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Mount Madonna students interview DC leaders
On this Talk of the Bay interview, Mount Madonna School students Noah Tervalon and Tabitha Hardin-Zollo talk about their experiences interviewing leaders in Washington, D.C. including West Virginia Senator, Joe Manchin. Also on board is their mentor, Ward Maillard....
A central coast public bank?
In this Talk of the Bay interview, activists Brett Garrett and Erica Stanojevic from People for Public Banking talk about their goal to start a public bank serving the central coast region. Erica is a former elementary school teacher who left that in order to focus on...
Ray Newkirk – Bubble
Ray Newkirk ponders about living in a bubble.
Tiny Flowers: Preserving Gilia tenuiflora
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we speak with Brett Bell, Restoration Steward at the UC Santa Cruz Fort Ord Natural Reserve. Listen in as Brett introduces listeners to a rare and tiny flower, called Gilia tenuiflora ssp. arenaria, found in Monterey Bay's coastal...
A local nurse’s radio diary
KSQD host and producer Gail Borkowski asked a local nurse to record a daily audio diary for a week to tell us what it is like to work at two local hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is Sonia's story.
Queer Youth Leadership Awards Nominees
The Queer Youth Leadership Awards recognizes queer youth across Santa Cruz County for being leaders within their community. Being a leader encompasses many attributes and spans across all disciplines and activities. If you know an out LGBTIQ youth who is making a...
Local startup shifts from fuel to masks
(Photo by LiPo Ching) In this piece, producer Ashleigh Papp explores the conversion of an alternative fuel startup company into a mask-making factory. I'm Ashleigh Papp for KSQD with a story about being flexible during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's five o'clock...
Jessica Carrasco, Watsonville Artist/Activist
The Vision of Jessica Carrasco, Young Watsonville Artist, Community Activist, and Teacher
The Pandemic and Democracy
Tune in to “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 5:00pm Democracy is being challenged by a pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic challenges not only physicians, public health agencies, scientists and ordinary people, but also democracy. Never before has the US had to...
Dream Healing with Bhaskar Banerji
We speak about Dr. Banerji's research into how to bring about healing in the physical body through dream induction techniques. We also speak about dream precognition and hear from two callers. Alan asked about pandemic dreams, and Christine shared a synchronistic...