Weekly Program Highlights
Friday 7/10
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Science Friday… This week on Science Friday, a discussion about the gut-brain connection, from new info on how some brain diseases like Parkinson’s start in the gut, to fact checking hashtag gut health claims on social media.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Hidden Brain… This week on Hidden Brain, why moments of connection, spiritual practices, and even periods of suffering can sometimes open the door to deeper meaning and growth.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Fresh Air… This week on Fresh Air, remember Robert Kimball, a music theatre historian. Hear excerpts of Fresh Air’s interviews with him and the music he wrote. He was the artistic advisor to the Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin estates, and wrote biographies of Porter, the Gershwins, and Sissle and Bake.
6:30 – 7:30 PM
The Club McKenzie… Rock and a Hard Place: As jazz was taking shape around 1900, the music publishing business was running on a model built for parlor songs and vaudeville tunes. Jazz provided improvisation frequently authored by the band. A few structural problems surfaced fast. Publishers wanted submissions in standard notation: melody, lyrics, maybe a piano arrangement, but early jazz was about improvisation and the performance. A tune "written" for publication and the same tune as played by a working band could be almost unrecognizable as the same piece.
Saturday 7/11
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!… This week on Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, the show travels to Milwaukee with panelists Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, and Negin Farsad. Plus, musician Jason Narducy stops by to chat and play Not My Job.
11:00 – NOON
Radiolab… For many people, certain insects instill a debilitating spiral of fear, anger, and disgust. This week on Radiolab, reporter Alex Neason tries to understand what might be behind her own fear in the hopes she can overcome it. In doing so, she learns more about these so-called pests than she could have ever wanted to. Then, shift gears to a man who was so in love with insects he made them his entire life's career.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
American Routes… This week on American Routes, dip into crossover currents of country music sung by Black American performers, including Ray Charles, Ike and Tina Turner, and Fats Domino. Also, hear music by white musicians, like Bob Dylan, who were influenced by Black music. Then, it’s the Baton Rouge blues legacy, with recordings from Buddy Guy and the late harmonica man Raful Neal. Plus, a live performance from Raful Neal’s son, Kenny Neal, a mouth harp and guitar player, now the senior statesman and artist from the Baton Rouge blues scene.
Sunday 7/12
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Reveal… Sam Bankman-Fried was once called the “crypto king.” But in November 2022, his company, FTX, imploded within a matter of days. All around the world, customers of the cryptocurrency exchange were suddenly cut off from their money. Meanwhile, inside the company, employees were panicking. This week on Reveal, through prison interviews with Bankman-Fried, his parents, FTX insiders, and customers, take a look through the frantic week of FTX’s collapse and the controversial and less well-known bankruptcy that followed. At a cost of nearly $1 billion, it has become one of the most expensive in history.
11:00 – NOON
This American Life… This week on This American Life, take a look at the first federal trial accusing people of being members of Antifa.
NOON – 3:00 PM
Sunday Baroque… France’s King Louis the 14th is known as the Sun King – illustrating his belief that he was the center of the universe and without equal. For a guy who became king a few months short of his 5th birthday, Louis the 14th managed to cultivate quite sophisticated tastes in the arts. This week on Sunday Baroque, hear music by some of the musicians in the Sun King’s inner circle.
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Code Switch & Life Kit… This week on Code Switch, a show about Black servicemembers and the betrayal they're feeling under Pete Hegseth's Pentagon. Then on Life Kit, a show about how to have a safe, healthy summer.
6:00 – 7:00 PM
The Moth Radio Hour… This week on The Moth Radio Hour, listeners are invited to choose their own theme with stories about a televised proposal, an unlikely tennis alliance, and a funeral in Cameroon.
Monday 7/13
2:00 – 3:00 PM
The Splendid Table… This week on The Splendid Table, your summer cooking questions are answered with Abra Berens, award-winning author of Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables and Pulp: A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit. And then, host Francis Lam learns to make chef Jiho Kim's favorite summer dish, a soba dashi with cured salmon and white kimchi dongchimi. Jiho is the chef of New York City's Joomak Banjum.
Tuesday 7/14
1:00 – 2:00 PM
TED Radio Hour… From simple habits like taking movement breaks, to cutting-edge wearables that track everything from sleep to stress, new tools are changing the way we understand our health. This week on TED Radio Hour, host Manoush Zomorodi explores new ways of keeping track of what the body needs.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
SPECIAL: Call to Mind: Climate Change and Mental Health… Every day we hear news about the human costs of climate change. Storms and wildfires can lead to housing instability. Air pollution and dirty water have been tied to illness and disease. And, a growing area of psychological research reveals that climate change is harming our mental health. This Call to Mind special looks at the mental health consequences of climate change. Hear from experts who say climate-related anxiety, depression, and grief are urgent mental health issues. And, hear stories of people coping with a rapidly changing environment.
Wednesday 7/15
1:00 – 1:30 PM
Bioneers… This week on Bioneers, sociologist, storyteller, and best-selling author Anna Malaika Tubbs calls for dismantling the key system that has determined who actually gets to be considered human in the United States: The American patriarchy. She says that transforming the forefathers' vision of a republic of men requires deep change at the personal, community, and national levels.
1:30 – 2:00 PM
California Report Magazine… This week on California Report Magazine, long before Silicon Valley was dominated with tech campuses, it was blooming with flowers grown by immigrant farmers, including chrysanthemums for corsages.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Freakonomics Radio… It’s a hard time to run a university: public trust is low, political pressure is high, and finances are fragile. But Daniel Diermeier, who is trained as a political scientist, has Vanderbilt humming. This week on Freakonomics Radio, learn how. He says the key is choosing magnets over wedges.
6:30 – 8:00 PM
KCBX in Concert… This July, Festival Mozaic brings chamber music to the Central Coast of the highest caliber. This week on KCBX in Concert, host Craig Russell provides a sampler of the styles and flavors that we will hear in the coming weeks. Craig plays selections by John Adams, Lukas Foss, Sergei Prokofiev, Ernest Bloch, Erich Korngold, John Novacek, Eric Whitacre, and the beloved Bach and Mozart.
Thursday 7/16
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Central Coast Voices… The typical Advanced Care Directive (ACD) model assumes that a dying person’s caregivers are their heterosexual spouse or birth children. This overlooks the diverse relationships within the LGBTQ+ community, which can make members feel unseen and undervalued. This week on Central Coast Voices, host Kris Kington-Barker is joined by Sherrill Wayland, senior partner of special initiatives and partnerships at SAGE, the country's largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ older adultsm . They discuss the unique set of aging challenges in a lifetime of systems designed without their relationships in mind, what SAGE is doing nationally to make changes to increase support, and what can be done now as individuals and in community.
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Latino USA… This week on Latino USA, travel to South America to explore how Indigenous groups have been cultivating the coca leaf for 8 millennia, but when the coca leaf became the base ingredient for cocaine, its story changed. A recent movement is working to change the coca leaf’s international status and destigmatize the plant. Later, Harvey Guillén talks with Maria Hinojosa about his role as Guillermo de la Cruz in the FX vampire comedy, What We Do in the Shadows. He also reflects on some recent tragic moments, none of which have stopped him from pursuing his dreams of being a Hollywood star.