The Ecology Hour features in-depth interviews with experts on every facet of Mendocino County's diverse and spectacular natural world. Rotating hosts include Environmental Educators Hannah Bird and Sue Coulter, Scientists Bob Spies & Tim Bray, and Trail Steward Chad Swimmer.
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Mendocino Words, or just Mendo Words, is two minutes of local poetry, weekly. Mendocino County is rich with poets writing about our natural beauty, our politics, and the little lives we can make for ourselves here. Mendo Words is hosted by Frej Barty, Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate, with the mission to spread poetry across the county. Local poetry calendar: https://theresawhitehill.com/events/. Website: https://mendocinopoetlaureate.mymcn.org/youth-poet-laureate/ Insta: @mendocinoyouth ...
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Cosmic Radio with host Elizabeth Garcia, NASA Ambassador. A show devoted to Space and Star watching. There will be interviews and information about current space missions, observatory information and local resources about the night sky over Mendocino. Tune in on the first Wednesdays of the month at 3:30 PM here in KZYX and Z
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Elections are coming this November! Find out all you need to know about the candidates and issues from KZYX.
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Join Michelle Blackwell, for Upwelling, where she interviews authors, poets, playwrights, historians, and songwriters about their recently published works. Get insights into their creative process and writing as well as publishing tips. Upwelling brings the richness of local literature to the airwaves.
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Inside KZYX, hosted by KZYX staff, is heard on the first and third Fridays at 9 am. It's an opportunity for listeners to learn about the station's many different projects and programs, with a call-in segment for your questions and concerns.
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Gower Hour on KZYX, hosted by Bode Gower, a student at Ukiah High School, offers a fresh perspective on today's politics through the eyes of the next generation of leaders. Each month, Bode sits down with local elected officials to delve into the pressing issues, providing listeners with insights from a youth perspective. Tune in to engage with the political landscape and discover how today's students are shaping tomorrow's world.
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A weekly two-minute podcast filled with information about a variety of historical topics, ranging from the Mexican-American War, to the downfall of the Khmer Rouge.
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Linda Pack reads episodes of her immensely popular public radio program Mendocino County Remembered. She edits and interprets selections from the oral histories collected and published under the auspices of the Mendocino Historical Society for the American Bicentennial in 1976. A new episode every Sunday.
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For book lovers, Linda Pack brings her immensely popular 50 minute public radio program, For the Love of Reading. She reads for you great writing, showcasing classic Novels, complete Short Stories, extraordinary Poetry, and thought-provoking Non-fiction, with background information and commentary, New episodes every month.
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Art Waves, a monthly program dedicated to the creative sector of Mendocino County. Hosted by Marty Durlin and Victor Palomino. Listen every third Tuesday at 9 am on KZYX and Z.
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”Israel Lobby Damage Assessment” is a podcast of the Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy. IRmep is a Washington-based nonprofit organization that studies US-Middle East policy formulation. Founded in 2002, IRmep is non-partisan and does not support or oppose candidates for public office. IRmep’s Center for Policy & Law files Freedom of Information Act requests and lawsuits to create warranted transparency and reveal the functions of government. It also examines how balanced and vigo ...
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Have you ever seen an Albatross? They are an awe-inspiring sight and there are hundreds of them off the Mendocino coast right now. Many of them are coming here to get food for their chicks, which are more than two thousand miles away, on remote islands in the Hawaiian chain. Ecology Hour hosts Bob Spies and Tim Bray get the whole story from Dr. Jon…
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Gower Hour, Episode 10: Chair of the Mendocino County Inland Water and Power Commission Janet Pauli and Lake County Supervisor Eddie Crandell
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44:04In this episode of Gower Hour, host Bode Gower sat down with Chair of the Mendocino County Inland Water and Power Commission Janet Pauli and Lake County Supervisor Eddie Crandell. They explored various topics including the Potter Valley Project, it's implications for the North Coast, and much more. Listen in as we bring you closer to today's politi…
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Cosmic Radio Interview with Dr. Joseph Heitman: Professor and Chair of Molecular Genetics and Professor in Medicine at Duke University and CIFAR's Co-Director for the Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities ...
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1:04:11Join me on Cosmic Radio as we speak with Dr. Joseph Heitman. Dr. Heitman is a professor and Chair of Molecular Biology and Professor in Medicine at Duke University and CIFAR's Co-Director for the "Fungal Kingdom: Threats and Opportunities" Research Program. Last month Dr. David Hibbett gave us an introduction into the fascinating study of the Funga…
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Upwelling: David Holper and Maureen Eppstein
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50:00Two local authors David Holper and Maureen Eppstein tackle difficult subjects. David Holper’s Church of the Very Last Chance combines political satire and magical realism. It follows the rise of a middle-class Russian student from lost soul to international religious leader. Maureen Eppstein’s most recent poetry collection, Daughter is memoir throu…
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Gower Hour, Episode 9: Former California State Senator Josh Newman
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55:32In this episode of Gower Hour, host Bode Gower sat down with Former California State Senator Josh Newman. They explored various topics including CTE programs, broadband, his political future, and much more. Listen in as we bring you closer to today's politics through the lens of the next generation of leaders.…
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Oil Spills: Long-term Biochemical effects
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59:00We hear a lot about the immediate effects of a major oil spill, but what happens later? Our guest Dr. Jeffrey Short is a biochemist who has investigated ecosystem effects of major spills. Working with our host Dr. Robert Spies after the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster, he discovered that large quantities of oil persisted in the subsurface long after the…
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Cosmic Interview with Dr. David Hibbett; Biology Professor at Clark University with an focus on Evolutionary Mycology
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1:02:26Join me for a fascinating interview with Dr. David Hibbett, Biology Professor from Clark University who focuses on Evolutionary Mycology. Dr. Hibbett answers questions we all think about and want to know more about from the Fungal Kingdom. He is so fun and passionate about fungi and after listening to this interview, I hope that you will also becom…
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Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with Erin Zulliger of the Institute for Wildlife Studies, who has been studying Elk in northern California. Always an impressive sight, these fascinating animals have a long history here and are currently adapting to changing conditions. Listen to find out more about their lives, their predators, and their populations.…
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Cosmic Radio: Interview with Dr. Silvano Colombano
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58:01Join my for an amazing thought-provoking interview with Dr. Silvano Colombano! Dr. Colombano is a retired NASA Biophysicist. He is now working on his original doctoral thesis and writing a new paper about the Nature of Life: Implications for the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis. His computer modeling studies are helping Dr. Colombano understand the orig…
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Gower Hour, Episode 8: Chair of the California Democratic Party Rusty Hicks
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59:25In this episode of Gower Hour, host Bode Gower sat down with the Chair of the California Democratic Party Rusty Hicks. They explored various topics including broadband access, rural living, the 2024 election, and much more. Listen in as we bring you closer to today's politics through the lens of the next generation of leaders.…
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Robert Jamgochian and Doug Nunn talk about the SONAR program (School of Natural Resources) they created and ran at Mendocino High School for several years. Students learned how to follow scientific protocols, collect field data, analyze it and write up their findings in scientific reports. Many have gone on to pursue education and careers in enviro…
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Cosmic Radio with Dr. Peter Schultz Part II
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58:38Join me for our second interview with Dr. Peter Schultz. We've move on from the Chicxulub Impactor and into The Deep Impact Mission, the LCROSS mission and his current work in Chile! Check out the pictures and links I added for more information on his work and by next week I will add the rest of the interview I had to cut for time for the radio pro…
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Gower Hour, Episode 7: California State Assemblyman Chris Rogers
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59:56In this episode of Gower Hour, host Bode Gower sat down with California State Assemblyman Chris Rogers. They explored various topics including wildfire mitigation, education funding, water rights, and much more. Listen in as we bring you closer to today's politics through the lens of the next generation of leaders.…
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Upwelling: Philip Zwerling and Devreaux Baker
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47:08Phillip Zwerling’s Hollywood tell-all, In Search of the Thin Man, explores the lives and work of William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Dashiell Hammett as well as the censorship and politics of old Hollywood. Zwerling writes about how fascism in Germany infiltrated Hollywood in the 1930s. Mendocino County’s first poet laureate Devereaux Baker. Reads three…
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Join me as I interview Planetary Scientist Dr. Peter Schultz. His work is extensive! So much, we are having him on the show for two consecutive months. This month we will be talking about Dr. Shultz's work on the Chicxulub Crater off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. He tells us how he used the NASA Ames Vertical Gun the model how the impactor cr…
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Gower Hour, Episode 6: California State Assemblywoman Heather Hadwick
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59:42In this episode of Gower Hour, host Bode Gower sat down with California State Assemblywoman Heather Hadwick. They explored various topics, including rural inequities, career pathways, and much more. Listen in as we bring you closer to today's politics through the lens of the next generation of leaders.…
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Go Europa Clipper! Interview with Todd Barber
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58:03Learn all about NADS's newest flagship mission.....EUROPA CLIPPER!!!! Our good friend Todd Barber is make to tell us all the intricate parts of this modern marvel of spacecrafts that will be exploring the Galilean Moon EUROPA!!! A water-world in the Jovian System. Check out the links as well so you can see and play with the Clipper Vault Plate!!! h…
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Gower Hour, Episode 5: Post-Election Episode
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58:41In this episode of Gower Hour, host Bode Gower sat down with elected officials from all across Mendocino County, sharing their plans and priorities for their communities. He'll also be offering his post-election analysis from a young person’s perspective, diving into one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime. Listen in as we bring you…
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November 19, 2024 -- in this edition of Art Waves, we talk with the new Director of the Mendocino Art Center Dav Bell, followed by a report on Mendocino High School’s nomination as a finalist in the NPR Student Podcast Contest, and we wrap up the program with details on the Mendocino College Ceramic Club’s December sale event.…
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Upwelling: Emily Lloyd-Jones and Ginny Rorby
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47:02Emily Lloyd-Jones talks about her two recent releases Unspoken Magic for middle-grade readers and The Wild Huntress for young-adult readers. Ginny Rorby discusses her recent novel Girl Under Glass for young-adult readers. Unspoken Magic is the second title in a delightful middle-grade series set in the magical town of Aldermere. We first met our ma…
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We see them in cartoons as well as in our gardens, but how much do we really know about Praying Mantises? We learn a lot about them from doctoral candidate Lohit Garikipati at the American Museum of Natural History. Originally from California, Lohit became fascinated by these bizarre insects at an early age and has been studying them ever since. Th…
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Cosmic Radio Interview with Richard Rieber-Robotics Systems Engineer from JPL
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28:01Join us for an interview with Richard Rieber, Robotic Systems Engineer from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Richard takes us through the various robotics created at JPL and tells us how those creations were used on NASA missions and future how future robotics are being created for future NASA missions.…
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Cosmic Radio Interview with Lindy Elkins-Tanton and The Psyche Mission
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30:04Cosmic Radio host Elizabeth Garcia interviews Principal Investigator of NASA's Psyche Mission, Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton. Join us as we talk about an incredible space journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Dr. Elkins-Tanton tells us all about the Psyche asteroid, why she believes that it may be the exposed …
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