Podcast Episodes

Winter Reading Treats from Narrative Species’ Rick Kleffel

On Talk of the Bay, Christine Barrington welcomes Rick Kleffel of Narrative Species with 12 book recommendations from his honed literary lens.

Wintery days are a delicious treat for those who love to…

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Sibley Simon on Tackling Housing Challenges in Santa Cruz: Insights from Workbench’s Partner

On this episode of “Talk of the Bay”, host Bodie Shargel dives into housing issues in Santa Cruz with Sibley Simon, a local housing advocate, founder of New Way Homes, and a partner at Workbench. The…

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Squid on the Street-How Long Could You Go Without Your Phone?

Meet our new “Squid on the Street” UCSC Humanities  intern, Maury Burnette-Cavoto. She asks: “How long could you go without your cell phone?”. The answers may surprise you.

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Giving Locally: Nonprofits Shine a Light

Santa Cruz Gives is the brainchild of Jeanne Howard former publisher of Good Times weekly. It’s a local crowdfunding site where people can support many local good deeds and projects in one spot. Gues…

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Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farmworkers

It’s time to give thanks to the folks who harvest our food. California’s farmworkers feed the world. KSQD presents excerpts from Rachel Anne Goodman’s Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farm…

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Author Manjula Martin can harvest plenty from a fruitless apple tree

Host PK Hattis is joined by the wonderfully talented and incisive local writer Manjula Martin. Martin is author of The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History, as well as Fruit Trees for…

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Homeless Garden Project Interview

Host Janet Quinn will be talking with Brian Sweeney, the Director of Operations for the Homeless Garden Project and Loren Schneider, the Social Enterprise and Value Added Retail manager.

You’ll hear …

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HR 9495 Threat to Nonprofits

On November 21st, 2024, Congress passed the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, aka HR 9495. If signed into law, the bill would hand huge powers to the Trump administrat…

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Local Farm Worker Advocates Respond to Deportation Threat

The president-elect has threatened to deport millions of undocumented people, including farmworkers. What would that do to our food prices? What will it do to families where one parent is without pap…

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Post-Election Reflection

This Talk of the Bay includes phone-in comments from listeners, and guests Erik Nelson, host, What a Week, KSQD, and Adam Spickler, a Cabrillo College Trustee and political observer.

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