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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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Democracy Now!

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Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
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Twang Thang

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Twang Thang features outlaw country old and new, showcasing the folks who sowed the harder-edged musical seeds for what we today call Americana, as well as the newer artists who continue the tunes and outlaw ethos forward. George Jones, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Lucinda Willimans, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakum, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Billie Jo Shaver ... Americana music didn't just show up one day — it has deep and varied country music roots. Twang Thang explores the originators, the newcomers, and the music that happened along the way!

Live Wednesday 7-9am
Replays Saturday 1-3pm
DJ(s): 
DJ Dirk
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The Shortwave Report

The Shortwave Report is a weekly review of global news stories recorded via shortwave radio. 

Live Tuesday 5-5:30pm
Homepage URL: 
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Yolo Backyard Bulletin

Yolo Backyard Bulletin

Yolo Backyard Bulletin (YBB) seeks to address the ongoing demolition of local media by the communications/entertainment complex, which prioritizes profit maximization at the expense of local engagement and conversation. YBB features local news, commentary, music, gossip, and true stories from Yolo County, with the goal of rebuilding and restoring community communications in our public sphere, the lifeblood of democratic life.

Live Thursday 5-6pm
Replays Sunday 8-9am
DJ(s): 
Jesse Drew
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Yolo Backyard Bulletin
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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands, including "Moments" — brief interviews with experts in the scientific, health, and artistic communities about interesting topics and current events. The main focus is music, along with a few outside-the-box ideas.

Live Wednesday 8-9pm
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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IMPLOSION – 3 April 2024

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:17am | Nick Saloman

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Join your host Nick Saloman for this week's edition of IMPLOSION, Wed 3 April at 5p Pacific! Hear tunes from the Collectors, the Blue Chips, the Flirtations, the Youngbloods and so much more — all right here on your favorite station, KDRT 95.7 FM | KDRT.org.

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Jazz After Dark, April 2, 2024

Tue, 04/02/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show:

  • Glenn Miller, Chattanooga Choo Choo
  • Artie Shaw, Back Bay Shuffle
  • Quintetto Ritmico di Milano, L'Uccellin volo' volo'
  • Quintetto Ritmico di Milano, Il Ritmo dell'amore
  • Sidney Bechet, Sweet Lorraine
  • Arthur 'Guitar Boogie' Smith , Here Comes The Boogie Man - 20 -
  • Benny Goodman, Wholly Cats
  • Erroll Garner, Somebody Loves Me
  • Erroll Garner, Stardust
  • Illinois Jacquet, Memories Of You
  • Tommy Dorsey, I'll Never Smile Again/Tico Tico
  • Ella Fitzgerald (with The Delta Rhythm Boys), For Sentimental Reasons
  • Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars, Harmony Grits
  • The Mills Brothers, I'll Be Around
  • The Mills Brothers, Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You)
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Davisville, April 1, 2024: A year later, less panic about chatbots

Mon, 04/01/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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In winter 2023 we talked with Andy Jones and Margaret Merrill of UC Davis about ChatGPT, a new artificial-intelligence app that was setting off alarms for its advanced ability to "write" reports and articles. On today’s Davisville they report that among the faculty they work with, the sense of panic present then has now eased “quite a bit.” People know more about the limits of chatbots, and are asking more about how and where to use the tools in teaching, instead of just fearing them as a plagiarism machine.

We talk about handling chatbot hallucinations, resisting the biases that chatbots suck into their text databases, and hear a few examples of how UC Davis instructors are using the tools in their classrooms.

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Divine Intervention – March 29, 2024

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 11:35am | Jess Goddésse

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Spiro says: Do not miss Divine Intervention, coming your way at 6p Pacific, Friday, March 29. At minimum, you will hear new music from Marbled Eye, Sierra Ferrell, and Uranium Club. You will also hear our Goddess of the Month, Miss Loretta Lynn. Most important, you will enjoy Vinyl Vespers — only on KDRT.

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Davis Garden Show, March 28, 2024

Thu, 03/28/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: success killing slugs, issues with fireblight, local orchards being removed, orchard problems on a slope, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 27 March 2024

Wed, 03/27/2024 - 10:16am | Nick Saloman

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Get ready for IMPLOSION, slapping the airwaves with psychedelic sounds at 5p Pacific, Wednesday, March 27! We'll hear Fable, Hollins & Starr, the Muldoons, and much more — all presented by your host Nick Saloman of the Bevis Frond, all on your grassroots radio station, KDRT 95.7fm | KDRT.org!

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Jazz After Dark, March 26, 2024

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight we’ll hear:

  • Billie Holiday, Good Morning Heartache
  • Benny Goodman, Oh! Baby
  • Ella Fitzgerald, My Funny Valentine (Live)
  • Django Reinhardt, Nuages
  • Chet Baker, How Long Has This Been Going On
  • Ahmad Jamal, Poinciana (Live)
  • Cannonball Adderley, Straight No Chaser
  • Yusef Lateef, Kongsberg
  • Ramsey Lewis Trio, You Don't Know Me
  • Gerry Mulligan, Walk On The Water
  • Ahmad Jamal & Yusef Lateef, Trouble In Mind (Live)
  • Charlie Byrd and the Washington Guitar Quintet, Correnteza
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Ballads and high lonesome sounds, on High Country Music Radio, March 26, 2024

Tue, 03/26/2024 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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A square neck resonator, mandolins, banjos, fiddles and more are featured on this week's High Country Music. Tune into New Grass Revival, Andy Hall, The Crooked Jades, Tony Trishka, Mr. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, Lindsay Lou, The Travelin' McCoury's, Earl Scruggs, bluegrass band Barefoot, The Infamous Stringdusters, Otis Taylor, Rachel Harrington and John Hartford. 

Live Tuesday 11 a.m. to noon, with replays Monday 8-9 p.m. and Saturday 6-7 p.m.

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Live DiRT features Mike Clark of the Sugar Sounds

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 5:15pm | Dug Deep

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Saturday, March 23, 4 P.M. Pacific, don't miss Dug Deep's Live DiRT in-studio interview with Mike Clark, who'll perform with his band Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds in a Davis Live Music Collective show at Sudwerk on Saturday evening.

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Jacob Johnson & Henry Humphrey of Cowboys After Dark, on Listening Lyrics, March 22, 2024

Fri, 03/22/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Jacob Johnson and Henry Humphrey of Cowboys After Dark share their thoughts on how music is a language that is universally understood. These two gifted musicians can also articulate what they mean using the common language we know as English.

Jacob and Henry treated us by playing a couple of songs live on the air. Jacob allowed Listening Lyrics to debut "Fungus Funk," an original song from an upcoming rap/funk album aimed at communicating science (especially ecology) to middle- and high-school students and the general public.

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