KZYX Public Affairs

January 3, 2023--Host Hannah Bird speaks with poets Kirk Lempkin, Maureen Eppstein, Cathy Monroe, and Armand Brint about nature poetry.

January 3, 2023--Host Julie McGovern talks with Chris Chen about returning viticulture classes, Michael Platt about the automotive technology program, and Rose Bell about the upcoming spring semester.

January 2, 2023--Host Corine Pearce welcomes Luis Santa, a local fisheries biologist with 10 years experience to discuss the Clearlake Hitch. Luis will be talking about the habitat associated with Hitch and other native fishes. Hear about their plight and the steps that Tribes are taking to save these sacred relations.

January 1, 2023--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

December 30, 2022--Wild Women is a local, intersectional feminist broadcast focused on contemporary and historical issues that specifically impact the lives of women. Host Lux Karpov-Kinrade talks with the artist Miss Wondersmith, a woman who is drawn to wonder and magic and bringing that to her art and her social media community in the most unique ways, from mysterious Fairytale Gatherings to whimsical ceramics. They also discuss creating through chronic illness and ways we might all be gentler with ourselves during these winter months of introspection.

December 30, 2022--Host Alicia Bales speaks with Phil Warf, Political Science professor at Mendocino College, in a radio homage to Politics, A Love Story host Bob Bushansky and his 5th Friday rants. What were the biggest headlines in politics in 2022? From Abortion to Insurrection, they’ll review the extraordinary politics of the last year.

December 30, 2022--Host Chad Swimmer looks into the activism to change the name of Fort Bragg, California, and the history that makes the issue so complicated. He speaks with Victoria Patterson, PhD and Philip Zwerling, PhD, and reads excerpts from Robert Winn's new historical novel, The Death of Captain Ford.

December 29, 2022--Mendocino Theatre Company brings you holiday stories for young and old from the Mendocino Theatre Company to lighten up the dark days of winter. With Ken Krause as sound designer and production, and Lorry Lepaule as director of the readings. So, as William would say, “.. lend us your ear..” for an evening of listening enjoyment.

December 29,2022--Host Johanna Wildoak talks about hope and optimism. She share a few outlets for uplifting news, as well as some thoughts by Rob Brezsny.

December 28, 2022--On Point & Click, Bob & Jim review some of the major technology milestones of 2022. Tune in for "The Year in Reboot".

December 28, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with guest Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall, the topic is 2022 in review and talking about our needs for 2023.

December 27, 2022--Join host Anna Halligan to learn more about the populations of steelhead trout and salmon that occupy the Mendocino Coast.

December 27, 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.

26 de diciembre del 2022--MendoLatino celebra el fin del año 2022 entrevistando a Esme Plascencia y a Francesca Sandoval para aprender sobre los desafíos de tener colmenas y cómo proveer suficiente alimento durante el invierno para las abejas. Conozca las oportunidades que existen para disfrutar de la naturaleza y compartir el conocimiento ancestral de nuestras culturas. December 26, 2022--MendoLatino celebrates the end of the year 2022 by interviewing Esme Plascencia and Francesca Sandoval to learn about the challenges of keeping beehives and how to provide enough food during the winter for the bees. Learn about the opportunities that exist to enjoy nature and share the ancestral knowledge of our cultures.

Diciembre 26, 2022 -- Conversación con el director de Salúd Púbicla del Condado de Mendocino Dr Andy Coren sobre la triple pandemia y como mantenerse sano durante las fiestas de fin de año.

December 23, 2022--Host Joy LaClaire talks with Columbia University Journalism Professor, Howard French, about his award-winning book, BORN IN BLACKNESS: AFRICA, AFRICANS, AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD - 1471 TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

December 22, 2022--Host Michelle Hutchins, County Superintendent of Schools, interviews more members of the County Board of Education, as a continuation of last months episode. She explores all topics of County Board Governance and why these leaders choose to serve on the County Board of Education.

December 22, 2022--Hosts Michael Foley and Sara Grusky of Green Uprising Farm in Willits, speak with patrons and vendors of the Willits Farmers Market to glean some insight as to why people attend them.

December 21, 2022--Host Mari Rodin talks with Mendocino County Registrar of Voters Katrina Bartolomei about how her office runs elections.

December 20, 2022--Host Chad Swimmer takes a break from politics and science to delve into the ecosystem of the soul, with readings, musings, and philosophizing from activists, tree-huggers, friends and family about our place in the natural world.

December 20, 2022--Art Waves is a series about art and artists in Mendocino with Marty Durlin and Victor Palomino. This week, they speak with Ensemble artists Ester Siegle and Spencer Brewer talk about their new book Lost and Found: Ensemble artists of Northern California. After, Marty Durlin interviews the Interim Director of the Mendocino Arts Center, Martin Betz.

December 19, 2022--Join Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter for a live show looking at issues from Pomo Country. Including an update on JDSF from returning guest Matt Simmons, staff attorney from EPIC.

December 18, 2022--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

Diciembre 19, 2022 Conversación mensual con el Concejal de la ciudad de Ukiah Juan Orozco. Temas, las elecciones, el nuevo concejo y la elección del alcalde.

December 16, 2022--Host Alicia Bales talks with Mike Geniella, veteran local reporter, about the extraordinary story of Sister Jane Kelly, who came to him in 1999 to report sexual abuse by a priest in her Catholic church in Ukiah after two years of inaction by church officials. As the Santa Rosa Diocese declares bankruptcy this week under the weight of 130 lawsuits by survivors, Mike looks back on Sister Jane Kelly’s legacy and the role local journalism played in exposing the abuse.

December 15, 2022--Project Censored’s Associate Director Andy Lee Roth joins Steve and Annie on Corporations and Democracy to focus on important subjects that were lost in the sea of hype. Each year at this time Project Censored highlights important news stories that were ignored or underreported in the national press over the last year. This year the focus is on the State of the Free Press.

December 15, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Gowan Batist of Fortunate Farm, about her project Eat Mendocino, where she endeavored to eat only locally grown and produced food for an entire year. They also talk about her plans to do it again!

December 15, 2022--Host Johanna Wildoak talks with local author Dot Brovarney about her book Mendocino Refuge: Lake Leonard & Reeves Canyon, a new book about a remarkable Mendocino County canyon watershed and its inhabitants. The book explores the cultural and natural history of this watershed. It tells a multifaceted story of place through the interconnected lives of plants, wildlife, and human inhabitants in this little known place in the heart of Mendocino County. Johanna also talks with Annie Liner about the work of the Mendocino County Children's Fund to provide warmth and comfort to the children in our county during this winter season.

December 14 ,2022--Karen Ottoboni speaks with Bruce Anderson, editor of the Anderson Valley Advertiser.

December 13, 2022--Tim Bray and Bob Spies host Dr. Gregory Calliet, Professor Emeritus at Moss Landing Marine Laboratory. They discuss Elasmobranchs (Sharks, Rays and Skates) with particular attention to aging these cartilaginous fishes, management of shark fisheries and various other aspects of their biology.

December 2, 2022--Roland Cory Medina interviews a local student about the parental support they received during their transition. He also talks a little bit about his experience and why you should love every bit of your child. Chad sends him some quips from over in Seattle so he's not entirely missing out.

December 13, 2022--Dr. Ron Sand joins Dr. Marvin Trotter to talk about Palliative Care and the local work of Madrone Care Network.

12 de diciembre 2022--MendoLatino continúa explorando la inmigración, esta vez desde Centroamérica. Escuche la entrevista con Ester E. Hernandez y Claudia Portillo que estudian y recolectan las historias de sus familias de El Salvador y de otros países centroamericanos. Conozcan sus esfuerzos para recoger estas historias y compartirlas. MendoLatino está en el aire el lunes 12 de diciembre a las 9 de la mañana aquí en KZYX&Z. 12/12/22--MendoLatino continues exploring immigration, this time from Central America. Listen to an interview with Ester E. Hernandez, PhD and Claudia Portillo, who study and collect stories from their families from El Salvador and from other Central American countries. Learn about their efforts to find these stories and share them.

Diciembre 12, 2022 -- En el programa de hoy tenemos la conversación mensual con los Servicios de Autoayuda de la corte del condado de Mendocino, seguido de un reporte sobre el programa United Relief del norte de California.

December 9, 2022--On Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire talks with Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, about his latest book, CONSPIRACY: WHY THE RATIONAL BELIEVE THE IRRATIONAL.

December 8, 2022-Chris Skyhawk hosts Universal Perspectives and his series of shows called “Surviving Late Stage Capitalism--What’s Next?” interviewing activists, spiritual thinkers, and cutting edge social leaders with the goal of hypothesizing what life on our planet will look like after Capitalism collapses. This month his guests are Mike Mease of the Buffalo Field Campaign and bodyworker James Humecky. Mike talks about the amazing resilience of the Buffalo and the lessons they have for humans as we navigate troubled times. James discusses his bodywork and the healing modalities he has developed, and how healing our personal traumas can contribute to a greater vision of life on earth. (Note: Technical issues at the beginning of the live broadcasted have been edited out.)

December 8, 2022--Host Jenn Procacci is joined by Lelehnia DuBois founder of Humboldt Grace and CCO of Canopyright, a unique blockchain system created to protect legacy cultivators.

December 7, 2022--On “For the Love of Reading” POEMS WE LOVE": Comforting, Funny, Epic, and Passionate–poetry by Edgar Lee Masters (from Spoon River Anthology), Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker (from Enough Rope), Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass), and many more. Read for you by Linda Pack, Kate Magruder, and Nichole Phillips-Rakes.

December 7, 2022--Doug and guest cohost Chris cover developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

December 7, 2022--How are County services funded? Mendocino CEO Darcie Antle joins Supervisor Gjerde to provide the big picture. Darcie and Dan also outline several budget challenges and opportunities facing Mendocino County over the next few years.

December 6, 2022--Host Hannah Bird presents two interviews she conducted in 2017, with Professor L. David Mech and Professor Justin Brashares, about wolves in California.

December 6, 2022--This Mendocino College Radio Hour is all about scholarships, with MC Foundation Scholarship Coordinator Eliza Grider. Who should apply; how to apply; why scholarships are so important for our local community college students; and how you can help make a difference.

December 5, 2022--Host Corine Pearce and her special guest Paul Stewart of the Elem Pomo Indian Colony discuss the influence and impact of traditional and contemporary Native music and musicians on American music at large. Paul is a music career veteran, he is the CEO of 2XG Records, the band leader of the celebrated band Twice as Good, and a professor of Native American Studies at Sonoma State University.

December 4, 2022--Join hosts Jim and Jerry Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

December 05, 2022 En esta semana escuchamos sobre el aniversario del periodico en español Al Punto seguido de la conversación mensual de immigración con las Caridades Católicas de Santa Rosa. por Victor Palomino

December 2, 2022--Host Alicia Bales speaks with North Coast Journal News Editor Thaddeus Greenson about the decision by FERC to green light dam removal in the Klamath River, and Press Democrat Reporters Marisa Endicott and Andrew Graham about their coverage of the latest developments in the PG&E Fire Victims Trust.

December 1, 2022--Host Blake More interviews Mendocino County writer/poet/teacher and radio host Mark Stanford Gross. They discuss Gross’s writing and how he inspires others to find the impetus to explore and express themselves through creative writing. Topics include being in the moment, finding one’s voice and inspiration, and of course, lots of interesting words.

December 1, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Irene Engber of Irene's Garden Produce in Laytonville.

December 1, 2022--Host Johanna Wildoak speaks with Megan Parker and Kay Leiberknecht about Hospice of Ukiah.

November 30, 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 your calls.