Governor Gavin Newsom and state health officials will provide an update on the state’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak.    KPBS is hosting today's daily briefing from California Governor Gavin Newsom. This program will pre-empt the first hour of American Routes and may continue into the second hour.   Read More

It’s a Spring Awakening, and we’ve got songs about bunny hops, rockin’ robins, and fragrant flowers but also lonely hours, gospel prayers and post-apocalyptic dreams.  In hopes that the real and surreal can commingle with joy and hope in our CoronaVirus Global Companion for your consideration and pleasure, including music from Gillian Welch, Stevie Wonder, Bob Wills, and Fats Waller. Today's program may be pre-empted by special coverage of California Governor Gavin Newsom's coronavirus briefing. American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play! Find our complete programming… Read More

Drive-By Truckers The Unraveling is the name of the new album from the band Drive-By Truckers. The Truckers’ Patterson Hood says many of the band’s new songs were the result of conversations he had with his kids. Like the song “Thoughts and Prayers,” which he wrote after his kids came home from school upset about a lockdown drill. Drive-By Truckers perform 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. Find our complete programming… Read More

On the next Fresh Air, we remember songwriter and singer John Prine, who died Tuesday of COVID-19. He was 73. His best-known songs include Angel from Montgomery, Paradise and Hello in There. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June. We’ll listen back to the interview Terry Gross recorded with him, and rock critic Ken Tucker has an appreciation. 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. Find our complete programming… Read More

Each weekday, the 6:00 pm hour of All Things Considered will generate and respond to the national conversation around the COVID-19 outbreak with audience call outs and social media sourcing. Each program will also include newsmaker interviews and content from NPR reporters. You can submit your questions at npr.org/nationalconversation. We'll also be on social media with the hashtag #nprconversation. Or, submit your question here. Read More

Stories about people shading in the whole picture, when before there was only a sketch. This week on This American Life: In this moment when social media is the only way to connect with a lot of people you love, a story about a single Facebook post that changed how a bunch of people saw their last year of high school. 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!  Find our complete… Read More

Hosted by Lulu Garcia-Navarro, this special report features the best of NPR's reporting on the coronavirus crisis over the past week, with a focus on the latest science, wide-scale impacts, and things you can do to stay safe. Find our complete programming schedule here. Read More

We remember American singer-songwriter John Prine via songs from his body of solo work as well as collaborations with other artists and cover songs.  This week’s program will begin at 9:00 pm following NPR’s Coronavirus Weekly Special. 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. Find our complete programming schedule here. (Photo: Yellowstone National Park, YPF/Matt Ludin / Public domain) Read More

John Prine passed away Tuesday evening, April 7, 2020, from complications of the coronavirus. This is a documentary music special spotlighting the early career and on-going musical journey of the beloved songwriter and performer John Prine.  Produced by music historian Paul Ingles with the help of a panel of musicians and music writers. Commentators include Bonnie Raitt, Sara Watkins, Mark Kemp, Beverly Keel, Peter Case, Holly Gleason, Paul Zollo, Peter Cooper, and John Kruth.  Also, archival recordings of John Prine through the years are included.  Read More

A woman visits an island near South Korea to meet a group of grandmothers who free-dive well into their 80s for abalone and octopus. She comes away with an unexpected discovery about motherhood and about herself. And a boy who hates football has a father who loves it more than anything. 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! Find our complete programming schedule here.  (Photo: Courtesy of WNYC) Read More

This week on Folk Alley, join host Elena See to honor our songwriting hero, John Prine, with music from his 1997 Live on Tour album; hear a set of songs from Eliza Gilkyson's new album 2020; more new music from The Mammals, Pharis & Jason Romero, and Fireside Collective, plus favorites from Mavis Staples, The War & Treaty, and Cory Chisel.  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: John Prine – Ron Baker/Creative Commons) Read More

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) Read More

Can we protect ourselves from future outbreaks? COVID-19 isn't the first pandemic, and likely not the last. This hour, TED speakers share lessons from past pandemics and what they mean for our 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! Find our complete programming schedule here.  (Photo: Heidi Larson – Courtesy of Ted Radio Hour) Read More

Erosion and evolution. Shadow and light. Death and rebirth. These are some of the strands that the acclaimed author, naturalist and activist Terry Tempest Williams weaves together in the face of today’s broken world. Standing in the lineage of the greatest nature writers, she links her deepest inner experiences with the state of the web of life. In this program, Williams asks: How do we find the strength to not look away at all that is breaking our hearts? Hands-on the earth, we remember where the source of our authentic power comes from. We have to go deeper. She also… Read More

John Whaite takes us behind the scenes of “The Great British Bake Off.” He talks life after winning, the simple pleasures of Eton mess and the importance of listening to your food. Plus, we dive into the crazy world of culinary Facebook groups; Alex Aïnouz tries to reverse engineer Joël Robuchon’s mashed potatoes; and we cook an Indian staple of simmered lentils with spice-infused hot butter. 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! Find our complete programming schedule here.  (Photo: John Whaite – Courtesy… Read More

Millions of people in the United States have lost jobs in recent weeks, and there are longer lines at the country’s food banks. Charitable feeding programs are having trouble tracking down the produce they need to meet demand. Learn why are farmers throwing out perfectly good vegetables during a food crisis 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 for your favorite mobile device! Find our complete programming schedule here. (Photo: Lance Cpl. Calvin Shamoon / Public… Read More