Sanitation for the People
On Good News Santa Cruz, Dec 9, 2021, Host Janet Quinn interviews Joy Schendledecker and Anna Paganelli about Sanitation for the People, a mutual aid group working for sanitation and waste management services for all. They clean up and work on system change, so that...
Unheard Voices: Relieving Food Insecurity with Second Harvest Food Bank
On Unheard Voices, Friday, November 12, 2021 Host Gloria Nieto welcomes Richelle Noroyan, former Santa Cruz city council member. Now the Director of Coporate and Community Relations for the Second Harvest Food Bank Richelle shares how the Food Bank stepped up during...
Unheard Voices: Damani Thomas of Oswald’s Restaurant
On November 26, 2021 Thairie Richie interviews Damani Thomas, owner Oswald Restaurant. If you have ever enjoyed the creative and delicious offerings at Oswald over the years, join the show to learn how Damani got into the restaurant business and how the restaurant...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, December 12th: Foodware Beware! with Tim Goncharoff
Join hosts Brooke Wright and Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Tim Goncharoff, who knows everything there is to know about waste management. He has had a long and distinguished career in community service, locally and statewide, most recently as a Zero Waste...
Gilda Zelin – Coffee Shop
Gilda Zelin reflects back on a puzzling memory.
Jason Scorse – Internal Enemies
Jason Scorse has a clear warning about this country's internal enemies.
Support for Unhoused People
Steve Pleich joins host Mathilde Rand in a discussion on services and support for unhoused people and building community. Starting with the long tradition of holiday meal, Steve shares his work with the Homeless Persons Legal Assistance Project and the Association of...
Power Dynamics in Dream Sharing with Gerette Buglion and Dr. Katherine Lawson
We start off by speaking with Katherine about working with cultural symbols vs letting the dreams speak for themselves through embodiment and personal associations. Gerette questions the idea that certain techniques are difficult to do on one's own and we launch into...
Meade Fischer – Cellphones
Meade Fischer uncovers another addiction.
Policing, Vigilantes, and White Supremacy
“Policing, Vigilantes, and White Supremacy” "Be Bold America!" December 5, 2021 at 5:00pm (PT) Every day we are drifting farther to the political right as a minority of the country uses brute force to undermine the basic tenets of our democracy. This perspective is to...
Staying Sober During the Holidays
Elevate Rehab in Watsonville is a recovery program that specializes in fitness, yoga, mindfulness and other techniques to help people recover from addiction. During the holidays, staying sober is especially hard, when well-meaning relatives and friends often urge you...
Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply
In this interview, I speak with Mark Schapiro, author of Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply. SEEDS OF RESISTANCE is an expose of the high-stakes battle underway for control of the world’s seeds as climate volatility threatens the security of our...
MAH and the Submergence Light Experience
On December 2 Robb Woulfe, executive director of the Santa Cruz museum of Art and History (MAH) talked with Pauline Seales. They discussed many exciting and interesting details of the "Ocean of Light: Submergence" exhibit running through January 2, 2022. This exhibit...
Chef Brandon Miller does Thanksgiving Dinner
Why turkey? Colonist William Bradford wrote how the colonists had hunted wild turkeys during the autumn of 1621. Since the wild turkey is a uniquely American bird, it gained traction as the Thanksgiving meal of choice for Americans. President Lincoln declared...
Patrice Vecchione – Listen
Patrice Vecchione hears more when she listens.