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.
Guests on YBB come from a wide variety of sources and backgrounds to share news and views about what’s going down in our community. We don’t pretend there are no conflicts here in Yolo, but we strive to engage respectfully and constructively to discuss our differences. Our mantra remains the old journalist watchwords however: "To comfort the afflicted, and to afflict the comfortable."
Listen to YBB live from 5 to 6 p.m. every Thursday evening on KDRT 95.7 FM, Davis, and online and podcast at KDRT.org.
We endorse that old adage: "If you don’t like the news, go out and make some of your own!"
Podcast
Yolo Backyard Bulletin - September 17, 2026Fri, 09/18/2026 - 8:36am | Jesse DrewTalking with local artists/designers about their travel adventures and research into biodesign! |
Yolo Backyard Bulletin – Sept.10, 2026Thu, 09/10/2026 - 5:00pm | Jesse DrewToday on Yolo Backyard Bulletin, we talk with longtime farmworker activist and organizer Desiree Rojas about her involvement in the United Farm Workers Union, her involvement with the Labor Council for Latin-American Advancement, and her work building the Al Rojas Foundation. |
Yolo Backyard Bulletin - September 3, 2026Fri, 09/04/2026 - 10:16am | Jesse DrewDiana Almendariz, culture-bearer, storyteller, and visual artist and artist/activist Anuj Vaidya talk about indigenous practices of our land and water restoration in Yolo County. |
Yolo Backyard Bulletin -- Aug. 27, 2026Thu, 08/27/2026 - 5:00pm | Jesse DrewTalk with Antonio de Loera-Brust, director of communications for the United Farm Workers on the issues facing Yolo farmworkers |
Yolo Backyard Bulletin - August 20, 2026Fri, 08/21/2026 - 8:54am | CyclrnA conversation with local filmmakers and film scholars Jenny Stark and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck!
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Yolo Backyard Bulletin - August 13, 2026Fri, 08/14/2026 - 10:02am | Jesse DrewA talk with local designer/artist Zahra Baxi on her many creative projects based in Yolo County! |
Yolo Backyard Bulletin - August 6, 2026Fri, 08/07/2026 - 7:35am | Jesse DrewA conversation with organizers from Housing for All and how to improve the lives of our unhoused neighbors. NOTE: Tech glitch after opening music so voice comes on at approx 3:40. Sorry about that! Here’s a link to a recent report and a summary slide presentation.
Full Report: Out of Sight, Out of Community: A Report on Homelessness and Law Enforcement in Davis — https://www.zachariahoquenda.com/assets/writings/out-of-sight-out-of-com...
Summary Presentation: https://www.zachariahoquenda.com/assets/writings/out-of-sight-out-of-com...
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Yolo Backyard Bulletin - July 30, 2026Fri, 07/31/2026 - 10:30am | Jesse DrewOur guests are from the Yolo Creek Protectors about how we can and must defend our local waterways! |
Yolo Backyard Bulletin - July 23, 2026Thu, 07/23/2026 - 10:20pm | Jesse DrewRadio eclectica with reportage on the vigil for those murdered by ICE, a dramatic re-reading of Fidel Castro's famous 1953 History Will Absolve Me speech, a segment of Links on the Chain podcast, and a statement on the conditions of the unhoused in Davis, and more! |
Yolo Backyard Bulletin - July 16, 2026Fri, 07/17/2026 - 4:57pm | Jesse DrewInterview with local activists on the continuing murders of our friends and neighbors by ICE |
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We go live on January 8 2026!
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