Marti Leicester & David Nopel
February 24th, 2012
Show #198 Recorded 2/10/12 Aired 2/24/12
The Humboldt Wagon Road
The historic road which is now California highway 32 heading west out of Chico has carried freight and passengers from Chico to Susanville since the Civil War era. Retired National Park Service ranger Marti Leicester and David Nopel, descendant of pioneer families, are co-authors of this book of early photos, many from the archives of David's father John Nopel, unofficial archivist for Butte County. The book tells stories of the road and the families who lived along the road.
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Jodi Foster
February 17th, 2012
Show #197 Recorded 2/3/12 Aired 2/17/12
Forgotten Burial: A Restless Spirit's Plea for Justice
Jodi Foster moved into a small apartment in Chico where strange things happened. Her small daughter Hannah saw a young woman she called "My Liz" who looked to Hannah like an angel. Jodi's book is a story of families: her own parents and grandparents, herself and her children, the family of a missing young woman called Marliz whose body was never found, and a dysfunctional "family" of a husband and wife from Red Bluff who kidnapped Marliz three decades before Jodi moved into her "haunted" apartment.
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Roger Aylworth & Susan Aylworth
February 10th, 2012
Show #196 Recorded 1/20/12 Aired 2/10/12
Seniors Showers
For years Roger Aylworth has shared insight, wisdom, and humor through his columns in the Chico Enterprise-Record. In this latest collection of 99 favorite columns, Roger makes his case that senior citizens need showers like brides and expectant mothers get. Roger's wife, always referred to as "the saintly Susan" in his columns, is a novelist and poet, and she joins Roger in their conversation about family life in at "Casa Aylworth" and to recite one of her poems. When the subject of the TV series about Davy Crocket comes up, Susan and Nancy join Roger in an impromptu singing the theme song -- "Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee....."
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Ric Machuga
February 3rd, 2012
Show #195 Recorded 1/27/12 Aired 2/3/12
Life, the Universe, and Everything: An Aristolelian Philosophy for a Scientific Age
Professor Machuga teaches a philosophy course for the Honors Program at Butte College and this book grew out of his efforts to make ancient philosophers intelligible to undergraduates. He discusses the big questions in life -- like does God exist.
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