Gipson from KZYX, and Annie Liner with the Mendocino Coast Children's Fund
Point and Click is KZYX's bi-monthly computer show, hosted by Bob Laughton and Jim Heid. This episode aired live on December 16, 2020.
On this episode of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire speaks with political blogger and staff writer at Salon dot com, Matthew Rozsa, about the current political situation, popular culture, and the concerns of the high-functioning autistic community. His recent article, "Trump the fascist artist: How the MAGA crowd is motivated by aesthetics, not ideas,” does much to explain the appeal of Trump to so many Americans. Forthright Radio airs alternating Wednesdays at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this week's Ecology Hour, it's "Running on Empty," a show highlighting the severity of our planet's climate and ecology crises. Hosted by Patrick Hentschel, this episode features an interview with Jeanne Jackson. Jackson is an author and Treasurer of Friends of Gualala River, a local organization devoted to defending the Gualala River watershed from exploitation by private interests, including Gualala Redwoods Timber. Patrick and Jeanne review the history of lawsuits aimed at blocking GRT owners the Burch family from cutting down redwoods in the Gualala River floodplain.
This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Marvin Trotter speaks with Dr. Shamsher Singh, a 2nd year resident in the Family Medicine Residency Program at the Ukiah Adventist Hospital. Dr. Singh talks about hypertension, drugs, and their consequences. That’s Mind/Body Health, alternating Tuesday mornings at 9am on KZYX and Z.
MendoLatino is live, local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County. This week, hosts Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat focus on what to do if someone gets Covid-19. They talk with a person who got sick, and how she and her family experienced the illness. With information about available services, how to prevent contagion, and where to get help.
El lunes 14 de diciembre MendoLatino está dedicado a saber qué hacer si se contrae el Covid19. Hablaremos con una persona que se enfermó y como ella y su familia vivieron la experiencia. Tendremos información sobre los servicios disponibles, cómo prevenir el contagio y dónde obtener ayuda. Sintonícenos a las 9 de la mañana.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…Listen to “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features “Holiday Cheer From Far & Near.” With songs, dance, the “listening game”, riddles, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON live on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking listener calls about all things sports. The Sports Phone airs every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
Byline Mendocino is a local media round table, featuring local reporters in conversation about the week’s headlines, with host Alicia Bales. This week’s panel includes Robin Epley, Editor of the Fort Bragg Advocate News, and Lana Cohen of the Mendocino Voice and KZYX News. Alicia also talks with Michael Krasny, host of KQED’s Forum since 1993, about his career in talk radio and his upcoming retirement after almost 40 years on the air. Tune in to Byline Mendocino live on Fridays at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Corporations and Democracy, Annie and Steve present the story of a tireless democratic road warrior, Joe Louis Wildman, who has taken the Inland Mendocino Democratic Club’s mobile headquarters in a van all the way to Georgia to work on the Senate run-off election. Joe called in from the ground in Georgia for a live report on how democrats are trying to win control of the Senate on January 5.
The Emerald Cup is an annual cannabis forum and competition, started thirteen years ago by Tim Blake. On the Cannabis Hour this week, host Jenn Procacci talks with Tim and Taylor Blake to find out how the Cup will manifest in 2020 despite the pandemic.
On this episode of The Renewable Energy Hour, hosts Doug Livingston and Alex Aragon talk about the changing political climate now that the tRump regime is coming to an end. Broadcast on December 9, 2020 at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
TKO is a bi-monthly show focusing on local government in Mendocino County, hosted by Karen Ottoboni. On TKO this week Karen talks with Mendocino County Registrar of Voters Katrina Bartolomie for an election wrap-up. When all was said and done, how did it go with Mendocino County’s elections? How was voter turnout? And how much confidence can we have that every vote was counted? TKO with Karen Ottoboni airs every other Tuesday at 9am on KZYX and Z.
This week on The Ecology Hour, hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies interview Dr. Thomas Weingartner, Professor Emeritus at the University of Alaska, about the basics of physical oceanography of the North Pacific Ocean, especially the “California Current.” They explore large scale currents, winds, and upwelling in the context of sustaining marine life along our coast. The Ecology Hour airs with alternating hosts every Tuesday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
In this weeks Youth Arts Outreach show we discuss what success means to our local youth and listen to music that represents their interpretation of the topic.
On this episode of Mendocino Fire Safe Radio: can we escape the trend of ever more severe wildfires? One key could be changing our focus from fire suppression to the use of intentional, prescribed burning. This week's show features leaders of the Mendocino Prescribed Burn Association: Mike Jones and Norm Brown. Program aired live December 12, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of the Farm and Garden Show, host Ruthie King brings stories of local food producers, and talks with Caroline Radice & Elizabeth Archer of the local nonprofit The Good Farm Fund. The Farm and Garden Show airs live on KZYX every 1st Monday of the month at 9am.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…Tune in this episode of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show celebrates our “Changing Seasons in Changing Times.” With songs, dance, the “listening game”, riddles, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. Their guest is Noah Gold, Athletic Director at Mendocino High School, who gave an update about the California Interscholastic Federation, and the status of competitive athletics during the current covid surge. Listen live and call in every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky interviews Naomi Oreskes about her latest book: “Why Trust Science”? Naomi Oreskes is professor of the history of science and affiliated professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University. That’s Politics: A Love Story, alternating Friday mornings at 9am, on KZYX and Z.
On this edition of Be More Now, host Blake More interviews poet Lucinda Watson. Watson’s new book, “The Favorite” adds a hint of memoir to a striking collection of poems – poems that transport the reader on a narrative journey from childhood to senior citizenship. A now retired professor at the Haas Business School at UC Berkeley, Watson uses poetry as a launching point for a wide pallet of topics, including the perils and perks of being among the few women in the wild west of finance.
This week on Putting Down Roots, Phoenix and Michelle focus on the Latinx Community here in Mendocino County, speaking with local leaders and organizations who are working to empower it through education, social justice, and cultural appreciation.
Johanna “Wildoak” hosts Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. This week, Johanna talks with Christie Olson-Day of Gallery Books and Bookwinkle’s Children’s Bookstore in Mendocino about their book angel program, recommendations for books as gifts for the holidays and the state of independent book sellers during the pandemic. Listeners were invited to call in with their book recommendations.
Join hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid for an hour of all things computed, with open lines for listener questions. Point and Click airs every other Wednesday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire talks with author Thomas Frank about his latest book, THE PEOPLE, NO: A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANTI-POPULISM, which continues his examination of American electoral politics beyond LISTEN, LIBERAL; PITY THE BILLIONAIRE and WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH KANSAS? Forthright Radio airs alternate Wednesday mornings at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this edition of the Ecology Hour with Hannah Bird: a conversation with four GrizzlyCorps members and their program coordinator about how to restore environmental health, create educational opportunities, and connect the community. The GrizzlyCorps program is an AmeriCorps program being hosted by UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy, & Environment. This program aired Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Mind/Body Health, Dr. Trotter speaks with Megan Allende and Rose Bell of the Community Foundation of Mendocino County about how their organization is working to alleviate the worst impacts of Covid-19 here in Mendocino County. A #GivingTuesday special, this program aired live Tuesday December 1, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
MendoLatino is live, local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County. This week, join hosts Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat for an update with leaders from local organizations offering services and resources for economic recovery, strengthening the community, and protection against Covid-19. Listen and learn about how to donate and participate.
MendoLatino nos reuniremos con líderes de las organizaciones locales que ofrecen servicios y recursos para la recuperación económica, el fortalecimiento de la comunidad y la protección contra el CoVid19. Aprenda cómo donar y participar.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”… “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features word fun in riddles & rhymes and silly sayings & songs. With music, dance, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking listener calls about all things sports. The Sports Phone airs every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
Byline Mendocino is a local media round table, featuring local reporters in conversation about the week’s headlines, with host Alicia Bales. This week, the round table includes Matt LaFever of KMUD News/Redheaded Blackbelt/MendoFever, and Jackie Orozco of Periodico Al Punto, Spanish Language Newspaper for Mendocino and Lake Counties. In the second half, Alicia talks with Peggy Berryhill, General Manager of KGUA in Gualala, and host of the daily community talk show "Peggy's Place." Peggy has been a leader in public radio for over four decades, and is an award-winning Native American broadcaster. Byline Mendocino airs live every 2nd and 4th Fridays at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this Thanksgiving Day edition of Corporations and Democracy, host Lynda McClure talks with Paul Cienfuegos about the election and the numbers of voters who voted for Donald Trump, the Biden administration cabinet appointments, and more.
The Cannabis Hour is bi weekly radio program that covers all things cannabis. Host Jenn Procacci offers a special Thanksgiving episode to learn about the journey of the local Hopland Band of Pomo Indians to enter the legal cannabis cultivation space. We also hear from Sogorea Te' Land Trust Co-Founder/Co-Director Corrina Gould as she discusses returning Indigenous land to Indigenous people. The Cannabis Hour airs on KZYX + Z every other Thursday from 9am to 10am.
This week on TKO, Karen talked with outgoing 2nd District County Supervisor John McCowen. They covered the county budget, including almost $23 million in fire claims settlement money from PG&E, and the governor’s 10pm-5am shelter in place order for coronavirus. TKO airs live every other Wednesday morning at 9am on KZYX and Z, and focuses on Mendocino County Government.
On this episode of The Ecology Hour, "The Fish Files," host, Anna Halligan, interviews members of the Pinoleville Pomo Nation about restoration efforts on Ackerman Creek, and she talks with Trout Unlimited’s Brian Johnson about recent news related to removing dams on the Klamath River. The Ecology Hour airs every Tuesday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
Is your home prepared to survive a wildfire? There is a lot you can do to get it ready and increase your odds. On this edition of Mendocino Fire Safe Council Radio, learn what your top priorities should be with UC Cooperative Extension's Yana Valachovic, as she introduces their new Home Hardening video series. Hosted by Scott Cratty and Cob. Aired Novemeber 24, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
In this weeks Youth Arts Outreach show, we focus on how technology has impacted Generation Z and in turn how Generation Z has impacted technology
MendoLatino is live, local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County. This week, hosts Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat talk with leaders from local organizations offering services and resources for economic recovery, strengthening the community, and protection against Covid-19. Listen and learn about how to donate and participate.
MendoLatino por lunes 23 de noviembre: nos reuniremos con líderes de las organizaciones locales que ofrecen servicios y recursos para la recuperación económica, el fortalecimiento de la comunidad y la protección contra el CoVid19. Aprenda cómo donar y participar.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”… On this edition of “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, it's fun with words in poems and proverbs. With music, dance, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.
On this edition of Politics: A Love Story Bob’s guest is Alexander Keyssar Harvard Professor of History and Social Policy at the John Kennedy School of Government, talking about his new book “Why Do We Still Have The Electoral College?” This program aired Friday, November 20, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Be More Now, host Blake More interviews Ayurvedic Doctor and co-founder of Pacific Coast Ayurveda Madison Madden. In honor of the season, this month’s show focuses on gratitude, the kind of gratitude that starts with self and then extends out into the world because it has no choice, it simply overflows into all aspects of being, from personal health, to freedom, food choices, and the environment.
KZYX News reporters Sarah Reith and Lana Cohen interview Dr. William Miller, of Adventist Health Coast Hospital, who has been advising educators about covid-19 and reopening local schools, and Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools Michelle Hutchins about current and future plans for in-person instruction in the County's 12 school districts. Lana Cohen talks with a local teacher about the realities of distance learning for her students. Broadcast on Thursday, November 19th, 2020 at 3pm.
Join Johanna “Wildoak” for Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. This week, Johanna talks with two guests: Rosemary Day, author of Marching Toward Coverage: How Women Can Lead the Fight for Universal Healthcare. Day is the former deputy director of the Massachusetts Health Connector—the model for the Affordable Care Act. Her second guest is Jean Schroedel, author of Voting in Indian Country. Native voting remains an issue to addressed for the 2022 elections. Wildoak Living airs every other Thursday morning at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this edition of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire talks with veteran journalist and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Sarah Chayes, about her work and her latest book, ON CORRUPTION IN AMERICA AND WHAT IS AT STAKE. Forthright Radio airs every other Wednesday morning at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of The Ecology Hour, Patrick Hentschel hosts “Running On Empty,” a series focusing on the climate and ecology crisis. His guest is Liam Erickson, a local naturalist and artist based in Gualala, California, about the impact of land use on local flora and fauna. What did this area look like 100 years ago? How has local ecology been impacted by human activity? Episode aired live on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Trotter and Cob talk about substance abuse with their guest Dr. Cara Eberhardt. Dr. Eberhardt is part of the Family Practice Residency Program at Ukiah Adventist Hospital, and has years of experience in Medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders. With overdose deaths increasing 40% during the coronavirus pandemic, substance abuse is an important topic for Mendocino County and the nation as a whole.
Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter talks about the ongoing tribal elections, how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting his community, and Trump's defeat. Pomo Perspective airs live on KZYX every third Monday at 9am.
In this weeks Youth Arts Outreach show, we focus on how Generation Z view love with a plethora of love songs handpicked by our local youth and two love poems submitted by anonymous authors.
Byline Mendocino is a local media round table, featuring local reporters in conversation about the week’s headlines, with host Alicia Bales. This week, Alicia talks with local registrar of voters Katrina Bartolomie for an update on Mendocino's vote count, and with Sally Kane, the CEO of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters about the essential role of noncommercial radio stations like KZYX, and how the community radio movement has flourished across the country. Broadcast on Friday, November 13, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
In this episode of Corporations & Democracy: the Presidential Election and the Supreme Court. In the first half, law professor Marjorie Cohn talks about the makeup of the new Supreme Court with the addition of ‘originalist’ Amy Coney Barrett. In the second half, democracy activist Harvey Wasserman will dissect the recent election - what happened and what needs to happen next. Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini host, broadcast live on Thursday November 12, 2020 at 3pm on KZYX.
On this episode, host Jenn Procacci talks with Mendocino County Supervisors John Haschak and Ted Williams about developments in the local Cannabis ordinance. In the second half of the show, she talks with Len Mackey with Shima Hill Hemp Farm in New York. Aired Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 9am on KZYX.
Doug Livingston hosts a solo version of the Renewable Energy Hour, answering listener question about renewable energy systems. Broadcast live on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 on KZYX.
On this episode of TKO, Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall, and opens the phone lines to reflect on the state and national election results. Broadcast Wednesday, November 11, 2020 on KZYX.
Two weeks ago, the Trump administration reversed a ban on road construction in parts of the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska, opening the largest remaining old-growth temperate rain forest in North America to logging. On the edition of The Ecology Hour hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with biologist Dr. John Schoen, who spent most of his career living and working in the Tongass and is the author of "Tongass Odyssey: seeing the forest ecosystem through the politics of trees." The Ecology Hour airs every Tuesday night at 7pm on KZYX with rotating hosts.
If you've been paying attention, you are concerned about wildfires. Being prepared to survive and thrive in our wildfire prone environment requires knowledge and community action. Join hosts Scott Cratty and Cob every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 9 for the new show, Fire Safe Mendocino. This week they talk with Fire Chiefs Dave Latoof of Mendocino VFD and Sue Carberry of Laytonville VFD.
MendoLatino presenta a Lisa García Bedolla, especialista en Ciencias Políticas y en estudios Latinoamericanos de la Universidad de California en Berkeley. Con ella analizaremos los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales y el poder del voto latino.
Mendo Latino presents Lisa García Bedolla, an American political scientist and scholar of Latino studies, currently the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Berkeley, and a professor in the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education. She discussed the results of the presidential election and the power of the Latino vote.
Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, hosts this week’s show which features “Ha Ha This A-Way” fun and the story of the “Ha Ha This A-Way” song. With music, dance, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (and their families & friends) is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in live to dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z.
Jim and Jerry Young host the Sports Phone every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX, where listeners can get their sports fix, taking your calls about all things sports.
On this episode of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky is back with Phil Warf, Political Science Professor at Mendocino College to talk about--what else?--the election on November 3rd. Did any of their predictions from last week come true? Broadcast on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
Mendocino Theatre Company presents AMERICAN GOTHIC, an evening of Edgar Allan Poe. This hour-long reading features several of Poe's poems as well as dramatizations of two of his most-beloved short stories: The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-Tale Heart. KZYX is proud to feature Mendocino's extraordinary local theater during the pandemic!
This week on Putting Down Roots hosts Phoenix Trent and Michelle Frederick talked with Mary Anne Petrillo of West Business Development Center about resources for small businesses. They also spoke with Niko Ramsdell of Wilder Ferments and Blaze Borge of Flynn Creek Circus about their experience as entrepreneurs and how they’re working to adapt their businesses and serve Mendocino County during these unique times.
Johanna Wildoak talks with Jo-Ann Rosen about coping with prolonged stress, anxiety and fear of the future. Rosen is a Ukiah-based licensed marriage and family therapist. This program was broadcast on KZYX and Z on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 9am.
Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host KZYX's long-running call-in computer show, listen live every other Wednesday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.
November 4th at 9am, Election coverage continues on KZYX--the morning after. Joy LaClaire, Karen Ottoboni, and Alicia Bales take a look at the results of the national and local elections...so far. They reflect on what happened, what we know, and what might happen next.
On this episode of The Farm and Garden Show, join co-hosts Ruthie King and Darci to hear about how the Community Gardens Project has responded to 2020 with guest Lucy Kramer. Find out how this impactful local organization is diving in to the needs of our changing community! Broadcast on Monday, November 1, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…BOO! “Radio Ha Ha For Kids" is hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show celebrates “Dia De Los Muertos.” Episode aired live on Sunday, November 1, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night for your sports fix on The Sports Phone, driven by listener calls about all things sports. That’s the Sports Phone, live every Friday night at 7, on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky is live in conversation with Phil Warf, Political Science Professor at Mendocino College about--what else?--the upcoming election on November 3rd. With early voting totals smashing records, competitive polling in Florida and Pennsylvania, and the president saber-rattling about voter fraud, what should we expect on election day? Plus a contest for listeners to send in their predictions. Aired on Friday October 30, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
This hour, Alicia Bales talks with social justice activist and community organizer Erica Etelson, author of Beyond Contempt: How Liberals Can Communicate Across the Great Divide. They explore her experience organizing Mutual Aid in Berkeley during the pandemic, and combating voter suppression with Reclaim Our Vote in this historic general election. Aired at 7pm on Thursday, October 29, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
On this edition of The Cannabis Hour, host Jenn Procacci talks with Pia Barton of Malaya Botanicals. First broadcast Thursday October 29, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
Doug Livingston and Alex Aragon host the Renewable Energy Hour, the topic of this episode is Grid Stability. How can the existing power grid handle as much renewable energy as we need, since solar and wind power tend to boom and bust? What kind of investment is required to make tranmission systems viable, and how does this become a cost-effective venture? The Renewable Energy Hour airs alternating Wednesday evenings at 7pm on KZYX and Z. This show aired Wednesday, October 28, 2020.
TKO with Karen Ottoboni for Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Karen hosts a community open lines conversation with Mendocino County listeners less that one week before the General Election.
On this episode of the Ecology Hour, it's “The Fish Files,” a show focused on Pacific salmon on the Mendocino Coast. Host Anna Halligan interviews Mariska Obedzinski of the Sea Grant Russian River Salmon Steelhead Monitoring Program. They discuss conservation hatcheries and the effects of drought and fire on Russian River salmon. This program aired Tuesday October 27, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
If you've been paying attention, you are concerned about wildfires in Mendocino County. Being prepared to survive and thrive in our wildfire prone environment requires knowledge and community action. To learn about wildfire preparedness and how to best take care of ourselves, families, neighbors and community, join hosts Scott Cratty and Cob for Mendocino County Fire Safe Council radio every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 9am on KZYX and Z. This is the premiere episode and aired Tuesday October 27, 2020.
In this weeks Youth Arts Outreach show, we discuss how generation z is finding happiness in their lives and listen to music they have identified as providing such a feeling. We also hear two poems from local youth Victor Galarza-Guevara and Taylor Bowser.
MendoLatino presenta a la directora de cine Emily Coehn Ibañez y a Ashley Solis, la protagonista del último proyecto de Cohen Fruit of Labor. Conversaremos sobre los desafíos que encuentra una joven estudiante del High School que ve a su familia atrapada en el círculo de la pobreza y cómo la colaboración del trabajo comunitario empodera a las mujeres.
MendoLatino is a live, Spanish-language radio program hosted by Loreto Rojas and Diana Coryat. This week, they speak with film director Emily Cohen Ibañez, and Ashely Solis, the protagonist of “Fruit of Labor,” Cohen’s latest project. The film is the story of Ashley, an American high school student traversing the seen and unseen forces that keep her family trapped in a cycle of poverty. What does it mean to live a dignified life as a working-poor young woman of color in the wealthiest nation of the world?
MendoLatino airs the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month at 9am on KZYX and Z. This episode was broadcast on Monday, October 26, 2020.
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…BOO! On this episode of Radio Ha Ha For Kids, hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, the theme is “Halloween." Featuring NOT scary songs, stories and dances about witches, ghosts, goblins, and of course the “listening game”, fun facts and more. Tune in LIVE and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. Aired on Sunday, October 25, 2020.
On this episode of Byline Mendocino, host Alicia Bales takes you to the Women’s March in Washington DC. With less than two weeks to go before the election, a conservative Supreme Court nominee being jammed through confirmation, and a pandemic raging out of control, last weekend women took to the streets of the Nation’s capitol and across the country to speak out. Today's episode brings you along on the march with a group of musicians and journalists including Ani Difranco, Zoe Boekbinder, Dianne Patterson, Gracie and Rachel, and a number of other powerhouse women. First aired Friday, October 23, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.
On this episode of Corporations and Democracy, host Lynda McClure opens up the phone lines and invites Mendocino County listeners to talk about how they are staying calm during these tumultuous times. Aired live on Thursday October 22, 2020.
Johanna “Wildoak” hosts Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. This week, Johanna talks with Janet Jakobsen, professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Columbia’s Barnard College. They discuss how sexual politics show up virtually everywhere, from healthcare to economics to war and peace, and play out in debates over trans rights, pay equity and domestic work. In her book The Sex Obsession, Jakobsen recast sexual politics as a means of cultivating social justice and as a First Amendment issue. Wildoak Living airs every other Thursday at 9am on KZYX. This program aired live on October 22, 2020.
Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio every other Wednesday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z, with your rundown on all things computer. This episode aired live on October 21, 2020.
On this episode of Forthright Radio, nonagenarian psychiatrist, author, psychohistorian Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, shares his experiences and wisdom from seven decades of research, which he has written about in LOSING REALITY: ON CULTS, CULTISM, AND THE MINDSET OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS ZEALOTRY. Host: Joy LaClaire. Forthright Radio airs every other Wednesday at 9am on KZYX and Z. This program was broadcast on Wednesday, October 21, 2020.
On this edition of the Ecology Hour, Patrick Hentschel hosts "Running on Empty," with guest Erika Vohman of the Maya Nut Institute, on developing global awareness about the Maya Nut and deforestation. Patrick Hentschel hosts The Ecology Hour every third Tuesday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z. This show aired on Tuesday October 20, 2020.
With this episode, Talking About California concludes this series of programs observing Hispanic Heritage Month with another very special guest, Alvaro Huerta, Professor of Urban Planning at Cal Poly, Pomona. In these programs, hosts Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow have been considering the Black Lives Movement from a Latino perspective. Professor Huerta will talk about growing up in an East LA barrio and the relationship there between the police and the people. In his writings, Professor Huerta knits together immigration, poverty, racism and police brutality in a way everyone needs to listen to and to understand if sense is to be made of this summer’s crisis and the massive reemergence of the Black Lives Matter Movement. First Broadcast on October 20, 2020 on KZYX and Z.
In this episode of Mind/Body Health with Dr. Marvin Trotter, Marvin talks about Wilderness Medicine with guest Dr. Hayley Rousek, second year Family Practice Resident at the ADVENTIST HEALTH UKIAH VALLEY FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY Program. Mind/Body Health airs every other Tuesday morning at 9am on KZYX. This program was broadcast live on October 20, 2020.
Hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, this Sunday’s show features Rain Songs and the Water Cycle. With music, dance, listening games, fun facts and more, Radio Ha Ha For Kids (and their families & friends) is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN! This program aired live on Sunday October 18, 2020.
Join Jim and Jerry Young live every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking live listener calls about all things sports. Friday nights at 7 on KZYX and Z. This episode aired on Friday, October 16th, 2020.
On this episode of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky speaks with Jean Guerrero, author of Hate Monger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda. Stephen Miller grew up in Southern California and graduated from Santa Monica High School. What happened? How did he get to be who he is - a top advisor to President Trump and architect of the notorious child separation policy at the US border. Politics, A Love Story, airs every other Friday at 9:00 AM on KZYX &Z.
On this episode of The Cannabis Hour, Jenn Procacci interviews Monique Ramirez, community cannabis advocate and founder of Covelo Cannabis Advocacy Group, about the Board of Supervisors' Tuesday special meeting and vote to implement Phase 3 of Mendocino County's Cannabis Ordinance allowing broader cultivation with some proposed changes to zoning rules. The Cannabis Hour airs every other Thursday at 9am on KZYX and Z. This program was broadcast live on October 15, 2020.
This episode of Radio HAHA celebrates Silly Songs and Sing-A-Longs. Featuring, music, dance, story time, listening games, fun facts and more, Radio Ha Ha For Kids (and their families & friends) is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN!
Join Jim and Jerry Young live every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports. Friday nights at 7 on KZYX and Z. This episode aired on Friday, October 9th, 2020.
KZYX’s highly anticipated review of the California State Ballot Initiatives for the November 3rd election, with hosts Annie Esposito and Karen Ottoboni. They take a look at each of the Initiatives, exploring the important issues and endorsements, where the money is coming from, and how to see through the confusion of slick mailers and campaign spin. Have your sample ballot ready!
On this episode of “For the Love of Reading," Linda Pack reads The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a mesmerizing work of early feminist literature that is all too relevant today. Broadcast on October 7, 2020 at 8pm on KZYX.
KZYX presents a special broadcast of Mendocino College’s Inaugural Lecture from the new Mendocino College Symposium, a speaker series focused on issues facing our community. The first speaker is Political Sciences Professor Philip Warf with a talk titled, "Thumb on the Scales: Using Gerrymandering and Voter-Suppression to Rig Elections.” Broadcast October 8, 2020 at 3pm on KZYX.
On this edition of Forthright Radio, the Senior Senator from Montana, Jon Tester, discusses what it’s like to be the only working farmer in the U. S. Senate (and an organic farmer at that!), which he describes in his memoir: GROUNDED: A SENATOR’S LESSONS ON WINNING OVER RURAL AMERICA. In the second segment, Project on Government Oversight’s (POGO), Jake Laperruque, discusses William Barr’s Misconduct as Attorney General. Forthright Radio airs the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 9am on KZYX 90.7fm Philo, KZYZ 91.5fm Willits and Ukiah, and 88.1fm in Fort Bragg, California. Streaming live at www.kzyx.org
“Smores, Evacuate, Smoke!” these are some of the very different thoughts expressed by middle schoolers when they hear the word “fire”. Listen to this week's Ecology Hour for a conversation with Meyo Marrufo, Eastern Pomo of the Robinson Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, about the complex relationship humans have with fire and how we can work with young people to build knowledge and appreciation for this important land management tool. Host Hannah Bird will also talk with Lindsay Dailey of the Oak Granary about a volunteer opportunity to collect acorns for planting in the burned areas of Redwood Valley. The Ecology Hour airs Tuesdays at 7pm on 90.7fm Philo, 91.5fm Willits and Ukiah, and 88.1fm Fort Bragg, California; Mendocino County Public Broadcasting KZYX and Z. Streaming live at kzyx.org
Join Hosts Cal Winslow and Loreto Rojas for Part 3 of a special four-part series in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, exploring the implications of the Black Lives Matter movement for the Latino Community. Featuring UC Inrvine Professor Maria Rendon, author of Stagnant Dreamers: How the Inner City Shapes the integration of Second Generation Latinos. Broadcast on KZYX on October 6, 2020.
From Mendocino County Public Broadcasting: The Farm and Garden Show with Ruthie King and Darci can be heard live on KZYX every first Monday of the month at 9am, at KZYX 90.7fm Philo, 91.5fm, KZYZ Willits and Ukiah, and 88.1fm Fort Bragg, in Mendocino County California. Or stream from anywhere at www.kzyx.org.
Sunday, October 4 Radio Ha Ha for Kids! 12pm
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!” Tune in Sundays at Noon to “Radio Ha Ha For Kids”. Hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, this Sunday’s show celebrates Peace, Love, Harmony and Gratitude. Featuring songs, dance, story time, listening games, fun facts and more, Radio Ha Ha For Kids (and their families & friends) is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX Philo 90.7fm, KZYZ Willits and Ukiah 91.5fm and 88.1fm in Fort Bragg, CA. Also streams live on the web at www.kzyx.org. It sounds like FUN!
Listen live and call in to the Sports Phone, Friday nights at 7, on KZYX 90.7fm Philo, KZYZ 91.5fm Willits and Ukiah, and 88.1fm Fort Bragg, streaming live at www.kzyx.org. Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, Listener Supported Community Radio for Northern California.
It is with great pleasure that Bob Bushansky welcomes two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David Rohde to Politics: A Love Story to talk about his latest book In Deep: The FBI, The CIA, and the Truth About America’s “Deep State”. Has there been a deep state? Is there one now? Has Trump created his own “Deep State”?
Politics: A Love Story airs every other Friday at 9am on KZYX 90.7FM Philo, KZYZ 91.5FM Willits and Ukiah, and 88.1FM Fort Bragg, California, and streams live at www.kzyx.org.