Weekly Program Highlights
Friday 1/23
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Science Friday…
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Hidden Brain… Patience can feel like a lost art. But the ability to wait, persist, and stay steady is essential to success at work and in life. This week on Hidden Brain, the difference between patience and passivity, and how we can train ourselves to be more patient.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Fresh Air… This week on Fresh Air, return to some of the show’s interviews with Mel Brooks and his love of mixing horrible taste and lavish production numbers.
6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie… Chords: While Victorian-era parlor songs and marches relied heavily on predictable chord progressions with clean resolutions, blues-based jazz introduced dominant seventh chords that never quite resolved the way European harmony expected. That perpetual tension became a feature, not a bug. The 12-bar blues form itself was structurally alien to the verse-chorus forms that dominated popular music.
Saturday 1/24
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!… This week on Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, the panelists are Adam Burke, Shantira Jackson, and Mo Rocca. And "Mr. Wonderful" from Shark Tank, Kevin O’Leary, talks about stepping away from reality TV and into movie-making with his acting role in Marty Supreme, and then plays Not My Job.
11:00 – NOON
Radiolab… In the war on devilish microbes, the antibiotics we once wielded like miraculous flaming swords seem more like lukewarm butter knives. And there are some diseases, like Alzheimer's, whose treatment still eludes us. Follow an odd couple as they uncover a 1000-year-old secret that makes us reconsider our most basic assumptions about human progress and wonder: What if the only way forward is backward? And then, a study that sheds light on Alzheimer's in a shockingly simple way.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
American Routes… This week on American Routes, hear New Orleans Creole and Cajun Francité and soul with music from The Meters, Kid Ory, and Carol Fran, plus the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band live at the French Market in New Orleans. Then, head to Canada for a visit with fiddler Wendy MacIsaac of the band Beòlach, along with other Nova Scotia Scots Gaelic classics, and finally some down-home American folks.
Sunday 1/25
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Reveal… This week on Reveal, hear how Riley Gaines, a former college swimmer, turned a fifth place tie into a career in anti-trans activism. Soon she’s sharing the stage with the President.
11:00 – NOON
This American Life… This week on This American Life, stories of people trying a radical approach to solving their problems.
NOON – 3:00 PM
Sunday Baroque… Louis Braille was born this month in 1809, and January is Braille Literacy Month. Braille was an outstanding scholar and musician, and his book is titled Method of Writing Words, Music, and Plainsong by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and Arranged for Them. This weekend, hear music by Baroque-era composers who happened to be blind or visually impaired.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Code Switch & Life Kit… This week on Code Switch, a show about sanctuary cities and ICE. Then on Life Kit, a show about boosting one’s energy levels.
6:00 – 7:00 PM
The Moth Radio Hour… This week on The Moth Radio Hour, stories about truth—family secrets, trap questions, and a confession 60 years in the making.
Monday 1/26
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Climate One… So much has happened – from the Trump administration’s forcible removal of Venezuela’s president to the US pulling out of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change… It’s easy to get caught up in the headlines of the moment and lose sight of the big picture. But important developments are happening in sectors like agriculture and renewable technology that don’t break through the noise to the extent they deserve.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Splendid Table…
Tuesday 1/27
1:00 – 2:00 PM
TED Radio Hour… This week, hear a discussion about agency: when one has it or not and how to practice designing and building the life they desire. Host Manoush Zomorodi talks with a financial planner who advises lottery winners, a sociologist who studies agency, and a journalist who is studying why we all want to matter in the world.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Reluctant Therapist…
Wednesday 1/28
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Bioneers… This week on Bioneers, hear from Yurok attorney Amy Cordalis, one of many courageous Indigenous leaders who have fought for the un-damming and healing of the majestic Klamath River Basin spanning Oregon and California. Amy’s Yurok Nation was instrumental in removing four of six dams that choked the life flow of the river and severed the migratory routes of salmon for over a century.
1:30 – 2:00 PM
California Report Magazine… This week on California Report Magazine, hear about how wild boars are destroying suburban lawns and natural spaces.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Freakonomics Radio… The F.D.A. regulates 20 percent of the U.S. economy, and its commissioner has an aggressive agenda — faster drug approvals, healthier food, cures for diabetes and cancer. How much can he deliver?
6:30 – 8:00 PM
KCBX in Concert… This week on KCBX in Concert, host Craig Russell focuses on the SLO Symphony’s upcoming concert, Romance and Fire. Schumann’s “Piano Concerto” is a love song for his sweetheart, Clara. In contrast, Sibelius’s “Symphony No. 2” and Beethoven’s “Egmont Overture” are patriotic proclamations of freedom. Join Craig as he explores Schumann’s “romance” and Beethoven’s and Sibelius’s “fire,” with their calls for individual freedoms and national self-determination.
Thursday 1/29
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Central Coast Voices… This week on Central Coast Voices, begin a new two-part series about Black-owned businesses. Join host Lata Murti as she speaks with Captain Pat Walker of The FriendSHYP Club, and Gloria Mantooth, also known as Soul Fyah, how they started, and what they offer not only the communities of San Luis Obispo and Lompoc, but also the Central Coast at large.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Latino USA… This week on Latino USA, revisit the LA fires, one year later. What does recovery look like a year after the devastating fires in Los Angeles? Who gets to rebuild, and who leaves?
Friday 1/30
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Science Friday…
6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie…