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Second Harvest Food Bank
On Talk of the Bay Tuesday March 31, 2020 host Christine Barrington talks with Second Harvest Food Bank's Development and Marketing Officer Suzanne Willis about the bank's myriad efforts to get food delivered effectively to central coast residents. The 115th National...
Local author Mary Flodin on her novel Fruit of the Devil, education, pesticides, and more
Mary Flodin's novel, Fruit of the Devil, was a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Writers' Competition and the PEN/Bellwether Award for Socially Engaged Fiction. She was awarded a fellowship to the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and has participated in numerous...
Biologist Lee Klinger on curing tree diseases, indigenous use of fire for land management, and fire mimicry
Lee Klinger, MA, PhD, is an independent scientist living in Big Sur, California. Since 2005 he has served as director of Sudden Oak Life, a movement based on using traditional ecological techniques to address the problem of oak mortality in California and elsewhere....
Dreams, Love and Power with Marsha Hudson
Dreams are the workshop of evolution. - Sandor Ferenczi We talk about dreams and trauma, dreamwork and social activism, the similarity of dreams and poems, and the Love and Power Institute, an entity which Marsha founded with her partner, Norman Brown, which...
James Kovacs talks about his new novel, the hero’s journey, and the allegory of healing
James Kovacs is the author of the 2019 novel The Bard and the Bone King. James is a licensed acupuncturist who has been practicing holistic medicine in the Bay Area since 2003. In addition to his Master's level training in acupuncture and Traditional Chinese...
Dana Frank discusses immigration, asylum seekers at the border, Honduras, and U.S. foreign policy
Dana Frank is Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she researched modern Honduras and US labor history. Since the 2009 military coup in Honduras she has published widely on human rights and U.S. policy in Honduras, including...
Monitoring Climate Change in the Kelp Forest With the Help of Citizen Scientists
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, we chat with Reef Check CA's climate change coordinator, Kate Vylet. Tune in to hear more about how Reef Check trains volunteer citizen scientists to monitor climate change. To learn more about Reef Check, visit reefcheck.org.
Naomi Ehrich: A Ceremonialist for our Time
On Talk of the Bay Christine Barrington interviews Naomi Ehrich, an award-winning wedding officiant and ceremony leader, modern mystic, and high priestess by blood, birth and bone. She writes and performs creatively reimagined, deliciously refreshing, life-affirming,...
Nicole Young Homeschooling Tips for Shelter in Place Parents
On Talk of the Bay Christine Barrington interviews Nicole Young, a business coach, homeschool mentor, and mother who offers insights for parents who find themselves newly become homeschoolers.
Wren Eliot – Living in Santa Cruz
Wren Eliot tells a story about Santa Cruz.