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Suzanne Lang speaks with author Cynthia Lim, whose book Wherever You Are, A Memoir of Love, Marriage, and Brain Injury is an odyssey through loss and disability in the aftermath of

A Novel Idea goes polar with Cynthia Reeves and her novel of love, loss, and survival at the top of the world, THE LAST WHALER.

Also featured is journalist Andrea Pitzer with her riveting tale of polar explorer William Barents’ time stuck in the frozen polar ice and overwintering there in the late 16^th Century.

It’s A Novel Idea with Suzanne Lang. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org. 

In 2018, then-House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi, held the House floor for over 8 hours, reading testimonies and advocating for young immigrants. These youth relied on the protections of the

If you like A.R. Gurney’s popular two-person play “Love Letters”, you’re going to love “Daddy Long Legs”, a musical adaptation of the 1912 novel by Jean Webster. Set at the turn

Daily Acts is asustainability non-profit that inspires action to create more nourishing,connected, and resilient communities. Grounded in the core belief that everychoice you make matters, we take

Daily Acts is asustainability non-profit that inspires action to create more nourishing,connected, and resilient communities. Grounded in the core belief that everychoice you make matters, we take

Daily Acts Matter! Rising Up for Climate Action
SOMO Event Center
Sunday, September 8, 2019 @ 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Given the absolute urgency of the climate crisis, there hasnever

Baseball and horseracing are two sports that have been with us since before the Civil War and we still enjoy them in one way or another today.

Suzanne Lang is joined by sportswriter Dale Tafoya to talk about Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A’s.

Then, it's prolific turfwriter Mark Shrager with his book The First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse that Wasn’t Supposed to Win.

A Novel Idea airs every first and fifth Sunday at 10:00 am PT on KRCB 104.9.

Streaming at krcb.org.

Mouthful welcomes Dan Magnusson of Soda Rock Farms, known not only for his delicious peppers and tomatoes but for the plant starts he begins selling each spring.

Mouthful, Smart Talk

Daniel Glover
Cinnabar Theater
Sunday, February 17th, 2019 @ 7:00 pm

A master of intricate detail who produces truly magical sounds, Daniel Glover has performed in 42 states and 25 countries

Mouthful chats with Dan Imhoff about his latest book CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories (CAFO = Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations,) and with Ty Jones from Handcar Regatta and artist

Neo-noir and crime fiction with Suzanne Lang in conversation with Daniel Pyne, screenwriter, show runner of Amazon’s hit drama Bosch, and author of Catalina Eddy, a Novel in Three Decades. Suzanne

An Evening with Daniel Ziblatt
“How Democracies Die” Book Launch
Occidental Center for the Arts
Friday, May 18th, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Please join us for this special

Fisherman Dave Legro – a former detective with the Sonoma County
Sheriff’s Department – shares his passion for the wild Pacific King salmon he fishes for from his boat the Bumblebee.

Sculptor David Best: An Evening of Storytelling
Paradise Ridge Winery
Thursday, May 18, 2017 @ 6:00pm

The Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation presents an intimate evening in conversation with internationally renowned sculptor,

With the California Artisan Cheese Festival coming up in March, Mouthful welcomes David Bice of Redwood Hill Farm Dairy and Karen Bianchi-Mored of Valley Ford Cheese, along with Judy Groverman Walker,

David Corbett and Word By Word host Gil Mansergh reprise a conversation they had about David’s very timely coming-of-age novel Do They Know I’m Running, a book that has become even

Gil Mansergh hosts a special Grateful Dead version of Word By Word Conversations With Writers on North Bay Public Media KRCB-FM. His guest is librarian and cultural historian David Dodd, author

Star Wars, Native American myths, and war-torn Japan during the time when Lord Oda was Shogun are just a few few of the fascinatingly diverse topics Gil Mansergh examines in this

In the midst of the pandemic, you may not be aware that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

David Rabbit is just over a month into his new role as Chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. But this won’t be his first time leading the board, he

With the recent heavy rains, we look into how Sonoma County is working to improve its response to flooding and other weather emergencies.

KRCB reporter Adia White spoke with the

David Stebenne unwraps how the middle class was created but then could not hold in his book Promised Land, How the Rise of the Middle Class Transformed America, 1929-1968. Stebenne details the social, economic, and political realities that picked us up from the Great Depression, especially if you were white and male, and by the 1950’s had hoisted the country into prosperity with a burgeoning middle class; by 1968 the cracks were too wide to ignore, and the country has been yearning and grumbling ever since. David is a specialist in modern American political and legal history, is widely published, teaches at Ohio State University, and joins Suzanne M. Lang in conversation, Sunday, November 1st at 10am on KRCB’s A Novel Idea.

A Novel Idea airs on the first and fifth Sundays of every month at 10:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /Download the FREE KRCB mobile app @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Courtesy of the author)

Polar Bears
Belrose Theater
November 30th – December 15th, 2018

Written & directed by: David Templeton
Performed by: Chris Schloemp

A true story about a very big lie.
Actors Basement presents

Suzanne Lang welcomes internationally acclaimed journalist and PBS & NPR commentator David Tereshchuk to talk about his memoir A Question of Paternity, My Life as an Unaffiliated Reporter. David has reported from all over the world, but his journalistic skills could not open the mystery of who his father was.

Also featured is author and Emmy award winning documentarian Stephen Most with his book River of Renewal: Myth and History in the Klamath Basin. Four dams have just been removed from the Klamath River. The salmon are returning, and the lives of the tribes who live there are instrumental in the management of this watershed. Stephen and Suzanne discuss it all.

It’s A Novel Idea. Streaming and podcasting at krcb.org.

Day of the Child • Día Del Niño
12 locations throughout Sonoma County
Saturday, April 29, 2017 @ 11:00am

On April 29, 2017, the Sonoma Environmental Education Collaborative will be hosting

In one of Mouthful’s most dynamic episodes, Deacon Carpenter takes us on an exploration of Ayurvedic philosophy and practice of food and dietary practices and talks about his new wellness center

This week, Deacon Carpenter of Santa Rosa’s Yoga One Studio and WELL Sonoma returns to Mouthful talk about his new book, "A Little Bit of Ayurveda.”

Mouthful: Smart Talk About Food, Wine, and Farming in the North Bay and Beyond can be heard Sunday evenings at 6:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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This week, Deacon Carpenter of Santa Rosa’s Yoga One Studio and WELL Sonomareturns to Mouthful talk about his new book, “A

Deadhead’s Delight: Music and Menories of the Grateful Dead
Sonoma County Museum
Thursday, March 9th, 2017 @ 5:30

How fun would it be to be a fly on the wall

Dear Evan Hansen,

I attended the opening night performance of the San Francisco run of your national tour at the Curran Theatre. I’ve heard a lot about your show – the

Dramas old and new dominate North Bay stages with two good ones continuing their runs.

Film, television, and theatre veteran Charles Siebert headlines the 6th Street Playhouse production of Arthur

Deborah Bertolucci is Superintendent of Geyserville Schools, Head of the Geyserville Career Technical Education (CTE) program, and Principal of the Geyserville New Tech Academy.

Her students get to learn about food and farming and life in a way that prepares them for a career in agriculture and a variety of food-related industries.

Nestled in the Alexander valley, the small Sonoma County town of Geyserville is on its way to a fully-funded program and site for outdoor classrooms, farming, science, and technical programs for students with a farm-to-table kitchen, farmer’s market, and community center.

Bertolucci joins Clark Wolf for a conversation that covers how students learn about growing, planting, harvesting, working, cooking, and nutrition.

Deborah Madison joins host Michele Anna Jordan in conversation at the new SHED in Healdsburg to discuss her new book, Vegetable Literary. The conversation was recorded in April, during Deborah’s national

Host Gil Mansergh welcomes you to our annual Word By Word gift books suggestions show from North Bay Public Media, KRCB-FM.

Our guests are Sheryl Cotleur and Michele Bellah, the

Word By Word welcomes the holidays with its traditional “Broadcast Guide to Gift Books” program this month, when a pair of experts from Copperfield’s Bookstore share their picks for the best

Del Sol Quartet: “Tunes & Tannins”
Healdsburg SHED
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 @ 7:30pm

Music and local wines will be paired and the ensemble.

The DEL SOL QUARTET is known

Deloach “Vinthropic” Benefits the REFB
November 11, 2018 – January 31, 2019

DeLoach Vineyards is pleased to present the 2017 DeLoach Vineyards Russian River Valley “Vinthropic” Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in

Activists are demanding Sonoma County provide moreprotections for undocumented immigrants, especially during local emergencieslike the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Santa Rosa immigrant rights activists rallied outside of theCounty Courthouse late last

Mouthful welcomes Dennis Dunn of Franco’s One World Sausages, who will talk about his recent adventures eating his way around New York City. He’s returned home with inspiration for his popular