The Giant Dipper Turns 95
In this Talk of the Bay segment, Rachel Anne Goodman interviews Ted Whiting III and Jessie Durant, two people steeped in the history and folk-lore of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. In this chat, we hear about the natatorium, the woolen bathing suits, and a fire that...
Apollo 11’s Santa Cruz Connection
KSQD celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Talk of the Bay host, Rachel Anne Goodman speaks with Mike Erbe, engineer for Plantronics, the Santa Cruz company that made the headsets that transmitted the famous first words from Neil Armstrong to...
Climate Crisis Interview
Debora Bone of Good News Santa Cruz interviews activist-educator Pauline Seales about the on-going Climate Crisis. Pauline is a member of Santa Cruz Climate Action Network and coordinates with several other local groups. The discussion included recent and upcoming...
Santa Cruz Climate Action
Good News Santa Cruz host Debora Bone interviews local climate activist and educator Pauline Seales on how the youth of our county and many allies are rising up to meet the challenge of climate disruption. Hear what inspires them and how you can support their heroic...
Lights for Liberty-Locals Protest Child Abuse at Border
On Friday, July 12th, over 500 people gathered for a vigil organized by Indivisible and the Women's March to protest conditions at child detention camps at the border. This short audio piece includes impressions from protesters.
Birding Around in Natural Bridges State Beach
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we take a walk through Natural Bridges State Beach with UCSC graduate student Christa Siedl. Christa introduces listeners to some of the common birds found within the park.
The Dream Journal: Eva Rider July 13, 2019
Eva Rider MA, MFT is a licensed Jungian-oriented depth psychotherapist, a workshop leader and presenter. Eva's teaching incorporates dreamwork with fairy tale, myth, tarot, music, movement and art based in an exploration of the correspondences between Jungian theory,...
John Laird plus SC City Council Recall Petition
Our guest on Talk of the Bay is John Laird, former Natural Resources Secretary under Governor Jerry Brown, former Assemblymember for the then 27th district including Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, plus former Mayor of Santa Cruz. Now he's running for the senate...
The Film Gang review: Midsommar
In June of 2018 writer/director Ari Aster released his highly acclaimed first feature, Hereditary. Now, barely a year later, Aster has firmly established himself as one of the leading auteurs of art-house horror with his sophomore follow-up, Midsommar. Unlike...
Extinction Rebellion–Standing up for Climate Action
For Good News Santa Cruz, host Nancy Glock-Grueneich interviews Ami Chen Mills, a leader in the newly formed Santa Cruz chapter of international climate movement Extinction Rebellion. They'll be talking about the fast expansion of the movement here in Santa Cruz,...
The Film Gang review: The Favourite
Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens where he also went to Film School. But as an aspiring film director, getting projects off the ground was a challenge because there is no real film industry in Greece. So, Lanthimos shot commercials and music...
STORY BEHIND THE STORY: Xago Juarez
"Your audience is right next door. It's the neighborhood, and that's what I walked away with, understanding I don't have to chase after this idea of success where you have to travel far from, you have to leave your home, leave your community." This is the fifth...
Santa Cruz Public Libraries Programs
Jen Hooker and Jeanne O'Grady of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries share the many kinds of programming at the SC Public Libraries, both familiar and unfamiliar, but all very exciting ways the public can enjoy and participate at the county's libraries.
Wildfire Prevention and Lights for Liberty
In this episode of Talk of the Bay, we explore how to prevent wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, a.k.a. the areas where town meets country. Our guest is Paul Horvat, president of Fire Safe Santa Cruz County, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing and preparing...
