Local News from KSQD
Unheard Voices with Vicki Jones
On Friday, January 15 2021 host Cheryl Williams spoke with Vicki Jones about reparations and mutual aid in Santa Cruz County. Reparations Santa Cruz is a wealth-redistribution project focused on anti-black racism. January 15, 1929, is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther...
Furry Little Caterpillars: Introducing the Tussock Moth
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily chats with graduate student Becca Nelson about a sometimes voracious herbivore, the tussock moth. Tussock moths are commonly found on live oak trees in Santa Cruz with their abundances fluctuating from year to year. Tune in to...
Kids and Nightmares with Dr Isaac Taitz
Katherine speaks with Dr. Isaac Taitz about kids and dreams. We discuss how to address kids dreams respectfully and with support knowing that, just as with adults, day time worries often make their way into their dreams. We talk about Image Rehearsal Therapy, a...
Sheila Carrillo: Policing Alternatives in Santa Cruz
On Good News Santa Cruz, Thursday, January 7, 2021 Randa Solick talked with Sheila Carrillo about the powerful Santa Cruz movement to establish non-law enforcement alternatives to the vast majority of 911 emergency calls not requiring police presence. Sheila...
Art as science communication with humpback whales
We follow up with Jessie Kendall-Bar, a Ph.D. student at UC Santa Cruz in the Ecology & Evolutionary biology department. In two previous episodes, we learned about her research on sleep in marine mammals, including how elephant seals sleep underwater (here) and on...
Behind the Mic: Sandy Stone
On Talk of the Bay, January 5, 2021 host Christine Barrington interviews KSQD's Sandy Stone for the ongoing series: Behind the Mic KSQD is grassroots radio created mostly by community members volunteering their gifts for the sheer joy of doing what they do. But, who...
Prison Arts: big returns for a small investment
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling interviews two people who have worked for thirty years to bring the arts to prisons around California. Jack Bowers is a Senior Arts Mentor in the William James Association. Claire Braz-Valentine has taught poetry in prisons for...
Unheard Voices with Reverend Deborah Johnson
On Friday, January 8, 2021, host Bobby Bishop welcomed the Reverend Deborah Johnson, of Inner Light Ministry. Bobby and Reverend Johnson discussed democracy as a relationship among people. What does that mean at this critical moment, and as the nation moves forward....
Unheard Voices with Irene Juarez O’Connell
On Unheard Voices, Friday, January 1, 2021 host Thairie Ritchie speaks with Irene Juarez O’Connell. Among the topics, they discussed the recent deaths of people of color in police custody in Columbus Ohio, and in Riverside County; abuses at the Irwin detention center...
Steve Pleich – Neighborhood Court Program
Steve Pleich talks about the Neighborhood Courts Program.