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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.

 

OUR PROGRAMS

Classical Excursions

Greg LaTraille

Classical radio programs often focus on well-known light classics and ignore challenging and imaginative masterworks, especially from the rich repertoire of 20th century music, which is very diverse. This results in listeners who are unaware of many wonderful works. Excursions will present short and longer works by famous as well as less known composers, with insightful commentary by a composer with years of experience in radio, classical marketing, and music education.

Live on the first, third and occasional fifth Friday of the month.  

Live Friday 11am-1pm
Replays Sunday 9-11am
DJ(s): 
Greg LaTraille
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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 Monday 12-1pm
Homepage URL: 
http://mkaku.org/home/radio/
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Roots, Shoots and Leaves

Roots, Shoots and Leaves' DJ Tree has a theory of music that involves a tree. Suffice it to say that it involves a trinity — an exploration of themes and connections among recording artists — and otherwise very few boundaries. Listen for music old and new, known and unknown. And if you listen long enough, you may experience some musical enlightenment. 

Live Tuesday 6-8pm
Replays Thursday 4-6pm
DJ(s): 
Tree Kilpatrick
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Jazz After Dark

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Join jazz aficionado Don Shor as he explores the diverse and fascinating world of jazz. Jazz After Dark spans the gamut, from roots in boogie-woogie, blues, and ragtime through traditional and straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, bossa nova, and more. 

Live Tuesday 8-9pm
Replays Wednesday 10-11pm
DJ(s): 
Don Shor
Homepage URL: 
Jazz After Dark on the Web (blog with playlists)
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Grist for the Chill

dave mccasey

Dave serves up a truly interesting mix of music with a focus on fingerstyle guitar and percussive groove as it relates to roots,  world fusion, jazz, funk, Latin and Brazilian music, and more.  

Live Thursday 11am-12pm
Replays Saturday 11pm-Sunday 12am
DJ(s): 
Dave Mcasey
Homepage URL: 
Grist for the Chill
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This should be lively: Celtic Songlines host brings Paddy on the Binge to Woodland ceilidh this Friday

Mon, 04/24/2023 - 1:37pm | kdrtradio

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A ceilidh is a Scottish or Irish social gathering, and a great one is coming up this Friday, April 28, with Paddy on the Binge at Morgan's Mill in Woodland, from 6 to 9 p.m.

This show is organized by David Reynolds, host of KDRT's weekly Celtic Songlines.

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News Cycle, April 24, 2023: The 108th anniversary of the Armenian genocide

Mon, 04/24/2023 - 12:00am | DHS Journalism Class

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Today's program has information about the annual commemoration of the Armenian genocide, with a report on rising flu cases.

Packages by Naneh Grigor and Harold Tollerup

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Imagining Yolo Davis, April 21, 2023: The Bike Campaign with Maria Contreras Tebbutt

Fri, 04/21/2023 - 6:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

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Maria Contreras Tebbutt, founder and director of The Bike Campaign, joins us this week to share her vision of a future with more bikes than cars. The nonprofit's mission is to "reduce car trips to school and workplaces while increasing biking joy and safety."

The Bike Campaign, along with its counterpart, The Bike Garage, says it "was founded in 2011 to help educate people about bicycling and to encourage more people to ride their bikes. We work closely with city governments, county health departments, school districts, and community service groups."

Imagining Yolo Davis playlist for 04/21/2023
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Davis Garden Show, April 20, 2023

Thu, 04/20/2023 - 12:00pm | Don Shor

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On today's program: Downy mildew on roses, tomato time, trunk injury on apple tree, and more.

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Album of the Week, April 19, 2023: David Byrne and his first solo record, 'Rei Momo'

Wed, 04/19/2023 - 4:00pm | Ned

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Rei Momo was David Byrne's first solo album in his career after the Talking Heads. Today on Album of the Week you can hear the record -- and hear Byrne's thoughts about it, recorded when the record was released 33 years ago.

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The Folk Brothers for April 19, 2023: 'Stolen From God'

Wed, 04/19/2023 - 11:10am | Peter Schiffman

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English singer-songwriter Reg Meuross spent four years researching historical documents pertaining to Britain's slave trade of the 17th and 18th centuries. Although slave owning was outlawed, this didn't stop the wealthy -- particularly in Meuross's native southwest England -- from amassing tremendous amounts of profit, power, and influence through transporting slaves from Africa to the American colonies, with the explicit assistance of the British government and navy. The result of Meuross's efforts is a song-cycle of stories, Stolen From God, about unsung slaves caught up in the Transatlantic trade.

The Folk Brothers playlist for 04/19/2023
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Latest Timeout Radio profiles Team Davis and the story of the Special Olympics

Wed, 04/19/2023 - 10:17am | Anonymous (not verified)

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Team Davis, college radio, foods that fuel the teenage athlete, chatbots, sports -- Rohan Baxi, a student at Da Vinci High in Davis, has produced shows on a range of subjects so far in 2023, with a style and approach that has already won him awards. He began his program in 2020, and you can find all 69 shows he has created so far at Timeout Radio.

Here's how he describes his latest episode:

"If you pass by UC Davis’ Toomey Field on spring weekends you’ll see a team of athletes engrossed in practicing their sprints, jumps, and throws. They are the track and field members of Team Davis, the Special Olympics team for Yolo County. Hear how Special Olympics started as a backyard summer camp and grew into a global movement that changed attitudes about ability and inclusion.

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Jazz After Dark, April 18, 2023

Tue, 04/18/2023 - 5:00pm | Don Shor

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We have jazz from the 1940s and '50s tonight: Lu Watters with Kid Ory and Albert Nicholas, Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Edmond Hall, Cab Calloway, Lester Young & His Band, Louis Armstrong, Erroll Garner, Billie Holiday With Eddie Heywwod and His Orchestra, Roy Eldridge & Benny Carter, Charlie Shavers & Coleman Hawkins with Lil Greenwood, and the Ronnell Bright Trio.

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Davisville, April 17, 2023: You might not know this, but spiders are not out to get you

Mon, 04/17/2023 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

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Emma Jochim, a PhD candidate in entomology at UC Davis, has a particular interest in trapdoor spiders, plus a knack for explaining arachnids in ways that make them seem less creepy to the public. She used those skills at a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, and uses them again on today’s Davisville when we talk about spider myths. For example: Many people think poisonous brown recluse spiders exist in California, and they don’t. Nor do you ingest several spiders in your sleep each year.

Communicating accurate information to the public isn’t easy, and our conversation about that includes a post by a UC Riverside arachnologist frustrated by beliefs "solidly based on erroneous general consensus.”

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News Cycle, April 17, 2023, case closed: Seniors decide on post-DHS college plans

Mon, 04/17/2023 - 12:00am | DHS Journalism Class

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This week, The News Cycle covers a series of packages relating to college decisions and how the next steps for seniors at Davis High are right around the corner.  We also share an audio editorial about coffee consumption, and how over-consumption can lead students to have negative side effects.

Packages by Alessandra Trask, Saadya Mahmood, and Maria Anderson.  Audio Editorial by Lauren Cornell. Produced by Maria Anderson and Naneh Grigor. Music by Daniel Ruiz-Jimenez.

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