Best Kxpr Podcasts (2025)

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CA Polling on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown | Sac Hispanic Business Check-in | Capitol Pops Concert Band Holiday Show

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CA Polling on Trump’s Immigration Crackdown President Trump has made good on a promise to crack down on immigration. The first year of his second term is marked by a wave of mass deportations - that his administration says are noncitizens with criminal convictions or pending charges. And polling has gauged California voters’ evolving attitudes on t…

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The Nutcracker Connection

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The "almost didn't happen" story behind this perennial holiday classic.

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City Council Approves Natomas Basin Development | Conserving Battle Creek Ranch | Best of: The Philharmonik

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City Council Approves Natomas Basin Development CapRadio Local Government Reporter Riley Palmer joins us to talk about the Sacramento City Council voting 5 to 2 in favor of a commercial warehouse district to be developed on protected land in the Natomas Basin. The project has drawn lots of public comment both for and against, pitting economic devel…

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Highlands Community Charter School Hearing | CA Scraps NextGen 911 System | CPUC Vote on Undergrounding Rule

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Highlands Community Charter School Hearing An embattled charter school for adults based in Sacramento could soon face closure following a devastating state audit released in June. It found ‘Highlands Community Charter and Technical School’ received more than 180 million dollars in K-12 funds that it was not eligible to collect and must now repay. N…

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Flu, COVID and RSV Season Update | Sacramento’s Refugees and Asylum Seekers | 'Yosemite Wildlife'

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Flu, COVID and RSV Season Update Last year was the most severe flu season in over a decade in the United States. And this year, a new strain of the flu is fueling concerns of another rough winter. Today on Insight, we’ll talk with Dr. Dean Blumberg from UC Davis about what we need to know about the flu and other respiratory viruses as we head into …

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Young CA Dem Challengers | ‘Forging Latino Power’ Book | Hunt for the Jeffrey Pine

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Young CA Dem Challengers The Matsuis are a Sacramento political dynasty. Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui has been in office since 2005, preceded by her husband, the late Congressman Bob Matsui, who held the seat for 26 years prior. This upcoming election, Rep. Matsui is facing a challenger within her own party - Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang.…

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The Gershwin-Ravel Connection

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The Te Deum Connection

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Memorable Te Deums for orchestra and voices by Handel, Mozart, Berlioz, and more

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POLITICO California Playbook | Checking in with NorCal Food Banks | ‘In a Nutshell' Year-Ender

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POLITICO California Playbook The latest budget forecast from the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office shows California facing an $18 billion shortfall in 2026-27, following a series of deficits that lawmakers have needed to close in recent years. The state has also seen a new candidate, billionaire Tom Steyer, join the 2026 governor’s race with o…

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Sac State’s New Freshman Living Requirement | State of Sacramento’s Flood Control | Holiday Music & Wine

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Sac State’s New Freshman Living Requirement Sacramento State is instituting a two-year on-campus living requirement for first-time students starting in Fall 2026. President Luke Wood announced the requirement over the summer as a way to provide for students’ basic needs and academic success. But the plan has also drawn criticism about the potential…

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Why Covered California May Get More Expensive | New Statewide e-Bike Coalition | ‘100 Years of Palestine’ Exhibit

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Why Covered California May Get More Expensive Enrollment for Covered California - the state’s health insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act - is now open. But Obamacare tax credits for the majority of recipients are at risk of expiring at the end of the year, if Congress doesn’t approve an extension. Some worry that customers w…

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Push to Axe Landlines in California | Audiology Program Celebrates Milestones | ReCreate and ‘The Secret Life of Leaves’

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Push to Axe Landlines in California Hundreds of thousands of rural Californians rely on landlines for emergencies. AT&T is the largest copper landline provider in the state, known as the state’s last-resort phone service, and is pushing to retire these landlines nationwide. Yue Stella Yu is a politics reporter with CalMatters and traveled to the No…

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The Two-Fer Connection

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The surprising links between Beethoven’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies.

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Gov. Newsom’s Ex Chief of Staff Arrested by FBI | Stockton City Council Drama | ‘Mark Twain Tonight!’ | Dmitri Klebanov’s Debut

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Gov. Newsom’s Ex Chief of Staff Arrested by FBI A former Chief of Staff for Governor Newsom, and major political player in California, has been arrested in an FBI public corruption probe. Dana Williamson was indicted in a Sacramento federal courthouse yesterday, on charges including bank and wire fraud tied to a dormant political campaign account f…

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California Fire Insurance Investigation | Thien Ho Golden State Killer Book | SNAP Food Benefit Fragility

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California Fire Insurance Investigation If you’re one of the hundreds-of-thousands of homeowners in California who have lost their insurance recently, you know the state is in a crisis. And it’s only gotten worse despite efforts by the state to reign it in. One of those efforts included new regulations that were supposed to make coverage available …

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement | New Law Guarantees Admission to CSUs | Annual ‘State of Lung Cancer’ Report

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi Retires A powerhouse in California politics is retiring. Former House Speaker and longtime San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi says she will not seek reelection next year, ending a Congressional career that began in 1987. Her impending departure comes as some within the Democratic Party have called for a change in leadership,…

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The Surviving Connection

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What’s Next After Prop 50 | Investigation into CA’s DUI Laws | ‘A Titillating Cabaret’

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What’s Next After Prop 50 The special election to redraw California’s congressional maps was really just a pitstop to the Midterm. Campaigns are now recalibrating and more states may join the redistricting battle that started between Texas Republicans and California Democrats. Mindy Romero is the Director of the USC Center for Inclusive Democracy, …

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CA Voters Approve Redistricting | GOP Consultant Mike Madrid | Prop. 50 Architect Paul Mitchell | Sacramento Splash Vernal Pools

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CA Voters Approve Redistricting Tuesday was a historic election day in California. Voters turned out for an off-year special election, with preliminary results highly favoring the passage of Prop. 50, which will temporarily redraw the state’s Congressional maps to benefit Democrats. CapRadio Statehouse Politics Reporters Laura Fitzgerald and Gerard…

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Prop 50 Special Election Coverage | Festival of New American Music

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Prop 50 Special Election Coverage Today is the last day to vote on California’s special election Proposition 50. The measure would temporarily redraw the state’s congressional maps to favor Democrats in five key districts, bypassing California’s independent redistricting committee. The measure is a reaction to state lawmakers in Texas gerrymanderin…

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Statewide Prop 50 Special | Former All Things Considered Host Ari Shapiro

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Statewide Prop 50 Special Californians will decide Nov. 4 on a ballot measure that could reshape how our state is represented in Congress: Proposition 50 would redraw California’s congressional district lines to help Democrats pick up five additional seats in the House. The measure is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to the growing national fight over …

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The March Connection

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Music in 4/4 time by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Verdi, and Grainger, among others

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Sacramento Meeting to Address Homelessness | Natomas Teacher Space Mission | Scary and Sweet Halloween Activities

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Sacramento Meeting to Address Homelessness Leaders across Sacramento County came together Tuesday for a rare joint meeting to address the ongoing crisis of homelessness, discuss current strategies and outline opportunities for future cooperation. CapRadio Local Government Reporter Riley Palmer joins Insight with a recap of the conversations and cri…

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Glenn County Medical Center Update | Dwayne and Edison's Eggery | Perchfest

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Glenn Medical Center Update For weeks, Glenn County residents have had to travel dozens of miles to get medical care after the only local hospital, Glenn Medical Center, was forced to close. A federal decision to revoke the hospital’s critical access designation resulted in funding cuts that made operations unsustainable. Now, Representative Doug L…

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How Prop 50 Could Reshape Placer County | What Happens to Cows When They Die? | 50th Anniversary of Sac’s ‘Dia de los Muertos’

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How Prop 50 Could Reshape Placer County In one week, California voters will decide whether to pass Prop 50 and temporarily bypass the state’s independent redistricting commission to draw new congressional maps in Democrats’ favor. The new maps could bring big changes to Placer County, splitting it into three new districts. These changes could also …

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CalFresh to Pause Benefits During Government Shutdown | Bay Area Immigration Crackdown Reversal | KVIE Expands Local News Coverage

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CalFresh to Pause Benefits During Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is approaching one month. And as it continues to drag on, food benefits for nearly 42 million people are in limbo. As of this morning, CalFresh - the state’s version of SNAP - will be paused, after the USDA announced that there will be no benefits issued Nov. 1. W…

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The Demonic Connection

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Music by Mussorgsky, Saint-Saens, Britten, Bernstein, and more.

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The Folk Dance Connection

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The impact of folk dances on works by Brahms, Liszt, Chopin, Dvorak, Grieg, Bartok, Arnold, and many more.

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The Forest Connection

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The forest in music by Wagner, Mahler, Strauss, Debussy, Orff, Britten, and more.

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The Autumn Connection

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The many faces of autumn, as portrayed in music by Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, MacDowell, Debussy and more.

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The Tempest Connection

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Works inspired by—or thought to have been inspired by—Shakespeare's The Tempest, including music by Beethoven, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Sullivan, and more.

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The Avian Connection 2

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Bird-inspired music, in works by Handel, Haydn, Brahms, Ravel, Beach, Sibelius and others.

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The Art Connection

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MusicaL links between canvas and concert hall.

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The Robin Hood Connection

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A series of dramatic turnabouts, with an unforgettable cast of characters, from Hollywood bigwigs to Nazi storm troopers--all ending in an Academy Award-winning movie score.