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Hosted By Vicki Gonzalez
Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.
Monday – Thursday, noon – 1 p.m. Rebroadcast 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.on News Station
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The Political Junkie is turning his analytical gaze west. Ken Rudin, known to NPR listeners from his many years talking all things politics with Neal Conan on "Talk of the Nation," joins Insight host Beth Ruyak for our signature segment.
Capital Public Radio's state government reporter Ben Bradford talks with Mary Nichols, chair of California’s ARB, about the future of cap and trade. They also discuss fighting climate change under the Trump Administration.
“Sometimes We Tell the Truth” by Kim Zarins is a contemporary retelling of Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” She'll explain how and why she came up with the concept behind her first novel.
The newly founded Sacramento Jazz Cooperative is focused on keeping jazz music alive and well in our capital city. Its founder Carolyn Swayze joins us in studio to talk about her ambitions with the group.
