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Davis has interesting people, ideas, connections, and events. On Davisville, host Bill Buchanan presents stories that have some connection to Davis. The program has won 17 Excellence in Journalism awards from the San Francisco Press Club since 2018, including first place in radio/podcast public affairs programs for 2025, plus a national Hometown Media Award for excellence from the Alliance for Community Media in 2024, and first place nationwide in news/public affairs programs among small stations from the Public Media Journalists Association in 2026. Contact: davisville @ dcn.org
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Davisville is hosted by Bill Buchanan. The show has published 50 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Davisville, Oct. 19, 2026: To get ready for Super El Niño, think about where the water flows" (20 October 2026, 29 minutes), "Davisville, Oct. 5, 2026: Davis as a model ran into constraints" (6 October 2026, 28 minutes), and "Davisville, Sept. 21, 2026: Superfreak tells his story" (22 September 2026, 29 minutes).
Davisville publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 50 episodes.
Booking probability for Davisville is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Davisville requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Davisville's contact route on record: verified email.
Bill Buchanan hosts Davisville, a general podcast with 50 episodes published.
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Don Shor, who owns Redwood Barn Nursery in Davis and has a 13-acre farm in Dixon, has tracked local weather for more than 40 years. Today on Davisville we talk about this year’s extraordinarily strong El Niño and how to...
When Bapu Vaitla (pictured) joined the Davis City Council in 2022, he says today on Davisville , he was interested in pursuing policy solutions that would work for Davis and might be a model for the state or other...
Imagine that you’re a child of 5 or 6, in a family with two younger siblings, your mom, and your dad. It’s the early 1970s. Your family quits the family home and steady employment in the United States to drive a van...
Davis has a City Council election this fall — sort of. There is a city election in November, with two seats open on the five-person council, but with just one candidate for each seat, the winners are already decided...
The story is unlikely, especially if you know ’60s American pop music and how time usually works, but it’s true. The Strawberry Alarm Clock, whose psychedelic classic “Incense and Peppermints” scored a No. 1 U.S. hit in...
People who drive downtown will see some changes starting in September. The immediate change is the switch to paid parking in three central parking lots with about 330 spaces. The change that will take awhile to show up...
Tim Akin spent 26 years at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, which gave him a large window on the business world. He retired as the school’s executive director of marking and communications in June, and today...
Editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman is good at skewering whatever he targets in his cartoons, a talent recognized by the honors he has received, including the Pulitzer Prize a decade ago and the Herblock Prize this year...
Davisville
2026 is a pretty good year for renters in Davis. The city’s vacancy rate has continued to grow, to around 10 percent, says real estate professional Kit Boschken on today’s Davisville . Rents are down from last year...
Almost anyone listening today is likely to have an opinion about the topic — namely, how well are bicycles, powered scooters, e-bikes, vehicles and pedestrians co-existing in Davis? In terms of safety, courtesy...
Today on Davisville we talk with two of the five people who recently wrote “A Long-Term Pragmatic Plan for a Livable and Sustainable Davis.” Don’t let the dry title dissuade you — the article is clear, light on jargon...
There are lots of ways to get to know someone you like, lots of ways to date. What if your outing consisted of you painting pictures together with your friend, partner, perhaps prospective spouse? Call it a paint date...
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With enrollment in Davis schools declining, the Davis school district is looking at shutting at least one elementary school. So far, two concepts have emerged — to close Patwin and possibly also Birch Lane — and to move...
The new economic development strategic plan for Davis might be an obscure document, but its pages include interesting goals for Davis and observations about the city, such as insights into how college students shape the...
Pat McDowell (pictured) grew up in Northern California. I worked with him at the Fairfield newspaper 40 years ago before his career took him all over the world, working for the Associated Press, Wall Street Journal and...
After years of dwindling news coverage in Yolo County, two regional news outlets — the Sacramento Bee and Abridged , a news source started by Sacramento public TV station KVIE in 2025 — have each launched free Yolo...
Davis architect Maria Ogrydziak, whose designs include the Davis Food Co-op building (pictured) on G Street downtown, was born in Stockholm to Estonian parents, lived in Taiwan for two years while growing up, and began...
Davisville
Davis is updating its General Plan, which is meant to guide Davis’ physical development as a community through 2050. The update is a classic, easy-to-overlook civic project that works better when more people know about...
One of the new events in Davis for 2026 is a competition, led by a Davis marine biologist whose awards include an Emmy for his camera work, that’s open to anyone willing to make a short movie during the next month. The...
The Trump administration’s deep cuts to federal spending on university research have prompted Ed Kiggins, who leads communications for the UC Davis College of Letters and Science, to start the Minds Over Matters podcast...
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