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This week we introduce you to Welcome Home Village, a remarkable effort to build supportive homeless housing on the Central Coast using 150,000 recycled plastic bottles per housing unit, meeting the urgent housing need within our community 70% faster and 30% less expensively. -
A conversation with Dr. Riane Eisler, social scientist, founder of the Center for Partnership Systems, and author of many books, including the revered - The Chalice and the Blade; and Dr. Darcia Narvaez, author of The Evolved Nest; Nature's Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities and President of the venerable non-profit, Kindred World.
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Lively music from local musicians and an at-capacity venue prove KCBX’s 50 year legacy will journey onwards despite the loss of federal funding -
For Playing with Food, KCBX's Fr. Ian Delinger travels to southern San Luis Obispo County to talk to algae farmers and find out how one particular algae—Spirulina—is made, and why it is considered a complete health food. Then, KCBX's Meher Ali is in conversation with poet and activist Dian Sousa about poetry, the necessity of work, her immigrant parents and their love of the sea, on The Lonely Goat Cafe. Last, reporter Benjamin Purper walks with Brook Monroe, musician and winemaker, in the vineyard that he manages on the Central Coast, where the latter shows him how he incorporates winemaking into his compositions. Purper's story has been sourced from KQED's The California Report. -
Spirulina has been a food source for millennia. It’s been a popular supplement in the US for decades. And it's being produced right here on the Central Coast. -
Join correspondent Tom Wilmer at the Hotel SLO in downtown San Luis Obispo for an exploration of fine dining experiences. -
A new Japanese Community Center is coming to Santa Maria. Join Lata Murti and her guests, Jo Anne Nishino Spencer, and Wes Koyama, to learn more about this new center and its offerings.Thursday 1-2pm -
For Bookwaves, Brian Reynolds speaks with local author and musician Kevin Carver, about his debut fantasy novel “The Forbidden Parallel“ that he has released alongside an album of the same name. Also, for The Nonprofit Story, Dr. Consuelo Meux talks with Candace Galli, Executive Director of the Cancer Support Community, about the reason why her nonprofit prioritizes mental health support for cancer patients. And, Gianna Patchen, the Sierra Club’s Santa Lucia chapter coordinator in San Luis Obispo County, shares the story of how the organization supported the designation campaign for the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, with KCBX's Meher Ali.
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Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from the Bellasera Hotel and onsite Enoteca restaurant where he visits with GM Benny Cendali and master-chef Rachael Zollo. -
During this previously broadcast episode, our guest is a longtime Fire and Emergency Services professional, who join Fred Monroe as we learn what to do to get our family out safely in an emergency.Thursday from 1-2pm on KCBX
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Every summer in venues throughout San Luis Obispo County, Festival Mozaic presents chamber music, orchestral music, and some non-classical genres such as folk, bluegrass, world music and more. The festival presents free community concerts, ticketed concerts, educational opportunities, and even a children's concert. Listen as Marisa Waddell talks with Festival Mozaic Music Director Scott Yoo about what to expect for his 20th year with the festival. Then hear all about the Cuban mambo band Festival Mozaic is bringing to the Fremont Theater in SLO. KCBX Latin music DJ David Figueroa chats with one of the founders of Orquesta Akokán.
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Host Fred Munroe welcomes Cal Poly Professor of Political Science, Dr. Michael Latner, to discuss the 14th Amendment, the Voting Rights Acts and more.
