Our Nature Connection with Kai Siedenburg
On Talk of the Bay, April 19, 2021 Christine Barrington interviews Kai Siedenburg about her work leading individuals and groups into a deeper connection with the world of nature through experiential practices on the land and in the home. Tap into the power of nature...
Getting Back to the (Alan Chadwick) Garden, with Orin Martin, Master Gardener, Horticulturalist and Teacher
Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 18th, 2021, from 5-6 PM UCSC’s Agroecology Farm is known around the world for innovation, training and inspiration. But before there was a Farm, there was a Garden: the Alan Chadwick Garden, launched in 1967 on a steep, rocky clay...
Laurie Corn – Jerusalem
Laurie Corn takes a new look at an old city.
The Film Gang Review: Nomadland
A woman displaced by the Great Recession is the central character of Chloé Zhao highly acclaimed 2020 drama, Nomadland, starring Francis McDormand. McDormand plays Fern, a widow rendered jobless after the closing of a Gypsum plant in Empire, Nevada. A title...
Unheard Voices with Ami Chen Mills-Naim
Unheard Voices is a derivative of the new Civil Rights Movement Black Lives Matter. This program is inclusive of all people of the colors of the Rainbow. We hold the vision that change begins in the heart, and with the intention to learn about others and respect their...
Local Asian Community Speaks Out Against Hate Crimes
Last week Congressman Jimmy Panetta convened a panel of local members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community from the Monterey Bay area. They spoke about their experiences with racism and bigotry and how they have seen an uptick in crimes and racial...
Joe Goldman of HIAS on refugees, asylum-seekers, and what’s really going on at our southern border
Joe Goldman is the Community Engagement Director for the Western Region at HIAS, the world’s oldest – and only Jewish – international humanitarian agency serving refugees and asylum seekers of all backgrounds. He mobilizes activists, organizations, and lawmakers...
The 418 Project – Moving and Being Moved! Long-time Santa Cruz dance and arts center moves to a new space
Len Beyea interviews Laura Bishop, Executive Director of The 418 Project, and Beverly Molina, Board Member, about the dance community, the importance of dance and movement, and the acquisition of a new and larger space by The 418 Project, enabling them to provide more...
Jeri Bodemar – Blue-Skied Mornings
Jeri Bodemar shares a special blue-skied morning.
The Unexpected Gifts of Impermanence
This past year has been full of the unexpected –the grief and loss that so many of us have experienced, the uncertainty about what is next and when life will return to “normal,” the upending of our social connections. But are there gifts to be found within this...
W(h)ither the Santa Cruz County Rail Trail?
Tuesday, April 14, 2021: Talk of the Bay host Chris Krohn asks about the future of the SC County Rail Trail: will it be trains and people, or people only. Hear both supporters and opponents of the rail option and decide for yourself.
Jason Scorse – First Progressive President
Jason Scorse recognizes President Biden as a first.
Nora Hochman and Progressive Politics
On April 9 Randa Solick interviewed Nora Hochman about progressive politics in Santa Cruz. They talked about the fact that this famously "progressive" town is no longer progressively run at city or county level. There are very few women or people of color and no...
Water policy clarified: the present and future of water in Santa Cruz County
Suki Wessling hosts a roundtable discussion about water in Santa Cruz County. As we enter a future of uncertain water, what does that mean for city dwellers? Rural residents? Farmers? Businesses? What sorts of long term plans are being made to secure our water supply?...
Communicating Climate Change
In this interview by Cabrillo College student Lucia Meza, we hear from Irene Tsouprake, the director of TEDx Santa Cruz who is passionate about communicating about climate change. Ironically, there are many planes going over during the interview, burning fossil fuels.
