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Issues and Ideas

KCBX Central Coast Public Radio

Issues and Ideas is a show that features a wide variety of voices sharing their thoughts and perspectives about local people, issues and events on the Central Coast. You might hear a policy maker discussing new regulation, an artist sharing his creative process, an entrepreneur exploring sustainable business practices, or an author talking about her latest book. Regular contributors and segments include: Greta Mart with KCBX News , Stephen DeLuque and Crissa Hewitt's Ears On Art , travel correspondent Tom Wilmer's Journeys of Discovery , Brian Reynolds, Marisa Waddell, and others.

  • 59 minutes 9 seconds
    Students learn to market their art, a musician uses the sounds of the harvest, a book on the Point San Luis Lighthouse, exploring local BIPOC history, and honeybees
    An annual art-exhibit that highlights the talent of Cuesta College’s students is teaching them how to market and exhibit their art. A short film that follows a local musician who turned the sounds of a wine harvest into music is here at the SLO International Film Festival. Author Kathy Mastako talks with KCBX's Brian Reynolds about her book on the Point San Luis Lighthouse. Tom Wilmer speaks with Shizue Seigle about a new local history exhibit. The Playing With Food team looks into the world of honey production.
    1 May 2024, 12:43 am
  • 58 minutes 29 seconds
    Dana Reserve, Playing With Food, 'The Misplaced', and Baile Folklorico
    A large housing development proposed for Nipomo comes before County Supervisors for a vote. Cookbook author Brigit Binns invited the Playing With Food team into her kitchen to cook, chat, and eat. Longtime SLO city employee Terry Sanville speaks about his days with traffic management and his new novel 'The Misplaced'. Baile Folklorico classes and performances provide connection to Mexican culture for families in Salinas.
    22 April 2024, 11:37 pm
  • 58 minutes 39 seconds
    Digital Democracy, singer songwriter Al Stewart, and Pacific Wildlife Care
    Digital Democracy is the result of a collaboration between Cal Poly and CalMatters that aims to give every Californian access to information about what our lawmakers in Sacramento are doing. Al Stewart is appearing at the Cuesta CPAC with his band Empty Pockets on Saturday April 20th. He talks with KCBX's Sal Espana about history, wine, and songwriting in this interview from the KCBX archives. On Peace Love & Pets, host Robin Coleman speaks with Kristin Howland of Pacific Wildlife Care about their rehabilitation programs.
    15 April 2024, 11:16 pm
  • 59 minutes 36 seconds
    A high school activist for farmworkers' rights, SLO Film Festival, and People's Self Help Housing
    A high school activist in Santa Maria is making waves fighting for farmworkers' rights. Cesar Vasques speaks with KCBX’s Gabriela Fernandez. The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival begins on April 25th, and Correspondent Tom Wilmer chats with the Festival’s executive Director Skye McLennan. On Working Lunch, host Jim Dantona will be talking with Ken Trigueiro, CEO & President with People's Self-Help Housing.
    8 April 2024, 11:01 pm
  • 59 minutes 32 seconds
    Cal Poly senior project prosthetic, backyard chickens, Cal Poly Arts, and roundabouts
    As part of a senior project, a team of Cal Poly engineering students is working to build a new prosthetic for a fellow student. The Playing With Food team takes a look at backyard chickens. Cal Poly Arts Director Molly Clark talks about her mission to provide compelling performances that resonate with students and the community. From an episode of Agenda Breakdown from the KCBX Archive, we discuss the reasons behind the use of roundabouts on the Central Coast.
    26 March 2024, 3:15 pm
  • 57 minutes 32 seconds
    PTSD and homelessness, California's changing climate, and overcrowded local animal shelters
    We start with a series on PTSD and homelessness from KCBX reporter Amanda Wernick. KCBX’s Kim Foster speaks with NPR's Nathan Rott about California’s changing environment. Sarah Aguilar, Director of Santa Barbara County Animal Services joins host Robin Coleman on Peace, Love & Pets.
    19 March 2024, 10:16 pm
  • 57 minutes 52 seconds
    Sea otters, SLO Village, Lumina Alliance, and Giant Redwoods
    New research has found that sea otters on the Central Coast are having a stabilizing effect on the ecosystem. On the Nonprofit Story, we'll take a look at SLO Village, which provides a community for people who are choosing to age in their own homes. On Working Lunch, we’ll hear from CEO Jennifer Adams of Lumina Alliance. Their work supports and empowers local survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence. A new effort is underway to save some of the oldest and largest living things on the planet- Giant Sequoia trees- in a way that is cause for debate.
    12 March 2024, 6:58 pm
  • 58 minutes 1 second
    Cal Poly Cat Program, Friends of the SLO Library book sale, and creating pasta from scratch
    As ‘kitten season’ approaches, Peace Love & Pets host Robin Coleman focuses on volunteer kitten fostering and adoptions. Her guest is Damon Watkins of the Cal Poly Cat Program. The Nonprofit Story’s host Dr. Consuelo Meux chats with Jackie Kinsey, Outreach Coordinator for the SLO Library, and Karen Perry, Board President of Friends of the SLO Library. Their 45th annual book sale is upcoming. The Playing With Food Team met up with two Central Coast pasta makers: one commercial, and one in-house restaurant. They made some delicious discoveries!
    28 February 2024, 4:23 pm
  • 59 minutes 14 seconds
    Working Lunch, The Nonprofit Story, and the memoir Outside Voices
    Jim Dantona of the SLO Chamber of Commerce discusses the challenges facing small business owners on the Central Coast with Michael and Payden Hughes of Gymnazo. On the Nonprofit Story, host Dr. Consuelo Meux visits with Mary Qualls of The Monday Club- and learns about the history of their building and their charitable work. KCBX’s Tom Wilmer and Cal Poly journalism student Addie Uhl meet with award-winning author and poet, Joan Gelfand, to talk about her book ‘Outside Voices: a Memoir of the Berkeley Revolution’.
    15 February 2024, 6:22 pm
  • 57 minutes 51 seconds
    Hidden Brain, the Federal judicial system, End Kid's Cancer, and a Lunar New Year celebration
    On this episode of Issues & Ideas, KCBX’s Kim Foster chats with the host of Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantum. Patrick Hanly, former federal prosecutor, joins KCBX’s Stu Soren for a conversation about the federal judicial system. Frank Kalman from the nonprofit organization ‘End Kids Cancer’ talks about helping others after his own daughter struggled with cancer. There’s a Lunar New Year celebration in San Luis Obispo on February 10.
    7 February 2024, 1:42 am
  • 58 minutes 43 seconds
    Manhattan Project sites today, 'Transient & Strange', curing local olives, and musician/composer Patrice Rushen
    KCBX correspondent Tom Wilmer explores Robert Oppenheimer's Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and White Sands Manhattan Project sites. NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce chats with KCBX’s Brian Reynolds about her new book. The Playing With Food Team has learned how to cure local olives at home. KCBX’s Fred Friedman speaks with Patrice Rushen, Grammy nominated jazz and R & B musician and composer whose piece will be performed by the SLO Symphony at their upcoming concert.
    30 January 2024, 10:25 pm
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