Thriving Pink, a group of extraordinary volunteers, with guest Joni Rubin, on Imagining Yolo Davis, Oct. 13, 2023

Fri, 10/13/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

Thriving Pink has a very simple mission: "Our vision is that no one goes through breast cancer alone, whether newly diagnosed or in long-term survivorship." On today's Imagining Yolo Davis, Joni Rubin explains the extraordinary group of volunteers who make it all happen.

Joni, chair of the Davis nonprofit's board of directors, "has more than 30 years of experience as a healthcare and wellness leader, innovator, and educator. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, Joni relied on the support of family, friends, colleagues, and community throughout her journey. Paying it forward, Joni is a strong advocate for the breast cancer community.  She leads our outreach efforts, supports our mentorship programs, and is also a Pink Peer and mentor to many in our community."

Imagining Yolo Davis playlist for 10/13/2023

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Grace Garden is a great Davis story

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

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.

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

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

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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