http://www.radiocurious.org Fri, 01 May 2026 04:07:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 Welcome to the 20th year of Radio Curious, half hour interviews on a curiously wide variety of topics about life and ideas. All of the almost 400 half-hour archive editions on our website are free for you to enjoy, download, copy, share or rebroadcast as you wish. Please give credit to Radio Curious and let us know what you like about the program. www.radiocurious.org Radio Curious clean Radio Curious curious@radiocurious.org curious@radiocurious.org (Radio Curious) Creative Commons-Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Radio Curious Radio Curious, Interviews, Environment, Education, Chautauquan, Psychology/Psychaitry, Sex, Mendocino, Law, Religion, Feminism http://www.radiocurious.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/radio-curious-rss-logo.jpg http://www.radiocurious.org/category/mendocino-county/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/21/laura-fogg-travelling-blind/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/21/laura-fogg-travelling-blind/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2024 18:11:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5393 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/21/laura-fogg-travelling-blind/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity. I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, Click here to begin listening. The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity. I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, and also wondered about their dreams. From time to time, over the years, I would see an attentive woman walk past my office window next to a young person of student age. They would walk together talk, and the young person almost always carried a white cane with a red tip. Laura Fogg is this woman, the author of “Traveling Blind: Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” and our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious. Laura Fogg worked as a Mobility and Orientation Instructor for the Blind in Mendocino County for over 35 years beginning 1971. She pioneered the use of the red tipped white cane with very young blind students some of whom had multiple impairments. She traveled long distances over the rather spectacular back roads of Mendocino County to work with each student his or her home. When she visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 1, 2008, I asked her about the lessons that she learned that have changed her life. The book Laura Fogg recommends is “My Year of Meats,” by Ruth Ozeki. Published in 1999. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/05/alex-de-grassi-a-cumulous-cloud-on-guitar/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/05/alex-de-grassi-a-cumulous-cloud-on-guitar/#comments Fri, 06 Dec 2024 05:10:29 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5388 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/12/05/alex-de-grassi-a-cumulous-cloud-on-guitar/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Alex De Grassi is a guitarist extraordinaire whose interpretation of the Radio Curious theme, entitled “The Last Cowboy”, you may hear if you listen carefully. In this edition of Radio Curious he asks us ‘What does a ... Click here to begin listening.  Alex De Grassi is a guitarist extraordinaire whose interpretation of the Radio Curious theme, entitled “The Last Cowboy”, you may hear if you listen carefully. In this edition of Radio Curious he asks us ‘What does a cumulous cloud sound like when played on guitar?’ Alex De Grassi will share that sound with us in this interview. De Grassi played the trumpet as a child and when he was about 12, his brother was given a guitar, which soon gave Alex inspiration… allowing us to hear what a cumulous cloud sounds like. Our conversation began when I asked him about his relationship with the guitar. You can learn more about his work at his website www.degrassi.com. Alex De Grassi came to the studio of Radio Curious for this conversation on November 12th 2008. The book Alex De Grassi recommends is “Musicophilia: Tales Of Music And The Brain”, by Oliver Sacks. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/11/28/marcos-pereda-soft-sounds-of-spanish-guitar/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/11/28/marcos-pereda-soft-sounds-of-spanish-guitar/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:37:10 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5385 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/11/28/marcos-pereda-soft-sounds-of-spanish-guitar/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Spanish songs sung and played on guitar is something I have enjoyed beginning when I lived in Peru in the mid 1960′s. I often have the pleasure of listening to and talking with Marcos Pereda, Click here to begin listening.  Spanish songs sung and played on guitar is something I have enjoyed beginning when I lived in Peru in the mid 1960′s. I often have the pleasure of listening to and talking with Marcos Pereda, a person who can do just that. Marcos was born in Cuba and made his home there until the end of the last century when he moved with his American wife to the United States and soon thereafter to Mendocino County where he has settled, and can often be found playing his guitar and singing the soft sounds of his songs. Marcos Pereda joined Radio Curious at our studio in Ukiah on the 24th November 2008. The book Marcos Pereda recommends is “The Course of Miracles” by Dr. Helen Schucman. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/10/03/tom-sheriff-allman-medical-marijuana-guidelines/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/10/03/tom-sheriff-allman-medical-marijuana-guidelines/#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:43:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5360 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/10/03/tom-sheriff-allman-medical-marijuana-guidelines/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - State guidelines for growing and possessing medical marijuana, were issued by the California Attorney General on August 25, 2008. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit again with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allm... Click here to begin listening.  State guidelines for growing and possessing medical marijuana, were issued by the California Attorney General on August 25, 2008. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit again with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, who participated in the development of these guidelines, to discuss their implementation. This interview was recorded August 27, 2008, in the studios of Radio Curious. The book that Tom Allman recommends is, “Reagan’s War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism,” by Peter Schweizer. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/12/allan-pollack-composer-and-conductor/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/12/allan-pollack-composer-and-conductor/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2024 05:30:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5351 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/12/allan-pollack-composer-and-conductor/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - On the bluffs of the Village of Mendocino, overlooking the Pacific Ocean about 155 miles north of San Francisco, California, the sounds of the Mendocino Music Festival are heard for two weeks beginning in early July e... Click here to begin listening.  On the bluffs of the Village of Mendocino, overlooking the Pacific Ocean about 155 miles north of San Francisco, California, the sounds of the Mendocino Music Festival are heard for two weeks beginning in early July every year. The music festival features Orchestra, Opera, Chamber, Jazz and World Pop music drawing participants and listeners from around the globe. Allan Pollack, who has worked as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Mendocino Music Festival for the past twenty-two years, is our guest in this edition of Radio Curious. In this conversation from his home in Northern California, recorded on July 1, 2008, we began when I asked him to tell us about the Mendocino Music Festival. This interview with Allan Pollack was recorded on July 1, 2008. The book Allan Pollack recommends is, “The Complete Works of Shakespeare.“ Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/#comments Fri, 06 Sep 2024 05:00:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5348 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/09/05/carroll-pickett-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - To Kill or Not To Kill: That is the question still presented to juries in capital cases in the United States, one of the few countries remaining in the world to employ the death penalty. In this edition of Radio Curious, Click here to begin listening. To Kill or Not To Kill: That is the question still presented to juries in capital cases in the United States, one of the few countries remaining in the world to employ the death penalty. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit with Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served as chaplain for the Texas Department of Corrections from 1982 to 1995 and counseled 95 inmates on their way to death by lethal injection. “At the Death House Door: No Man Should Die Alone,” is a independent film documentary, directed and produced by Steve James and Peter Gilbert, that presents a personal and intimate look at the death penalty in Texas through the eyes of Pastor Pickett, a Presbyterian minister. Over the years, after each of the 95 executions, Pickett would record his experiences with that person on the tape he used to practice his sermons. Although he never listened to those tapes, they became the thread and primary source for the movie. I spoke with Pastor Carroll Pickett on May 23, 2008 from his home in Texas, after hearing him speak at a special hearing on capital punishment in San Francisco, CA, while he was on a break from a national publicity tour. We began when I asked him to explain what brought him to work with condemned men and be with them in their last hours. This program was originally broadcast on June 25, 2009. The book Carroll Pickett recommends is “Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist,” by Mike Farrell and Martin Sheen. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/25/richard-w-johnson-jr-an-activist-journalist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/25/richard-w-johnson-jr-an-activist-journalist/#comments Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:38:56 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5328 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/25/richard-w-johnson-jr-an-activist-journalist/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Few people in Mendocino County who are not elected officials have created as much enmity and as many disruptive relationships as has Richard W. Johnson, Jr., the owner, editor and publisher of four local newspapers un... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/JOHNSON_INTERVIEW_7.25.24%20IA.mp3) Few people in Mendocino County who are not elected officials have created as much enmity and as many disruptive relationships as has Richard W. Johnson, Jr., the owner, editor and publisher of four local newspapers under the banner of Mendocino Country, since 1984. Johnson, who characterizes himself as a community organizer, lives in his office in downtown Ukiah, CA, overlooking Courthouse Square; he claims among many other things to be the original organizer of California Certified Organic Farmers, the Recipient of Walking Stick Award from Mendocino Environment Center in 1992 for promoting Ocean Sanctuary off the Mendocino Coast, and the original proponent of Measure G on the 2000 ballot. When I invited him to visit Radio Curious he said he would like to discuss “the amazing but little understood and seldom appreciated Richard Johnson, his life and times.” We touched on those and a few other topics in this conversation, recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on February 19, 2008, and began when I asked him about some of the areas where he would like to be better understood. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/11/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/11/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-2/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2024 04:24:54 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5322 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/11/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - Can rural, local government actually run smoothly and meet the changing needs of the community?  It is slow to happen in Mendocino County, California.  In this two part interview about the politics and development poss... Click here to begin listening. (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/shoemaker_mcmichael_pt%202%207.11.24%20IA.mp3) Can rural, local government actually run smoothly and meet the changing needs of the community?  It is slow to happen in Mendocino County, California.  In this two part interview about the politics and development possibilities in Mendocino County, specifically in the North end of Ukiah, where a large shopping center is proposed that would be 700,000 square feet with 3,800 parking places and approximately 28 restaurants, we’ll be talking with Frank McMichael and Richard Shoemaker.  Both of these men were members of the Ukiah City Council and representatives of the Ukiah area on the Mendocino County board of Supervisors, serving consecutively, ending in 2005. Frank McMichael served a one year-term, and Richard Shoemaker served a two-year term. This program was originally broadcast on March 12, and March 19, 2008. Richard Shoemaker recommends, “Longitude,” by Dava Sobel. Frank McMichael recommends, “Coercion: Why We Listen to What ‘They’ Say,” by Douglas Rushkoff. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/05/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-1/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/05/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-1/#comments Fri, 05 Jul 2024 16:51:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5318 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/07/05/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-1/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - Can rural, local government actually run smoothly and meet the changing needs of the community?  It is slow to happen in Mendocino County, California.  In this two part interview about the politics and development poss... Click here to begin listening. Can rural, local government actually run smoothly and meet the changing needs of the community?  It is slow to happen in Mendocino County, California.  In this two part interview about the politics and development possibilities in Mendocino County, specifically in the North end of Ukiah, where a large shopping center is proposed that would be 700,000 square feet with 3,800 parking places and approximately 28 restaurants, we’ll be talking with Frank McMichael and Richard Shoemaker.  Both of these men were members of the Ukiah City Council and representatives of the Ukiah area on the Mendocino County board of Supervisors, serving consecutively, ending in 2005. Frank McMichael served a one year-term, and Richard Shoemaker served a two-year term. This program was originally broadcast on March 12, and March 19, 2008. Richard Shoemaker recommends, “Longitude,” by Dava Sobel. Frank McMichael recommends, “Coercion: Why We Listen to What ‘They’ Say,” by Douglas Rushkoff. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/21/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/21/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns-2/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2024 07:37:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5310 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/06/21/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - Years ago, before the myriad of things to buy were as available as they are now, retail businesses were most often locally-owned and operated, often for generations. This all began to change in the middle of the last c... Click here to begin listening. (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/SHUMAN_INTERVIEW_6.20.24%20IA.mp3) Years ago, before the myriad of things to buy were as available as they are now, retail businesses were most often locally-owned and operated, often for generations. This all began to change in the middle of the last century, as many of the items in the Sears Catalogue became available in towns and cities across the nation for consumers to feel and touch. But, it wasn’t until approximately 25 years ago when Wal-Mart, Target and other big-box stores appeared nationwide in small communities, to the detriment of locally-owned businesses and the social and economic benefits those businesses provided to their communities.  Michael Shuman, an attorney and an economist, is the author of, “The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition.” This book addresses the issues and problems of locally owned businesses and how they can successfully compete with the big-box stores owned by corporations foreign to the region. We began our conversation, which occurred on January 21, 2008, when I asked Michael Shuman to describe how a corporation comes into being, as a basis to understand some of the problems of locally owned businesses in competition with the big box stores. The book he recommends is, “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work,” by John Gottman.   Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/30/dan-hamburg-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/30/dan-hamburg-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/#comments Fri, 31 May 2024 05:00:36 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5300 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/30/dan-hamburg-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - In this edition of Radio Curious, our guest is Dan Hamburg, a long time political activist, a former member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and a former member of Congress who represented the North Coast ... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/hamburg_interview_5.30.24%20IA.mp3) In this edition of Radio Curious, our guest is Dan Hamburg, a long time political activist, a former member of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and a former member of Congress who represented the North Coast of California. In our conversation, recorded in the studio of Radio Curious on February 26, 2008, we discuss the concept of, “rule by fear or rule by law,” and what rules at the national level and legislative level, as well as at the local level. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/23/sherrif-tom-allman-marijuana-in-mendocino/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/23/sherrif-tom-allman-marijuana-in-mendocino/#comments Fri, 24 May 2024 05:06:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5297 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/23/sherrif-tom-allman-marijuana-in-mendocino/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - In the continuing saga of marijuana politics in Mendocino County, we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman to talk about what has happened since our last visit in June 2007.  We discuss the uncertainty of the existing marijua... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/allman_interview_5.23.24%20IA.mp3) In the continuing saga of marijuana politics in Mendocino County, we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman to talk about what has happened since our last visit in June 2007.  We discuss the uncertainty of the existing marijuana laws in Mendocino County, the prospects for change based on the upcoming June election (which may allow a variance to Measure G that was adopted in 2000) and about methamphetamine. This interview with Tom Allman, the Mendocino County Sheriff, was recorded on January 15, 2008.  The book that he recommends is, “Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself,” by Alan Alda. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/16/5292/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/16/5292/#comments Fri, 17 May 2024 05:28:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5292 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/16/5292/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Mike Thompson represents the First Congressional District of California, including the North Coast and Mendocino County, the home of Radio Curious, in the United States House of Representatives. Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/THOMPSON_INTERVIEW_10-11-07_(5.16.24%20IA).mp3) Mike Thompson represents the First Congressional District of California, including the North Coast and Mendocino County, the home of Radio Curious, in the United States House of Representatives. In this interview recorded in his Washington, D.C. office on October 11, 2007, we discuss the war, its funding, medicare, marijuana and children’s health insurance. The House of Representatives was not able to overturn the president’s veto of the children’s health insurance program in a vote that occurred after this interview. This program was originally broadcast October 24, 2007. Mike Thompson recommends “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army,” by Jeremy Scahill. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/02/jim-wattenburger-who-should-control-rural-growth-corporations-or-citizens-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/02/jim-wattenburger-who-should-control-rural-growth-corporations-or-citizens-2/#comments Fri, 03 May 2024 04:59:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5284 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/05/02/jim-wattenburger-who-should-control-rural-growth-corporations-or-citizens-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - Should a shopping mall and a large residential development occur adjacent to the city of Ukiah, California? The city and many people fear this development will result in the loss of a unique, Click here to begin listening. Should a shopping mall and a large residential development occur adjacent to the city of Ukiah, California? The city and many people fear this development will result in the loss of a unique, rural small town in northern California.  Mendocino County Supervisor Jim Wattenburger discusses his position in support of these projects, and about the legalization of marijuana in two programs recorded September 23, 2007, and the broadcast September 26, and October 3, 2007. Jim Wattenburger recommends “Undaunted Courage,” by Stephen A. Ambrose. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/25/john-pinches-all-politics-are-local-including-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/25/john-pinches-all-politics-are-local-including-marijuana/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:35:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5281 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/25/john-pinches-all-politics-are-local-including-marijuana/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - The concept that all politics are local is shown in this interview with Mendocino County Supervisor John Pinches in our August 7, 2007 interview on growing, use and “legalization” of marijuana. -   -   Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/PINCHES_INTERVIEW_4.25.24%20IA.mp3) The concept that all politics are local is shown in this interview with Mendocino County Supervisor John Pinches in our August 7, 2007 interview on growing, use and “legalization” of marijuana.     Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/18/carl-borden-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/18/carl-borden-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2024 05:40:34 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5278 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/18/carl-borden-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - In this edition we discuss the “No Match” rule established by the Bush administration on August 10th, 2007. If a person is employed and the employer sends in the employment payment records with a social security numbe... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/CARL_BORDEN_4.18.24%20IA.mp3) In this edition we discuss the “No Match” rule established by the Bush administration on August 10th, 2007. If a person is employed and the employer sends in the employment payment records with a social security number that doesn’t match the name on the social security number according to the Social Security Administration, A “No Match” letter will be sent to the employer that says “fix it.” To discuss this problem and the possible effects it has in California, we visited with Attorney Carl Borden, an associate counsel for the California Farm Bureau Federation, in his offices in Sacramento, California on August 20th, 2007. The book recommended by Carl Borden is “Overcoming The Fear (of Death)” by David Cole Gordon. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/11/richard-shoemaker-barry-vogel-esq-citizen-effort-to-combat-big-box-takeover-of-a-small-rural-community-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/11/richard-shoemaker-barry-vogel-esq-citizen-effort-to-combat-big-box-takeover-of-a-small-rural-community-2/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:06:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5274 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/11/richard-shoemaker-barry-vogel-esq-citizen-effort-to-combat-big-box-takeover-of-a-small-rural-community-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Contrary to the five to zero decision by the Ukiah City Council recommending a No Vote, Mendocino County Supervisor Jim Wattenburger, whoes district solely comprises the City of Ukiah, Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/SHOEMAKER_AND_VOGEL_4.11.24IA.mp3) Contrary to the five to zero decision by the Ukiah City Council recommending a No Vote, Mendocino County Supervisor Jim Wattenburger, whoes district solely comprises the City of Ukiah, voted yes creating a board majority to further investigate the development of a major shopping center adjacent to Ukiah, a small, tranquil, rural community. In this conversation Richard Shoemaker, a former member of the Board of Supervisors from the Ukiah district, and attorney and veteran board watcher Barry Vogel (host and producer of Radio Curious) discuss the unusual anomalies of this event. This program was originally broadcast on August 22, 2007. The book Richard Shoemaker recommends is “Ripples From the Zambezi,” by Ernesto Sirolli. Barry Vogel recommends “Big Box Swindle,” by Stacy Mitchell. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/04/bruce-anderson-the-reporter-interviewed-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/04/bruce-anderson-the-reporter-interviewed-2/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2024 03:31:22 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5270 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/04/04/bruce-anderson-the-reporter-interviewed-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - The Anderson Valley Advertiser is an iconoclastic newspaper originating weekly from Boonville, Mendocino County, California, edited and published by Bruce Anderson, whose name is merely coincidental with the name of t... Click here to begin listening.  (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/BRUCE_ANDERSON_INTERVIEW_4.4.24%20IA.mp3) The Anderson Valley Advertiser is an iconoclastic newspaper originating weekly from Boonville, Mendocino County, California, edited and published by Bruce Anderson, whose name is merely coincidental with the name of the Anderson Valley. The masthead of the AVA, as it is sometimes called, says, “Newspapers should have no friends,” and “Fan the Flames of Discontent.” After a three-year hiatus, beginning when Anderson sold the AVA and attempted to establish a newspaper elsewhere, he repurchased the AVA and returned to Boonville on July 1, 2007 to write again. We met in the studios of Radio Curious on July 13, 2007 and talked about why he left Mendocino County, what he did while he was gone, how he reckons with the aggravated relationships he created with some people in years past, and what the readers can expect now that he again buys ink by the barrel. The books Bruce Anderson recommends are those by Rebecca Solnit. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/08/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/08/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana-2/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:27:32 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5255 http://www.radiocurious.org/2024/03/08/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - This program was originally broadcast on June 19, 2007. - Marijuana, some say, is on the lips of many people here in Mendocino County, California, and likely many other places throughout the world, Click here to begin listening. (https://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/-ALLMAN_INTERVIEW%203.7.24.%20IA.mp3) This program was originally broadcast on June 19, 2007. Marijuana, some say, is on the lips of many people here in Mendocino County, California, and likely many other places throughout the world, to some with pleasure and to others with distaste. Nonetheless it doesn’t seem that marijuana will go away. Not withstanding federal laws prohibiting use and possession of marijuana, the people of the State of California adopted the Compassionate Use Act in 1996 and in November 2000, the voters of Mendocino County approved a resolution by a vote of 58% to 42% to decriminalize the personal use of marijuana. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Tom Allman the Sheriff of Mendocino County to discuss the enforcement of the many conflicting marijuana laws. Estimates of the value of the crop produced in Mendocino County vary from five to ten billion dollars. We began when I asked the Sheriff to comment on this estimate. Tom Allman recommends “The Hunt for Red October,” by Tom Clancy Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/12/07/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/12/07/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney-2/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:50:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5213 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/12/07/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Originally Broadcast: November 29, 2006 - After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballot, Keith Faulder, the interim DA appointed by the Mendocino County B... Click here to begin listening.  Originally Broadcast: November 29, 2006 After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballot, Keith Faulder, the interim DA appointed by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, sued the County seeking to void the November 8, 2006 general election for DA and to require that a special election be held. Former Deputy District Attorney Meredith Lintott received the most votes in the June primary election and was also on the November, 2006, ballot along with Vroman. The California Court of Appeals upheld Faulder’s claim which Lintott and the County appealed to the California Supreme Court. This edition of Radio Curious discusses the history and status of this unique case in interviews with Faulder and Steve Antler, Lintott’s attorney. Keith Faulder recommends, “Theodore Rex,” by Edmund Morris. Steven Antler recommends, “October 1964,” by David Halberstram. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/10/26/bruce-patterson-old-time-tales-of-anderson-valley-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/10/26/bruce-patterson-old-time-tales-of-anderson-valley-2/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2023 04:33:32 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5190 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/10/26/bruce-patterson-old-time-tales-of-anderson-valley-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Originally Broadcast: August 30, 2006 - Walking Tractor And Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley - Stories of the days that no longer exist in rural areas tell us how things were, how people worked, lived and played, Click here to begin listening.  Originally Broadcast: August 30, 2006 Walking Tractor And Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley Stories of the days that no longer exist in rural areas tell us how things were, how people worked, lived and played, and bring to life conditions that most of us never knew existed. “Walking Tractor and Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley,” is a collection of stories written by Bruce Patterson, who lives in Philo, a rather small community in rural Anderson Valley, Mendocino County, California. The introduction to, “Walking Tractor,” quotes Ernest Hemmingway as saying, “You can only write about what you know,” something that is verified in the stories of Bruce Patterson, who is known to his friends as Pat. I met with Pat in the studio of Radio Curious, in the last week of August, 2006 to learn about his life, his stories and the man he is. Ignacio Ayala clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/09/14/christina-baldwin-creating-community-through-stories-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/09/14/christina-baldwin-creating-community-through-stories-2/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2023 04:58:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5168 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/09/14/christina-baldwin-creating-community-through-stories-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Originally Broadcast: April 17, 2006 - Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives though the Power and Practice of Story - Story is the heart of language. Story moves us to love and hate and can motivate us to change t... Click here to begin listening.  Originally Broadcast: April 17, 2006 Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives though the Power and Practice of Story Story is the heart of language. Story moves us to love and hate and can motivate us to change the whole course of our lives. Story can lift us beyond the borders of our individuality to imagine realities of other people, times and places, to empathize with other beings, and to extend our supposing far into the universe. Storytelling, both oral and written is the foundation of being human. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Christina Baldwin, author of, “Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives though the Power and Practice of Story.” In Ukiah, California, the idea of capturing, “the story of Ukiah and Mendocino County,” is part of defining our community’s future and is what will be used in the development of the Ukiah Area Plan, which is now under consideration by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. Christina Baldwin recommends, “Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Our Hope for the Future,” by Margaret J. Wheatley. Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/04/28/frank-pacino-life-in-the-marine-corps-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/04/28/frank-pacino-life-in-the-marine-corps-2/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2023 06:30:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5094 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/04/28/frank-pacino-life-in-the-marine-corps-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  When recruiters from the Armed Forces of the United States seek out volunteers, they often portray military life to be a great adventure. They talk of schooling, travel and excitement. Sometimes that is not the case. Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/vogel@sonic.net/PACINO_FRANK_4.27.23%20IA.mp3) When recruiters from the Armed Forces of the United States seek out volunteers, they often portray military life to be a great adventure. They talk of schooling, travel and excitement. Sometimes that is not the case. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit Sgt. Frank Pacino, who spent his early life in Covelo, California and then moved to Ukiah, California. Frank Pacino was recruited into the Marine Corps in early 2001 and is now a Sergeant. He was one of the first troops to go into Iraq in 2002, where he spent approximately six months. He was returned to Iraq in 2004 for a year. Frank Pacino recommends “Bush At War,” by Bob Woodward. Originally Broadcast: May 17, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/17/rep-mike-thompson-d-interview-with-congressman-mike-thompson-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/17/rep-mike-thompson-d-interview-with-congressman-mike-thompson-2/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:35:19 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5055 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/17/rep-mike-thompson-d-interview-with-congressman-mike-thompson-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - Each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives in the United States Congress represents approximately 680,000 people, and is elected every two years. Mike Thompson is in his 4th term representing California’s... Click here to begin listening.  Each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives in the United States Congress represents approximately 680,000 people, and is elected every two years. Mike Thompson is in his 4th term representing California’s 1st Congressional District that includes the northwest coast of California. Congressman Thompson visited the studios of Radio Curious on February 22, 2005 and we discuss many topics beginning with a question posed to me earlier that day: “When will the Democrats get their act together…” Rep. Mike Thompson (D) recommends “Don’t Think of an Elephant, Know your Values and Frame the Debate—An Essential Guide for Progressives,: by George Lakoff; “What’s the Matter With Kansas, How Conservatives Won the Heart of America,” by Thomas Hart; and “Charlie Wilson’s War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History,” by George Crile. Originally Broadcast: February 22, 2005 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/02/glenn-mcgourty-the-slow-food-movement-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/02/glenn-mcgourty-the-slow-food-movement-2/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2023 03:40:07 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5049 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/02/02/glenn-mcgourty-the-slow-food-movement-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening. - How can we assure ourselves that the food we eat is safe, nutritious and energy-efficient? If we are what we eat, we ought to know what we will become. That may be the concept underlying what is coming to be known as t... Click here to begin listening. How can we assure ourselves that the food we eat is safe, nutritious and energy-efficient? If we are what we eat, we ought to know what we will become. That may be the concept underlying what is coming to be known as the slow food movement. Glenn McGourty is the wine growing and plant science advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension for Lake and Mendocino Counties in Northern California. Glenn McGourty recommends “The Origins and Ancient History of Wine,” by Patrick McGovern. Originally Broadcast: January 4, 2005   Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/01/12/steve-hellman-the-spontaneous-spoken-word-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/01/12/steve-hellman-the-spontaneous-spoken-word-2/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2023 04:54:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=5046 http://www.radiocurious.org/2023/01/12/steve-hellman-the-spontaneous-spoken-word-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/06/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/06/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods-2/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:54:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4904 http://www.radiocurious.org/2022/04/06/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods-2/feed/ 1 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/11/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/11/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy-2/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2021 04:21:17 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4737 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/11/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  - The Territory of Men “The Territory of Men” is an intimate self-expose written by Joelle Fraser, a former Mendocino Community College English teacher. Written as a series of short episodes and adventures, Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-FRASER_JOELLE__8.11.21_IA.mp3) The Territory of Men “The Territory of Men” is an intimate self-expose written by Joelle Fraser, a former Mendocino Community College English teacher. Written as a series of short episodes and adventures, Joelle shares the life of a woman who was raised in the hippie life of the 70s, and now is an accomplished writer and teacher. Joelle Fraser recommends “Last Stand,” by Richard Manning. Originally Broadcast: July 30, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/04/ed-reinhart-earl-dixon-dont-shoot-the-piano-player-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/04/ed-reinhart-earl-dixon-dont-shoot-the-piano-player-2/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2021 02:33:26 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4733 http://www.radiocurious.org/2021/08/04/ed-reinhart-earl-dixon-dont-shoot-the-piano-player-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening.  Earl Dixon is a veteran traveler, a veteran piano player, and he’s actually a veteran, too. An interesting story. Earl Dixon, the man on this show, traveled around the world, Click here to begin listening.  (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Reinhart_Ed_(Earl_Dixon)8.4.21_IA.mp3) Earl Dixon is a veteran traveler, a veteran piano player, and he’s actually a veteran, too. An interesting story. Earl Dixon, the man on this show, traveled around the world, and has a lot of familiar stories to tell to those of us here in Mendocino County. Originally Broadcast: June 11, 2002 Ignacio Ayala clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/05/13/zacha-bill-developing-an-artist-colony-in-the-village-of-mendocino-california/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/05/13/zacha-bill-developing-an-artist-colony-in-the-village-of-mendocino-california/#comments Wed, 13 May 2020 20:05:54 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4517 http://www.radiocurious.org/2020/05/13/zacha-bill-developing-an-artist-colony-in-the-village-of-mendocino-california/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Bill Zacha, the leading force behind the creation of the Mendocino Art justify was a person with vision and moxie and one who made a dream come true. In August 1957, Bill Zacha, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Bill_Zacha_5.13.20_IA.mp3) Bill Zacha, the leading force behind the creation of the Mendocino Art justify was a person with vision and moxie and one who made a dream come true. In August 1957, Bill Zacha, was a young married teacher and lived near San Francisco. On a short trip to the village of Mendocino with his wife Jenny and friends, Bill not only saw the beauty of the Mendocino coast, but the opportunity to act swiftly to purchase what is now the Mendocino Art justify and keep that property out of the hands of those who envisioned creating a trailer park there. Since its inception, the Mendocino Arts Center has featured artists, teachers, and students from all over the world. Bill Zacha, who was often called “Mr. Mendocino,” died on March 18th 1998. Bill Zacha recommends “Love in the Time of Cholera,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Originally Broadcast: March 27, 1998 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/12/11/laura-ferri-as-grace-carpenter-hudson-the-painter-lady/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/12/11/laura-ferri-as-grace-carpenter-hudson-the-painter-lady/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:26:32 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4481 http://www.radiocurious.org/2019/12/11/laura-ferri-as-grace-carpenter-hudson-the-painter-lady/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Grace Carpenter Hudson was known as the painter-lady in her hometown of Ukiah, CA. She started her career as a painter when she was a teenager in the 1870s. By the time of her death in 1937, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-Grace_Carpenter_Hudson_(Laura_Ferri)_12.10.19IA.mp3) Grace Carpenter Hudson was known as the painter-lady in her hometown of Ukiah, CA. She started her career as a painter when she was a teenager in the 1870s. By the time of her death in 1937, she had produced over 600 canvas paintings and numerous other works. Her skills focused almost exclusively on the lives and cultures of the Pomo Indians who lived in Mendocino County. Her husband, Dr. John Hudson, assisted her by making the study of native culture his life’s work, overshadowing his profession as a physician. Grace Carpenter Hudson was a shrewd businesswoman, as well as an artist of increasing renown. Most of the family income came from the sale of her artwork. I spoke with Grace Carpenter Hudson in the person of actress Laura Ferri at the Grace Carpenter Hudson museum in Ukiah, CA, during an exhibition of her work. Grace Carpenter Hudson recommends “The Age of Innocence,” by Edith Morton. Laura Ferri recommends “Stones from the River,” by Ursula Hegi. Originally Broadcast: March 5, 1997 LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/28/anthony-adams-esq-a-deeply-romantic-public-defender-etc/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/28/anthony-adams-esq-a-deeply-romantic-public-defender-etc/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2018 01:37:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4357 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/08/28/anthony-adams-esq-a-deeply-romantic-public-defender-etc/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Anthony Adams, Esq., is currently, among other things, a Deputy Public Defender in Mendocino County, California. He’s also poet, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ADAMS_INTERVIEW_PUBLISHED__8-28-18.mp3) Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is Anthony Adams, Esq., is currently, among other things, a Deputy Public Defender in Mendocino County, California. He’s also poet, formerly a California State Parole Commissioner, and served in the California State Assembly. At a local Bar Association gathering, Adams recited his poetry and shared stories about his work as a Parole Commissioner. I decided to invite him to be a guest and asked him to tell us about his life. Anthony Adams visited Radio Curious on August 23, 2018, and described himself and an “interesting fellow… A deeply romantic person.” In the course of our conversation his self description revealed itself. We began when I asked him about poetry related to his work. The books Anthony Adams recommends are “Nine Horses: Poems,” by Billy Collins, a former national Poet Laureate; “The Dove Keepers,” by Alice Hoffman; and “1492: A Novel of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish Inquisition, and a World at the Turning Point,” by Newton Frohlich. This program was recorded on August 23, 2018. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/16/massey-orell-the-impact-of-martin-luther-king-jr-on-one-man/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/16/massey-orell-the-impact-of-martin-luther-king-jr-on-one-man/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:13:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4286 http://www.radiocurious.org/2018/01/16/massey-orell-the-impact-of-martin-luther-king-jr-on-one-man/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - To assist in the consideration of the impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the United States, I invited my friend Orell Massey to join us again here at Radio Curious.  In February 2014, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-MASSEY_ORRELL_2018_CA.mp3) To assist in the consideration of the impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the United States, I invited my friend Orell Massey to join us again here at Radio Curious.  In February 2014, when Massey first visited us he shared his experiences as the first and, so far, the only black law enforcement officer in the history of Mendocino County, California.  Prior to becoming a Deputy Sheriff here 23 years ago, Massey served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was primarily assigned to the Foreign Service Embassy detail. A native of rural South Carolina, he suffered under the cloud, terror, threats and fears brought on by racial segregation throughout his childhood and early adult years before joining the Marine Corps.   Now, he continues to work part time as a Mendocino County Deputy Sheriff, since his retirement in 2017. When Orell Massey visited the Radio Curious studios on January 14, 2018, we focused on the effect that Martin Luther King, Jr. had on his life. The Civil Rights song featured is "Can't Turn Me 'Round" performed by The Roots. The book Orell Massey recommends is “I Never Had it Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson,”  by Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/15/scott-jack-harvesting-redwood-trees-without-a-chain-saw/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/15/scott-jack-harvesting-redwood-trees-without-a-chain-saw/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2017 22:30:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4266 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/11/15/scott-jack-harvesting-redwood-trees-without-a-chain-saw/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - The California coastal redwood trees are some of the oldest living things in the world. Other than cutting the tree down, the best way to determine their age, or the age of any tree is with an incremental borer. Click here to begin listening ( http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-SCOTT_JACK_11-14-17_CA.mp3) The California coastal redwood trees are some of the oldest living things in the world. Other than cutting the tree down, the best way to determine their age, or the age of any tree is with an incremental borer. That’s a long narrow tube twisted into the tree from the bark to the pitch at the center of the tree.  A small finger-size “wooden rod” is removed revealing one line which represents one tree ring is then removed and counted.  Each tree ring represents one year of the tree’s life. Though few old growth redwood forests exist now, some of the remaining redwoods are estimated to be close to 2000 years old.  Although that is easy to say, it is beyond my ken to fathom. 96 year old Jack Scott of Ukiah, California, is our guest on this edition of Radio Curious.  In 1936 before the era of the chain-saw, Scott harvested old growth redwoods beginning at 15 years old.  Part of the harvest process was to push and then pull one end of a two-person hand-saw. When Scott visited the Radio Curious studios on November 12, 2017, we began when I asked him to describe working in the woods at that time. The books Jack Scott recommends are those written by Louis Lamore. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/17/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/17/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy-2/#comments Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:19:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=4258 http://www.radiocurious.org/2017/10/17/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy-2/feed/ 0 Click here to begin listening - Radio Curious discusses the funeral industry in the United States with the owner of a mortuary in a rural northern California town. As professionals describe their work and philosophy, George Leinen, Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-LEINEN_GEORGE_CA_2017.mp3) Radio Curious discusses the funeral industry in the United States with the owner of a mortuary in a rural northern California town. As professionals describe their work and philosophy, George Leinen, owner of Empire Mortuary in Ukiah, California since 2000, joins us in this edition of Radio Curious to share his thoughts and experiences. We discuss funeral industry trade associations, business practices in some sectors of the industry, and how our guest's philosophy evolved. In this program, recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on September 21, 2013 we began our visit when I asked George Leinen to describe embalming, what it is, and why it's done. The book George Leinen recommends is "The American Way of Death," by Jessica Mitford. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/14/sullivan-michael-gene-political-theater-black-men-and-the-police/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/14/sullivan-michael-gene-political-theater-black-men-and-the-police/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 00:21:55 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3769 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/14/sullivan-michael-gene-political-theater-black-men-and-the-police/feed/ 0 theater Radio Curious visits with Michael Gene Sullivan, the Resident Playwright, Director and a principal actor in 2015: Freedomland, a political and theatrical production by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Theatre as a commentary on the condition of society is the subject of this edition of Radio Curious.  The topic is the relationship of police and black men in America in 2015.  Our guest is Michael Gene Sullivan, the resident playwright, director and a principal actor in “2015: Freedomland,” this year’s production by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. The first question and answer on the frequently asked questions page on the San Francisco Mime Troupe website is:  “Why do you call yourself a Mime Troupe if you talk and sing?”  The answer is:  “We use the term mime in its classical and original definition, 'The exaggeration of daily life in story and song.'" When Michael Gene Sullivan and I visited by phone from his home in San Francisco on June 29, 2015, I asked him if “2015: Freedomland” was an exaggeration of daily life in story and song from his perspective. The book Michael Gene Sullivan recommends is “The Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Force,” by Redley Balko. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/07/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/07/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-two/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2015 21:23:12 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3764 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/07/07/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-two/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits the second part of a conversation with Dr. Victoria Patterson, an anthropologist based in Ukiah, California, who has worked with Native Americans for over 30 years. She shares their stories and her insights. Cultures that have no written language pass on their histories through oral traditions. The stories are the way that social values and traditions are taught by one generation to the next. Animals often play a significant character role in these stories. In the Native American traditions of the northwest part of California, the coyote is a popular character. Dr. Victoria Patterson, an anthropologist based in Ukiah, California, has worked with native peoples for over 30 years. She knows these stories, and she sees them as windows, allowing us to imagine how original native peoples of northern California thought and lived. I met with Dr. Victoria Patterson and asked her about the significance of the story where the coyote jumped off into the sky. Our discussion lead to a two-part program, originally broadcast in February of 1999.  In part one we discuss the indigenous stories and in part two we discuss how the northern California indigenous communities changed after European colonization. The books Dr. Victoria Patterson recommends are “Deep Valley,” by Bernard W. Aginsky and “Under the Tuscan Sun,” by Frances Mayes. Originally Broadcast: February 16, 1999 and February 26, 1999. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/30/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/30/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-one/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2015 06:27:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3759 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/30/patterson-dr-victoria-native-american-life-before-and-after-europeans-part-one/feed/ 0 indigenous,Native American,Pomo Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Dr. Victoria Patterson,Dr. Victoria Patterson, an anthropologist based in Ukiah, California, who has worked with Native Americans for over 30 years. She shares their stories and her insights. Cultures that have no written language pass on their histories through oral traditions. The stories are the way that social values and traditions are taught by one generation to the next. Animals often play a significant character role in these stories. In the Native American traditions of the northwest part of California, the coyote is a popular character. Dr. Victoria Patterson, an anthropologist based in Ukiah, California, has worked with native peoples for over 30 years. She knows these stories, and she sees them as windows, allowing us to imagine how original native peoples of northern California thought and lived. I met with Dr. Victoria Patterson and asked her about the significance of the story where the coyote jumped off into the sky. Our discussion lead to a two-part program, originally broadcast in February of 1999. The books Dr. Victoria Patterson recommends are “Deep Valley,” by Bernard W. Aginsky and “Under the Tuscan Sun,” by Frances Mayes. Originally Broadcast: February 16, 1999 and February 26, 1999. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:21:02 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3748 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/23/samson-don-the-creative-imagination-of-playwright-don-samson/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with playwright Don Samson, who discusses his work and creative process and his former life as the author of legal briefs for criminal defense attorneys. The creative imagination of playwright Don Samson is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  In May 2015, I had the good fortune of seeing a ten minute play entitled “Blind Date,” written by my long time friend, who lives in nearby Willits, California.  For many years prior to becoming a playwright, Don Samson researched and wrote legal briefs for criminal defense attorneys, an experience we also discuss in this program. After seeing the local production of “Blind Date,” I was curious about the circumstances that came to Don Samson’s mind when he created this play, so I invited him to visit the Radio Curious studios.  We met on May 22, 2015 and began our conversation with his description of those circumstances.  Don Samson recommends the book, which is also a play, “Antigone,” by Sophocles. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/10/gilbert-ronnie-a-memorial-tribute/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/10/gilbert-ronnie-a-memorial-tribute/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:56:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3707 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/10/gilbert-ronnie-a-memorial-tribute/feed/ 0 Radio Curious pays tribute to folk singer Ronnie Gilbert, who died on June 6, 2015 at the age of 88. In this edition of Radio Curious we honor and pay tribute to folk singer Ronnie Gilbert, who died on June 6, 2015 at the age of 88. She is well known for her powerful contralto voice as a member of the Weavers, the extraordinarily popular folk music quartet that in 1950s and 1960s. She also had careers as an actor and a psychologist. From the Radio Curious archives, recorded in September 1996, Ronnie Gilbert describes her introduction to music and dance, how the Weavers came together; their blacklist experience; her thoughts about turning 70 years old when this program was recorded in 1996; and her friendship and work with Holly Near. We conclude with Holly Near recalling her friendship with Ronnie Gilbert. The books Ronnie Gilbert recommends are “The Moors Last Sigh” by Salman Rushdie, “Making Movies” by Sidney Lumet and “Eyewitness: A Personal Account of the Unraveling of the Soviet Union” by Vladimir Pozner. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/01/wolbach-dr-dean/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/01/wolbach-dr-dean/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2015 05:47:00 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3688 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/06/01/wolbach-dr-dean/feed/ 0 Dr. Dean Wolbach holds a Ph.D. in chemistry. His career was devoted to solving air pollution problems. We all know that there are various forms of air pollution that affect our health and the health of our environment, but what do we really breathe? What is in the air that we breathe? In this archive edition of Radio Curious, recorded in the Radio Curious studios on January 9, 2009 we visit with Dr. Dean Wolbach, a former Air Pollution Control Officer for Mendocino County. Our conversation focused on the different types of air pollution and how they affect us both globally and at the local level.  We began by asking Dr. Wolbach to provide an overview of air quality issues across history, through to the present day, here, in Mendocino. The books Dr. Dean Wolbach recommends are “Dreams Of My Father,” and “The Audacity Of Hope,” by President Barack Obama, “Samuel Adams: A Life,” by Ira Stoll and “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln,” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/13/schwartz-lacey-nobody-discussed-it-lacey-schwartz-and-little-white-lie/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/13/schwartz-lacey-nobody-discussed-it-lacey-schwartz-and-little-white-lie/#comments Wed, 13 May 2015 06:10:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3665 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/05/13/schwartz-lacey-nobody-discussed-it-lacey-schwartz-and-little-white-lie/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Lacey Schwartz, director and producer of “Little White Lie,” a documentary about her experiences growing up as a white Jew and later learning that she is half black. The secret revealed in the life of Lacey Schwartz, born in 1987 to a white Jewish family in rural upstate New York, where she grew up, is that her biological father was black.  The few who knew her truth remained silent until after her first year of college when she asked her mother why she looked the way she did.  Lacey Schwartz is the producer and director of the film “Little White Lie,” which documents her family secret. "Little White Lie” will be shown at the Mendocino Film Festival on Friday, May 29, 2015, at 5:30 pm, in the Village of Mendocino, California. Lacey Schwartz and I visited by phone from her home near New York City, on May 11, 2015.  First we hear a clip of Lacey’s voice taken from the introduction of the film “Little White Lie,” and later intersperse our conversation with clips from the film.  The book Lacey Schwartz recommends is “How It Feels to Be Free:  Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement,” by Ruth Feldstein. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/31/bayer-jaciara-jaciara-bayer-transracial-adoptions-and-white-privilege/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/31/bayer-jaciara-jaciara-bayer-transracial-adoptions-and-white-privilege/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:52:55 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3616 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/31/bayer-jaciara-jaciara-bayer-transracial-adoptions-and-white-privilege/feed/ 1 Radio Curious visits with Jaciara Bayer, a transracial adoptee who shares her personal experiences of being told she’s different, growing up in a white family and her encounters with white privilege. We continue our discussion of racism and white privilege in Mendocino County, California, with a 30 year old Brazilian born woman,  who is currently studying for a master’s degree in social work at the California State University at Hayward. Jaciara Bayer was adopted and brought to the United States at age 11 months by her single, white-American mother and grew up in Ukiah, California.   A transracial adoption, which may be an international adoption, is the primary focus of Jaciara Bayer’s plan of study for her master’s degree.  Sharing her personal experiences, she tells us of being told she’s different, growing up in a white family and white privilege.  When Jaci, as she is often known, and I visited in the studios of Radio Curious on March 23, 2015, she began with her earliest memories. The book Jaciara Bayer recommends is “In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want,” by Iyanla Van Zant. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/17/kiggins-josanna-josanna-kiggins-on-skin-color-gender-and-song/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/17/kiggins-josanna-josanna-kiggins-on-skin-color-gender-and-song/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:04:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3604 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/17/kiggins-josanna-josanna-kiggins-on-skin-color-gender-and-song/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses racial discrimination and cultural gender norms with Josanna Kiggins, a young black woman living in the small, predominantly white town of Ukiah, California. Radio Curious continues our conversation about racial discrimination, cultural gender norms and expected behaviors.  Our guest, Josanna Kiggins, is a parent, student, singer, singing and cultural education teacher, and a medical receptionist.  A native of Salvador, Brazil Josanna has lived here in Ukiah, California, for 30 years.  She’s someone I’ve known almost that long.     When Josanna Kiggins and I visited at Radio Curious on March 14, 2015, she described her experiences, values and goals.   Her story begins when she was 9 months old.  The book Josanna Kiggins recommends is “Hard Laughter,” by Anne Lamont. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/03/mbaabu-brenda-a-contemporary-black-womans-history/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/03/mbaabu-brenda-a-contemporary-black-womans-history/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:55:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3591 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/03/03/mbaabu-brenda-a-contemporary-black-womans-history/feed/ 0 Africa,Kenya,Meru Radio Curious visits with Brenda Mbaabu, an immigrant woman in her mid-twenties from Nairobi, Kenya who shares her Meru tribal history and experiences living in the United States. The experience of immigrating, at age 13, to America from Nairobi, Kenya, and bringing the traditional roots of her ancestors’ lives from the remote village of the Meru people of northeast Kenya, are the stories told in this edition of Radio Curious by our guest Brenda Mbaabu. She shares her tribal legends, family background, and her experiences in the United States.  A woman in her mid-twenties, now working as an AmeriCorps Volunteer in Ukiah, California, Brenda Mbaabu and I visited in the studios of Radio Curious on February 28, 2015.  We began with her description of the Meru, her family and their importance to her. The books Brenda Mbaabu recommends are “The Bible” and “Little Bee” by Chris Cleve.     Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/17/durham-bill-racism-in-america-one-mans-experience/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/17/durham-bill-racism-in-america-one-mans-experience/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:17:48 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3573 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/17/durham-bill-racism-in-america-one-mans-experience/feed/ 2 Radio Curious continues its series on racism in a conversation with Bill Durham, a 59 year old black man from Ohio who now lives in Mendocino County, California and shares his life experiences of growing up black in America. Radio Curious continues its series racism in a conversation with Bill Durham, a 59 year old black man, originally from Ohio who grew up in family of civil rights activists and now lives in Mendocino County, California.  We explore the effects of racism in the United States and how to end it.  Bill Durham, works as a journeyman carpenter, and hosts Club FM, a weekly blues, jazz and rock music program on KMEC radio in Ukiah, California with the moniker of MC Squared. In this program, recorded on February 12, 2015, at Radio Curious, Bill Durham shares his experiences of being black in America, starting when he was very young, and his ideas on how to relieve racism. The book Bill Durham recommends is “Supernatural:  Meeting with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind,” by Graham Hancock. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/10/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/10/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-two/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:38:39 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3565 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/10/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-two/feed/ 1 Radio Curious continues a conversation on racism in Mendocino County, California with Sheriff Deputy Orell Massey, the county's first and only black sheriff. Radio Curious continues our series on racism in Mendocino County, California. Our guest is Mendocino County Deputy Sheriff Orell Massey who, for the past 20 years has been the only black law enforcement officer in the county's history.  A native of South Carolina, Deputy Massey was a 21 year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps assigned to the Foreign Service Embassy detail before he moved to Mendocino County. When I asked Sheriff Massey to be a guest on this program and share his experience as a black Deputy Sheriff, he asked:  “Are the people of Mendocino County ready to hear what I have to say?”     In part one of our conversation, Deputy Massey describes some people’s reaction to him while he is in on duty. In part two, recorded on February 1, 2015, in the Radio Curious studios, Deputy Massey gives his personal response when asked, “what is it like to be the only black Deputy Sheriff ever in the history of Mendocino County?” Later he shares stories about his off duty life, his goals and aspirations. The book Deputy Massey recommends is “Code Talker:  The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of World War Two,” by Chester Nez and Judith Schiess Avila. Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/04/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/04/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-one/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3557 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/02/04/massey-orell-racism-in-a-rural-california-sheriffs-department-part-one/feed/ 1 african american,racism Radio Curious visits with Orell Massey, a black sheriff's deputy in rural Mendocino County, Ca, who shares his experiences as a black sheriff in a mostly white community. Our guest on this edition of Radio Curious is Deputy Sheriff Orell Massey—a black man, native of South Carolina and a 20 year veteran of the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department. He is also a 21 year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps where he was assigned to the Embassy detail.  When I asked Sheriff Massey to be a guest on this program and share his experience as a black Deputy Sheriff, he asked:  “Are the people of Mendocino County ready to hear what I have to say?”    In part one of our conversation, recorded on February 1, 2015, Deputy Orell Massey shares his experiences.  You may decide if you are ready to hear what he has to say. In part two, Deputy Massey gives his personal response when asked, “what is it like to be the only black Deputy Sheriff ever in the history of Mendocino County?” Later he shares stories about his off duty life, his goals and aspirations. Click here to listen to part one or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/06/bracewell-dr-bill-maximize-and-maintain-range-of-motion/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/06/bracewell-dr-bill-maximize-and-maintain-range-of-motion/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2015 03:21:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3533 http://www.radiocurious.org/2015/01/06/bracewell-dr-bill-maximize-and-maintain-range-of-motion/feed/ 0 back,physical therapy,posture Radio Curious visits with Dr. Bill Bracewell, a physical therapist in Ukiah, Ca. Bill Bracewell, a doctor of physical therapy practicing in Ukiah, California, for over 35 years, is our guest on this edition of Radio Curious.  He and I visited in the Radio Curious studios on December 15, 2014.  We begin with Dr. Bracewell’s description of physical therapy:  maximize, restore and maintain range of movement.  The book Dr. Bill Bracewell recommends is “The Thinking Body,” by Mable Elsworth Todd.  Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:54:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3527 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/12/31/vogel-barry-a-conversation-with-host-and-producer-barry-vogel/feed/ 0 Radio Curious starts off it's 25th year with an interview of the show's host and producer Barry Vogel. John Gravois, the deputy editor of Pacific Standard magazine talks with Vogel about the art of radio. For this edition of Radio Curious, broadcast at the beginning of our 25th year on the air, I invited my friend John Gravois to interview me about my experiences, reflections and thoughts over the past 24 years that I’ve been the host and producer of Radio Curious.  John Gravois is the deputy editor of Pacific Standard magazine and a contributing editor to the Washington Monthly. His work has appeared on This American Life, in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, and Slate, among others. He lives in Albany, California. John Gravois and I visited in the studios of Radio Curious on December 27, 2014.  We began our conversation with his comments about the archives found on the Radio Curious website. The books that I recommend are “The Warmth of Other Suns:  The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration,” by Isabel Wilkerson and “Jacobson’s Organ and the Remarkable Nature of Smell,” by Lyall Watson. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:02 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/11/12/levene-bruce-james-dean-in-mendocino/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/11/12/levene-bruce-james-dean-in-mendocino/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:35:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3461 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/11/12/levene-bruce-james-dean-in-mendocino/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses earthquakes with John Dvorak, Ph.D., a geophysicist and author of “Earthquake Storms: The Fascinating History and Volatile Future of the San Andreas Fault.” John Steinbeck's novel, “East of Eden” was published September 1952 and the movie-made soon thereafter-is the subject of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is Bruce Levene, author of “James Dean in Mendocino: The Filming of East of Eden.” The Mendocino Film Festival will screen "East of Eden" on Friday, November 21 and Sunday, November 23, 2014. Soon after “East of Eden” was published, plans began immediately for a motion picture. Warner Brothers bought the rights and director Elia Kazan hired playwright screenwriter, Paul Osborn to write the film script. After several attempts to encompass the sprawling 560-page novel, they decided to use only the last 90 pages—the story of Adam Trask, his sons Aron and Cal, their mother Kate, and the girl Abra. It's a story about the search for love, the desperate search for his father's love, by the son Cal, the fanciful search for his mother's love by Aron, and the futile quest by Adam for the love of all humanity. John Steinbeck wrote of his book, “The subject is the only one that man has used of his theme. The existence, the balance, the battle and the victory and permanent war between wisdom and ignorance, light and darkness, good and evil.” By 1954, when Kazan began searching for locale to use for the filming of “East of Eden,” neither Monterey nor Salinas, where the stories took place, looked much like California in 1917. Warner Brothers had made “Johnny Belinda” in Mendocino in 1947, which might have influenced the director. Or perhaps as one wire service reported:  “Like many other voyagers, he just wandered up the Mendocino Coast and found what he was looking for.” In late April, preparations for filming began and the fist day of shooting took place on May 27. In that amazingly brief time the Mendocino scenes were completed and by June 3, the Warner Brothers production team was gone, leaving local residents with fond remembrances. Bruce Levene writes, “I first saw “East of Eden” on the fan tail of a US Navy destroyer in the Caribbean in 1956. I'd read the book but never traveled west of Des Moines. California was unseen, Mendocino was unheard of. I thought "East Eden" had been filmed in Monterey and Salinas, wherever they were.” “East of Eden” became Levene's favorite motion picture. Not particularly because of James Dean, although he was certainly unforgettable. “Whatever the man was in real life, saint or sinner,” Bruce Levene writes, “we will never really know.  It's undeniable however, that in front of an audience or camera he was remarkable. And that, for an actor, is the best thing that can be said. Dean was just something else.” For Bruce Levene, it was how he felt about the whole movie—the shoreline, the town, it's people, the actors: Julie Harris, Joe Van Fleet, Raymond Massey and Burl Ives (Massey and Ives didn't go to Mendocino), and Leonard Rosenman's wonderful music. A totality in feeling, rare in motion pictures, was only enhanced to Bruce Levene when he moved to Mendocino in 1969. When Bruce Levene and I visited from his home in Mendocino, California, on November 11, 2014, I asked him what prompted him to write his book “James Dean in Mendocino.” The book Bruce Levene recommends is “The Immense Journey” by Loren Eiseley. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/30/california-burning-the-mendocino-lodge-fire/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/30/california-burning-the-mendocino-lodge-fire/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:10:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3426 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/30/california-burning-the-mendocino-lodge-fire/feed/ 1 Radio Curious brings you four different voices of public servants who discuss how a rural community copes in times of catastrophic wildfires. California wildfires present a serious public safety concern, create fear of serious loss for many and cost millions of dollars to fight. In California each fire is given a name, as is done for hurricanes. We devote this edition of Radio Curious, to the Lodge Fire that occurred in Mendocino County, California in August 2014.  We visit with four Mendocino County people who meet the public need at times of crisis. We begin with Mary Aigner, program director of KZYX and KZYZ, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, the public radio station where Radio Curious was originally broadcast beginning in 1991.  She describes what local public radio is able to do at a time of crisis. We then hear from Chris Rowney, the Mendocino Unit Chief for Cal-Fire, the California fire protection agency, who explains what Cal-Fire does when confronted with a wildfire. We also hear from Mendocino County Sheriff, Tom Allman, whose responsibility it is to order a mandatory evacuation if a crisis so requires. Finally we hear from Dr. Sharon Paltin, a family physician in Laytonville, California, the community closest to the Lodge Fire.  She describes the public health effects of exposure to the extraordinary amount of smoke created by a wildfire. We begin our conversation, recorded on August 29, 2014, with Mary Aigner from Mendocino County Public Broadcasting, describing the role of community radio when a wild fire occurs. The book Mary Aigner recommends is “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus,” by Charles C. Mann. The book that Chris Rowney recommends is “Young Men and Fires,” by Norman McClean. The book Dr. Sharon Paltin recommends is “A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster,” by Rebecca Solnit. This program was recorded on August 29 and September 1, 2014. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/09/vogel-lillian-ph-d-secrets-of-a-long-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/09/vogel-lillian-ph-d-secrets-of-a-long-life/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2014 05:51:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3413 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/09/09/vogel-lillian-ph-d-secrets-of-a-long-life/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Lillian Vogel, author of “What's My Secret? One Hundred Years of Memories and Reflections,” a memoir of her life at 100 years old. Vogel is the mother of Radio Curious host Barry Vogel and turns 105 years old this week. September 11, 2014, marks the 105th birthday of a woman I know well:  A woman who has played the piano for 98 years, and in my opinion is the best mother in the world.  In 2009, her book “What’s My Secret?  One Hundred Years of Memories and Reflections,” a memoir of her first ten decades was published.  This book imparts thoughts and ideas to those of us who seek to lead a long and active life. Lillian B. Vogel, Ph.D., is the author. She is also my mother.  And as such, I have often been curious about the role she had in fomenting my curiosity.  She has always been able to get to the heart of most any matter with a few simple questions.   On September 9, 2014, my mother and I met for lunch at her home to review the plans for her upcoming 105th birthday celebration.  When I explained that Radio Curious would feature our 2009 conversation she offered to read the poem from the conclusion of her book.  You'll hear it at the end of the interview. And so, from the Radio Curious archives, I wish to honor this extraordinary woman on her 105th birthday by sharing our conversation, recorded on October 31, 2009, which began with the inquiry:  What makes Lillian Vogel curious? The book Lillian B. Vogel  recommends is “The Blue Tattoo: The Life Of Olive Oatman,” by Margot Mifflin. Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/06/17/feigin-keith-liquid-gold-on-lovers-lane/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/06/17/feigin-keith-liquid-gold-on-lovers-lane/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:18:07 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3337 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/06/17/feigin-keith-liquid-gold-on-lovers-lane/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Keith Feigin, owner of Lovers Lane Farm, at his bee keeping center in Ukiah, California. We discuss bees on the loose, how they orient themselves to a new location, communicate with each other and how Keith harvests the “liqui... This program is about honey. We visit with Keith Feigin, owner of Lovers Lane Farm, at his bee keeping center in Ukiah, California. We discuss bees on the loose, how they orient themselves to a new location, communicate with each other and how Keith harvests the “liquid gold.”  Keith was just leaving to catch up with some bees on the loose when I arrived, and that’s when our conversation began in mid August, 2011. The book that Keith Feigin recommends is the “Secret Life of Bees,” by Sue Monk Kidd. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/31/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/31/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-two/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:25:41 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3252 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/31/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-two/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses youth, substance abuse and effective treatment models with Ron Arkin, a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Child Protective Services and John Kirchiro the Director and Principal of the Willits Charter School in a two part series. Lack of trust is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, the second of a two part series with Ron Arkin and John Kirchiro.  Ron Arkin is a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Mendocino County, California, Child Protective Services.  John Kirchiro spent 13 years working as a Crisis Counselor, Intervention Specialist and Substance Abuse Counselor in multiple school districts throughout Mendocino County before becoming the Director and Principal of the Willits, California, Charter School, Grades 6 to 12.  Their counseling work focuses on youth from families where abuse of drugs and alcohol is common, often among both the parents and children.  This abuse frequently results in serious family dysfunction and lack of trust, making school and home life more than difficult. In part one, recorded on March 21, 2014, we began with John Kirchiro’s description of the substance abuse problem in rural northern Mendocino County.  In part two, we begin with John Kirchiro's description of his counseling work, known as the "Laytonville model." The book Ron Arkin recommends is “YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger,” by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz. The book John Kirchiro recommends is “The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision of Livelihood for Our Time,” by Matthew Fox.  Click here or on the media player below to listen to part two. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/25/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/25/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-one/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:57:35 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3245 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/25/arkin-ron-kirchiro-john-lack-of-trust-youth-and-substance-abuse-part-one/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses youth, substance abuse and effective treatment models with Ron Arkin, a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Child Protective Services and John Kirchiro the Director and Principal of the Willits Charter School in a two part series. Lack of trust is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious, the first of a two part series with Ron Arkin and John Kirchiro.  Ron Arkin is a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Mendocino County, California, Child Protective Services.  John Kirchiro spent 13 years working as a Crisis Counselor, Intervention Specialist and Substance Abuse Counselor in multiple school districts throughout Mendocino County before becoming the Director and Principal of the Willits, California, Charter School, Grades 6 to 12.  Their counseling work focuses on youth from families where abuse of drugs and alcohol is common, often among both the parents and children.  This abuse frequently results in serious family dysfunction and lack of trust, making school and home life more than difficult. We begin part one, recorded on March 21, 2014, with John Kirchiro’s description of the substance abuse problem in rural northern Mendocino County.  In part two, John Kirchiro and Ron Arkin discuss the counseling work they do, known as the "Laytonville model." The book John Kirchiro recommends is the “The Warrior’s Journey Home:  Healing Men, Healing the Planet,” by Jed Diamond.  The book Ron Arkin recommends is “The Soul’s Code:  In Search of Character and Calling,” by John Hillman.  Click here or on the media player below to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 19:44:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3240 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/03/18/fogg-laura-traveling-blind-2/feed/ 0 blind,disabilities Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Laura Fogg, author of “Traveling Blind:  Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” a memoir of her experiences and the people she met teaching blind students, in Mendocino County, Ca for over 35 years. The ways different creatures, especially us humans, use our senses to guide ourselves through life has long attracted my curiosity.   I’ve often wondered how blind people seem able to orient themselves, and also wondered about their dreams.  From time to time, over the years, I would see an attentive woman walk past my office window next to a young person of student age.  They would walk together talk, and the young person almost always carried a white cane with a red tip.  Laura Fogg is this woman, the author of “Traveling Blind:  Life Lessons from Unlikely Teachers,” and our guest in this archive edition of Radio Curious.   Laura Fogg worked as a Mobility and Orientation Instructor for the Blind in Mendocino County for over 35 years beginning 1971.  She pioneered the use of the red tipped white cane with very young blind students some of whom had multiple impairments.  She traveled long distances over the rather spectacular back roads of Mendocino County to work with each student his or her home. When she visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 1, 2008, I asked her about the lessons that she learned that have changed her life.  The book Laura Fogg recommends is “My Year of Meats,” by Ruth Ozeki. Published in 1999. Click here or on the media player below to listen. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:38:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3192 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/19/erlick-eli-longchamp-dr-carla-transgender-youth-one-familys-experience-part-one/feed/ 0 gender,transgender,transgender youth Radio Curious visits with Eli Erlick, a woman who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp. In this two part series, they share their family’s experience when Eli realized she was female and her parent’s subsequent acceptance of who she is. This edition of Radio Curious is the first of two conversations with Eli Erlick, a woman, who was born a male, and her mother Dr. Carla Longchamp.   Eli Erlick is the Founder and Executive Director of Trans Student Equality Resource, based in San Francisco, California and a student at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.  Dr. Carla Longchamp is a family physician in a rural northern California community. Together they share their family’s experience when Eli realized that she was female, and her parent’s subsequent acceptance of who she is.  Our conversation, recorded on January 15, 2014, at Radio Curious, began when I asked Eli, when she knew she was a girl.  Click here to listen to part one or on the media player below. Click here  to listen to part two.     LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/11/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/11/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought-part-two/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:14:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3184 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/02/11/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought-part-two/feed/ 0 Emerald Cup,marijuana Radio Curious continues a discussion about marijuana with part two of a conversation with Tim Blake, founder of the Emerald Cup, California’s oldest competition of outdoor, organic cannabis. This is the second of two interviews about the nation-wide acceptance of the recreational and medicinal use of marijuana.  Our guest is Tim Blake, founder of The Emerald Cup, California’s oldest competition among outdoor growers of organic cannabis.  He shares his opinions about the future cultural and legal acceptance of marijuana.  Tim Blake and I continued our conversation about the growing nation-wide acceptance of marijuana and why. His comments and opinions are his, and were recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on January 17, 2014. The book Tim Blake recommends is “The Urantia Book:  Revealing the Mysteries of God, the Universe, Jesus and Ourselves,” published by the Urantia Foundation. Tim Blake’s comments and opinions are his and not necessarily that of Radio Curious.  We’re just curious. Click here to listen to part two or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part one. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/01/27/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/01/27/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:01:48 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3165 http://www.radiocurious.org/2014/01/27/blake-tim-marijuana-the-california-drought/feed/ 0 california,marijuana Radio Curious discusses marijuana with Tim Blake, founder of The Emerald Cup, California’s oldest competition among outdoor growers of organic cannabis. The growing nation-wide acceptance of marijuana for medical and recreational use and how it is grown and evaluated is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  We visit with Tim Blake, the founder of The Emerald Cup, California’s oldest competition among outdoor growers of organic cannabis. The Emerald Cup originated in an area known for it's marijuana cultivation as the Emerald Triangle, a region of northwestern California which includes Del Norte, Trinity, Humboldt and Mendocino Counties. In the first of two conversations with Tim Blake, recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on January 17, 2014, we began when I asked him what marijuana growers could expect in 2014, as California is in the midst of the most severe drought in recorded history and considering the fact that water is indispensable to growing marijuana. The book Tim Blake recommends is Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality, By, Christopher Ryan, Ph.D and Cacilda Jethá M.D. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to listen to part two. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/30/thomas-sam-midwives-and-murder/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/30/thomas-sam-midwives-and-murder/#comments Mon, 30 Dec 2013 22:13:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3131 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/12/30/thomas-sam-midwives-and-murder/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with historian Sam Thomas, author of “The Midwife's Tale” a mystery series based on the real life of Bridget Hodgson, a lady and midwife in 1640's York, England.   The rather fascinating tale of midwifery and murder in York, England set in the mid 1640s is the topic of our conversation with Sam Thomas, author of “The Midwife’s Tale,” and “The Harlot’s Tale.”  While researching English history for his Ph.D. thesis, Thomas happened on to the Will of Bridget Hodgson, a midwife.  A fictionalized version of her life forms the basis for Thomas’s mystery series set in York, in which Bridget Hodgson is the protagonist. Our conversation with Sam Thomas, recorded by phone on December 27, 2013 from his home near Cleveland, Ohio, where he teaches high-school history, begins with his characterization of York, England, in 1644. The books Sam Thomas recommends are “An Instance of the Finger Post,” by Iain Pears, and “The Lock Artist,” by Steve Hamilton.  Click here to listen or on the media player below. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/26/wheres-the-water-ask-the-dowser/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/26/wheres-the-water-ask-the-dowser/#comments Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:17:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3091 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/26/wheres-the-water-ask-the-dowser/feed/ 0 Radio Curious takes a trip with Rob Schroeder, a water well driller and dowser, as he hunts for water in the northern California mountains. Schroeder talks about what dowsing is, how it's done and why he thinks it works. Finding water on a ridge top, as in where is a good place to drill and how deep will it be before there’s good water, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Rob Schroeder, a water well driller based in Ukiah, California and employed by Weeks Drilling of Sebastopol, California.  Rob Schroeder says he’s also an amateur dowser.  That’s a person who tries to locate a good spot from which to drill for water by using a divining rod, which is a bent metal rod or a forked branch from a tree.  Rob and I walked in the redwood forest on a ridge top about half way between Ukiah, California and the coastal village of Mendocino, a distance apart as the crow flies of about 35 miles.  In addition to the divining rod, he looked for certain trees and other signs indicating that a vein of water could be near.  You’ll sometimes hear the crunch of leaves as we walked among the trees on November 10, 2013.  We begin with Rod Schroeder’s description of the divining rod that he uses, how to use it and a guess as to why it works. The book Rob Schroeder recommends is “Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means,” by Russell Means and Marvin Wolf. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=72764&version_id=80491&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/12/buckley-mary-what-are-you-afraid-of/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/12/buckley-mary-what-are-you-afraid-of/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:10:40 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3079 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/12/buckley-mary-what-are-you-afraid-of/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with local singer, songwriter Mary Buckley, who shares songs from her new CD “What Are You Afraid Of.” "What Are You Afraid Of?" is the title of a cd released in August 2013 by singer and songwriter Mary Buckley, our guest in this edition of Radio Curious.  Mary has a wide range of skills and experiences and has been singing her songs since she was a young teenager in the mid-1970s.  She visited the studios of Radio Curious on November 10, 2013, and began her story when I asked her what prompted her to create a cd. The book Mary Buckley recommends is “A Pattern Language,” by Christopher Alexander. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=72434&version_id=80143&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/04/organic-grapes-wine-charlie-barra/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/04/organic-grapes-wine-charlie-barra/#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:38:24 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3069 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/11/04/organic-grapes-wine-charlie-barra/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with organic grape grower Charlie Barra, founder of Barra of Mendocino Organic Wines. One might say that wine is the life blood of Charlie Barra, the founder of Barra of Mendocino Organic Wines.  He’s our guest on this edition of Radio Curious. Barra was born in 1928, close to his winery, about five miles north of Ukiah, in Mendocino County, California.  His parents, both immigrants from the Piedmont region of Italy, had a long history in the vineyards and grew only organic grapes.  Barra continues that policy now in his vineyards and grows only certified-organic crops. He says that for the past 67 years he never missed a harvest, claiming that pay day comes once a year, after the harvest is sold. Charlie Barra and I visited in the kitchen of his home in Ukiah, California on November 1, 2013, and began our conversation with stories of his early memories. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=72255&version_id=79955&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:01 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/30/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/30/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:52:01 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=3014 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/09/30/leinen-george-a-morticians-philosophy/feed/ 0 death,funeral industry,funerals,mortuary Radio Curious continues it's series about the funeral industry in a conversation with funeral director and mortician, George Leinen, owner of Empire Mortuary in Ukiah, California. Continuing our series on the funeral industry in the United States we visit with the owner of a mortuary in a rural northern California town.  As professionals describe their work and philosophy, George Leinen, owner of Empire Mortuary in Ukiah, California since 2000,  joins us in this edition of Radio Curious to share his thoughts and experiences.  We discuss funeral industry trade associations, business practices in some sectors of the industry, and how our guest's philosophy evolved. In this program, recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on September 21, 2013 we began our visit when I asked George Leinen to describe embalming,  what it is, and why it's done. The book George Leinen recommends is "The American Way of Death," by Jessica Mitford. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/#comments Wed, 14 Aug 2013 00:22:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2949 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/08/13/freed-lynn-reflections-on-a-life/feed/ 0 Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Lynn Freed, author of the fictional journal chronicling a woman's life in South Africa titled “The Mirror.” The personal journal is often not meant for the eyes of anyone but the writer. When a stranger’s journal is read, the reader often becomes a voyeur to the innermost secrets of another. And whether it is a true journal or one of fiction, who cares? Often, it remains a good story. Lynn Freed, originally of Durban, South Africa, wrote the fictional journal of Agnes LaGrange, entitled “The Mirror,” which reveals the thoughts, feelings, and loves of Agnes, starting when she arrived in South Africa to work as a housekeeper, and ending 50 years later. Lynn Freed recommends “Misfit,” by Jonathan Yardly, “Essays,” by George Orwell & “Last Days in Cloud Cukooland Dispatches,” by Graham Boynton. Originally Broadcast: December 12, 1997 Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/06/11/parrish-will-tree-sit-to-protest-highway-bypass/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/06/11/parrish-will-tree-sit-to-protest-highway-bypass/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:45:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2857 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/06/11/parrish-will-tree-sit-to-protest-highway-bypass/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with journalist Will Parrish, who sat in a tree for a week to protest development of a highway bypass in Willits, Ca. Journalism and civil disobedience is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is Mendocino County journalist, Will Parrish, a graduate of UC Santa Cruz with a major in Sociology and Social Change and a minor in Journalism. Currently, he describes himself as a "social change activist/journalist." In this interview recorded in the studios of Radio Curious May 27th, 2013, Will Parrish describes some of his past experiences as a journalist and continues with his story of why he sat in a tree for a week near Willits, Ca as an act of civil disobedience to protest the building of a highway. The book Will Parrish recommends is “The Merry Adventurers of Robin Hood” by Howard Pyle. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-PARRISH_WILL_INTERVIEW_CA_5-2013.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=69043&version_id=76550&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/05/19/edelman-debra-melenlander-adina-you-too-may-be-a-naturalist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/05/19/edelman-debra-melenlander-adina-you-too-may-be-a-naturalist/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 04:22:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2824 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/05/19/edelman-debra-melenlander-adina-you-too-may-be-a-naturalist/feed/ 7  Radio Curious visits with Debra Edelman, Adina Merenlender, co-authors, with Greg de Nevers of “The California Naturalist Handbook.”  You too may be a naturalist, as we find out in this interview with Deborah Edelman, holder of a Master’s Degree in ecology from the University of California at Davis, and Adina Merenlender, holder a doctorate in biology and a University of California Cooperative Extension Specialist.  Together, along with Greg de Nevers they wrote “The California Naturalist Handbook.”  This handbook is an easy to follow guide as well as a text for anyone with interest in nature. Deborah Edelman and Adina Merenlender visited the studios of Radio Curious on May 17, 2013. We began our conversation with Adina’s description of what a naturalist does. The books Deborah Edelman recommends are “Story of Stuff:  The Impact of Overconsumption on the Planet, Our Communities and Our Health-And How We Can Make It Better,” by Annie Leonard, and “The Forest Unseen:  A Year’s Watch in Nature,” by David George Haskell. The books Adina Merenlender recommends are “The Song of the Dodo:  Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction,” by David Quammen, and “The Weather Makers:  How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth,” by Tim Flannery. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-EDELMAN-MERELANDER_CA_2013.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=68529&version_id=75993&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/13/toms-michael-a-memorial-to-michael-toms-of-new-dimensions-radio/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/13/toms-michael-a-memorial-to-michael-toms-of-new-dimensions-radio/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:50:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2675 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/13/toms-michael-a-memorial-to-michael-toms-of-new-dimensions-radio/feed/ 0 Radio Curious presents a memorial to Michael Toms, the executive producer of New Dimensions Radio in an interview recorded at his home in Ukiah, California on January 9, 1995.  Michael Toms passed away on January 24, 2013 at the age of 72. Radio Curious presents a memorial to Michael Toms, the executive producer of New Dimensions Radio, in an interview recorded at his home in Ukiah, California on January 9, 1995.  Michael Toms passed away on January 24, 2013 at the age of 72.  We discuss radio as it was in 1995, his predictions for the future of radio, and many of his personal observations. For over 40 years, Michael and Justine Toms have produced fascinating and long enduring and endearing programs on public radio with over 5000 programs in their archives. In this conversation we get his perspective about how radio works, the producer to the listener point of view, and the future of radio.  I asked Michael Toms about his thoughts of the relationship between the producer of a radio program and the listener. The Books Michael Toms recommends are: "Feather Fall” by Laurens Van Der Post "The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog” by Howard Rheingold "Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine“ by Larry Dossey. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-TOMS_MICHAEL_INTERVIEW_1995-2012_CA.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=66218&version_id=73536&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:08:38 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2670 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/02/04/lowenthal-gary-down-and-dirty-justice/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Gary T. Lowenthal, Emeritus Law Professor at the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law at Arizona State University and author of "Down and Dirty Justice: A Chilling Journey into the Dark World of Crime and the Criminal Courts." Crime and criminal justice is the topic.  Our guest is Emeritus Law Professor Gary T. Lowenthal, at the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law at Arizona State University.  He’s the author of the 2003 book, "Down and Dirty Justice:  A Chilling Journey into the Dark World of Crime and the Criminal Courts." This program, recorded on January 7, 2004, and first broadcast in February 2013, began with our discussion about the power structure in the American criminal court systems, where the judge has the authority, but the power often rests with the prosecutor.  We later visit the background of sentencing laws first promoted by President Richard Nixon. The book Gary Lowenthal recommends is “Seabiscuit” by Laura Hillenbrand. You may learn more about Professor Lowenthal’s work here. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/29/jergensen-richard-railroads-as-a-life-line-then-now-and-the-future%e2%80%a6/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/29/jergensen-richard-railroads-as-a-life-line-then-now-and-the-future%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:12:22 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2666 http://www.radiocurious.org/2013/01/29/jergensen-richard-railroads-as-a-life-line-then-now-and-the-future%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Richard Jergensen, a collector of maps, books, histories, posters and other memorabilia about the railroad system in Mendocino County, Ca.  We discuss the history and how to foment future railroad travel.  Local railroad systems were once the primary, if not the exclusive means of shipping and travel between nearby communities as well as links to those far away.  The California Western Railroad and the Northwestern Pacific Railroad met in Willits in rural Mendocino County in northern California, about 135 miles north of San Francisco.  Virgin old growth redwood trees were logged in the forests along the 40 miles of track to the coastal town Ft. Bragg.  Rail Villages, those isolated communities accessible only by train track prospered and grew.  Then came the automobile and trucks. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Richard Jergensen, president of the Mendocino Country Railroad Society, about the history of the California Western and the Northwestern Pacific Railroads, and what their presence did and can do in the future.  He is also the co-author of “How to Build with Grid Bean: A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything.”  Among a small part of his vast collection of maps, books, histories, posters and other memorabilia laid out throughout his home in Willits for our visit, Richard Jergensen shared a small part of this long story on January 20, 2013. The book he recommends is “A Confederacy of Dunces,” by John Kennedy Toole. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-JERGENSEN_RICHARD_INTERVIEW_2013_CA.mp3) to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=65896&version_id=73186&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/05/schaeffer-jessica-the-harp-the-second-oldest-human-musical-instrument/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/05/schaeffer-jessica-the-harp-the-second-oldest-human-musical-instrument/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:03:32 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2595 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/12/05/schaeffer-jessica-the-harp-the-second-oldest-human-musical-instrument/feed/ 0 harp Radio Curious visits with harpist Jessica Schaeffer, who teaches the instrument she loves and plays in symphonies and orchestras. She discusses the harp, it's history and the philosophy of music. The harp, in its early form, is second only to the flute as the oldest known human musical instrument.  The Radio Curious theme music this week is played by professional harpist and harp teacher Jessica Schaeffer, our guest in this edition of Radio Curious.  Intrigued by the harp when she saw it at a piano lesson when she was four years old, she began her formal training to play the harp when she was ten.  Jessica Schaeffer holds a bachelor’s degree in the study of the harp and a Master’s Degree in music; she plays in symphony orchestras and teaches the instrument she loves.  We visited in the studios of Radio Curious where she brought her harp, played for us and told stories, on December 3, 2012. Jessica Schaeffer's website is www.jessicaschaeffer.com (http://www.jessicaschaeffer.com).  The book she recommends is “The Power of Now,” by Eckhart Tolle. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=64807&version_id=72008&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/30/kitchell-mark-the-road-to-ruin-is-fire/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/30/kitchell-mark-the-road-to-ruin-is-fire/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:06:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2546 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/10/30/kitchell-mark-the-road-to-ruin-is-fire/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Mark Kitchell, producer of the new film, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, which documents 50 years of the environmental movement. The movie "A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet", produced and directed by our guest, Mark Kitchell tells the story of environmental activism – people trying to save the planet, their homes, the future.  In a chronicle of five decades of grassroots and global environmental movements, Kitchell explores how we arrived at the present world-wide crisis.  While exploring broader ideas and deeper meanings, A Fierce Green Fire brings together eras in the past 50 years from conservation to climate change. The Mendocino Film Festival presents the world premier of A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, November 9, 10, and 11, in Ft. Bragg, Mendocino and Pt. Arena.  You may learn more at mendocinofilmfestival.org (http://www.mendocinofilmfestival.org) and afiercegreenfire.com (http://www.afriecegreenfire.com) Mark Kitchell and I visited by phone from his office in San Francisco, California, on October 26, 2012. The film Mark Kitchell recommends is "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time."  The book he recommends is "The Shock Doctrine:  The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," by Naomi Klein. Click here to listen or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/22/graham-frank-ph-d-the-compromise-of-the-california-state-parks/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/22/graham-frank-ph-d-the-compromise-of-the-california-state-parks/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:09:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2464 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/08/22/graham-frank-ph-d-the-compromise-of-the-california-state-parks/feed/ 0 privitization,state parks The history and current status of the California State Park System is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious in a conversation with Frank Graham who has researched and studied its current economic woes. The history and current status of the California State Park System, as in “how’d we get here and what’s gone wrong,” is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Efforts to close our state parks and transfer their management private corporate control continue to occur in California.  We visit with Franklin Graham, Ph.D. who describes how the California public trust to protect our parks has been bureaucratically compromised. This program, recorded in the Radio Curious studios on August 20, 2012, began with Mr. Graham’s description how our state parks were established. The book Frank Graham recommends is “West of the Thirties:  Discoveries Among the Navajo and Hope,” by Edward T. Hall. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-GRAHAM_FRANK_8-12-CA.mp3) to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=62309&version_id=69345&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/06/05/capt-forrington-cass-a-beach-made-of-glass-and-hands-in-acid-one-man-and-many-stories/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/06/05/capt-forrington-cass-a-beach-made-of-glass-and-hands-in-acid-one-man-and-many-stories/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:57:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2369 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/06/05/capt-forrington-cass-a-beach-made-of-glass-and-hands-in-acid-one-man-and-many-stories/feed/ 0 Radio Curious takes you to Glass Beach in Ft. Bragg, Ca for a visit with Captain Cass Farrington, the creator and owner of the Glass Beach Museum. While traveling the world as a merchant marine, Cass Forrington has transported munitions, A former dump site at the edge of the Pacific Ocean in Ft. Bragg, California, is part of the story in this edition of Radio Curious. Captain Cass Forrington, creator and owner of the Glass Beach Museum, and the author of "Beaches Of Glass, a History & Tour of the Glass Beaches of Fort Bragg, California," is our guest.   He is also a Master Mariner, holder of an unlimited Master’s Certificate, allowing him to be the captain of any size sea going vessel.  He has many stories to tell. Captain Cass and I sat on Glass Beach No. Two in Ft. Bragg, on a windy afternoon, June 2, 2012, with the waves lapping ten feet away.  We began when I asked him to describe Glass Beach.  But keep listening to hear his story about putting his hands in acid 40 years ago. Captain Cass Forrington's website is: captcass.com Capt. Cass Forrington recommends a movie and a book. The book is "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology," by Ray Kurzweil.  And the movie is “What the Bleep Do We Know?” Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/21/trimpin-music-and-thought-pushing-the-limits/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/21/trimpin-music-and-thought-pushing-the-limits/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 00:39:30 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2344 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/21/trimpin-music-and-thought-pushing-the-limits/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Trimpin, a sound artist whose the topic of a documentary "Trimpin." Pushing limits in music and thought is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious as we visit with Trimpin, a man who makes music from unusual instruments.  He is the star of documentary film about his life’s work Trimpin, who uses a single word for his name received a Mac Arthur Genius Grant 1997. He asserts that he is trying to “go beyond human physical limitations to play instruments in such a way that no matter how complex the composition or the timing, it can be pushed over the limits.”  The music, he said, starts with a sound in his head.  He then transforms that notion for us to hear.  The film Trimpin will be show at the Mendocino Film Festival the first weekend of June 2012, in Mendocino California. I spoke with Trimpin from his studio in Seattle, Washington, on May 19, 2012, and asked him to comment on the characterization where he is described as a mad-scientist, a magician, or possibly a tour guide. Rather than recommending a book, Trimpin said that he gave up reading sometime ago and replaced it with thinking.  He’d “rather think than read," he said. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/15/arlyck-ralph-the-film-maker%e2%80%99s-film-following-sean%e2%80%a6-technique-and-life%e2%80%99s-stories/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/15/arlyck-ralph-the-film-maker%e2%80%99s-film-following-sean%e2%80%a6-technique-and-life%e2%80%99s-stories/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 21:05:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2319 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/15/arlyck-ralph-the-film-maker%e2%80%99s-film-following-sean%e2%80%a6-technique-and-life%e2%80%99s-stories/feed/ 1 Sean, a four year old child living with his parents in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco in 1969 was the star of a short film about his life. He spoke openly his free-spirited parents, his crash pad home, watching cops bust head, Sean, a four year old child living with his parents in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco in 1969 was the star of a short film about his life. He spoke openly his free-spirited parents, his crash pad home, watching cops bust head, and smoking pot.  Ralph Arlyck made the film while a student at San Francisco State University. Thirty years later he located Sean and his family, and created the film Following Sean. Ralph Arlyck, our guest on this edition of Radio Curious has produced and directed more than a dozen prizewinning films.  Following Sean, is a film as much about Ralph Arlyck’s life as it is about Sean’s.  It will be shown at the Mendocino Film Festival, held in Mendocino, California, the first weekend of June, 2012, where Arlyck will receive the Albert Maysles Award for Excellence in Documentary Film Filmmaking. Ralph Arlyck and I visited by phone from his home in Poughkeepsie, New York, on May 14, 2012, and began when I asked him how Following Sean also became a story of Arlyck’s own life. The film Ralph Arlyck recommends is “Patience (After Sebald,)” a British Film by Grant Gee. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/07/reuther-sasha-the-united-auto-workers-union-its-effect-on-america/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/07/reuther-sasha-the-united-auto-workers-union-its-effect-on-america/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 00:53:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2309 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/05/07/reuther-sasha-the-united-auto-workers-union-its-effect-on-america/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses “Brothers on the Line” a film about the Reuther brothers who unionized the auto industry and galvanized the middle class. Their descendent Sasha Reuther made the film and is our guest. As we all know every action has an equal and opposite reaction.  The reaction, however is not necessarily equal in time or unity.  It’s often spread over time with serial impacts. In this edition of Radio Curious we focus on the treatment of workers in the automobile industry in the United States beginning in the early years of the 20th century.  The story is portrayed in “Brothers on the Line,” a film about Walter, Ray and Victor Reuther, three brothers from West Virginia who organized the United Auto Workers Union beginning in the 1920s.  With access to the National Archives, the Wayne State University Labor History Library and family records, Sasha Reuther, Victor’s grandson, directed the film.  It chronicles the working conditions and the successful strikes at the big three auto plants in Michigan; the political power of the United Auto Workers Union, and its involvement in the civil rights movement.  It also explains why Detroit, Michigan became the richest city in the United States in the 1950s. “Brothers On The Line” will be shown June 3, 2012 at the Mendocino Film Festival, in Mendocino, California. Sasha Reuther and I visited by phone from his office in New York City on May 7, 2012.  We began when I asked him what happened once the automobile became a useful, if not necessary tool of life. The book that Sasha Reuther recommends is “U.A.W. and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945 -1968,” by Kevin Boyle. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:42:57 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2289 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/17/neil-chelsea-a-fallen-tree-ruptures-cliff-and-damages-a-creek-watershed-restoration-repairs-it/feed/ 0 Watershed restoration is the topic of this week’s Radio Curious. Host and Producer Barry Vogel speaks with volunteers at Gibson Creek in Ukiah. They restored a portion of the creek bed and discussed watershed restoration, Standing in the knee-high, flowing waters of Gibson Creek in Ukiah, California we visit with some of the 35 Volunteers from Watershed Stewards Project, The Friends of Gibson Creek and The California Department of Fish and Game, in this edition of Radio Curious.  The project, organized by Chelsea Neill, an Americorps Volunteer is meant to stop the erosion of a cliff at a bend in the creek that was ruptured by a falling tree. We visited on April 14, 2012.  First I spoke with Chelsea Neill who describes the work being done, then with Linda Sanders of The Friends of Gibson Creek and finally with Chelsea’s mentor Dan Resnick of the California Department of Fish and Game. You can hear the water running under our feet and the snapping sounds of volunteers working to build a barrier made of willow branches to retain the cliff.   We begin our conversation with Chelsea Neill explaining why this area was chosen for creek restoration. The book Chelsea Neill recommends is “Deep Survival:  Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why,” by Laurence Gonzales.  You can listen to a Radio Curious interview with Gonzales about the book here (http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/19/gonzales-laurence-why-do-smart-people-do-stupid-things-part-1/). Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:34:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2281 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/04/10/cherney-darryl-the-bombing-of-environmental-crusaders-who-bombed-judi-bari/feed/ 0 Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad speaks with Darryl Cherney, an Earth First! activist who was car bombed with Judi Bari in Oakland, California in 1990. He recently made a documentary about his experience, “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” In 1990 Earth First! activists from Mendocino County were on a road trip to rally support for a summer effort to help protect old growth redwoods in Northern California. For years prior, logging practices took well over 90% of the original redwood growth in the area. Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari, the organizers, were in their car in Oakland, California, in May 1990 when a bomb exploded underneath the driver’s seat where Judi Bari sat.  She and Darryl Cherney were immediately arrested and suspected of bombing themselves. Although charges were never filed against the two, authorities have yet to locate the bombers.  Darryl Cherney and Judi Bari sued and won a jury award of four million dollars against the Oakland Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for violating their 1st and 4th amendment rights. The film, “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” produced by Darryl Cherney, attempts to answer the question posed in the title; it examines their struggle with law enforcement in finding the real bomber and chronicles the history of the local environmental movement here in Northern California. Christina Aanestad, the Radio Curious assistant producer spoke with Darryl Cherney about the film he produced and his experiences resulting from the bombing. They visited on March 29, 2011, at the studios of KMEC radio, inside the Mendocino Environmental Center, which has a long history of supporting social and environmental movements, including Earth First! They began when Christina asked Darryl Cherney to describe the attempted assassination against him and Judi Bari. The website for Darryl Cherney's film is www.whobombedjudibari.com. The book he recommends is, “The Alphabet Versus the Goddess” by Alan Shlain. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=59135&version_id=65957&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/13/la-tigresa-one-womans-power-fortitude-and-poetry/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/13/la-tigresa-one-womans-power-fortitude-and-poetry/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:42:58 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2248 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/13/la-tigresa-one-womans-power-fortitude-and-poetry/feed/ 0 Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad speaks with performance artist and poet, La Tigresa about art and activism. Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad speaks with performance artist and poet, La Tigresa about art and activism. La Tigresa made national headlines in 2000 for blockading a logging truck bare breasted while reciting poems of the Goddess, to save old growth redwood trees in Northern California. The book La Tigresa recommends is "Pronoia is the Antidote to Paranoia," by Rob Brezsny. La Tigresa's website is www.latigresa.net. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/06/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/06/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840-2/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:04:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2237 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/03/06/maria-stewart-sandra-kamusukiri-a-visit-with-a-free-black-women-boston-1840-2/feed/ 0 Radio Curious brings you an archived interview with Maria Stewart, as portrayed by scholar, Sandra Kamusakiri. Stewart was a free black woman who lived in the 1830's and likely the first African-American to speak out in defense of women's rights. Radio Curious brings you an archived interview with Maria Stewart, as portrayed by Sandra Kamusukiri.  Maria W. Stewart, was a free black woman who lived in Boston, MA, from the 1820s to the early 1840s. She was the first American born woman to lecture in public on political themes and likely the first African-American to speak out in defense of women’s rights. Click here to visit and listen to our archived program. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/21/cobb-david-end-corporate-personhood-the-29th-amendment/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/21/cobb-david-end-corporate-personhood-the-29th-amendment/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:19:50 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2213 http://www.radiocurious.org/2012/02/21/cobb-david-end-corporate-personhood-the-29th-amendment/feed/ 0 Radio Curious discusses the process to Amend the United States Constitution with guest David Cobb, from Move to Amend, an organization that is actively seeking to amend the constitution to limit corporate power in the U.S. The decision of the United States Supreme Court, in the case of Citizen’s United v. Federal Elections Commission in January 2010, substantially changed the political process in the United States. That decision held that corporations have the same constitutional rights as have individual people. Four of the nine Supreme Court Justices believe the Citizen’s United was wrong. So many other American’s share that belief that a nationwide grass roots effort called Move to Amend has been organized to promote the 29th Amendment to the United States Constitution. This new amendment would change the result of the Citizen’s United decide and declare: “The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons only. Artificial entities, such as corporations, limited liability companies, and other entities, established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state shall have no rights under this Constitution and are subject to regulation by the People, through Federal, State, or local law.” An amendment to the Constitution requires a two thirds vote of approval in both the House of Representatives and in the United States Senate. It then must be adopted by three-fourths, or thirty-eight, of the fifty states to become the law of the land. Many city councils including those of Los Angeles, New York, and Portland, Oregon, have passed resolutions urging their congressional representatives to support this amendment. Listeners in Mendocino County, the home of Radio Curious, may soon sign petitions to put a similar resolution on the November 2012 ballot. Our guest in this edition of Radio Curious is David Cobb, an attorney from Texas, on leave from his trial practice to promote the adoption of this constitutional amendment. David Cobb visited the studios of Radio Curious on February 13, 2012, to talk about Move To Amend. We began our conversation when I asked him to explain why the constitution should be amended to repeal the effect of the Citizen’s United decision. The books David Cobb recommends are “Gangs of America, The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy,” by Ted Nace, and ”Corporations Are Not People: Why The Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About it,” by Jeff D. Clements. The Move To Amend website is www.movetoamend.org. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/15/aanestad-christina-occupying-the-port-of-oakland/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/15/aanestad-christina-occupying-the-port-of-oakland/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:27:04 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2089 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/12/15/aanestad-christina-occupying-the-port-of-oakland/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits the West Coast Port Shutdown, so tune in as we occupy your radio. In response to the attempts to end “Occupy” movements in different parts of the United States beginning the November 2011, local people in and near west coast sea ports on Monday, December 12, 2011 gathered to occupy their local port. Radio Curious Assistant Producer, Christina Aanestad, went to the Port of Oakland where she met with and interviewed organizers, participants and bystanders. Her journey began at 5:30 am on a cold Monday morning at the West Oakland Bart Station. The first person with whom she spoke was a woman cloaked in a bright blue tarp with the words “The People’s TARP” inscribed thereon. Before we hear the voice of this woman it is important to remember that TARP is an acronym for the U.S. government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program established to purchase assets and equity from financial institutions purportedly to strengthen its financial sector to address the subprime mortgage crisis. TARP originally authorized $700 Billion Dollars in 2008 to cover unorthodox real estate loans. 50 year old Karen Mackley wore what she called the people’s tarp. The books Christina Aanestad recommends are “Pronoia is the Antidote of Paranoia: How the Whole Workd is Conspiring to Shower You With Blessings,” by Rob Brezsny, and “Angry Women” by Andrea Juno. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/15/ball-betty-history-of-the-mendocino-environmental-center/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/15/ball-betty-history-of-the-mendocino-environmental-center/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:08:01 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=2056 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/11/15/ball-betty-history-of-the-mendocino-environmental-center/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Betty Ball, co-founder of the Mendocino Environmental Center in Ukiah, Ca. They discuss the movements to protect northern California's old growth redwood forests, oceans and more. The history of the Mendocino Environmental Center, as told by its co-founder Betty Ball, is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Betty and her late husband Gary Ball, founded the Mendocino Environmental Center, based in Ukiah, California in early 1987, which soon became a central organizing hub for several environmental movements in Northern California. The issues in those years included protection of the Northern California coast from off shore oil drilling, an effort which has remained successful; the Forests Forever initiate campaign in behalf of the Heritage Tree Preservation Act, which narrowly lost a state-wide California election in 2002; and Redwood Summer, a non violent civil disobedience effort to protect old growth redwood trees in northern California from being logged, modeled after the Mississippi Summer civil rights projects in 1964. Shortly before the planned beginning of Redwood Summer in June 2000, Judi Bari, a Redwood Summer organizer was severely injured in a car bomb explosion in Oakland, California. In a subsequent civil jury trial the F.B.I. and the Oakland Police Department were found liable for certain matters related to the bombing, and ordered to pay over $4,000,000.00 compensation. The bombers still remain at large. These and other issues are discussed in this interview with Betty Ball, which was recorded for video and audio broadcast on November 7, 2011, at the studios of Mendocino Access Television in Ukiah, California. We began when I asked Betty Ball what drew her and her late husband, Gary Ball into the environmental movement. The books that Betty Ball recommends are any written by Arundhati Roy, Derrick Jensen or Chris Hedges. This interview with Betty Ball was recorded for radio and television broadcast with the generous cooperation of Mendocino Access Television in Ukiah, California, and the engineering assistance of Mikah Mate. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=55594&version_id=62169&version=1) to download the podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/09/06/liquid-gold-on-lovers-lane-feigin-keith/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/09/06/liquid-gold-on-lovers-lane-feigin-keith/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:32:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1957 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/09/06/liquid-gold-on-lovers-lane-feigin-keith/feed/ 1 Radio Curious visits with Keith Feigin, owner of Lovers Lane Farm, at his bee keeping center in Ukiah, California. We discuss bees on the loose, how they orient themselves to a new location, communicate with each other and how Keith harvests the “liqui... This program is about honey. We visit with Keith Feigin, owner of Lovers Lane Farm, at his bee keeping center in Ukiah, California. We discuss bees on the loose, how they orient themselves to a new location, communicate with each other and how Keith harvests the “liquid gold.”  Keith was just leaving to catch up with some bees on the loose when I arrived, and that’s when our conversation began in mid August 2011. The book that Keith Feigin recommends is the “Secret Life of Bees,” by Sue Monk Kidd.  You may contact Keith Feigin via email at loverslanefarm@gmail.com. This interview was recorded on the streets of Ukiah and at Lovers Lane Farm in Ukiah, California on August 15, 2011. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=54218&version_id=60629&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/30/aanestad-christina-gold-oil-and-a-journalist%e2%80%99s-adventure-in-ecuador/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/30/aanestad-christina-gold-oil-and-a-journalist%e2%80%99s-adventure-in-ecuador/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1953 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/30/aanestad-christina-gold-oil-and-a-journalist%e2%80%99s-adventure-in-ecuador/feed/ 0 Radio Curious speaks with Associate Producer Christina Aanestad about her recent journalistic adventure to Ecuador and her findings about oil pollution, mining and community resistance. One of the things I learned in law school about bankruptcy was that if you have to borrow money to take a trip and then go bankrupt, the judge can’t take the trip away from you. In this edition we have a travel report from Christina Aanestad the Associate Producer for Radio Curious. Christina recently returned from a 6 week exploratory, journalist visit from Ecuador, a favorite country of mine. We visited at the Radio Curious studios on August 29, 2011, to discuss her adventures and what she learned about oil drilling, gold mining and dam construction, as well as what motivated her to take this trip. The books that Christina Aanestad recommend are, "Now is the Time to Open Your Heart," by Alice Walker and "Pronoia is the Antidote to Paranoia: How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings," by Rob Brezney. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-AANESTAD_INTERVIEW_2_8-29-11_CA.mp3) to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=54066&version_id=60461&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/17/allman-sheriff-tom-the-moral-delimma-of-growing-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/17/allman-sheriff-tom-the-moral-delimma-of-growing-marijuana/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:31:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1932 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/17/allman-sheriff-tom-the-moral-delimma-of-growing-marijuana/feed/ 0 This program is the second of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman. We begin when Sheriff Allman explains the "moral dilemma" and then discuss what can be done about it, as well about a lot about Sheriff Tom Allman. This program is the second of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman.  We begin when Sheriff Allman explains the "moral dilemma" and then discuss what can be done about it, as well about a lot about Sheriff Tom Allman. This program was recorded in the Radio Curious studios on August 8, 2011. The book Sheriff Tom Allman recommends is "Outliars," by Malcolm Gladwell. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=53778&version_id=60158&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/12/allman-sheriff-tom-growing-marijuana-in-northern-california-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/12/allman-sheriff-tom-growing-marijuana-in-northern-california-part-one/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:35:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1911 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/08/12/allman-sheriff-tom-growing-marijuana-in-northern-california-part-one/feed/ 0 This is the first of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, who discusses the procedures to legally grow marijuana in Mendocino County, the problems of large illegal grows, and what is being done about them. This program is the first of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman.  Sheriff Allman when he and Radio Curious Host and Producer  Attorney Barry Vogel discuss the procedures to legally grow marijuana in Mendocino County, the problems of large illegal grows, and what is being done about them, the extent the marijuana is a cash crop in Mendocino County, and a lot about Tom Allman. The next edition will be the second half of our conversation. That's when we discuss the Sheriff's "eureka" moment, what he wants to do with the rest of his life and a book he recommends. The interview with Sheriff Tom Allman was recorded on August 8, 2011 in the Radio Curious studios. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=53702&version_id=60080&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/10/1837/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/10/1837/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:46:18 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1837 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/10/1837/feed/ 0 In part two in our series, “Greed is Now Respectable” we visit again with Attorney Prescott Cole, employed by California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform based in San Francisco, California. We discuss elder financial abuse in the form of reverse mortg... In part two in our series, “Greed is Now Respectable,” we visit again with Attorney Prescott Cole, employed by California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, or “Canhr,” a non-profit agency based in San Francisco, California.  The goal of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform is long term care, justice and advocacy.   Their website, canhr.org (http://www.canhr.org/), has sections on Elder Abuse and Elder Financial Abuse, Medi-Cal for Long Term Care, Finding a Nursing Home, Lawyer Referral, among many other related topics.  The CANHR phone number within California is (800) 474-1116, and outside of California it is (415) 974-5171. Our conversation with Attorney Prescott Cole was recorded from his office in San Francisco on June 9, 2011.  We discuss what a reverse mortgage is and the grave and potential economic and social consequences to which purchasers of a reverse mortgage are exposed. We talk about annuities, what they are, what they cost, and why an annuity is a poor investment for seniors. We include a discussion of how Veterans eligible for aid benefits have been lured into giving away their assets in an attempt to become eligible for the aid benefits. We began our conversation when I asked Precott Cole to tell us about reverse mortgages. The books Prescott Cole recommends are those written by P.G. Wodehouse, about Jeeves the Butler. The website for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform is canhr.org (http://canhr.org/). Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=52379&version_id=58658&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/02/cole-prescott-greed-is-now-respectable-elder-financial-abuse/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/02/cole-prescott-greed-is-now-respectable-elder-financial-abuse/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:57:37 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1816 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/06/02/cole-prescott-greed-is-now-respectable-elder-financial-abuse/feed/ 0 Elder financial abuse may result from deception promoted as a "seminar," sometimes with a "free lunch" included. Attorney Prescott Cole with California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform discusses elder financial abuse and “living trust seminars.” A will is a legal document that one prepares to identify what should be done with property after the writer has died.  In recent years, a document called a "living trust" has come into fashion that if it fits a persons needs and is done properly, would achieve the same purpose. Occasionally so called “free seminars,” are advertised living trusts.  Some of the gatherings are calculated to be more than instructional.  Rather they are calculated to sell the attendees, mostly senior citizens, a living trust at a surprisingly low price, as well as reverse mortgages and annuities. Prescott Cole, an attorney working with California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, based in San Francisco, California is our guest on this edition of Radio Curious, in the first of two discussions on financial elder abuse.  In this program we will discuss living trust seminars, how they are organized and what some of their goals are. I spoke with Prescott Cole from his office in San Franciso on May 27, 2011 and began our conversation by asking him to describe a living trust seminar. The website for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform is canhr.org (http://canhr.org). This interview was recorded on May 27, 2011. The book that Prescott Cole recommends is the “Bartimaes Trilogy,” by Jonathan Stroud. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=52190&version_id=58464&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/05/23/les-blank-the-chef-of-film-making/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/05/23/les-blank-the-chef-of-film-making/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 00:03:42 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1794 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/05/23/les-blank-the-chef-of-film-making/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with film maker extraordinaire, Les Blank, about his life's work including a documentary about folk/blues musician Lightning Hopkins and a film about garlic. In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Les Blank, film maker extraordinaire. Les Blank will receive the Albert Maysles award at the 2011 Mendocino Film Festival where his films “Burden of Dreams” and "The Blues Accordin’ to Lightnin' Hopkins" will be presented.  John Rockwell, writing in The New York Times, describes Les Blank as, "…a documentarian of folk cultures who transforms anthropology into art." Though he had a long fascination with films, his career turned to film making after he saw “The Seventh Seal,” by Ingmar Bergman.   Our conversation, which was recorded by phone from his home in Berkeley, California on May 23, 2011, began when I asked him why he makes films. The films Les Blank recommends are “The Seventh Seal” and “Through a Glass Darkly,” both by Ingmar Bergman. Les Blank's website is www.lesblank.com Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=51974&version_id=58219&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/26/johnson-richard-w-his-philosophy-and-optimism/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/26/johnson-richard-w-his-philosophy-and-optimism/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:24:51 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1753 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/26/johnson-richard-w-his-philosophy-and-optimism/feed/ 0 This edition of Radio Curious is again about Richard W. Johnson Jr., publisher of a group of newspapers in Mendocino County, California, called Mendocino Country, who died March 16th, 2011. He talks about his philosophy and optimism. This edition of Radio Curious is again about Richard W. Johnson Jr., publisher of a group of newspapers in Mendocino County, California, called Mendocino Country.  He died March 16th, 2011.  The interview was recorded in June  2008 shortly after voters passed Measure B, a ballot measure that attempted to regulate marijuana growth and production.  The measure repealed an earlier ballot initiative Richard Johnson wrote, Measure G in 2000, that set a limit of 25 plants and 2 pounds of processed marijuana.  Measure B reduced the limits to 6 plants person and 8 ounces of processed marijuana.  Richard Johnson was opposed to Measure B and we began our conversation when I asked him why he took on this issue considering the fact that he did not use marijuana. Richard W. Johnson said he didn’t have time to read because he was too busy writing. Originally Broadcast: June 18th, 2008 Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/18/sanford-elberg-ph-d-%e2%80%93-microbiology-and-what-it-does-for-us-memorial-to-a-scientist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/18/sanford-elberg-ph-d-%e2%80%93-microbiology-and-what-it-does-for-us-memorial-to-a-scientist/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:18:27 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1744 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/18/sanford-elberg-ph-d-%e2%80%93-microbiology-and-what-it-does-for-us-memorial-to-a-scientist/feed/ 1 Microbiology, what it is and how it benefits society is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is the late Dr. Sanford Elberg, a retired professor of microbiology and bacteriology and later the Dean of the Graduate School at the Universi... Microbiology, what it is and how it benefits society is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is the late Dr. Sanford Elberg, a retired professor of microbiology and bacteriology and later the Dean of the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley.   He died April 8th, 2011. One of his scientific successes was the development of a vaccine for brucellosis, a disease in farm animals causing the female to abort early in pregnancy. This interview with Professor Elberg, who received a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1930, was recorded at his home in Mendocino County, California in March 1998. Dr. Elberg begins with a definition of microbiology and bacteriology. Sanford Elberg recommends, “The Plague Tales,” by Ann Benson. Originally Broadcast: March 30, 2006 Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=51112&version_id=57296&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/11/saving-a-small-town-post-office-ukiah-ca/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/11/saving-a-small-town-post-office-ukiah-ca/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:41:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1735 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/04/11/saving-a-small-town-post-office-ukiah-ca/feed/ 1 The United States Postal Service is closing post offices in small and rural towns across the country. Radio Curious visits with 3 local residents in Ukiah, Ca about their efforts to save the local downtown post office. The United States Postal Service has plans to close post offices in cities, small towns and rural areas across America. This edition of Radio Curious is a case study of how the federal government plans to close the main Post Office in Ukiah, California.  The Postal Service says it operates under a "corporate model" and is not subject to public information requests, even from local government. It is unwilling to share the bases of it cost analyses or even let the City of Ukiah conduct its own evaluations. We visit with three members of the Save the Ukiah Post Office Committee, Ukiah Mayor, Mari Rodin, Alan Nicholson and Mike Sweeney. They discuss the community efforts to save Ukiah's downtown post office and why. The interview was recorded April 11th, 2011. The book Alan Nichols recommends is “House,” by Tracy Kidder. The book Mari Rodin recommends is "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking," by Malcolm Gladwell. The book Mike Sweeney recommends is, "The Storms of my Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity," by Dr. James C. Hansen. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=50928&version_id=57101&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/03/21/johnson-richard-the-life-and-times-of-mendocino-countrys-curmudgeon/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/03/21/johnson-richard-the-life-and-times-of-mendocino-countrys-curmudgeon/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:46:54 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1693 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/03/21/johnson-richard-the-life-and-times-of-mendocino-countrys-curmudgeon/feed/ 4 Radio Curious pays homage to Richard Johnson, activist and publisher of 4 newspapers in Mendocino County, CA under the banner Mendocino Country. Johnson died Wednesday January 16th, in hospice care. He was 66 years old and leaves a legacy of activist v... Few people in Mendocino County, who are not elected officials, have created as much enmity and as many disruptive relationships as has Richard W. Johnson, Jr., who was the owner, editor and publisher of four local news papers under the banner: Mendocino Country.  Johnson died Wednesday March 16th, 2011, in hospice care.  He was 66 years old and will be remembered by his stalwart stance  activist vigor and irascible nature. He was an original organizer of California Certified Organic Farmers, the recipient of the Mendocino Environmental Center's ‘Walking Stick Award’ in 1992 for promoting an ocean sanctuary off the Mendocino Coast, and as an original proponent of Measure G on the Mendocino County ballot in 2000, which legalized marijuana in Mendocino County.  When we visited he said he wanted to discuss the misunderstood and seldom appreciated Richard Johnson, his life and times.  And he does. The interview was recorded at the studios of Radio Curious in Ukiah, CA on February 19th , 2008.  Richard Johnson's papers will continue.  Radio Curious Associate Producer, Christina Aanestad and Annie Esposito are publishing Mendocino Country Independent, Vistas and Confluence.  Augusto "Zezzy" Chirre will publish El Sol. Click here to listen to the program or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=50319&version_id=56456&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/31/crane-susan-personal-values-over-personal-freedom/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/31/crane-susan-personal-values-over-personal-freedom/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:50:23 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1636 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/31/crane-susan-personal-values-over-personal-freedom/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Susan Crane, founder of plowshares who will be discussing her lifetime commitment to ending nuclear proliferation through non-violent direct action. Radio Curious hosts a conversation with Susan Crane, founder of plowshares who will be discussing her lifetime commitment to ending nuclear proliferation through non-violent direct action.  She’s awaiting sentencing,scheduled for March 2011, for pouring her blood on trident submarine machine bombs in the state of Washington.  A grandmother, in her 60s Susan Crane faces up to 10 years in federal prison for her actions.  In this edition of Radio Curious, Susan Crane discusses practicing a code of non-violence in every day life as well as using non-violent civil disobedience as a means to creating peace in the world. The interview with Susan Crane was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious in Ukiah, California, on January 29th, 2011. The articles Susan Crane recommends instead of a book, are by Judge C.J. Weeramantry and  be read on the links below: http://www.jonahhouse.org/Disarm_Now_Plowshares/judge-weeramantry-trident.pdf (http://www.jonahhouse.org/Disarm_Now_Plowshares/judge-weeramantry-trident.pdf) http://disarmnowplowshares.wordpress.com (http://disarmnowplowshares.wordpress.com/) Click here to begin listening or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=49051&version_id=55105&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/11/reinhart-ed-boogie-woogie-pianist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/11/reinhart-ed-boogie-woogie-pianist/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:59:45 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1606 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/11/reinhart-ed-boogie-woogie-pianist/feed/ 1 Radio Curious visits with world famous boogie woogie piano player, Ed Reinhart, who also masquerades as Rico Suave and Earl Dixon. In my opinion, when my friend Ed Reinhart comes here to Ukiah, it is well worth the effort to track him down and listen to him play someone else’s piano and sing along. And that is what happened the last few days of 2010. The sign said Ed would be playing at the Himalaya Café at the south end of town on New Year’s Eve beginning at 6:30 pm. Now it may seem a bit early to start a New Year’s Eve Party, but Ed is always ready to do things his way, and under the guise of liking to get to bed early, he played and sang Old Lange Syne when it was New Year’s in New York, or in the Ukiah vernacular, 9 p.m. Now Ed, who masquerades as Earl Dixon, a semi-unknown sort as he likes to say, and/or Rico Suave, a moniker he adopted while living in Ecuador, can play boogie-woogie piano better than most anyone. And that to me makes Earl and Rico all the more confusing as to who they may or may not be. Ed, etc. have been guests on three previous editions Radio Curious, and those visits are available at www.radiocurious.org. Why so much Ed on Radio Curious? I like him and his music and enjoy our visits. We hope you do too. So Happy New Year to each of you and welcome to the first Radio Curious program recorded in our 21st year on the air. This interview with Ed Reinhart was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious, in Ukiah, California on January 7, 2011. The book Ed Reinhart recommends is “World Without End,” by Ken Follett. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/48534/54534/69250/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-ED_REINHART_INTERVIEW_1-7-11_CA.mp3) to begin listening or on the media player below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=48534&version_id=54534&version=1) to download and subscribe to our podcast LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/02/esyer-esq-david/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/02/esyer-esq-david/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 06:13:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1576 http://www.radiocurious.org/2011/01/02/esyer-esq-david/feed/ 0 Radio Curious visits with Mendocino County's newly elected District Attorney, David Eyster to discuss the power of the prosecutor. The power of any criminal prosecutor and especially a local district attorney, is immense.  The given job of the DA is to serve justice, and the on-going question is what process to employ in order to achieve justice.  Not all prosecutors have experience as a defense attorney and as a prosecutor.  In Mendocino County, California, David Eyster, an attorney with experience on both sides of criminal cases, was elected to the office of District Attorney and will assume the position of chief law enforcement officer of the county on January 3, 2011.  When he visited the studios of Radio Curious on December 27, 2010, we had a conversation about the role of a criminal defense attorney and how that will affect his new role as prosecutor; his attitude toward “overcharging” criminal violations, what he calls “leveraging the defendant;” the use of the grand jury in criminal cases; and his plans to prosecute unfair business practices.  We began when I asked him about the role of the criminal defense attorney. The book David Eyster recommends in the “Autobiography of Mark Twain.” Click (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/48307/54283/69028/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-EYSTER_DAVID_12-27-2010_CA.mp3)here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/48307/54283/69028/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-EYSTER_DAVID_12-27-2010_CA.mp3) to begin listening to the interview. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=48307&version_id=54283&version=1) to download podcast. LeGov clean 29:00 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/08/pinches-john-madrigal-holly-mendocino-county-3rd-district-supervisorial-candidates-differing-views/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/08/pinches-john-madrigal-holly-mendocino-county-3rd-district-supervisorial-candidates-differing-views/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:59:06 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1471 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/10/08/pinches-john-madrigal-holly-mendocino-county-3rd-district-supervisorial-candidates-differing-views/feed/ 0 This week Radio Curious is joined by 3rd District candidates for Supervisor in Mendocino County, incumbent John Pinches and challenger Holly Madrigal. Host and attorney Barry Vogel asks them both the same questions, This week Radio Curious is joined by 3rd District candidates for Supervisor in Mendocino County, incumbent John Pinches and challenger Holly Madrigal. Host and attorney Barry Vogel asks them both the same questions, independently of one another so you can compare their answers.  The interviews were recorded October 8th, 2010, at the studios of Radio Curious in Ukiah, California. The book John Pinches recommends is, "Genocide and Vendetta," by Lynwood Carranco and Estle Beard. The book Holly Madrigal recommends is, "Last Call," by Daniel Okrent. Click here to listen, or on the link below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=46076&version_id=51896&version=1) to subscribe to and download the podcast with John Pinches and Holly Madrigal. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/29/hamburg-dan-roberts-wendy-5th-district-supervisor-candidates-differing-views/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/29/hamburg-dan-roberts-wendy-5th-district-supervisor-candidates-differing-views/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:17:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1456 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/29/hamburg-dan-roberts-wendy-5th-district-supervisor-candidates-differing-views/feed/ 4 This week Radio Curious is joined by 5th District candidates for Supervisor in Mendocino County, Dan Hamburg and Wendy Roberts. Host and attorney Barry Vogel asks them both the same questions, independently of one another so you can compare their answ... This week Radio Curious is joined by 5th District candidates for Supervisor in Mendocino County, Dan Hamburg and Wendy Roberts. Host and attorney Barry Vogel asks them both the same questions, independently of one another so you can compare their answers. The book Wendy Roberts recommends is, "Touching Wings, Touching Wild," by Ronnie James. The book Dan Hamburg recommends is, "The Shock Doctrine," by Naomi Klein. The interviews were recorded in the last week of September at the studios of Radio Curious in Ukiah, Ca. Click here to listen or on the link below. Click here to subscribe to and download the podcast with Dan Hamburg & Wendy Roberts. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/20/nelso-david-judge-will-justice-move-when-the-courthouse-does/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/20/nelso-david-judge-will-justice-move-when-the-courthouse-does/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:21:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1440 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/09/20/nelso-david-judge-will-justice-move-when-the-courthouse-does/feed/ 0 Courthouse The Mendocino County courthouse is moving.  Join us for conversation with Judge David Nelson, who sits on the site selection committee. We discuss when, where and why the Mendocino Courthouse is moving, and how people can have a say about the courth... The Mendocino County courthouse is moving.  Join us for conversation with Judge David Nelson, who sits on the site selection committee. We discuss when, where and why the Mendocino Courthouse is moving, and how people can have a say about the courthouse location. The book David Nelson recommends is, "The Lacuna," by Barbara Kingsolver. This interview was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious September 17th, 2010. Click here to listen or on the link below. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=45657&version_id=51440&version=1) to subscribe to and download the podcast with Judge David Nelson. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/07/13/knapp-john/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/07/13/knapp-john/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:33:15 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1219 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/07/13/knapp-john/feed/ 0 If you don’t care about keeping your teeth, your general health or bad breath, skip these two editions of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Dr. John Knapp, a retired professor from the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry. - If you don’t care about keeping your teeth, your general health or bad breath, skip these two editions of Radio Curious.  Our guest is Dr. John Knapp, a retired professor from the University of California San Francisco School of Dentistry. The importance of preserving and protecting our teeth is often ignored, shunned, feared and to some unknown.  In this two part series we look at the importance of dental hygiene and heath care in the first conversation with Dr. Knapp.  In part two we discuss the effect of negligent dental care on the rest of the human body and the long term benefits of dental care in a national health care system. And while you listen remember “the only teeth you need to floss are the ones you want to keep.” The interview was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on July 16th, 2010. The books Dr. John Knapp recommends are "Mystics and Zen Masters," by Thomas Merton, and "Turning Point," by Fritjof Capra. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/44252/49918/65438/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-KNAPP_JOHN_INTERVIEW1_CA_7-16-19.mp3) to listen to part one and here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/44252/49918/65616/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-KNAPP_JOHN_INTERVIEW_CA_2.mp3) to listen to part two. Click here (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=44252&version_id=49918&version=1) to download both podcasts with Dr. John Knapp. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/05/11/cohen-joel-understanding-the-language-of-the-cello/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/05/11/cohen-joel-understanding-the-language-of-the-cello/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 22:13:49 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1150 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/05/11/cohen-joel-understanding-the-language-of-the-cello/feed/ 0 The sound of the cello may, if you listen, be heard in the heart invoking a kaleidoscope of emotions on a “magic carpet ride” of sound. Joel Cohen, cellist extraordinaire has performed with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, The sound of the cello may, if you listen, be heard in the heart invoking a kaleidoscope of emotions on a “magic carpet ride” of sound. Joel Cohen, cellist extraordinaire has performed with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and currently lives in Mendocino County.  When Joel Cohen visited the Radio Curious studios on April 26, 2010 he described his friend the cello, bowed it to life, and it sung and spoke to us.  Our conversation began with Joel Cohen describing his relationship with the cello. This interview was recorded in the studios of Radio Curious on April 26, 2010. The book Joel Cohen recommends is “Skinny Legs And All” by Tom Robbins. Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/42605/48103/63968/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-COHEN_JOEL_04-26-10_HB_WEB_MONO_COHEN_INTRO.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=42605&version_id=48103&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/09/bell-susan-cone-a-memorial/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/09/bell-susan-cone-a-memorial/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:43:25 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=1062 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/03/09/bell-susan-cone-a-memorial/feed/ 0 Susan Cone Bell, born July 5, 1946, created a legacy of leadership that will long out live her life which sadly ended in Honduran waters on December 17, 2009.  In a few short words she might be described as a woman who had a talent to spark imagination... Susan Cone Bell, born July 5, 1946, created a legacy of leadership that will long out live her life which sadly ended in Honduran waters on December 17, 2009.  In a few short words she might be described as a woman who had a talent to spark imagination and encourage creativity in many people.  In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Neill Bell who spent 44 plus years with Susan, and hear from Sally Miller Gearhart and Jade Power who share their insights about the remarkable woman Susan Cone Bell was, and still is.  Neill Bell visited the studios of Radio Curious on March 1, 2010 and we began our conversation with his story about how he and Susan met. The book Neill Bell recommends is “Wet Grave,” by Barbara Hambly You can visit the website created by Neill Bell in memory of Susan at www.susanbell.org (http://www.susanbell.org/) Click here to begin listening (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/40514/45906/62552/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-bell,_neill_on_susan_3-1-10_hb_mono.mp3) Click here to download the podcast of this program (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=40514&version_id=45906&version=1) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/09/menasian-helen-no-child-left-inside/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/09/menasian-helen-no-child-left-inside/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:01:13 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=973 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/09/menasian-helen-no-child-left-inside/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:23:42 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=968 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/02/02/gehrman-jody-edelman-deborah-the-ticking-clock/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/01/20/walls-bill-and-kawkeka-denise-what-led-to-the-bloody-island-massacre/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/01/20/walls-bill-and-kawkeka-denise-what-led-to-the-bloody-island-massacre/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:34:05 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=959 http://www.radiocurious.org/2010/01/20/walls-bill-and-kawkeka-denise-what-led-to-the-bloody-island-massacre/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/12/14/fogg-charles-peace-activist-and-interrogator/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/12/14/fogg-charles-peace-activist-and-interrogator/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:11:20 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=893 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/12/14/fogg-charles-peace-activist-and-interrogator/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/14/vogel-barry-consequences-of-measure-a-in-mendocino-county/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/14/vogel-barry-consequences-of-measure-a-in-mendocino-county/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:36:23 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=746 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/14/vogel-barry-consequences-of-measure-a-in-mendocino-county/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/05/collier-robin-in-defense-of-mendocino-county-tomorrow-and-measure-a/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/05/collier-robin-in-defense-of-mendocino-county-tomorrow-and-measure-a/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:03 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=687 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/10/05/collier-robin-in-defense-of-mendocino-county-tomorrow-and-measure-a/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/29/mcmichael-frank-what-to-do-with-the-old-masonite-property/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/29/mcmichael-frank-what-to-do-with-the-old-masonite-property/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:52:03 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=684 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/29/mcmichael-frank-what-to-do-with-the-old-masonite-property/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:42:11 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=680 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/09/15/crane-susan-why-she-pours-her-blood-on-nuclear-weapons/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/17/shearer-oliver-tales-from-the-golden-age-of-jazz/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/17/shearer-oliver-tales-from-the-golden-age-of-jazz/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:34:54 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=579 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/17/shearer-oliver-tales-from-the-golden-age-of-jazz/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:08:22 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=480 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/06/08/jordan-susan-b-an-attorneys-attorney/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/28/mcfadden-guiness-no-mega-mall/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/28/mcfadden-guiness-no-mega-mall/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:01:01 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=476 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/28/mcfadden-guiness-no-mega-mall/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/16/marijuana-and-the-mendocino-sheriff/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/16/marijuana-and-the-mendocino-sheriff/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:42:31 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=410 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/04/16/marijuana-and-the-mendocino-sheriff/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:11:44 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=511 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/03/23/courtney-william-what-is-marijuana-made-of/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/12/ed-reinhart-mendocino-music/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/12/ed-reinhart-mendocino-music/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:05:18 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=533 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/12/ed-reinhart-mendocino-music/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/09/wolbach-dean-what-is-in-the-air-we-breathe/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/09/wolbach-dean-what-is-in-the-air-we-breathe/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:35:42 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/?p=312 http://www.radiocurious.org/2009/01/09/wolbach-dean-what-is-in-the-air-we-breathe/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/12/01/fogg-laura-travelling-blind/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/12/01/fogg-laura-travelling-blind/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:59:43 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=530 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/12/01/fogg-laura-travelling-blind/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/11/24/pereda-marcos-soft-sounds-of-spanish-guitar/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/11/24/pereda-marcos-soft-sounds-of-spanish-guitar/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:31:53 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=539 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/11/24/pereda-marcos-soft-sounds-of-spanish-guitar/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/11/12/de-grassi-alex-a-cumulous-cloud-on-guitar/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/11/12/de-grassi-alex-a-cumulous-cloud-on-guitar/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:08:46 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=543 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/11/12/de-grassi-alex-a-cumulous-cloud-on-guitar/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/08/28/allman-tom-sheriff-medical-marijuana-guidelines/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/08/28/allman-tom-sheriff-medical-marijuana-guidelines/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:44:50 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/08/28/allman-tom-sheriff-medical-marijuana-guidelines/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/08/28/allman-tom-sheriff-medical-marijuana-guidelines/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:09:17 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pickett-carroll-to-kill-or-not-to-kill-no-man-should-die-alone/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pollack-allan-composer-and-conductor/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pollack-allan-composer-and-conductor/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:33:36 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pollack-allan-composer-and-conductor/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/07/01/pollack-allan-composer-and-conductor/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/05/21/magruder-kate-celebrating-community/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/05/21/magruder-kate-celebrating-community/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 01:11:04 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/05/21/magruder-kate-celebrating-community/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/05/21/magruder-kate-celebrating-community/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/johnson-richard-w-jr-an-activist-journalist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/johnson-richard-w-jr-an-activist-journalist/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:49:39 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/johnson-richard-w-jr-an-activist-journalist/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/04/16/johnson-richard-w-jr-an-activist-journalist/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/17/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/17/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-one/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:11:31 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/03/17/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-one/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/03/17/frank-mcmichael-richard-shoemaker-local-government-v-the-people-part-one/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/26/hamburg-dan-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/26/hamburg-dan-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:01:08 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=595 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/26/hamburg-dan-rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:40:52 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2008/02/01/michael-shuman-keeping-the-culture-of-small-towns/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/10/24/mike-thompson-interview-october-2007/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/10/24/mike-thompson-interview-october-2007/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:13:46 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/04/mike-thompson-interview-october-2007/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/10/24/mike-thompson-interview-october-2007/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/09/26/jim-wattenburger-who-should-control-rural-growth-corporations-or-citizens/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/09/26/jim-wattenburger-who-should-control-rural-growth-corporations-or-citizens/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:11:28 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/jim-wattenburger-who-should-control-rural-growth-corporations-or-citizens/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/09/26/jim-wattenburger-who-should-control-rural-growth-corporations-or-citizens/feed/ 0 Should a shopping mall and a large residential development occur adjacent to the city of Ukiah, California? The city and many people fear this development will result in the loss of a unique, rural small town in northern California. Should a shopping mall and a large residential development occur adjacent to the city of Ukiah, California? The city and many people fear this development will result in the loss of a unique, rural small town in northern California.  Mendocino County Supervisor Jim Wattenburger discusses his position in support of these projects, and about the legalization of marijuana in two programs recorded September 23, 2007, and the broadcast September 26, and October 3, 2007. Jim Wattenburger recommends "Undaunted Courage," by Stephen A. Ambrose.   Click here (http://radio4all.net/responder.php/download/24840/28990/43173/?url=http://emma2.radio4all.net/pub/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20070925-WATTENBURGER_INTERVIEW__1_recorded_9-23-07.mp3) to begin listening to part one. Click here (http://radio4all.net/responder.php/download/24840/28990/43174/?url=http://emma2.radio4all.net/pub/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20070925-WATTENBURGER_INTERVIEW__2_recorded_9-23-07.mp3) to begin listening to part two. LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/22/richard-shoemaker-barry-vogel-esq-citizen-effort-to-combat-big-box-takeover-of-a-small-rural-community/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/22/richard-shoemaker-barry-vogel-esq-citizen-effort-to-combat-big-box-takeover-of-a-small-rural-community/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:38:46 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/richard-shoemaker-barry-vogel-esq-citizen-effort-to-combat-big-box-takeover-of-a-small-rural-community/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/22/richard-shoemaker-barry-vogel-esq-citizen-effort-to-combat-big-box-takeover-of-a-small-rural-community/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/20/borden-carl-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/20/borden-carl-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:30:59 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=632 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/20/borden-carl-potential-problems-of-employment-of-illegal-aliens/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/07/john-pinches-all-politics-is-local-including-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/07/john-pinches-all-politics-is-local-including-marijuana/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:42:36 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/john-pinches-all-politics-is-local-including-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/08/07/john-pinches-all-politics-is-local-including-marijuana/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/07/17/bruce-anderson-the-reporter-interviewed/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/07/17/bruce-anderson-the-reporter-interviewed/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:46:53 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/bruce-anderson-the-reporter-interviewed/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/07/17/bruce-anderson-the-reporter-interviewed/feed/ 0 The Anderson Valley Advertiser is an iconoclastic newspaper originating weekly from Boonville, Mendocino County, California, edited and published by Bruce Anderson, whose name is merely coincidental with the name of the Anderson Valley. The Anderson Valley Advertiser is an iconoclastic newspaper originating weekly from Boonville, Mendocino County, California, edited and published by Bruce Anderson, whose name is merely coincidental with the name of the Anderson Valley. The masthead of the AVA, as it is sometimes called, says, “Newspapers should have no friends,” and “Fan the Flames of Discontent.” After a three-year hiatus, beginning when Anderson sold the AVA and attempted to establish a newspaper elsewhere, he repurchased the AVA and returned to Boonville on July 1, 2007 to write again. We met in the studios of Radio Curious on July 13, 2007 and talked about why he left Mendocino County, what he did while he was gone, how he reckons with the aggravated relationships he created with some people in years past, and what the readers can expect now that he again buys ink by the barrel.   The books Bruce Anderson recommends are those by Rebecca Solnit.    Click here (http://radio4all.net/responder.php/download/24108/28178/41802/?url=http://emma2.radio4all.net/pub/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20070802-BRUCE_ANDERSON_INTERVIEW_7-13-07.mp3) to begin listening.   LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/19/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/19/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:49:22 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2007/06/19/tom-allman-the-sheriff-and-marijuana/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/11/29/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/11/29/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney/#comments Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:14:21 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/11/29/keith-faulder-and-steven-antler-a-lawsuit-to-be-district-attorney/feed/ 0 After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballot, Keith Faulder, the interim DA appointed by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, sued the County seeking to void the November 8, After District Attorney Norm Vroman died in September, 2006, and his name could not removed from the ballot, Keith Faulder, the interim DA appointed by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, sued the County seeking to void the November 8, 2006 general election for DA and to require that a special election be held. Former Deputy District Attorney Meredith Lintott received the most votes in the June primary election and was also on the November, 2006, ballot along with Vroman. The California Court of Appeals upheld Faulder's claim which Lintott and the County appealed to the California Supreme Court. This edition of Radio Curious discusses the history and status of this unique case in interviews with Faulder and Steve Antler, Lintott's attorney. Keith Faulder recommends, "Theodore Rex," by Edmund Morris. Steven Antler recommends, "October 1964," by David Halberstram. Originally Broadcast: November 29, 2006 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20061126-FAULDER__11-11-06____ANTLER__11-27-06__INTERVIEW.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/30/bruce-patterson-old-time-tales-of-anderson-valley/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/30/bruce-patterson-old-time-tales-of-anderson-valley/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:22:05 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/bruce-patterson-old-time-tales-of-anderson-valley/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/08/30/bruce-patterson-old-time-tales-of-anderson-valley/feed/ 0 Walking Tractor And Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley Stories of the days that no longer exist in rural areas tell us how things were, how people worked, lived and played, and bring to life conditions that most of us never knew existed. Walking Tractor And Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley Stories of the days that no longer exist in rural areas tell us how things were, how people worked, lived and played, and bring to life conditions that most of us never knew existed. “Walking Tractor and Other Tales of Old Anderson Valley," is a collection of stories written by Bruce Patterson, who lives in Philo, a rather small community in rural Anderson Valley, Mendocino County, California. The introduction to, “Walking Tractor,” quotes Ernest Hemmingway as saying, “You can only write about what you know,” something that is verified in the stories of Bruce Patterson, who is known to his friends as Pat. I met with Pat in the studio of Radio Curious, in the last week of August, 2006 to learn about his life, his stories and the man he is. www.4mules.com Originally Broadcast: August 30, 2006 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060828-PATTERSON__INTERVIEW_8-28-06.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/04/17/christina-baldwin-creating-community-through-stories/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/04/17/christina-baldwin-creating-community-through-stories/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2006 08:31:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/christina-baldwin-creating-community-through-stories/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2006/04/17/christina-baldwin-creating-community-through-stories/feed/ 0 Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives though the Power and Practice of Story Story is the heart of language.  Story moves us to love and hate and can motivate us to change the whole course of our lives.  Story can lift us beyond the borders of our i... Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives though the Power and Practice of Story Story is the heart of language.  Story moves us to love and hate and can motivate us to change the whole course of our lives.  Story can lift us beyond the borders of our individuality to imagine realities of other people, times and places, to empathize with other beings, and to extend our supposing far into the universe. Storytelling, both oral and written is the foundation of being human.  In this edition of Radio Curious we visit with Christina Baldwin, author of,  "Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives though the Power and Practice of Story."  In Ukiah, California, the idea of capturing, "the story of Ukiah and Mendocino County," is part of  defining our community's future and is what will be used in the development of the Ukiah Area Plan, which is now under consideration by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. Christina Baldwin recommends, "Turning To One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Our Hope for the Future," by Margaret J. Wheatley. Originally Broadcast: April 17, 2006 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/files/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20070320-BALDWIN__CHRISTINA_INTERVIEW.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/05/17/frank-pacino-life-in-the-marine-corps/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/05/17/frank-pacino-life-in-the-marine-corps/#comments Tue, 17 May 2005 21:55:20 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/frank-pacino-life-in-the-marine-corps/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/05/17/frank-pacino-life-in-the-marine-corps/feed/ 0 When recruiters from the Armed Forces of the United States seek out volunteers, they often portray military life to be a great adventure. They talk of schooling, travel and excitement. Sometimes that is not the case. In this edition of Radio Curious, When recruiters from the Armed Forces of the United States seek out volunteers, they often portray military life to be a great adventure. They talk of schooling, travel and excitement. Sometimes that is not the case. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit Sgt. Frank Pacino, who spent his early life in Covelo, California and then moved to Ukiah, California. Frank Pacino was recruited into the Marine Corps in early 2001 and is now a Sergeant. He was one of the first troops to go into Iraq in 2002, where he spent approximately six months. He was returned to Iraq in 2004 for a year. Frank Pacino recommends "Bush At War," by Bob Woodward. Originally Broadcast: May 17, 2005 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050510-PACINO__FRANK_4-25-05.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/01/15/steve-hellman-the-spontaneous-spoken-word/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/01/15/steve-hellman-the-spontaneous-spoken-word/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:08:08 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/steve-hellman-the-spontaneous-spoken-word/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/01/15/steve-hellman-the-spontaneous-spoken-word/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/01/04/glenn-mcgourty-the-slow-food-movement/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/01/04/glenn-mcgourty-the-slow-food-movement/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:09:14 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/16/glenn-mcgourty-the-slow-food-movement/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2005/01/04/glenn-mcgourty-the-slow-food-movement/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/23/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/23/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:56:03 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/17/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2003/09/23/tim-stoen-litigation-to-save-old-growth-redwoods/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/30/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/30/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy/#comments Tue, 30 Jul 2002 08:06:42 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/25/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/07/30/joelle-fraser-growing-up-hippy/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/11/ed-reinhart-earl-dixon-dont-shoot-the-piano-player/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/11/ed-reinhart-earl-dixon-dont-shoot-the-piano-player/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:29:12 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/ed-reinhart-earl-dixon-dont-shoot-the-piano-player/ http://www.radiocurious.org/2002/06/11/ed-reinhart-earl-dixon-dont-shoot-the-piano-player/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/09/11/dr-stanley-donner-origins-of-public-television-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/09/11/dr-stanley-donner-origins-of-public-television-2/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 1998 19:44:04 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/dr-stanley-donner-origins-of-public-television-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/09/11/dr-stanley-donner-origins-of-public-television-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/09/04/dr-ron-epstein-genetically-modified-food-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/09/04/dr-ron-epstein-genetically-modified-food-part-two/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 1998 19:45:48 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/dr-ron-epstein-genetically-modified-food-part-two/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/09/04/dr-ron-epstein-genetically-modified-food-part-two/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/03/27/bill-zacha-developing-an-artist-colony-in-the-village-of-mendocino-california-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/03/27/bill-zacha-developing-an-artist-colony-in-the-village-of-mendocino-california-2/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 1998 19:51:17 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/bill-zacha-developing-an-artist-colony-in-the-village-of-mendocino-california-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1998/03/27/bill-zacha-developing-an-artist-colony-in-the-village-of-mendocino-california-2/feed/ 0 Bill Zacha, the leading force behind the creation of the Mendocino Art justify was a person with vision and moxie and one who made a dream come true. In August 1957, Bill Zacha, was a young married teacher and lived near San Francisco. Bill Zacha, the leading force behind the creation of the Mendocino Art justify was a person with vision and moxie and one who made a dream come true. In August 1957, Bill Zacha, was a young married teacher and lived near San Francisco. On a short trip to the village of Mendocino with his wife Jenny and friends, Bill not only saw the beauty of the Mendocino coast, but the opportunity to act swiftly to purchase what is now the Mendocino Art justify and keep that property out of the hands of those who envisioned creating a trailer park there. Since its inception, the Mendocino Arts Center has featured artists, teachers, and students from all over the world. Bill Zacha, who was often called "Mr. Mendocino," died on March 18th 1998. Bill Zacha recommends "Love in the Time of Cholera," by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Originally Broadcast: March 27, 1998 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive/09.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050829-_246__3-27-98_Bill_Zacha.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/10/jane-dymond-a-juror-speaks/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/10/jane-dymond-a-juror-speaks/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 1997 20:35:08 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/jane-dymond-a-juror-speaks/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/10/jane-dymond-a-juror-speaks/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/03/richard-gardiner-the-mix-of-psychiatry-and-the-psyche/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/03/richard-gardiner-the-mix-of-psychiatry-and-the-psyche/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 1997 20:36:55 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/richard-gardiner-the-mix-of-psychiatry-and-the-psyche/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/10/03/richard-gardiner-the-mix-of-psychiatry-and-the-psyche/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 1997 20:38:38 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/08/19/blanche-boyd-self-styled-outlaw-lesbians-2/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/16/scott-spears-an-experiment-in-successful-community-mediation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/16/scott-spears-an-experiment-in-successful-community-mediation/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 1997 20:47:41 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/28/scott-spears-an-experiment-in-successful-community-mediation/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/16/scott-spears-an-experiment-in-successful-community-mediation/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/02/m-wayne-knight-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/02/m-wayne-knight-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 1997 22:07:51 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/m-wayne-knight-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1997/04/02/m-wayne-knight-rural-american-artist-in-cambodia/feed/ 2 Wayne Knight, an artist based in Mendocino County, California with over 40 years of experience, traveled very little before he found himself in Phnom Phen, Cambodia in 1995 and 1996. He spent just under a year there, looking, seeing, Wayne Knight, an artist based in Mendocino County, California with over 40 years of experience, traveled very little before he found himself in Phnom Phen, Cambodia in 1995 and 1996. He spent just under a year there, looking, seeing, and painting scenes that previously were beyond his imagination. Wayne Knight also worked with the Cambodian Defenders’ Project in developing computer access to their legal resources in Cambodia. His experience verified his security and, in many ways, enhanced his continuing growth as an artist. Other programs you may enjoy are with Daniel Ellsberg discussing the Pentagon Papers and Vietman, and with Linda Kremer, Esq., a Marin County, California, public defender who took a leave of absence to direct the Cambodian Defenders Project. They both may be found on this website. Wayne Knight recommends “Living My Life,” by Emma Goldman. Originally Broadcast: April 2, 1997 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/curious@radiocurious.org/1197-1-20060129-_212__4-2-97_Wayne_Knight.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/09/18/gilbert-ronnie-a-view-over-the-years-of-freedom-songs/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/09/18/gilbert-ronnie-a-view-over-the-years-of-freedom-songs/#comments Wed, 18 Sep 1996 22:53:52 +0000 http://www.radiocurious.org/?p=644 http://www.radiocurious.org/1996/09/18/gilbert-ronnie-a-view-over-the-years-of-freedom-songs/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/09/18/dr-ron-epstein-genetically-modified-food/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/09/18/dr-ron-epstein-genetically-modified-food/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 1995 22:41:32 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/dr-ron-epstein-genetically-modified-food/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/09/18/dr-ron-epstein-genetically-modified-food/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/03/27/judi-bari-conversation-with-an-earth-first-leader/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/03/27/judi-bari-conversation-with-an-earth-first-leader/#comments Mon, 27 Mar 1995 22:48:43 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/judi-bari-conversation-with-an-earth-first-leader/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1995/03/27/judi-bari-conversation-with-an-earth-first-leader/feed/ 0 Until the mid-1990s, the Redwood Industry dominated much of North Coast economy. In the mid-1990s, due to a number of circumstances particularly involving Pacific Lumber Company and Charles Hurwitz, industry advocates collided with environmentalists in... Until the mid-1990s, the Redwood Industry dominated much of North Coast economy. In the mid-1990s, due to a number of circumstances particularly involving Pacific Lumber Company and Charles Hurwitz, industry advocates collided with environmentalists in a final hurrah. Few figures among the environmentalists carry as much name-recognition and power as did Judi Bari. In this program, recorded in March of 1995 at the height of the conflict, Judi Bari and I discussed the position of Earth First! Judi Bari recommends "J. Edgar Hoover," by Kurt Gentry. Originally Broadcast: March 27, 1995 Click here to begin listening. (http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/11147/13274/20199/?url=http://emma2.radio4all.net/pub/archive/04.01.05/curious@pacific.net/1197-1-20050207-_130__Bari__Judi_3-27-95.mp3) LeGov clean http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/11/29/judi-bari-conversation-with-judi-bari/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/11/29/judi-bari-conversation-with-judi-bari/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 1993 22:55:48 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/judi-bari-conversation-with-judi-bari/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1993/11/29/judi-bari-conversation-with-judi-bari/feed/ 0 http://www.radiocurious.org/1991/12/16/phil-baldwin-peace-and-freedom-candidate-for-congress-1992/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1991/12/16/phil-baldwin-peace-and-freedom-candidate-for-congress-1992/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 1991 23:15:47 +0000 http://radiocurious.org/2008/01/29/phil-baldwin-peace-and-freedom-candidate-for-congress-1992/ http://www.radiocurious.org/1991/12/16/phil-baldwin-peace-and-freedom-candidate-for-congress-1992/feed/ 0 Our guest in this program was the 1992 Peace and Freedom Party candidate for the 1st Congressional District in California, Phil Baldwin. We spoke about the differences between the Peace and Freedom Party and the Democratic and Republican parties. Our guest in this program was the 1992 Peace and Freedom Party candidate for the 1st Congressional District in California, Phil Baldwin. We spoke about the differences between the Peace and Freedom Party and the Democratic and Republican parties. Particularly of interest in this discussion are the differences between Mr. Baldwin and the final victor of the 1992 election, former Democrat Dan Hamburg. add Originally Broadcast: December 16, 1991 Click here to begin listening. LeGov clean