Olga Cossi – Eye of the Beholder
Olga Cossi looks at all aspects of a scary, possible criminal, situation and concludes it is all in the eye of the beholder.
The Film Gang Review: Honeyland
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, it was Honeyland, a documentary about a beekeeper, which generated the most buzz. It took home three awards, more than any other film in competition, and it’s North Macedonia’s official submission in this year’s Oscar race...
The Film Gang Review: High Life
The films of French filmmaker Claire Denis are elliptical and often sacrifice plot-driven narrative for poetic visuals steeped in humanism. They tend to alternate between dark, like her second-to-last film, Bastards, and light, like her penultimate film, Let...
Cave hair, and other mysteries
UC Santa Cruz Campus Natural Reserve Manager Alex Jones has seen a lot of mysterious creatures in Empire Cave: everything from aggregations of Harvestmen spiders known as "cave hair," to pseudoscorpions and other invertebrates that are only known to live in the Porter...
Fire Safe Council of Santa Cruz
Did you know that many homes destroyed by wildfire are set alight from the inside? by something that can precede the flames by as much as a mile or more?!
Living in a Horror Movie and The Global Climate Strike
“Living in a Horror Movie and The Global Climate Strike” Tune into “Be Bold America!” Sunday, September 15 at 5:00pm The horror movie has begun. Global fire. Oceans rising. Pestilence. The movie is getting more frightening every minute. Will it have a good...
The Dream Journal with Dr. Darren Jakubec: Thriving Not Just Surviving
Dr. Darren Jakubec lives in Smithers BC Canada. He is an anesthetist with 23 years practicing family medicine in many locations in rural Canada in office, emergency room and pain clinic settings. Jake has had a personal dream practice for 8 years and has integrated...
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Update
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is full of superlatives. The deepest underwater canyon, the most sea otters, and more. But it faces challenges, both politically and environmentally. Designated in 1992, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is a federally...
The Power of Participatory Democracy
In this Good News Santa Cruz program Christine Barrington interviews political scientist Paul Schaarfsma about the power of participatory democracy to reclaim and rejuvenate civil action from the local level all the way to Washington D.C. Paul Schaarfsma is a UCSC...
Ruth Hunter – Angels in the Desert
Ruth Hunter recalls the eighties in which no matter the political beliefs, people of No More Deaths stood up for immigrants in Arizona.
Ed Weingold – SC Under Siege
Ed Weingold says, "Santa Cruz is under siege."
What Does It Take To Be A Santa Cruz Naturalist?
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we chat with Chris Lay, the director of the Ken Norris Center for Natural History at UC Santa Cruz. Chris tells us a little about one of Santa Cruz's most influential naturalists, Ken Norris, as we walk through the redwoods...
Sylvia Patience – Singing
Sylvia Patience shares how singing changed and fills her life. Highlighting experiences a with the Santa Cruz Peace Chorale.
STORY BEHIND THE STORY: Lauren Eggert-Crowe
"I would love it if people felt the freedom and curiosity and the joy to read poetry as a process of exploration and discovery and playfulness." This is the seventh episode of Story Behind the Story, a monthly interview series featuring conversations with authors...
The Dream Journal: Sharon Reinbott, Re-Imagining Christianity
Sharon Reinbott has been working with her dreams for over ten years. She describes dream work as the "single most growth-producing, healing, and spiritually arduous" modality she has ever used. In 2013, she retired from a long career and began to re-imagine...