Dream Guidance with Machiel Klerk, founder of the Jung Platform
Connect to the soul using dream incubation! We speak with Machiel Klerk starting with the dream that inspired his creation of the fabulous Jung Platform, a site offering online courses, lectures, and certificate programs that are inspired by Jungian psychology. We go...
Alan Ritch – What’s That Name?
Alan Ritch struggles with a place name.
“A perfectly good body”—a conversation about transmasculine pregnancy
The Babblery is a podcast about women's lives, and though identified female at birth, transgender men are not women. Recent events underscore, however, that LGBTQ rights and women's rights are deeply entwined. And people's views of pregnancy and birth are...
The Most Dangerous Organization in America You’ve Never Heard Of
“The Most Dangerous Organization in America You’ve Never Heard Of” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, July 2, 2023 at 5:00pm (PDT) The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a pay-to-play operation in which legislators and corporate lobbyist meet behind...
Finding Home: The Veterans Transition Center of California
What does it mean to be free? Independence Day is just around the corner and on Monday’s Talk of the Bay Christine Barrington sits down with Veterans who tell their stories of transformation achieved through the support of the Monterey-based Veterans Transition Center...
Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses
Dr. David Scheel is the author of the just-released MANY THINGS UNDER A ROCK: The Mysteries of Octopuses [W. W. Norton & Company, June 13, 2023]. The book is a fascinating collection of stories about octopuses - old fables, amazing stories, extraordinary...
Sally Grey – Terrify Tissue
Sally Grey tells the story of a terrifying tissue. Photo courtesy of Markus Spiske.
The Cabrillo Stage Summer Music Festival Opens July 7 with The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Opening July 7 on The Cabrillo Stage: The Hunchback of Notre Dame! Monday on Exploring Santa Cruz, Christine Barrington interviews The Stage’s new Artistic Director, Andrea Hart, as well as Director Vin Nguyen, Choir Director Cheryl Anderson and Choreographer Brance...
The Complex Recovery of Co-Occurring Disorders (remix)
Episode 56: About one third of people who have a mental health condition also develop a substance use disorder at some point in their lives. In this episode, we discuss the complicated intersection of these problems, a combination that currently afflicts nearly 17 million Americans. Joining us for this conversation about co-occurring disorders is psychotherapist Cynthia Nollenberger and artist-musician Rick, who shares about his journey to mental health recovery and, eventually, to substance use recovery. This 2019 interview has been re-edited with new material and personal stories added.
Andrea Macon – Cow Patties
Andrea Macon was deep in.... Well, you'll see.
Grant funds renovations and new rooms at Santa Cruz Hostel
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling interviews Sarah Tinger, General Manager of the Santa Cruz Hostel, and Terri Fisher-Mastick, the current President of the Santa Cruz Hostel Society, about the past, present, and future of this historic site in Santa Cruz. Two...
The Natural Dream, a Rodger Kamenetz Replay
Instead of puzzling over the meaning of your dreams, bring them to life with Natural Dreamwork. This show originally aired last Fall. Katherine speaks with poet and author Rodger Kamenetz. He suggests a practice of exploring dreams which starts with counting your...
KSQD Hosts Cover Pride Month 2023
Nationally and locally, this year's Pride Month comes amidst political and social upheaval. Nationally, one of our two major political parties appears to be making discrimination against queer people a cornerstone of their appeal to voters. LGBTQ+-themed books have...
Sara Carville – Sara Runs
Sara Carville runs for her life. Photo courtesy of Tirachard Kumtanom
The Film Gang Review: Master Gardener
If Travis Bickle – the antihero Paul Schrader created for Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver – had an affair with a horticulturist, their love child might resemble Narvel Roth, the subject of Schrader’s latest film, Master Gardener. Travis and Narvel document their...
