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Join host Lata Murti as she speaks with guests Jon Nibbio, Interim CEO of Family Care Network, Inc. (FCNI), Britney Page, Housing Navigator with FCNI, and Caity McCardell, Community Resources with FCNI. They will discuss the importance of therapeutic foster care and family support services to improve the lives of children, youth, and families affected by trauma on the Central Coast.You are invited to listen, learn and participate in the conversation, between 1-2 pm. Call in and be part of the discussion at (805) 549-8855 or email questions to voices@kcbx.org.Broadcast date: 11/10/2022Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX.

Join host Mario Espinoza-Kulick as he speaks with guests from the San Luis Obispo Tobacco Control Program Amy Gilman, Program Manager for Tobacco Control at the County of San Luis Obispo, Trent Johnson, Co-Chair San Luis Obispo County Tobacco Control Coalition, as well as the Program Manager of the Tobacco Policy Studies research group at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, and Ari Khalameyzer, Cal Poly Public Health Club President. They will discuss how communities on the Central Coast can work together to decrease teen and adult tobacco use and in turn save lives.Broadcast date: 11/3/2022Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX and made possible through underwriting by Joan Gellert-Sargen.

Join Kris Kington Barker and guests as we commemorate National Children's Grief Awareness Day. She’ll speak with Retired Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Nancy Ballinger, author of the book Two Brave Cubs Finding Help When Children Grieve, and Orquidia Frausto with CAPSLO, who has worked with children using the book. They will discuss grief in children and talk about opportunities to support them.Broadcast date: 10/27/22Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX.

Join host Fred Munroe as he speaks with guests Kerri Murray, President, ShelterBox USA, Steven Tonkinson, ShelterBox Response Team member, ShelterBox USA Board member, and Yi Shun Lai, ShelterBox Response Team Member. They will discuss their mission and work to build awareness of global displacement and facilitate providing families with life-saving shelter and essential tools and supplies that will enable them to rebuild their lives after a disaster.You are invited to listen, learn and participate in the conversation, between 1-2 pm. Call in and be part of the discussion at (805) 549-8855 or email questions to voices@kcbx.org.Broadcast date: 10/20/22Central Coast Voices is sponsored by ACTION for Healthy Communities in collaboration with KCBX.

A species of clam never before seen alive has been discovered on a Central Coast beach. We'll visit with legendary tile artisan Richard Keit at his RTK Studios in Ojai. Local author Katherine Finstuen talks about her new collection of essays titled Dearly Befuddled. Fr. Ian learns about local brussels sprouts on Playing With Food.

Betsey Nash is the Grape Nut at KCBX, and she reports from last month's Harvest on the Coast wine festival in Avila Beach. Musician Jake Blount specializes in the traditional songs of African Americans, and claims his music is rooted in care and confrontation. Blount sat down recently with KCBX contributor Tom Wilmer. And, Father Ian explores pomegranates on Playing With Food from the KCBX archives.

Air Date: 9-26-22. Community Organizer Quinn Brady talks about running a local, grassroots political campaign. SLO County Public Library's Monique Matta speaks about the library's Adult Services. At the Peace Academy Summer Camp, the students learn about culture and science through food.

(air date 1-23-23) San Luis Obispo County Womenade has retired, but services continue on the Central Coast- including with the South SLO County Womenade. Fr. Ian visits a goat and sheep farm on Playing With Food.

Hollywood star Jimmy Hawkins recalls playing six year-old "Tommy" in the 1946 film-classic "It's a Wonderful Life". The non-profit Santa Barbara Strings trains aspiring young musicians – they study classical music and perform as a youth orchestra. Father Ian is 'Playing With Food'— Hard candy.

Singer, songwriter, musician, poet, author, PhD candidate and librarian, yes - librarian, Caleb Nichols, about the joys and challenges of a life in the arts and candid insights about his life-long dance with panic and anxiety.