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ParkRx: A prescription for fresh air and exercise
How can we improve public health without investing in new infrastructure? Use the parks we've already built! ParkRx is an international movement to prescribe parks, nature and programming to improve health. The local effort, called ParkRxSantaCruzCounty (ParkRxSCC),...
Brent Adams – Meeting the Immediate Needs of Unhoused People
Brent Adams talks with host Mathilde Rand about his development from activist to leading an organization formed to help meet the immediate needs of unhoused people. Programs like the Footbridge Services Center, Secret Garden Women's Shelter and the Warming Center are...
Sudden Oak Life with Dr. Lee Klinger
On Talk of the Bay, Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 5pm Christine Barrington interviews Dr. Lee Klinger whose work with fire mimicry is yielding compelling results for oak forest health. There is mounting evidence that the increased mortality of oaks and other...
Building Empathy with the Conflict Resolution Center
On Talk of the Bay, Monday, November 28 at 5 pm, Christine Barrington interviews leaders from the Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz County about the power of empathy. Othering has always been an issue in human civilization, and the world is full of people who...
Investigative journalist Julie Reynolds reveals the sordid underbelly of Alden Global Capital
Julie Reynolds is a freelance investigative reporter whose work has been published by The Nation, American Prospect, Newsweek, NPR, The News Guild and other outlets. She's a co-founder of the bilingual, nonprofit news site Voices of Monterey Bay. Recently, her...
Don Miller: The Crisis in Local Journalism
Local journalism is facing an existential crisis: A variety of forces are pressing in on small-town newspapers that may soon make them obsolete. As a journalist at the Santa Cruz Sentinel for over 4 decades, Don discusses his experiences, concerns and beliefs...
Alan Ritch – Writing on the Window (Corolla Corollary)
Alan Ritch sees the writing on the window in this piece he called Corolla Corollary.
Wallace Baine Looks Back at 2022
Lookout Santa Cruz' Wallace Baine takes a look at the political and cultural stories that shaped 2022 as it recedes in the rearview mirror of time.
Sustainability Now! Sunday, December 11th, 2022: Transit Equity Week 2023 with Lani Faulkner, Michael Wool and Equity Transit
Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Lani Faulkner, Founder and Director of Equity Transit of Santa Cruz County and Michael Wool, a transit activist and senior at UCSC. We’ll be talking about Transit Equity Week 2023, which will run from January...
Holiday giving in Santa Cruz County—how can you help?
In this conversation with local people who give their time, money, and energy to volunteerism and philanthropy, host Suki Wessling goes past how you can give this holiday season and delves into the nuts and bolts of volunteerism. It turns out that it doesn't just make...