Insight With Beth Ruyak

Hosted By Beth Ruyak

Insight creates conversation to build community, exploring issues and events that connect people in our region. Insight covers breaking news and big ideas, music, arts & culture with responsible journalism, civil discussion and diverse voices.

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Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.
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LATEST SHOW | Monday, March 30, 2020

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Climbing Coronavirus Cases / Conversation With A COVID-19 Patient / Small Business During A Pandemic

Coronavirus cases are climbing across California, Nevada and the rest of the country. We’re being warned of the jump in cases, while the presidential race carries on amidst the pandemic. Plus, another daily uplift with a local small business owner.

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    Climbing Coronavirus Cases And 2020 Election Implications

    Coronavirus cases are climbing across California, Nevada and the rest of the country. We’re warned of the jump in cases as the pandemic continues to upend the 2020 elections.

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    Conversation With A COVID-19 Patient / Sacramento Community Relief

    We check in with a San Francisco resident who was diagnosed with, and successfully recovered from, COVID-19. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg discusses coronavirus community relief.

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    Small Business During A Pandemic

    Small business during the coronavirus outbreak, and how the pandemic inspired a GoFundMe campaign.

Thursday, March 26, 2020

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California Coronavirus Updates / COVID-19 Database / National Piano Day

A better understanding of coronavirus as we expand on the governor’s latest information. We’ll also talk with the Seattle teenager who built the website that tracks COVID-19 around the world. Plus, why now is the time to take piano lessons.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

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Coronavirus Updates And The Homeless / Stimulus Package And Finances / Business During Social Distancing

A teen in Southern California caught COVID-19 and died. We’ll also touch on homeless people and what the state is doing. We’ll ask what the stimulus package means in the financial world and chat with a carpenter about how to sustain business online.

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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Olympics May Be Postponed / Butte County And A Principal On The Break / Christmas Lights In March

Former Olympians weigh in on the possible postponement of the Summer Olympics. A principal who went through a break in the middle of a school year weighs in on school closures. Christmas lights brighten spirits of those practicing social distancing.

Monday, March 23, 2020

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Emergency Stimulus Package / Coronavirus Updates / A Check In With Those In Quarantine

Today on Insight, we talk with the Political Junkie about the new aid coming from the White House. We check in about the new COVID-19 rapid tests approved by the FDA. A homecoming for Denise Morse, who was quarantined at Travis Air Force Base.

Thursday, March 19, 2020

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Coronavirus Updates And Keeping Your Kids’ Brain Active / Food Bank Check-ins / How Coronavirus Affects Jobs And The Arts

We bring you the latest on the coronavirus outbreak as well as a teacher’s perspective. We’ll also chat with food banks across the region, plus a look at how the job market has been affected by COVID-19.

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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New Coronavirus Guidelines / Panic Buying At Grocery Stores / Second Anniversary Of Stephon Clark Shooting

Sacramento County asked residents to stay home unless strictly necessary; we check in on that direction, while ‘panic buying’ is leaving grocery stores bare across the state. Plus, a look back on the shooting of Stephon Clark.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

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County Coronavirus Updates / Closed Schools Offer Free Food, Restaurants Follow New Guidelines/ New Film Documents ‘Co-housing’

The country is in a state of emergency as a means to decrease the spread of coronavirus. We check in with Solano and Nevada Counties. Schools are closed, but still offering resources to kids. A new film on co-housing airs on PBS.

Monday, March 16, 2020

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Coronavirus Update / National Politics With Ken Rudin / Weather In California

Leaders get aggressive about the coming surge of coronavirus infections and cases. We take a look atGov. Gavin Newsom’s message from yesterday, urging home isolation for certain groups of Californians, and rainy weather in California.

Friday, March 13, 2020

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Listen: California Coronavirus Special

Listen back to KQED’s Mina Kim and CapRadio’s Beth Ruyak as they lead a discussion of the coronavirus and its health and economic impacts on California as it continues to spread in the state.

 

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