Join Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center's Executive Director Erika Weber, Coastal Stories Documentarian Chachi Ramirez, and Film Producer Melanie Backer as they talk to host Lata Murti about all there is to discover at the Dunes, and how you can help to support this historic site and its Center.Join the conversation live with your phone calls from 1-2pm Thursdays on KCBX.

We all remember canned pears in our school lunches, but why would you eat those when you can just go pluck a fresh pear off a tree not very far away from you? All along the Central Coast, pears are in season from August to October. The Playing With Food Team picked a few perfect pears.

Tune in for a Conversation backstage at the 2025 Live Oak Music Festival with Liam Gallaher-Murphy and Ross Wylde of the folk duo Murphy Wylde, who were a crowd favorite at last year’s event. The pair talk about their relationship as creative and romantic partners, and how music gives them purpose and hope.Listen Tuesdays from 2-3pm on KCBX

Our Associate Producer Jillian Parks shares Austin based writer, Jennifer Simonson’s tales of Ybor City’s Cuban connection