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Bike Life Radio on KWNK, a show where we talk to people about their bikes and lives. This week we talk with long-time Reno bike advocate and College Cyclery owner Randy Collins. He guides us through the past, present, and future of how bike infrastructure gets built. Also, we chat with some cyclists about their crashes, urban and rural. where we talk to people about their bikes and lives.

Jim Davidson of Roots Junction recently hosted local musician Charlie Marks for a quick interview on his radio show. Listen to the conversation above to learn more about Charlie’s background, their move to the Reno area, how they started playing banjo, and their latest album “Unbecoming”.

On a new Soft Power Radio, we are in conversation - once again - with Samantha Kutner, the Proud Boys Whisperer. As 2021 draws to a disappointing close, we find ourselves picking up the pieces of a frayed social fabric - where has dialogue gone? Have political identities become the frozen face of a public non-discourse? We talk about the Proud Boys (of course), masculinity and authoritarian ideology, the vital importance of self-care and self-reflection, and, at the core of it all, the imperative to always remember that we need and belong to one another - direct, honest conversation is our only way out of this and, really, any mess. Learn more about Kutner's work at proudboyswhisperer.com and join her vibrant, pluralistic online community at patreon.com/taketheglitterpill.

A meditation on books and reading in Afghanistan.

Shaun Griffin is a poet and writer who hopes to bring some part of that world to you every other week on KWNK with a new audio segment on Sundays at 5pm. Listen back below on Spotify or on 97.7FM mixed into our regularly scheduled program.

Hear a new Spoken Views Radio with poets from their Open Mic at the Holland Project last Wednesday. This show is a collaborative effort by The Spoken Views Collective working to broadcast local poets and keep the community up to date with what’s excellent in spoken word internationally.

FROM THE KWNK ARCHIVES: Listen in to an interview Emma Rash did with Reno native emcee Lil Traffic about his move to Portland, why he loves Reno, & they discover his birth chart! 

On a new Soft Power Radio, we are in conversation with Grace Ambrose about the rock n' roll underground, trying, and failing, once again, to answer questions such as does it still exist? Grace runs Thrilling Living, a DIY label and publishing imprint 'with an emphasis on wild feminist sounds' - check it out at thrillingliving.com. Grace was one of the last coordinators of Maximum RocknRoll during its final days as a print publication - we talk about the foundational zine and about all the 'other stuff' that orbits, fuels, and sprouts from punk/underground music.

BIKE LIFE Radio, a new show on KWNK where we talk to people about their bikes and lives. 🚴‍♀️ Presented by Ky Plaskon & the Truckee Meadows Bike Alliance 🚲 This week we added a news section and we talk a lot about the Center Street Cycletrack as the Reno City Council is planning to consider a "Placemaking study" downtown. Ironically, they have used the placemaking study as a reason to stall a bike project that we all agree represents our vision of a sense of place.

Join Jim Davidson of Roots Junction for an interview with Eugene Bango, a local musician and the Entertainment Director of the Peavine Taphouse. Listen to the interview to hear Eugene and Jim discuss the food, drink, and entertainment of the Peavine Taphouse. Eugene discusses the music concertgoers can expect at the Taphouse ranging all the way from bluegrass to rock n roll. Hear the interview to learn more about the Peavine Taphouse and their upcoming shows this month!

Here's the latest episode of the DJ Tips series. To strengthen our radio hosting skills, I've put together a short segment of ways to improve our shows and make them more engaging for the listeners.

New listeners might be overwhelmed by how eclectic KWNK can be, so this episode will go over ways we can make our community radio station feel more like a unified listening experience.

Listen HERE! Things to consider:

It's super important to constantly tell listeners what KWNK is all about. Of course you can just tell them what freeform radio means, but there are other ways to highlight how cool this vast community is. Talk about your other favorite KWNK shows, what content is coming up on the schedule, and reach out to collab with other KWNK DJs! Check it out!