Local News from KSQD
Medicare for All, Free Tuition, and Strong Climate Policy: Necessary and Possible!
On Good News Santa Cruz this week Christine Barrington interviews local political scientist Paul Schaarfsma who is encouraging citizens to open their minds to the possibility that three critical policies are necessary and achievable: Medicare for All; Tuition Reform;...
Building Relations
Kent Madsen, Ruth Cruddas and George Bunch discuss their work with Santa Cruz Al Salvador (santacruzalsalvador.org) building relations between the Guillermo Ungo and El Pilar communities in El Salvador and churches in the Santa Cruz area. Learn from the plight of...
Faith Matters: Truth
A neo-Pagan, evangelical pastor, and a teacher of a Hindu Vedic tradition have a conversation about how each faith understands the concept of Truth. TOPIC: TRUTH GUESTS: JAIRAM SHARMA (HINDU VEDIC) PASTOR JESSE WEST (EVANGELICAL) SANDY STONE...
Gen Z and Democracy
Gen Z and Democracy Tune in to “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 8 at 5:00pm on KSQD 90.7FM Tune in for a very special discussion on the role this coming-of-age generation plays in the preservation of democracy. What does a democratic republic and a two-party system...
Just for Fern
UCSC doctoral candidate Helen Holmlund has traveled all over the world to study the fascinating physiology of ferns. She has even risked being eaten by Australian crocodiles in order to collect her data! Locally, she studies resurrection ferns, which may appear dead...
All steelhead and rainbows
UCSC doctoral candidate Katie Kobayashi's personal and professional lives look very similar, and she wouldn't have it any other way. You can usually catch her in waders angling for fish somewhere between Santa Cruz and Patagonia. We caught up with Katie about the fish...
Teen Kitchen Meals Project
Join us on Good News Santa Cruz this week and meet Angela Farley who was inspired to start the Teen Kitchen Project after she realized the impact prepared meals had on her family during her son's cancer treatment. Seven years later Teen Kitchen Project, or TKP, serves...
Mirrors in the Dark with Chris Price
Chris Price is a teacher and ongoing student of Gestalt Awareness Practice (GAP). This approach to expanding awareness is derived from the work of Fritz Perls, influenced by Buddhist practice and developed in partnership with the late Richard Price, co-founder of...
Creating a Vision for the California Green New Deal
Joining us on Good News Santa Cruz this week is Dr. Jon. Conway an environmental scientist and the Senior Research Analyst at the non-profit Greenpower, a project initiated by the Romero Institute. He and a small cohort are collaborating to create an overarching...
Laurie Corn – Autumn
Laurie Corn has finally arrived.