Weekly Program Highlights
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Friday 04/26
1:30 – 2:00 PM
Making Contact… Learn how access to abortion is becoming increasingly complex in the US. While the judicial system volleys with access, local abortion funds and online resources are helping people navigate care despite confusing, mercurial laws.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Hidden Brain… If you're a parent or a teacher, you’re constantly asking yourself how to balance risk and safety for the kids in your care. Tip too far in one direction, and you can put children in danger. Go too far in the other, and you deprive kids of the joy and power of exploration. Hear a conversation with psychologist Peter Gray about how this balance has changed for many children, and how that change is shaping their minds.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Fresh Air… John Green discusses his international best-selling young adult novel, Turtles All the Way Down, which has recently been adapted into a new film. The novel is about a young girl with OCD as she navigates through life. Hear about how Green’s experience with intrusive thoughts helped him to write the book.
6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie… City Nightlife: Two major factors gave rise to the speakeasies in the 1920s: jazz and Prohibition. In turn, both played a pivotal role in the development and popularization of jazz during the Roaring Twenties.
Saturday 04/27
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!… Join panelists Alonzo Bodden and Shantira Jackson along with special guest panelist Jason Isbell for this weekly news quiz show. Plus, Tony Award-winning Broadway actress and singer Renée Elise Goldsberry plays “Not My Job.”
11:00 – NOON
Radiolab… Learn how researchers discovered a reproductive breakthrough that allowed them to witness a period of human development no one had ever seen before. Then, switch gears and dig into the science behind the abortion pill and how it's changing the landscape of reproductive rights.
3:00 – 5:00 PM
American Routes… Visit with trumpeter Wendell Brunious and his New Orleans All Stars. Then, hear from the eccentric and witty songmaker and multi-instrumentalist Susan Werner. Plus, words and music from Big Mama Thornton, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash and the Five Satins.
5:00 – 6:00 PM
The Thistle and Shamrock… Host Fiona Ritchie celebrates Irish artist Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award at the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards with a review of her influential career spanning more than 50 years.
Sunday 04/28
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Reveal… Around the globe, journalists are facing digital attacks from Pegasus — military-grade spyware originally developed to go after criminals. Take a look inside one of the biggest Pegasus hacks ever uncovered: the targeting of El Faro newspaper in El Salvador. The spying forced journalists to change the way they work and live and take extreme measures to protect sources and themselves.
11:00 – NOON
This American Life… Gladiators in the Colosseum. Sideshow performers. Reality television. We've always loved to gawk at the misery or majesty of others. But this week, This American Life asks, what's it like when the tables are turned and all eyes are on you?
NOON – 3:00 PM
Sunday Baroque… Hear selections from Jean-Philippe Rameau’s first opera. Rameau was a harpsichord expert for the first 50 years of his life, until he decided to try his hand at opera, and it changed the course of his career for the remaining decades of his life.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Code Switch & Life Kit… Hear a story about Jewish Americans who have decided to take a stand against Israel and how that’s divided their families. Then, on Life Kit, learn how to take the perfect nap.
4:00 – 5:00 PM
The Moth Radio Hour… Hear stories of the everyday moments that have lasting impacts: a fast-food chain giveaway; a perilous outing on the high seas; and the emotional toll of being a customer care agent for the USPS.
Monday 04/29
2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Splendid Table… Listen in and spend time with authors of some of the season’s newest cookbooks. Hear from Australian chef Lara Lee, author of A Splash of Soy: Everyday Food From Asia; Lerato Umah-Shaylor, author of Africana; Niki Segnit with The Flavor Thesaurus: More Flavors; and Tamar Adler author of The Everlasting Meal: Leftovers A to Z.
Tuesday 04/30
1:00 – 2:00 PM
TED Radio Hour… How can we create public places that feel welcoming and safe for everyone? TED speakers examine our physical and digital spaces—how they run, who they serve, and how to make them better.
Wednesday 05/01
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Bioneers… Take a look at how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing the assets that already exist. Rather than the corporate model that extracts wealth from communities, they’re anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people - from land to money and finance.
1:30 – 2:00 PM
California Report Magazine… Hear a story about a high school prom where students actually grow and arrange their own flowers for all their corsages and decorations. And in the process, the students have deepened their bond with nature and gardening.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Freakonomics Radio… Hear how Justin Trudeau, facing record-low approval numbers, is doubling down on his progressive agenda. But he is so upbeat — and Canada-polite — that it’s easy to miss just how radical his vision is. Can he make it work?
6:30 – 8:00 PM
KCBX in Concert… Host Lisa Nauful presents compositions featured in the recently unveiled 2024-2025 San Luis Obispo Symphony concert season. Hear the timeless works of Ravel, Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Farrenc, Mendelssohn, and Bernstein.
8:00 – 10:00 PM
Classical Showcase… Listen in as Classical Showcase celebrates its One Year Anniversary with host Sal España featuring music by Roger Sessions, Jean Francaix, Edgar Varese , and more!
Thursday 05/02
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Central Coast Voices… Host Dr. Mario Espinoza-Kulick speaks with Dr. Erica Ruvalcaba-Heredia, the executive director of Corazón Latino, about how this local organization champions the values of integrity, service, excellence, solidarity, and empathy to promote a healthy life and family well-being. Tune in and learn about their mission to educate, provide emotional wellness, share resources, promote civic engagement, and empower the Latinx community on the Central Coast.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Latino USA… In just over a decade, Mexican actress Melissa Barrera has done it all — telenovelas, musicals, drama, romance and even comedy. But in the US, she’s probably most known for her horror roles, namely in the legacy franchise Scream. In this episode, Melissa talks about her journey into acting and how she views her own diverse and growing career during what she calls an “age of self-reflection.”
Friday 05/03
6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie… Material Influence: The telephone, radio and talking pictures drastically altered the lives of everyday Americans in the 1920s. The desire of many folks was to achieve material affluence, and the excitement of that change was accented by the introduction of jazz.