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Giving Locally: Nonprofits Shine a Light
Santa Cruz Gives is the brainchild of Jeanne Howard former publisher of Good Times weekly. It's a local crowdfunding site where people can support many local good deeds and projects in one spot. Guests are Karen Delaney and Leslie Lee of the Volunteer Center, one of...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, June 9th: Reading and Interpreting Your Electricity Bill–A Talmudic Exegesis
Reading and Interpreting Your Electricity Bill A Talmudic Exegesis On Sustainability Now! Sunday, December 8th, 2024, 5-6 PM on KSQD You probably receive an electricity bill every month from your local utility and, after complaining about it, dutifully pay it. But...
Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farmworkers
It's time to give thanks to the folks who harvest our food. California's farmworkers feed the world. KSQD presents excerpts from Rachel Anne Goodman's Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farmworkers documentary series. Guided by host, Luis Valdez, we'll hear...
Author Manjula Martin can harvest plenty from a fruitless apple tree – Talk of the Bay
Host PK Hattis is joined by the wonderfully talented and incisive local writer Manjula Martin. Martin is author of The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History, as well as Fruit Trees for Every Garden, a book she coauthored alongside her father, the master...
Play like a girl (or not) with Brenda Laurel
In this conversation, host Suki Wessling speaks with writer, researcher, designer and entrepreneur Brenda Laurel about how girls play and what that means for women and game designers. We talk about the relationship between theater and gaming, and how the gaming world...
FirstPersonSingular: Alan Ritch – Annie Gordon
Alan Ritch remembers his mother-in-law's last home.
Sarah Beck – Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Exploring Monterey Bay host Mathilde Rand is in conversation with Sarah Beck, Executive Director of the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Sarah is a passionate advocate for the role of our public libraries as centers of lifelong learning, incubators of...
How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State – PART 2
“Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 9, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “Wishing that things worked one way or another is not the same as knowing how things work. It’s when we all know how things work that we can impact things, from democracy itself to a local development project...
WHAT A WEEK! Nov. 16, 2024 “Arc of the Universe” edition!
You can’t be well informed unless you are informed well! Join hosts Erik Nelson and Tony Russomanno as they unpack the week that was, on this Nov. 16,2024 “Arc of the Universe” edition of WHAT A WEEK!
FirstPersonSingular: Sarah Rabkin – Democracy
Sarah Rabkin and her neighbors renew their democratic experience.