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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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Na Mele O Hawai'i

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Join host Beth Post as she features the unique sounds of Hawaiian music — from early icons of island music to today's innovators — exploring styles, the history of the genre, and revered songs and performers.

Live Thursday 1-3pm
Replays Saturday 11am-1pm
DJ(s): 
Beth Post
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Night Train Cocktail Lounge

A saloon of songs and sounds from back then, focusing on anything recorded between the 1890s and the 1970s. All forms of jazz, blues, rock, surf, garage, punk, country, folk, film-radio-television samples, speeches, comedy, and anything grabbed from the ages and put to cylinder, wax or tape, colliding on top each other.

Night Train Cocktail Lounge is produced live at WXOX-LP FM in Louisville, KY. All local material is edited, including times and dates, making each episode an evergreen episode. All episodes are FCC compliant.

Live Wednesday 9-10pm
Homepage URL: 
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Divine Intervention (1st/3rd week) – The Electric Compost Heap (2nd/4th week)

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Divine Intervention with Jess Goddésse strikes on 1st & 3rd Fridays with an unholy assortment of rock, pop, punk, psych, funk, jazz, roots, and randomness across the decades plus brand new releases. For the truly devout, Vinyl Vespers, a celebration of record-store bargain bins, plus Goddess of the Month and Critter Corner!

Live Friday 6-8pm
Replays Monday 3-5pm
DJ(s): 
Jess Goddésse, Dug Deep
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Exploration with Michio Kaku

Dr. Kaku

An hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, genetic engineering, the aging process, the future of medicine, the human body shop, artificial intelligence, the future of computers and robots, as well as topics from science fiction. Hosted by Michio Kaku.

Live Thursday 11pm-Friday 12am
Homepage URL: 
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Bike Talk

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Broadcasting weekly from Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles, Bike Talk is a show about the most efficient form of transportation in the universe!

Live Tuesday 11pm-Wednesday 12am
Homepage URL: 
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Jazz After Dark, July 11, 2023

Tue, 07/11/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show: Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis & Sonny Rollins, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, Lena Horne, Miles Davis, Sergio Mendes, Herbie Mann & The Bill Evans Trio, Budd Johnson with Earl "Fatha" Hines, Buddy Rich, Ramsey Lewis, The Crusaders, Joani Taylor & the Bob Murphy Trio, and the Gary Smulyan Quintet.

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Davisville, July 10, 2023: Downtown projects propose 460 new homes, 80 new parking spaces

Mon, 07/10/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Three separate housing proposals have recently emerged that would add about 460 apartments and live/work lofts at three locations on G Street downtown, from 2nd Street near the Amtrak station north to the former Hibbert Lumber property on 5th. You can find the applicants’ plans and illustrations on the city’s projects website. One feature that immediately stands out is the idea of building most of these new homes without parking for cars.

Our guest today, Steve Streeter, has a background in planning and recently completed two terms on the Davis Planning Commission. He has no stake in any of the proposals. We talk about what’s proposed, context, why these projects are emerging now, and how the city's downtown plan and new state laws that encourage homebuilding are influencing these developments.

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For all of you milestone enthusiasts: Eight songs about 600, on A Constant Grin

Mon, 07/10/2023 - 8:55am | kdrtradio

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Chris Mussen devoted the 600th episode of his program A Constant Grin to previously unknown musicians performing eight farther-afield songs, each with "600" in their name. Six hundred strokes, 600 miles, $600 short on rent ... you get the idea. It's a lot of fun.

"600 shows," he says. "It's pretty crazy, even for me, and I made all of them."

Chris includes his ruminations on 15 years of indie rock broadcasting free of charge.

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Davis Garden Show, July 6, 2023

Thu, 07/06/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today: Problems with Vinca rosea. The main topic is gardening as you age, with reduced mobility: paths, plant selection, tools to help out, and more.

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Jazz After Dark, July 4, 2023

Tue, 07/04/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight’s show: Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Edmond Hall, Lee Morgan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ben Tucker & Freddie Gambrell, Frank Strozier, Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis, Frank Sinatra with Count Basie & The Orchestra, Harold Mabern.

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Timeout Radio explores UC Davis

Tue, 07/04/2023 - 12:37pm | kdrtradio

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On this edition of Timeout Radio, explore how a 5,300-acre university came to exist in the little farm town that was Davisville, Calif. Davis was designated as a University of California campus in 1959 and is now the largest campus in the UC system. Find out how its mascot Gunrock got his name and why the campus has red London double-deck buses. UC Davis Chancellor Gary May tells us about his path to engineering, his humongous comic book collection, and his favorite Star Trek character.

Then visit London, where Big Ben's clock is still adjusted with an old penny, and where half the London Underground is actually above the ground.

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Paul Simon explains his vision of mortality, June 30, 2023

Fri, 06/30/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week's guest is Paul Simon via his latest musical release, Seven Psalms. By sculpting his lyrics into his music, he explains his thoughts on mortality and his observations on life. This album has no majestic orchestrations as in Bridge Over Troubled Water, or snappy happy dance tunes, as so many of his songs do. Mr. Simon shares his thoughts and asks you to listen.

I imagined myself listening under a canopy of stars. He brings up reflections of his life we all see and feel in our own lives, and he admits we all interpret in our own way. His version is facinating.

Imagining Yolo Davis playlist for 06/30/2023
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Silver Nine Volt Heart, June 29, 2023: Music for the 4th of July and summer

Thu, 06/29/2023 - 6:10pm | Rodriguez

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Today Silver Nine Volt Heart presents its annual salute to our nation's Independence Day, with plenty of summertime music and words to celebrate the 4th of July with your families, friends and neighbors.

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Davis Garden Show, June 29, 2023

Thu, 06/29/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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This week: How to plant a tree, plus a discussion about fertilizers, drip irrigation terminology and issues, current pest problems, and more.

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Implosion explained: 'You don't want to hear the same old stuff all the time, do you?'

Thu, 06/29/2023 - 8:35am | kdrtradio

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Host Nick Saloman says he has received some feedback for this new show, Implosion. “I’ve had an email saying that, you know, they like it, but it’s a bit obscure. But then, you know, you don’t want to hear the same old stuff all the time, do you?”

We certainly don’t! KDRT exists partly so that we don’t have to hear the same old stuff. And we're not alone.

“We’re going to start, as is my want, with an instrumental," he says at the top of this week's program. "This is by the Syd Dale Orchestra. They did a lot of stuff for TV, and soundtrack stuff in the ‘60s, and Syd Dale was bandleader from York. This is a bit of a stormer for a TV show called The Hell Raisers, which came out in 1966 on the Decca record label.”

To continue this escapade, listen to this week’s Implosion.

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