Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts daily interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

Exploring the often surprising links between concepts, themes and people in classical music, from medieval to modern

A weekly round-up of what's happening (or not happening) in California politics and state government with Insight host Beth Ruyak.

CapRadio's monthly showcase of in-studio performances and interviews keeping you in touch our regional scene, the music and its makers.

Capital Public Radio’s Ben Adler sits down with the six leading candidates for governor of California, and introduces you to each of them in less than 10 minutes.

Capital Public Radio music hosts and special guests discuss and feature new and noteworthy recordings and music events on Insight with Beth Ruyak. Look for a new post every Thursday.

Weekly playlists and interviews featuring cutting edge bands and their influential roots. Whether you’re looking to start your record collection or touch up the fringes, Nick Brunner leads you through two hours of CapRadio’s curated new music mix.

Feed your curiosity and explore fresh perspectives with CapRadio Reads—our online, on-air and on demand resource for discovering your next great read.

Tahoe is a jewel in the Sierra Nevada, but climate change threatens to transform the region by the century’s end. CapRadio’s Ezra David Romero explores this petri dish for scientific research to see how Tahoe can help us confront the global climate crisis.

A rural pocket of Northern California is seeing some of the highest rates of suicide in the state. We’re exploring the mental health crisis in Amador County, and what’s being done to solve it.

How can sexual assault survivors find a path to healing even when justice isn’t served? Host Sammy Caiola and Data Reporter Emily Zentner help us understand survivor experiences in the immediate aftermath of sexual violence and during police investigations. You’ll meet women searching for inner strength and legal resolution amid trauma, experts looking at the cracks in a law enforcement system that rarely yields rape convictions or even charges, detectives trying to solve some of the most di ...

The Political Junkie is turning his analytical gaze west. Ken Rudin, known to NPR listeners from his many years talking all things politics with Neal Conan on "Talk of the Nation," joins Insight host Beth Ruyak for our signature segment.

California Congressional seats that were solidly Republican are suddenly up for grabs. Capital Public Radio's Keys to the House follows the battleground races and themes that could determine which party controls the House of Representatives.

A weekly show helping you make sense of the biggest health, jobs, politics, and more critical events in the world's fifth-largest economy. Because no matter where you live, California is truly a state of mind.