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Two Founding Mothers of the Santa Cruz Women’s Health Collective Reflect on its History and Legacy
Santa Cruz has a powerful activist history, and one of the most impressive outcomes for our county emerged from the Women’s Health Collective of the early 70’s. Monday, on the Talk of the Bay, two of the collective’s founding mother’s--Coleen Douglas and Jane Reyes--...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, May 12: Is Solar Energy a Commons Belonging to Everyone or Private Property only for the Well-off? with Professor Kathryn Milun of the Solar Commons Project
Is Solar Energy a Commons Belonging to Everyone or Private Property only for the Well-off? with Professor Kathryn Milun of the Solar Commons Project at the University of Minnesota The light and energy from the sun falls on us all, humans, animals and plants. ...
Historical Landmark Blue Plaques
Host Mathilde Rand, Don Lauritson and Nathan Goodman enjoy a conversation about the Historic Landmark Museum of Art and History Blue Plaques program of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. For more information, here is the link to the blue plaque page on the MAH...
Local author Lois Van Buren shares some secrets of her past on the eve of the anniversary of the Kent State Massacre
On May 4th, 1970, Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed Kent State students protesting the war in Vietnam, killing 4 students and wounding 9 others. Local author Lois Van Buren was there. Having spent the last 45 years in Santa Cruz, raising a...
Organic Rising: Central Coast Farmers Featured in New Film
Anthony Suau, director of Organic Rising, talks about the rise of organic agriculture and its importance to health, the environment and slowing global warming, Organic Rising will be screened at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz on May 3 at 5PM. The screening is being...
Palestinian and Muslim Voices on Israel-Gaza-Palestine
In this special, joint episode of Talk of the Bay and Moment of Truth with Ami Chen Mills, three guests who are Muslim and/or Palestinian speak to a ceasefire resolution process in their city (Santa Cruz, CA) and its subsequent framing, to the history of the region...
Exactly Who We Are: The Portraiture of Jana Marcus
Jana Marcus So what happens when a photographer, a mature woman herself, welcomes older women into her studio to get the full glamour treatment? In this episode, we explore how a session with Santa Cruz photographer Jana Marcus inspired and thrilled the women who took...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 28th: What do students eat? Salads! with staff and students from Esperanza Community Farms and Pajaro Valley High School
What do students eat? Salads! with staff and students from Esperanza Community Farms and Pajaro Valley High School Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 28th, 5-6 PM on KSQD Students eat. But what do they eat? And where does that food come from? Both the U.S....
Patrice Vecchione – Mountain Lion
Author and teacher Patrice Vecchione recalls seeing a mountain lion. This piece is inspired by her weekly Monterey Herald column A Walk About Town. Recorded and edited by Mathilde Rand for First Person Singular.
KSQD volunteers on building community through radio
Ever wondered about the voices you hear on KSQD? You might tune in and hear an intriguing conversation about dreams and psychedeliccs on Saturday. Or maybe you were driving on a Monday at 5 and heard a deeply researched piece about local infrastructure. Or your...