KZSC Santa Cruz
233 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsOn-demand news, interviews, and live performances from KZSC 88.1 FM Santa Cruz - Non-commercial, educational, community radio for the Monterey Bay, California
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This Just In From Outdoors - 13 October 2017
October 16, 2017 16:27 - 29 minutes - 29 MBWe review the latest on the rash of wildfires in Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino counties, and celebrate the reopening of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Hwy 1, destroyed after wildfires and landslides struck Big Sur. Plus headlines, a calendar of events and more.
Voces Criticas ~ No Place Like Home ~ Oct 12 2017
October 13, 2017 19:00 - 20 minutes - 15 MBSanta Cruz County is experiencing a major housing crisis. Steven McKay, Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz, is the co-Principle investigator of a research project called "No Place Like Home" to better understand the housing crisis in the area. Hermes Padilla is an undergraduate student who was part of the research team for "No Place Like Home" after taking Professor McKay's class. This study involved well over 1,400 surveys and interviews with local residents about how they ...
KZSC News ~ 2017 10 12
October 12, 2017 20:02 - 9 minutes - 23.5 MBKZSC News ~ 2017 10 12 Wildfires raze urban California areas (Tyler Harris & Keith Rozendal) Monterey Peninsula Pushes For Public Water Company (Matt) Arrests Weapon filled music video (Charlotte) The Fight Against Chloropyrifos (Samantha Rocinos) Peak Monarch Watching Season (Olivia Joyce) Carmel Moves To Ban Plastic Straws (Matthew Sandoval) Pfeifer Big Sur Bridge To Reopen (Maelin Rose) Fourteen Llamas Rescued By Monterey Zoo (Sandra Cortez) Police presence at Homeless Ca...
Voces Criticas ~ Rebecca Covarrubias & #FirstGeneration ~ Sept 28 2017
October 12, 2017 05:06 - 21 minutes - 15.6 MBAn interview with Dr. Rebecca Covarrubias, Assistant Professor of Psychology at UCSC and the Director of The Culture & Achievement Collaborative. She is a first generation college student and now faculty member who helped launch UCSC's First Generation Initiative to raise the visibility of the First Generation community at UCSC. We discussed the cultural challenges facing First Generation students. Being a native of Phoenix, we also talked about her reaction to the presidential pardon of Sh...
Voces Criticas ~ Coal Industry & Global Warming ~ Oct 5 2017
October 12, 2017 02:31 - 21 minutes - 10.2 MBAn interview with Dr. Christine Shearer of Coalswarm about the coal industry and global warming. Coalswarm is a conglomerate which tracks coal projects around the world. Dr. Shearer discussed how these coal projects are affecting the climate, the myths purported by the current administration about "clean coal," and her vision for the future of the environmental justice movement. Dr. Shearer discussed the most egregious coal projects happening in parts of Asia and about the urgent need to ga...
Voces Criticas ~ Democratizing Education ~ Sept 21 2017
October 12, 2017 01:56 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBAn interview with Professor Zeus Leonardo of UC Berkeley's Education Department. We discussed his research on race and pedagogy, about the challenges facing public education today, and about the differences between white privilege and white supremacy as a framework to discuss whiteness. We also discussed the events happening in the city of Berkeley and at UC Berkeley by right-wing groups seeking to disrupt the city, specifically discussing the enormous financial burden to provide security fo...
This Just In From Outdoors - 6 Oct 2017
October 07, 2017 00:30 - 30 minutes - 27 MBWe report on air quality in the Santa Cruz Mountains and what some locals are doing to help. Plus an interview with an independent Native American journalist, environmental news headlines, a calendar of events and more.
Talkabout ~ Comic book shop owner, Joe Ferrara
October 02, 2017 17:50 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBOriginally aired on Talkabout, August 16. 2017. Mairo Kuntze interviews comic book shop owner and musician Joe Ferrara, who tells stories of working with "The Lost Boys" cast, as well as being acquainted with artists before they became famous such as Adam Scott and Juice Newton.
Voces Criticas ~ Kivalina (Alaska) & Climate Displacement ~ Sept 14 2017
October 02, 2017 03:51 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MBAn interview with Dr. Shearer of Coalswarm to discuss the effects of climate change on the village of Kivalina, located in a remote area of Alaska. Dr. Shearer is the author of Kivalina: A Climate Change Story (2011, Haymarket Press). Dr. Shearer discusses how climate change is forcibly displacing this community that has agreed to a community relocation over 20 years ago. However, no federal resources are available to facilitate this relocation. Dr. Shearer also addresses a lawsuit filed by ...
Prisoners and the Right to Books
September 08, 2017 19:29 - 19 minutes - 14.5 MBAn interview with Peter Esmonde, long-time volunteer with the Prisoners Literature Project. The Prisoners Literature Project is an all volunteer, grassroots, non-profit organization that has sent books to prisoners in 49 states. We discussed how the PLP started, about the history of the books-to-prisoners movement, and the arbitrary regulations PLP navigates in trying to get books to prisoners. We also discussed the rights of incarcerated people to an education and what receiving books mea...
US Indigenous Communities: About Health, Art, and Identity
September 08, 2017 16:50 - 35 minutes - 17.9 MBAn interview with Dr. Rebecca Hernandez Rosser, Director of UC Santa Cruz's American Indian Resource Center, about a range of issues facing indigenous communities in the United States, including lack of access to opportunities for higher education. She addressed the health struggles, both physical and mental, facing Native communities and other communities of color and about the food justice movement. She spoke about the People of Color Sustainability Initiative, which is a project out of t...
Empowering Girls & Young Women in the CA Central Coast
August 27, 2017 15:45 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBAn interview with Perla Pineda (Project/Program Coordinator) and Angelica Villegas (Program Facilitator) of Girls Inc of the Central Coast. We discussed the programmatic work of Girls Inc of the Central Coast in the local Santa Cruz and surrounding communities, the importance of offering gender-specific programs and services targeting girls, and about the role of empowering middle school and high school girls/young women to be confident leaders.
Yoga, Social Justice, and Body Health w/ Jackie Sue Powell
August 27, 2017 07:45 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBAn interview with Jackie Sue Powell, certified yoga instructor in Santa Cruz, California. We discussed the role yoga has played in her health and well-being. Jackie discussed her commitment to make yoga accessible, both in terms of cost and imagining yoga practices outside the studio. She spoke about her life-changing experiences teaching and learning yoga around the world, including Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Palestine. We also talked about the role yoga could play in improving the well-b...
Ace of Cups' guitarist/bassist Denise Kaufman
August 21, 2017 01:00 - 52 minutes - 56.6 MBThe Ace of Cups, one of the first all-women rock bands emerging in the mid-sixties , were at the center of the San Francisco music scene and the summer of love in 1967. Fifty years later, the group has come together to record a proper studio album of old and new songs. Listen here to Carol's exclusive interview on the Test of Time with Ace of Cups' guitarist & bassist Denise Kaufman. Kaufman talks about the band's past, present, and future. Their upcoming triple album on High Moon Record...
The Frogman on Artists on Art - August 16, 2017
August 17, 2017 04:16 - 46 minutes - 69.6 MBJustin Mosley was the guest on Artista on Art, 8/16/17 and we talked about The Frogman Experience, his collaborative projects with other musicians and hearing about how his band members have gone through their own metamorphosis to come together and perform as magical creators. Check out their upcoming show: The Catalyst Club August 24: http://www.catalystclub.com/…/1540103-frogman-experience-s…/ Also, check out more about the band at http://www.thefrogmanexp.com/bio/
KZSC News ~ 01 June 2017
June 01, 2017 14:59 - 10 minutes - 8.83 MBKZSC News ~ 01 June 2017 School funding in peril under Trump budget proposal (Jordan Penland) Record rains bring boom times for California creatures (Maelin Rose) US House Bill criminalizes undocumented immigrants (Jordan Penland) New group opposes Santa Cruz's corridors development plan (Gina Ranieri) Santa Cruz libraries expand hours, restrict patron behavior (Sydney Fishman) Santa Cruz approves $1.2 million transportation spending plan (Frances Maurer) Santa Cruz Pride para...
KZSC News ~ 25 May 2017
May 25, 2017 15:00 - 11 minutes - 13.4 MBKZSC News ~ 25 May 2017 Unemployment drops in Santa Cruz (Kavya Aswadhati) Scientists worried about California salmon extinction (Sydney Fishman) CalTrain goes electric, nearly doubling capacity (Maelin Rose) Santa Cruz marchers concerned about Monsanto (Melanie Gomez) Santa Cruz high school teachers developing an LGBTQ curriculum (Jordan Penland) Huge Mud Creek landslide closes Hwy 1 in Big Sur (Gina Ranieri) UCSC students work to reduce rents in Santa Cruz (Anna Rose Leff) ...
KZSC News ~ 18 May 2017
May 18, 2017 15:00 - 10 minutes - 25.1 MBKZSC News ~ 18 May 2017 Leopard sharks dying en mass in SF Bay (Jordan Penland) Cruzio co-founder explains net neutrality (Maelin Rose) Fossil Free UC winning support of UC chancellors (Ty Goering) César Chávez convocation focuses on immigrant rights (Daniel Wootan, Keith Rozendal) UCSC chancellor Blumenthal on trailer park housing (Killian Fay, Daniel Wootan) CHP devices can test drivers for drugged driving, judge accepts results (Hannah Whelan) CA Lands Commission orders CEMEX...
KZSC News ~ 11 May 2017
May 11, 2017 15:00 - 10 minutes - 13.2 MBKZSC News ~ 11 May 2017 LandWatch urges Salinas to increase affordable housing (Sydney Fishman) Rally in Santa Cruz reacts to City's report on homelessness (Kavya Aswadhati) More details emerge on UC audit, Napolitano apologizes (Sean Corfield) Environmentalists concerned about invasive French broom (Jeannie Santos) Marina considers medical, recreational marijuana businesses (Duncan Ober) Salinas "Dreamer" taken by ICE from Monterey County Jail awaits deportation (Maelin Rose) Mo...
KZSC News ~ 04 May 2017
May 04, 2017 15:00 - 9 minutes - 9.07 MBKZSC News ~ 04 May 2017 New federal office opened to track immigrant crime (Sydney Fishman) Santa Cruz County launches Nurse-Family Partnership (Maelin Rose) Afrikan/Black Student Alliance takes control of UCSC admin building (Sean Corfield) CA Assembly Member Mark Stone supports news on KZSC (Dan Orange) Former Seattle PD Chief Norm Stamper speaks in Santa Cruz (John Malkin) White-supremacist propaganda targets UCSC (Kavya Aswadhati) UCSC campus blockaded on May Day (Neroli Dev...
Transformation Highway - 4/6/17
April 27, 2017 23:42 - 48 minutes - 110 MBTransformation Highway - being the change. A group discussion about Standing Rock, the fight to protect clean water and tribal sovereignty, as well as local organizing efforts for the DAPL divestment campaign. Featuring Chief Elkman of the Nakota Nation of South Dakota, Kanyon (Coyote Woman) Sayers-Roods, Costanoan Ohlone Mutsun creative artist and educator, Kelsey Hill of the Lakota People's Law Project, Paul Rubio, Yeome/Mestizo native american community leader and multi-media artist, an...
KZSC News ~ 27 April 2017
April 27, 2017 15:00 - 10 minutes - 25.6 MBKZSC News ~ 27 April 2017 Opposition to Ocean St Extension housing development (Maelin Rose) No charges to be filed in killing of teen Luke Smith (John Malkin) President of California secession campaign steps down amid Russia controversy (Dylan Fabris) PG&E's $90 million settlement over San Bruno explosion approved (Daniel Wootan) State Auditor says UC President hid $175 million + interfered with audit (Ty Goering) UCSC students asked to fund inter-collegiate athletics...
KZSC News ~ 20 April 2017
April 20, 2017 15:00 - 9 minutes - 14.3 MBKZSC News ~ 20 April 2017 UCSC Police boost patrols for unsanctioned 420 gathering (Maelin Rose) CA Legislature to address housing costs (Sydney Fishman) Anti-LGBTQ vandals strike Santa Cruz church repeatedly (Jordan Penland) Federal civil rights lawsuit filed against SCPD over Sean Arlt's killing (John Malkin) Cannabis takes over Salinas valley greenhouses (Maelin Rose) Plan for "safe-injection" sites opposed by Take Back Santa Cruz (Ty Goering) Cockfights being investiga...
KZSC News ~ 13 April 2017
April 13, 2017 15:00 - 10 minutes - 27.6 MBKZSC News ~ 13 April 2017 UCSC protest rejects US strikes against Syria (Dylan Fabris) Santa Clara's at-large voting system challenged (Ty Goering) Ghost Ship Fire reporting earns East Bay Times a Pulitzer prize (Kavya Aswadhati) Federal disaster relief coming to Monterey Bay counties (Kathia Damian) Legislation aims to tame PG&E price spikes (Daniel Wootan) UCSC social scientist studying agriculture wins a Guggenheim award (Annarose Leff) Ten-foot shark stranded near Pleasure ...
KZSC News ~ 06 April 2017
April 13, 2017 03:49 - 9 minutes - 25.9 MBKZSC News ~ 06 April 2017 70% of SF Bay Area would pay higher taxes to fix traffic (Sydney Fishman) Neuro-toxic pesticide ban not completed by EPA (Ty Goering) Construction of wildlife tunnel under Hwy 17 expected to start in 2020 (Maelin Rose) Santa Cruz City Council unanimously opposes Dakota Access Pipeline (Ty Goering) More online at kzsc.org
KZSC News ~ 2017 03 30
March 30, 2017 15:00 - 9 minutes - 23.2 MBKZSC News ~ 2017 03 30 Santa Cruz rejects claim from family of man killed by SCPD (John Malkin) Monterey Bay Community Power is a go (Keith Rozendal) Salinas saw 14 homicides in the last 3 months (Daniel Wootan) Pajaro Valley fights seawater intrusion (Sydney Fishman) SC storm damage at $100 million-"Bigger than the earthquake in '89" (Keith Rozendal) Santa Cruz asks for citizen input on choice of new Police Chief (Daniel Wootan) More online at kzsc.org
This Just in from Outdoors - 24 March 2017
March 25, 2017 00:45 - 30 minutes - 71.2 MB“It’s bigger than the (1989) earthquake,” according to Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Leopold. He’s talking about the storm damage in January and February in Santa Cruz. Today on the show we’ll hear a lot more about that disaster from Leopold—and State Senator Bill Monning. Plus environmental news headlines, a surf report, a calendar of events, and more. Stick around! Headlines 2:25 Local economics of surfing (Sydney Fishman) 2:45 Stranded in Big Sur (Maelin Rose) Winter S...
KZSC News ~ 2017 03 23
March 23, 2017 15:00 - 10 minutes - 23.9 MBKZSC News ~ 2017 03 23 Salinas approves community power (Kathy Damian) SC County Jail Chapel closed (Daniel Wootan) Livermore lab restores and releases nuke test films (Ty Goering) More than 400 stranded in Big Sur (Maelin Rose) Crisis intervention training for SCPD (Kathy Damian) UC pressured to cap non-resident students (Keith Rozendal) First female Chancellor to lead UC Berkeley (Keith Rozendal) More online at kzsc.org
KZSC News ~ 2017 03 16
March 16, 2017 15:00 - 9 minutes - 23.4 MBKZSC News ~ 2017 03 16 Oil co. lawsuits challenge Monterey's Measure Z (Kathy Damian) Return of pelagic red crabs in Monterey (Maelin Rose) Russian Pussy Riot Theatre comes to Santa Cruz (John Malkin) Monterey Sherriff "will not assist in immigration raids" (Ty Goering) SC METRO cuts service, and goes electric in 2017 (Keith Rozendal) Food Not Bombs dispute with SC Post Office (Hannah Whelan) Students for Justice in Palestine mock checkpoints at UCSC (Kavya Aswadhati) CalTrans...
KZSC News ~ 2017 03 09
March 09, 2017 16:00 - 10 minutes - 24.1 MBKZSC News ~ 2017 03 09 CPR Saves Santa Cruz surfer from seizure (John Malkin) Failure of automatic alerts in San Jose flood (Kathy Damian) Good news from the Sierra snowpack survey (Keith Rozendal) Lapis Lustre Sand Mine ordered closed (Ty Goering) International Women's Day strike and demonstrations (Sydney Fishman) New UC immunization policy (Maelin Rose) DHS/HSI agent to be ousted from SCPD (John Malkin) Monterey juvenile hall project short $6 million (Kathy Damian) 5-stor...
KZSC News ~ 02 March 2017
March 02, 2017 16:00 - 10 minutes - 23.8 MBKZSC News - 02 March 2017 California DREAMers not taking student aid (Ty Goering) Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Hwy 1 to be replaced (Kathy Damian) Prop 57 spurs reviews for juveniles tried as adults in SC (Daniel Wootan) John Steinbeck's 115th in Salinas (Maelin Rose) Watsonville's Granite Construction to bid on border wall (Kathy Damian) SC Police: DHS/ICE "betrayed our community's trust" (Kavya Aswadhati; Morgan Corona) Community responds to SCPD's statements (John Malkin) Sant...
KZSC News ~ 2017/02/22
February 23, 2017 16:00 - 10 minutes - 24.3 MBKZSC News - 22 February 2017 Recent Storm Damage (Quinn Edmondson; Rizal Aliga; Francis Mauer) SCPD not charged for killing Sean Arlt (John Malkin) ICE agents routinely pretend to be local police (Annarose Leff) The "Day Without Immigrants" (Kathy Damian) 75 yrs after the internment of Japanese-Americans (Kavya Aswadhati) Homeopathic remedy a serious risk to kids (Sydney Fishman) Man Found Dead in San Lorenzo River (Jennifer Arriaga) Santa Cruz Vets 4 Vets (Maelin Rose) More ...
KZSC News ~ 2017/02/16
February 16, 2017 18:45 - 10 minutes - 24.7 MBKZSC News - 16 February 2017 "Free Meth" Hoax (Frances Maurer) Parks Master Plan & the Pogonip (Jeannie Santos) Santa Cruz Public Library Vet Center Opens (Kathia Damian) DHS/SCPD Arrests on Monday (Ty Goering; KZSC News) Student Mental Health at UCSC (Maelin Rose) Crochet Coral Reef @ Porter Sesnon Gallery (Jennifer Arriaga) UCSC declared a sanctuary campus (Harrison Trussell) Stand w/ Planned Parenthood Santa Cruz rally (Morgan Corona; Kavya Aswadhati) More online at kzsc.org