Weekly Program Highlights
Thursday 03/20
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Central Coast Voices… Dementia is not a single disease; it's an overall term to describe a collection of symptoms that one may experience if they are living with a variety of diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. Dementia is often incorrectly referred to as "senility" or "senile dementia," which reflects the formerly widespread but incorrect belief that serious mental decline is a normal part of aging. Host Kris Kington-Barker talks with Laura DeLoye, program and education manager with the Central Coast’s chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, about the challenges many families face in caring for loved ones with dementia. This show will focus on helpful tips and resources for supporting someone with dementia.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Latino USA… Join host Maria Hinojosa in a conversation with two journalists about the U.S.-El Salvador relationship amid Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s controversial offer to jail American citizens. Also on the show, a conversation with a renowned anthropologist about the real people behind human smuggling and how U.S. immigration policies fuel their booming businesses.
Friday 03/21
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Hidden Brain… Many of us think we’d never, ever confess to something we didn’t do. But, research finds that’s a myth. Hidden brain revisits a favorite episode from 2022, exploring why we sometimes act against our own self-interest—even when the stakes are at their highest.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Fresh Air… Fifty years ago, a kinky spoof of horror films opened on Broadway and quickly bombed; however, it was later adapted into a film that became a cult classic. Tune into the next Fresh Air to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the film's star, Tim Curry, and remember the best-selling sports writer John Feinstein.
6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie… The Jazzy Violin: . Before the arrival of the violinists who changed the landscape of the genre, the violin was rarely heard in jazz. First on the scene is Joe Venuti, often credited as the leading jazz violinist who developed new techniques specific to jazz. Stéphane Grappelli emerged in the early 1930s, bringing a more refined approach to the jazz violin. Eddie South, known as "The Dark Angel of the Violin," blended classical techniques with jazz improvisation. Lastly, Stuff Smith, who was inspired by Louis Armstrong, is renowned for his swinging style and innovative amplification techniques.
Saturday 03/22
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!… The show is in Orlando, Florida, featuring panelists Paula Poundstone, Alonzo Bodden, and Eugene Cordero. NBA player Moe Wagner of the Orlando Magic has a little one-on-one conversation with Peter and then plays Not My Job.
11:00 – NOON
Radiolab… It is difficult to think of anything more rational, logical, and impersonal than a number. However, what if we are all, universally, deeply attuned to how numbers feel? Why is 2 warm, 7 strong, and 11 downright mystical? Radiolab then explores one number that could, perhaps, break math—and reality—as we know it.
NOON – 3:00 PM
The Broken Spoke… Join host Janelle Younger for a musical tribute to Jesse Colin Young, spanning his early years in the Greenwich Village folk scene, his time with the Youngbloods, and his extensive solo career.
3:00 – 5:00 PM
American Routes… New Orleans musician and raconteur Danny Barker was a banjo and guitar hero—a major figure in New York jazz—who never forgot his French Creole roots in both song and style. American Routes looks back on Danny's career, his life with his wife and collaborator, singer Blue Lu Barker, and his enduring influence on the culture of the Crescent City. Then, guitar and banjo player Detroit Brooks pays tribute to the Barker legacy with his band, the Syncopated Percolators, live at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
Sunday 03/23
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Reveal… Hear how a "Goon Squad" of Rankin County sheriff's deputies spent years brutalizing people until 2023, when their reign of terror was exposed.
11:00 – NOON
This American Life… Tune in for the radio version of a live stage episode that was beamed to movie theaters. The episode features David Sedaris, Tig Notaro, Ryan Knighton, and the late David Rakoff in his final performance on the show.
NOON – 3:00 PM
Sunday Baroque… Johann Sebastian Bach was born in March of 1685, and every year at this time, Sunday Baroque holds a birthday celebration for the composer. Since Bach was so prolific, the Bach Birthday Bash spans two programs. Hear a selection from his St. Matthew Passion, one of the keyboard partitas, and selections from The Art of Fugue.
4:00 – 5:00 PM
The Moth Radio Hour… Tune in for a special Moth Radio Hour featuring stories from the annual "Love Hurts" StorySLAM. These stories explore love lost, love found, unwanted spotlights, and the family we choose.
Monday 03/24
2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Splendid Table… The Splendid Table devotes the hour to African cuisine. First up, Nigeria with Ozoz Sokoh, author of Chop Chop: Cooking the Food of Nigeria, followed by a journey to Ghana with Chef Eric Adjepong, author of Ghana to the World: Recipes and Stories That Look Forward While Honoring the Past.
Tuesday 03/25
1:00 – 2:00 PM
TED Radio Hour… Can otters be city dwellers? Are aliens real? Do we have to experience misery to understand happiness? TED speakers explore how unlikely connections can lead to radical realizations.
Wednesday 03/26
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Bioneers… The Rights of Nature movement launched internationally in 2006 and is growing rapidly. Driven primarily by tribes and citizen-led communities, more than three dozen cities, townships, and counties across the U.S. have adopted laws to create legally enforceable rights for ecosystems to exist, flourish, regenerate, and evolve. In this program, Native American attorneys Frank Bibeau and Samantha Skenandore, along with legal movement leader Thomas Linzey, report from the front lines on how they are honing their strategies to protect natural systems for future generations.
1:30 – 2:00 PM
California Report Magazine… Join host Sasha Khokha as she explores how a 1968 strike at San Francisco State University led to the nation's first ethnic studies program. However, today, the leaders of that movement have largely been forgotten.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Freakonomics Radio… To most people, the rat is vile and villainous. But not to everyone! In part three of this three–part series, Freakonomics Radio talks with a scientist who befriended rats, another who worked with them in the lab, and the animator who made one the hero of a Pixar blockbuster.
6:30 – 8:00 PM
KCBX in Concert… Ukraine and its Classical Traditions. Craig will explore the rich cultural heritage of Ukrainian classical music; he will offer the art songs of Mykola Lysenko that rival Schubert’s, both in output and artistry. We’ll hear the violin sonata by Maxim Berezovsky, a contemporary of Joseph Haydn, and piano music by Revutsky and Skoryk; their preludes and dances can be spunky, bluesy, or ethereal—just like Ravel’s or Gershwin’s. And Craig will feature the famous sacred choral music of Ukraine in master recordings of the Kyev Chamber Choir. We’ll hear a dash of folk music, too, including the heart-wrenching “Hear My Prayer” and “Freedom Fighters Farewell.”
Thursday 03/27
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Central Coast Voices… Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley has initiated several recent efforts focused on the area's youth. Join Lata Murti in conversation with Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley Executive Director Edwin Weaver to learn more about these efforts and their projected impact.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Latino USA… The little black dress can come in any style and be made from any fabric; what it always radiates, however, is confidence and style. But it also has a complicated history. Before becoming the classic dress we all know and many still love today, the little black dress was primarily worn by working-class shopgirls and domestics. Tune into a conversation with Monica Morales-Garcia, who explores the decline of an industry and the rise of this iconic garment. Then, hear the story of an even better version of Dracula, shot in Spanish on the same sets and at the same time as the 1931 Bela Lugosi classic. How did the Spanish Dracula end up being so much scarier—and sexier—than the original?