KZYX: Be More Now with Blake More

This interview features author, animal rights advocate and veterinary homeopath Jan Allegretti. They will be discussing holistic health care for animals, as well as animal/human wellness and how it relates to personal growth, environmental sustainability and spiritual curiosity. For more than thirty years, Jan Allegretti has been a consultant in holistic health care for animals and a passionate ad...

For this edition of Be More Now, host Blake More dives into Mendocino poetry, and poets, sharing a couple of interviews with valley poets Bill Churchill and Michelle Peñaloza.  You will hear a mix of poetry, process and lots of discovery as these two fine Mendocino County poets discuss what makes them write!   

     Valerie Miner is the award-winning author of fifteen books. Bread and Salt is her fourth collection of stories. Her latest novel is Traveling with Spirits. Other novels include After Eden, Range of Light, A Walking Fire, Winter’s Edge, Blood Sisters, All Good Women, Movement: A Novel in Stories, and Murder in the English Department. Her short fiction books include Abundant Light, The Night Si...

Host Blake More interviews poet Lucinda Watson. Watson’s new book, “The Favorite” comes with great praise from the former Presidential Poet (under Obama) as well as other luminaries. A now retired professor at the Hass Business School at UC Berkeley, Watson’s diverse perspective lends a hint of memoir to her striking collection of poems – poems that literally jump off the page and transport the re...

This interview features Ayurvedic Doctor and co-founder of Pacific Coast Ayurveda Madison Madden. In honor of the season, this month’s show focuses on gratitude, the kind of gratitude that starts with self and then extends out into the world because it has no choice, it simply overflows into all aspects of being, from personal health, to freedom, food choices, and the environment.

Maintaining safe distances by talking on the phone, they will discuss ways to cope with Covid-19, including some helpful tools to  deal with anxiety, media overload, job uncertainty, financial stress, sleep deprivation, and most importantly, how to build a new reality in order to stay productive and healthy. The show will also include poems by 6-8 grade students at Manchester Elementary School who...

This podcast features a lively mix of poetry, discussion and inspiration, traversing topics such as how writing poetry helps with healing, trauma, memory and serve as inspiration for altruism, courage and resilience.   The show also includes poems by 6-8 grade students at Manchester Elementary School who wrote Covid-19 poems during my online classes this spring, You can find Gail’s award winning c...

This interview features award-winning author, trainer and public speaker Holly Stiel, who is renowned world wide for her trailblazing service philosophy. In this 45 minute conversation, we discussed Holly’s life, the basic tenets of kindness, silver linings, gratitude and fortitude, mixed with a healthy dose of levity and creative playfulness, which describes Holly to a T. This show originally air...

This interview features the 2020 Berkeley Lifetime Achievement Awardee, SF Poet Michael Warr discussing his work as a poet, his latest book Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin , his literary career, his two languages/one community project, and so much more . This show originally aired at 7pm Thursday September 3 on KZYX&Z 90.7FM Philo, 88.1FM Fort Bragg, and 91.5FM Willit...

This interview features author, filmmaker, and “Phoenix Lights” experiencer Dr. Lynne Kitei; she and host Blake More are discussing Dr. Lynne’s first hand account of the mysterious “V” shaped orbs that flew over the state of Arizona on March 13, 1997 and were witnessed by over 10,000 people, as well as the lasting impact it has had on her “healthy skeptic’s” life.  Show originally aired on Thursda...