KZYX Public Affairs

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.