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Democracy Now w/Amy Goodman
10:00-11:00 am Monday through Friday
6:00-7:00 pm Monday through Thursday; 7:00 -8:00 pm on Friday
Sunday
Classical Hour with Gary Alexander (Local show) 2-3 pm This Week: In our fifth (of 6) hours profiling the late string quartets of Beethoven and Schubert – mostly debuting 200 years ago, in the spring of 1826 – we hear the last Beethoven quartets, the second half of Opus 132, and all of Opus 135. New Dimensions 4:00 pm (repeats Tuesday at 7 pm) New Dimensions Media: Changing the World One Broadcast at a Time. Explores subjects such as social, political, scientific, ecological, and spiritual frontiers through in-depth dialogues. This Week: Living With Radical Aliveness Richard Moss, M.D.
Moss presents “The Mandala Process” to reveal how the mind drifts into the past or future and falls into judgment. He teaches focused spaciousness as the key to embodied awareness and distinguishes emotions from feelings, describing the latter as trustworthy, embodied guides that root us in the living present. Spirit in Action – Lopez Edition 5:00 pm These radio programs are prepared by Mark Judkins Helpsmeet under the care of Eau Claire Quakers and sponsored for KLOI by the Lopez Island Quaker Group. ‘Spirit In Action’ brings you stories of people living lives of fruitful service, peace, community, and compassion. This Week: Love, Power, Heartbreak, & Determination from the Minnesota Uprising: Part 4 with Ann Reed, Linda Allen, Emma’s Revolution, & Chastity Brown
The 4th installment of songs inspired by the Minnesota Uprising, today’s songs are harvested from Minnesota, Washington State, the Bay Area of California, and, again, Minnesota, so these songs will be witnessed and sung from both the inside and outside. You’ll hear heartbreak & admiration, determination & inspiration, and love & power. Ann Reed and Chastity Brown both share songs related to what they experienced on the ground in the Twin Cities, while Emma’s Revolution and Linda Allen see the beauty and power from a distance and are channeling it for work across the country. We’ll likely have a 5th episode soon – it just doesn’t stop!
Midnight Special
10:00-12:00 The world’s weekly aberration of folk music and farce, show tunes, and satire, madness, and escape.
Monday
WINGS – Women’s International News Gathering Service 2:00 pm
A weekly radio news and current affairs program by and about women worldwide. This Week: Women’s Online World
Cindy Cohn, author of Privacy’s Defender speaks with Suki Wessling [WINGS contributor, community radio host, and producer of The Babblery] in a discussion especially focused on the risks and benefits women face in navigating, using, and protecting themselves in the online world – and what regulatory support and enforcement might be helpful.
Joy Spring with Gary Alexander (Local show)
Classic Jazz and the Great American Songbook
3:00-6:00 pm
This Week: In this program, we celebrate the 18th anniversary of this program (debuting April 25, 2008) with composers and artists profiled in that first edition. First, we honor the station’s birth in April 2008 with a variety of “radio” songs, then birthday selections featured in our first show, from composers Rube Bloon (born April 24, 1902), then Jerry Lieber (April 25, 1933) and Mike Stoller, born a month earlier (and still alive at 93), then, at 4:00, two great bass players born on April 22: Charlie Mingues (1922) and Paul Chambers (1935). At 4:45, we continue a new series, profiling five great alto saxophonists – as taken from a Lopez Library CD (Art of the Saxophone, Volume 2), featuring Charlie Parker, Benny Carter, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and Phil Woods. At 5:20, we move on to the next two albums by singer/pianist Blossom Dearie near her centennial birthday (April 28, 1926), and then we close with a couple of song medleys by Mel Torme at Marty’s in 1980.
Brittany to the Balkans and Beyond w/Stanley Greenthal (Local show) 8:00 – 9:30 pm Compelling Celtic and Balkan music from diverse regions of the world, mixed with occasional spoken word pieces to illuminate the traditions from which the music originates. This week: Selections from the show archives.
Tuesday
Backyard Conservation with Russel Barsh and Madrona Murphy (Local show)
1:00 pm
Local researchers Russel Barsh and Madrona Murphy talk about the things that each of us can do in our own lives and around our own homes to take better care of the plants and animals that make our island special.
Living Life — Music with John Garcia (Local show)
3:00 pm DJ John plays heartfelt global music emphasizing Spanish and Latino songs.
New Dimensions
7:00 pm (repeat from Sunday 4:00 pm)
Wednesday
The Grand Southern Vocal & Plectrophonic Review w/Lance Brittain (Local show)
5:00 am
Lance presents a show covering early to contemporary folk, country, and bluegrass, plus some discussion of historical context, including news of current events in the bluegrass and folk community. From an acoustic perspective, Lance explores other early influences, including classic early jazz, blues, ragtime, border music, etc. This week: Selections from show archives. Please note that any dates mentioned are in the past.
The FAT Music Show w/Felton Pruitt
2:00 pm (repeat Friday 6:00 pm)
The FAT Music Show is a friendly nod to the much-adored 1970’s radio station KFAT in Gilroy, California, which was one of the first national radio stations to feature the Americana musical genre prominently. Hosted by Felton Pruitt, a 30+year radio veteran with stints that include KFAT, XM Satellite, and KVMR; Pruitt includes classic and contemporary interviews (”Chewin’ The Fat”) and live, or in-studio performances from his personal recording archives.
Way Out of Zee Box with Zee Jacquelope(Local show) 3:00-5:00 pm
Featuring selections from a massive and eclectic music collection of his own, spanning several entertaining forms of music from several genres.
The Grand Southern Vocal & Plectrophonic Review w/Lance Brittain (Local show)
7:00 pm (Repeats next Wednesday at 5:00 am) Lance presents a show covering early to contemporary folk, country, and bluegrass, plus some discussion of historical context, including news of current events in the bluegrass and folk community. From an acoustic perspective, Lance explores other influences, including classic early jazz, blues, ragtime, border music, etc. This week: Selections from show archives. Please note that any dates mentioned are in the past.
Thursday
Song of the Soul –Lopez Edition
12:00 pm These radio programs are prepared by Mark Judkins Helpmeet under the care of the Eau Claire Quakers and sponsored for KLOI by the Lopez Island Quaker Group. ‘Song of Soul’ invites you to a soul-level encounter. Music has the ability to proclaim the soul’s language beyond what mere words can speak. Some guests are musicians, perhaps sharing their own music, but most guests are simply sharing the music they’ve been impacted by, written, and performed by others. This Week: Looking Forward to the Backroads: Johnsmith
Our guest is Johnsmith, a talented, engaging, profound, & easy-going guy. He’s got an affinity for the parts of small-town thinking that invite us to be present, to know and care for our neighbor, and which invite us to see all of the world around us. Johnsmith is much in demand as a performer, as a teacher of songwriting, and as a guide to those wanting a musicly-rooted and culturally-enhanced tour of Ireland. He’s a past Kerrville New Folk winner, and he just released his 9th album, Backroads. Johnsmith wanders the roads near Trempeleau, WI.
The Not Old – Better Show with Paul Vogelzang
3:00-3:30 pm
The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living Interview Series
Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast, hosted by Paul Vogelzang, This Week: As we approach America’s 250th birthday, it’s tempting to look back and see 1776 as inevitable… as if independence was always the destination.
But it wasn’t.
At the beginning of that year, most colonists weren’t calling for a new nation. They were still holding on—hoping to remain part of the British world, asking for fairness, for representation, for their rights as subjects of the crown.
And then, in just twelve months, something extraordinary happened.
Ideas spread. Words took hold. Courage grew. Fear sharpened resolve. A pamphlet called Common Sense found its way into homes, taverns, and army camps. The language of loyalty gave way to the language of liberty. And by year’s end, independence wasn’t just possible—it was necessary.
That transformation… that turning of the mind… is the story we’re exploring today.
Because 1776 is more than a date. It’s a reminder that nations are not only fought for—they are argued into existence. And that the ideas at the heart of America—liberty, equality, self-government—are never finished. They’re handed down, tested, and asked of each generation all over again.
For our America 250 series with Smithsonian Associates, we’re honored to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Smithsonian Associate, and professor Edward J. Larson, author of Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters.
Open to Debate
7:00 pm
Together we have an opportunity to reclaim and reshape debate – a crucial aspect of our democracy. Through balanced perspectives and the respectful open-minded exchange of ideas with global thought leaders, Open to Debate is empowering listeners to consider other points of view and make more informed decisions on the critical issues of our times. This Week: Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?
Your doctor tells you that, should you wish to have a child, that child is likely also to carry the disease. But a new gene-editing technology could ensure that your baby is — and remains — healthy. Should you do it? Critics say the technology will exacerbate inequality and meddle in the most basic aspect of our humanity. Now, we debate: Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies? This ethical conundrum is at the crux of this week’s debate, originally broadcast in February 2022.
Arguing Yes:
Dr. George Church, Geneticist & Founder, Personal Genome Project; Professor, Genetics, Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School
Amy Webb, Chief Executive Officer, Future Today Strategy Group; Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
Arguing No:
Marcy Darnovsky, Executive Director, Emerita, Center for Genetics and Society
Franoise Baylis Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Dalhousie University; President, Royal Society of Canada
eTown
8:00 pm eTown is an exciting weekly radio broadcast heard from coast to coast on NPR and public and commercial stations. Every eTown show is taped in front of a live audience. It features performances from many of today’s top musical artists, as well as conversations and information about the world around us. This Week: Join us this week as we share more conversations and artists’ performances
Friday
The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn
8:00 am
An eclectic mix of music curated by the producer, composer, and recording artist Ben Vaughn.
Rock, blues, jazz, folk, soul, R & B, country, bossa nova, movie soundtracks, easy listening, and more, all peppered with Vaughn’s twisted musicological slant.
WINGS – Women’s International News Gathering Service
12:00 pm (repeat from Monday at 2:00 pm)m
A weekly radio news and current affairs program by and about women worldwide.
Classical Hour w/Gary Alexander (Local show) 2-3 pm This Week: We wrap up our six-week profile of great string quartets by the aging, and soon dying, composers from 1826, Beethoven and Schubert, this time with Schubert’s final quartet (D. 887 in G Major, “Transcendence”) as played by the Miro Quartet, the quartet in residence at the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival.
Joy Spring w/Gary Alexander (Local show)
3-6 pm Classic Jazz and the Great American Songbook
This Week: We begin May with a handful of songs featuring the month of “May” in their title, and then a few work songs for international Labor Day, followed by our third (of four) weeks honoring the centennial of the birth of singer/pianist Blossom Dearie, this time with her 1959-1960 albums featuring Broadway songs and lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden. At 4:30, we debut a new tribute to Tony Bennett’s centennial, “Dear Mr. Bennett” by John Pizzarelli. At 5pm, we feature new CDs in “Fresh Faces at Five on Friday,” then some more LPs from our climate-controlled crypt, by artists in alphabetical order, up to Lionel Hampton and Herbie Hancock. The FAT Music Show w/Felton Pruitt
6:00 pm (repeat of Wednesday 2:00 pm)
Democracy Now w/Amy Goodman 7:00 -8:00 pm
The Grateful Dead Hour 8:00 pm Since 1985 David Gans has hosted a nationally syndicated weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of the Grateful Dead. The show features exclusive interviews, music from the roots and branches of the band’s musical family tree, and many unreleased live and studio recordings.
Slumberland Radio with Phil Hofius (Local show) 9:00-11:00 pm (Airing the First Friday of each month. Airing this week! May 1
Slumberland Radio is a monthly themed music program meant to take you on a journey and make you dance. Melding genres and eras, your host, DJ Phil, digs deep into his vinyl and CD collection and scours new releases for songs to make you move. Each month’s playlist will feature a blend of experimental and underground jazz, R&B, electronic, and everything in between. Tune in and get ready to groove!
Saturday
West Coast Live 10:00 am -12:00 am From the Archives… West Coast Live is no longer broadcasting its show. KLOI is airing selected shows from their archives.
This Week: Sitting on a Wave You’re on Top of the World
The sport, the art, the lifestyle of SURFING. Featuring interviews and music from throughout the ages, with: WILLIAM FINNEGAN, author of Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, perhaps the best surf memoir ever written DAN DUANE, surfer and author of Caught Inside: A Surfer’s Year on the California Coast. PETER HELLER, author of Kook, what Surfing Taught me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave. FRED VAN DYKE, surfing legend; one of the first surfers, in the mid-’50’s, to move permanently from California to the North Shore of Hawaii. BOB WISE, designer of Wise Surf Boards teaches Sedge to catch a wave! DICK DALE & THE DELTONES, known as the King of the Surf Guitar, he pioneered surf music in the 1950s, drawing on Eastern musical scales and experimenting with reverberation. WHYS, the all-women’s high-energy Japanese surf band. WALT KEALE & LT SMOOTH with Chris Lau and Bill Griffin bring us soothing music from the shores of Hawaii The Not Old – Better Show with Paul Vogelzang
3:00-3:30 pm
The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living Interview Series
Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast, hosted by Paul Vogelzang,
This Week: As we approach America’s 250th birthday, it’s tempting to look back and see 1776 as inevitable… as if independence was always the destination.
But it wasn’t.
At the beginning of that year, most colonists weren’t calling for a new nation. They were still holding on—hoping to remain part of the British world, asking for fairness, for representation, for their rights as subjects of the crown.
And then, in just twelve months, something extraordinary happened.
Ideas spread. Words took hold. Courage grew. Fear sharpened resolve. A pamphlet called Common Sense found its way into homes, taverns, and army camps. The language of loyalty gave way to the language of liberty. And by year’s end, independence wasn’t just possible—it was necessary.
That transformation… that turning of the mind… is the story we’re exploring today.
Because 1776 is more than a date. It’s a reminder that nations are not only fought for—they are argued into existence. And that the ideas at the heart of America—liberty, equality, self-government—are never finished. They’re handed down, tested, and asked of each generation all over again.
For our America 250 series with Smithsonian Associates, we’re honored to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Smithsonian Associate, and professor Edward J. Larson, author of Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters.
Open Mike (or Random playlist) 4:00-6:00 pm
Putumayo World Music Hour
7:00 pm
Hosted by Putumayo’s CEO and Founder Dan Storper and KFOG personality Rosalie Howarth, the Putumayo World Music Hour is an internationally syndicated radio show that takes listeners on a weekly journey through the music of many different cultures, now heard internationally on more than 170 commercial stations around the world. This Week: Another World Music program
The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn
8:00 pm
An eclectic mix of music curated by the producer, composer, and recording artist Ben Vaughn. Rock, blues, jazz, folk, soul, R & B, country, bossa nova, movie soundtracks, easy listening, and more.
New Plays and Nice G*** Songs New Local Show with Juniper Yarnall-Benson, Ben Linehan, and Bushasha De Airing the last Saturday of the month. Next airing: May 30 10:00pm – 11:00pm (Local programming) gossip, grandeur, good vibe
New stream online now!
