Episode 74: Red, White & Groove: Celebrating America's 250th. A large vinyl record with a patriotic center label fills the foreground as fireworks illuminate the night sky above a city skyline. The artwork includes the broadcast date, July 3, 2026, with air times of 9 AM PT on KDOG and 9 PM PT on KCSM HD2.

A century after Miles Davis was born, the signal still travels. Episode 68: 100 Miles moves through electric jazz, fusion, Bay Area brass, and late-night groove architecture — tracing the pathways Miles helped open across modern music.

Funky Friday Episode 67. Pressure systems. Resource wars. Groove economics. Funky Friday Episode 67: Taurus Sonic moves through energy anxiety, economic instability, and social tension without losing the groove. From Tower of Power and Marvin Gaye to Parliament and Gil Scott-Heron, this week’s transmission explores what happens when the world shakes but the rhythm holds.

Funky Friday Episode 64 moves beneath the surface of funk. Past the hooks and into the engine room, where rhythm is built through timing, space, and control.

Funky Friday Episode 58 explores the deep pocket of funk, where rhythm sections lock into grooves that move the room without ever rushing the beat. From James Brown’s disciplined funk architecture to the elastic fusion groove of Herbie Hancock, this episode traces the musicians who understand that the pocket is where the magic lives.

Episode 48 marks a quiet transition into 2026 — no countdown, no confetti, just forward motion. This is Funky Friday staying the course: disciplined grooves, steady momentum, and funk that knows when not to flinch.

Forty shows deep and still the real deal. FUNK XL celebrates the full spectrum of groove — from the spark of “Comencemos” to the swagger of Johnny Guitar Watson, blending reflection, joy, and fire in true Renegade fashion. From Signal Fire to Jungle Fire… let’s get started.

Funky Friday explodes onto two stations with Episode 35: LibraSonic — now airing every Friday at 9PM on KCSM HD2 and KDOG Radio. This cosmic funk journey tips the scales between chaos and control, from Miles Davis and James Brown to Prince, George Duke, and Weather Report. As promised: this episode is gonna blow your wigs off.

Funky Friday hits a milestone with Episode 30 — the Dirty 30. This set rumbles like a late-night train ride: James Brown’s Hot Pants, Rick James’ Super Freak, and deep cuts like Rock Creek Park fuel a graffiti-splattered journey through raw, underground funk.

The groove is gospel in Funky Friday’s Episode 28: Ministry of Funk. We open and close with a tribute to Eddie Palmieri’s Harlem River Drive, the Latin-funk masterpiece that broke boundaries and moved bodies. In between, it’s an hour of funk sermons from James Brown, Parliament, Tower of Power, and more — a full-on service for the disciples of the groove.

A cross-country celebration of funk’s hometown heroes—from Dayton to Oakland, Minneapolis to NOLA. Funky Friday Episode 25 brings the groove city by city.