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FirstPersonSingular: Karen Ehrlich - Mountain Neighbors

FirstPersonSingular: Karen Ehrlich – Mountain Neighbors

Karen Ehrlich loves her mountain neighbors. Photo courtesy of Kathrin Fischer ...
FirstPersonSingular: Jane McCormick Crowley - Human Rights

FirstPersonSingular: Jane McCormick Crowley – Human Rights

The late Jane McCormick Crowley reminds us that human right belong to all of us. Photo courtesy of Polina Kovaleva ...
Resilient Central Coast helps local residents and communities prepare for the impacts of global warming

Resilient Central Coast helps local residents and communities prepare for the impacts of global warming

Anjelka Stipanovich, Anna Michel, and Julia Alaimo are the Program Coordinators for the Resilient Central Coast program at Ecology Action ...
Trump's Attacks on Trans Rights Have Real Consequences

Trump’s Attacks on Trans Rights Have Real Consequences

Hello, I’m Daymia Rousseau, a UCSC Intern reporting for KSQD. The Trump Administration’s attacks on DEI programs have hit especially ...
Dream Animals and the Asklepian Temple with Laura Payne

Dream Animals and the Asklepian Temple with Laura Payne

Animals in dreams always seem to have a special meaningfulness. Today we talk about how dreams of certain animals were ...
Reflections of Community: the 2025 Santa Cruz Holiday Parade

Reflections of Community: the 2025 Santa Cruz Holiday Parade

What does Santa Cruz love about the holiday season? Squid on the Street spoke to parade participants and attendees at ...
FirstPersonSingular: Michael Collins - Zohran

FirstPersonSingular: Michael Collins – Zohran

Michael Collins tells it like it is. Photos courtesy of Chris Krohn and Michael Collins ...
The Tower of Song Presents Terence McKenna

The Tower of Song Presents Terence McKenna

Update: The extended broadcast of the Gypsy Scholar’s Terence McKenna program is now available for listening on the “Archived Musical ...
Debunking economic doublespeak - Groundwork Collaborative provides an enlightened narrative

Debunking economic doublespeak – Groundwork Collaborative provides an enlightened narrative

Lindsay Owens, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative. Widely known for her ability to communicate pressing economic ...
Marco Poehner standing at his nature preserve ifn Colombia

Marco Poehler: Life in a Colombian Nature Preserve

Until recently, Colombia was the 13th largest importer of agricultural commodities to the US. Top among them are coffee, tea, ...
CD cover with Pavarotti praying like a monk

“La favorita” – Love in its most triangular dimention

Fernando starts as a monk, leaves that vocation to seek true love, finds it with Leonora - the woman of ...
WHAT A WEEK December 6th "RAGE BAIT" Edition with Good Times's Brad Kava...

WHAT A WEEK December 6th “RAGE BAIT” Edition with Good Times’s Brad Kava…

Join Erik Nelson and Good Times Editor Brad Kava, as they dive deep into "The Plot To Destroy The Catalyst." ...
FirstPersonSingular: Steve Pleich - Jefferson and I

FirstPersonSingular: Steve Pleich – Jefferson and I

Steve Pleich echoes Thomas Jefferson. Photo courtesy of Joey Kyber ...
When Hormones Shift: Perimenopause and Mental Health

When Hormones Shift: Perimenopause and Mental Health

Episode 85: Hormonal changes and perimenopause can start earlier than many women expect — sometimes in the 30s — bringing ...
FirstpersonSingular: Sigrid McLaughlin - Stranger

FirstpersonSingular: Sigrid McLaughlin – Stranger

The late Sigrid McLaughlin received a midnight gift. Photo courtesy of Max Flinterman ...
Mythbusting the Rail and Trail Project of Santa Cruz County

Mythbusting the Rail and Trail Project of Santa Cruz County

On this episode of Talk of the Bay, with host Meilin Obinata, guests James Weller, a land title expert and ...
Adaptive Nightmares with Prof Wojciech Owczarski

Adaptive Nightmares with Prof Wojciech Owczarski

Learn how dreams help us process trauma with our guest Gdansk Professor Wojciech Owczarski​ who studies the dreams of Auschwitz ...