KZYX Public Affairs

May 16, 2023--Host Chad Swimmer speaks with ecologists Peter Baye and Teresa Sholars about a proposed reservoir in the sensitive Mendocino Cypress Woodlands near Fort Bragg. They also delve into potential solutions for a water-scarce future.

May 16, 2023--This month in Art Waves, Marty Durlin and Victor Palomino talk about the Anderson Valley Art Guild Open Studio Tour and the Mendocino County Art Association Art in Our Gardens event.

May 14, 2023--The Sports Phone presents an interview with Herb Stratford, Program Director for the Mendocino Film Festival about the film, Stephen Curry: Underrated. Steph Curry is a basketball and social hero from the Bay Area. It's a coming of age story about Steph Curry's rise from an undersized college player to a four time NBA champion.

May 12, 2023--Forthright Radio’s "Radio Goes to the Movies" series features interviews with two more filmmakers from this year’s Mendocino Film Festival: Maria Niro, director of THE ART OF UN-WAR: KRZYSZTOF WODICZKO and with Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman, co-directors of TOWN DESTROYER. Both of these films focus on art as a force for cultural change, re-evaluating and re-imagining history, repurposing monuments, and creating processes for effective, positive interventions to counter the destructive effects of the status quo.

May 11, 2023--Join host Jenn Procacci as she discusses the results of the North Coast Cannabis Economic Impact study with Genine Coleman of Origins Council, and Sonoma State Economics Professor Dr. Robert Eyler.

May 10, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni takes a look at hot topics in local politics with guest Ted Williams, Mendocino County 5th District Supervisor.

May 9, 2023--For the second time this century, there will be no commercial or recreational fishing for salmon in California waters. To find out what caused the decline of Chinook salmon here, we turn to Dr. Nathan Mantua of the NOAA Fisheries Science Center. Dr. Mantua brings us the big picture, describing how the complex life cycle of these great fish exposes them to threats from changes in rivers and in the Pacific ocean. It's a remarkable story with a surprising twist, as a seemingly healthy ocean producing abundant anchovies is leading to a vitamin deficiency that kills the young fish.

May 9, 2023--Join Dr. Casey Johnston for an in-depth discussion with Ryan Veness and Lucy Bartholomew of the Blue Zones Project of Mendocino County.

May 7, 2023--Join hosts Jerry and Jim Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

May 5, 2023--Hosts Roland Cory Medina and Chad Swimmer dive into the slew of anti-transgender bills popping up across the country. They take you through how ludicrous and dangerous they really are, and how grave of a threat they are to people's lives.

May 10, 2023--Host Doug Livingstone covers developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

May 5, 2023--On this edition of Forthright Radio, “Radio Goes to the Movies” features interviews with upcoming Mendocino Film Festival filmmaker Eric Bendick, about his film, PATH OF THE PANTHER, and filmmakers, KRISTY GUEVARA-FLANAGAN & Helen Hood Scheer, about their documentary, BODY PARTS.

May 4, 2023--Host Blake More interviews Mendocino County authors Dot Brovarney and Kate Dougherty, about Brovarney’s new book, Mendocino Refuge: Lake Leonard & Reeves Canyon, which explores the Mendocino canyon that holds the County’s largest natural lake and a fascinating history, telling a multifaceted story of place through the interconnected lives of its plants, wildlife, and human inhabitants from geological time to the present.

May 4, 2023--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Caroline Radice of Black Dog Catering, and Michelle Costa of Mendo Ferments, who both run their businesses out of the Little Lake Grange.

May 4, 2023--Host Johanna Wildoak speaks with Danilla Sands about the organization, United Disaster Relief of Northern California. Then she speaks with Joann Rosen, a local psychotherapist and Buddhist meditation teacher, about an upcoming retreat.

May 3, 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 3, 2023-- Host Dan Gjerde speaks with former county supervisor, Kendall Smith, to provide some historical context to the position

May 2, 2023-- Host Hannah Bird speaks with GrizzlyCorps Fellow Chloe Wanaselja, about what she's learned from and contributed to the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center.

May 1, 2023--Join host Corine Pearce as she welcomes Madonna Feather-Cruz Proud member of Round Valley Indian Tribes, Wife, mother and community member as she discusses her efforts to bring awareness to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic. Corine also welcomes U'ilani Wesley, a Kanaka Maoli activist, singer, lei maker and Land steward on Northern Pomo Land. Hear about the impact she is having on the local community and culture through her activism, leadership and land tending.

April 30, 2023--Join hosts Jerry and Jim Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

April 29, 2023--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with sociologist Katherine S. Newman about her latest book, MOVING THE NEEDLE: WHAT TIGHT LABOR MARKETS DO FOR THE POOR.

April 27, 2023--Host Michele Hutchins honors Autism Awareness Month by interviewing local educators and students whose lives are impacted by Autism.

April 27, 2023--Host Michael Foley interviews Blair Philips and Cheyenne Clark at Wanosh Forest Garden, outside of Willits. Blair, Cheyenne and friends are engaged in a permaculture-inspired, long-term project of forest and watershed stewardship, growing food and medicine, and regenerating the forest and aquifer they depend on. Wanosh (formerly Abuela Garden) is a 40 acre demonstration, education, and regeneration center.

April 26, 2023--Host Doug Livingstone covers developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

April 26, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall about recent deaths in our county, what's the impact on the Sheriff's department and our communities.

April 25, 2023--Join Dr. Casey Johnston on the Mind, Body, Health program for an in-depth discussion with local orthopedic surgeon Dr. Yoshihiro Katsuura about his recently published book The Spine Encyclopedia.

April 24, 2023--MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas.

April 23, 2023--Join hosts Jerry, Vince, and engineer Jim for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

April 21, 2023--On Talking About California, co-hosts Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow conclude the four-part series on the Americas. They interview Aaron Tauss about Chile.

April 20, 2023--Host Johanna “Wildoak” celebrates Earth Day. This year’s theme for this global event is “Invest in Our Planet”. Listen in for events and solutions in our area and beyond. With caller thoughts and questions.

April 20, 2023--Host Elizabeth Archer interviews Dr. Amanda Reiman, a social ethnobotanist who has been studying the relationship between cannabis, people and society for over 20 years. This special 4/20 show will cover all things cannabis, including how to grow your own.

April 19, 2023--Host Mari Rodin introduces listeners to the subject of urban planning with Craig Schlatter, Director of Community Development for the City of Ukiah. Their conversation focuses on housing development and the avoidance of suburban sprawl.

April 18, 2023--On The Beyond Stewardship Ecology Hour, host Chad Swimmer has an extended conversation with one of the world authorities on tall trees, Professor Steven Sillett. They talk about Intentional Forests, forest carbon, Potential Elder Trees, and biodiversity, with some true tall tales thrown in for good measure....

April 18, 2023--This month on Art Waves: Shanx interviews Ross Travis about his solo clown performance on Saturday April 22nd, as part of the Point Arena Fringe Festival. Marty Durlin interviews Gordon Black and Dan Roberts about this year's Mendocino Spring Poetry Celebration, and we get a preview of the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival coming up June 16-18 in Boonville.

April 16, 2023--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

April 14, 2023--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with Texas journalist, Roxanna Asgarian, to discuss her years of research and her book, WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY: A STORY OF LOVE, DEATH, AND CHILD REMOVAL IN AMERICA. Listen in to this exposé of the foster care and adoption systems that continue to fail America’s most vulnerable children.

April 13, 2023--Host Chris Skyhawk examines Child Protective Services, and ask the question: are they properly servicing families on the state and local level? His guest is Michelle Chan of California Families Rise, which is a statewide organization that attempts to inform parents of their rights and how to ensure them. They then turn to the local Mendocino County issues, with guest Trent James; Trent is a former law enforcement officer and is now a private investigator; and he addresses CPS issues that he has observed in his career.

April 13, 2023--Host Jenn Procacci speaks with Cuauhtemoc Villa and Rae Heart of Ground Culture, and Katie Newman of Golden Fig Gardens, about the Bokashi Ball Workshop happening on 4/20.

April 12, 2023--Host Doug Livingstone covers developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

April 11, 2023--Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies speak with Dr. Nathan Senner, director of The Senner Lab at the University of Massachusetts, who has been studying the remarkable adaptations that enable migratory shorebirds to switch between breeding and wintering territories that are thousands of miles apart. He is also discovering the effects of climate change on the critical timing of these movements, and the effects of human alteration of key habitats.

April 11, 2023--Join Dr. Casey Johnston on the Mind, Body, Health program for an in-depth discussion about the health benefits of sports with Kyle Nuss, the sports coordinator for the City of Ukiah Department of Recreation.

April 9, 2023--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

April 7, 2023--Pride Nation 101 takes a deep dive into the tangled world of eating disorders, body image, and mental health in the Queer community and beyond. Cohosts Roland Cory Medina and Chad Swimmer are joined by Emily O'rourke Mills MFT and Carrie Becker Fishman, actress, educator, and life coach for a round table discussion.

April 7, 2023--Talking About California with Cal Winslow and Loreto Rojas, presenting a 4- part series about Latin America, Spring 2023. A look at four countries – all our neighbors - all key to the development of the American continents, all routinely subject to US interventions. In this program, Loreto and Cal interview Rebecca Herman, a Professor of Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley talking about Argentina.

April 6, 2023-- Host Blake More speaks with Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill, creators of Heavy Lifting. Heavy Lifting is a three and a half year collaboration between Rice and Whitehill, which is part event, part film, part exhibition, and part reading. Blake also speaks with Sidney Regelbregge, Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate.

April 6, 2023--Host Elizabeth Archer interviews Debbie Leland and Bob Farnbach of the Ukiah Garden Club about the club's programs and events, and will also discuss spring garden preparations and how gardens have been impacted by this wet n' wild winter.

April 6, 2023--Host Johanna Wildoak talks with veteran activist, thinker, doer, storyteller, and Climate Clock co-creator Andrew Boyd about his just released book “I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor”. The book is an existential manual for tragic optimists, can-do pessimists and compassionate doomers. Boyd addresses questions such as how do we continue to live and remain engaged in the face of loss and despair, what is still worth doing and is there reason for hope?

April 5, 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.

April 5, 2023--Host Dan Gjerde speaks with 1st District Supervisor Glenn McGourty.

April 4, 2023--Host Julie McGovern talks with Suzanne Hewitt, Assistant Dean of Nursing at Mendocino College about the RN Program - its successes, challenges and what a valuable resource it is for our local community’s health care needs.