Be More Now host Blake More interviews Eileen Buckholtz, longtime NSA computer scientist and author of Queens of Code: Inspiring True Stories from NSA’s Computing Women.Buckholtz tells us that some of the NSA’s most important early computing breakthroughs were made by women who were working under such strict secrecy that even their families didn’t know what they did. More than 50 years later, their stories are finally being told. Join us for a rare look inside the secretive NSA and the women who helped make it run. Eileen Buckholtz is an author, a Master Computer Scientist, President of Technology Concepts, Inc., and was a professor of IT courses for 17 years. Eileen was drawn to computing at first byte when she took her initial computer course at Ohio State University, later graduating with one of the first undergraduate degrees in Computer and Information Science in the country. She earned her MS degree in Computer Science at the University of Maryland and her CIO certificate from the National Defense University. She was a Brookings Legis Fellow in 1998 working for Senator John Kerry. For over thirty years, she had an exciting and distinguished career as a Master Computer Scientist with the National Security Agency, working on cutting-edge technology.As an author, Eileen has created or co-authored over forty books for adults, young adults, and children. Her Micro Adventure series (with Ruth Glick, published by Scholastic, Inc) combine her computer expertise and love of storytelling with fast-paced adventure and humor. Her publications have helped kids of all ages learn to program and have fun with early PCs.

Host Blake More celebrates women on the radio with KGUA Fm Gualala founder and longtime radio host Peggy Berryhill. Join us as we reflect on community, the importance of radio, the nuances of self healing and more. More of a conversation than an interview, a version of this conversation initially aired on Peggy’s Place on KGUA FM – purely by accident. Peggy’s expected guests did not arrive, and I was there, so we winged it live. I’m sharing it here because our conversation offers a backroom glimpse into what can happen when people listen to each other.Peggy Jo Berryhill, Mvskoke (muhs-KOH-gee), Bird Clan, is a Native broadcaster and journalist honored for her work in bringing the authentic voice of Native Americans, Indigenous people, women and other minorities into public broadcasting. Affectionately known as “The First Lady of Native Radio”, her body of work spans five decades. Peggy is the founder and President of the Native Media Resource Center, aka NMRC, a nonprofit organization that provides education, collaborative and creative support for Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian organizations and promotes cross-cultural understanding. In 2010, the NMRC constructed and later launched KGUA 88.3 FM, a public radio station in Gualala, California. Berryhill is the current co-owner and operator of the station and still does a live interview show “Peggy’s Place” twice weekly.

Host Blake More interviews vibrational science pioneer Don Estes. Estes's decades worth of research into the vibrational nature of reality and the laws that govern the relationship between humans and everything else -- a science he calls: Harmonic Law – is as simple as it is complex and like nothing I have encountered anywhere. He is also the developer of the Light Sound Vibration technology that I use in my “Love Sound Bus”, but again, this interview was conducted before I adopted it in my practice! Don is a pioneer, uncovering the connections between vibrational science, consciousness and spirituality, and he uses vibration and music as vehicles to achieve transcendence of the human state. We will be discussing his lifelong quest to develop methods and practices to use sound, light and vibration technologies rather than psychedelics to access non-ordinary states of mind.

KZYX&Z’s Be More Now Features “In the Spirit of Freedom” a collage of spoken word and music celebrating America’s 250th birthdayTune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday July 2 when host Blake More observes the beginning of America’s 250th year celebration and, more than anything, the independent spirit of Mendocino County poets with a collage of spoken word punctuated with lyrical expressions of freedom, love and community. set 1Bobby McFerran – Freedom is a VoiceDevreaux Baker – North StarFrost & Wagner Horn Rub Feat. Joy Denalane – Torch of FreedomLarry Felson – Ferocious SingingJimi Hendrix – FreedomElizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios – High Noon is HereBrenan Daniel singing Organized CrimeMike A’dair – For Every Bullet I can Pump Into America’s HeartHank Williams – Country Boy Can Surviveset 2Kirk Lumpkin – Occupy PoemMiles Davis – Freedom Jazz DanceBill Bruneau – Nobody’s SweetheartLarry Felson – Questions and AnswersDevreaux Baker – Together We Create America 1Prezence – Freedom RisingBlake More – The High RoadCharlie Hunter – Freedom TicklerOne Tribe – Freedom, we can be heardSoup Dragons – I’m Free

Blake More and Mendocino County local, David Nicols, discuss archetypal astrology and coherent group fields and how these tools can be used to catalyze large-scale positive transformation. Author of Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation (SUNY Press), Nicol offers insight into how we can understand and meet our world’s challenges and insights through the quantifiable language of astrology. David Nicol, Ph.D. is a leading scholar-practitioner at the intersection of personal and collective transformation, with a particular focus on the power of coherent group fields to catalyze large-scale change. He is the author of Subtle Activism: The Inner Dimension of Social and Planetary Transformation (SUNY Press), the first comprehensive study demonstrating how collective meditation and prayer can measurably influence social outcomes.He has taught on Subtle Activism at the California Institute of Integral Studies and the Shift Network, published essays in journals such as Kosmos, Tikkun, and Reality Sandwich, and currently writes Geistic Musings: Essays at the Intersection of Consciousness and Culture on Substack.Alongside this work, David maintains an active astrology practice that emphasizes direct, embodied engagement with archetypal forces, moving beyond purely interpretive or informational approaches.Integrating his background in integral philosophy, astrology, and collective transformation, his work explores how coherent group fields can serve as intentional conduits for archetypal intelligence—supporting both individual healing and systemic cultural evolution.More information on David Nicole at: https://www.earthrising.one/

Host Blake More celebrates the upcoming Spring Equinox with a mix of poetry, music and reflection. The show highlights the voices of our county, with Mendocino County poets and musicians welcoming spring’s sprouts, twists and turns.The show features the voices of poets:Devreaux BakerTonijean BernbaumArthur L. WoodTerri GlassRiantee RandKirk LumpkinTheresa WhitehillBlake MoreSo grateful to the generosity of these poets for sending in their poems!

In this episode of Be More now, host Blake More celebrates the “Love Month” with a mix of poetry, music and other amorous bon mots. Not just romance and roses, you will hear Mendocino County poets reflect on love in all its shapes and shadesThe show features the voices of poets:Devreaux BakerTonijean BernbaumTerri GlassKirk LumpkinKarin UphoffAmanda CruiseTheresa WhitehillChris Olander Kristan Larsen Snake FamilyMaureen EppsteinScott MillerKaren LewisChristopher TorresBlake More

host Blake More celebrates the first day of 2026 with a mix of poetry, music and other audio expressions. Tune in and ring in the new year with some regional poets reflecting on shedding skin, finding inspiration and embracing change. The show features the voices of poets:Devreaux Baker Kit Bliss JonesToni BurnbaumMelissa Eleftherion Larry FelsonMartin Hickel Karen Lewis Kirk Lumpkin Blake MoreChris Olander Susan Wooldridge Elizabeth Vrenios So grateful to them for sending in their poems! Enjoy the show!

Host Blake More celebrates Holiday Poetry and Other Festive Meanderings on Be More Now. You will hear the voices of Mendocino County locals, as well as youth, theatrical readings of famous works and other surprises — shifting us into the spirit of the season with a wonderful mix of poets who answered the call for “seasonal poetry” on Facebook and beyond. One Candle, released by Nymphya on November 14th, but it was born across two Winter Solstices: written on Solstice Eve to capture the night’s magic, and recorded the following Solstice Eve to enhance that same energy. You can find it on Spotify here.

Host Blake More speaks with Sherry Glaser and Juan Wulff about the Mendocino County premier of their original play “Life and Death: A Love Story”. They will be talking about inspiration, necessity, and the bravery of meeting what is eventually coming for all of us. Award winning actress, solo performer, Sherry Glaser creator and star of the longest running one woman show in Off-Broadway history 'FAMILY SECRETS' returns to the stage after a two year absence with her new show and co-star Juan Wulff. After a harrowing confrontation with mortality, Sherry’s familiar brand once again elevates and translates her true life experience into a comedic and unique revelation as only Sherry Glaser can. She is joined by new comer Juan Wulff whose theatrical debut will thrill and surprise audiences. Ricci Dedola, who directed Glaser’s OH MY GODDESS!, a comedy of biblical proportions which won best Avant Garde Performance at the 2015 United Solo festival on Broadway in NYC, will direct this new work. Originally from Venezuela, Juan Wulff says close encounters with death have crafted his soul into becoming a Death Dula for a dear friend in 2023. His patient/doctor experience started with Hodgkin's Disease in 1982, Squamous Cell Carcinoma in 2024 with 3 other cancers in between along with 40 years of living with HIV. While his theater experience has only been with The New Conservatory Theater Center in San Francisco as a facilitator/actor for the AIDS youth aware program, he met Sherry Glaser at Dragons’ Breath Theater in Gualala in 2024 by chance and forged the relationship that sparked her to write Life and Death; A Love Story