Issues & Ideas

Issues & Ideas

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Issues & Ideas episodes

  • #FreeTheCSU
    On Wednesday, April 4th, California State University students along with faculty and elected officials gathered on the steps of the capitol in Sacramento. They asked for increased state funding for the CSU and and would ultimately like to see free public higher education in California. It was called #FreetheCSU. Issues and Ideas host Tyler Pratt spoke with Cal Poly students Mick Bruckner, Kelsey Zazanis, and Dominic Scialabba before they took off for Sacramento about what it means to "Free the
    16 min
  • Issues & Ideas: #FreeTheCSU
    On Wednesday, April 4th, California State University students along with faculty and elected officials gathered on the steps of the capitol in Sacramento. They asked for increased state funding for the CSU and and would ultimately like to see free public higher education in California. It was called #FreetheCSU. Issues and Ideas host Tyler Pratt spoke with Cal Poly students Mick Bruckner, Kelsey Zazanis, and Dominic Scialabba before they took off for Sacramento about what it means to "Free the
    16 min
  • The life and work of Francisco Zuniga
    In this two-part March series of Ears on Art, Crissa Hewitt talks with Francisco Zuniga's son, Ariel Zuniga, about his father's work. For several years, Ariel has been cataloguing and documenting his father's work. Jack Rutberg shares some thoughts as well.
    30 min
  • Rising wages and food costs, along with labor shortages transforming how SLO restaurants do business
    The San Luis Obispo restaurant industry is facing increasing costs on multiple fronts. Current and impending issues include a rise in minimum wage to $15 per hour, a regional labor shortage, mandated health care, sick leave, along with rising food costs. Restaurant owners are brainstorming ways to modify their business models, including instituting a service charge or surcharge.
    15 min
  • Ears on Art: The life and work of Francisco Zuniga
    In this two-part March series of Ears on Art, Crissa Hewitt talks with Francisco Zuniga's son, Ariel Zuniga, about his father's work. For several years, Ariel has been cataloguing and documenting his father's work. Jack Rutberg shares some thoughts as well.
    30 min
  • Blending with Beard's Bananas
    Did you know that there are bananas growing on the Central Coast? When I think about banana plantations, I think about warm, tropical places like Panama, Ecuador, or maybe Hawai’i for somewhere in the United States. But we have bananas right here on the Central Coast. Father Ian Delinger explored a banana plantation in Goleta that has been in existence since 1978, and was inspired to go bananas in the kitchen yet again with Central Coast produce, and Blending with Beard's Bananas.
    29 min
  • A poet's winding journey through music, art, and the Central Coast
    April is National Poetry Month at County of SLO Public Libraries. Join Brian Reynolds as he talks with local poet Toni Stern where they explore topics on creativity, inspiration, independent authorship, and the art of poetry. Stern, songwriter for Carole King, examines the breadth and boundaries of family, place, language, and self in her second volume of poetry, As Close As I Can.
    26 min

About Issues & Ideas

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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…