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Exploring the art of brewing the ideal cup of coffee and much more at Greenwell Farms

Our guest this week 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.Thursdays from 1-2pm on KCBX

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.

We start with Carol Tangeman’s new segment, “Talking Downtown”, where she brings us stories from downtowns across the Central Coast. This one is sourced from KCSB, where reporter Lisa Osborn speaks with author and historian Betsy J. Green about an earthquake that hit Santa Barbara exactly a hundred years ago and destroyed its downtown. This led to a decision: to rebuild downtown Santa Barbara in the Spanish style. Next, KCBX's Fr. Ian speaks with local businesses about the impact of tariffs on the food and drinks industries on the Central Coast. Last, KCBX's Meher Ali has a new segment called The Lonely Goat Cafe, and it explores immigrant life from a mental health perspective, specifically looking at the idea of loneliness: how people experience it, and how they use art, music, films, and literature, to move through it. For it, she speaks with poet and Cal Poly professor MT Vallarta about the trauma of migration and poetry.

Dr. Mario Espinoza-Kulick speaks with Amalia Jimenez Chavez, Coordinator of the AIM to Dream Center at Allan Hancock College.

Correspondent Laurie McAndish King meets Dr. Laurie Marker--the Jane Goodall of Cheetahs--and finds out how Marker revolutionized cheetah conservation.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with author Robert Kay about his forty year odyssey that led him from the SF Chronicle to Tahiti and onward to the islands of Fiji.

KCBX intern Meher Ali talks with Katie Lichtig of SLO for Home, about their goal to empower refugee families to rebuild their lives on the Central Coast, and SLO for Home's recent rebranding. On Playing With Food, Fr. Ian speaks with Brian Talley of Talley Vineyards about corporate responsibility. KCBX’s Brian Reynolds chats with David Hanscom, MD, author of Back in Control: a Surgeon's Road Map out of Chronic Pain and Douglas Garland, MD, author of The Tall Poppy Syndrome: the Joy of Cutting Others Down.

Tune in for a conversation about the ever-changing world of birth, family and motherhood with Jennifer Stover, retired birth educator, doula, La Leche leader and MaMa mentor.

Medical and geriatric social worker, Dr. Sara Bartlett on the challenges of aging, facing death and helping families to navigate the complex relationships in elder care.