KZYX Public Affairs

December 21, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Mendocino County Head of Social Services Bekkie Emery and Program Specialist Steve Gornyecz about enrolling in Covered California and Medi-Cal.

December 20, 2021--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter and his daughter Ma-kayla share their unique Native American Generational Perspective.

December 17, 2021--“Tales of the Winter Solstice,” stories from around the world to Celebrate the Return of the Light. Read for you by Linda Pack, with special guests, R. Bobby and Rickie Dedola. Roman Saturnalia, Norse and Celtic Yule feasts, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, an Inuit tale of Raven, The Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, the ancient Persian festival of Yalda Night and more!

December 17, 2021--Bob talks with Michael D Minta about his new book “No Longer Outsiders — Black and Latino Interest Group Advocacy on Capitol Hill”. It wasn’t that long ago when the number of Black and Latino members of Congress could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Today you need to be polydactyl to count their numbers. With a much higher number of members comes new found clout.

December 16, 2021--On Corporations and Democracy, Annie and Steve review Project Censored’s most suppressed news stories for 2021. Andy Roth joins Steve and Annie, with the over-all theme of “journalism in turmoil.”

December 16, 2021--Join Johanna “Wildoak” for Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. This week, Johanna talks with Zida Borcich, Judith Detrick, Felicia Rice and Theresa Whitehill about Book Arts Mendocino, and with Juliana Sanchez about the Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund.

December 15, 2021-- Host Mari Rodin interviews Janet Pauli—a rancher and vintner with a doctorate in zoology—about the history and future of the Potter Valley Project and the Eel River diversion into the Russian River watershed.

December 14, 2021--Hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with Dr. Edwin Grosholz of the University of California at Davis, who has been conducting research on Green Crabs on the Pacific coast. Anglers trying for Dungeness crab in the Mendocino rivers have been pulling up lots of small greenish crabs instead - the invasive European Green Crab. Hear the story of how they got here and how they are affect...

Monday December 13, 2021--MendoLatino, a public affairs radio program in KZYX and Z interviewed Ignacio Ayala and David González of SPACE en Ukiah, and Lydia López of UVA: Ukiah Vecinos en Acción. A lively dialogue about successes, challenges and future plans with two community-based organizations. MendoLatino , un programa radial en español en KZYX y Z entrevista a Ignacio Ayala y David González...

December 12, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports! Live every Sunday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z.

December 10, 2021--Host Joy LaClaire talks with award winning national security journalist, Spencer Ackerman about his work and his recent book, REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA AND PRODUCED TRUMP.

December 3, 2021--Check out Mendocino County's newest queer radio hour, Pride Nation 101. Hosts Roland Corey Medina and Chad Swimmer feature L G B T Q I A + music, perspectives, opinions, and lives. This week features Roland's story, and in interview with Jennifer Sookne of the Mendocino Pride Alliance and Marriage Equality.

December 9, 2021--Join host Chris Skyhawk for Universal Perspectives, as he continues his series- “surviving late stage capitalism, What’s next?" His guest is bodyworker and healer James Hummecky. They talk about how the human body responds during a time of planetary crisis, and different paths of healing humans might take individually and collectively, to create new political and social paradigms...

December 9, 2021--Matthew talks compost, not to be confused with talking dirty! Also, he presents ideas on how to single-handedly dismantle the Big Ag corporate oligarchy.

December 9, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci hosts a discussion focused on this year's Emerald Cup Harvest Ball, featuring Emerald Cup Founder Tim Blake, Michael Katz of the Mendocino Cannabis Alliance, Phil from Mendocino Family Farm, Chiah of River Txai Farms and Arcanna Flowers, Blaire of Radicle Herbs, Marty of Martyjuana, and Nate of Higher Heights Farms.

December 8, 2021--Join hosts Doug and Alex for a show about new developments in Renewable Energy.

December 8, 2021--Karen’s guest is Robert Pinoli, President & CEO, of Mendocino Railway. The topics will be the history of the Skunk Train, his company's recent purchase of the old GP mill site in Fort Bragg, and future plans of the Railway.

December 7, 2021-- Host and environmental educator Hannah Bird speaks with Dr Adina Merenlender, adjunct Professor at UC Berkley, about her new book, Climate Stewardship: Taking Collective Action to Protect California.

December 6, 2021--This month on Good Ancestors and Local Treasures with Corine Pearce, Corine’s guests are two amazing women: Bonnie Lockhart and Ali Meders-Knight. They talk about all the incredible things these two are making happen in the local Indigenous community.

December 5, 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, in their *new* time, Sunday nights at 7pm! Taking your calls about all things sports.

December 7, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Mariane Cox Gould, head Medical Assisted Treatment provider for the county, about the use of Suboxone for Opiate addiction, and why the US had 100,000 overdose deaths in the last 12 months, an increase of over 25% from the previous year.

December 2, 2021--Blake More interviews Ladies of BAM – Book Arts Mendocino – Theresa Whitehill, Felicia Rice and Zida Borsich. They discussing BAM and its series of exhibitions, readings, talks, demonstrations, and workshops, all devoted to the wide ranging & varied arts of the book.

December 2, 2021--Join Farm and Garden Show host Elizabeth Archer and Live Power Community Farm owner Gloria Decater for a special commemoration of Stephen Decater, who passed away on November 4. Listeners call in to share memories of Stephen, who spent five decades building and tending to Live Power in Covelo.

December 2, 2021--Johanna talks with Jen Dalton, Vice President of Hearthstone Village, a local non-profit that raises money to support a community of girls in Haiti, and Danilla Sands of United Disaster Relief of Northern California about their new resource center in Ukiah.

December 1, 2021--Tune in for an all-new episode of 'Citizen U'. This week’s topic? The inside scoop on elected office. Hear co-hosts Supervisor Dan Gjerde and Ukiah Council Member Mari Rodin discuss all things local government.