The CA Green New Deal with Ben Eichert
On July 8 Pauline Seales interviewed Ben Eichert of the Romero Institute. The first topic was the scary current science warning - that we may reach 1.5 C of global warming before 2030 - decades sooner than previously predicted and horribly evident through the...
Georgann Lane – American Citizen?
Georgann Lane asks if her mother ever was an American Citizen.
The Film Gang Review: The Man Who Sold His Skin
The Man Who Sold His Skin, the 2020 Tunisian film that competed in this year’s Academy Awards for the Best International Feature Film Oscar, is about a love affair subverted by world politics and redeemed with a Faustian bargain. In Syria, circa 2011, when...
Action for Climate Empowerment – really thinking globally, while acting locally
In this episode of Talk of the Bay, host Len Beyea interviews Nancy Glock-Greunich and Emily Coren, two local ACE leaders, about Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE). Action for Climate Empowerment is a term adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on...
Jason Scorse – Freedom
Jason Scorse asks, "What does freedom really mean?"
Seeing is not Believing
Many of us were raised with the belief that “Seeing is Believing,” and that our sense perceptions are giving us an objective view of the world around us. However, the mental processes involved are much more nuanced, and our brains have evolved to “thin slice” our...
Firewise organizes neighbors for fire safety
As summer heats up and dries out, fire is on everyone’s minds. We hear about the state plans for fire mitigation and how Cal Fire tackles ongoing fires, but what about everyday citizens? It’s easy to feel helpless, especially after last year’s devastating fires in...
Patrick Williams – If Everyone Does A Little….
"I love aphids," Patrick Williams laughingly tells host Mathilde Rand and guest Randa Solick. He takes them on a tour of the garden at his home on a regular lot and shares insightful and, at times, entertaining thoughts about gardening, farming, life, and...
Lucid Dreaming Replay with Robert Waggoner
After reading Carlos Castenada's "Journey to Ixtlan" in the 1970s, Robert Waggoner devised his groundbreaking technique for inducing lucid dreams involving setting an intention to look at one's hands in a dream as a way to realize that one is dreaming and thus to...
Lee Marshall – First Choice
In a French restaurant, Lee Marshall has trouble ordering, o-la-la.
Unheard Voices with Michael Mechanic
On Friday, July 2nd, 2021 host Ami Chen welcomed her former colleague and fellow former staff writer at MetroSanta Cruz--now a Senior Editor at Mother Jones magazine--Michael Mechanic, about his newly released book from Simon and Schuster, Jackpot. The book covers the...
Neighbors Not Hip to HipCamp
What if a bunch of RVs suddenly arrived in your neighbor's yard? They weren't friends, but folks who rented out camping space on HipCamp.com. In Big Sur, residents in tiny areas like Palo Colorado Canyon were upset to find their long-time neighbor using his land as a...
Santa Cruz Shakespeare Shakes Off Covid Blues in New Season
During the past year, live theater took a big hit to its main mission: Live plays to live audiences. Now that things are opening up, find out what Santa Cruz Shakespeare has in store for its new live, outdoor season. Although scaled back from a large production, the...
Giving Locally to Support Racial Equity
On Good News Santa Cruz, July 1, 2021 Randa Solick interviewed Maria Elena de la Garza and Stacey Garcia of the Community Foundation about tips for how to give locally to support racial equity. Historically, organizations led by and serving people of color receive...
Alan Ritch – Siempre Verde
Alan Ritch worked in the field in England and near Año Nuevo.
