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From chemistry to health to what we believe: In conversation with Tim Johnstone
Join host Suki Wessling in conversation with Professor Timothy Johnstone of UC Santa Cruz. Tim runs The Johnstone Laboratory: Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry Research Group, which is a mouthful. But Tim has the rare ability to talk about complex questions of chemistry...
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Taking Heart as Roe V Wade Falters with Bettina Aptheker
On Talk of the Bay, June 13, 2022 Christine Barrington interviews UCSC Distinguished Professor Emerita Bettina Aptheker to solicit her insights on the rapidly deteriorating right to choose in the United States. As one of the core actors in the Free Speech Movement and...
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Itzel Bastidas – Graduating high school during Covid-19
Celeste Gutierrez interviews recent Harbor High graduate Itzel Bastidas as she shares the obstacles of attending school during a global pandemic as well as applying for college.
January 6th Hearings and Election analysis with Tony Russomanno
Initial takes on the first moments of the historic January 6th Committee hearings, plus analysis of the primary elections in California and locally.
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Sustainability Now! Sunday, June 12th: Meet the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, with Tahra Goraya
Meet the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership with Tahra Goraya On Sustainability Now! Sunday, June 12th, 5-6 PM on KSQD 90.7 FM and KSQD.org Sustainability Now! co-host Brooke Wright speaks with Tahra Goraya, the new President & CEO of the tri-county Monterey Bay...
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Saving Western Pond Turtles at SF Zoo
The San Francisco Zoo has all sorts of animals on display… lions, koalas, lemurs. [loud lemur noises] But the zoo also cares for animals hidden from the public eye… like western pond turtles. I’m McKenzie Prillaman, a science reporting intern at KSQD. Western pond...
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Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
Host Mathilde Rand explores the environmental educational programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History with Felicia van Stolk, executive director, and Kiersten Elzy-Loving, Development and Community Partnerships Manager. The museum’s mission is to connect...
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Gillian Greensite – No on Measure F
Gillian Greensite talks Measure F in Santa Cruz.
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UCSC’s Karen Miga: 1 of 100 Most Influential People of 2022
Host: For years, scientists have sought after the blueprints for human life—the entirety of our DNA—called a genome. Knowing how it’s arranged would help researchers and doctors understand diseases. Scientists mostly succeeded in 2003 when the Human Genome Project...
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Steve Pleich – Measure F
Steve Pleich talks about Measure F