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Davisville, Oct. 6, 2025: When you’re feeling stressed, amber light can help you feel better

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 5:30pm | Bill Buchanan

With all the anxiety loose in the land, this is a timely and practical discovery: Amber lighting reduces your stress.

That’s the gist of recent research at the University of California at Davis that touches on psychology as well as lighting and design, and today on Davisville we talk with two of the people involved in the work: Sreenivasan Meyyappan, an assistant project scientist in the Center for Mind and Brain who ran the relevant experiment at The Color Lab, and Psychology and Neurology Distinguished Prof. Ron Mangun, co-director of the center.

The experiment put volunteers into conditions that evoked everyday stress, then measured the effect of different lighting on their stress. Red, green and blue didn't help, but amber did. We talk about why, as well as the practical value of understanding how lighting affects people. UC Davis' Greg Watry wrote about the research in “The Color Lab Uncovers the Soothing Effect of Lights.”

The image, taken from a UC Davis video about the research, includes Sreenivasan Meyyappan on the left.

Replay of The Folk Brothers from Dec. 8, 2021: Remembering Bill Staines

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 3:00pm | Jim Buchanan

Bill Staines wrote choruses that people wanted to sing. Many of us remember his annual visits to a certain old barn in South Davis, where we sat and sang along to his songs like "Roseville Fair," "River," "Crossing The Water" and "A Place In The Choir." After 22 albums and a half-century of touring across this country from his native New Hampshire home, Bill Staines passed away on Dec. 5 at the age of 74.

Also on today's show: tracks from Jackie Oates, Dave Curley, Seth Lakeman, Foghorn Stringband, I See Hawks In LA. And lots of Bill Staines!

The Folk Brothers playlist for 12/08/2021

Seeds of the market

Mon, 10/06/2025 - 12:00am | DHS Journalism Class

Today The News Cycle focuses on The Davis Farmers Market. We have a conversation with the executive director, Randii MacNear. Then, Maggie Lubell focuses on specific vendors while Annabell Nichols and Jackson Thomas cover activists at the Davis Farmers Market. 

 

Hosted and Produced by Maya Davis. Packages by Maggie Lubell, Annabell Nichols, and Jackson Thomas. Music by Daniel Ruiz Jimenez.

 

19. Increasing Access to Lifesaving C-Sections in Bihar

Fri, 10/03/2025 - 5:30pm | Dr. Shaikh

Too little, too late. And too much, too soon. This and the next episode are about the c-section paradox: the rising rates of medically unnecessary C-sections globally and the underuse of c-sections when they are really needed. Hear about the complex interplay of factors that come into play for a birthing mother not getting a c-section when it's medically needed, and how this causes medical problems or death in mothers and newborns. Abha Mehndiratta discusses an initiative in the state of Bihar, India to increase access to medically necessary c-sections at resource-constrained public hospitals.

Mapping Healthcare playlist for 10/03/2025

Hello Awkward on Listening Lyrics, Oct. 3, 2025

Fri, 10/03/2025 - 5:10pm | Pieter Pastoor

This week on KDRT!

In 2021, three middle-schoolers from Davis came together to form a band — and Hello Awkward was born! Fast-forward to today, and these young musicians are making serious noise. Meet Benjamin Brothers on lead guitar and vocals, Andrew Whang on percussion, and Atticus Yum on bass. In the KDRT studio this week on Listening Lyrics, they shine not just as rising musical talents, but as thoughtful, funny, and grounded young people with a clear sense of purpose.

Their love of music and life fills the airwaves, making this hour one you won’t want to miss. Tune in to KDRT for an unforgettable session with Hello Awkward — where youth, talent, and heart take center stage!
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