KZYX Public Affairs

On this episode of The Farm and Garden Show, join co-hosts Ruthie King and Darci to hear about how the Community Gardens Project has responded to 2020 with guest Lucy Kramer. Find out how this impactful local organization is diving in to the needs of our changing community! Broadcast on Monday, November 1, 2020 at 9am on KZYX and Z.

“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…BOO! “Radio Ha Ha For Kids" is hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa. This week’s show celebrates “Dia De Los Muertos.” Episode aired live on Sunday, November 1, 2020 on KZYX and Z.

Join Jim and Jerry Young every Friday night for your sports fix on The Sports Phone, driven by listener calls about all things sports. That’s the Sports Phone, live every Friday night at 7, on KZYX and Z.

On this episode of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky is live in conversation with Phil Warf, Political Science Professor at Mendocino College about--what else?--the upcoming election on November 3rd. With early voting totals smashing records, competitive polling in Florida and Pennsylvania, and the president saber-rattling about voter fraud, what should we expect on election day? Plus a c...

This hour, Alicia Bales talks with social justice activist and community organizer Erica Etelson, author of Beyond Contempt: How Liberals Can Communicate Across the Great Divide. They explore her experience organizing Mutual Aid in Berkeley during the pandemic, and combating voter suppression with Reclaim Our Vote in this historic general election. Aired at 7pm on Thursday, October 29, 2020 on KZY...

On this edition of The Cannabis Hour, host Jenn Procacci talks with Pia Barton of Malaya Botanicals. First broadcast Thursday October 29, 2020 on KZYX and Z.

Doug Livingston and Alex Aragon host the Renewable Energy Hour, the topic of this episode is Grid Stability. How can the existing power grid handle as much renewable energy as we need, since solar and wind power tend to boom and bust? What kind of investment is required to make tranmission systems viable, and how does this become a cost-effective venture? The Renewable Energy Hour airs alternating...

TKO with Karen Ottoboni for Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Karen hosts a community open lines conversation with Mendocino County listeners less that one week before the General Election.

On this episode of the Ecology Hour, it's “The Fish Files,” a show focused on Pacific salmon on the Mendocino Coast. Host Anna Halligan interviews Mariska Obedzinski of the Sea Grant Russian River Salmon Steelhead Monitoring Program. They discuss conservation hatcheries and the effects of drought and fire on Russian River salmon. This program aired Tuesday October 27, 2020 on KZYX and Z.

If you've been paying attention, you are concerned about wildfires in Mendocino County. Being prepared to survive and thrive in our wildfire prone environment requires knowledge and community action. To learn about wildfire preparedness and how to best take care of ourselves, families, neighbors and community, join hosts Scott Cratty and Cob for Mendocino County Fire Safe Council radio every 2nd a...

In this weeks Youth Arts Outreach show, we discuss how generation z is finding happiness in their lives and listen to music they have identified as providing such a feeling. We also hear two poems from local youth Victor Galarza-Guevara and Taylor Bowser.

MendoLatino presenta a la directora de cine Emily Coehn Ibañez y a Ashley Solis, la protagonista del último proyecto de Cohen Fruit of Labor. Conversaremos sobre los desafíos que encuentra una joven estudiante del High School que ve a su familia atrapada en el círculo de la pobreza y cómo la colaboración del trabajo comunitario empodera a las mujeres. MendoLatino is a live, Spanish-language radio...

“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”…BOO! On this episode of Radio Ha Ha For Kids, hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, the theme is “Halloween." Featuring NOT scary songs, stories and dances about witches, ghosts, goblins, and of course the “listening game”, fun facts and more. Tune in LIVE and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. Aired on Sunday, October 25, 2020.

On this episode of Byline Mendocino, host Alicia Bales takes you to the Women’s March in Washington DC. With less than two weeks to go before the election, a conservative Supreme Court nominee being jammed through confirmation, and a pandemic raging out of control, last weekend women took to the streets of the Nation’s capitol and across the country to speak out. Today's episode brings you along o...

On this episode of Corporations and Democracy, host Lynda McClure opens up the phone lines and invites Mendocino County listeners to talk about how they are staying calm during these tumultuous times. Aired live on Thursday October 22, 2020.

Johanna “Wildoak” hosts Wildoak Living, the radio program about sustainability and building community in Mendocino County and beyond. This week, Johanna talks with Janet Jakobsen, professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Columbia’s Barnard College. They discuss how sexual politics show up virtually everywhere, from healthcare to economics to war and peace, and play out in debates over...

Bob Laughton and Jim Heid host Point and Click Radio every other Wednesday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z, with your rundown on all things computer. This episode aired live on October 21, 2020.

On this episode of Forthright Radio, nonagenarian psychiatrist, author, psychohistorian Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, shares his experiences and wisdom from seven decades of research, which he has written about in LOSING REALITY: ON CULTS, CULTISM, AND THE MINDSET OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS ZEALOTRY. Host: Joy LaClaire. Forthright Radio airs every other Wednesday at 9am on KZYX and Z. This program was br...

On this edition of the Ecology Hour, Patrick Hentschel hosts "Running on Empty," with guest Erika Vohman of the Maya Nut Institute, on developing global awareness about the Maya Nut and deforestation. Patrick Hentschel hosts The Ecology Hour every third Tuesday evening at 7pm on KZYX and Z. This show aired on Tuesday October 20, 2020.

With this episode, Talking About California concludes this series of programs observing Hispanic Heritage Month with another very special guest, Alvaro Huerta, Professor of Urban Planning at Cal Poly, Pomona. In these programs, hosts Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow have been considering the Black Lives Movement from a Latino perspective. Professor Huerta will talk about growing up in an East LA barri...

In this episode of Mind/Body Health with Dr. Marvin Trotter, Marvin talks about Wilderness Medicine with guest Dr. Hayley Rousek, second year Family Practice Resident at the ADVENTIST HEALTH UKIAH VALLEY FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY Program. Mind/Body Health airs every other Tuesday morning at 9am on KZYX. This program was broadcast live on October 20, 2020.

Hosted by Jim Beatty, the Dancing Grandpa, this Sunday’s show features Rain Songs and the Water Cycle. With music, dance, listening games, 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 and dance, sing and play every Sunday at NOON on KZYX and Z. It sounds like FUN! This program ai...

Join Jim and Jerry Young live every Friday night to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking live listener calls about all things sports. Friday nights at 7 on KZYX and Z. This episode aired on Friday, October 16th, 2020.

On this episode of Politics: A Love Story, host Bob Bushansky speaks with Jean Guerrero, author of Hate Monger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda. Stephen Miller grew up in Southern California and graduated from Santa Monica High School. What happened? How did he get to be who he is - a top advisor to President Trump and architect of the notorious child separation poli...

On this episode of The Cannabis Hour, Jenn Procacci interviews Monique Ramirez, community cannabis advocate and founder of Covelo Cannabis Advocacy Group, about the Board of Supervisors' Tuesday special meeting and vote to implement Phase 3 of Mendocino County's Cannabis Ordinance allowing broader cultivation with some proposed changes to zoning rules. The Cannabis Hour airs every other Thursday a...