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What is the role of an Ombudsman for nursing homes, board and care, and other licensed residential facilities in San Luis Obispo County? Kris Kington Barker speaks with Karen Jones, Executive Director for the Long Term Care Ombudsman Services of SLO County on Thursday at 1 pm. Call in and participate on KCBX.

Tune in for a conversation with Starhawk - activist, author, permaculture designer, educator and prominent voice in the modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism movements. Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training in 2001, teaching workshops around the world sharing the practice of permaculture design grounded in spirituality and activism. Starhawk is the author and co-author of 13 books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religions of the Great Goddess and her most recent - The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups. Her archives are maintained at the Graduate Theological Union library in Berkeley.Tuesday from 2-3pm live on KCBX

We all remember canned pears in our school lunches, but why would you eat those when you can just go pluck a fresh pear off a tree not very far away from you? All along the Central Coast, pears are in season from August to October. The Playing With Food Team picked a few perfect pears.

Ted Hustead, grandson of Wall Drug's founders shares tales of how the tiny town's drugstore became the number one roadside attraction in America.

Our Associate Producer Jillian Parks shares Austin based writer, Jennifer Simonson’s tales of Ybor City’s Cuban connection

Today, Kris Kington-Barker's guest is End-of-Life Doula, Gabrielle Jimenez, founder of The Hospice Heart, to discuss the role of a doula in our country's aging and seriously ill population and decline in healthcare resources.Join the conversation live Thursday from 1-2pm on KCBX

Join Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center's Executive Director Erika Weber, Coastal Stories Documentarian Chachi Ramirez, and Film Producer Melanie Backer as they talk to host Lata Murti about all there is to discover at the Dunes, and how you can help to support this historic site and its Center.Join the conversation live with your phone calls from 1-2pm Thursdays on KCBX.

Tune in for a Conversation backstage at the 2025 Live Oak Music Festival with Liam Gallaher-Murphy and Ross Wylde of the folk duo Murphy Wylde, who were a crowd favorite at last year’s event. The pair talk about their relationship as creative and romantic partners, and how music gives them purpose and hope.Listen Tuesdays from 2-3pm on KCBX

The American Academy of Poets declared April National Poetry Month in 1996. To celebrate its 30th Anniversary, San Luis Obispo County Poet Laureate Caleb Nichols; Poet and Coastal Dunes California Writers Club’s Acting President and Vice President Viviana Hall; and Librarian and Advisor of Allan Hancock’s Poetry and Prose Club, Sharaya Olmeda, join host Lata Murti. Guests share their poetry and upcoming poetry events during this pre-recorded episode.