Taya Jae
Host, Producer and Program CoordinatorThe first time Taya was on the radio was a KVNF pledge drive promo recorded in 1998, she was 5. It went something like this, “I like KVNF because it’s fun to listen to music” she goes on to say, “music is like a dream”. Born in Paonia and raised in small towns all across the US, Taya returned to her birthplace 5 years ago. Taya holds a BA in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Bennington College and a Graduate Certificate in Audio Storytelling from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. When she's not producing programming for KVNF, Taya can be found cultivating her plant nursery, collecting rocks or adventuring somewhere with her heeler pups.
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Each year the Paradise Theater in Paonia hosts the Cabin Fever Series, a collection of films, live music, comedians, cult classics and documentaries designed to get us out of our winter ruts. On Wednesday March 6th The Paradise will show Body of a Line, a 10-minute, animated climbing documentary. Taya Jae sat down with local filmmakers and climbers Henna Taylor and Madaeline Sorkin.
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Members of Embodying Rhythm and Mama Lingua join Taya Jae in KVNF's Bamboo Room for a fun and lively interview.
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Author Rebecca Boyle joins Taya Jae to talk about her new book, Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are. Taya and Rebecca discuss how the moon has shaped our daily rhythms, how science fiction informed space exploration and some important things to consider as our relationship with the moon evolves.
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Thomas Barnes is the founder of Control Tower Management, a talent booking and production agency based in Montrose. Thomas joins Taya Jae to talk about upcoming shows Live at the Candle Factory in Montrose and the Western Slope Musicians he's excited about.
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Bringing equal measures humor and social consciousness Joey Chang, known musically as CelloJoe, talks about the tension between classical music, hip-hop and beat-boxing, today on Talkin' Music.
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For 26 years The Vagina Monologues have been performed in over 140 countries and 48 languages. On February 14th, The Vagina Monologues will be performed at the Paradise Theater in Paonia. KVNF’s Taya Jae sat down with the show's Director, Natalie Haines.
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Bill Miller joins Taya Jae to talk about honoring earth & sacred ground, music as medicine and reconciliation.
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KVNF's Taya Jae and Cynthia Hines sat down with Margo to discuss her new book, Deep Inside the Blues, a collection of oral histories and 160 intimate photographs.
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Storyteller and Actor Becky Stone has been studying Rosa Parks for the past year. She's read comments from her childhood friends, listened to interviews with Rosa and read her writing. On Sunday February 4th Becky will don silk stockings, a hat and handbag and tell Rosa Parks story.
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Benjamin and Kassie Wilson of the Americana duo Goldpine, join Taya Jae on Talkin' Music.