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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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Listening Lyrics

Listening Lyrics, Pieter Pastoor, KDRT
Welcome to an hour of LISTENING LYRICS. Right here on KDRT 95.7FM in Davis, California. Listening Lyrics is a genre free zone - we feature the artist. What makes them do their thing. Listen to the hope and satisfaction in their voices. Listen to what only commercial free community radio can bring you. Close your eyes - open your ears - relax your mind. Join host Pieter Pastoor as he sends color to your ears. Now lets enter, the mother of all that is music and lyrics and the human capability of producing art.
Live Friday 4-5pm
Replays Sunday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Pieter Pastoor
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Education Beat

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KDRT is proud to air EdSource’s new show, Education Beat: Getting to the heart of California schools.

From EdSource: 

"Join us each week as we cover everything from preschool to college, bringing you the personal stories behind the headlines.   We want you to hear the voices that are too often drowned out in the broader conversation: parents, teachers, and the students themselves."

Live Monday 5:10-5:30pm
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A production of Ed Source
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In the Key of Folk

In the Key of Folk with Karen Leyse offers music that will keep you humming or dancing along — perhaps both! The focus is on traditional and current folk music, Americana, and bluegrass, with Celtic, Nordic, and Spanish infusions — wherever Karen's travels and interests take her. In addition, the music of contra dance, an American Folk tradition that came with English and other settlers, will often be threaded through the hour. Don’t know it? Check it out.

Live Wednesday 2-3pm
Replays Tuesday 11am-12pm
DJ(s): 
Karen Leyse
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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 11:30pm-Thursday 12am
Homepage URL: 
http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/
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The Shortwave Report

The Shortwave Report is a weekly review of global news stories recorded via shortwave radio. 

Live Tuesday 5-5:30pm
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Davisville, Aug. 26, 2024: Got an additional $25 to $49 for the library?

Mon, 08/26/2024 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Davis has two local tax measures on the ballot this fall and today we talk about the one for the library, Measure T. (We looked at the other one, sales tax increase Measure Q, last month.) Measure T would raise about $1.1 million a year to pay for operations at what will eventually be Davis’ two public libraries — the existing one in north central Davis, and the new one in south Davis due to open in 2026.

Measure T would raise an existing property tax by about $49 per house or $24.50 per apartment, to $172 or $86 respectively per year. Today on Davisville we talk with Jim Provenza, a Davis member of the county Board of Supervisors, and Katie Caceres, a student at the University of California at Davis and an intern in Provenza’s office. They’re both part of the campaign. We talk about what the money would buy, how the county calculated the amount needed, libraries as town squares for speech and information, and how people use libraries as print gives way to digital.

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Justin Cox interviews Pieter via the After the Deluge podcast, on Listening Lyrics, Aug. 23, 2024

Fri, 08/23/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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After the Deluge is a music podcast about songwriting, albums, and whatnot hosted by Justin Cox, a KDRT friend. I replay most of this podcast in this week's Listening Lyrics. Seasons about Bright Eyes, Jackson Browne, and Against Me! are in this feed, plus other interviews.

We talk about my failed attempt to interview poets in the “late 1900s,” open mic nights, recording live and not overthinking it, interviewing locals > interviewing pros, KDRT, Rita Hosking, don’t be lame just make stuff, biking across Holland, Jackson Browne (ding ding), The Lovin’ Spoonful, Bright Eyes’ “We are Nowhere and it’s Now,” Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” Pieter reads a poem, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan’s “Tempest,” Herb Alpert, The Avett Brothers, and: what was the best five-year stretch of your life?

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Divine Intervention – Aug. 23, 2024

Fri, 08/23/2024 - 5:00pm | Jess Goddésse

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Join your hostesse Jess Goddèsse at 6 p.m. Pacific for another fine edition of Divine Intervention, featuring new releases from King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, MAITA, Thee Oh Sees, Soundcarriers, Guided by Voices, Redd Kross... some sumptuous tunes from our Goddess of the Month, Ms. Dinah Washington... and a mystery track as we celebrate Vinyl Vespers... all this and more on KDRT 95.7 fm  |  KDRT.org!

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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – Aug. 23, 2024

Fri, 08/23/2024 - 4:00pm | Russ Tolman

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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour debuts this week with shout-outs to Steve Wynn, Tom Gracyk, Jon Klages, Nick Lowe, and Richard Lloyd plus sweet, solid tunes from the Flamin' Groovies, the Stones, Tom Verlaine, Sly & the Family Stone — and, of course, general good times! Join Russ at 5 p.m. Pacific, right here on KDRT!

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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 22, 2024

Thu, 08/22/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics: growing Japanese maples, indoor ficus trees, dwarf persimmons and walnuts and avocadoes, and more.

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In the Key of Folk for Aug. 21, 2024

Wed, 08/21/2024 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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This afternoon on In the Key of Folk, we'll start off with a set of pieces by contra dance musicians past and present. Then we'll move into more contemporary singer songwriters for a bit, and end with a variety of music from the Galicia and Asturias, the Celtic areas of Spain. 

Planned music includes Jamie Laval and Ashley Broder (Hoyer), Nightingale, Stringrays, San Miguel Fraser, Chatham County Line, John Gorka, Roseanne Cash, Faltriqueira, Riobó, Felpeyu, and Scotland's Tannahill Weavers. Come join us for an hour this afternoon,  2 p.m. Wednesday on KDRT.org.

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Jazz After Dark, Aug. 20, 2024

Tue, 08/20/2024 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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We have a Duke Ellington retrospective tonight on Jazz After Dark with selections from 1928 to 1964, accompanied by Cootie Williams, Johnny Hodges, Barney Bigard and his Jazzopators, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, and more. The song list:

  • Stevedore Stomp
  • Diga Diga Doo
  • Watchin'
  • Stormy Weather
  • A Sailboat In The Moonlight
  • Sponge Cake And Spinach
  • Harmony in Harlem
  • Tulip or Turnip (Live at Newport)
  • Night and Day
  • Drop Me Off In Harlem
  • The Swingers Get the Blues, Too
  • In A Sentimental Mood
  • One O'Clock Jump
  • Tuxedo Junction
  • Caravan
  • Isfahan
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Electric Compost Heap -- Aug. 16, 2024

Fri, 08/16/2024 - 5:25pm | Dug Deep

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Tonight on the Electric Compost Heap on KDRT 95.7FM, we'll feature new tunes by CLOAKZ, KJ Olsen, and the The BellRays, who will be doing a swing up the west coast beginning in early September. We'll also spin a few songs of summer. Additionally, the official color of tonight's show is ... Rosey! Hope you can join us on KDRT.org!

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Listening Lyrics' Shazam list, Aug. 16, 2024

Fri, 08/16/2024 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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This week Listening Lyrics shares music from host Pieter Pastoor's Shazam list with music he has never heard before, music he had forgotten, or songs he just loves.

The musicians include Rita Hosking, The Pogues, Patti Smith, The J.B.'s, Billy Swan, Smog, Nat Lefkoff, Mohama Saz, The Gold Souls, and Tracy Bonham.

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Davis Garden Show, Aug. 15, 2024

Thu, 08/15/2024 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's show: corn pollination, killing a lawn by not watering, walnut wood chips, peach pits splitting, starting fall veggies, spraying plants with vinegar and baking soda, and more.

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