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From left to right: Chico Theater Company, Butte College, Lunar Market & Red Dirt Ruckus
Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from December 11 to December 17.
Shows and Podcasts
Best of Blue Dot: On the frontiers of philosophy and physics: a conversation with Caltech's Chip Sebens
Host Dave Schlom is joined by California Institute of Technology Philosophy Professor Chip Sebens for an engaging look at how philosophical thought and methodology can help unravel the mysteries of modern Physics.
Oroville Hospital files for bankruptcy | Home insurance premiums up across North State | Paradise Town Council chooses new mayor
The latest North State and California news on our airwaves for Thursday, December 11, 2025.
Cultivating Place: Bird Haven Farm, with Janet Mave
This week on Cultivating Place we celebrate one woman’s long-standing and loving cultivation of place in rural New Jersey. Janet Mavec is the steward and student of Bird Haven Farm, which after many years of learning from and loving, she now celebrates in word and image in her new place-based memoir.
December 10: Marc Mallinger & David M. Gregory
To learn more about these poets, click on their names.
Nancy's Bookshelf: Rebel in Paradise
Jamie Johnston's early life included growing up a rebel in a contract with the Beatles' record producer alongside her songwriting partner. She eventually relocated to Paradise.
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Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from December 4 to December 10. -
Joe Raedle/Getty Images North AmericaShort headlines and local updates from across the North State and California. -
From L-R: Not Your Babe, Chico Theater Company, iStock, & Celly's CreationsHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from November 27 to December 4. -
The Redding band Not Your Babe is releasing a debut album rooted in DIY grit, emotional honesty and a sound built to make you dance and scream. -
Angel Huracha/NSPRAfter a CodeRED outage, Butte County is switching to a new alert system called RAVE, and wants residents to sign up now. -
From left to right: Mubi, Max Miardi, Rainbow City Park & UniversalHere’s what’s happening in the Chico area from November 20 to November 27. -
Lauren Sommer/NPRInsurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in. -
Credit (left to right): Father Funk, Neon Studio, Angel Huracha and John Craigie.Here’s what’s happening in the Chico area from November 14 to November 19.
NPR News
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Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member who sponsored an AI regulation bill, responds to President Trump's executive order aimed at blocking state oversight of artificial intelligence.
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A Pakistani brewery founded in the 19th century is exporting beer again for the first time in decades, despite alcohol being illegal for the country's Muslim majority.
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NPR's Linda Holmes and Barrie Hardymon talk about why whodunits feel so cozy, what makes a great mystery work, and why the genre is having a moment again on screen.
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Jess Clark, host of Louisville Public Media's podcast 'Dig', examines how alleged abuse by school staff went unaddressed for nearly 18 years in Louisville.
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Nate Amos, the songwriter behind This Is Lorelei, talks about revisiting old songs, reshaping them, and what it means to hear his past work with new ears.
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Ukraine's president continues ceasefire talks in Berlin with Trump envoys and European leaders, pressing for concrete security guarantees so Russia won't invade Ukraine again in the future.
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