You can tune in to Poodle Radio live every Tuesday morning at 8:00.

The Marketplace of Ideas airs every Friday morning at 8:00.

The Marketplace of Ideas airs every Thursday, five minutes past noon.

As graduate students in UCSB’s education department, Maaia and Grigsby savor the challenge of putting themselves through a crash course in so many different sorts of specialized information and making it relatable for anyone who tunes in.
“The experience forces you to get a deeper understanding,” Maaia explains. “You need to go back, to engage with the headlines, to think about the related issues. The stereotype of the nerdy academic who doesn’t shower, who can’t talk outside their field — it’s not true. People think of computer scientists that way, for example, but the computer scientists we’ve had on were the most eloquent and passionate about sharing their subject with the world.” Maaia talks about Fresh Air‘s Terry Gross as an inspiration, since she “makes the subject accessible, even when some answers might be over your head.” Grigsby cites Tom Ashbrook, of WBUR’s On Point, as an influence. “We’re sort of On Point meets Morning Becomes Eclectic, since that show also brings to light songs that aren’t widely heard.”

The other is Saturday afternoon’s Kittens vs. Godzilla:

Any Kittens vs. Godzilla listener will recognize the rhythm of this conversation, since all three of the team chat on-air about the music — Borzi at the deejay’s mic, Dadashi and Sloat sharing the couch mic — in the brief moments between tracks. There’s not much time for talk, though, since they’ve got so much to play: Each co-host comes prepared with music, and the show’s playlists are formed live by rotating evenly between each of their selections. This prompts friends listening in to match which host to which track. As all three are housemates sharing an Isla Vista residence with five other girls, those friends who happen to constantly be exposed to their particular musical preferences at home have a definite advantage.

If you have any favorite KCSB programs whose creators are doing creative things on the air, feel free to point Colin toward them at colinjmarshall at gmail.

Darla Bea Smith

-What ‘platinum’ haired eighties lady was a Playboy Bunny?

-What ‘private dancer’ was born “Anna Mae Bullock”?

-Who was good enough for the Goonies?

-Who was trained as an opera singer before she turned rocker?

-What ‘runaway’ guitarist was inspired by Glam Rock?

-Who was named after her mom and the Virgin Mother?

Get ready to rock out!””

“Rock It Properly” airs alternating Sundays in the Spring from 8-10pm.

The Marketplace of Ideas airs every Thursday at five minutes past noon

My goal with live listenability isn’t just to deliver the slightly more exciting experience to you of hearing me and my guests yammer at the very same moment we’re actually yammering. That’s certainly part of it, but my more interesting vision is to cultivate a culture of listener participation. While it’s a pleasure being lent your Poodle Radio-listening ears, it would be even better to get your voices in on the game as well. KCSB’s programs run across the spectrum where this is concerned: Some are one-way transmissions to their audience, and others are two-way interactions with them. We’d like to grow into the latter.

Then, there’s a look at and a listen to Conceptual Radio one of the many unscripted, unpredictable, utterly free-form shows that pop up on KCSB when one DJ subs for another:

The most interesting possible listening experience, to my mind, is when you’re geared up to hear one show but then hear something almost entirely different, a program far away on an axis of radio entertainment you might not have even known existed. The interaction of a specific set of expectations with an unexpected piece of culture that’s completely skewed from them gives rise to some of the richest moments in the modern history of performer-audience exchange. Ponder, for a moment, the potential mind-blowingness of the Nonstop Dixieland Rarities mindset suddenly receiving the Mechanical Drone Hour sensibility. (Neither show is real, though I now wish both were.) This is why I do Conceptual Radio. Conceptual Radio isn’t a show on the KCSB schedule, nor has it ever been. By its very nature, it can’t be: It’s a project that must exist only irregularly, only ephemerally.

Funny Ha Ha airs every Wednesday at 6:00 A.M. and check out the blog at http://www.mrcomedy.tumblr.com

Learn about the fundamentals of the Bass Guitar and the different picking styles. Join me on KCSB for Trivia. My Special Guest will be Terry Luna, Bassist for-The Depths & Holdfast Rifle Company.

Get ready to rock out!”

-Which Art Student turned Bassist went Solo for a Funky Hit?

-What Bassist & Writer of Disco Hits also produced David Bowie?

-Who was our “Best Friend” Bassist?

-What “small insect” started his music career in Jazz?

-Who has a “Rushed” style of playing Bass Guitar?

-What band is credited to the theme of a Colorado based cartoon?

“Rock It Properly” airs alternating Sundays in the Spring from 8-10pm.