Dave is joined by Brendan Byrne for a conversation about the state of crewed spaceflight in the US in 2020. Brendan is the host of Are We There Yet, produced by NPR affiliate WMFE in Orlando. 

He gets to cover the space beat from the front row on Florida's "Space Coast" and had an amazingly personal and powerful experience covering the SpaceX Dragon Demo 2 Mission that launched astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station. 

Today we continue looking at food insecurity and hunger in the Camp Fire burn scar. We head to Concow to hear from those working and living there – who are trying to make a difference.  

If you are a Camp Fire survivor who is having challenges getting healthy food for yourself or your family, please check out our food insecurity survey. You can also share any of your thoughts with us on our message line at 433-9216.  

For Thursday, July 2, 2020. This is special coverage from North State Public Radio.

In honor of the Fourth of July, Cultivating Place is joined this week by the acclaimed writer and gardener Jamaica Kincaid, whose work "My Garden (Book)" published in the late 1990s, explores how the length and depth of human history - beautiful and terrible - is a narrative fully legible in our gardens and horticulture of today. As a citizen gardener, she sees potential redemption for humanity in kindness and in striving to honor one another the best we can - in our places, with our plants. Listen in!

Today we’re staying focused on food insecurity and hunger in the Camp Fire burn scar. The next two episodes in this series highlight those who are working to help survivors make ends meet. We’re going to travel to many places in the burn scar including Concow, that was the first to be hit by the fire – but first we’re heading to Paradise and Magalia.

If you have questions for comments for us, leave them on our message line at 433-9216.  

Chico author Raymond Barnett writes that John Muir was also an accidental Taoist. The retired Professor tells us how John Muir charts humanity's only future on a changing planet.

Raymond Barnett’s nonfiction Earth Wisdom: John Muir, Accidental Taoist, Charts Humanity's Only Future on a Changing Planet shows how Muir's worldview grew out of his wilderness adventures and offers a solution to the climate change calamity looming over human civilization.

We continue looking at food insecurity and hunger in the Camp Fire burn scar. Today we'll hear the second episode of five in this series where we’ll focus on the voices of survivors speaking about their experience dealing with issues around food access, more than a year and a half after the fire.  

If you are a Camp Fire survivor who is having challenges getting healthy food for yourself or your family, please check out our food insecurity survey. You can also share your story with us on our message line at 433-9216. 

For the next week, we’re looking at food insecurity and hunger in the Camp Fire burn scar. It’s been more than a year and a half after the fire, through a series of five 30-minute episodes we’ll hear from survivors about their experience with a lack of food access and we’ll hear from those trying to help. We’ll learn about what’s working and what still needs to be done for food recovery after the fire. 

If you are a Camp Fire survivor who is having challenges getting healthy food for yourself or your family and you want to help us with this reporting – please fill our out our food insecurity survey.

For Monday, June 29, 2020. This is special coverage from North State Public Radio. First the latest on COVID 19.   

Today we’ll get some mental health tips and resources as we continue to navigate this pandemic, we’ll hear from a familiar voice you know and likely miss hearing each week. We’ll also hear from the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci about how California is doing with this virus.  

If you have questions or comments for us leave us a message on our message line 433-9216 or go to our website at mynspr.org.   

For Fridaday, June 26, 2020. This is special coverage from North State Public Radio. 

Dave investigates the idea that the boundary between the North American and Pacific tectonic plates may be in the process of "stepping" eastward from the San Andreas Fault to the so called "Walker Lane." He visits with Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology tectonics expert Jim Faulds, who is one of the leading proponents of the new theory. 

We take a virtual geologic field trip from the Gulf of California, up through the Eastern California Shear Zone (where the July 4-5 Ridgecrest earthquakes rocked the high desert) and up one of the most scenic highways in the world -- Highway 395 east of the Sierra Nevada. 

Today we’re checking in with Glenn County that has seen a recent spike of 39 coronavirus cases in one week. We’ll also hear from Chico Mayor Ann Schwab about her proposal to form a police review committee that was approved by Chico’s city council this week.  

If you have questions or comments for us leave us a message on our message line 433-9216 or go to our website at mynspr.org.   

For Thursday, June 25, 2020. This is special coverage from North State Public Radio.