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Predatory Lending Practices
Brandon Sencion of Santa Cruz Ventures talks with host Mathilde Rand about predatory lending practices: how to avoid them, how to control your own finances and steps organizations are taking to prevent those practices to fester.
National Popular Vote and Swing Left
“National Popular Vote and Swing Left One "Be Bold America!" Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 5:00pm How will the Electoral College be made irrelevant? The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across...
Staying Alive: Extinction Rebellion’s Chase Bank Protest
On February 28th, around 100 protesters occupied Chase Bank in Santa Cruz to call for the bank's divestment in fossil fuels. This interview includes a talk with two of the organizers. At the end of the interview with Meghan Collins and Zen priest Antoinette Parekh, we...
Drilling Snails and Acidic Oceans
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we will be chatting with Dr. Gina Contolini to learn about some of her dissertation work in the rocky intertidal found along Westcliff. Her work focuses on marine snails that spit acid to dissolve the shells of their prey, mussels....
Transformational Dreamwork
Christine Barrington is a Transformational Coach and supports individuals and groups to artfully engage their inner world through exploring dreams, art, and inner visioning in order to effect potent positive change in their lives. She is highly trained in depth...
José-Luis Orozco: Musica Para Todo la Gente
Hear José-Luis Orozco sing and talk about his career on this interview on Talk of the Bay. José-Luis Orozco is a bilingual educator, children’s author, and recording artist who has dedicated his life to creating quality bilingual music, books, and videos for children....
Rene Block and Swing Left efforts in Santa Cruz County
This week on Good News Santa Cruz host Debora Bone interviews Rene Block who is leading efforts in Santa Cruz county to help citizens to strategically amplify voter turnout in swing states for the 2020 elections. Rene is the local leader for the national...
Gregg Levoy: Finding Your True Calling
Gregg Levoy, popular speaker, workshop leader, and author of the books Callings and Vital Signs, talks about finding your true calling in life.
SBDC Director Brandon Napoli talks business—local business!
On Talk of the Bay, hosts Brad Kava and Suki Wessling interview Brandon Napoli, the new director of the Small Business Development Center of Santa Cruz. The SBDC gives free services to local small business owners. Napoli talks about our local business scene, local...
Elephant Seals
What mammal can: Weigh 4,000 pounds, Rise up to 8 feet tall, Swim for thousands of miles, Dive for more than a mile, Yell louder than a howler monkey, and speak its name like a drum? A Northern Male Elephant Seal! Researcher Dr. Caroline Casey speaks of their stories...