The financial impacts of closing recycling centers across California. Learning how to find joy and meaning at age 106. Finally, a concert honoring jazz musician Dave Brubeck is taking place in downtown Sacramento.

California Recycling Deposit Investigation

Half of California’s recycling centers have closed in the last decade, leaving more bottles and cans littering the environment, and millions of dollars sitting in the state’s beverage container fund. KPBS Investigative Reporter Scott Rodd joins Insight to talk about his investigation into why these centers are closing, what California is doing with the spare change, and what lawmakers are doing to make recycling more accessible.

‘This Is What It Feels Like’ Living to 106

CapRadio’s podcast This Is What It Feels Like was just named “Best Interview Podcast” by the Public Media Journalists Association. Hosted by Terra Lopez, This Is What It Feels Like allows listeners to put themselves in the shoes of everyday people at the center of issues that have been politicized or overlooked. Today we’ll meet Glenna Walters, who lived to be 107 years old, and learn about how she found joy, purpose, and meaning in life.

Dave Brubeck Tribute Concert

A legendary jazz musician will be honored with a concert in downtown Sacramento this weekend. “An Ode to Sacramento” will be performed at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Saturday, July 6 at 8 p.m. The performance features Dave Brubeck’s “Pange Lingua Variations,” which premiered at the cathedral over four decades ago. Dave’s son Chris Brubeck and Rex Rallanka, Music Director at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament spoke with CapRadio’s Paul Conley about the performance, and the piece’s significance.