Weekly Program Highlights

Friday 6/19

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Hidden Brain… We all have moments in our lives when we see someone who could use a helping hand. We tell ourselves we should help, but then something stops us. This week on Hidden Brain, take a look at what keeps us from taking a moment to be kind, and how to overcome these barriers to create stronger, happier connections. 

6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie… A Cultural Epicenter: The Harlem and New York jazz scene in the 1920s was driven by several interconnected forces. The Great Migration was perhaps the most fundamental catalyst. Hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the rural South to northern cities, bringing musical traditions that fused blues, ragtime, spirituals, and brass band music into what would crystallize as jazz. Harlem became the heart of it all as the neighborhood transformed into a vibrant Black cultural hub, providing an intellectual and artistic framework that elevated jazz as a serious art form. Jazz clubs created steady demand for live jazz and launched careers of artists like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Fats Waller.

Saturday 6/20

10:00 – 11:00 AM                                
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!… This week on Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, the panelists are Peter Grosz, Karen Chee, and Shane O’Neill. Plus author Caro Claire Burke joins us to talk about her new book Yesteryear and play Not My Job.

11:00 – NOON
Radiolab… This week on Radiolab, they’ll re-examine a single week in 1973, and the earworm heard ‘round the world. Is “Stockholm Syndrome” just pop psychology built on a pile of lies? Or does it hold some kernel of truth that could help all of us better understand inexplicable trauma? 

3:00 – 4:00 PM
American Routes… This week on American Routes, for Juneteenth, it’s music from the Staple Singers, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Bob Dylan, plus classic jazz, reggae and a new generation of singers: the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Norah Jones and Questlove. Then, songs, rhythms and histories from the Georgia Sea Islands Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters. 

Sunday 6/21

NOON – 3:00 PM
Sunday Baroque… Johann Sebastian Bach was not only a prolific composer, he was also a prolific father of 20 children. This Father’s Day on Sunday Baroque, you can listen to music by Johann Sebastian Bach played by an outstanding musical father and son team. 

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Code Switch & Life Kit… This week on Code Switch, a show about the Obama Presidential Center opening. Then on Life Kit, a show about how to get into reading.

6:00 – 7:00 PM
The Moth Radio Hour… This week on The Moth Radio Hour, stories of American Dreams—from a beauty pageant hopeful, a farmhand, and an advocate. 

Monday 6/21

2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Splendid Table…  This week on The Splendid Table, a show recorded live in the New Tampa Performing Arts Center with WUSF as part of their 30th anniversary tour. Guests include Dalia Colón of WUSF's The Zest podcast and author of The Florida Vegetarian Cookbook,  Andrea Gonzmart Williams of the legendary Columbia Restaurant, founded in 1915 by her great-great grandfather, Anthony Gilbert a community leader known for his video reviews of Tampa Bay's under-the-radar-eateries and Megan Sorby, founder and CEO of Pine Island Redfish.

Tuesday 6/22

1:00 – 2:00 PM
TED Radio Hour… For years, we’ve heard about the harms of screen time social media on teens’ mental health. But psychologist Candice Odgers says the actual data paints a different picture. This week on TED Radio Hour, host Manoush Zomorodi is joined by Odgers for a conversation on what we’re getting wrong about teens and screens.

Wednesday 6/24

1:00 – 1:30 PM
Bioneers… This week on Bioneers, visit with two unlikely pathfinders who are helping to revolutionize farming. Calla Rose Ostrander and John Wick of the Marin Carbon Project are taking carbon out of the atmosphere and putting it back where it belongs: in the soil. In doing so, they’re also revitalizing the soil, conserving water, and building agricultural resilience. Scaling up these revolutionary regenerative methods can offset the climate destabilization, which threatens to confound agriculture and endanger our food supply. 

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Freakonomics Radio… This week on Freakonomics Radio, Stephen Dubner looks at what inspiration we can draw from the great American physicist and public intellectual Richard Feynman. Then, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria says he doesn’t think the U.S. isn’t in decline—but it’s not all good news, either. 

6:30 – 8:00 PM
KCBX in Concert… This week, KCBX in Concert takes inspiration from two of the Central Coast’s premier summer music festivals—The Music Academy of the West and Festival Mozaic. The program reflects the spirit of both festivals, blending orchestral masterworks, chamber music, and contemporary voices. Hear the sparkling energy of Gustav Holst’s Mercury, the Winged Messenger from The Planets, Johannes Brahms’ Second Symphony, Arthur Foote’s lyrical work for flute and strings featuring Mark Sparks, and a moving first movement of Eric Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil. Also enjoy Mozart’s Romanze from his Gran Partita and two beloved movements from Antonín Dvořák’s “American” String Quartet. Join host Lisa Nauful for a program that celebrates the rich musical traditions and adventurous programming that make summer festival season such a special time for classical music lovers. 

Thursday 6/25

1:00 – 2:00 PM                                                                                                            
Central Coast Voices… This week on Central Coast Voices, we explore the history of Santa Maria's New Japanese Community Center. The City of Santa Maria's Japanese Community Center opened June 8, 2026 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Learn about the history and people who made it happen in this July 24, 2025 episode of Central Coast Voices with host Lata Murti and her guests, Jo Anne Nishino Spencer, President of the Santa Maria Japanese Community Center, and Wes Koyama, Santa Maria Japanese Community Center Vice-President.