Exploring Santa Cruz

Exploring Santa Cruz is hosted alternatively by Mathilde Rand and Jean Kratzer. We explore familiar and new places and activities of people living in Santa Cruz County through the lenses of a long-time resident (Mathilde) and a relatively new resident (Jean).

Highway 17 is a Killer

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Mar 15, 2021

Is Highway 17 a killer? What do we know about it? Host mathilde Rand is joined by author Sally Grey and singer/songwriter Michael Gaither who gave creative expression to their experiences on highway...

Alan Counihan – In The Tides of Time

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Feb 1, 2021

Host Mathilde Rand of Exploring Santa Cruz talks with visual artist/sculptor Alan Counihan about his work, including The Tides Of Time located at the wharf in Santa Cruz. The specificity of place is...

Will California Monarch Butterflies Disappear?

by Jean Kratzer | Dec 21, 2020

ARE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES HEADING TOWARD EXTINCTION? THEY QUALIFIED IN 2020 FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS, BUT WERE TOLD TO WAIT THEIR TURN. MARTHA NITZBERG, NO 1 INTERPRETER AT NATURAL BRIDGES STATE...

Redwoods and Wildfire: Interview with Sara Barth – Executive Director Sempervirens Fund

by Jean Kratzer | Nov 23, 2020

The Sempervirens Fund was founded in 1900 to protect and preserve redwood forests of California's Santa Cruz Mountains. Listen as Sara Barth, the Fund's Executive Director, explains the impact on...

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Mathilde Rand

In December of 2008, I became part of the First Person Singular Team at KUSP (at that point we were five). During the last months of KUSP in 2016, I was the last hold-out. Now I am providing the same 2-minute program at KSQD, Community Radio, because I wholeheartedly believe in giving community members a voice.In 2017, I started the Community TV program Connect, exploring the connections people establish with their community. When Jean Kratzer opted for the radio program Exploring Santa Cruz, she asked me to join. I have transferred a number of the Connect programs to an Exploring Santa Cruz segment. Live Exploring Santa Cruz programs are also offeredI am also the treasurer at KSQD.