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Issues & Ideas

The local wine grape harvest, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters on her relationship with the NAACP.

By Carol Tangeman
Published October 12, 2021 at 1:16 PM PDT
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Harvest at Talley Vineyard
2 of 2  — Harvest at Talley Vineyards
Harvest at Talley Vineyard
The Grape Nut

The local wine grape harvest, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters on her relationship with the NAACP.

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The Grape Nut
It's harvest time for wineries all over the Central Coast, and Betsey Nash- who we call the "Grape Nut", wanted to get a closer look. So, she headed to Talley Vineyards.
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On the Nonprofit Story, Dr. Consuelo Meux has a conversation about the importance of the NAACP with Congresswoman Maxine Waters.

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Issues & Ideas
Carol Tangeman
Carol started as a newsroom volunteer at KCBX in the summer of 2017, inspired by her daughter's internship with KCBX News. She joined the KCBX staff in 2018 as a substitute host, and became the local host for Morning Edition in 2020.
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    Issues and Ideas features a wide variety of people sharing their thoughts and perspectives about local issues, initiatives and happenings on the Central Coast. You might hear a policy maker discussing new regulation, an artist sharing their creative process, an entrepreneur exploring sustainable business practices, or an author talking about her latest book.Our regular segments include: "Wine Country" with wine journalist and author Mira Honeycutt; literary conversations on "Bookwaves" with former librarian Brian Reynolds; "Playing With Food" with culinary enthusiast Fr. Ian Delinger; stories of Central Coast downtowns on "Talking Downtown" with Carol Tangeman; Dr. Consuelo Meux's "The Nonprofit Story" that covers the work nonprofits are doing on the Central Coast, and "People and the Planet" with Gianna Patchen, who explores the interconnection between our communities and our environment.The show also carries occasional episodes from "Journeys of Discovery" by KCBX travel correspondent Tom Wilmer; features from the KCBX Newsroom, from KCSB, the student-run radio station at UC Santa Barbara, and from The California Report; along with interviews by other occasional contributors from our Central Coast community.David McAbee hosts and produces Issues & Ideas, and contributes interviews to the program. You can contact him at dmcabee@kcbx.org.