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Kim Severson of The New York Times tells us about the food world’s biggest trends. Plus, we chat with Fuchsia Dunlop about the textures, flavors, and fragrances of Sichuan cuisine; Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette of “A Way With Words” discuss food names that have a secret, and we put a new spin on an old classic—the pineapple upside-down cake.

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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TODAY'S PROGRAM MY BE PRE-EMPTED BY LIVE NPR NEWS COVERAGE OF THE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

The Record Company is a blues-rock trio whose gritty debut album launched them straight from living room recording sessions to late-night television appearances. Their most recent album, 2018’s All of This Life, was recorded in a proper studio but retained all the nearly unhinged rock swagger that made their prior record impossible to ignore. Hear the relentless energy of The Record Company’s performance at Americana Fest 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: The Record Company - Jen Rosenstein/Courtesy of the artist)

This week on Folk Alley join Elena See for a special Halloween show, featuring spooky tunes from Leonard Cohen, Michael Doucet avec Lâcher Prise, The Unthanks, The Secret Sisters feat. Brandi Carlile, Lenore, Gretchen Peters, and more.

In hour two, we keep the ghostly tunes coming with music by Steeleye Span, Riders In the Sky, the T Sisters, David Robert King, Ben Caplan, Rev. Gary Davis, and more!

Folk Alley can be heard Saturdays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Leonard Cohen - Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0)

In Morocco today, artists draw from a huge variety of styles and traditions, creating music that takes from previously neglected history in order to create new and innovative sounds.

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: Courtesy of Afropop Worldwide)

This week, join special guest Mother Magica for a little song trading and spool-fading Thursday night fun!

After the magic of in-studio live music from our guest, I'll be slanging some of the North Bay's finest music, past and present, and reveling in the goodness of this great music region of the universe aka the North Bay.

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!

(Photo: Mother Magica - Courtesy of the artist)

Edward Norton stars in Motherless Brooklyn as a private eye who has Tourette’s Syndrome and is up against powerful corrupt forces in New York city planning and redevelopment. Norton also wrote and directed the film. 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: Edward Norton plays detective Lionel Essrog in Motherless Brooklyn, a movie he also directed and wrote - Glen Wilson/Warner Bros. Pictures/via NPR)

This week on the Mountain Stage, Special Guest-Host Bil Lepp welcomes Kathy Mattea, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, Blue Yonder, Joe Newberry.

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!

(Photo: Kathy Mattea with Bill Lepp, live on the Mountain Stage)

Tune in for a tribute to the man who melded gospel, soul and pop in music and life, Sam Cooke. We’ll follow the singer from Clarksdale to Chicago and from the church to the Copa as he revolutionized gospel music with the Soul Stirrers and then secular music with self-penned hits “You Send Me,” “Change is Gonna Come,” and more. Plus an hour of the musical roots and branches of Sam Cooke.

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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(Photo: via American Routes)

We walk the line of isolation, go outside carefully with music and words of wisdom for contemplation, comfort and hope. It’s a Corona Stray from Home Companion, in conversations with a few of our favorite artists including Tejano accordionist Flaco Jimenez and the late Ray Charles -- both speaking of their families’ role in helping them emerge as great musical citizens. We harken to the creative wisdom of jazz locally and globally. First with the late pianist Dave Brubeck whose travels abroad as a soldier and later with Louis Armstrong lead him to “Take Five” and other worldly sounds. And we take to the streets with New Orleans Original Pinettes Brass Band, the first such women’s jazz ensemble today. Plus: music from Bob Dylan, Nina Simone and John Prine.

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

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(Photo: via American Routes)

This week on Folk Alley, join Elena See for music for hope and dancing from The Mavericks, Peter Ostroushko, and Donna the Buffalo; new music by Raye Zaragoza, Joachim Cooder, Jamestown Revival, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Jeff Tweedy; plus favorites from Rayna Gellert, Aoife O'Donovan, Mandolin Orange, and much more. 

Folk Alley can be heard Saturdays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: The Mavericks - OfficialMavs/CC BY-SA 4.0)

Released in 2000 All That You Can’t Leave Behind was the first album from U2 in three years and marked a return to a more traditional sound from the band following the disappointing 1997 release Pop. The record is being readied for a new anniversary edition this fall. We’ll hear selections from the original album as well as selections from Bill Withers and the new single from Gorillaz, featuring Robert Smith of The Cure.

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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(Photo: All That You Can’t Leave Behind, by U2 – Album cover)

We’ll hear music from American Foursquare, the 2020 album from Denison Witmer as well as selections from David Ramirez’s My Love Is A Hurricane.

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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(Photo: American Foursquare, by Denison Whitmer – Album cover)

This week, the focus is simply on some really good music, new and old, with music from Bobby Hutcherson, Weather Report, the latest from Jazz is Dead and more!

Notes from the Jazz Underground with host Paul Abella airs Saturday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Bobby Hutcherson - Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

This week, we'll throw the spotlight on Cindy Blackman Santana's new album, Give the Drummer Some, plus jams from Carlos Santana, Miles Davis, Avishai Cohen and more!

Notes from the Jazz Underground with host Paul Abella airs Saturday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Cindy Blackman Santana – Courtesy of the artist)

This week, we’ll hear music from Death Cab For Cutie’s The Blue EP as well as selections from The Cure’s Disintegration album.

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: Death Cab for Cutie - deep ghosh [CC BY 2.0])

This week, we're jamming to the music in the space between straight ahead Jazz and fusion, heading back to the late 60's and early 70's for music from Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Eddie Harris, Gary Burton and more!  

Notes from the Jazz Underground with host Paul Abella airs Saturday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Donald Byrd - Mallory1180 / CC BY-SA 4.0)

It’s the weaving of our amazing North Bay Songwriters happening here at KRCB FM!

Here's a local doozie of a song by our beloved Frankie Boots. Quite fitting for 2020, don’tcha think?

https://youtu.be/DWsJ4MIEGr8

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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This week on Folk Alley, consider different perspectives with music from Ondara, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Rhiannon Giddens, and Odetta; new music from Nell & Jim Band and Sarah Jarosz; plus favorites from Hot Rize, John Moreland, Jorma Kaukonen, and more.

In hour two, new music from Courtney Marie Andrews, Pokey LaFarge, and Ellis Delaney; a spotlight on some of our favorite recent releases from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings with music by Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton, Lula Wiles, and Our Native Daughters; plus favorites from Aimee Mann, Kaia Kater, Ana Egge, and more. 

Folk Alley can be heard Saturdays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: J.S. Ondara - Josh Cheuse / CC BY-SA 4.0)

We’ll preview our March featured artists, Lake Street Dive and Valerie June.

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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First made available in 1999 solely for those who subscribed to the BowieNet website, Live and Well.com features songs from David Bowie’s 1997 Earthling tour. The record has now been made available for wide release, along with a series of other live Bowie recordings. We’ll hear music from LiveandWell.com as well as selections from the expanded version of UFO’s 1979 live album, Strangers in the Night, which was recorded over five nights in late 1978.

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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(Photo: Courtesy Livenandwell.com)

Listen for featured music from Old 97’s and Chris Stamey as well as selections from John Fullbright, Son Volt, and others. 

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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This week on The BGS Radio Hour we’ll bring brand new music from Sarah Jarosz, Laurie Lewis, Balsam Range, and so much more.  

The Bluegrass Situation Radio Hour airs every Monday at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our FREE mobile App @ iTunes & Google Play! 

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(Photo: Sarah Jarosz – Courtesy of the artist)

We’ll hear music from The Dream Syndicate’s The Days of Wine and Roses as well as songs from Sparks’ A Woofer In Tweeter’s Clothing.  

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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(Photo: The Dream Syndicate album The Days of Wine and Roses – Fair use)

We’ll hear music from the Grateful Dead’s Europe ’72, plus selections from Phish’s A Live One. 

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin 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.

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(Photo: Grateful Dead Europe ’72 – Album cover art)

This week, we'll hear Jazz fused with hip-hop, the music of Johannesburg and the music of India, too. New jams from Theo Croker, Ryan Keberle and SPAZA are all on the way, along with classics from Shakti and Medeski, Martin and Wood. 

Notes from the Jazz Underground airs Saturday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Theo Crocker - Williamcroker [CC BY-SA 3.0])

Even before the expulsion of Jews (1492) and converted Muslims, or Moriscos, (1610) from Al Andalus, many Andalusians crossed the Straight of Gibraltar to resettle in North Africa, and as far east as Syria. All these centuries later, Andalusian art forms and communities persist, especially in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Syria. This Hip Deep program examines the intriguing variety of Muslim "Andalusian" music traditions, especially in Morocco, Algeria, and Syria. Once again, our guide is Andalusian scholar Dwight Reynolds. We'll also hear from Moroccan musicians, a specialist on Syrian Andalusian traditions, and of course, we'll hear lots of music, including the Orchestra of Fes, Ensemble Essoundoussia of Tlemcen, Algeria, and legendary Syrian singer Sabri Moudallal. 

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: Public Domain)

It's Fourth of July, and we dig into the archives for the roots of American Routes. It all began with a series of Independence Day concerts held annually at the Washington Monument before the fireworks show on the National Mall and featured the best of American vernacular musical culture. We’ll sample from nearly a decade’s worth of concerts, highlighting spectacular stage performances by the Staple Singers, Tito Puente, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, New Orleans Tuxedo Brass and more. It's Musical Stars & Cultural Stripes: American Roots Independence Day Revisited.

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

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(Photo: via American Routes)

Mwenso & The Shakes make an energetic blend of jazz and R&B, led by the mesmerizing frontman, Michael Mwenso. Originally born in Sierra Leone, Michael grew up in Nigeria, Ghana, and England. He joins host Stephen Kallao to talk about two experiences that shaped him as a kid: being separated from his mom when she was deported from their adopted home of London, and also meeting his idol, James Brown, who took him under his wing. Plus, we’ll hear a live performance from Mwenso & The Shakes’ debut album, Emergence 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: Mwenso & The Shakes – Courtesy of the artist/via NPR)

Back in 2015 when My Morning Jacket was making The Waterfall, the band recorded enough songs for a second album – And as lead singer Jim James explains today, he always thought those recordings would stay under wraps for a long, long time. Instead, The Waterfall II was released this Summer. We’ll find out why Jim changed his mind in an interview with host Raina Douris today. Plus, My Morning Jacket perform live. 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: My Morning Jacket – Courtesy of the artist)

The U.S. and Iran are on a collision course. The name-calling and saber rattling are ominous. The New York Times headline reads: “Iran Calls U.S. ‘Desperate and Confused.’ Trump vows ‘Obliteration.’” Is Iran going to commit suicide by attacking the world’s most lethal military? Washington is exerting what it calls “maximum pressure” on Iran and on anyone who wants to do business with that country. For most Iranians the punitive sanctions the U.S. has imposed are a form of warfare, albeit the economic kind. The Iran nuclear deal was working just fine according to the UN when Washington unilaterally abandoned it thus triggering the current crisis and the slide to war. The attitude emanating from Washington is more like that of a bully: You do what I tell you or else. Respectful dialogue is what is needed, not hectoring and badgering.

Nader Hashemi is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and teaches Middle East and Islamic politics at the Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He is the author of Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy and co-editor of The People Reloaded, The Syria Dilemma and Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East.

Alternative Radio can be heard Sunday mornings at 10 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App from iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo via Alternative Radio)

Comedian and “Nailed It!” host Nicole Byer breaks down the art of improv, making it in the world of comedy and how to host a baking competition show when you know nothing about baking. Plus, we chat with Karl De Smedt, manager of the world’s only international sourdough library; J. Kenji López-Alt gives us a crash course on the best homemade fried rice, and we learn how to get a good char on Catalonian-inspired grilled vegetables.

Support KRCB FM during our Summer Fundraiser, July 25 – August 1. Make your donation at norcalpublicmedia.org/donate today. Thank you!

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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Comedian and “Nailed It!” host Nicole Byer breaks down the art of improv, making it in the world of comedy and how to host a baking competition show when you know nothing about baking. Plus, we chat with Karl De Smedt, manager of the world’s only international sourdough library; J. Kenji López-Alt gives us a crash course on the best homemade fried rice; and we learn how to get a good char on Catalonian-inspired grilled vegetables.

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)

Nana Adjoa is a citizen of the world. She was raised in the Netherlands by a Dutch mother and Ghanaian father. She makes music that draws on influences not only from her heritage, but from all over – including her formal jazz training, and rock bands like Rage Against the Machine and Wilco. Nana Adjoa joins host Raina Douris, 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: Nana Adjoa – via Facebook)

The history of the anti-government and anti-democratic politics that have transformed the U.S. in recent years is largely obscured from view. The radical right’s agenda includes suppression of voting rights, privatization of everything from schools to Medicare to Social Security to public lands, elimination of unions and limiting majority rule. Core beliefs also include: there is no problem tax cuts won’t solve and that the best kind of regulation is no regulation. Let the industry decide. And the intellectual godfather of this extreme right-wing thinking? Someone you’ve probably never heard of. James McGill Buchanan, a Nobel Prize-winning economist. And the money to promote his ideas comes mostly from billionaire Charles Koch. These ideological positions have moved from beyond the fringe to where they are openly discussed and legislation is proposed. If these forces get their way democracy will be in chains.

Nancy MacLean is the award-winning author of Behind the Mask of Chivalry, a New York Times “noteworthy” book of the year, Freedom is Not Enough and Democracy in Chains. She is the Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University.

Alternative Radio can be heard Sunday mornings at 10 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App from iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Nancy MacLean – Courtesy of Alternative Radio)

NASA is spending billions of dollars to build the most powerful rocket ever made, one capable of sending people back to the moon and beyond. But will it fly enough to justify its massive price tag? Deep pockets for one big rocket on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: The Saturn V first launched on Nov. 8, 1967, carrying the uncrewed Apollo 4 mission – Image copyright & courtesy of  NASA)

Nashville singer-songwriter, David Olney, passed away on January 18th. He leaves behind a rich collection of songs from his nearly five decades as a musician...And although he wasn’t necessarily famous, his work was revered and covered by artists like Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, and more. When Olney appeared on the World Cafe in 1997, he discussed the strange and creepy characters in his songwriting, and shared about growing up in Rhode Island learning to play guitar from folk and blues records. We’ll revisit that conversation, plus a live performance, in his memory today. 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: David Olney, performing in Denver, Co. on Apr. 23, 2015 - Larry Hulst/Getty Images/via NPR)

Earlier this year Nashville-based songwriter Devon Gilfillian put out his debut full length called Black Hole Rainbow -- a trip to South Africa helped inspire the record. On the next World Cafe, he talks about that as well as the links between gospel, country and soul.  Plus, some truly uplifting live performances!

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: Devon Gilfillian - Jamie Stow/WXPN)

Mountain Stage at Peoples Bank Theatre with scheduled performances by Natalie Prass, Red Wanting Blue, Jill Sobule, Gurf Morlix, and Todd Burge.

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!

(Photo: Natalie Prass – Courtesy of Mountain Stage)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry talks with Yaa Gyasi, whose first novel Homegoing, about the legacy of slavery, won a National Book Critics Circle Award. Her new novel Transcendent Kingdom is about science, religion, depression, addiction and race in America. Gyasi was born in Ghana, and was raised in the US, mostly in Huntsville Alabama. 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: Novelist Yaa Gyasi - Michael Lionstar/Courtesy of Knopf)

Are plants intelligent? If we knew their language what might they tell us? Potawatomi Indigenous ecologist and author Robin Kimmerer and evolutionary ecologist Monica Gagliano merge Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western science for a surprising trip into the minds of mosses and chili seeds and the songs of corn. They agree what we really need today is a revolution in values, an “Honorable Harvest” of gratitude and reciprocity with our plant kin.

Are plants intelligent? If we knew their language what might they tell us? Potawatomi Indigenous ecologist and author Robin Kimmerer and evolutionary ecologist Monica Gagliano merge Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western science for a surprising trip into the minds of mosses and chili seeds and the songs of corn. They agree what we really need today is a revolution in values, an “Honorable Harvest” of gratitude and reciprocity with our plant kin.

Contemporary Western fire science is integrating what Indigenous Peoples discovered over thousands of years of observation, and trial and error: fire is key to optimizing forest vitality and biodiversity. The merging of these two ways of knowing could signal the end to our misguided policy of fire suppression, and the beginning of fire-resilient communities with a new relationship to one of nature’s most elemental and fearful forces. With fire ecologists Chad Hanson and Frank Kanawha Lake. 

Snack time, virtual PE, web meetings and conference calls. The coronavirus pandemic has parents navigating a brave new world of work AND school at home. That story 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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The uncertain fate of TikTok in the United States has some users anxious. But for others -- even those who make money on the platform -- it's business as usual. Creating TikToks when there soon might not BE a TikTok 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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Summer is officially here! But this summer is going to be a bit unusual for music-lovers, with so many outdoor festivals and concerts cancelled. So today, World Cafe brings the live music to you. It’s a full two hours of some of the best live versions of songs by an all-star lineup of artists – many suggested by Cafe listeners – like Jackson Browne, Talking Heads, Bob Marley, and more. Set up a lawn chair, turn up your radio, and get your summertime fix of live music. On the next World Cafe with host 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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