Retiring County Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel Reflects on the State of Local Health
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling interviews Dr. Gail Newel about her career, which spanned a tumultuous period in public health. Dr. Newel reflects on the county's response to Covid and how the local culture was reflected in how locals stepped up to help or to...
Alaya Vautier and Abi Mustapha on restorative justice, racial healing, and seeing the “other”
Alaya Vautier is the Restorative Justice Programs Director at the Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz County (CRC). The CRC has been providing restorative justice services, mediation, training, facilitation and other conflict resolution services in the...
Doing the Opposite with Chris Cunniffe
When should you do the opposite of what you usually do? Today we speak about lucid dreaming, shadow work, and dream yoga with Chris Cunniffe. Chris had been a lawyer for 8 years when he had a dream which nudged him onto a more spiritual path. In the dream, Chris was...
Patrice Vecchione – Neruda
Patrice Vecchione poses some questions.
Anupam Saraph explains systems thinking and its capacity for solving problems
Acclaimed as being “astonishingly creative and an educator in the best sense of the word”, Anupam Saraph has been making the magic of systems leadership accessible to institutions and individuals across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. He has brought...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, July 9th, 2023: When Public Works is Homeland Security, with Jackie McCloud
When Public Works is Homeland Security, with Jackie McCloud When is the safety, health and well-being of people a concern for homeland security? Jackie McCloud, Watsonville’s Environmental Sustainability Manager in Public Works, has been accepted into the Naval...
Tim Rudolph -Waiting
Tim Rudolph shares an important question. Photo courtesy of JeShoots.
Belle Yang – Burning Books
Belle Yang tells her father's story.
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.
