Issues & Ideas

Issues & Ideas

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Issues & Ideas episodes

  • Playing in the Co-Op
    The bins of bulk foods, foods no one has ever heard of, and the shelves of superfoods so characteristic of food Co-Ops have intrigued Fr Ian since he was a young boy wandering through the aisles while his mother bought carob as a health alternative to chocolate. Fr Ian is back among the shelves of the 2 food Co-Ops on the Central Coast, with another one emerging. Fr Ian is Playing in the Co-Op in the first part of a 2-part series.
    29 min
  • Fifth of five music director candidates for the SLO Symphony: Rei Hotoda
    This season the San Luis Obispo Symphony is auditioning five candidates for the position of music director. Marisa Waddell spoke with each candidate throughout the concert season and audition process from September 2016 through May 2017. In this conversation, Marisa chats with conductor Rei Hotoda about her vision and ideas for the Symphony, and with David Hamilton, the chairman of the search committee.
    17 min
  • Mitigating gridlock via high-speed ferry service & the Morro Bay legacy of the yacht M.V. Mojo
    When Terry MacRae was a student at Cal Poly State University back in the early 1970’s he had no clue that the University’s learn by doing model would lead him on a life journey where he would eventually become the CEO of Hornblower Cruises . Considered the greenest fleet in America, Hornblower employs wind and solar technology and operates the largest small passenger-vessel operation in the country. MacRae shares his passion for the untapped potential of waterborne ferry transportation as a
    15 min
  • Cancer fundraiser cruises aboard John Wayne’s yacht in Newport Beach
    If Hollywood icon, John Wayne were still alive he’d be 110 years old this month--but the revered yacht the Wild Goose a converted WWII minesweeper lives on, home ported in Newport Beach, California. Join Tom Wilmer for a journey of discovery aboard the yacht Wild Goose. In celebration of John Wayne’s birthday there’s an assortment of festivities and special cruises offered to the public. And there’s a greater good component, as many of the festivities are actually fundraisers for the John Wayne
    14 min
  • The Strangers Mixtape Episode 2: Finding your path
    On this episode of The Strangers Mixtape, we once again grab a microphone, find a stranger, and start asking them questions about their lives. This stranger we talk to today is Amanda, who is struggling with finding her path after some significant life problems.
    9 min
  • The Strangers Mixtape Episode 1: Fear of rejection
    For the past several months, KCBX contributors Rebekah Nolan and Bree Zender have been collecting interview with complete strangers. Like... we just approach them, and start asking questions about their lives. Sometimes we prompt them with cards with questions on them. And some of these stories we heard are hilarious. Some are mundane. And some are sad. But it's just random pieces of these people's lives. And lives are just kind of like that.
    8 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…