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KZYX: Be More Now with Blake More
by Blake More
Join host Blake More once a month as she interviews people who create. With topics ranging from arts, health, culture, spirituality, feminism and whatever else stirs curiosity, you will hear engaging conversations between real people. Tune in. Stay here. And Be More Now.Airing once a mont on the 1st or 3rd Thursday Night from 7-8pm PST on KZYX&Z, 88.1FM, 90.7FM & 91.5FM, Mendocino County’s public broadcasting, listener-supported radio station. All shows stream live on kzyx.org and are also archived here.
Episodes
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Author and former NSA Scientist Eileen Buckholtz on Be More Now
Be More Now host Blake More interviews Eileen Buckholtz, longtime NSA computer scientist and author of Queens of Code: Inspiring True Stories from NSA’s Computing Women. Buckholtz tells us that some of the NSA’s most important early computing breakthroughs were made by women who were working…
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Be More Now Features Peggy Berryhill, Founder of KGUA FM Radio Gualala
Host Blake More celebrates women on the radio with KGUA Fm Gualala founder and longtime radio host Peggy Berryhill. Join us as we reflect on community, the importance of radio, the nuances of self healing and more. More of a conversation than an interview, a version of this conversation initially...
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Vibrational Science Pioneer & Visionary Don Estes on Be More Now
Host Blake More interviews vibrational science pioneer Don Estes. Estes's decades worth of research into the vibrational nature of reality and the laws that govern the relationship between humans and everything else -- a science he calls: Harmonic Law – is as simple as it is complex and like...
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In the Spirit Of Freedom Mix on Be More Now
KZYX&Z’s Be More Now Features “In the Spirit of Freedom” a collage of spoken word and music celebrating America’s 250th birthday Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday July 2 when host Blake More observes the beginning of America’s 250th year celebration and, more than…
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Archetypal Astrologer David Nicol on Be More Now
Blake More and Mendocino County local, David Nicols, discuss archetypal astrology and coherent group fields and how these tools can be used to catalyze large-scale positive transformation. Author of Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation (SUNY Press), Nicol...
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Welcoming Spring on Be More Now
Host Blake More celebrates the upcoming Spring Equinox with a mix of poetry, music and reflection. The show highlights the voices of our county, with Mendocino County poets and musicians welcoming spring’s sprouts, twists and turns. The show features the voices of poets: Devreaux Baker Tonijean...
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Shades of Love on Be More Now
In this episode of Be More now, host Blake More celebrates the “Love Month” with a mix of poetry, music and other amorous bon mots. Not just romance and roses, you will hear Mendocino County poets reflect on love in all its shapes and shades The show features the voices of poets: Devreaux Baker...
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New Years Poetry, Music & other Creative Beginnings
host Blake More celebrates the first day of 2026 with a mix of poetry, music and other audio expressions. Tune in and ring in the new year with some regional poets reflecting on shedding skin, finding inspiration and embracing change. The show features the voices of poets: Devreaux Baker Kit…
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Solctice Poetry and Other Festive Meanderings on Be More Now
Host Blake More celebrates Holiday Poetry and Other Festive Meanderings on Be More Now. You will hear the voices of Mendocino County locals, as well as youth, theatrical readings of famous works and other surprises — shifting us into the spirit of the season with a wonderful mix of poets who...
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Be More Now Features Sherry Glaser & Juan Wulff
Host Blake More speaks with Sherry Glaser and Juan Wulff about the Mendocino County premier of their original play “Life and Death: A Love Story”. They will be talking about inspiration, necessity, and the bravery of meeting what is eventually coming for all of us. Award winning actress, solo...
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Be More Now Features Eric and Karen Wilder, Founders of the Native Arts Expo
Host Blake More speaks with Native Arts Expo Founders Eric and Karen Wilder, two Coast Pomo Natives who are dedicated to uplifting indigenous artists and creating cultural exchange through art. They’ll be talking about art, native American culture, the upcoming Native Artts Expo and how to align...
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Be More Now Features Serafina Andrews
Host Blake More speaks with Renaissance woman, Mendocino County treasure, artist and healer Serafina Andrews. They will be discussing Serafina’s creative life, her music, dancing, painting, healing and adventuring. Expect some deep stories, healing opportunities and lots of smiles. A gifted,...
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Sonoma County Poets on Be More Now
Host Blake More speaks with three poets, and a musician about their two art books of ekphrastic poetry: Sonoma Valley Sonnet and A Poet’s Portrait of Point Reyes. They will also discuss the collaborative creative process, writing from nature, photography, inspiration and more. Poets Jeffery...
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Be More Now Features Mendocino County Youth Poets
Host Blake More features the poetry of Mendocino county youth. Youth Poets include Frej Barty, current Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate, Steven Mitchell and Videl Dieck from Pacific Community Charter High School, 5th grade students from Arena Elementary School, Manchester School and 2-3 and...
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Somatic Pleasure Coach James Humecky on Be More Now
Be More Now host Blake More speaks with Somatic Pleasure Coach James Humecky. James Humecky is a Somatic Pleasure Coach, Surrogate Partner, and Sensation Artist with over 30 years of experience exploring the living intelligence of the body. He works at the intersection of intimacy, touch, breath,...
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Jazz Musician, Poet, Artist Harrison Goldberg on Be More Now
Be More Now host Blake More speaks with musician, poet, artist and south coast legend Harrison Goldberg. They will be discussing Goldberg’s long, interesting, creative career as a jazz saxophonist, poet, artist, and playwright. A man of many hats and stories! Gualala, California resident Harrison...
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Featuring Polyrhythmic’s Drummer Grant Schroff
Host Blake More speaks with Grant Scroff, drummer for the Polyrhythmics, a Seattle based powerhouse musical group. It’s true: I’m a superfan of this band. I first discovered their sound at the Hangtown Music Festival and have been listening closely ever since. The Polyrhythmics signature sound...
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Bryn Elizan Harris on Be More Now
Be More Now features an interview with Bryn Elizan Harris, leader of the band Bryn and Blue Souls. A PAHS 2000 alumna, Bryn has an amazing vocal range covering many styles of music including Broadway, Jazz, Blues, Pop and Rock and Roll. Bryn studied performing arts at SRJC, Pacific Conservatory…
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Block Therapy with Jessica-Mycelia
Tune into Be More Now when host Blake More interviews Block Therapist Jessica-Mycelia. They will be discussing the too often ignored role of fascia in healing from physical, emotional and mental trauma, how block therapy was discovered, and a whole lot more. The show originally aired at 7pm,...
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Graduation Show featuring High School Senior Cheyenne Henderson on Be More Now
Host Blake More talks with Pacific Community Charter High School senior, and PAHS So Radio programmer Cheyenne Henderson. We are going to hear some of Cheyenne’s songs as well as a discussion that meanders from youth experience, the future, life goals, creativity and facing life in 2024 and…
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Mendocino County Blue Zone Project featured on Be More Now
Host Blake More talks with Azucena Chavez-Huerta and Michelle Hutchins about their role in the leadership of the Mendocino County Blue Zones project. Following the lead of global communities with remarkable longevity, the Blue Zone project seeks to encourage Mendocino county residents to choose...
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Celebrating National Poetry Month with Mendocino County’s Youth Poet Laureates
Be More Now Features Mendocino County’s Youth Poet Laureates Frej Barty & Sidney Michele Regelbrugge Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, April 4 when host Blake More celebrates National Poetry Month with Mendocino County’s first two Youth Poet Laureates – outgoing Youth…
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Private Rivers: A variation of sandbars along the currents of female existence
A poem I put together for the Mendocino County 40th anniversary Women's History Gala in March 2024.
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Celebrating Poet Gordon Black on Be More Now
Host Blake More presents a celebration of Mendocino coast poet, longtime host of the Hill House Poetry Reading, and former KZYX classical music programmer Gordon Black. This living tribute show features the poetry of Gordon Black read by Dan Roberts, Joe Smith, Mike Edwards, Janferie Stone, Tom...
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Featuring the Mendocino County Poet Laureate Selection Committee
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program as host Blake More speaks with members of the Mendocino County Poet Laureate Selection committee Michael Riedell, Kirk Lumpkin and Larry Felson. They’ll be talking about the important role poetry plays in Mendocino County, the budding Poet Laureate program…
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Richard Love & Object Heavy Music on Be More Now Radio
Host Blake More interviews Object Heavy front man, singer Richard Love. They discuss his music, the band Object Heavy and their upcoming tour. The show will also feature Object Heavy’s upcoming LP “Love & Gravity”. Object Heavy is Northern California’s hardest hitting Soul sensation. While based…
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Be More Now Featuring Heartcore Hip Hop Emcee Radio Active
Host Blake More interviews “heartcore emcee” Radio Active, a multi-faceted hip-hop visionary for all ages. They discuss his commitment to create positive change through expression and art, including his musical legacy, his work with youth, the community, the hip hop congress, his music is the…
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Poet Steve Trenam on Be More Now Radio
Host Blake More interviews Sonoma County author and poet Steve Trenam. They discuss Trenam’s life as professor, his literary leadership and his latest book, as this fine poet weaves his quirky, intelligent poetry into the conversation. Trenam is able to transform empty and blank spaces into…
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Mendocino Youth Poetry on Be More Now Radio
KZYX&Z’s Be More Now Features Mendocino Youth Poets reading their Poetry Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, June 1 when host Blake More celebrates the successful end of the 2022-23 school year with a show featuring the literary voices of K-12 students in Mendocino County....
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Dot Brovarney author of Mendocino Refuge on Be More Now Radio
KZYX&Z’s Be More Now Features a conversation with Dot Brovarney, the author of Mendocino Refuge Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now show at 7pm on Thursday, May 4 when host Blake More will interview Mendocino County authors Dot Brovarney and Kate Dougherty. They will be discussing Brovarney’s new…
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A conversation with the creators of the touring show Heavy Lifting
Host Blake More interviews artist/printer Felicia Rice, poet Theresa Whitehill and poet Sidney Regelbrugge, the Mendocino County Youth Poet Laureate. Heavy Lifting, the outcome of a 3 1/2 year collaboration between artist/printer Felicia Rice of Moving Parts Press and poet Theresa Whitehill is…
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Conference of the Poets & Nymphya Part 2
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program for part two of our trip down poetry lane, featuring Silent Motif, Conference of the Poets, a compilation poetry CD put together by poet Kirk Lumplin with Berkeley Musicians Robert Keller and Paul Mills. Poets you will hear include myself, Kirk Lumpkin…
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Artist Lauren Sinnott on Be More Now Radio
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program when host Blake More interviews Mendocino County muralist Lauren Sinnott. A blend of painting, process and artistic discovery, they’ll be discussing Lauren’s bright life and colorful contributions to the county’s urban landscape, including her block long...
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Conference of the Poets & Nymphya on Be More Now Radio
Be More Now offers yet another trip down poetry lane, this time featuring Silent Motif, Conference of the Poets, a compilation poetry CD put together by poet Kirk Lumplin with Berkeley Musicians Robert Keller and Paul Mills. Poets you will hear include myself, Kirk Lumpkin, Chris Olander, Sara...
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Writer Mark Sanford Gross on Be More Now Radio
Mark Sanford Gross considers himself “1/3 NY, 1/3 Washington, DC and 1/3 San Francisco.” and for the past 8 years Mark, along with his husband Billy and their two Hungarian shepards, has called Anchor Bay home. He moved to Washington DC to work in radio where he sold advertising for ABC radio’s...
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Poet John Allen Cann on Be More Now Radio
Born in Santa Monica, John Allen Cann eagerly acknowledges his first grand enthusiasm began with the arrival of the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. Along with playing shortstop came a fascination with the stats & brief bios on the back of baseball cards; he considers this the inception of all...
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Be More Now Featuring Poet Raymond Nat Turner
Be More Now features the bi-coastal NYC/SF Jazz performance poet and longtime Town Crier Raymond Nat Turner discussing the placement of poetry in community, finding one’s voice and fearless expression with host Blake More. “The Town Crier,” Raymond Nat Turner, is a NYC poet privileged to have…
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Gualala Arts Center Poet in Residence Dana Teen Lomax on Be More Now Radio
Dana is fourth-generation Californian, who has lived on the southern Mendocino Coast for nearly three years. She currently serves as the 2021-2022 Poet-in-Residence at the Gualala Arts Center. The daughter of a painter and a builder, Lomax began writing poetry as a child and remembers melting...
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Manchester Elementary School Poetry Show
Host Blake More celebrates the successful end of the 2021-22 school year with a show featuring the literary voices of K-8 students at Manchester Elementary School in Manchester, CA. The last school year has not been without its ups and downs, so 5th grader Max and his fellow students suggested…
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Be More Now Celebrates National Poetry Month
Host Blake More celebrates National Poetry month with some poems from wide and far – featuring mostly youth voices reciting classic poems from the NEA’s National Youth Poetry Out Loud program and from the Canadian program “Poetry In Voice”. Plus whatever else inspires me as we go along. Hopefully...
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Jazz Scholar Fred Adler on Be More Now
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, March 3 when host Blake More will interview Mendocino County’s very own Jazz scholar and producer Fred Adler. They will be discussing his lifelong love of Jazz and specifically the peace and presence of John Coltrane with a special…
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Vibration Scientist Don Estes on Be More Now Radio
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program as Blake More interviews vibrational science pioneer Don Estes. They discuss his lifelong quest to develop methods and practices to use sound, light and vibration technologies rather than psychedelics to access non-ordinary states of mind. Don Estes…
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Author Shugri Said Salh on Be More Now Radio
Tune into Be More Now and catch host Blake More interviewing author Shugri Said Salh about her recently published memoir “The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert”. Honest and tender, The Last Nomad is a riveting coming-of-age story of resilience, survival, and the shifting definitions…
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KZYX&Z’s Be More Now with Filmmaker Tom Roche
Currently working on a documentary about pianist Professor Longhair, Tom Roche will share some insight into the life and motivations of this NOLA treasure, and why his wildly creative contributions have had such a lasting impact on the way New Olreans music has developed today. Tom Roche is an...
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Sound Healing Pioneer Randolph Masters on Be More Now
A true renaissance human, Randy Masters has, BA in Music/Film, Masters and PhD in Divinity and is a multi disciplined alchemist, an award winning composer, a professional musician and multi-instrumentalist, a former university music teacher at UCSC and San Jose State Univ. and the designer of...
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Fog & Light Editor Diane Frank on Be More Now Radio
LINKS MENTIONED IN THE BROADCAST: Personal Effects New and Selected Poems by Dan Langton Fog and Light on bookshop.org
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Fog & Light Editor Diane Frank on Be More Now Radio
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, August 5 when host Blake More will interview Diane Frank, editor Fog and Light: San Francisco through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here. The show will be a mix of poetry and discussion, with a few of the poet contributors reading their...
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SFMT Musical Director Daniel Savio on Be More Now Radio
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program that originally aired on Thursday, July 1, 2021 when host Blake More interviews composer, lyricist, musician Daniel Savio, the musical director of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. They will be talking about the Mime Troupe’s upcoming 62nd seasonal offering,...
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David Gibson on Be More Now
KZYX&Z’s Be More Now with Author, Vibrational Sound Healer and Teacher David Gibson Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, June 3 when host Blake More will interview Sound Healing author, teacher, researcher and practitioner David Gibson. They will be discussing vibrational...
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Arthor J.Jaye Gold on Be More Now
KZYX&Z’s Be More Now with Author, Philanthropist and Spiritual Teacher J. Jaye Gold This show features author, philanthropist and spiritual teacher J. Jaye Gold, who founded the Center for Cultural & Naturalist Studies, a California non-profit organization that offers disaster relief in the US…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join host Blake More once a month as she interviews people who create. With topics ranging from arts, health, culture, spirituality, feminism and whatever else stirs curiosity, you will hear engaging conversations between real people. Tune in. Stay here. And Be More Now.Airing once a mont on the 1st or 3rd Thursday Night from 7-8pm PST on KZYX&Z, 88.1FM, 90.7FM & 91.5FM, Mendocino County’s public broadcasting, listener-supported radio station. All shows stream live on kzyx.org and are also archived here.
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