Issues & Ideas

Issues & Ideas

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Issues & Ideas episodes

  • Playing with Fruit!
    Five California Rare Fruit Growers joined Fr. Ian in his kitchen with their exotic fruits, grown at their homes. Kobacha, JuJuBes, Blood Oranges, Cara Cara Oranges, Passion Fruit, Chirimoya, and Farro (a grain)...and maybe a few others in there somewhere...were sliced, diced, blitzed, baked, and more importantly EATEN!! Everyone played with fruit in Fr. Ian's kitchen and shared a meal among friends, and of course with wine. This half-hour will encourage you to do some playing with rare fruits
    29 min
  • Pacific Wildlife Care—911 animal rescue and rehabilitation
    Pacific Wildlife Care is situated in a non-descript building behind the old PG&E power plant in Morro Bay, California. But, anywhere wounded or endangered wildlife are found on the Central Coast they are just a phone call away from rescue and rehabilitation. The organization rescues more than 3,000 wild animals, representing more than 200 different species annually. In conjunction with the non-profit organization’s 30 th anniversary of rescue, rehabilitation, and community outreach,
    18 min
  • 'Piano prodigy' Rachel Flowers on reading Braille Music Code and her new documentary
    Hearing is Believing is a documentary about Rachel Flowers --a rising musician who has been called a 'piano prodigy'. Flowers lost her eyesight shortly after she was born due to retinopathy of prematurity. She stated playing piano at the age of 2-and-a-half, and at age 4 was accepted to the Southern California Conservatory of Music. Hearing is Believing will be featured at the San Luis Obispo Film Festival on March 19th at 2:30 at the Historic Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo. A concert from
    6 min
  • Stars scheduled to shine at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
    A conversation with San Luis Obispo International Film Festival Director, Wendy Eidson. A teaser of the March 14-19 festival events includes Josh Brolin recipient of the 2017 King Vidor Award; St. Patrick’s Day Surf Night featuring the premier of Between Land and Sea—a year in the life of an Irish surf town, and a tribute to Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher includes a conversation with Todd Fisher. SLO FILM FESTIVAL FACEBOOK TWEET: @slofilmfest You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas
    18 min
  • The Whale Trail—from B.C. to Baja—great whale watching spots identified
    A conversation with Donna Sandstrom Executive Director of Seattle based The Whale Trail . The organization’s primary mission is identifying outstanding land based whale and orca viewing spots. More than 60 educational signs have been installed along the Pacific Coast from British Columbia through Southern California. The Whale Trail’s most recent installation project added informative signage along the California Central Coast . You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR
    23 min
  • Paula Poundstone on happiness, kids, pets and libraries
    In advance of her performance at the Fremont Theatre in San Luis Obispo on Saturday, March 4th, Paula Poundstone chats with Marisa Waddell about touring, pets, kids, libraries and happiness (her forthcoming book is The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness ).
    15 min
  • Wrapping With Food: Burritos
    Fr. Ian explores the origins of and the innovations with everybody's favorite foodstuff - The Burrito! From a college town to a farm town, Fr. Ian travels the length of the Central Coast to get to the bottom of the burrito...in more way than one.
    26 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…