A weekly public affairs show about McKeesport and the Mon Valley, produced in cooperation with WEDO (810) and WZUM (1550).
…
continue reading
Z107.7 Joshua Tree Local News - your daily local news from the Morongo Basin's only independently-owned news source. News for Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, Twentynine Palms, Morongo Valley, Landers, Wonder Valley and all around the Hi Desert.
…
continue reading
Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpoints. Want to call/submit your comments during our live Forum program Mon-Fri, 9am-11am? We'd lo ...
…
continue reading
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
1
Z107.7 Local News for Saturday 11/02/24 - Haunted House final day, Day of the Dead, Desert Book Club,
7:30
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
Dia de los Muertos gives us a yearly opportunity to remember loved ones who have passed away. In honor of the holiday, we provide our listeners with a radio altar. It’s a chance to call in and share testimonials – or audio ofrendas – for those who’ve left us. Have you recently lost a family member, a neighbor, a friend or even a celebrity you admir…
…
continue reading
The modern witch is more than a character from “Harry Potter.” She, he or they could be a co-worker, a neighbor or a friend who uses spells, spirituality and study to connect with ancestors, mystery or the divine. Throughout history and across cultures, witches have been persecuted – labeled as heretics, Satanists or just plain weird. But witches h…
…
continue reading
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
The New York Times’ Modern Love column debuted on Halloween 20 years ago, “three years before iPhones, eight years before Tinder, and 11 years before same-sex marriage became legal in the US.” We’ll look back at the heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking submissions from Modern Love readers about their loves, losses and complicated relationships.…
…
continue reading
Novelist Richard Powers has a way of making us see the world, and our place in it, in entirely new ways. His 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winning novel Overstory attuned readers to the power and mystery of trees. In his new novel, Playground, he focuses his awe and concern on marine life, the oceans and the perils we’ve inflicted on them. We talk to Powers …
…
continue reading
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
Did you make a mistake filling out your ballot? Need a refresher on how ranked choice voting works? Wondering how to find your polling place? Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation, and KQED’s Scott Shafer join us to take all of your voting questions ahead of the Nov. 5 election. Guests: Kim Alexander, president and founder, Ca…
…
continue reading
Two major newspapers, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post, will not publish planned endorsements for Kamala Harris for president. Those decisions, made last week after editorial boards at both papers their endorsements, have sparked outrage, hundreds of thousands of canceled subscriptions, and staff resignations. In an op-ed in the Washin…
…
continue reading
1
Z107.7 Local News for Wednesday 10/30/24 - Get out and Vote, Second chance native plants, Prop 32
6:26
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
Big Tech-funded super PACs have spent hundreds of millions of dollars this election cycle to protect their interests in crypto and AI. In a piece for the New Yorker this month, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg says that “(n)ow that the tech industry has quietly become one of the most powerful lobbying forces in American politics, it…
…
continue reading
Since Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election in 2020, laws have been passed to protect our election results. But there has also been a concerted “election integrity” movement that has put election officials distrustful of the system in charge of local and county offices. And in California, only a third of congressional Republican incumbent…
…
continue reading
1
Z107.7 Local News for Tuesday 10/29/24 - MUSD Special meeting, JT Shelter hiring, Mil-Tree Garden
5:58
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
You see them on stage every night – the musicians whose names are buried in the liner notes and driven by passion rather than by rockstar-dom. Franz Nicolay calls them “band people,” and for his new book, he interviewed over 60 of these session musicians, backup singers, and instrumentalists. They share stories about the realities of band life and …
…
continue reading
The latest stars of TikTok and social media are not just influencers, they are presidential candidates. The campaigns of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have rapid response digital teams that are jumping on every meme, dance, and remix, some which feature the candidates. But are these efforts reaching new voters? Or is the “For You Page” just solidi…
…
continue reading
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
1
Z107.7 Local News for Sunday 10/27/24 - Development on private land inside Joshua Tree National Park
3:10
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading
Ellie Kerns of PennEnvironment on why Pennsylvania has been slow to adopt renewable energy --- and what progress is happening由Tube City Online - McKeesport
…
continue reading
What happens if fascism takes root in the United States? Actors Edie Falco and Tony Shalhoub have teamed up to voice a new radio play called “It Happened Here 2024.” The play, adapted by Richard Dresser from his own novel, imagines an authoritarian country in 2039 where elections are a thing of the past and the rule of law has collapsed. We’ll talk…
…
continue reading
Neuroscientist and musician Daniel Levitin says we can trace beliefs about music’s power to heal mind, body and spirit back 20,000 years, to the Upper Paleolithic era. But only recently have we had good science to explain how music affects us and how we can use it therapeutically. Not only to relax, uplift and bring us together, but as part of trea…
…
continue reading
It’s been nearly twenty years since 23andMe, the consumer health company was founded. Since then, other companies have emerged, and in exchange for a tube of spit, a puff of breath, or a drop of blood, consumers can now not only find their ancestry and long-lost relatives, but learn what to eat that day or discover food sensitivities and propensity…
…
continue reading
1
Z107.7 Local News for Friday 10/25/24 - Recycling notices, Morongo Dog Mayor, Mon Petit Mojave Movie
8:51
Support the show由Z107.7 Local News
…
continue reading