Weekly Program Highlights
Friday 10/24
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Hidden Brain… For many of us, navigating the end of a relationship is one of the hardest things we'll ever do. This week, Hidden Brain concludes their Love 2.0 series with a look at techniques that can help us ease the pain.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Fresh Air… This week on Fresh Air, hear three interviews with the late Susan Stamberg. She was considered the founding mother of NPR, was the first woman to anchor a nightly news program, and served as an inspiration for many female broadcasters.
6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie… In the Reeds, part two: As the 1920s progressed, the clarinet began to give ground to the emergence of the saxophone, but in the early years of jazz, there were quite a number of inventive saxophonists. In this program, the clarinet and sax share center stage.
Saturday 10/25
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!… This week on Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, Faith Salie and Hari Kondabolu welcome newcomer Alex Edelman to the show. And, musician Ally the Piper talks about mixing Celtic tradition with heavy metal music, and then plays Not My Job.
11:00 – NOON
Radiolab… How do you actually make change in the world? For 126 years, Mississippi has had the Confederate battle flag on their state flag, and they were the last state in the nation where that emblem remained “officially” flying. In the last weekend of June 2020, that flag came down. A few days before that, it would have seemed impossible. This week, Radiolab dives into the story behind this de-flagging: a journey involving a clash of histories, designs, families, and even cheerleading.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
American Routes… This week on American Routes, hear from pop icon Boz Scaggs and the late Cajun honky-tonk man Jimmy C. Newman, who took very different paths to the stage, but carried with them the sounds they grew up hearing. Boz Scaggs talks about his years performing on the road, and how he came into his own by reconnecting with the blues he heard as a kid. Then, remember the late Jimmy C. Newman, who took the sounds of French Louisiana to the Grand Ole Opry and put Cajun music and culture on the map. Son Gary Newman, producer Joel Savoy, and musician Kelli Jones tell of his legacy and their tribute album, Farewell, Alligator Man.
Sunday 10/26
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Reveal… This week on Reveal, the hosts use their investigative skills to solve personal mysteries.
11:00 – NOON
This American Life… This week on This American Life, three stories about the power inanimate objects can hold over us.
NOON – 3:00 PM
Sunday Baroque… This weekend on Sunday Baroque, hear a multicultural collection of musical ideas, including a royal Swedish Baroque brass suite, music by a 15th-century Jewish Italian dancing master, and an extraordinary French Baroque opera/ballet that is set in Turkey, Peru, Persia, and North America.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Code Switch & Life Kit… This week on Code Switch, a show about the role that dictionaries like Merriam-Webster have played in debates over language. Then on Life Kit, a show on what to do when your health insurance denies you coverage.
6:00 – 7:00 PM
The Moth Radio Hour… This week on The Moth Radio Hour, stories of disappearance and reappearance: losing and finding home, family, and sacred objects, or making space for something new.
Monday 10/27
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Issues & Ideas… David McAbee sits down with Skye McLennan of the SLO Film Center and The Palm Theater to talk all about the exciting and spooky October lineup, as well as some great upcoming events. Then, Father Ian is back with another episode of Playing with Food. He'll dive deep into the world of legumes. Lastly, David McAbee returns to talk with Melisa Beveridge of Woollybear Travels. They discuss her love for animals and how her art is helping give back to animal shelters all across the country.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Splendid Table… This week on The Splendid Table, have a look at some of the great cookbooks of last fall with Carolina Gelen, author of Pass the Plate: 100 Delicious, Highly Sharable, Everyday Recipes; Sonoko Sakai, author of Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style; and Jody Eddy, author of Elysian Kitchens: Recipes Inspired by the Traditions and Tastes of the World’s Sacred Spaces.
Tuesday 10/28
1:00 – 2:00 PM
TED Radio Hour… This week on the TED Radio Hour, host Manoush Zomorodi explores how to make use of your leftovers so families and businesses can keep more food on people’s plates and out of landfills.
2:00 – 3:00 PMThe Reluctant Therapist… Tune in for a conversation with Kara Woodruff, a SLO local who’s an attorney, financial planner, mom and district director for Senator John Laird. She has negotiated and raised funds to conserve over 100-thousand acres of land in SLO County. She talks with Elizabeth Barrett about her many professional "hats" and experiences helping to preserve the environment and improve the lives of others — while enjoying her own personal adventures.
Wednesday 10/29
9:00 – NOON
The Morning Cup…. To celebrate Public Radio Music Day, Neal Losey will play three hours of music by Central Coast performers, including a live, in-studio visit from Reese Galido of Hot 45, the Tipsy Gypsies, and other bands. Tune in to The Morning Cup and our shows throughout the day to join the celebration in appreciation of our rich local music scene and public radio's special role in music discovery and community connection.
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Bioneers…. This week on Bioneers, drop in on a remarkable conversation between two world-renowned Native American women artists. National Poet Laureate and musician Joy Harjo riffs with distinguished fine art photographer Cara Romero. They discuss how life is art, and how they make their art to reflect the lived truths of their cultures and people.
1:30 – 2:00 PM
California Report Magazine… This week on the California Report Magazine, join host Sasha Khokha in meeting an Armenian musician in Santa Rosa who specializes in the duduk.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Freakonomics Radio… Soccer leagues around the world use a promotion-and-relegation system to reward the best teams and punish the worst. Freakonomics asks whether American sports fans would enjoy a similar system.
6:30 – 8:00 PM
KCBX in Concert… This week, Lisa Nauful opens the program with a spellbinding collection of Halloween favorites by Grieg, Chopin, Dukas Mussorgsky, and Dvořák. The second half celebrates Public Radio Music Day by shining a spotlight on local artistry, featuring violinist Kathleen Lenski’s Grammy Award–winning recording of Haydn’s Emperor String Quartet, Craig Russell’s Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra, and J.S. Bach’s Trio Sonata in G Major, captured in a recent Festival Mozaic performance. Tune in to catch this festive and uplifting program.
10:00 – MIDNIGHT
The Cutting Edge… Host Ron Eminhizer celebrates Public Radio Music Day by sharing plenty of jazz by talented local musicians. Hear soloists, small combos and large bands, all from right here on the Central Coast. Join us on this day to recognize the unique role public radio plays in connecting local music fans, musicians, presenters and venues in our communities.
Thursday 10/30
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Central Coast Voices… October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This week, Fred Munroe and his guests from Lumina Alliance and Meathead Movers talk about their unusual partnership, working together to empower survivors of domestic violence. Also, learn how businesses of any size can become part of the Pledge to Protect initiative by working with Lumina Alliance to build safe paths healing.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Latino USA… Meet a Guatemalan father who was separated from his son by U.S. authorities during the first Trump administration. Learn about the efforts to reunite families over the past seven years and explore how this family’s future now lies in the hands of the same president who instituted the policies that separated them. Also on the show, two Latino journalists talk about their new podcast and why they think neutrality is failing the press in the second Trump administration.
Friday 10/31
6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie…