Insight With Vicki GonzalezNational (Guerilla) Poetry Month With Zero Forbidden GoalsApril 10, 2018 | Cody DrabbleApril is National Poetry Month. In Sacramento, Zero Forbidden Goals is hosting several pop-up poetry events with a twist to make it National Guerilla Poetry Month. Poet Andru Defeye joins to preview the events and perform one of his own works. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezEl Dorado County Students Compete In Poetry Out LoudFebruary 8, 2018 | Chris RemingtonEl Dorado County students share their words ahead of the Poetry Out Loud competition on Friday night. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPoetry From PrisonOctober 16, 2017 | Chris RemingtonLife without parole inmate Mike Owens has published his first book of poetry and personal essays. We talk to Sacramento Poet Laureate Bob Stanley about what drew him to Mike's story and poetry. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSacramento's New Poet Laureate Wants Every Voice Heard During Tumultuous Political Climate January 30, 2017Sacramento’s new poet laureate for 2017 brings a rich cultural history, from the farms of North Carolina to engineering with Intel in Rancho Cordova. Indigo Moor explains his transformation into poet laureate. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
RootsBob Dylan, Titan Of American Music, Wins 2016 Nobel Prize In LiteratureOctober 13, 2016The prolific musician is the first American to win the prize for lifetime literary achievement in 23 years. While Dylan long enjoyed favor as an outside shot for the award, few expected him to win.
Student's Poetry To Be Featured On Regional TransitOctober 7, 2016 | Bob MoffittSome Sacramento high school students are getting their poetry in front of a lot of people this fall. You'll have to get on a bus to read them.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezLocal Poet And Professor Jan Haag April 27, 2016Local poet and Sacramento City College journalism professor Jan Haag joins Insight to share a new anthology of poetry and essays. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
I Think That I Shall Never See / A Password As Secure As ... Poetry?March 21, 2016We all know "password" is no good, and "1234567" is asking for trouble. But the more we try to strengthen our passwords, the harder we make them to remember. It's a thoroughly modern problem — but researchers at USC found a very old solution.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezArt Show: “Women in the Convex Mirror: Women’s Self Portraits.” March 11, 2016We'll talk with the curator of a new art show and American River College art department head about the nature of how women view themselves in the age of the selfie. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Arts and LifestyleSacramento Teenager Wins California Poetry CompetitionMarch 1, 2016 | Contact Bob MoffittA Sacramento County boy has won the California Poetry Out Loud competition at the State Capitol. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.