C. J. Hale – Mantra
C. J. Hale tells us about a favorite mantra he has learned.
Rope Partner of Santa Cruz: Caring for Wind Turbines and the Environment
On Talk of the Bay, Monday, March 22, 2021 at 5pm, Christine Barrington interviews team members of the Santa Cruz-based wind turbine servicing firm Rope Partner. Human-generated climatic shifts are beginning to make themselves felt across the globe and solutions are...
The Square (2017)
In 2014, Swedish director Ruben Östlund released his breakout film, Force Majeure. It explored the uncomfortable but humorous consequences of one man’s ignominious act of self-preservation after he turned tail and ran during an avalanche, leaving his wife and...
Getting vaccinated
I recently went to the UCSC vaccination clinic and recorded myself getting a vaccine. Spoiler alert: I didn't cry.Find out how it all works and how much time it really takes to get a shot at one of these large events.
Facebook Launches new Covid Vaccination Initiative
In this interview with Laura Gorman, Manager of Facebook's "Data for Good" program, she talks about a new initiative to help connect users of the platform with factual information as well as vaccination locations. With COVID-19 vaccine appointments opening up to...
Sea Otters Prevent Kelp Deforestation
A new study out of UCSC shows that sea otters are preventing further collapse of a threatened ecosystem: The kelp forests in Monterey Bay. Elsewhere in California, the story is not so rosy with 95% of the kelp forests gone in the past few years. In this interview with...
Housing Santa Cruz County with Don Lane
On Good News Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 18, 2021 Host Janet Quinn talks with Don Lane about the work that the coalition "Housing for Santa Cruz County" is doing to fulfill their mission, which is to ensure Santa Cruz County is an inclusive, thriving, just, diverse,...
Solutionary Rail – Bill Moyer shares the vision of a win-win-win solution for America’s freight and passenger transportation challenges
Solutionary Rail is a proposal to revitalize America's rail network, shift freight from highways to rail, expand and enhance passenger rail service, electrify rail lines, and utilize rail rights of way for transmission lines to service stranded renewable energy...
Adrien Saso – How Technology Is Affecting Our Lives
Adrien Saso experiences the breaking of a spell.
Nikolai Heinen – Self Improvement
Nikolai Heinen accepts an artistic challenge on the school playground?
The Homeless Garden Project – a harvest of hope and transformation
Talk of the Bay host Len Beyea interviews staff of the Homeless Garden Project about the work of HGP, and shares the touching testimonials of two current trainees. In May of 1990, the Citizens Committee for the Homeless, a Santa Cruz County nonprofit, began a new...
The writing life: Local writers talk shop
What does it take to start your first book? When do you know it’s ready to publish? How do you find a publisher or learn to self-publish? How do you find your readers? Is writing a career or just a side venture? Talk of the Bay host Suki Wessling speaks with three...
Highway 17 is a Killer
Is Highway 17 a killer? What do we know about it? Host mathilde Rand is joined by author Sally Grey and singer/songwriter Michael Gaither who gave creative expression to their experiences on highway 17. They also share information from the book Highway 17: The road to...
How Dreams Heal Shame with Bill St. Cyr
We speak with friend of the show Bill St. Cyr about many things starting with how common shame is and how the mean voices that we carry around make it hard for us to let in the love that's all around us. We talk about how in our desire for safety we sometimes put...
“2020 Hindsight” takes a look back at a tumultuous year
Photographer Shmuel Thaler joins host Brad Kava to talk about the new book that he created with fellow photographer Kevin Painchaud, 2020 Hindsight. These two photographers seemed to be everywhere in the county last year, documenting our community's fight against...
