What is “Private Equity” and What Are They Doing to Us?
Ami interviews Brendan Ballou, author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America in this show on the five-alarm fire sale of the "American dream,” good jobs, pensions and decent customer service to multi-billionaires in shadowy private equity firms. Ballou...
Gretchen Gudenkauf – Spring
Gretchen Gudenkauf has her ideas about Spring. Photo courtesy of Madison Inouye.
Finding Sacredness in the Mundane with Andrusa Lawson
Today we celebrate the 250th official podcast of the Dream Journal by replaying a popular show which just happens to be with my brand designer Andrusa Lawson of Divine by Design. Urban shamanism and setting sacred space. Dreams, like myths, can be regarded as stories...
Alan Ritch – Lost (Dartmoor)
Alan Ritch found himself lost on Dartmoor.
THE TOWER OF SONG PRESENTS “THE TROUBADOURS & THE BELOVED: THE RELIGION OF LOVE/AMOR”
Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, March 17th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the 6th installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series “The Troubadours & The Beloved: The Religion of Love/Amor.” This series explores the medieval origins of our notion of...
Documentary Film Makers on Their Craft: Jeff Dunn and Jon Silver
As the Watsonville Film Festival approaches its final weekend, documentary filmmakers Jeff Dunn and Jon Silver talk about the changing world of their craft. Jon Silver's short film, "Living in in Exile", about the life of Nicaraguan "nuevo cancion" singer, Carlos...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 17th, 2024: The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden With Kim Stoddart
The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden With Kim Stoddart on Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 17th, 2024, 5-6 PM KSQD 90.7 FM, KSQT 89.7 FM, K207FE(FX) 89.5 FM and KSQD.org All of us—well, many of us—are backyard gardeners. And it’s planting season. Backyard...
Colleen Shaw – The Cube
Colleen Shaw says, "Beware of the Corporate Cube." Photo courtesy of Tima Miroshnichenko.
Woody Hastings on the fossil fuel industry’s ongoing campaign to undermine meaningful climate legislation
Woody Hastings is the Phase Out Polluting Fuels program manager for The Climate Center. He is an energy and environmental policy analyst, strategic planner, and community organizer with over thirty years of experience in the non-profit, governmental, and...
Consuelo Alba, Founder Watsonville Film Festival
It's no small task to start something new and keep it going for 12 years. That's the story for film maker and mover and shaker, Consuelo Alba. Seeing a lack of Latino/a representation in film, and especially film festivals, she decided to do something about it. Now in...
Election Wrap up with Chris Neely and Ami Chen-Mills
Sifting through the results of the primary election, we find some trends locally and statewide and discuss the future of the progressive movement in Santa Cruz. Is it dead, or just dormant?
Raquel Jolio- The Void
Raquel Jolio dedicated this piece to her professor Terry Terar. Photo courtesy of Stephen Leonardi.
Myths and Realities of Affordable Housing
In many California communities, the acceptable political dialogue over building “affordable housing” has become extremely narrow. The solution at the statewide level—with massive support from the real estate lobby--has been to “build, Baby, build” and now that mantra...
Inner Wisdom Figures with Charles Tack
Do voices in your head guide your waking life? Inner Wisdom Figures and Internal Family Systems. Inner exploration with today's guest Charles Tack. Charles describes Internal Family Systems as a way of building relationships with the different voices inside...
Jason Scorse – Only Job
Jason Scorse is clear. He says Americans have only on job in 2024,
