KZYX Public Affairs

April 3, 20233--Host Corine Pearce celebrates local folks doing amazing things for our community and environment. She welcomes Ali Meders-Knight an artist, activist and master Tek practitioner of the Mechoopda and Casey Carr a environmental protector and Steward from Cloverdale. Learn about the actions they are taking as environmental warriors and educators.

April 2, 2023--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

March 31, 2023--Host Lux Karpov Kinrade interviews Evan Gaustad and Catrina Karpov about a local movie they're making as well as Paulette Arnold and Kate Magruder about their roles in creating the theater culture that currently exists in Mendocino.

March 31, 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. The program focuses on Venezuela.

March 30, 2023--Host Jenn Procacci speaks with Michael Katz and Genine Coleman about state bill AB 1111, cannabis tax relief in Mendocino County, and the resignation of Mendocino County Cannabis Department Director Kristen Nevadal.

March 29, 2023--Host Doug Livingstone covers developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

March 29, 2023--Host Michelle Blackwell interviews Jody Gehrman about her new book, The Protege. Later she interviews Aron Lee Bowe about her graphic novel Journey to the Anthropocene.

March 28, 2023--Host Anna Halligan speaks with Tom Leroy, a engineering geologist with Pacific Watershed Associates, focusing on his experience working on salmon restoration along the coast.

March 28, 2023--Host Dr. Casey Johnston speaks with Dr. Matthew Swain, family medicine physician and Chief Medical Officer at Mendocino Community Health Clinics.

March 27, 2023--Hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas interview two members of the cooperative Colmenar, which provides education and resources for sustainable cooperative development and democratic workspaces. Colmenar just launched a Financial Guide that seeks to contribute to building feminist cooperative economies, as well as promote racial justice.

March 26, 2023--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

March 23, 2023--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with Washington Post national columnist, Philip Bump, to discuss his book, THE AFTERMATH: THE LAST DAYS OF THE BABY BOOM AND THE FUTURE OF POWER IN AMERICA.

March 23, 2023--Host Michelle Hutchins shares her experience visiting a national student-led education conference focusing on accelerating education through service and technology.

March 23, 2023--Hosts Sara Grusky and Michael Foley talk with herbalist and educator Donna DiTerra about "full circle herbalism" and herbs for every garden. They also talk with Autumn Whitaker about the mobile herbal apothecary that local herbalists will soon be making available here in Mendocino County.

March 22, 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.

March 22, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Fort Bragg mayor Bernie Norvell about his experience and perspective serving the city of Fort Bragg.

March 21, 2023--Host Chad Swimmer takes an in-depth look at the Caspar 500 timber harvest plan in Jackson State Forest, featuring interviews with State Forest Program Manager Kevin Conway, Climate Scientist JP O'Brien, Dr. Kim Rodrigues, a facilitator appointed by the State of California to resolve the Jackson issue, neighbors, forest user groups, and others with something to say about the possibility of logging in Caspar starting soon.

March 21, 2023--This month on Art Waves, Unusual art forms. Eddie Haehl speaks with Thomas Kenney, frontman of local punk rock band Friends Anonymous, about his experience forming the band, their evolution, and their journey self producing their first album; and Marty Durlin interviews Madame Chinchilla and Mr. G of Triangle Tattoo and Museum in Fort Bragg.

March 19, 2023 --Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

March 16, 2023--How do corporate subsidies hurt communities? Greg LeRoy’s group Good Jobs First tracks those tax-payer give-aways and how they devastate school districts. With hosts Steve and Annie.

March 17, 2023--Talking About Califonia 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. The first program focuses on Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country by size, seventh by population. Subsequent programs will focus on Venezuela, Chile and Argentina.

March 16, 2023--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Randy Krag, who with his wife Erica Lundquist, own and operate Round River Farm, a 27 acre organic walnut orchard in Witter Springs, Lake County.

March 16, 2023--Host Jenn Procacci speaks Tamara Kislak and Jude Thilman about upcoming cannabis events in the county and a couple positive policy developments for licensed cultivators.

March 15, 2023--Host Doug Livingstone covers developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

March 15, 2023--Host Mari Rodin speaks to Poppy Lozoff who is the Army Corps of Engineers' on-the-ground general manager for Lake Mendocino. They discuss trails at the Lake, maintenance, raising the dam, campgrounds, as well as water and fish.

March 14, 2023--Do non-human animals dream? In his new book, When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness, Professor David Peña-Guzmán of San Francisco State University reviews the scientific evidence and concludes that many kinds of animals really do dream, and that those dreams are evidence of consciousness. Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with Dr. Peña-Guzmán about that evidence, and the profound ethical implications of his research.

March 14, 2023--Host Dr. Casey Johnston has an in-depth discussion with local rehabilitation specialist Dr. Christina Lasich on pain recovery and management.

March 10, 2023--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with University of Maryland Law Professor, Leigh Goodmark, to discuss her latest book, IMPERFECT VICTIMS: CRIMINALIZED SURVIVORS AND THE PROMISE OF ABOLITION FEMINISM.

March 9, 2023--Host Chris Skyhawk continues his series "Surviving Late Stage Capitalism: What's Next?". He speaks with Alex Moore.

March 9, 2023--Host Johanna Wildoak speaks with Madge Strong about her community building efforts in the Willits area.

March 8, 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.

March 7, 2023--Just what does it take to discover a new species? Meet 17 year old Prakrit Jain on the Ecology Hour to hear how he worked to get two species of California scorpion accepted as new species. We also be taking a hike through the oak woodlands with Dr. Mike Jones and Kyle Farmer to see how the trees are coping after the recent heavy snow.

March 7, 2023--Host Julie McGovern speaks with Theater Director Reid Edelman, who shares exciting news from the Mendocino College students’ recent trip to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and preview the upcoming performance of Once running March 23rd to April 2nd at the Center Theater in Ukiah.

March 6, 2023--Host Corine Pearce celebrates Women's History Month with 2 outstanding guests; Nicole Whipple a member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes is an Outreach specialist, Edtrust Justice Policy Fellow and adjunct Criminal Justice instructor, and Monique Sonoquie who is Tongva, Chumash, Yaqui and Irish. Monique is a cultural practitioner, author, artist and teacher. Join these women as they discuss a variety of subjects in honor of women's history and the paths they forge now.

March 5, 2023--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

March 3, 2023--Co-hosts Roland Cory Medina and Chad Swimmer interview direct activist, lawyer, and environmentalist Polly Girvin about her life out of the closet, her years spent furthering indigenous people's rights through legal and direct action channels, and how being a gay woman has helped to shape her into the powerhouse that she is now. They also get an update from Tanda Blu Bear of Women With Bows about their journey last fall to help the elders at Wounded Knee.

March 2, 2023--Host Joy LaClaire interviews David Treuer, author of THE HEARTBEAT OF WOUNDED KNEE: NATIVE AMERICA FROM 1890 TO THE PRESENT.

March 2, 2023--Semi-regular guest and beekeeper Carson Elmer will join his wife and host Elizabeth Archer in the studio to answer any and all of your bee-related questions.

March 2, 2023--Host Jenn Procacci speaks with Eileen Russell, owner of Livingston Organics.

March 1, 2023--Host Dan Gjerde speaks with Jean Mann, board member for the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. He also features an audio tour he recorded with Executive Director Molly Barker and Garden Manager Jamie Jensen.

February 28, 2023--Host Anna Halligan speaks with David Roon, Post-Doctoral Scholar at Oregon State University, about how fish and amphibian communities respond to riparian thinning across watersheds.

March 28, 2023--Host Dr. Casey Johnston speaks with Dr. William Vainer, who recently opened a family dental practice in downtown Ukiah.

February 27, 2023--MendoLatino celebrates Black History Month by delving into the issues of anti-Black racism in Mexico and the U.S. Our two guests, Dr. Emiko Saldivar and Diana Pinacho, both from Mexico, and who now live in California, discuss the challenges that Afro-Mexicans face, and how all of us can all combat racism.

February 26, 2023--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

February 24, 2023--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with University of Illinois Professor Emeritus, Dennis Baron, to discuss his timely book, YOU CAN’T AWAYS SAY WHAT YOU WANT: THE PARADOX OF FREE SPEECH.

February 23, 2023--Host Michelle Hutchins discusses issues relating to bringing mental health professionals into schools, and countering the impending influx of referrals for special education and assistance. She also covers why young people need experiences that boost mental health, why a positive relationship will not fix all classroom issues, and addresses other barriers to learning and possible solutions.

February 23, 2023--Host Michael Foley speaks with Adam Nuber, nursery manager and cofounder of the Felix Gillet Institute.

February 22, 2023--With Jim Heid away on assignment, join hosts Bob Laughton with the latest computer news and time for your calls.

February 22, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Jim Roberts, a legacy farmer and board member for the West Business Development Center, and Michael Katz, Executive Director of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, about cannabis and finance.

February 21, 2023--This month's episode is guest-hosted by Matilda Hernandez-Miyares. Matilda has a far-reaching conversation with friends from the Forest Reciprocity Group who have been working to promote the use of small-diameter poles, from forest restoration work, in building construction and furniture making, and in growing a community forest tending culture in the process.