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Shows and Podcasts
Cultivating Place: The Collective: Seed Saver's Exchange, with Mike Bollinger
This week on Cultivating Place, we are in conversation with Mike Bollinger, Executive Director of Seed Savers Exchange, to celebrate the history and agency of seed savers.
Nancy's Bookshelf: A final goodbye
Host Nancy Wiegman closes the chapter on Nancy's Bookshelf. Through her Uncle Bob’s stories, Teri Drobnick also finds a way to reconnect with her father, who has dementia.
Blue Dot: Inside one of California's crown jewels: the Monterey Bay Aquarium
In this very blue episode of Blue Dot, we feature one of the world's most innovative and visited public aquariums, the Monterey Bay Aquarium on world famous Cannery Row.
Newsom urged to commute California death sentences | PG&E warns of possible North State power shutoffs | Redding prepares for potential winter flooding
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Friday Oct. 23, 2026.
Cultivating Place: Do Unto Those Downstream- Regenerative Thinking, with Mark Lewis, Trailhead Capital
As a co-founder and managing partner at Trailhead Capital, Mark Lewis believes there are many pathways to regeneration, and we need them all. Lewis joins Cultivating Place this week to share more about his journey and his regenerative thinking. Listen in!
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Sace the El Rey/FacebookSave the El Rey nonprofit secures funds to purchase the downtown Chico theater. They plan to preserve the building and host film screenings, plays and other events in the future. -
PG&EShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from October 22 to October 25. -
Chico High School FacebookThe Chico Unified school board approved bringing officers back to high schools and some middle schools on Wednesday. It’s part of a grant-funded effort led by Chico Police to crack down on marijuana use on campuses. -
California's redrawn 1st Congressional District favors Democrats, putting Republican James Gallagher's seat at risk just months after he won it. The outcome could also help determine which party controls the House. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRThe two Republicans agree on many of the North State's biggest challenges. But they have different ideas about how to address them. -
Claudia Brancart/NSPRCalifornia’s Fair Political Practices Commission closed its investigation into the mayor after finding "insufficient evidence” she violated the Political Reform Act. -
Jae C. Hong/AP PhotoShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California.
NPR News
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Stewart was raised by an abusive father but became best known for playing kind, paternal leaders who united families of misfits. -
President Trump is campaigning hard in the midterms. Supporters are showing up, in part because this could be the last chance to see him holding the large rallies that have been his trademark.
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The latest data from the Commerce Department reveals a strong economy. But Americans say they're not feeling that.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dianna Buttu, Palestinian Canadian human rights attorney, about the vote in Israel, which saw a surge in turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel.
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California's far northeastern corner used to be a reliably red congressional district. But Proposition 50 carved it up, meaning many voters there may soon have a Democrat representing them in D.C.
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Always busy, but rarely joyful? Allison Aubrey and Juana Summers discuss a tool to spot "high functioning depression."
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