Meet the Team

Carl Pogue

Radio Traffic Coordinator

Carl has worked in radio for 25 years, starting in 1985 at a jazz station (KMHD) near Portland, Oregon. From 1992 to 2008, Carl lived on Saipan, an island in the Northern Marianas chain in Micronesia. For nine of those years he served as the General Manager of the island's only public radio station. From 2009 to 2010, Carl studied abroad in Strasbourg, France and participated at a course in residence at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He was the Program Director at KVCR (San Bernardino/Riverside) before joining KPBS.

RECENT STORIES ON KPBS

Economy

Avocado growers in San Diego County face multiple challenges

John Carroll

The region's avocado acreage has dropped from roughly 26,000 acres in 2008 to about 13,000 in 2024. A combination of increased water rates and labor costs is bringing the industry down.
Environment

California may help solar bloom where water runs dry

Rachel Becker, CalMatters

The state’s farmers are divided over a bill that would loosen rules protecting agricultural land. The goal of a bill proposed by Assembly Democrat Buffy Wicks is to seed solar farms on fallowed fields.
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: FDR

Jennifer Robinson

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Part 1 and 2 Saturdays, Sept.13 + 20, 2025 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2 or Tuesday, Sept.16 from 8 - 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. The policies and persona of Franklin Delano Roosevelt set the cast of the "modern" presidency. He was unquestionably the most vital figure in the nation, and perhaps the world, during his 13 years in the White House. Engendering both admiration and scorn, FDR exerted unflinching leadership during the most tumultuous period in the nation's history since the Civil War.
FDR on the Enemy: Fear Itself

President Roosevelt's inaugural address filled the American people with confidence in their new leader. "They hear coming through their loudspeakers this voice so filled with courage, with self confidence, with a sense of leadership," says historian William Leuchtenburg.
TELL ME MORE WITH KELLY CORRIGAN: Making Change for One and All

Jennifer Robinson

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 at 5 p.m. on KPBS 2. Kelly sits down with University of Pennsylvania Professor Angela Duckworth, Fulbright Scholar JerDrema Virginia Flynt and Harvard student Will McQuiston to discuss the factors that affect human behavior and the challenges associated with them. Context is especially important to consider in this digital age, as is the need for self-awareness and self-compassion.
TELL ME MORE WITH KELLY CORRIGAN: Making Change for One and All

In the season finale, Kelly sits down with University of Pennsylvania Professor Angela Duckworth, Fulbright Scholar JerDrema Virginia Flynt and Harvard student Will McQuiston to discuss the factors that affect human behavior and the challenges associated with them. Context is especially important to consider in this digital age, as is the need for self-awareness and self-compassion.