Ann McKenzie – Segment 9 Trees
Ann McKenzie shares her concern about cutting trees.
Women in science face gender bias
In this episode of The Babblery on Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling speaks with three women scientists, Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht, Shanna Howard, and Sarah Claus, who study and work at UC Santa Cruz. Although they love the school and their work and studies, they...
Our Community Reads
Gale Farthing, Denise Ward, and host discuss Our Community Reads, a program of the Friends of the Aptos Library, in which the communityselects a book and comes together for a series of related events. These events are presented inassociation with 4 other Friends of...
Using Dreams in Therapy and also Dream Telepathy with Suzanne Maniss, PhD
DreamStar Free Online Counseling, using dreams in therapy and her experiences with dream telepathy. Our conversation this week is with Professor Suzanne Maniss of U Texas Rio Grande. We start out talking about how little clinical health workers learn about dreams...
Sigrid McLaughlin – Blackbird
The late Sigrid McLaughlin set a good example.
Inequality Kills Us All
Note: What does inequality look like today in America? It is 50 trillion dollars moved from the middle class to the 1% since Reagan took office in 1981. It looks like only three billionaires owning as much wealth as the bottom half of America. It looks like one...
The Guru of Irrigation
Michael Cahn, UC Ag Extension Advisor for Water and Irrigation in the Tri-County area, discusses his job counseling farmers on how to use the right amount of water to get the most abundant harvest. Cahn also talks about aquifers, salt water intrusion and its causes,...
The Film Gang Review: Apollo 10 1/2
Apollo 10 ½ was one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2022.
Paul Karrer – Dark Age of Education
Although "No child left behind" is not the current song of educational policy, Paul Karrer's warning still holds.
Accrediting the San Lorenzo Levee With Environmental Skillfulness
Christine Barrington interviews local river stewards about the San Lorenzo River Levee, which is undergoing a stringent accreditation process that requires vegetation removal and ground squirrel population reduction. Environmental groups are concerned that the...
Sleep: Why You Need It and How to Get More of It, with Dr. Chris Winter
How can you dream well if you're not sleeping well? Our guest today is neurologist and sleep specialist Dr. Chris Winter. Chris starts out talking about how he has always enjoyed sleeping and how that ultimately led him to a career as a sleep specialist. We sleep a...
Jeri Bodemar – ISIS
Jeri Bodemar reimagines the name ISIS from terror to compassion.
The Good Greenhouse
Steven E. Popp describes the benefits of growing plants under glass and explores the commercial greenhouses we see in the local landscape and also the small ones in backyards.
Wind Advisory for Sunday, January 22-Monday, January 23
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area 141 PM PST Sat Jan 21 2023 San Francisco-North Bay Interior Mountains- North Bay Interior Valleys-San Francisco Bay Shoreline- San Francisco Peninsula Coast-East Bay Interior Valleys- Santa Cruz...
Farmworkers Urge California to Tighten, Not Loosen Pesticide Regs
I interviewed Jane Sellen of Californians for Pesticide Reform about the potential loosening of restrictions of the chemical 1,3-D, a known carcinogen used on strawberries and other crops. Farmworker communities call on the State to Rewrite Regulation of...