KZYX Public Affairs

May 16, 2023--Host Chad Swimmer speaks with ecologists Peter Baye and Teresa Sholars about a proposed reservoir in the sensitive Mendocino Cypress Woodlands near Fort Bragg. They also delve into potential solutions for a water-scarce future.

May 16, 2023--This month in Art Waves, Marty Durlin and Victor Palomino talk about the Anderson Valley Art Guild Open Studio Tour and the Mendocino County Art Association Art in Our Gardens event.

May 14, 2023--The Sports Phone presents an interview with Herb Stratford, Program Director for the Mendocino Film Festival about the film, Stephen Curry: Underrated. Steph Curry is a basketball and social hero from the Bay Area. It's a coming of age story about Steph Curry's rise from an undersized college player to a four time NBA champion.

May 12, 2023--Forthright Radio’s "Radio Goes to the Movies" series features interviews with two more filmmakers from this year’s Mendocino Film Festival: Maria Niro, director of THE ART OF UN-WAR: KRZYSZTOF WODICZKO   and with Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman, co-directors of TOWN DESTROYER. Both of these films focus on art as a force for cultural change, re-evaluating and re-imagining history, r...

May 11, 2023--Join host Jenn Procacci as she discusses the results of the North Coast Cannabis Economic Impact study with Genine Coleman of Origins Council, and Sonoma State Economics Professor Dr. Robert Eyler.

May 10, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni takes a look at hot topics in local politics with guest Ted Williams, Mendocino County 5th District Supervisor.

May 9, 2023--For the second time this century, there will be no commercial or recreational fishing for salmon in California waters. To find out what caused the decline of Chinook salmon here, we turn to Dr. Nathan Mantua of the NOAA Fisheries Science Center. Dr. Mantua brings us the big picture, describing how the complex life cycle of these great fish exposes them to threats from changes in river...

May 9, 2023--Join Dr. Casey Johnston for an in-depth discussion with Ryan Veness and Lucy Bartholomew of the Blue Zones Project of Mendocino County.

May 7, 2023--Join hosts Jerry and Jim Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

May 5, 2023--Hosts Roland Cory Medina and Chad Swimmer dive into the slew of anti-transgender bills popping up across the country. They take you through how ludicrous and dangerous they really are, and how grave of a threat they are to people's lives.

May 10, 2023--Host Doug Livingstone covers developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

May 5, 2023--On this edition of Forthright Radio, “Radio Goes to the Movies” features interviews with upcoming Mendocino Film Festival filmmaker Eric Bendick, about his film, PATH OF THE PANTHER, and filmmakers, KRISTY GUEVARA-FLANAGAN & Helen Hood Scheer, about their documentary, BODY PARTS.

May 4, 2023--Host Blake More interviews Mendocino County authors Dot Brovarney and Kate Dougherty, about Brovarney’s new book, Mendocino Refuge: Lake Leonard & Reeves Canyon, which explores the Mendocino canyon that holds the County’s largest natural lake and a fascinating history, telling a multifaceted story of place through the interconnected lives of its plants, wildlife, and human inhabit...

May 4, 2023--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Caroline Radice of Black Dog Catering, and Michelle Costa of Mendo Ferments, who both run their businesses out of the Little Lake Grange.

May 4, 2023--Host Johanna Wildoak speaks with Danilla Sands about the organization, United Disaster Relief of Northern California. Then she speaks with Joann Rosen, a local psychotherapist and Buddhist meditation teacher, about an upcoming retreat. 

May 3, 2023--Join hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid every other Wednesday at 7pm for Point and Click Radio, with the latest computer news and time for your calls.

May 3, 2023-- Host Dan Gjerde speaks with former county supervisor, Kendall Smith, to provide some historical context to the position

May 2, 2023-- Host Hannah Bird speaks with GrizzlyCorps Fellow Chloe Wanaselja, about what she's learned from and contributed to the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center.

May 1, 2023--Join host Corine Pearce as she welcomes Madonna Feather-Cruz Proud member of Round Valley Indian Tribes, Wife, mother and community member as she discusses her efforts to bring awareness to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic. Corine also welcomes U'ilani Wesley, a Kanaka Maoli activist, singer, lei maker and Land steward on Northern Pomo Land. Hear about the impact she...

April 30, 2023--Join hosts Jerry and Jim Young for an hour of community call ins about all things sports.

April 29, 2023--Host Joy LaClaire speaks with sociologist Katherine S. Newman about her latest book, MOVING THE NEEDLE: WHAT TIGHT LABOR MARKETS DO FOR THE POOR. 

April 27, 2023--Host Michele Hutchins honors Autism Awareness Month by interviewing local educators and students whose lives are impacted by Autism.

April 27, 2023--Host Michael Foley interviews Blair Philips and Cheyenne Clark at Wanosh Forest Garden, outside of Willits.  Blair, Cheyenne and friends are engaged in a permaculture-inspired, long-term project of forest and watershed stewardship, growing food and medicine, and regenerating the forest and aquifer they depend on.  Wanosh (formerly Abuela Garden) is a 40 acre demonstration, educatio...

April 26, 2023--Host Doug Livingstone covers developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

April 26, 2023--Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall about recent deaths in our county, what's the impact on the Sheriff's department and our communities.