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Weekly Program Highlights

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Friday 3/15

1:30 – 2:00 PM
Making Contact… What does equity really mean? That might be an impossible question to answer objectively. Listen as two experts on race in America discuss the subtle and overt ways white supremacy and anti-Blackness impact the workplace experience.

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Hidden Brain… From the time we are schoolchildren, we are ranked and sorted based on how smart we are. But what if our assumptions about intelligence limit our potential? Hear an interview with psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman as he proposes a more expansive notion of what it means to be “smart.”

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Fresh Air… Find out what it's like to be a maître d' in some of New York's finest restaurants in an interview with Michael Cecchi-Azzolina about his new memoir called Your Table is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître d'.

6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie Boosting Morale: Immediately following the end of World War I, jazz became the pulsating rhythm of America and Europe. The music was more than just an emotional outlet; it was a symbol of perseverance.

Saturday 3/16

10:00 – 11:00 AM
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!… Listen as comedian David Alan Grier stops by to play Not My Job, while panelists Mo Rocca, Paula Poundstone and Adam Burke join in for this weekly news quiz show.

11:00 – NOON
Radiolab… How can any of us know when to stop fighting death and when to start making peace with it? Hear two stories of people coming to terms – sometimes painfully and sometimes playfully – with death.

3:00 – 5:00 PM
American Routes… For Saint Patrick’s Day, it’s old and new cultural connections of singers, fiddlers and pickers from Ireland to America. Hear reels and jigs for dancing, jazz takes on Irish tunes, and songs about love, immigration and drinking from Hank Locklin, The Clancy Brothers and Louis Armstrong. Then, it’s a live set from the 80th National Folk Festival exploring the musical connections of Ireland and Appalachia with Irish musicians John Doyle and Seamus Egan and bluegrassers Rob and Ronnie McCoury.

5:00 – 6:00 PM
The Thistle and Shamrock… From folk bands and solo singers to fiddlers and pickers, celebrate the classic and timeless sounds of today’s Irish music all-stars.

Sunday 3/17

10:00 – 11:00 AM
Reveal… Psychedelic drugs were outlawed by the federal government more than 50 years ago, and for most of that time, the idea of making them legal again was politically unthinkable. But over the past few years, even conservative lawmakers have begun supporting efforts to bring psychedelics back for use under certain conditions.

11:00 – NOON
This American Life… Hear stories about people's delayed reactions to big changes in the world around them, and how perception may not always catch up to reality.

NOON – 3:00 PM
Sunday Baroque… Although Baroque-era composer Johann Sebastian Bach lived from 1685 until 1750, his influences are still felt far and wide. Listen as Sunday Baroque celebrates Bach’s genius this weekend with the first installment of a two-part Bach Birthday Bash. Highlights include Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, a brand-new recording of the French Suites, and the so-called "Triple Concerto" for flute, violin, and harpsichord.

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Code Switch & Life Kit… Learn how current research is disrupting myths about race in medicine. Then, on Life Kit, hear what a body-positive doctor thinks about the "Age of Ozempic."

4:00 – 5:00 PM
The Moth Radio Hour… Hear stories of finding hope, grace, and light during unexpected times and in unexpected places, like a bookstore, a high school tournament, and on death row.

Monday 3/18

2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Splendid Table… Listen to an interview with Nick Sharma, author of The Flavor Equation, as he shares a guide to cooking with crispy things. Also, chef Robynne Mai‘i, the first native Hawaiian woman to win the James Beard Award, answers listeners' cooking questions.

Tuesday 3/19

1:00 – 2:00 PM
TED Radio Hour… Big problems need audacious solutions. Hear TED speakers talk about using data and common sense to make laws more effective, reform the foster care system and hold environmental offenders accountable. 

Wednesday 3/20

1:00 – 1:30 PM
Bioneers… Forests have been thought of by the human imagination as places of mystery and magic. Yet, humans have largely commodified forests to extract maximum resources and profits. Hear an interview with a revolutionary researcher transforming the science of forest ecology and coming full circle to the wisdom of First Peoples and traditional land-based cultures.

1:30 – 2:00 PM
California Report Magazine… When author Satsuki Ina discovered letters her parents sent to each other while they were imprisoned during World War II, she also discovered a powerful story of resistance.

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Freakonomics Radio… What surprises lurk in our sewage? How did racist city planners end up saving Black lives? Why does Arizona grow hay for cows in Saudi Arabia? Hear three strange stories about the most fundamental substance we all take for granted: water.

6:30 – 8:00 PM
KCBX in Concert… Host Craig Russell explores four major works by Mozart: Symphony No. 4, which he wrote when he was only nine, two horn concertos (No. 4 in E-flat and No. 5 in E-major), and the Piano Concerto No. 23 in A-major, featuring a performance by the San Luis Obispo Symphony.

Thursday 3/21

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Latino USA… Hear an interview with Senator Alex Padilla as he discusses Proposition 187, the controversial 1994 ballot measure that politicized Padilla and many other Latinos of his generation.

Friday 3/22

6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzieBlame Jazz: The 1920s witnessed a number of changes in American society. These changes were quite visible in the dance craze and social norms – and most of that change was due to the “Jazz Age.”