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Jonathan Bastian

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Jonathan Bastian is an award-winning public radio host. Prior to KCRW he worked for Louisville's NPR station (WFPL), and also created and hosted a weekly TV program that aired on PBS stations across six states. He has interviewed numerous influential writers, thinkers and policy makers, including Salman Rushdie, Congressman John Lewis, Jared Diamond, Michael Chabon, Oliver Sacks, Barbara Kingsolver, and many others. His work has aired nationally on NPR's All Things Considered and been published on NPR.org.

FROM Jonathan Bastian

The legacy of surfboard shaping in Santa Barbara

Design and Architecture

The legacy of surfboard shaping in Santa Barbara 30-year-old Ryan Lovelace at his studio along Haley Street in Santa Barbara. He shapes all his boards by hand rather than machine. Paul Mathieu/West Beach Films Santa Barbara isn't a big city, but it's played an out-sized role in the development of the surfboard industry. Since the 1960s, Santa Barbarans have created some of the most iconic boards, experimented with different building techniques and used new technology to streamline their craft. And the city continues to be a hub of surf innovation. The Surf Shapers from West Beach Films on Vimeo .

5 MIN, 5 SEC Jul 04, 2017

KCRW Live: A Campus Divided

News Special Programming

KCRW Live: A Campus Divided The election in November exposed a deep political disconnect in America. One place that tension has been felt most is on college campuses around the country. KCRW's Jonathan Bastian brings together a panel of UC Santa Barbara students with diverse backgrounds and beliefs to discuss how divided they really are and how to talk to one another with respect.

1 HR, 2 MIN May 30, 2017

KCRW Live: The Human Face of Drought

News Special Programming

KCRW Live: The Human Face of Drought The recent rain in Southern California has many rejoicing, but scientists say we should prepare for hotter, drier years ahead. In a special live broadcast from Santa Barbara, KCRW's Jonathan Bastian speaks with three water experts who take us on a local, state and global tour of the people and places being impacted by water instability.

1 HR, 34 SEC Feb 23, 2017

KCRW Live: Undocumented under Trump

News Special Programming

KCRW Live: Undocumented under Trump Five days after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, KCRW airs a special live broadcast from Oxnard about what the Trump Administration's immigration policies might mean for undocumented farmworkers in California, with a focus on the strawberry fields and citrus groves of Ventura County. Hosted by Jonathan Bastian.

1 HR, 1 MIN, 51 SEC Jan 25, 2017

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Santa Barbara takes drastic measures to cope with water loss Santa Barbara’s main source of water, Lake Cachuma, is at seven percent capacity. We learn what the county is doing to make up for the loss.

8 MIN, 18 SEC Jan 06, 2017

Richard Russo: Everybody's Fool

News Special Programming

Richard Russo: Everybody's Fool KCRW's Jonathan Bastian sits down with author Richard Russo in front of a live audience at Antioch University in Santa Barbara.

28 MIN, 59 SEC Dec 30, 2016

Priced Out: Santa Barbara's housing crisis

News Special Programming

Priced Out: Santa Barbara's housing crisis To understand Santa Barbara's current housing situation, you just need to look at the numbers: the median home price is around $1 million, the rental market is 99.5 percent full, and there's a 10-year waiting list for public housing.

1 HR, 27 SEC Oct 06, 2016

The Refugio Oil Spill, One Year Later

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The Refugio Oil Spill, One Year Later Jonathan Bastian leads a lively discussion with local environmental and oil experts on major issues like criminal and civil liability, wildlife restoration, pipeline regulation and the history of oil production along the Central Coast.

1 HR, 1 MIN, 3 SEC Jun 14, 2016

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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming

Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.

51 MIN, 20 SEC May 31, 2017

What happens when America retreats from the world?

What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.

51 MIN, 13 SEC Jun 01, 2017

Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad

Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.

51 MIN, 17 SEC May 22, 2017

The Trump agenda: where's the beef?

The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.

51 MIN, 18 SEC Jun 07, 2017