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1980 was the year of “The Miracle on Ice,” the birth of CNN, the invention of the Post-It note – And it was a banner year for music. Today, we’ll look back 40 years to the debut of U2 and Pretenders, the final releases from John Lennon and Bob Marley, and seminal records from Blondie, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Jackson Browne, and Peter Gabriel. So get ready to party like it's 1980, with host Stephen Kallao, on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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We look back on the Woodstock Festival with selections from Santana, Grateful Dead, and more on the next Strange Currency.

Strange Currency can be heard Fridays at 8:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Grateful Dead - Courtesy Warner Bros. Records/via Billboard Magazine [Public Domain])

Can oil companies reinvent themselves as clean energy providers? John Browne attempted it over more than a decade as CEO of British Petroleum, where he led the company's “Beyond Petroleum” rebranding campaign. In his new book, Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilization, Browne argues that the solution to reducing emissions and addressing climate change is a mass deployment of engineered technology — and that the tools we need to get there already exist. Join us for a conversation on the potential of energy incumbents to become innovators.

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club can be heard Sunday mornings at 8:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on air, online, or on the go with our FREE KRCB Mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Courtesy of Climate One)

This week’s encore program features the lovely Loreena McKennitt. McKennitt’s “eclectic Celtic” music has received critical acclaim worldwide; she’s won gold, platinum, and multi-platinum sales awards in fifteen countries across four continents. We’re happy to welcome her back. Also with us, rising star and folk-pop singer/songwriter Greg Laswell. Plus we’ll have a conversation with eChievement Award winner Sue Lee, founder of the Sock It To Em Sock Campaign, which provides much-needed socks to the homeless.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

(Photo: Loreena McKennitt - via eTown)

Loretta Lynn recently released her 50th studio album, Still Woman Enough. She revisits some classic songs, like “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” which tells the story of her childhood, and her first hit, “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl.” On the next World Cafe, she looks back through her life of music and shares what it was like collaborating with singers like Margo Price and writing a new song with her daughter for the record.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo:Loretta Lynn -David McClister/Courtesy of the artist)

In this special program, American Routes' host Nick Spitzer uncovers the music and cultural traditions of Los Angeles: from Hollywood to neighborhood. Join us as we travel across the City of Angels to hear from L.A. legends -- including Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and songwriter Randy Newman -- and explore musical cultures with Cambodian-born rapper PraCh Ly in Long Beach, Louisiana Creole zydeco accordionist T-Lou in South Central, and East L.A.'s Ersi Arvizu. Plus conversations and music from Mexican-American rock band Los Lobos, R & B saxophonist Big Jay McNeely, and rockabilly guitarist Glen Glenn. Along the way we visit L.A. musical landmarks – including the famed Capitol Records recording studios.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: via American Routes)

Los Lobos went through nearly 150 Christmas-related songs from North, South and Central America to pick what to cover on their first ever holiday album called Llegó Navidad.  In the end, they narrowed it down to 11 and wrote one new song. Hear them play live and share how they created a Christmas album that will make you want to get up and dance like no other on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

(Photo: Courtesy of the artist)

On the next Fresh Air, we brighten things up with some great songs from the 1920s and 30’s. Terry Gross will be joined by singer and songwriter Loudon Wainwright and musician Vince Giordano who leads the band the Nighthawks. They’ve teamed up on the new album I’d Rather Lead a Band. We’ll hear music from the album, and they’ll perform a couple of songs. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

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On the next fresh air, we brighten things up with some great songs from the 1920s and 30’s. Terry Gross will be joined by singer and songwriter Loudon Wainwright and musician Vince Giordano who leads the band the Nighthawks. They’ve teamed up on the new album I’d Rather Lead a Band.  We’ll hear music from the album, and they’ll perform a couple of songs. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: I’d Rather Lead a Band – Album cover)

With deep roots in Louisiana, the six members of Sweet Crude make indie rock with lyrics that combine English and Louisiana’s French dialect. And they celebrated in uniquely New Orleans style when they released their second album, Officiel//Artificiel – Singers Alexis Marceaux and Sam Craft share that story today, and describe their very different experiences when they each got sick with coronavirus. Plus, we’ll hear live music recorded after they recovered. Coming up, on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Sweet Crude - Augusta Sagnelli/Courtesy of the artist)

Cookbook author Durkhanai Ayubi tells us how the Silk Road shaped the food and history of Afghanistan, from Mongolian dumplings to the life-changing braised eggplant at her family’s restaurant, Parwana. Plus, we sample Cajun seafood from the coast of Louisiana with chef Melissa Martin; Adam Gopnik waxes poetic about New York’s greenmarkets; and we make a dish inspired by Palestinian maftoul.

Milk Street Radio can be heard Sunday nights at 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

The dead of winter has us planning ahead for Valentine’s Day and life itself with songs of love—lost and found. Whether it’s from swooning crooners or heartbroken honky-tonkers, love has wedged itself prominently in the American songbook. We talk to two songwriters who specialize in matters of the heart: ’60s folk chanteuse Judy Collins and Americana songmaker Jim Lauderdale, a.k.a. “The King of Broken Hearts.” Plus we hear soulful sweet songs from the Pointer Sisters and the Four Tops, ballads of love on the rocks from George Jones and Tracy Chapman, and love confessions for “My Girl, Josephine” by Fats Domino and “Ophelia” by The Band. Join us for songs of love sad and happy, sexy and silly, careless and calculated on American Routes.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Jim Lauderdale – via American Routes)

The dead of winter has us pondering warmer times with the help of songs of love – lost and found. Whether it’s from swooning crooners or heartbroken honky-tonkers, love has wedged itself prominently in the American songbook. We talk to two songwriters who specialize in matters of the heart: ’60s folk chanteuse Judy Collins and Americana songmaker Jim Lauderdale, a.k.a. “The King of Broken Hearts.” Plus we hear soulful sweet songs from the Pointer Sisters and the Four Tops, ballads of love on the rocks from George Jones and Tracy Chapman, and love confessions for “My Girl, Josephine” by Fats Domino and “Ophelia” by The Band. Join us for songs of love sad and happy, sexy and silly, careless and calculated on American Routes.

American Routes airs Saturdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature rock ‘n’ rollers, Low Cut Connie. Led by front man Adam Weiner, the band has released two studio efforts since their last appearance on the program: Dirty Pictures Part 1 and Dirty Pictures Part 2. Last year, NPR dubbed them, “The Essence of Rock and Roll”. Listen to them live from the Levitt Shell here in Memphis, TN.

Beale Street Caravan can be heard Wednesday nights at 11 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App from iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: via Beale Street Caravan)

This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature rock ‘n’ rollers, Low Cut Connie. Led by frontman Adam Weiner, the band has released two studio efforts since their last appearance on the program: Dirty Pictures Part 1 and Dirty Pictures Part 2. Last year, NPR dubbed them, “The Essence of Rock and Roll”. Listen to them live from the Levitt Shell here in Memphis, TN.

Beale Street Caravan can be heard Wednesday nights at 11 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App from iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: Courtesy of the artist)

Things do not seem fine at all, but it’s hard to say why.

This week on This American Life: Kristen, a single mom, decides to secretly record her home inspector to catch him sexually harassing her. It's eight years later, and she sees this recording very differently now. What happens when you begin to second guess the very tactics that helped you survive? That’s this week, on This American Life.

This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play!

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Lucinda Williams has always carved her own path – It’s true in her music, which has defied genre labels over the course of 20 albums. And it’s true in her politics. Her songs have tackled injustice and civil rights, and with her latest record, Good Souls Better Angels, she reflects on today's America. Lucinda joins host Raina Douris today to talk about the new music, what it was like growing up as the daughter of poet Miller Williams, and about the time she was kicked out of school for refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance. That's coming up, on the next World Cafe.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Lucinda Williams – David McClister/Courtesy of the artist)

This week on Beale Street Caravan we have the energetic sounds of the Lucky 7 Brass Band.

Also, Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives of the pioneers and innovators enshrined in the Blues Hall of Fame, here in Memphis, TN, brought to you by the Blues Foundation.

Beale Street Caravan can be heard Wednesday nights at 11 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App from iTunes & Google Play!

Sweet accordion riffs, the steady twang of the triangle, and the off-beat pounding of the zabumba drum make forro a favorite for all Brazilians. The infectious tunes and syncopated beats have been described as "a mixture of ska with polka in overdrive." This edition of Afropop Worldwide's Hip Deep will profile forro creator Luiz Gonzaga--from the wanderlust that led him from his rural birthplace in northeastern Brazil to a pumping career in the capital, Rio de Janeiro, in the 1940s. Conversations with Brazilian artists, recorded on location in the forro capital of Recife, following in Gonzaga's footsteps. 

Afropop Worldwide can be heard Sundays at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: via Afropop Worldwide)

On the next Fresh Air – Lulu Wang talks about drawing on her own experiences to write and direct the new film The Farewell.  When her grandmother in China was diagnosed with  cancer, and given 3 months to live, the family flew to China to see her, but decided not to tell her the prognosis, to spare her the anxiety.so  Lulu had to betray her instincts and hide the truth.  Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Director Lulu Wang, center, on set in Changchun, China. - Casi Moss/Courtesy of Big Beach/via NPR)

This week! Join special guests LUVPLANET in the studio for our first summer edition of KRCB's North Bay Songwriters Radio Show! (Nicole and Mark will be in the studio sharing some live tunes, slinging a newly recorded tune, and telling us all about the big show at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma on June 15. Aside from the visit by LUVPLANET, I'll be slinging the North Bay's most amazing music by its most splendid artists of our creative region. Yes.

Find the event on Facebook.

KRCB's North Bay Songwriters Radio Show airs every first & third Thursday. Hosted by local songwriter, Jon Gonzales / streaming @ radio.krcb.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

Since releasing his debut album two decades ago, prolific singer-songwriter M Ward has rarely taken a break, but now, he suddenly has some unplanned downtime. M Ward talks about how he’s spending self-isolation, about the news, books, and dreams that inspired his latest album Migration Stories, and you’ll hear him perform songs from that album on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: M. Ward - Courtesy of the artist/via NPR)

Hollywood star and restaurateur Danny Trejo shares his culinary inspirations and his most memorable stories—for example, how he used to act out “The Wizard of Oz” to help him stay sane in solitary confinement. Plus, Gena Renaud of Yume Confections teaches us about the art of wagashi; Alex Aïnouz dives into the world of meatballs; and we roast a chicken the Nigella Lawson way.

Milk Street Radio can be heard Sunday nights at 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: Courtesy of the author)

Maggie Koerner was pursuing a master's degree in Child Psychology when a friend heard her sing and convinced her to make a career out of it. As she explains today, it lit a fire under her, and she’s since released two full-length albums and worked with bands like Galactic and The Revivalists. We’ll hear Maggie’s conversation with World Cafe correspondent Gwen Thompkins today, plus a live performance recorded with her band in New Orleans. Coming up, on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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Maybe you remember the viral video that turned Maggie Rogers from a college music student into an overnight success – Pharrell Williams became her first superstar fan when Maggie’s song “Alaska” was played for him in an NYU master class. Today, she's releasing a new project, called Notes from the Archive: Recordings 2011-2016, a collection of songs written before her breakthrough success. She joins host Raina Douris today to talk about her early days of songwriting, and we'll hear a couple tracks from the new record. Coming up, on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Maggie Rogers - Tiana Timmerberg/WXPN)

The nation’s bitter political divide has meant bitter break ups among friends and family as well. The challenges of trying to maintain relationships in this political climate on All Things Considered, from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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Next time on the TED Radio Hour, what does it mean to make amends?

To give an authentic apology for a past mistake? How can we confront the wrongdoings of our national past and move forward with positive change? Host Manoush Zomorodi explores how

repairing the wrongs of the past is an important step toward healing for the future.

Hear TED Radio Hour Sunday mornings at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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Brothers Ron and Russel Mael have been making music as the band Sparks for almost 50 years. On the next World Cafe, Ron and Russell tell stories about the music on their new album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip. And we’ll find out what the brothers have been listening to while quarantined in Los Angeles. Join us.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Ron and Russell Mael are Sparks – Christopher Ho/Courtesy of the artist)

It’s a two-hour walk through streets of the city as we dive into two great eras of New Orleans music. First, it’s the 1940s and 50s R&B hit factory with studio man Cosimo Matassa, producer, arranger, trumpet player Dave Bartholomew who passed away recently, drummer Earl Palmer and more. We also chat with The Meters—Art Neville, George Porter, Leo Nocentelli and Zigaboo Modeliste—and we get to the bottom of the bottom, find out what’s in the pocket and get a definition of funk from the four men who continue to dish it out.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Trumpet player Dave Bartholomew – via American Routes)

In life, in death, and in the bedroom, there's always someone whose job it is to decide if you measure up.

This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play!

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What would you put in a cocktail to bid this year farewell? How about sage, for cleansing? And cloves, for healing? We make our annual holiday cocktail on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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(Photo: Michael Shehan Obeysekera, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Afropop returns to Dakar, Senegal to catch up with the latest in that country's dominant music style, the bracing, dynamic genre known as mbalax. We'll hear the latest from Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Pape Diouf and others, and meet lesser known artists working the Dakar scene. We'll also meet a remarkable artist from Senegal's southern Cassamance region, where Mande culture akin to that in Gambia, Mali and Guinea prevails. Noumoucounda Cissoko is a brilliant kora player and singer who now makes his home in Dakar, fusing his Mande roots with sabar drumming, mbalax energy and other influences. We'll speak with him, sample his diverse work and hear him rocking a Dakar street wedding. The thrilling ambiance of this most creative musical city comes alive in this program.

Afropop Worldwide can be heard Sunday nights at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Mbalax – Courtesy of Afropop Worldwide)

Mandy Moore is back with her first new album in over a decade, called Silver Landings. The former teen pop star was inspired to get back to making music after watching her husband, Taylor Goldsmith, perform with his band Dawes. Mandy joins host Raina Douris today to talk about working with him on the album, how she balanced the making of the record with her acting role on This Is Us, and her journey from pop princess to where she is now. Coming up, on this encore edition of the World Cafe.  

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Mandy Moore - Carter Smith/Courtesy of the artist)

Many homes are vulnerable to floods and wildfires – without their residents even knowing it. Fighting for information about climate-fueled disasters -- that story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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Big Daddy Cain will be celebrating Mardi Gras this week on Way Back in the Alley Blues.

Here’s a recipe for red beans and rice from Queen Ida’s Cookbook:

1/2 lb dried pinto or red beans

1/4 cup chopped onion

1tsp salt

6-7 cups of water

1/4 tsp rack of black and white pepper

1/4 cup bacon fat

1/4 pound salt pork or ham hock, or ham

1/4 cup chopped green onions

3 tbsp minced fresh parsley

1-2 fresh hot peppers(cayenne, Serrano, or jalapeño or 1 tsp of dried cayenne

1 bay leaf

Pick over beans removing anything that is not a bean. Wash beans well. In a deep pot, combine beans, onion, salt, and 6-7 cups water to cover. Bring to boil. Reduce heat. Add black and white pepper and bacon fat. Simmer uncovered at least an hour, stirring occasionally. Add more water if liquid evaporated too quickly.

Meanwhile to use ham hock, drop into boiling water, reduce heat, and simmer until tender (about an hour). Cut meat into bite-size pieces. If using ham needs no special preparation, except cutting up.

After beans have cooked about an hour, add meat and remaining ingredients. Simmer uncovered, stirring frequently, scooping from the bottom of the pot to make sure beans don’t stick and burn. Add more water if beans dry out too quickly.Simmer until a bean flattens when you barely touch it (about 1 hour longer). If liquid fails to thicken, increase heat and boil rapidly until consistency of a thin gravy. If consistency is too thick, add 1/2 cup water and simmer 15 mins longer.

Remove the bay leaf before serving.

Brooklyn-based artist Margaret Glaspy has been using her time efficiently during self-isolation. From enrolling in distance learning at Harvard to learning about fashion designer Alexander McQueen, Margaret has learned a ton about discipline and the writing process. On today's edition of the World Café, we'll hear about the inspiration and pressure behind Margaret's new record, Devotion. Plus, we'll hear some of the new tunes performed live. Coming up, on the next World Café with Raina Douris.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Margaret Glaspy On World Cafe - Sydney Schaefer / WXPN)

Margo Price released her solo debut, Midwest Farmer’s Daughter – a country record – in 2016. So, it surprised many fans when she followed up with a rock album. That’s How Rumors Get Started draws on influences like Tom Petty, and it’s actually a return to her roots – For over a decade before her breakthrough, she was playing mostly rock. Margo joins Nashville correspondent Jessie Scott to talk about the new music, working with longtime friend Sturgill Simpson, and about the conflict she’s felt between career and motherhood. Plus, Margo performs live. Coming up, on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Margo Price - Angelina Castillo/Courtesy of the artist)

On the next Fresh Air, a talk with Marielle Heller about directing A Beautiful Day in the neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks, as Fred Rogers, based on the friendship that developed between Rogers and a cynical journalist assigned to profile him. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

(Photo: Director Marielle Heller, left, with actor Tom Hanks on the set of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - Lacey Terrell / Sony Pictures / via NPR)

This week, we spend the hour with activist, musician, poet, writer, history-loving author Mark Green, whose book, "Atheopaganism: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science" has just been published. Itʻs a celebration of our precious planet Earth on Mouthful, Smart Talk About Food, Wine, & Farming, with host Michele Anna Jordan, on KRCB FM, Radio 91.

Mouthful: Smart Talk About Food, Wine, and Farming in the North Bay and Beyond can be heard Sunday evenings at 6:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Mark Green’s new book, "Atheopaganism: An Earth-Honoring Path Rooted in Science" - Courtesy of the author)

This encore broadcast features award-winning singer/songwriter and talented New Zealand native Marlon Williams. Also with us, indie-folk singer/songwriter Esmé Patterson, who has been making waves over the past few years since departing from the group Paper Bird. Plus, Nick has a conversation with the founder of a nonprofit organization that provides simple yet crucial renewable energy technology to remote African villages and also to Native American reservation residents here in the States.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

(Photo courtesy of eTown)

A young woman on assignment in Belarus falls in love with a man within a few days. When she returns home, her friends alert her to a giant red flag she can no longer afford to ignore. And - two people with the same name who also live in the same city, and have the same professional interests... soon find out what else they have in common. Snap Judgment presents, “Marshmallow Day.”

Snap Judgment - storytelling with a beat, airs every Saturday morning at 10 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - Download the FREE KRCB mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

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On the next Fresh Air:  Our guest will Martin Scorsese, whose new film The Irishman is nominated for 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Terry talks with him about the film, and his memories of growing up in New York’s Little Italy, and how that has influenced his movies.  Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

Tonight, join special guests The Rains for some good home lovin'/Nashville-cookin' originals from Marty Rainone and Carol Hashe Rainone. Aside from the Rains and their new tunes, Jon spins some of the North Bay's finest, present and past!

KRCB's North Bay Songwriters Radio Show airs every first, third, and sometimes fifth Thursdays, hosted by local songwriter, Jon Gonzales. Listen on-air at 91.1 & 90.9 FM / streaming @ radio.krcb.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: Marty Rainone and Carol Hashe Rainone are The Rains – Courtesy of the artists)

From 2012: Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Blue Highway, The Pines, The McCrary Sisters, and John Fullbright.

Mountain Stage with Larry Groce can be heard every Monday night at 10:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our free KRCB Mobile App for your iOS or Android device from the App Store & Google Play!

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Throughout a 45-year career as an environmental regulator, Mary Nichols has been a powerful champion for climate action and cutting emissions. Having been called everything from “Trump's nemesis” to “the most influential environmental regulator of all time,” Nichols has both taken on automakers and collaborated with them. Environmentalists have cheered her moves to limit carbon emissions, while occasionally criticizing her for not doing enough for disadvantaged communities. So where does California’s climate leadership go from here, and what’s ahead for a new national climate agenda in 2021?

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club can be heard Sunday mornings at 8:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on-air, online, or on the go with our FREE KRCB Mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

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This week on This American Life: Catherine’s packing her knapsack to take to a protest in Hong Kong. She brings water, first aid kit, and… makeup, so she can transform herself after the protest. What’s it like really to protest for months? And knowing China probably won’t give them what they want, why keep protesting? That’s this week on This American Life.

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Humans need food, sleep, safety, love, purpose. Psychologist Abraham Maslow ordered our needs into a hierarchy. This week, TED speakers explore that spectrum of need, from primal to profound.

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Matt Berninger of The National has released his first solo record. It’s called Serpentine Prison. It was originally going to be an album of cover songs inspired, in part, by Willie Nelson’s Stardust. On the next World Cafe, it’s an interview and live recordings of some of Matt’s new songs – and maybe he’ll even do a cover song.

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