Issues & Ideas

Issues & Ideas

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Issues & Ideas episodes

  • Playing With Food: Cooking Crissa’s Christmas cake
    Many of us have holiday traditions that date back decades, and some are starting new traditions. Artist and Cal Poly professor emeritus Crissa Hewitt’s fruitcake tradition goes back at least 50 years. Her fruitcake, however, is not a doorstop…it’s a Christmas delight. Father Ian Delinger joined her for this week's episode.
    21 min
  • Issues & Ideas: Two viewpoints on the SLO County strike
    San Luis Obispo County is preparing for an employee strike. For the first time in its history, SLOCEA—the county’s largest employee union—plans to strike Tuesday, December 11 through Friday, December 14. The county and union have not been able to come to an agreement over current and future wages and benefits. KCBX News recently sat down with San Luis Obispo County’s manager and met with a SLOCEA member to learn more.
    30 min
  • Journeys of Discovery: Tall ships visit Morro Bay
    The tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain are in port in Morro Bay, California until December 18. Join correspondent Tom Wilmer aboard the Lady Washington for a visit with Captain J.B. Smith, 3 rd Mate Eric Dowell, and David Livingstone, chief mate aboard the Hawaiian Chieftain.
    13 min
  • Journeys of Discovery: Fort Hunter Liggett Fire Department
    Federal firefighters based at Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County are trained to respond to a wide array of emergencies, including range, forest and structure fires, medical emergencies, aircraft incidents and mutual aid response to the surrounding region in Lockwood Valley. Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with firefighters Greg Fryer and Jason Hall.
    9 min
  • Remembering the life—and learning from the death—of Carson Starkey
    On December 2, 2008, 18-year-old Carson Starkey was involved in a fraternity ritual at San Luis Obispo's California Polytechnic State University. As part of an iniation hazing, he was compelled to drink large quantities of alcohol. After becoming unresponsive, instead of taking Starkey to the hospital, Sigma Alpha Epsilon members left him to sleep it off on a mattress , out of fear of getting themselves in trouble. Starkey never woke up.
    17 min
  • Playing With Food: The Spanish grape varietal
    There is no doubting the Spanish influence on California. The indelible imprint of Junipero Serra and his Spanish missionaries is everywhere, including much of our Spanish-native flora. Yet, our wine industry is dominated by French grape varietals. But that is changing here on the Central Coast. Come along with Father Ian as he discovers more about the Spanish grape varietals.
    20 min
  • Playing With Food: Traipsing the tailgating trail
    The smell of BBQ, the wafts of smoke, pounding music and a sea of green: it's the pre-game tailgate party at Cal Poly. Where did this American tradition come from, and what makes it so special? Father Ian traipses the tailgating trail to experience this festive way of Playing With Food.
    22 min
  • Traipsing the Tailgating Trail
    The smell of BBQ, the wafts of smoke, pounding music and a sea of green: it's the pre-game tailgate party at Cal Poly. Where did this American tradition come from, and what makes it so special? Fr Ian traipses the tailgating trail to experience this festive way of Playing With Food.
    22 min

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"Issues and Ideas" is a weekly magazine program exploring news, arts, and culture in California and on the Central Coast.Regular audio segments are produced by the following contributors:People and…