Weekly Program Highlights

Friday 2/13

1:00 – 2:00 PM
Science Friday… This week on Science Friday, take a look at the science of screen time. Does “brain rot” actually rot kids’ brains? Also, you’ve heard that letting kids play in the dirt is good for their immune systems, but how much muck is too much?

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Hidden Brain… Last week, Hidden Brain spoke with psychologist Leslie John about the costs of keeping secrets. She returns with a look at the psychological power of self-disclosure.

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Fresh Air… This week on Fresh Air, the song “I Lied to You” from the film Sinners is nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song. Hear an interview with singer/songwriter and producer Raphael Saadiq, who co-wrote it. Also, remembering clarinetist Ken Peplowski, who loved playing in the big band and small swing tradition.

6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie… It’s Complicated: A whole lot of controversy followed the emergence of jazz in its first decade. Some even thought it was simply one of the immoral factors that ushered in the fall of the stock market. Jazz was indeed criticized as morally corrupting. But, excessive speculation in the 1920s was not the fault of jazz.

Saturday 2/14

10:00 – 11:00 AM
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!… This week on Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me, while Peter Sagal is training for the luge, Negin Farsad welcomes panelists Paula Poundstone, Tom Papa, and first-timer Beth Stelling. Plus Arden Cho, the voice of Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters, talks about her demons and plays Not My Job.

11:00 – NOON
Radiolab… This week on Radiolab, the story of an idea: an idea that some people need, others reject, and one that will, ultimately, be hard to let go of. Are we born this way?

3:00 – 4:00 PM
American Routes… This week on American Routes, visit with Mardi Gras Indian Chief Monk Boudreaux. Then, travel to southern France for the Carnival parade and music of Nice. Back in Louisiana, it’s the Cajun Courir de Mardi Gras. Plus calypso, New Orleans brass bands, and rhythm and blues classics to keep the krewe mamboing through the end of Fat Tuesday.

Sunday 2/15

10:00 – 11:00 AM
Reveal… As the Trump administration aims to deport millions of people over the next four years, Reveal tells the human stories of those caught up in ICE raids.

11:00 – NOON
This American Life… This week on This American Life, stories of kids using perfectly logical arguments, and arriving at perfectly wrong conclusions.

NOON – 3:00 PM
Sunday Baroque… There’s a saying that love is friendship set to music, and music has brought together many people, including quite a few musicians. Hear performances by couples who bonded over their love of music, including flutist Rie Schmidt and guitarist Ben Verdery, violinist Lisa Batiashvilli and oboist Francois Leleux, and violinist/conductor Jeanne Lamon and cellist Christina Mahler.

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Code Switch & Life Kit… This week on Code Switch, a show exploring Black love in the 1930s. Then on Life Kit, a show about maintaining an emotional intimacy in long term relationships.

6:00 – 7:00 PM
The Moth Radio Hour… This week on The Moth Radio Hour, stories of falling in love, enduring devotion, and romance that blooms in the most unlikely places—or between the most unlikely people.

Monday 2/16

1:00 – 2:00 PM
Climate One… The water flowing into the Colorado River from snowmelt and rain is dwindling, partly because of climate change. The basin's two major reservoirs are at historic lows. This winter’s snow drought only adds stress to an already drought-stricken region where negotiations on how to share the river’s water in the future are tense and stalled out. The federal government has given states a deadline of February 14 to reach an agreement, after which the Bureau of Reclamation could divvy up the water between states as it deems fit. What’s keeping states from reaching an agreement? And what will the cities, farmers and industries that depend on the river do as climate change leads to less water in an increasingly hotter and drier future?

2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Splendid Table… This week on The Splendid Table, the show is all about making everyday kitchen life special by changing your mindset. Hear from Jerrelle Guy, author of We Fancy: Simple Recipes That Make The Everyday Special, and Bee Wilson, author of The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss and Kitchen Objects.

Tuesday 2/17

1:00 – 2:00 PM
TED Radio Hour… This week on Ted Radio Hour, host Manoush Zomorodi explores self perception, from why we care so much about being seen as a “good person,” to how the plastic-surgery capital of the world is shaping our definitions of beauty.

Wednesday 2/18

1:00 – 1:30 PM
Bioneers… This week on Bioneers, hear on-the-ground stories from two different communities building resilience in the wake of serial disasters. First, an innovative community rights organization that helped organize a collection of marginalized neighborhoods in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to overcome the twin catastrophes of Hurricane Maria and a failed government. And, far away in the fire-ravaged communities near California’s relatively well-off wine country, a nonprofit grassroots group that built a resilience network from the ground up with engaged citizens action, civil society groups, and Sonoma County government agencies.

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Freakonomics Radio… This week on Freakonomics Radio, a new two-part series begins about sports. In sports, the rules are meant to be sacrosanct. But when it comes to performance-enhancing drugs, the slope is super-slippery.

6:30 – 8:00 PM
KCBX in Concert… This week on KCBX in Concert, host Lisa Nauful opens a very wide umbrella. First, the floating, luminous sixteenth-century vocal lines of Palestrina and Morales, alongside the contemporary sounds of Lucia Micarelli that blur genres and gently challenge expectations. It’s a musical sweep across centuries — and a preview of the rich concert experiences coming to the Central Coast in the weeks ahead. Then, hear Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, Tchaikovsky’s Andante Cantabile in B Major, Vaughan Williams’ “Credo” from his Mass in G Minor, Respighi’s Pines of Rome, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3.

Thursday 2/19

1:00 – 2:00 PM
Central Coast Voices… Grief can affect us in physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, social, spiritual, and practical ways, and grief will show up in a way that is unique to each person and each loss. Join host Kris Kington-Barker for a conversation with Jamie Metzger, director of grief support and education for Hospice SLO County, as they discuss different types of grief, tips for how to provide support for the bereaved, and research findings that can be helpful to people who are grieving.

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Latino USA… This week on Latino USA, for El Dia de Amor y Amistad, poet Yesika Salgado talks about her 2019 book, Hermosa, and looks back at a time when she thought she was going to be a nun, but her hunger to kiss a boy got in the way. Also on the show, a conversation with Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal to talk about friendship and projects together—La Máquina and State of Silence. They also discuss their lifelong friendship and how they use their fame to create politically powerful art.