We talk with two artists who are creating magical miniature doors for enchanted fairy-folk, doors which will be on display at three upcoming events in Chico. We also talk with Catherine Sullivan, curator of CSU Chico's Turner Print Museum, about the current juried Student Print Museum Show.

In this episode Dave visits with Adam Weymouth, author of the new book Kings of The Yukon. In it, he describes taking an epic trip down the length of the Yukon River in a canoe. His purpose is to learn about the longest Chinook or "King" salmon run in the world. As Adam leaves the spawning grounds at the headwaters, the salmon are entering the mouth of the river from the Bering Sea 2000 miles away. Somewhere along the way, the powerful swimmers and the human paddler will meet. As he journeys through Canada and Alaska, Weymouth learns more about both the imperiled salmon and the people who depend upon the salmon for their livelihoods and sustenance. The arcane world of fishing regulations from both the Unites States in Canada often conflicts with the ancient practices of the native people as well as the commercial fisherman profiled in the story. Add in the impacts of environmental degradation and what ensues is a gripping story about one of the last great salmon runs on the planet.

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month – and one thing you may not be currently be aware of is that Lyme disease is on the rise. NSPR’s Nolan Ford tells us more about the illness and why we’re seeing more cases throughout the country.

They are in your garden by the billions, they are in your food, in your house, and all over your skin. They partner us in all we do and they make all that we do well possible to start with. Listen in to this week's Cultivating Place, when we’re joined by science and food writer Eugenia Bone to talk more about her own foray into better understanding the world of the amazing and powerful world of Microbia. It’s a focus that is expanding for us all. 

Grass Valley author J. Jaye Gold says that the circumstances we find ourselves in have all the components we need for learning. This week join nancy for a conversation with the author of Justin Time: Autobiographical Stories from an American Spiritual Master.

  Full audio from Sunday's town hall meeting can be found at the bottom of this story. 

Sunday afternoon at the El Rey Theatre the Women’s March Chico and Our Revolution Chico organizations hosted a town hall gathering to meet the candidates running for US Senate. About 40 people gathered to hear from the three candidates who showed up – Pat Harris, David Hildebrand, and John Parker. Incumbents Dianne Feinstein and Kevin De Leon were invited but did not attend along with candidates Alison Hartson and John Melendez. NSPR’s Nolan Ford was there and has the story.

Today our guest is Sacramento songwriter, Noah Clark. Clark first became known in the North State area as a drummer for the indie-rock band Brilliant Red Lights. After touring the country and putting out two albums, the band called it quits with one final blowout show at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. Clark has moved on to writing his own original pop/rock songs, which he performs under the moniker Noah Clark and the Homewrecking Crew. We talk with Clark about his songwriting and the transition from supporting musician to frontman.

We visit Butte College to talk with director and cast from Shakespeare's comedy "Much Ado About Nothing" set in America in the 1970s when soldiers home from Vietnam meet groovy hippies -- and love blooms. We also talk with director and actors from the musical "Oliver!" at Redding's Cascade Theatre, and we talk with one of the organizers of "Keeping Dance Alive" in Chico.

In this episode we talk defense. Planetary defense. From one of the worst of all possible natural diasters, an asteroid impact. Dave talks to Lindley Johnson, NASA's "Planetary Defense Officer" from HQ in Washington, Paul Chodas (an expert on calculating asteroid orbits) and Physicist Megan Bruck Syal from the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Pasadena. Johnson and Syal are involved in HAMMER ( Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response), a mission designed to actually deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. One thing that all of our guests mentioned: "This isn't like the movie Armageddon" and while we get that, we also felt the need for a little Aerosmith in the show, and you don't want to miss a thing...so listen and enjoy while contemplating the worst of all possible natural calamities.