Friends of the Rail and Trail
This is the fourth episode in a series on the Rail and Trail. If there ever comes a day when you can step out of your car and onto a platform in Santa Cruz County, history may very well credit the advocacy group Friends of the Rail and Trail for keeping the flame...
Alan Ritch – Late Valentine
Alan Ritch remembers a late Valentine,
Colleen Shaw – French Lingerie
Colleen Shaw mentions the unmentionable. Photo courtesy Castorly Stock.
Janis O’Driscoll and Rowan Rammer – Aptos Library
Janis and Rowan share stories about the new Aptos Library, the continuing programs and new activities. Learn how the public was involved in the design. Teens gave their input to their space and the creation of new activities. Celebrate how the Aptos library is...
Practical Magic with Niki Jaimes
Dream yoga, dream tarot, and the creative life. How to live and embody the dream as a daily practice which helps with life and with death. Today's guest is Niki Jaimes, founder of the Rising Wolf Collective. We start by talking about dream yoga as a daily empowerment...
Jason Scorse – Do More
Jason Scorse says, "Do more for the coming historic presidential election."
Capt. Pete Bethune: The Indiana Jones of Endangered Species
Capt. Pete Bethune: The Indiana Jones of Endangered Species Celebrating Be Bold America!’s 5th-year Anniversary! Back by popular demand! One of the most listened to “Be Bold America!” programs in five years. If you missed it, here is another chance! “Be Bold...
THE TOWER OF SONG PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL VALENTINE’S DAY PROGRAM
Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, Feb. 12th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present his annual Valentine's Day program, which kicks off the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series "The Troubadours & The Beloved: The Religion of Love/Amor." This series explores the medieval...
Slug Stories: Personal Narratives from UCSC Students
In this episode, we hear three heartfelt stories of struggle and healing from freshmen at UCSC. Each fall quarter, UCSC students write and perform personal "Slug" stories in front of an audience of peers and faculty as part of John R. Lewis College's Social Justice...
Voices of Monterey Bay’s Claudia Melendez Talks Local Journalism
Award-winning journalist Claudia Melendez Salinas has been writing in-depth articles about people at the margins who do not traditionally get covered by local or national daily papers. Voices of Monterey Bay is a passion project of local journalists Julie Reynolds,...
Local author Craig James packs dual hits with a provocative book on religion and a political thriller
Craig James started his professional career as a Cabrillo College dropout at the age of seventeen. Four years as a sailing instructor, boatbuilder, machinist, and carpenter taught him the value of craftsmanship and what it means to have real responsibilities....
Thom Zajac reveals the fun and foibles of the longest-running (and original) all-comic newspaper, Santa Cruz Comic News
Thom Zajac began publishing the Santa Cruz Comic News in September of 1984. Now in its 40th year, each issue of the Comic News features well over 100 cartoons from the nation’s leading political cartoonists. The Comic News is the longest running cartoon...
Reflections on Resilience in Dark Times: Acoustic Episode
In this special, "acoustic" episode, Moment of Truth host, activist and resiliency author Ami Chen Mills reflects on the current state of the world, including the coming US election season, the war in Israel, Gaza, the Occupied Territories, Lebanon and now the Red Sea...
Erin Conway – Dog Shelter
Erin Conway has a plea to help our furry animal friends. Photo courtesy Mia X.
Santa Cruz Rail and Trail: Questions and Conundrums
It is said that there are more opinions than people in Santa Cruz county, and the Rail and Trail project has not only spanned decades, it swarms with opinions, ideas, and contradictions. As the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission takes its next steps towards...
