Independent Study Rule Changes Affect Local Families
When legislators make what seem like helpful changes to education law, there are often downstream effects. This summer, the state has been debating AB130, which would make alterations to the part of the education code called Independent Study (IS) as a reaction to...
Dreamsense Definitions with Olivia Shiller
Olivia Shiller found that certain commonly experienced dream phenomena have no words to describe them so she decided to create words with the help of her close friends to help us talk about these situations. For example, the word Amoria is defined "An intimate...
Lee Marshall – Dreaded Words
Lee Marshall makes a soft landing from Mars.
“Demystifying Shariah and How It’s Not Taking Over Our Country”
“Demystifying Shariah and How It’s Not Taking Over Our Country” KSQD 90.7FM “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 5:00pm Through scare tactics and deliberate misinformation campaigns, anti-Muslim propagandists insist wrongly that shariah is a draconian and...
Unheard Voices with Bella Bonner
On Friday July 30th, 2021 host Thairie Ritchie welcomed Bella Bonner (founder of Black Surf Club Santa Cruz and Member of Blended Bridge). Unheard Voices is a weekly program that aims to create dialogue and raise awareness in the community at large. Each show is...
Locals Lisa Swarz and Batya Kagan share their experiences protesting the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota
Tribal nations, community and environmental groups in Minnesota have fought for six years to stop Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy from building the massive Line 3 pipeline in Northern Minnesota, to take oil from Canada’s tar sands region to Superior, Wis. The...
Changing Young Lives in Guatemala with Katie Morrow
On Good News Santa Cruz Thursday, July 29, 2021, Debora Bone talks with Katie Morrow, founder and director of Limitless Horizons Ixil a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth and families in Chajul, Guatamala through educational...
Margie Kern-Marshall – Old Santa Cruz
Margie Kern-Marshall's reminiscing is like a surreal ride on a carousel.
Gender-Based Violence Prevention for Teens and Young Adults
Gender-based violence is an umbrella term that includes the more familiar descriptors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence and dating violence. It’s an extensive problem across our country and around the world, impacting one in every three girls. Teens and college students are particularly vulnerable. The coronavirus pandemic has amplified the problem and led to a rising number of crisis line calls and requests for services. For survivors, the mental health impacts are substantial and can include an array of symptoms. Join us to learn prevention tips and prepare yourself to help stop such violence.
Bahia Brunelle – The Boy Next Door
Bahia Brunelle meets the boy next door.
Cotoni-Coast Dairies – a new National Monument on Santa Cruz’s north coast prepares to open
Cotoni-Coast Dairies is an area of 5,780 acres (9 sq miles) located on Santa Cruz County’s coast north of Davenport. It was designated a national monument in 2017, and is the largest unit in the California Coastal National Monument. Just last month, the Bureau of Land...
Dementia Dreaming with Barbara Condron
Barbara Condron speaks with Katherine about her journey through her father's dementia and death and the dreams: both his and hers, that guided her through the process. We speak about human mythology in the modern age, the idea of "neither, either, both" and about what...
Sustainability Now! July 25, 5-6 PM: That’s the Last Straw! with Jackie Nuñez, founder of The Last Plastic Straw
Plastic is ubiquitous: it rains down on us, it fouls land, streams and oceans, it even turns up in our bodies. And the big oil companies are looking to plastic to keep up profits when fossil fuels are finally banned. What are we to do? SN! host Ronnie Lipschutz speaks...
Mike Tozer – Racism
Mike Tozer offers refreshing honesty about a controversial topic.
Stacey Falls on Good News Santa Cruz
On Good News Santa Cruz, Thursday, July 22, 2021 Randa Solick interviews local teacher and Housing Justice activist Stacey Falls about the ACLU, the County Dems, and the State of Downtown.