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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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Democracy Now!

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Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now is an award-winning syndicated news program that gives voice to perspectives rarely heard in corporate-sponsored media, including independent journalists, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, independent analysts, and ordinary people from around the world.

Live Friday 9-10am
Homepage URL: 
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Silver Nine Volt Heart

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Join your host Rodriguez as he swings the gate wide open for a cool musical trip featuring sounds from all points of the compass.  Being mindful that "everything connects to everything else," on Silver Nine Volt Heart  you will find the many colorful threads that make up the tapestry of recorded sound ... just click it on and let the music start. 

Live Thursday 4-6pm
Replays Friday 10pm-Saturday 12am, Saturday 2-4pm
DJ(s): 
Rodriguez
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Davis Garden Show

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Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades.

Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden.

Submit a question (or a brag!) to DavisGardenShow@gmail.com 

Live Thursday 12-1pm
Replays Saturday 9-10am
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter, Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Davis Garden Show on the Web
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Independent and Local

Independent and Local

Independent and Local is a music program featuring local unsigned artists and bands, including "Moments" — brief interviews with experts in the scientific, health, and artistic communities about interesting topics and current events. The main focus is music, along with a few outside-the-box ideas.

Live Monday 4-5pm
Replays Saturday 7-8am
DJ(s): 
Sam Hawk
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That's Life

Lois Richter’s format for That’s Life is mostly interviews. Recurring topics include Davis activities and groups; work and life choices; philosophy and theory; plus birding, cooking, art, and other passions. Lois occasionally breaks into music — from ballads to the slack key sounds of Hawaii to golden oldies rock 'n' roll — but mostly there is just talk.

To suggest a topic for discussion or a person to interview, text Lois or leave a message in the comments here.

Live Tuesday 12-1pm
Replays Wednesday 5-6pm
DJ(s): 
Lois Richter
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The Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour – June 12, 2025

Thu, 06/12/2025 - 4:00pm | Russ Tolman

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Now available for your streaming pleasure, the latest edition of the Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour, featuring Russ's interview with Nelson Bragg, songwriter, percussionist, vocalist, and long-time member of the Brian Wilson Band (RIP).

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Davis Garden Show, June 12, 2025

Thu, 06/12/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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Today's topics include wildlife issues, mowing heights, borers on olives, spiraeas and hydrangeas and lilacs, summer cover crops, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 11 June 2025

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 4:00pm | Nick Saloman

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Entertaining your ears at 8 p.m. Pacific, the psychedelic psounds of Nick Saloman's IMPLOSION, featuring tunes from Bluejeans, the Beatstalkers, the Outsiders – U.S. and  U.K! – and the Golden Dawn – right here on KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + the podcast apps!

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In the Key of Folk, June 11, 2025

Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:30pm | Karen Leyse

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This week we bring you more new releases from new artists, along with a few old favorites. Singer-songwriters include Oregon's Avery Hill, The Faux Pas, Ryan McCombe, Helene Cronin, Mike Ward, and the Weary Ramblers. Oh, and did we mention? ... a real oldie from Simon and Garfunkel. So join us live at 2 p.m. today to immerse yourself in new songwriter creativity for an hour. Repeats Thursday at 7a.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. And it's available on Apple Podcast, etc.

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Jazz After Dark, June 10, 2025

Tue, 06/10/2025 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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On tonight's show:

  • Jimmy Dorsey with Spike Hughes and His Three Blind Mice, St. Louis Blues
  • Benny Goodman, Exactly Like You
  • Benny Goodman, Let's Dance
  • Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters, Jubilesta 
  • Lester Young & The Kansas City Six, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
  • Count Basie, Do You Wanna Jump, Children?
  • Anita O'Day, Watch the Birdie [Album Version]
  • Freddy Martin, Tonight We Love
  • Major Glenn Miller & The American Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force, Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Oop Bop Sh' Bam
  • Sidney Bechet, Old Stack O'Lee Blues
  • Artie Shaw, Stop and Go Mambo
  • Etta Jones,  Long Long Journey
  • Ahmad Jamal, - Raincheck
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Just One Of Those Things
  • The Don Ellis Orchestra, Alone
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Davisville, June 9, 2025: Veterans of Paul’s Place plan to build more Yolo homes for the homeless

Mon, 06/09/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Davis needs hundreds of additional homes for people with very low incomes, says Bill Pride during today’s Davisville, and other Yolo County cities have similar needs. As executive director of a new nonprofit, Yolo Community Builders, Pride wants to respond to that demand by building more tiny housing units throughout the county, inspired by the innovative Paul’s Place in Davis, for people who would otherwise be homeless.

Today we talk with Pride and Maria Ogrydziak, an accomplished architect who will design the new units. Pride is a former executive director of Davis Community Meals and Housing, which built and runs Paul's Place, a four-story building in central Davis that combines permanent housing, transitional housing, and various services to help people escape homelessness. Ogrydziak designed Paul's Place.

Other nonprofits would own and offer support services at the locations that Yolo Community Builders plans to develop. YCB is developing these partnerships with nonprofits, and Pride hopes to announce the first projects by the end of the year.

(Image, taken from Yolo Community Builders website, shows two tiny homes side by side)

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Kyle Monhollen and Davis Music Fest XIII, on Listening Lyrics, June 6, 2025

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Kyle Monhollen and his fearless battalion of volunteers are again storming Davis with a musical takeover of epic proportions. We’re talking about the Davis Music Fest with nearly 40 acts, seven venues, and more musical genres than in the Armadillo Music store record bins.

It all goes down June 20, 21, and 22.

Kyle joins us to share behind-the-scenes highlights, harrowing tales, and a few laughs about the heroic effort it takes to bring this sonic spectacle to life. Tune in—you might just hear how close we came to having a polka-punk fusion band headline. (Spoiler: too close.)

All the info, acts, venues, times and playlist available at www.davismusicfest.com

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Laurie Lewis on the Yolo County Breakdown, June 6, 2025

Fri, 06/06/2025 - 8:52am | Rocky Outcrop

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Legend of California bluegrass, Laurie Lewis joins Rocky Outcrop on this week's episode of The Yolo County Breakdown! Laurie is a two-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, and she is a fiddle player, singer and songwriter who has had an immense influence on the traditional sounds that have come out of the Golden State over the last five decades.

Laurie will perform at the upcoming Father's Day Bluegrass Festival up in beautiful Grass Valley, Calif. This year marks the 50th anniversary of this festival, and as part of the celebration Laurie will be appearing with her band The Right Hands as well as alongside her partner of 50 years, Kathy Kallick, with whom she founded the Good Ol' Persons and trailblazed a place in the history of bluegrass music. Her latest album, Trees, is another beautiful and timeless contribution to the library of recorded bluegrass music that will surely endure the test of time.

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Davis Garden Show, June 5, 2025

Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today’s show: apriums, plums, seeds to plant now, successive plantings, cucumbers, watering, recent garden problems, and more.

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IMPLOSION – 4 June 2025

Wed, 06/04/2025 - 4:00pm | Nick Saloman

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Nick Saloman brings you the grooviest tunes this week on IMPLOSION, including tracks from the Monkees, the Moody Blues, the Other Mothers, and the Peanut Butter Conspiracy! Don't miss the fun starting at 8 p.m. Pacific on your favorite freeform station, KDRT 95.7 fm + KDRT.org + those podcast platforms!

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