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Top stories highlighted for Tuesday, October 14, 2025

David Fleming speaks with Benjamin S. Stewart about "Crossroads," a collaboration with Benjiphonik. We'll hear about how the song came together, how Ben Stewart was able to have tow of his personas collaborating with each other, and a bit about the video for Crossroads - which was released at the end of the initial broadcast of this episode.

Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, and Jim Pons (of The Turtles) were with Frank Zappa'a Mothers of Invention for only around two years, though the amount of recordings released would make you think it was MUCH longer. Their time with Zappa ended MUCH earlier than intended as well.

I was fortunate to speak with Volman several years ago as he was getting ready to perform in the "Happy Together Tour" in this region. We spoke about working with students and becoming a professor (after taking 32 years between starting and finishing his bachelor's), his time with Zappa, and touching briefly on Flo and Eddie, which came about because they weren't allowed to use their own names. Yeah. They signed THAT kind of contract.

Revisiting my conversation with Mark Volman, who passed away September 5th at the age of 78.

David Fleming speaks with Kenneth Bank, formerly of The Five Sharks, an early to mid-sixties acapella group from the Bronx. Bank is also one of the founding members of The Dukes of Doo Wop, a Southern California group keeping doo wop - and acapella - alive in this region and beyond.

Monday through Friday, KVCR has your daily news rundown at lunchtime.

This week's rundown of Inland Empire economic news.

Stories for Friday, October 10, 2025

Former Press-Enterprise Columnist and longtime KVCR news contributor, Cassie MacDuff joins KVCR to review a few of the Inland Empire's major news stories of the past week. The conversation can be heard on KVCR's "Morning Edition" most Friday mornings at 6:45 and 8:45. Our segments with Cassie are also archived here for listening on demand.

A conversation between host Maya Gwynn and Dr. Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of ESRI.

Stories highlighted for Oct 9, 2025.