Nancy Wiegman
Host, Nancy's BookshelfNancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.
For seven years she acted and danced in productions such as Singin' in the Rain, Mary Poppins, The Real Inspector Hound, Biloxi Blues, and Steel Magnolias.
In 1999, Nancy was named Outstanding Woman of Chico and received a Maggie Award in 2002.
She directed the yoga program at Chico Sports Club and has been teaching yoga there since 1994.
She became a classical announcer at KCHO in 1990 and often hosted the hourlong call-in show "I-5 LIVE!" on North State Public Radio, occasionally Weekend Showcase, and started Nancy's Bookshelf in July of 2007 after producing a series of four-minutes spots called "Health Desk," which aired during All Things Considered.
Nancy is also a certified pilgrim, having walked sections of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain and France many times beginning in 2005.
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Author Echo Heron is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author. Born in Troy, New York, her work tackles many genres, including fiction, mysteries, and historical fiction. -
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Former KCHO Jazz director Daniel E. Atkinson has written a book about the price of Black stardom in Jim Crow America. -
History professor Greg Jackson explores eight historical examples of American political turmoil, showing that today’s challenges aren’t unprecedented. -
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"Cruisin’ the ‘Nade" takes you back in time to Chico in the 1960s. -
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Retired Butte College instructor Phillip Hemenway has published a collection of his poems, Core Samples -
In a rebroadcast interview from thirteen years ago, Nancy’s Bookshelf honors NPR correspondent Don Gonyea’s forty-year career following his recent retirement. -
