KZYX Public Affairs

May 20, 2021--This week, Johanna invites listeners to call in with their visions and thoughts for our future. How are you dealing with the lifting of Covid restrictions? Is the climate crisis on your mind? What are your hopes for the future of our kids or grandkids? What are you doing to prepare for the fire season?

May 19, 2021--Hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid bring you Point and Click, KZYX's biweekly computer show, with the latest computer and internet news, and answers to listeners' computer questions.

May 19, 2021--Joy LaClaire speaks with Washington University Professor, Mark Rank, about his work and his latest book, POORLY UNDERSTOOD: WHAT AMERICA GETS WRONG ABOUT POVERTY, co-written with Lawrence M. Eppard and Heather E. Bullock.

May 18, 2021--Artists Betty Lacy, Laura Fogg, Margo Frank and Rosie Saxe Morris continue the discussion about waste in our culture and what we can do about it on the local level. They focus on their use of art as a catalyst for community action. Through their upcoming RECLAIMED show at the Corner Gallery in Ukiah, which is all created from the cast-off junk of our culture, the artists begin a conv...

May 18, 2021--Dr. Marvin Trotter talks with Ukiah Physical Therapist Dr. Emily Pedersen.

May 17, 2021--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter and Sunny Elliot of the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians talk about their journey together through higher education, and their graduation ceremony at Sonoma State University this weekend.

“Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) with host Jim Beatty, The Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show features “Fun With Frogs!” With songs, dance, stories, “Hear Ye, Hear Ye!…"The Listening Game”, fun facts, & more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. Dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. Sounds like FUN!

May 14, 2021-- Jim and Jerry Young are back for the Sports Phone, hosting a lively community wide forum on all things sports. Listen live and call in every Friday at 7pm on KZYX and Z.

May 14, 2021--KZYX News' Lana Cohen talks with Fisheries Biologist Anna Halligan of Trout Unlimited and Dr. John Abatzoglou, Associate Professor in the Department of Management of Complex Systems at the University of California, Merced, about the impact of the current severe drought on Mendocino County's natural environment.

May 13, 2021--Hosts Annie Esposito and Steve Scalmanini discuss the voter suppression bills being pushed in several key state legislatures with David Armiak, Research Director of The Center for Media and Democracy, followed by an interview with Ellen Drell, cofounder of the Willits Environmental Center, about the a possible upcoming Referendum on the County’s Proposed Cannabis Cultivation Land-use...

May 13, 2021--Host Jenn Procacci talks with Attorney Ed Denson about Humboldt County's use of Satellite monitoring for Cannabis Abatement, a model that is now being considered for Mendocino County.

May 12, 2021--KZYX Program Director Alicia Bales presents a special interview with NPR’s global health correspondent Jason Beaubien. Jason has family in Mendocino County, and while he was in the area on May 8, he sat down for a conversation about radio, his work covering the global pandemic, and why stories from around the world matter. If you listen to NPR news, Jason Beaubien’s name will be fami...

May 12, 2021--Karen Ottoboni gives a thorough update with commentary about the current issues facing the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, and opens the phone lines for listener input.

May 11, 2021--Co-hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with Dr. Sarah Kupferberg, an aquatic ecologist doing research at the University of California's Angelo Reserve in northern Mendocino County. Dr. Kupferberg has studied the food web in the South Fork of the Eel River, including the yellow legged frog. They explore the life history of these frogs, how they use the riverine habitat, and their popula...

May 11, 2021--This week on on Mendocino County Fire Safe Radio, Host Scott Cratty delves into concerns and get advice about Homeowners Insurance with Amy Bach, Executive Director of UP, United Policyholders, providers of information for insurance customers. He also reviews the state of 2021 wildfire-related legislation with Representative Jim Wood.

May 10, 2021--Este lunes MendoLatino comenzará la hora hablando con Redwood Care Giver Center sobre recursos que están disponibles are familias afectadas por COVID. El enfoque principal será Latinas en la Educación Superior, y un proyecto de investigación sobre las barreras que se enfrentan, que se llama UnDocuLatina. Sintonicen a MendoLatino a las 9 de la mañana! MendoLatino is a biweekly local p...

May 9, 2021--“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…“Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (And Their Families & Friends) celebrates “Mothers Everywhere” with host Jim Beatty, The Dancing Grandpa. Featuring songs, dance, stories, the “listening game”, fun facts, & more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. Tune in live and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. I...

May 7th 2021--Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.

May 7, 2021--Bob Bushansky speaks with Sara Laschever about her book, co-witten with Linda Babcock, called Women Don’t Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide. It explores how our institutions, child-rearing practices, and implicit assumptions discourage women from asking for the opportunities and resources that they have earned and deserve.

May 6, 2021--Blake More interviews author, philanthropist and spiritual teacher J. Jaye Gold, who founded the Center for Cultural & Naturalist Studies, a California non-profit organization that offers disaster relief in the US and works with underprivileged children worldwide. They talk about his work, his lifelong studies & world travels, as well as his insights on how subtlety, humor, pe...

May 6, 2021--This week on Putting Down Roots, hosts Phoenix and Michelle explore “Local Curiosities and Hidden Gems” with Guests Anne Maureen McKeating, Director of the Larry Spring Museum, and “Mr. G and Chinchilla” from Triangle Tattoo in Fort Bragg.

May 6, 2021--This week, Johanna talks with Megan Barber Allende, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Mendocino County. They’ll discuss the work of the foundation to support the people and organizations of our county during the Covid pandemic and its plans for the future. She also talks with Chloë Guazzone-Rugebregt of Anderson Valley Health Center; and Laurel Near and Ignacio Ayala of...

May 5, 2021--On this episode of For the Love of Reading....In Memoriam: Stories by Local Writers we have lost. Featuring selections by Lenny Laks, Antonia Lamb, Bobby Markels, Bonnie Sanger, and Chester Anderson. Read for you by Linda Pack.

May 5, 2021--Hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid bring you Point and Click, KZYX's biweekly computer show, with the latest computer and internet news, and answers to listeners' computer questions.

March 5, 2021--Joy LaClaire speaks with forestry scientist Suzanne Simard, about her decades long research to discover the workings of the interconnected fungal web underlying healthy forests. Her highly anticipated book, FINDING THE MOTHER TREE: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, was published on May 4th.