Issues & Ideas: Saying Goodbye to Your Dear Dog, and preparing pomegranates

KCBX | By Ian Delinger

Published October 5, 2021 at 2:42 PM PDT

In this edition of "Beyond the Furrows", our series covering farmworkers on the Central Coast, we'll introduce you to Maria. She's been on an 18 year quest for US citizenship. “Dangerous Air” is a collaborative investigation, and answers the question: How much wildfire smoke have we been breathing and what are the health risks? You’ll learn about new legislation requiring grocery stores and food distributors to donate unused edible food instead of wasting it. Author Dorothea Deley talks about her book “Saying Good-bye to Your Dear Dog”. And finally, Father Ian learns to pick and prepare fresh pomegranates in Playing With Food.

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Brian Reynolds

Brian Reynolds is a contributor to Issues & Ideas, a weekly show that brings listeners a wide variety of perspectives on KCBX. He hosts the monthly segment "Bookwaves," where he interviews fascinating people on a broad range of topics, with a focus on books and writing.

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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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Beth Thornton

Beth Thornton was a freelance reporter for KCBX, and a contributor to Issues & Ideas from 2019 to 2024. She was a 2021 Data Fellow with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, and was accepted by the Center to receive a 2024 California Health Equity Impact grant. Beth has contributed reporting to KQED's statewide radio show The California Report.

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Francisco Martinez

Francisco Martinez joined KCBX in January 2021 as a substitute staff announcer and then became a regular afternoon announcer, occasional reporter and host of Citizen Sound, our two-hour alternative music show that airs at 11:00 p.m. Sundays. Francisco moved back to the Bay Area in January 2022 and departed as Citizen Sound’s regular host in June 2022; he’s since returned as a fill-in host for Citizen Sound, Speak Low and anything else that’s needed.

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