Podcast Episodes

Meet Aisha Wahab, Chair of the California Senate Housing Committee

Season 2 Episode 24

On this episode of Moment of Truth, host Meilin Obinata introduces you to the Chair of the Housing Committee and District 10 California State Senator Aisha Wahab. In this housing-centric conversati…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Minibabble: Making Good Trouble in Aptos

Host Suki Wessling of the Babblery spoke to Aptos residents out for the “Good Trouble” protest on July 17, 2025. Visit goodtroubleliveson.org and www.indivisiblesantacruzcounty.com for more informati…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet Heather Edney, of the Pioneering Santa Cruz Needle Exchange

On this episode of Talk of the Bay, your host Meilin Obinata spoke with Heather Edney a pioneering co-founder of the Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Program which made history in the early 1990’s for be…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukrainian musician and journalist Marichka shares songs for kidnapped children and stories of being a medic on the war front

Marichka is a Ukrainian-Canadian singer and human rights advocate, winner of the Amnesty International Prize and creator of the folk music website, https://folk-ukraine.com. She is the former lead …

Published on 6 months ago

The Santa Cruz Welcoming Network and the Fight Against Deportation

On Tuesday, June 24th, 2025, host George Cadman interviewed Paul Johnston of the Santa Cruz Welcoming Network, a 100% volunteer-run community network that is dedicated to welcoming and supporting asy…

Published on 6 months ago

Douglas Rushkoff blows the lid off tech billionaires’ survivalist fantasies

Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. His twenty books include the just-published Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billio…

Published on 6 months ago

Charles Hood shares his wild discoveries in Nature at Night

Charles Hood is a naturalist, adventurer, and poet. He has also been a factory worker, a ski instructor, a dishwasher, and a nature guide in Africa. Nature study has taken him to all 50 U.S. states…

Published on 6 months ago

Michael Gene Sullivan on Disruption, the latest production of San Francisco Mime Troupe

Michael Gene Sullivan is an Actor/Writer/Director/Activist based in SF. He is an alum of the Playwrights Foundation, and has been awarded both a Djerassi Arts Center Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fel…

Published on 6 months ago

How Cutting SNAP Benefits Hurts Us All

You may have heard of President Donald Trump’s spending bill moving through Congress known as “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Yes, that’s the actual title of the 1,000 plus page piece of legislature…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Remembering Mike Rotkin

Remembering Mike Rotkin: A Special Talk of the Bay Tribute

Hello again, Santa Cruz and beyond!

Welcome to Talk of the Bay on KSQD 90.7 FM — now proudly broadcasting to more of our coastal neighbors i…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago