
Show Descriptions
KZAX Programming
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Hosted by DJ BURN, AXON TERMINAL is a metal/electronic fusion show about rebellion, betrayal, and complete sonic freedom.
Saturdays 10:00am - 11:00am
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It’s closing time for the week. Spend it with the backyard BBQ for your ears, Break Bread Radio. A variety show catering to a different musical taste every Sunday night.
Sundays 11pm - 12am
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Mondays 9pm - 10pm
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Essentials with Mike Nardone is a weekly hip hop radio show focused on all eras of hip hop. From the inception of the genre in the 70s to present day, Essentials with Mike Nardone showcases the essential artists and songs you should know. Bringing 20+ years of radio experience to KZAX, Mike provides an audible history lesson taking the avid listener down memory lane, while exposing new independent artists who are making their mark on the genre.
Sundays 6pm - 8pm
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Tuesdays 1pm - 2pm
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Fridays 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Mondays 10:00pm - 11:30pm
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Thursdays 9:00pm - 11:00pm
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Sundays 9:00am - 11:00am
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Mack and Tim's Kitchen serves delicious auditory treats each week, right around supper time. We give you the deep cuts for dinner, featuring genres like alternative-country, dirt-wave Americana, underground-psych-indie, lo-fi soul, modern bossa-nova, and neo-surf. We love a hyphenated genre. We only serve what’s hot: keeping you fully satiated with artist backstories, local tour dates, and album releases. Come join us in the Kitchen every Wednesday from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Get hungy.
Wednesdays 7pm - 9pm
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A musical variety show with commentary aiming to showcase a broad range in musical tastes. Genres can include pop, emo, rock, metal, electronic, dance, post-punk, and whatever else that may fall in between. Each episode will be curated around different themes or ideas, not always limited by genre. Guaranteed good time. *Every second and fourth Saturday.
2nd & 4th Saturdays 2:00 - 4:00pm
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DJ Martha dives deep into the psychedelic sounds of the 60s, and explores the groundwork they laid. Genre: Psychedelic, Rock
Wednesdays 7pm-9pm
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A romcom/psychological thriller, written & directed by Pigeon & DJ PJ(Wild Rumpus) produced for KZAX.
Fridays 9:00pm - 10:00pm
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Thursdays 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Wednesdays 9:00pm - 10:00pm
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Sonic Symposium dives deep into the world of roots reggae, exploring the sounds that laid the foundation for this iconic genre. DJ Andrew shines a light on lesser-known artists who deserve your attention. Over the course of time you will evolve together and watch how the genre has unfolded through time and the many influences it has drawn from and helped to create. Discover the deep cuts, learn stories from behind the music, and experience the soul of reggae. Tune in, relax, and let reggae ease your heart and mind.
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Sundays 8pm - 9pm -
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Tuesdays 2pm - 4pm
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Tempo Tantrum is Mike Altman's curation of music for feel and discovery. From joyful noise to sad cowboy music, it's more about what sound can do for your emotions. Where we're going, we don't need genre.
Sundays 9:30pm - 10:30pm
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Join DJ Zay for an hour of used and found CDs, featuring everything from old familiar favorites to tracks buried deep in the sands of time.
2nd & 4th Mondays 8pm - 9pm
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Fridays 10:00pm - 11:00pm
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The Front Porch is your weekly collection of Folk, Bluegrass, Americana, Country, and everything in between. Your host, Firefly, digs into some music history and interesting artist facts so you can learn more about the folks who make these wonderful genres possible. Sit back, relax, and enjoy tunes that will transport you to warm summer evenings and bullfrogs croaking in the distance.
Mondays 4pm - 6pm
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Tuesdays 6pm - 8pm
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A Bellingham, WA based local music radio show for community lovin’, rock ‘n rollin’, weirdos.
Wednesdays 3pm - 4pm
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Not just for kids! Eclectic music that spans genres and eras, as well as original material.
Sundays 11am - 12pm
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A freeform mix bringing together music of varied genres, often resulting in unifying themes. Genre: Eclectic
Thursdays 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Rare music of the world from 1919-2019, all played on vinyl, shellac and tape. Hosted by Louis Ledford.
Mondays 6pm - 8pm
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Fridays 5pm - 7pm
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Join me, MOYLATOID, as I thumb through our Hi-waves of sound. I will be mixing old with new, loud and quiet, up front to abstract. Sit back MOYLATOID will bring you in for a Sonic landing.
Mondays 12pm - 2pm
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Saturdays 8 :00am - 9:00pm
Syndicated Programming
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Hip Hop Legend, Chuck D hosts The 120 minute Epicenter of Hip-Hop and Rap Music. Moderated, Narrated, and Navigated by Chuck D and Wildman Steve. Produced, Sequenced, Engineered, and Arranged by DJ Johnny Juice.
Wednesdays 10:00pm - 12:00am
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Newshour is BBC World Service’s flagship international news and current affairs radio programme. Features Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Weekdays 10am - 11am
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Flashpoint is an award-winning daily investigative news magazine hosted by veteran journalist Dennis Bernstein. Through original reports, Flashpoint goes to the core of stories in the areas of government and corporate accountability, human rights, and economic justice.
Mondays 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Civic Cipher is a weekly podcast hosted by Ramses Ja and Q. Ward. This show is dedicated to empowering Black and Brown voices, allowing them to engage directly with their communities as well as the general population. Self-determination is critical to securing a future free of oppressive systems, and Civic Cipher exists to facilitate discussions toward this end. Furthermore, Civic Cipher seeks to inform non-POC allies who may not be privy to these types of discussions and optics. Finally, Civic Cipher seeks to provide long-form conversations in spaces where there is often a lack of significant resources, potent dialogue, or the necessary engagement for facilitating a healthy and productive civil discourse. FB/IG/Twitter: @civiccipher
Fridays 10:00am - 11:00am
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Tonos Clásicos is a bilingual program of classical music “with a Latin connection” that explores the musical culture of Spain and Latin America. Classical Tones is a bilingual classical music show “with a Latin connection”. It explores the musical culture of Spain and Latin America.
Saturday’s 12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Weekdays 9am - 10am
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Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community. We are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth loving urban activists. Hosted by Reverend Billy and Savitri D, EARTH RIOT is a comedy-infused, music-filled exploration of the planet’s Sixth Extinction. Made by "Earth-loving urban activists" from The Church of Stop Shopping, this podcast inspires listeners to embrace reality and take action. Featuring “News From the Natural World,” a weekly gathering of climate change’s latest science, and insightful interviews with forward-edge leaders in environmentalism and activism.
Saturdays 1:30am - 2:00am
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein on KPFA.
Weekdays 7am - 8pm
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This podcast was For The Wild’s first project and remains the heart of the organization as a powerful platform for critical discourse and coalition-building among accomplices committed to co-liberation, wilderness conservation, Indigenous sovereignty, ecological renewal and social justice. We seek to bridge the gap between academic research and practical solutions and make Earth renewal accessible by joining in conversation with grassroots activists, organizers, theologians, artists, land defenders and scientists who are often siloed in their respective fields and communities.
Tuesdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate underwriting, hosted by Davey D and Anita Johnson.
Tuesdays 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Maximum Rocknroll Radio is a weekly radio show and podcast featuring DIY punk, garage rock, hardcore, and more from around the world. Our rotating cast of DJs picks the best of the best from our astounding, ever-growing vinyl archive—55,000 records and counting!
Saturdays
12:00am - 1:00am
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A live one-hour call-in talk show. The program engages noted guests and listeners in a thought-provoking national conversation from a Native perspective, hosted by Shawn Spruce (Laguna Pueblo). Includes National Native News, a five-minute, weekday newscast dedicated to Native issues.
Weekdays 8am - 9pm
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A thought provoking, action inspiring show here to lift spirits, ignite imaginations, and remind us that there's hope even in the most dire situations. Radio 2050 is a flow of music and conversation -- exploring ideas, new perspectives and boots-on-the-ground efforts for a better future in the year 2050 and beyond.
Be inspired.Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:00pm
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A one-hour weekly program hosted by Jarrett Martineau, (nêhiyaw/Denesuline), that explores the many worlds of contemporary Indigenous music, from traditional songs to Native hip-hop, R&B, and the dancefloor-filling beats of electric powwow. Reclaimed introduces listeners to a new generation of Indigenous artists, while paying respect to First Nations musicians of previous generations who set the stage for today’s emerging talent to rise.
Tuesday’s 5:00 - 6:00pm
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Sojourner Truth brings you news and views on local, national, and international policies and stories that affect us all.
Thursdays 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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DJ Byron Fenix (Navajo/Hopi) satiates the musical taste buds of listeners with an eclectic entree of electronic, disco, funk, hip-hop, house, jazz, and r&b that will keep listeners ears glued to their radios.
Saturdays 4:00pm - 6:00pm
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On November 30th, 2014, Dave launched ‘Spaced Out Radio’. Dave’s near decade as a journalist helped him craft his style of interview, making it comfortable and personal for his guests and listeners alike. He looks at himself as one of the only trained and experienced radio journalists, who is also a multiple experiencer of the unknown. www.spacedoutradio.com
Monday through Saturday
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Sprouts is a weekly newsmagazine produced by community radio stations around the country.
Tuesdays 4:00pm - 4:30pm
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The Children’s Hour is a weekly, internationally syndicated kids’ public radio program and podcast, that educates, inspires, engages and entertains listeners of all ages. Produced with a team of volunteer children in a free after school program in Albuquerque, New Mexico, our host Katie Stone has been described as the “Mr. Rogers of public radio.” Some of our episodes come with come with Learn-Along guides that enable our programs to be used in the classroom. The Children’s Hour is syndicated worldwide, and distributed by Native Voice One, the Native American Radio Network.
Saturday’s 11:00am - 12:00pm
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This Way Out is a Pacifica Network talk program focused on LGBTQIA news and current events.
Tuesdays 4:30pm - 5:00pm
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Wob Radio is a monthly program made and produced by members of the Tacoma GMB of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The IWW is a labor union founded in 1905 with the purpose of uniting workers of all industries under One Big Union, to organize as a united working class, and fight for a better future for all workers. You can learn more about who we are and how to join at www.iww.org. You can find an archive of our previous episodes at https://radiotacoma.org/wob-radio-hour/.
2nd & 4th Wednesdays
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YAI Podcast stands for Young and Indigenous - and that is who we are: Tribal youth creating an outlet to express opinions, voice ideas and concerns, and share stories that have been, until now, untold. By listening to the voices of our ancestors, we are reclaiming our narrative and preserving our way of life. Join us on our journey! Produced by Setting Sun Productions.
1st and 3rd Thursdays
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Programs air weekly unless stated otherwise. Current as of 2025. Programming is subject to change.
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