Local News from KSQD
Santa Cruz Local a New News Service
On Good News Santa Cruz, August 27, 2020 Pauline Seales talked to Kara Guzman, co-founder of the innovative news service Santa Cruz Local, which offers Santa Cruz citizens a podcast, email, newsletter and website to help keep us informed Santa Cruz Local’s mission is...
Sustainability & Politics After Annus Horriblus 2020, with Kim Stanley Robinson
Ronnie Lipschutz and his guest Kim Stanley Robinson engage in a wide-ranging conversation about sustainability, politics, 2020 and after, and how we might prepare for the future. Robinson is a science fiction author, California futurist and environmental optimist of...
Faith in the Time of Corona: Faith in the Middle of the Fire
In the middle of the Covid pandemic and nationwide protests against racism, our community now faces another unprecedented crisis--raging wildfires that are devastating our region. Communities in our area are being evacuated as firefighters battle the blaze that...
In Aptosia, a thriving vision of community
We hear a lot about social media on a national scale, with Mark Zuckerberg testifying in front of congress and a president who dominates Twitter, but what about our local social media ecosystem? What’s it like to run a Facebook group full of active, passionate...
The Cabrillo Stroke and Disability Learning Center
On Good News Santa Cruz, August 13, 2020, Host Pauline Seales interviews Debora Bone and Cynthia Fitzgerald of The Cabrillo Stroke and Disability Learning Center. Debora is the past Director and Cynthia the current Director, and both of them want to share with the...
Giant Kelp: Monterey Bay’s Super Seaweed
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily chats with UCSC graduate candidate, Sara Gonzales, about some of her work on the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Giant kelp are abundant all along the California coast and are an important foundation species here in the...
Focusing on Nightmares with Dr Leslie Ellis
We talked with Dr. Leslie Ellis about the value of nightmares and recurring dreams in connecting us with what is going on inside. We spoke about two different kinds of nightmares (post-traumatic and the more common idiopathic) and the different ways to work with each....
Standing on the Edge of the Future: Two Youth Voices in the Year 2020
On Talk of the Bay, August 11, 2020 Christine Barrington sits down, virtually, with two young budding journalists to hear their perspective as they stand at the edge of adulthood at a very powerful time on Earth where much is in flux, and the only certainties on the...
Faith in the Time of Corona: Faith & Action
During the pandemic, our nation has been gripped by protests---from groups that are resisting the wearing of masks and shutdown of businesses, to individuals and organizations standing against racism and police brutality. Religious leaders have come down on...
Farming for health and justice: Local farmers talk CSAs, markets, and more
Two local farmers, Tom Broz of Live Earth Farms and Joe Schirmer of Dirty Girl Farm, join Talk of the Bay to discuss the state of small farming in our county. Listen to learn how small farms work, who they employ, and how they are coping during the age of Covid.