Is it possible to put a book down when you just aren’t enjoying it? What’s the best way to weave the covid-19 pandemic into a work of fiction? These and other questions on the latest Radio Book Club! Pinch-literary reviewers Meg Flynn and Molly Marcello join the indelible Jessie Magleby in conversation. Featuring stories that go straight to your heart – and ones that meander around in good (and bad!) ways. Tune in!

// Reviews + Mentions //

// Recitatif by Toni Morrison

// Deacon King Kong by James McBride

// Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

// Medusa's Ankles: Stories by A.S. Byatt

// The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

// Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

// Death of Francis Bacon by Max Porter

// Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit

// The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

// Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

// Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

// Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart

Looking to set the mood this Valentine’s Day? Look no further, because Chefs Tim Buckingham and Bernard Guillas are serving up some love on the latest ‘Buck and Bernie’ show. They’ve got a jam-packed live episode replete with advice for going out – and staying in – on this romantic holiday. Special guest and mixologist Ian Buckingham rounds out the show. Get ready for wine pairings! Chocolate! Oysters! And of course, friendship. It’s all about sharing the love.

// Find recipes for this episode //

https://www.kzmu.org/sharing-the-love-on-chefs-adventures-with-buck-bernie/

// Music featured in this episode:

// Eternal Funk Palace by Ketsa

Wowee, glorious radio family, can you believe it?! KZMU turns 30 this year! That’s right, it’s been 30 years of grassroots - live - wild & woolly - local radio on your desert airwaves. Take a trip in the time machine on the latest History Hour with longtime KZMU-ite (and 30th anniversary archivist!) Christy Williams-Dunton, station manager Serah Mead and news & public affairs director Molly Marcello. They’ll play a few audio snapshots from KZMU’s aural archives and discuss what’s percolating for the station’s big birthday year. It’s all about honoring the past, celebrating the present, and dreaming of the future.

// Show Notes //

Music featured in this episode:

// Within Time by Ketsa

// Eternal Funk Palace Ketsa

// LaMarcia (Core Version) by LaMa

// I Love It by Noise Cake

Crystal Bunch, Music Director at KZMU, recently interviewed Dylan Stephens. Dylan chatted about the new album, "The Sweetest Girl" by Listen, Natalia.

What is up with that big infrastructure project on Mill Creek Drive? Get the latest on replacing an aging water main line with Moab City engineer Chuck Williams. He talks water, flooding and roads on This Week in Moab. Plus, a conversation with the *first* executive director of the Moab Area Community Land Trust, Kaitlin Myers! As the former senior projects manager at Moab City, she’s no stranger to the complexities of the housing crisis. Myers discusses increasing the workforce housing stock with the land trust’s Arroyo Crossing development.

// Show Notes

// Moab City: Work Underway On Mill Creek Drive Water Improvements Project

https://moabcity.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=363

// Grand County & City of Moab Unified Transportation Master Plan

https://www.grandcountymoabtmp.com

// Moab Area Community Land Trust

https://www.moabclt.org

The Artist Speaks: The Elovaters by KZMU Public Affairs

The Artist Speaks: Hotel Life by KZMU Public Affairs

HLFMN is an electronic artist who resides in Milan, Italy. HLFMN recently took a minute to chat with us about the meaning beside the half mask and what we can expect from him in the future. HLFMN's latest EP Solar was released in May 2021. This interview is different than other interviews I have done because of language barriers. HLFMN was dedicated to completing this interview with KZMU so we sent over the questions to him so that he could take the time to record the answers in English. Enjoy!

Crystal Bunch, Music Director at KZMU, recently interviewed Johnny McBee. Johnny is the mastermind behind the band, The Browning. The Browning is a Kansas City based metal band with a recently released album titled, "End of Existence".

I recently had the chance to speak with Dave, the lead vocalist of Monster Magnet. The 90s teenager inside me was blushing and by a miracle I held it together long enough to chat about the new album. Monster Magnet recently released a full length album titled, A Better Dystopia. The album is best described as Acid Rock and features covers of legendary songs from the 60s-70s. Take a moment to listen to what Dave had to say about his journey in music and learn what is coming next from Monster Magnet.