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What A Week! May 31, 2025 "LUNKHEAD ROCK" Edition!

What A Week! May 31, 2025 “LUNKHEAD ROCK” Edition!

You can’t be well informed unless you are informed well! Join hosts Erik Nelson and Tony Russomanno as they unpack ...
Stack of Garden Books

Libri horti in perpetuum

Garden books forever! Join Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot for a lively discussion of the most important garden books ...
FirstPersonSingular: Olga Cossi - Newspaper

FirstPersonSingular: Olga Cossi – Newspaper

Olga Cossi once said, "Extra! Extra! Don't read all about it." Photo courtesy of Madison Inouye ...
Meet Tzimtzum, a new Jewish community in the Santa Cruz area

Meet Tzimtzum, a new Jewish community in the Santa Cruz area

In this episode of Talk of the Bay, host Meilin Obinata introduces two members of the Tzimtzum Community, which offers ...
Local health care providers are pushing back against proposed Medicaid cuts

Local health care providers are pushing back against proposed Medicaid cuts

In early May, dozens of nonprofit and health care leaders assembled outside of Watsonville Community Hospital to altogether issue a ...
125 years of redwood conservation at Sempervirens Fund

125 years of redwood conservation at Sempervirens Fund

Sara Barth, executive director of Sempervirens fund, joined Talk of the Bay just a few days shy of a monumental ...
Who’s Supporting Student Support?: The Importance of Unionization for Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education on Sunday Dinner with DJ Dubsie

Who’s Supporting Student Support?: The Importance of Unionization for Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education on Sunday Dinner with DJ Dubsie

This month on The Sunday Dinner we serve up a heaping helping of labor solidarity! In the wake of another ...
Aging with Resilience: Wisdom for Living Fully at Every Age

Aging with Resilience: Wisdom for Living Fully at Every Age

Episode 79: Guest host Patrice Vecchione leads a heartfelt conversation with three vibrant elders—Barbara Stark, Alice Tao, and Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts—about ...
FirstPersonSingular: Bruce Scott - Liams Fire

FirstPersonSingular: Bruce Scott – Liams Fire

The late Bruce Scott tells how Liam's fire was put out by school children. Photo courtesy of Mikhail Nilov ...
La Familia de Ritchie Valens - Talk of the Bay

La Familia de Ritchie Valens – Talk of the Bay

We have the pleasure to talk to the family of Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer Ritchie Valens. He was ...
The Dreamer's Paradox Redux with Katherine Bell

The Dreamer’s Paradox Redux with Katherine Bell

Yes, the dreamer is the only one who knows what their dream means, and yet the dreamer also has profound ...
A grandmother's legacy: Sharon Sewell-Fairman finds her voice

A grandmother’s legacy: Sharon Sewell-Fairman finds her voice

Sharon Sewell-Fairman's path to become CEO and President of New York City-based nonprofit Women Creating Change was hardly set at ...
Painting of two dead soldiers lying on a battlefield in World War One

Britten’s War Requiem on Memorial Day

Monday Night at the Opera, May 26, 2025, 7 to 10 p.m. - Memorial Day Program. The Britten War Requiem ...
FirstPersonSingular: Steve Pleich - Housing

FirstPersonSingular: Steve Pleich – Housing

Steve Pleich gets real about housing. Photo courtesy of Pixabay ...
A Small Town in Italy Protests Gaza War

A Small Town in Italy Protests Gaza War

I am traveling in Italy, in the Garfagnana region, a hilly, remote valley with ancient hilltowns and castles. In the ...
The Tower of Song Presents “Beltane / May Day: A Holiday for Pagans & Workers”

The Tower of Song Presents “Beltane / May Day: A Holiday for Pagans & Workers”

Tune in at 12 AM, May 26th and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the fifth installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack ...
Monday at 5PM - Learn about the Watsonville Canning Strikes on Talk of the Bay

Monday at 5PM – Learn about the Watsonville Canning Strikes on Talk of the Bay

How did one thousand women, many of whom were single mothers with roots in Mexico, successfully pull off a strike ...
Bob Dylan 84th Birthday Show!

Bob Dylan 84th Birthday Show!

Bob Dylan turned 84 on May 24th, and on that same birthday, Erik Nelson and VERY special guests Elizabeth Nelson ...

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