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KDRT 95.7 FM is grassroots radio from Davis, CA, airing an eclectic mix of music and public-affairs programming. A project of nonprofit Davis Media Access, KDRT streams worldwide via KDRT.org.

 

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The Yolo County Breakdown

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Bluegrass, newgrass and beyond. From Bill Monroe to Billy Strings, the Yolo County Breakdown is a journey through acoustic string music ranging from the traditional to the cutting edge.

Live Friday 10-11am
Replays Monday 8-9pm, Saturday 5-6pm, Sunday 3-4pm
DJ(s): 
Rocky Outcrop
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That's Life

Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music — from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll — but mostly there is just talk.

To suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Tuesday 12-1pm
Replays Wednesday 5-6pm
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
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Heart to Heart

Heart to Heart KDRT program Davis California

Nothing brings greater rewards than a life filled with love and care for people and the world around us. With Heart to Heart, host "Dr. G" inspires and teaches listeners to live life richly and lightly. To ask a question on the show, call 1.530.792.1648 during the live broadcast. Check the Davis Enterprise to for guests and weekly topics.

Live Wednesday 12-1pm
DJ(s): 
Dr. Gitane
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Taste, Talk and Whine: All about Wines

Taste Talk & Whine

Tune in for weekly discussions on topics related to wine making and wine enjoyment — plus occasional guests and engagement with listeners. Topics will span the spectrum from technical growing, making, and tasting to what we're drinking to the best places to find a bottle locally.

Live Tuesday 5:30-6pm
DJ(s): 
Nicole Salengo Lee, Tree Kilpatrick
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High Country Music Radio

Bluegrass, country, blues, music

HIGH COUNTRY MUSIC 

Tune into High Country Music with host David Arthur Reynolds, for a celebration of bluegrass, old-time music and country blues. Spend an hour on the front porch with High Country Music as we follow the high lonesome sound of contemporary musicians and legendary roots artists, maintaining a vibrant connection to our folk and country songbook. 

Live Tuesday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
David A. Reynolds
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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 12, 2023

Thu, 10/12/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program we discuss October garden opportunities, dealing with late summer pests, hard-neck vs. soft-neck garlic, and more.

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Feel the wind, see the stars on this week’s Cowboy Tracks

Thu, 10/12/2023 - 8:59am | kdrtradio

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The autumn sky, with its earlier sunsets and stars made visible by the clear fall winds, feels like a good background for this week’s Cowboy Tracks.

Host Nancy Flagg starts with the title track from Throw a Saddle on a Star, the latest and 42nd album from Riders in the Sky (they have some NorCal shows in November, by the way — the closest to Davis is in Grass Valley Nov. 9). She follows with Barbara Nelson’s version of “They Call the Wind Mariah” from her 2023 release, Pick of the Litter.

“Listen for the flutes,” Nancy says, “making wind kinds of sound during the song.”

And then head deeper onto the trail for songs including the Timberline Cowboys’ “Where the Wildflowers Bloom,” “Annie Oakley” by the Biscuit Burners, and “Goodnight to the Trail” by Eli Barsi. The territory is wonderful, and Nancy will have you back home when the hour is up.

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David Byrne's music shapes this week’s Sometimes Folk

Wed, 10/11/2023 - 12:55pm | kdrtradio

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The latest Sometimes Folk “is informed by David Byrne’s music,” says program host Bill Wagman on today’s show. “The other night I went to see the Talking Heads’ concert movie Stop Making Sense,” he says, “and while I was watching I was thinking of David Byrne’s album Rei Momo, in which he investigates a lot of Latin music.” (The photo, from David Byrne’s website, was taken during his 1989 tour for the album.)

So Bill starts today's show with "Independence Day," a song from Rei Momo featuring Kirsty MacColl, then follows with her song “There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis” and the Tom Tom Club’s version of “Under the Boardwalk.”

“I think that’s my favorite version of ‘Under the Boardwalk,’ he adds.

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Jazz After Dark, Oct. 10, 2023

Tue, 10/10/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight’s show: Peggy Lee, Georgie Auld & His Orchestra with Sarah Vaughan on vocals, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, Earl Bostic, Oscar Peterson, Yusef Lateef, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Pepper, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Milt Jackson, Milt Jackson & The Ray Brown Big Band, Ledisi, and Chet Baker with Paul Desmond.

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Grace Garden is a great Davis story

Fri, 10/06/2023 - 10:36am | kdrtradio

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Grace Garden (pictured), created by neighbors to help neighbors, is a formerly weedy plot at the back of the Davis United Methodist Church at 1620 Anderson Road that has blossomed over the years into a prodigious produce patch. It has yielded thousands of pounds of vegetables and fruit, all grown by volunteers and given away. 

Program host Lois Richter tells this great Davis story on her latest That's Life.

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Latest Timeout Radio takes us to Unitrans, and then to India

Thu, 10/05/2023 - 1:48pm | kdrtradio

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The Unitrans vintage red London double-decker bus is a familiar sight in Davis. Riding on the top deck as a little kid was a big thrill! On the latest Timeout Radio with Rohan Baxi, learn how public transit started in 1826 as an omnibus that shuttled people to a public bath. Also on today's show, Unitrans General Manager Jeff Flynn tells us that the student-run service logs over 1 million miles a year and carries over 22,000 passengers each day.

Then travel to India — home to 92,000 animal species, the wettest inhabited place on Earth, a Guinness world record-holding bus fleet, a 42,000-mile rail network, and cricket matches that draw 100 million viewers each.

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Davis Garden Show, Oct. 5, 2023

Thu, 10/05/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's subjects include fall leaf color, up-potting plants, nitrogen and plant feeding schedules, Stockton red onions, bulbs we plant in fall, and more.

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IMPLOSION!, Oct. 4, 2023

Wed, 10/04/2023 - 9:10am | Nick Saloman

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Tune in at 5 p.m. sharp(!) for this week's edition of IMPLOSION with The Bevis Frond's Nick Saloman! There will be Dollies, Firebirds, Rats, and other musical creatures—only on KDRT!

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Jazz After Dark, Oct. 3, 2023

Tue, 10/03/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight’s show: Sam Butera, then piano from Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk with Gerry Mulligan, Erroll Garner, and Sonny Clark. Vocals by Anita O'Day, then Cornell Dupree, and Abdullah Ibrahim with Buddy Tate.

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Davisville, Oct. 2, 2023: Meat is changing, and UC Davis is helping it to happen

Mon, 10/02/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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At a very simple level, we’re talking today about hamburgers, although the subject goes much deeper than that. Today’s show concerns food, taste, the environment, commerce, questions of how to feed the world — and it’s directly a Davis story, because the University of California at Davis is a national leader in this area of research, and their work is attracting food tech startups to the region. The subject is cultivated meat, or meat substitutes that barely exist beyond the lab for now, but should come eventually to a store or menu near you.

Our guests today are Denneal Jamison-McClung and Kara E. Leong. Kara is the executive director of the UC Davis Cultivated Meat Consortium; Denneal is the director of the UC Davis Biotechnology Program, and co-founded the consortium. They can help us understand what’s happening and why it matters.

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