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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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Planetary Radio

Planetary RAdio

Each week, Planetary Radio visits with a scientist, engineer, project manager, astronaut, advocate or writer who provides a unique and exciting perspective on the exploration of our solar system and beyond.

Live Wednesday 5-5:30pm
Homepage URL: 
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Sonic Rehab

Join DJ Jojo Johanssen as he takes you for a two-hour ride through his eclectic tastes. Expect the unexpected, from jazz to electronica, latin to classic rock, pop, disco, soul, and much more. Ease into your week with some Sonic Rehab on Monday afternoons from 1-3 p.m. Find the Sonic Rehab archive here: https://archive.org/details/@andrew_hird!

Live Monday 1-3pm
Replays Sunday 5-7pm
DJ(s): 
Jojo Johanssen
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The Audio Ecotone

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Join Eddy Owt as he explores the rich genre diversity, cross-breeding, and hybridizing in the back waters and tributaries of the past 100 years of music: rock, jazz, pop, r&b, soul, country, ska, electronica, J-Pop/C-Pop/K-Pop, afrobeat, and much more.

"We have a tropical situation where there are thousands of 'species' of music around and they're all constantly cross-breeding and hybridizing. It's very exciting, but you can't keep up with it easily." -- Brian Eno

Live Friday 3-4pm
Replays Thursday 10-11am, Sunday 4-5pm
DJ(s): 
Eddy Owt
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Afrosonic Taxi

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DJK lives by the motto “connecting cultures with music.” Each week he invites listeners to hop in the Afrosonic Taxi for a global ride through music with African roots, showcasing artists whose hopeful, defiant sounds uplift, inspire, and make you move.

Live Thursday 10-11pm
Homepage URL: 
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The Yolo County Breakdown

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Bluegrass, newgrass and beyond. From Bill Monroe to Billy Strings, the Yolo County Breakdown is a journey through acoustic string music ranging from the traditional to the cutting edge.

Live Friday 10-11am
Replays Sunday 3-4pm
DJ(s): 
Rocky Outcrop
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Listening Lyrics' farewell show, Feb. 10, 2023

Fri, 02/10/2023 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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I thought a farewell show would be one with mixed emotions.

Not so, the guests as usual made it such a great hour. 

Thank you to all the hundreds of musicians who have shared their talents with me and the audience. 

Ten-plus years of weekly Friday shows has been such a wonderful gift to me and Jeanne. Each moment is a treasure.

Thank you Jess Kelly, Nat lefkof and The Raquetbangers (Robert Polon, Timur Katsnelson) for sharing this final episode with me.

Finally, a huge thank you to my co-host and wife for all of her support and love.

Pieter Pastoor

Listening Lyrics playlist for 02/10/2023
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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 9, 2023

Thu, 02/09/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today: Basic fruit tree training techniques, reviewing raised planter issues, talking about persimmons, figs, and jujubes, and more.

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The Folk Brothers for Feb. 8, 2023: 'Tiny Notes' for suicide prevention

Wed, 02/08/2023 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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The Young-Uns, a mainly a capella trio from the northeast of England, have consistently penned modern ballads centered on local people who have affected positive social change in their communities. Their latest release -- Tiny Notes -- was inspired by Paige Hunter, who in 2018 began tying handwritten notes to the railing of the Weamouth Bridge in Sunderland. These messages have now saved over 30 lives, as well as inspired others to leave similar messages on bridges across the world.

Also on today's show: a new bluegrass supergroup fronted by Andrew Marlin, and a love letter to the Silver State from Mike Beck. And lots more too!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 02/08/2023
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Jazz After Dark, Feb. 7, 2023

Tue, 02/07/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight we’ll hear: Edmond Hall, Erskine Hawkins, Helen Carr, the Gigi Gryce Quartet, Jean-Pierre Sasson, Ella Fitzgerald with Plas Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Count Basie, Big Miller & Tommy Banks, Tony Bennett, and Stanley Turrentine.

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Davisville, Feb. 6, 2023: Did ChatGPT write this? How would you know?

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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ChatGPT is a new tech tool that can write — maybe “write” should appear in quotes — by using advanced technology and vast databases of text. So is this ability a good thing, the word equivalent of a calculator? Or does use of ChatGPT reduce the need for people to learn how to think and write coherently?

In today’s Davisville we talk with Andy Jones, a longtime writing instructor and educational technologist, and Margaret Merrill, a senior instructional design consultant, both at the University of California, Davis. They list pluses and minuses of ChatGPT, their encounters with the tool, how they can tell when someone has used ChatGPT to write something, and how they approach this latest evolution in artificial intelligence. Their discussion is fascinating.

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The Lyrics, on Listening Lyrics, Feb. 3, 2023

Fri, 02/03/2023 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Oh this one is bittersweet. It's the second-to-last Listening Lyrics, and the last one with just myself in the studio. Next week's show will have plenty of guests, but I opted to do this alone. 

I'm playing songs with lyrics that explain a feeling, with several local groups represented. They include Nat Lefkoff, Boot Juice, Bad Mother Nature, The Gold Souls, and Adrian West.

Listening Lyrics playlist for 02/03/2023
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Davis Garden Show, Feb. 2, 2023

Thu, 02/02/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Subtropical and tropical plants, more about South African bulbs, heirloom vegetable varieties, winter weeds, rose diseases, and more.

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Cowboy Tracks, Feb. 1, 2023: Elko Cowboy Gathering 2023

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 2:10pm | Nancy Flagg

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This episode of Cowboy Tracks previews some of the artists performing this week at the annual National Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering in Elko, Nev.

Here's the playlist:

Song -- Title -- Artist -- Album

Milk Cow Blues (instrumental) -- Jimmy Day & Herb Remington, A Day With Remington

Come Ride With Me -- Dave Stamey, Come Ride With Me

Mountain Water -- Carin Mari, Rambling Daughter

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Jazz After Dark, Jan. 31, 2023

Tue, 01/31/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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Tonight on Jazz After Dark: vocals by Louis Armstrong, then cool jazz, soul jazz, and lots of rhythm. Instrumentals by Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond, Chico Hamilton, Erroll Garner, Herbie Mann, Ray Barretto, Ramsey Lewis, Billy Butler, and the Jonny Lewis Quartet.

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Music from the Celtic Lands!

Tue, 01/31/2023 - 11:00am | David A. Reynolds

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Arise and go forth! This week's Celtic Songlines opens with sweet sounds from the band Arise & Go; a taste of Cape Breton with Stephen MacDonald and Natalie MacMaster; Ohio's The Drowsy Lads; from Rachel Newton & Lauren MacColl, "a humanizing tribute to the women who were accused in the Scottish witch trials"; the brilliant sounds of Aoife Scot;, the band Open the Door for Three; a bit of Marrakesh from Shane Hennessy; Magpie Lane's Speed the Plough; and a lively tune from the band Flook!

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