This week we hear vibraphone piece "Mirror From Another" and interview the musician Logan Harriman.

Recored live at the Arcata Veterans Hall, Soberanis’ lecture explores illusions people create, such as the “natural world” versus the “unnatural world,” and the importance of imagination.

An eye in the sky helps CalTrans monitor its environmental work.

"Poultry Chemical Confirmation Devices" were the military's canary-in-a-coalmine.

Each year in the US, conventional burials require 104,000 tons of steel, 1.6 million tons of concrete, 1.6 million gallons of formaldehyde, and 20 million board feet of hardwood.

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

From waiving the Jones Act to rerouting oil through the Red Sea, governments are doing their best to make up for the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, but prices are still rising.

The USS Boxer, carrying thousands of Marines, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks. This, as the energy crisis pushes the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved the merger of local television giants Nexstar Media Group and rival Tegna, the same day that two lawsuits trying to block the deal were announced.

The "Because I Got High" rapper made waves in 2023 with the album and song "Lemon Pound Cake," using home video to mock a police raid on his Ohio home. The deputies lost their civil suit against him.

We asked our audience to share the creative ways they limit their own phone use. They range from the practical (keep your phone in another room) to the creative (pair your phone with a fun paperback).

What could be more delightful than cannibal invertebrates and food-related weather events? A lot of things!