KZYX Public Affairs

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.