KZYX Public Affairs

On this episode of Be More Now, host Blake More interviews 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, an...

KZYX News reporters Sarah Reith and Lana Cohen interview Dr. William Miller, of Adventist Health Coast Hospital, who has been advising educators about covid-19 and reopening local schools, and Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools Michelle Hutchins about current and future plans for in-person instruction in the County's 12 school districts. Lana Cohen talks with a local teacher about the real...

Join Johanna “Wildoak” for Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. This week, Johanna talks with two guests: Rosemary Day, author of Marching Toward Coverage: How Women Can Lead the Fight for Universal Healthcare. Day is the former deputy director of the Massachusetts Health Connector—the model for the Affordable Care Act. Her s...

On this edition of Forthright Radio, host Joy LaClaire talks with veteran journalist and Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Sarah Chayes, about her work and her latest book, ON CORRUPTION IN AMERICA AND WHAT IS AT STAKE. Forthright Radio airs every other Wednesday morning at 9am on KZYX and Z.

On this episode of The Ecology Hour, Patrick Hentschel hosts “Running On Empty,” a series focusing on the climate and ecology crisis. His guest is Liam Erickson, a local naturalist and artist based in Gualala, California, about the impact of land use on local flora and fauna. What did this area look like 100 years ago? How has local ecology been impacted by human activity? Episode aired live on Tu...

This week on Mind/Body Health, Dr. Trotter and Cob talk about substance abuse with their guest Dr. Cara Eberhardt. Dr. Eberhardt is part of the Family Practice Residency Program at Ukiah Adventist Hospital, and has years of experience in Medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders. With overdose deaths increasing 40% during the coronavirus pandemic, substance abuse is an important to...

Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter talks about the ongoing tribal elections, how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting his community, and Trump's defeat. Pomo Perspective airs live on KZYX every third Monday at 9am.

In this weeks Youth Arts Outreach show, we focus on how Generation Z view love with a plethora of love songs handpicked by our local youth and two love poems submitted by anonymous authors.

Byline Mendocino is a local media round table, featuring local reporters in conversation about the week’s headlines, with host Alicia Bales. This week, Alicia talks with local registrar of voters Katrina Bartolomie for an update on Mendocino's vote count, and with Sally Kane, the CEO of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters about the essential role of noncommercial radio stations like...

In this episode of Corporations & Democracy: the Presidential Election and the Supreme Court. In the first half, law professor Marjorie Cohn talks about the makeup of the new Supreme Court with the addition of ‘originalist’ Amy Coney Barrett. In the second half, democracy activist Harvey Wasserman will dissect the recent election - what happened and what needs to happen next. Annie Esposito an...

On this episode, host Jenn Procacci talks with Mendocino County Supervisors John Haschak and Ted Williams about developments in the local Cannabis ordinance. In the second half of the show, she talks with Len Mackey with Shima Hill Hemp Farm in New York. Aired Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 9am on KZYX.

Doug Livingston hosts a solo version of the Renewable Energy Hour, answering listener question about renewable energy systems. Broadcast live on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 on KZYX.

On this episode of TKO, Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County Sheriff Matt Kendall, and opens the phone lines to reflect on the state and national election results. Broadcast Wednesday, November 11, 2020 on KZYX.

Two weeks ago, the Trump administration reversed a ban on road construction in parts of the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska, opening the largest remaining old-growth temperate rain forest in North America to logging. On the edition of The Ecology Hour hosts Tim Bray and Bob Spies talk with biologist Dr. John Schoen, who spent most of his career living and working in the Tongass and...

If you've been paying attention, you are concerned about wildfires. Being prepared to survive and thrive in our wildfire prone environment requires knowledge and community action. Join hosts Scott Cratty and Cob every 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 9 for the new show, Fire Safe Mendocino. This week they talk with Fire Chiefs Dave Latoof of Mendocino VFD and Sue Carberry of Laytonville VFD.

MendoLatino presenta a Lisa García Bedolla, especialista en Ciencias Políticas y en estudios Latinoamericanos de la Universidad de California en Berkeley. Con ella analizaremos los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales y el poder del voto latino. Mendo Latino presents Lisa García Bedolla, an American political scientist and scholar of Latino studies, currently the Vice Provost for Graduate S...

Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, hosts this week’s show which features “Ha Ha This A-Way” fun and the story of the “Ha Ha This A-Way” song. With music, dance, the “listening game”, fun facts and more, “Radio Ha Ha For Kids” (and their families & friends) is listening fun for everyone, young, old and in between. It’s Fun Family Radio. Tune in live to dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on...

Jim and Jerry Young host the Sports Phone every Friday night at 7pm on KZYX, where listeners can get their sports fix, taking your calls about all things sports.

On this episode of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky is back with Phil Warf, Political Science Professor at Mendocino College to talk about--what else?--the election on November 3rd. Did any of their predictions from last week come true? Broadcast on Friday, November 6, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.

Mendocino Theatre Company presents AMERICAN GOTHIC, an evening of Edgar Allan Poe. This hour-long reading features several of Poe's poems as well as dramatizations of two of his most-beloved short stories: The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-Tale Heart. KZYX is proud to feature Mendocino's extraordinary local theater during the pandemic!

This week on Putting Down Roots hosts Phoenix Trent and Michelle Frederick talked with Mary Anne Petrillo of West Business Development Center about resources for small businesses. They also spoke with Niko Ramsdell of Wilder Ferments and Blaze Borge of Flynn Creek Circus about their experience as entrepreneurs and how they’re working to adapt their businesses and serve Mendocino County during thes...

Johanna Wildoak talks with Jo-Ann Rosen about coping with prolonged stress, anxiety and fear of the future. Rosen is a Ukiah-based licensed marriage and family therapist. This program was broadcast on KZYX and Z on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 9am.

Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host KZYX's long-running call-in computer show, listen live every other Wednesday night at 7pm on KZYX and Z.

November 4th at 9am, Election coverage continues on KZYX--the morning after. Joy LaClaire, Karen Ottoboni, and Alicia Bales take a look at the results of the national and local elections...so far. They reflect on what happened, what we know, and what might happen next.