Talk of the Bay
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State of the Re:Union “Southeastern Washington: The...
The Tri-Cities are Richland, Pasco and Kennewick—3 cities clustered near one another in the vast plains and deserts of Washington state, to the east of the Cascade Mountains. It’s a region that seems like it would have little to attract newcomers—it’s largely remote, prone to dust storms, not close to any major city. But, over [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Vermont: The Small Town State”
Quaint storefronts along Main streets, covered bridges over clear streams, cows from dairy farms dotting green valleys: across the state, these are the iconic images of Vermont. But beyond its pastoral beauty, this is a place that prides itself on its independent spirit. In this hour, we’ll hear a range of stories of the way [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Cleveland, OH: Entrepreneurs at...
Cleveland, Ohio is a city that was made by entrepreneurs, but for decades, it’s been known as a city that’s a shell of its former manufacturing-era glorious self. However, Cleveland is being embraced by a new generation of entrepreneurs as a place to put their dreams in motion. This is a now a city of [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Wyoming: The New Old West”
People are few and far between in Wyoming. Those that do live here prize tradition, self-reliance, and their connection to the land. So when change comes to the high plains—an oil boom, a minister with new ideas—communities here are tested. And neighbors have to strike a balance between preserving their independent way of life, and [...]
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State of the Re:Union “The Bronx, NY: Still Rising from...
The Bronx has long been seen as a symbol of America’s failings. For many people here, ‘making it’ means escaping the crime and poverty of their borough. But some have refused to flee. This episode shines a light on the hold-outs and the dreamers, people who’ve committed their lives to keeping chaos at bay in [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Miami: Bridging the Divide”
Famous for its beaches and clubs, Miami is also the 3rd poorest city in the nation. If you own a store in South Beach, your customers are equally likely to be billionaires or homeless people . . . and likely to have started life somewhere else. Although Miami is an incredibly international city—instead of working [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Oakland: The Self-Made City”
Refugees, entrepreneurs, visionaries—these are the historic roots of Oakland, California. The city has long been home for people building new lives and imagining even better ones. But dreams deferred also haunt this place, in its empty post-boom skyscrapers, its infamous homicide rates and deep budget cuts. In the face of entrenched problems, though, the people [...]
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California’s Bay Delta Wetland
JD Hillard sits down with State Senator Bill Monning to discuss health care policy, CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) reform, unlicensed contractors, and the state of California’s education. John Laird, California Secretary for Natural Resources, also joins us to discuss new proposals for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan that aim to create & preserve 50-100 [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Utica, NY – City with a Warm...
A couple of decades ago, Utica, New York, was dying, by even its residents diagnosis: a popular bumper sticker in the ‘90s read “Last One Out of Utica, Please Turn Out the Lights.” Once a bustling textile city perched on edge of the Erie Canal, Utica lost its mills in the mid-20th century, and has [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Espaola – The Land Remembers”
Settled by Spanish conquistadors in 1598, the area’s rich cultural past is still evident today in its music, art, and way of life. But changing demographics, along with a shift in the local economy has left many residents without land, water, and a sense of identity. State of the Re:Union travels to the Espaola Valley [...]
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Twin Cities, Minnesota – World within Two Cities
Listen to the whole episode above. It isn’t exactly Lake Wobegon anymore… Once known as the home of Midwestern Lutherans and Scandanavian farmers, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are now wildly diverse. They have become cities of immigrants, from Tibetans to Somalis, Iraqis to the Khmer people of Cambodia. In this episode, SOTRU [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Oakridge, OR: A Work in Progress”
By State of the Re:Union At one time, Oakridge was considered “The Heart of the Timber Empire,” but by the late 1970s, things started to come undone… the mills began to automate and the layoffs started. Today, the depressed city is a company town without a company – nearly 60 percent of the population consists [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Baltimore: Outsiders In”
Baltimore is a city of many neighborhoods, of intense divides—racial, class, and otherwise– not easily overcome. It’s a city bogged down by a reputation for crime, poverty and dysfunction (thanks, in part, to the acclaimed TV show The Wire)—a reputation not entirely undeserved. But all of that often overshadows the passion and dedication many Baltimoreans [...]
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Monterey Bay Area Legislative Priorities: Cannella, Stone
By J.D. Hillard California State Senator Anthony Cannella represents much of the Salinas Valley as well as Hollister and Central Valley cities Los Banos, Merced and Madera. Mark Stone represents much of the coastal Monterey Bay area in the California State Assembly. Both will be working on imp[roving the state’s realignment program to alleviate impacts [...]
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State of the Re:Union “Bayard Rustin”
A NEW BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL FROM STATE OF THE RE:UNION August 28th, 1963 will forever be tied to Martin Luther King Jr.’s hallowed “I Have a Dream Speech.” This historic moment would probably have never come to fruition if it weren’t for a man standing in King’s shadow,Mr. Bayard Rustin. Bayard Rustin was [...]
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American Radio Works – Keyboard College
How Technology is Influencing Higher Education| By Stephen Smith | APM - Digital technologies and the Internet are changing how many Americans go to college. From online learning to simulation programs to smart-machine mentors, the 21st-century student will be taught in fundamentally new ways. In this documentary, Stephen Smith asks whether these innovations can help [...]
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Planet Cruz Comedy Hour
The above audio was broadcast on KUSP January 6th 2013. For more information about Planet Cruz and upcoming performances, visit their website.
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State of the Re:Union “Sacramento”
A company town, where the company is government. In a city where one in four households contain a government employee, the crippling state budget deficit, police layoffs, fire engine brown-outs and park closures could easily signal only the bleakest of futures. This is a town where, through sheer force of will, residents and an enthusiastic [...]
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State of the Re:Union “The Mississippi Gulf Coast”
AfterHurricane Katrinaravaged the area, Mississippi Gulf Coast residents were forced to come together to deal with the aftermath. Just as they were starting to get back on their feet, the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster resulted in millions of barrels of oil being dumped into the water just off their shores. We tell an hour of [...]
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Listen to the whole segment above, orclick here to listen by segments. This episode we explore a community where when evil rears its head, someone finds a way to set things right, even if they have to make sacrifices and defy the laws of our universe to do it. In this hour we tell the [...]
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Two Cheers for Super PACs: Money in Politics is Still...
This program is part of the Intelligence2 Debates. The product of two court decisions, Citizens United and SpeechNow.org v. FEC, Super PAC spending is on course to make 2012 the most expensive presidential election in history. These supercharged political action committees may spend and receive unlimited amounts of money from individuals, corporations, and unions to [...]
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Should Drugs Be Legalized?
This program is part of the Intelligence2 Debates. It was 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” $2.5 trillion dollars later, drug use is half of what it was 30 years ago, and thousands of offenders are successfully diverted to treatment instead of jail. And yet, 22 million Americans-9% of the population-still [...]
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Should Drugs Be Legalized?
This program is part of the Intelligence2 Debates. It was 1971 when President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” $2.5 trillion dollars later, drug use is half of what it was 30 years ago, and thousands of offenders are successfully diverted to treatment instead of jail. And yet, 22 million Americans-9% of the population-still [...]
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No Fracking Way: The Natural Gas Boom is Doing More Harm...
This program is part of the Intelligence2 Debates. No Fracking Way: The Natural Gas Boom Is Doing More Harm Than Good from Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates on FORA.tv About the Intelligence2 program approach: The series is based on the traditional Oxford-style debate format, with one side proposing and the other side opposing a sharply-framed motion. [...]
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Who Will Replace Mark Stone?
By J.D. Hillard At the end of the show Kirby Scudder, Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Arts, speaks with Jake Thomas whose show at the Felix Kulpa Gallery “Dark Fields” combines three series each by a fictional character. First Santa Cruz County’s Fifth district includes Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo [...]
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Oil Exploration in Aromas? and Science and Art at the...
By J.D. Hillard First a look at the new gateway to the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Then agroup in Aromas is gathering signatures to ask San Benito County Supervisors for policy to protect them from oil exploration. Earlier this year Graniterock, the construction materials company that operated the Wilson Quarry in Aromas, confirmed it [...]
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Getting the US Off Oil
In this week’s show we discuss Woody Guthrie a hundred years after his birth. Woody Guthrie’s daughter Nora discusses the folksinger’s legacy. And Amory Lovins, Chairman and chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute has a plan he hopes could ween the United states off its dependence on oil. He spoke with Kelly O’Brien producer [...]
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Political Art; an Original Play From Cabrillo Stage
Rick Kleffel takes us through another offering from the Cabrillo Stage, the professional musical theatre company that performs at Cabrillo College’s Crocker theatre. We hear some songs and speak with the cast of the original play Escaping Queens. Also, in this political season, words are flying building camps and backing up points of view. Though [...]
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Upward Bound – Supporting the College Dreams of Low...
We hear from an artist who’s setting out to draw the world’s guitar fans for a festival in Santa Cruz; Pajaro valley serves as a laboratory for water conservation technology; we review the latest album from Patti Smith and the film Intouchables. At the top of the show, the summer session just ended for Math [...]
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The Campaign for the Henry Miller Library; Fuel From...
Dennis Morton reviews the new film people like us, Jeff Dayton Johnson give us a look at a groundbreaking new jazz album inspired by the civil rights movement, two montery Bay area artists have created a book to teach the Alphabet and a bit about being human and Kirby Scudder speaks with Henry Miller Library [...]
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From Cole Porter to the Fringe
By J.D. Hillard Theater season has hit with a vengeance. Tonight we’ll hear from some of the team putting on Anything Goes, one of several Cabrillo Stage shows this summer. First, Sana Cruz is taking a page from Edinburgh Scotland – Right now we’re in the midst of more than 100 performances in the town’s [...]
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Biodynamic Wine Making
You can listen to this program above. Also visit Amy West’s feature on Randall Grahm’s Untamed Garden.
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Fact Checking Bag Bans and Medi-Cal Expands Under ACA
By J.D. Hillard In this week’s talk of the bay: Monterey Bay area’s Medi-Cal administator, Central California Alliance for Health may add as many as 30,000 news clients now that the supreme court has approved the Affordable Care Act; we fact check some claims by an opponent of plastic bag bans; and land trusts are [...]
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The Changing Structure of the Food Safety Net; Eugene...
This is a re-broadcast of the March 20, 2012 program. The Watsonville Community Band performed at the White House and taken its show around the world. For the last 7 years its been conducted by Eugene Smith, a member of the band since 1966. Smith has announced he’s retiring from the band. KUSP’s Wes Sims [...]
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Three Parts: Sculpture Richard MacDonald, Otter Murder...
A Sculptor of Monuments, Richard MacDonald Sea Otter Deaths Lead Scientists to Toxic Algae Outbreak High Schoolers Learn to Shape Policy
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The Coastal Watershed Council – On Fighting Water...
KUSP Rick Kleffel interviews the Greg Pepping,Executive Director of theCoastal WatershedCouncil. Also on the program is a reduce on the past Grammy winning Orchestre National de Jazz from France, and an archived film review by David Anthony of Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest.
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An Election Overview; Santa Cruz and the Doobies
By J.D. Hillard The Doobie Brothers continue their long career with a steady schedule of touring. One of the band’s founders Pat Simmons spoke with KUSP’s Kirby Scudder ahead of their recent performance at the Santa Cruz Blues Festival. Tuesday offers voters around the Monterey Bay region the privilege to choose county Supervisors or to [...]
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Considerations From 75 River / Tannery Grand Open
By J.D. Hillard In today’s program, Santa Cruz’s live-work facility for artists has grown, Rick Kleffel will speak with former Talk of the Bay host, now Tannery Arts Center executive director Rachel Anne Goodman and others. First, last autumn in the weeks before Occupy Santa Cruz was evicted from the soccer field near Santa Cruz [...]
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Cycling Stories for Pros and High School Students and...
With the Tour of California bike race in town this week, your host interviews Jim Langley (writer for Road Bike Rider) about aspects of the local Stage 2 course that runs through the heart of the Santa Cruz mountains. Also listen to a feature by writer Amy West, about the growing popularity of mountain biking [...]
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Nora Guthrie on Woody’s Affect on Culture
By J.D. Hillard Bike week begins tomorrow – the semiannual celebration of cycling. Cyclists get free coffee in Santa Cruz County. Monterey County businesses are competing for the most bike friendly workplace award. And on Thursday all around the Monterey Bay cyclists will be served breakfast. Piet Canin, a long time organizer of bike week [...]
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Drought Restrictions In Place; Changes Coming to Your...
Gail Pellerin, head election official for Santa Cruz County discusses how the new top-two primary and new district lines will effect the June elections. A Soquel Creek Water District official explains new drought restrictions. Also: from KUSP’s Solutions in Education, an innovation by a small school in Oakland that could aid parent involvement in lower-income [...]
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Big Basin Grows
Little Basin, the former Hewlett Packard retreat site has opened as an addition to Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Also in the show: Santa Cruz County is one month into a new policy that changes how residents get groceries home; And Graeme Divine worked on some of the most popular video games in recent [...]
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A Sustainable Transportation Future
In this week’s Talk of the Bay Dennis Morton reviews Salmon fishing in the Yemen and Jeff Dayton Johnson introduces us to three new albums demonstrating the relationships between jazz and traditional Moroccan music. First we look at an effort to plan for a transportation future that facilitates economic growth while improving the environment and [...]
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100th First Friday; Stricter Lead Regulations, Digital...
Santa Cruz celebrates its 100th art tour. Kirby Scudder, one of the events’ founders takes us back to the beginning. Also Ken Burson offers a look at a computer game to help low income couples prepare for birth and Meghan Rosen reports on at the continuing hazard of lead in the environment and new stricter [...]
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The Rights to a Miracle on 34th Street . Also, Rep. Sam...
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Leopold: UCSC Expansion Awaits Habitat Plan; Preparing...
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U.S. House Weighs in on Delta Restoration; Making it...
Around our region there are numerous groups offering activities that get students excited about science. Lillian Mongeau reports some of them are collaborating to make science a bit easier for teachers. Also, California Secretary of natural resources John Laird inherited the Delta Restoration process from the prior administration. It’s a project that involves deciding how [...]
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Program from Sunday Feb. 19th, 2012
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Report from Homs; Controlling Invasive Species
Talk of the Bay’s focus is on Monterey Bay area issues and culture. We rarely stray from that, but the BBC has offered up a truly remarkable piece of journalism. As Syria’s military began shelling the town of Homs, BBC reporter Paul Wood and his team entered the town. His tape makes it clear how [...]
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Tools for Makers and Stories From the End of Life
Taren Sterry’s one-woman show “180-days” draws on her experience as a volunteer for a hospice group. She discusses hospice and the show with J.D. Hillard. Plus Reporter Meghan Rosen gives us a look at some of the businesses sprouting up to serve Makers. Also reviving Santa Cruz’s tradition of Poetry Festivals and a review of [...]
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Coastal Watershed Council, jazz at the Grammys, Beats...
Rick Kleffel interviews Grep Papping, executive director of the Coastal Watershed Council about water scarcity and pollution monitoring in the Monterey Bay Area. Jeff Dayton Johnson’s look at Grammy-nominated jazz albums focuses on performances by France’s National Orchestra. David Anthony review’s Michael Rappaport’s documentary about seminal hip-hop artists A Tribe Called Quest entitled “Rhymes, Beats [...]
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Solutions in Education
Despite years of declining funding and performance, there are efforts afoot to improve education in California. On this week’s Talk of the Bay, we reviewed KUSP’s Solutions in Education coverage of successful education projects.
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A Year of Environmental Reporting on KUSP
Listen to excerpts from stories about the Elkhorn Slough; a lost species of manzanita; and efferts to change one’s environmental behavior. Links: Elkhorn Slough, /UCSC Arboretum
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Presidential candidate Rocky Anderson, “Young Adult”
J.D. Hillard interviews Rocky Anderson the candidate for the President of the United States for the newly formed Justice Party, who criticizes what he views as corruption in the Democratic and Republican parties. Dennis Morton reviews the new Charlize Theron film “Young Adult”.
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Santa Cruz Rail Line Loses Operator
J.D. Hillard – Sierra Northern, the operator of the freight line that runs from Pajaro to Davenport, has announced it will be discontinuing that role. Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission project Manager Luis Mendez said the change results from problems in the relationship between Sierra Northern and Union Pacific. Mendez discusses the SCCRTC’s progress [...]
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Planning for Climate Change and The Eviction of Occupy SC
Occupy Wall Street’s Santa Cruz contingent was evicted from the bench lands of San Lorenzo Park this week. Santa Cruz City and county staff had catalogued numerous instances of damage attributed to the encampment. Among these were damage to the grass where tents had stood and the cost of sanitary services to clean up human [...]
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Dr. Jill Stein Green Party/Planning for Wildfire
J.D. Hillard – Dr. Jill Stein is running for the presidential nomination of the Green Party. She explained how she takes inspiration for her campaign from the Occupy movement. Also, in the wake of the massive Indians and Basin Complex fires of 2008, Big Sur residents and environmentalists are sitting down with foresters to make [...]
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Occupy Protesters Negotiate Over Camping Laws
City of Santa Cruz and Occupyprotestersnegotiateover camping laws vs the amendment right to assembly.
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Assemblyman Bill Monning, Endanger Species Photographs
J.D. Hillard speaks with State Assembly member and author of “Vision for a Healthy California” Bill Monning about the future of education in the state, next year’s legislative session, and his Senate campaign. Sean Rameswaram tours the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History with Sebastian Kennerknecht, the photographer behind the “Endangered Neighbors” exhibit, which documents [...]
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John Laird, Transfigurations
John Laird the current California Secretary for the State's Resources Agency and former legislator describes efforts to save California's State Parks. Photographer Jana Marcus talks to Rick Kleffel about Transfigurations, her presentation of pictures of transgendered people.
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Crime, the prison system, and predictive policing
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Sam Farr, Anthony Capella on jobs, San Jose's Safe...
Sam Farr, Anthony Capella on jobs, San Jose's Safe Summer Initiative, Mountain Art Center
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Protecting Our Environment and a Trip to The Crossroads
Protecting Our Environment and a Trip to The Crossroads
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Plastic and Ocean Ecology
Sean Rameswarem reports on the restaurant Charlie Hong Kong's recent transition to green business practices, and interviews Jim Holm and Nick Drobac from the Clean Ocean's Project about their work to eleviate the Pacific garbage patch.
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Sam Farr
Sean Rameswarem interviews Congressman Sam Farr.
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John Leopold, Steven Addi
John Leopold on Redevelopment Agencies. Steven Addi's steel sculptures.
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Interview with Bill Monning, "Endangered Neighbors"...
KUSP's JD Hillard interviews Assemblymember Bill Monning about his new book, "Vision for a Healthy California" and what's to come for constituents. Photographer Sebastian Kennerknect discusses his "Endangered Neighbors" exhibit at the Santa Cruz Natural History Museum.
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Carmel Bach Festival
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Much Ado About Nothing, Wharf to Wharf
Shakespeare Santa Cruz's production of "Much Ado About Nothing", the Wharf to Wharf race.
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Ecology Action Energy Upgrade, Bill Monning
Rick Kleffel speaks with Aleah Lawrence-Pine and Colin Clark about the Energy Upgrade California project, and interviews Assemblyman Bill Monning.
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Paul Goodwin, Carmel Bach Festival
Kelly O'Brien interviews Paul Goodwin, conductor for the Carmel Bach Festival about classical music and conducting orchestras.
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Cast and Crew of Cabrillo Stage's "Hair Spray" and Marco...
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Salinas hospital strike, The Last Five Years
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Nick Krieger on Gender, Arthur Weinberg on Clarence...
"Sunday on Talk of the Bay, join host Rick Kleffel for a journey through gender with Nick Krieger, the author of Nina Here nor There. It's your chance to join in a conversation about transgender issues and step beyond the roles defined for us both society." Also, a recorded conversation with about Arthur Weinberg his book 'Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom'
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Richard Stedmen 0n Air Pollution
Richard Stedmen 0n Air Pollution
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The Full Monty, Mark Paul
Cast and Crew of Cabrillo Stage's The Full Monty; Mark Paul, author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix it, on education budget cuts
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Dinner is served: Mollie Katzen, Michael Pollan, Ann...
Food journalist Michael Pollan, cookbook author Mollie Katzen, and food historian Ann Vileisis
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"The Lies of Sarah Palin" by Geoffrey Dunn
Huffington Post and Metro Newspapers writer Geoffrey Dunn's talks about his new book about the "pathology of deceit" of American political figure Sarah Palin
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"Loyalty - the Vexing Virtue" by Eric Felten
Loyalty the Vexing Virtue by Wall Street columnist Eric Felten
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Panel on Energy Security
Panel on Energy Security
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Bill Monning and Kamala Harris
Bill Monning discusses creation of new bills in the California Assembly. Then an archived interview with Kamala Harris, author of "Smart on Crime" who later became the California Attorney General.
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Mountain Community Theater; Youth Arts Collective; Lizz...
Members of the Mountain Community Theater, now presenting I Hate Shakespeare. Then Susie Franklin speaks with Kelly about the Youth Arts Collective in Monterey. And an interview with Soul Singer/Songwriter Lizz Wright.
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Tax Law for Registered Domestic Partners
Tax Law for Registered Domestic Partners
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Exploring the Future of Nuclear Energy with Dr. Robert...
Exploring the Future of Nuclear Energy with Dr. Robert Rosner
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Novelist Tim Woods
Tim Woods discusses his civil war era novel Grant Me Timely Grace.
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Nuclear Renaissance - Fact or Fiction?
Are new nuclear power plants the answer to climate instability? Re-broadcast of Talk of the Bay from Dec. 27, 2009.
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Joe Matthews and Mark Paul on Politics in California
Rick Kleffel talks to Joe Matthews, author of The People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy, and Mark Paul, senior scholar and director at the New America Foundation. Their recent collaboration resulted in the book California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It.
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John Krafcik and Chris Hoffman on Energy Efficient...
Kelly O'Brien talks to Hyundai CEO John Krafcik about building energy efficient cars. Later, Kelly talks to Chis Hoffman, inventor of the one-wheeled, electric powered RYNO Motors.
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Diana Paxson on Writing Arthurian Fantasy
Rick Kleffel interviews writer Diana Paxson about her experiences writing fantasy novels.
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UC Berkeley Transportation Sustainability director Dr....
Kelly O'Brien interviews Dr. Susan Shaheen, director of UC Berkeley's Transportation Sustainability Research Center. Later, Rick Kleffel interviews assemblyman Bill Monning.
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A Talk with Martin Grunburg
Rick Kleffel talks to Martin Grunburg about how to establish good habits in order to achieve success. Grunburg is the author of "The Habit Factor" and the creator of The Habit Factor iPhone and Droid apps.
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At-Risk Youth in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties
Kelly talks to Carmen Kubas of Lightfoot Industries and the Rancho Cielo Youth Campus about programs in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties that help at-risk youth.
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A Talk About Spiritual Healing with Carolyn CJ Jones
Rick talks to Carolyn CJ Jones about her book "Opening the Gates of the Heart: A Journey of Healing".
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Timothy Lipman and Megan Smirty Ryerson from UC...
In this Life in the Fast Lane edition of Talk of the Bay, Kelly O'Brien talks about alternative fuels and other transportation issues with Timothy Lipman and Megan Smirty Ryerson from UC Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies.
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Rhythms of Culture
Rick Kleffel interviews members of Rhythms of Culture and they perform a few songs in the studio.
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Sociobiologist Rebecca D. Costa
Kelly O'Brien interviews Rebecca D. Costa about her book "The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction". Costa addresses the systemic problems in modern civilization that are leading to economic, social, and political crisis.
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Mary Heebner and Stephen Kessler / Assemblymember Bill...
Artist Mary Heebner and writer Stephen Kessler talk about their exhibit Black Island/Isla Negra, a selection of work inspired by Pablo Neruda. Later in the show Rick talks to Assemblymember Bill Monning, representative of the 27th district.
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Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle - Replay from Oct. 3, 2010
Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle - Replay from Oct. 3, 2010
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The Mind- Body Mood Solution
Jeffrey Rossman, PhD talks about his book, The Mind- Body Mood Solution: The Breakthrough Drug-Free Program for Lasting Relief from Depression.
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Marine Biologist Steve Palumbi
Dr. Steven Palumbi talks about his book "The Death and Life of the Monterey Bay".
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Buying an Electric Car?
Buying an Electric Car?
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Two Segments: 3 Pens: O'Neill Sea Odyssey, Save Our...
Two Segments: 3 Pens: O'Neill Sea Odyssey, Save Our Shores
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Report from the L.A. Auto Show
Kelly O'Brien visits the L.A. Auto Show where hybrid cars and alternative automotive technologies are showcased.
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Miracle on 34th Street Discussion and Follow Your Heart...
Rick Kleffel and others discuss the local production of the play Miracle on 34th Street. Later Rick talks to Curtis Reliford of the Follow Your Heart Action Network.
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A Talk with Penny Ice Creamery Owners and Swimmer...
A Talk with Penny Ice Creamery Owners and Swimmer Bruckner Chase
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More on Electric Cars - with Jay Friedland
More on Electric Cars - with Jay Friedland
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Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz Gary Young
Rick Kleffel interviews UC Santa Cruz humanities lecturer and inaugural poet laureate Gary Young.
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Music Director and Conductor Paul Goodwin
Kelly O'Brien interviews Carmel Bach Festival director Paul Goodwin.
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Take Back Santa Cruz and Nobody's Home Project
Rick Kleffel interviews representatives from Take Back Santa Cruz and Nodbody's Home Project.
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Author Belle Yang
Rick Kleffel interviews author Belle Yang.
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Local Writers
Local writers Dan White, Al Estrela and James Greene
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Jean-Michel Cousteau + BLUE Ocean Film Festival
Jean-Michel Cousteau + BLUE Ocean Film Festival
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Ocean Health in Monterey Bay
Ocean Health in Monterey Bay
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Interview w/ Film Producer Mark Shelley
Interview w/ Film Producer Mark Shelley
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Debate! State Senate District 15
Debate! State Senate District 15
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Blue Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit
Blue Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit
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Dan Haifley and Emily Glanville on Ocean Habitat
Dan Haifley and Emily Glanville on Ocean Habitat
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Poetry and Politics
Poetry and Politics
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State Senate Candidate John Laird
State Senate Candidate John Laird
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Lifeguard Budgets / Vehicle Design
Lifeguard Budgets / Vehicle Design
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Save Our Shores Helps with Clean Up
Save Our Shores Helps with Clean Up
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Cast and crew of Cabrillo Performance of "Cabaret"
Cast and Crew of Cabrillo Performance of "Cabaret"
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Talking About Electric Vehicles
Talking About Electric Vehicles
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Productions at Cabrillo College and Shakepeare SC
Productions at Cabrillo College and Shakepeare SC
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Blue Ocean Film Festival
Blue Ocean Film Festival
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Save the Whales Day - Repeat broadcast
Save the Whales Day - Repeat broadcast
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The Status Quo of Unplanned Pregnancy
The Status Quo of Unplanned Pregnancy
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Dave Isey's StoryCorp "Mom". Also, students from Mt....
Dave Isey's StoryCorp "Mom". Also, students from Mt. Madonna School
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Carmel Bach Festival with David Gordon
Carmel Bach Festival with David Gordon
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Creating Defensible Space Against Wildfires
Creating Defensible Space Against Wildfires
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The Real Work Film Festival
The Real Work Film Festival
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Carmel Bach Festival 2010
Carmel Bach Festival 2010
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Second Harvest Food Bank
The options available from the Second Harvest Food Bank; and just in time for April 15, a conversation with Enrolled Agent Cynthia Leachmore about starting your own business. Should you incorporate, or form an LLC? Find out how the IRS can help you.
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Public Health Service Home and Abroad
Public Health Service Home and Abroad
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Bryant Austin's Marine Photography
Host Kelly O'Brien interviews Scotts Valley resident Bryant Austin a marine photographers who creates high-resolution, life-size photographs of endangered whale species.
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The Play Beyond Therapy / Desalination Update
Join Rick with some of the people involved with the play "Beyond Therapy", now playing at the Actor's Theater. And then get the lowdown on the Desal Plan for the Central Coast.
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Interview with Congressman Sam Farr
Interview with Congressman Sam Farr
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Proper Maintenence of the Los Padres National Forest
Proper Maintenence of the Los Padres National Forest
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The Transition Movement
The Transition Movement
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Will Aerial Spraying Return?
Will Aerial Spraying Return?
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Preparing for Death
Preparing for Death
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A Conversation About SNAP, VITA and Food Stamps
Host Kelly O'Brien talks about local low carbon businesses with Neil Seiki, the founder of Zero Motorcycles.
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Local Low Carbon Economy
Host Kelly O'Brien talks about local low carbon businesses with Neil Seiki, the founder of Zero Motorcycles.
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Artificial Intelegence and the Singularity
Artificial Intelegence and the Singularity with Michael Anissimov
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Assemblyman Bill Monning and Mayor Jim Reed
Assemblyman Bill Monning and Scotts Valley Mayor Jim Reed
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Alternative Ideas for Giving
Alternative Ideas for Giving
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Fish Hatcheries and more from DA Tamala Harris
Fish Hatcheries and more from DA Tamala Harris
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Conversation Newly-Elected Officials of Watsonville
Conversation Newly-Elected Officials of Watsonville
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Choosing Your Next Fuel Efficient Vehicle
Talk of the Bay - Choosing Your Next Fuel Efficient Vehicle
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Talking More About Water
Talk of the Bay - Talking More About Water
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Carmel Valley Debates Incorporation
Talk of the Bay - Carmel Valley Debates Incorporation
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Water - Managing What We Have
Talk of the Bay - Water - Managing What We Have
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The place of athletics in higher education?
Talk of the Bay - Kelly O'Brien examines university athletics
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GMO's and the Organic Farm
Host Kelly O'Brien discusses issues, concerns of GMO's including the perspective of two organic farmers from Carmel Valley, who join her on the program.
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The New VAPA Complex at Cabrillo College
Host Rick Kleffel talks more with Wilma Marcus Chandler and Dan Martinez about new things at Cabrillo.
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The New Art Village at Cabrillo and a Report from Sanger...
Host Rick Kleffel discusses Cabrillo College's new Art Village with Jana Marcus and Daniel Martinez. Then he speaks with Jeffrey Gonzales of Sanger Paranormal Society.
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Plug-ins and Choices
Host Kelly O'Brien discusses electic vehicles - where we are now and where we're going - with Jay Friedland from Plug-in America.
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Community Redevelopment and Health Care
Rick Kleffel speaks with John Leopold about Five Year Plan for the Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency. We'll also hear from Congressman Sam Farr about health care and the economic recovery in Santa Cruz county.
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Bike Safety and Duets of Broadway
Host Rick Kleffel explores transportation alternatives and bicycle safety with members of PedX and People Power. Duets of Broadway bring a dose of drama to the second half of the show.
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Defining Sustainability
Kelly O'Brien welcomes guests Jane Parker, Forest District Supervisor of Monterey County, and Michael Kinsley, senior consultant at Rocky Mountain Institute, in a discussion to get to the heart of what sustainability means for our community.
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Salinas Crime and Shakespeare Santa Cruz
Salinas Police Chief, Louis Fetherolf, joins the show today to voice his concerns and opinions about the up hill battle. In part two - what it is like behind the scenes of a Santa Cruz Shakespeare play production.
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Carmel to Incorporate as a Town?
Residents of Carmel Valley will be faced with an upcoming vote decision, Measure G, which would incorporate Carmel Valley into a town. This show invites members from both sides to explore the decision at hand.
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Discussing Gang Violence in Salinas, California
Alice Vecchiola hosts a call-in program about the alarming rise of gang violence in Salinas.
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Electric Powered Vehicles
Host Kelly O'Brien discusses electic vehicles - Where we are now and where we're going - with two local guests
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Family Fundamentalism
Rick Kleffel invites Author Jeff Sharlet to speak about his book: "The Family, The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" which follows an exclusive Christian sect.
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National Healthcare Controversy
The issue of healthcare is becoming increasingly heated in Washington D.C. - what will this mean for us locally? Local professionals from both sides voice their cases.
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz and Gun Violence
Host Alice Vecchiola invites three major players of Shakespeare Santa Cruz to discuss the upcoming season. In part two, congresswoman and former Mayor of Salinas, Anna Caballero joins us to speak about measures to reduce gun violence in Salinas.
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State Parks, Medical Marijuana and Wildfires
First, reactions to the governor's recent proposal to close state parks. Local politican Fred Keeley and Bonny Hawley of Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks join the discussion. Next, the latest on the Morro Bay medical marijuana arrest. Finally, some reflections on the anniversary of the Martin wildfire.
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Medical Benefits Down, Fundraiser Up
A recent legislature passage permits certain medical benefits to be cut out of the state budget, affecting mostly dental coverage. On another front, the Santa Cruz Actor's Theater is presenting a benefit variety show and our host Alice Vecchiola has the details.
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Talking Trash About the Ocean
We would never do that, it's more like, talking about trash in the ocean. Host Rachel Anne Goodman is in to talk with those people who work intimately with the preservation of the Pacific Ocean and know of other threats that face our wondrous ocean.
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Contesters of Politics and Producers of Theater
Host Rick Kleffel first invokes a conversation about the political aspects of the war with author Robert Scheer and UCSC protestors who admonish against budget cuts. The show cools down in part two, speaking to actors in the local production of the ancient epic Indian poem, Ramayana.
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California Fiscal Election May 19th
The Governor is painting a morbid picture of what the election will bring about, but opposers claim that the proposition will not fix the problem. Experts John Layard, former State Assembly man, and John Myers visit guest host Brian Peterson to enlighten us.
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Avoiding Scams and then discussion of NextSpace
Avoiding Scams and then discussion of NextSpace, a thriving co-working building in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Social Justice and Changing Marijuana Laws
The annual social justice conference at Cabrillo is this Saturday, the 2nd of May - is social justice being achieved? In part two, host Alice Vecchiola converses with the founders of the Women's Alliance for Medical Marijuana about the recent DEA enforcement rules.
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The Follies of Immigration and the Future of Energy
Host Rachel Anne Goodman examines the minute to the broad, and the local to the statewide effects of Immigration. In part two - how will the booming energy industry pan out?
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The New Downtown Salinas and Disk Golf Course
Alice Vecchiola discusses the redesign of downtown Salinas with the redevelopment director. In part two, a founding father sort and a world champion of disc golf discuss the sport alongside the new course in Pinto Lake, Watsonville.
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Local Agricultural History
Rachel Anne Goodman explores some little-known local history with Donna Mekis and Kathryn Mekis Miller, whose book Blossoms Into Gold is a historical account of the role of Croatian immigrants in California's apple industry. Nita Gizdich of Gizdich Ranch also joins the conversation.
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Local Home Brewery and Santa Cruz Film Festival
Once illegal, home brewing has become a popular hobby. Alice Vecchiola speaks with two members of a Santa Cruz home beer brewing club. In part two, Alice speaks with the founder, a director, and an actor featured in the Santa Cruz Film Festival.
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Child Abuse Prevention
Rachel Anne Goodman speaks with Susan True, Director of First Five, about the upcoming child abuse prevention month. Find out how Santa Cruz is addressing awareness and info on further upcoming events.
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Garbage in our Oceans
Guest host Alice Vecchiola interviews four heads of coastal organizations: International Coastal Cleanup, Santa Cruz Surfriders Foundation, and Save Our Shores. The amount of trash in the ocean may astound you.
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Jobs, The Bailout Package, and Newspapers
In part one, consultants Christine Lambden and Casey Conner discuss how to land a job. Part two presents the inside swoop on what the bailout means to us Californians. Part three weighs the future of the newspaper industry which seems to have fallen oh so ill.
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Dead Seabird Mystery
A scientist reveals the recent mystery of dying and dead seabirds all along the coast. In part two, Peggy Flynn, author of 'Care Giving Zone' shares how to better take care those family members who are aged and ill.
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Local Art and Activism
Rachel Anne Goodman speaks with two guests: Mary McCaslin, a local singer and songwriter, and Sylvia Quarles, the new president of the Monterey County branch of the NAACP.
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Personal Post-War Struggle
DJ Skelton, commander of Echo Company 229th Military Intelligence Battalion defense language institute of foreign language in Monterey, is a strategist and activist for wounded soldiers - with his published book 'Our Hero Handbook'.
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The Stimulus Package
An hourlong call-in town hall meeting with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo about the economic stimulus package and more.
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Local Celebrations
Come get sworn in as 'we the people' on the Courthouse steps! Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Santa Cruz.
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The Honorary Gail Rich Award
This award, which was named after somewhat of a 'renaissance woman' in the arts of Santa Cruz, was recently awarded to a handful of artists - marking the 13th annual occasion of the event.
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Money
First, some personal financial advice from Mark Zaifman, who contributed to Your Money Or Your Life, a guide to achieving financial independence. Then, a look back at the best and worst films of 2008.
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Cuts Must Happen
Santa Cruz public programs face an immediate threat from the city's tight budget. Now board members are faced with the obligitory task of cutting programs.
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Students Report
Out of the goodness of the holiday season, Rachel Anne Goodman shares with you some radio reports produced by students of 'Radio Journalism' - Instructed by Rachel herself. Topics spectrum from local political activism to holiday shopping catastrophe.
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Where's the Humor in the Election?
Calvin Trillin will tell you. Author of many memoirs and A Heck of a Job, Calvin is in the studio fresh from a reading at the Capitola Book Cafe for yet another reading of Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Election.
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