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In this week's episode of the Frequency Horizon (broadcast on Pirate Cat Radio just as 38 inches of snowfall was underway), we offer an on-the-slope view of how one independent ski hill (Sierra-at-Tahoe) is doing a couple years after a devastating wildfire ripped through the property. Shout-out to the marketing department for giving us a behind-the-scenes look at how a local-focused mountain ticks.

We take you inside a Heavenly gondola of the sort made famous where a pour soul got trapped inside overnight a few weeks back.

And we hear firsthand from "lifties" themselves 1. About what it was like to cope with a slow start to the season and 2. Some of the underground DJs tearin' up the Legion dancefloors this year.

Given the recent suspected fentanyl deaths in town, we'll cap off the episode with an interview with State Senator Dave Cortese about efforts underway in Sacramento to get a handle on the overdose crisis.

Of course, we weave it all together with some top-shelf tune-age to help get you fired up to hop on a lift and carve some quality turns.

Theme: Butterflywingtip "BBB"

Tune-in live each week at kpcr.org or via the Pirate Cat Radio analog feed at 92.9FM in Los Gatos and San Jose!

From hitting the waves at Montara State Beach during a milky twilight, to reconnecting with Fava MC (and discovering he's a teacher back in Germany), to getting to meet my favourite author Sheila Heti (who also happens to be Canadian but has a rad global outlook), I’ve been reminded of just how magical life can be. (Not to mention I put out my second-ever newspaper as an official editor).

https://www.sheilaheti.com/

I learned more about arranging sentences from a delightfully quirky yet utterly confident literary master, about managing frequencies on the fly in a live club environment (@mcfava), and pondered how natural forces can change your life in an instant. And I'm sharing it all with you guys—to a curated electronic music soundtrack.

Plus, I got a surprise DJ mix sent over from none other than Italian mixmaster Michael B DJ (@michaelbofficial). Hope you enjoy!

Do you ever wonder how California plans to handle global warming? Are you curious about the longterm impacts of last year's storms (you know, the ones that were so bad they were categorized as natural disasters)?

Well, on today's Frequency Horizon program, we have the answers. Because we'll interview a trucker hauling giant boulders from the Cali interior to West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz. Plus, we bump into the dude who makes those 3D-printed surf fins he says could democratize surfing in the Third World. And I'll get myself a new surfboard (finally).

And in the second hour, DJ Melisa returns for her second guestmix, just after a move to Las Vegas to link up with a new newspaper.

There's plenty of bangers, atmospheric numbers, chill and energetic tracks on offer. Hope you enjoy!

We chilled out for January (and I hope you enjoyed the "mixtapes" in the meantime) but now we're back, with a vengeance!

We've been collecting-up plenty of oceanic content and delicious electronic tracks for y'all to take in. And I hope you're ready for what's about to be unleashed.

Because this week we're taking stock of things from the white sands and emerald seas of Carmel Beach, interviewing bodysurfers during the first-ever USA Bodysurfing competition at Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz and then handing over the keys to DJ Ergot for his second guest mix for the Frequency Horizon.

Tune in each week at kpcr.org from 10-midnight pacific time or 92.9FM in the Los Gatos / San Jose area.

We take you along with us to an O'Neill movie premiere in the Pleasure Point neighborhood of Santa Cruz.

And we remember some of our favourite radio moments of the year from our journeys far and wide.

Plus, I wrapped some moody #house, emphatic #electro-#pop, and #liquid #dnb rollerz up with a bow and put them under the tree for ya!

Today on the program we’ve got a solid mix of dubstep, trance, house, and—my favourite—drum n’ bass.

We’re enjoying our new space on the dial—92.9 FM in the “South Bay” portion of the “Bay Area” (in Northern California, of course).

We’ll still have surf-style segments in the weeks to come, but after the cross-continent journey last week, we’re dishing up a pure-music show this time 'round.

Hope you enjoy! And make sure to tune in at KPCR.org if you haven’t given that a shot yet…