Issues & Ideas

Issues & Ideas

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Issues & Ideas episodes

  • Powering With Food
    Do you ever wonder if your food scraps can be put to good use? Well, now they can! Fr Ian Delinger when the a journey of organics-to-energy to discover how food waste is turned into electricity…and it’s happening right here on the Central Coast. The next episode of Playing With Food is all about Powering With Food.
    20 min
  • Issues & Ideas: Eliminating stigma surrounding mental health
    Join host Brian Reynolds in a conversation with Jill Bolster-White, Executive Director of the Transitions/Mental Health Association. Listen to a discussion concerning mental health issues, including insurance coverage, how mental illnesses are different from disabilities, and the stigma still attached to mental health issues despite historical gains in the mental health arena.
    26 min
  • Issues & Ideas: Paso Robles' Casey Biggs and Brigit Binns
    As part of our series focusing on interesting people living and working on the Central Coast, we recently invited a Paso Robles couple to the KCBX studio. Casey Biggs is a well-known actor with a lengthy resume of stage, film and television roles. He's also famous on the Central Coast for being the Paso Wine Man . Brigit Binns is a celebrated cookbook author, food writer and culinary teacher. KCBX News' Greta Mart speaks with the couple about what makes the Paso Robles area so special, the
    13 min
  • Mars, Instagram and the NBA: Central Coast launch a NASA Social opportunity
    NASA successfully launched a spacecraft to Mars from Vandenberg Air Force base on Saturday . It was the first ever interplanetary launch from the West Coast, and if all goes according to plan, just before Thanksgiving the Insight mission will land on Mars and begin drilling down into the surface. The mission's goal? To learn more about how rocky planets form .
    5 min
  • Andy Boy--a Salinas Valley agriculture trailblazer
    Tom Wilmer reports from Salinas Valley where he visits with 90-something Andy D’Arrigo, patriarch of the family run agriculture business D’Arrigo Brothers . It was Andy who served as the model for the company brand created back in 1927 when he was two years old. Andy’s childhood face still adorns the label 80 years later.
    16 min
  • Ears on Art: Wire works and printmaking
    On May 2 we meet with Beverly Brown, a local artist who works wonder with wire. She will be a participant in the Open Studios Art Tour bonus weekend taking place May 5 and 6 throughout the county. Details at ARTS Obispo.org. And on May 9 we talk about printmaking with Mae Wilson. Making use of several printmaking techniques, Mae explores imagery that ranges from fantasy to every day objects.
    20 min
  • Playing with Food: From juvenile hall to julienne vegetables
    Imagine going from juvenile hall to julienne vegetables! The Drummond Culinary Academy invites at-risk teenagers to learn valuable skills in the culinary and restaurant industries that will be useful for the rest of their lives. Fr Ian Delinger gets alongside those who are learning and growing by Playing With Food. Part of Issues & Ideas on Wednesday March 25 at 1pm.
    29 min
  • The Library: "The 57 Bus"
    For this month's segment of The Library, Brian Reynolds speaks with Dashka Slater, the author of a new, critically-acclaimed true crime novel for young adults called “The 57 Bus.” It’s a complex and layered tale about two teens – a white girl and a black boy – whose lives intersect with painful consequences. This work sparks discussions about identity, community, and what it means to achieve justice.
    12 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…