This week on Dashboard Diaries, host RayK has the defroster on high with tunes designed to warm your cockles: Bonnie Raitt, Chuck Berry, James McMurtry, and the recently departed Jimmy Cliff and Steve Cropper. So hop in and turn on your seat warmer, we’re burning daylight! Tune in Thursday, 3-4 p.m. on KDRT.org or anytime
Today’s topics: fall in the garden, saffron crocus, fireblight continued, a weeping olive tree, oxalis continued, Cotton Candy grape, and more.
Known for stellar psychedelic sounds, Nick Saloman is also a discriminating consumer and curator of progressive rock, with a strong aversion to its latter-day bloat. Tune in for IMPLOSION on Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m. PT for a purposeful presentation of only premium prog – right here on your favorite community radio station, KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Listen on demand via the web and the podcast apps!
Jazz from 1928 to 1941 tonight:
It’s been a strange year for food relief, marked most recently by the sporadic suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aid during the federal government shutdown this fall. Today on Davisville we talk with two people deeply involved in different areas of Davis food relief: Liane Moody, executive director of the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee, and Max Morgan from the Davis Night Market. They talk about what they’ve seen this year, the growing demand for food assistance, underlying causes, and short- and long-term ideas that could reduce the problem.
We talk about prospects for 2026. “The skeptic in me says, oh, this is going to keep getting worse,” Morgan says. “The one big optimistic point, which Liane [talks] about too, is the way the community has stepped up support as things have hit a whole another nadir. It’s really impressive.”
The photo shows food and gifts collected and given away during STEAC’s holiday program in 2021.
This week on Listening Lyrics, Andy Schmidt joined me in the KDRT studio to share a playlist that mirrors his life built on movement, curiosity, and craft.
Andy is a journey all by himself. An accomplished bassist, entrepreneur, avid bicyclist, master handyman, sail maker, kayak builder, storyteller—you name it, he’s probably done it, made it, or fixed it. Stepping into Andy’s world is like walking into a friendly windstorm: You just keep moving, lean into the energy, and enjoy the ride.
His playlist reflects that whirlwind spirit. Each track takes us somewhere new, offering a glimpse into the rhythm and momentum that fuel Andy’s life. If you’d like to see another side of his creativity, check out his custom bicycle basket and frame bags at Lords Luggage.
Tonight (Friday) at 6 Pacific on The Electric Compost Heap, yer host Dug Deep features tunes for late fall, cold foggy nights, and leftovers in the fridge! Serving it up hot at KDRT.org, community radio for Davis, CA!
Today's topics: the plants of Thanksgiving, holiday plant toxicity, a listener’s frost protection box, fireblight, coastal tomatoes, female ginkgoes, and more.
This week on Dashboard Diaries, host RayK gives thanks with a live musical tribute to home, family, bountiful food and, of course, the prevention of grease fires and clogged drains. Joined by a relative or three, Ray will try to fill that quiet void between the parade, dog show, football games and dinner. So pull up a chair and let’s dig in!
This week (and every week), we are extremely thankful for Nick Saloman, who brings us yet another new edition of IMPLOSION! We'll hear psych-tinged tunes from the Attack, Ian & the Zodiacs, the Movement, Odel Brown & the Organ-izers, and more, complemented by commentary from Nick himself. Tune in every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Pacific here on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org. Listen at your pleasure via the web and the podcast apps. Happy Thanksgiving!
