Latest Santacruz Podcast Episodes

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small talk: w/ adib sin

KZSC Santa Cruz - November 19, 2018 20:08 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Dustin (DJ Maladroit) recently got to sit down with electronic dream-pop artist Adib Sin. They talk about his time working at a ramen shop, Miyazaki films, and their love for music featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog games.

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Audience Adventure Radio Hour - Interview with Demian Katz

KZSC Santa Cruz - November 07, 2018 01:48 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Bennett interviews Groom of the Tomb author, gamebook collector, and bibliographer Demian Katz. Demian describes how he got his start collecting and the origins of gamebooks.org, the definitive bibliography of interactive fiction. Tales of rare finds and the collector's frenzy that literally thr...

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Unquestionable: Monterey, Santa Cruz elections

KZSC Santa Cruz - November 06, 2018 00:48 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Santa Cruz City School Board candidates debate before Tuesday's Election. Public Water Now from Monterey County talks with Dan Woo about the prospects for a public water takeover on the Monterey Peninsula from privately-owned California American Water.

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Audience Adventure Radio Hour - Zombpocalypse (2018.11.1)

KZSC Santa Cruz - November 04, 2018 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Zombpocalypse by Matt Youngmark

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Unquestionable: Measure J (Monterey County), Democratic Future, Measure M

KZSC Santa Cruz - October 30, 2018 19:44 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
This episode explores Monterey County's water company buyout ballot measure. Dan Woo also shares his elated, but conflicted, view of a democratic party in civil conflict...and of course new developments on Measure M.

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To Be Or Not To Be (2018.9.28)

KZSC Santa Cruz - October 26, 2018 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
The gang plays To Be Or Not To Be by Ryan North, a spectacularly successfully Kickstarted branching narrative adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Zach calls in from "the good Ferrell's Donuts" (respectfully disagree). Hear don give the 'ultimate sigh' as emo Hamlet. Ophelia is really into plumb...

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Groom of the Tomb Pt. 2 (2018.9.21)

KZSC Santa Cruz - October 24, 2018 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
The gang returns to Groom of the Tomb by Demain Katz, a tribute to the melodramatic dime novels The Bride of the Tomb. Hearts ache, tears flow, new love is spurned! The ponies you ordered last episode have arrived. Bennett calls out the listeners until they pick up the phone, and our opiated pro...

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Unquestionable: Drew Glover

KZSC Santa Cruz - October 22, 2018 20:42 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Drew Glover, longtime Santa Cruz resident talks about his second run for city council, and the issues he is running on! Dan Woo runs down a bit of his Mail-in ballot to guide the conversation.

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Unquestionable

KZSC Santa Cruz - October 16, 2018 23:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
A dissection of Prop 10, a bill that enters a scene of sky-rocketing housing costs, would allow California communities to enact across the board rent control rather than laws affecting just half the population. A caller gets several minutes of airtime and finds both common and uncommon ground wi...

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Audience Adventure Radio Hour - Groom of the Tomb pt. 1 (2018.9.7)

KZSC Santa Cruz - October 05, 2018 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
The gang plays Groom of the Tomb by Demain Katz, a book that combines  his love of melodramatic dime novels with his extensive gamebook knowledge. Our very sad very rich protagonist can hardly drag himself out of his palatial hotel room after the death of his bride to be. We unlock keys and fai...

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Audience Adventure Radio Hour - Thrusts of Justice pt. 2 (2018.8.31)

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 27, 2018 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Part 2 of Thrusts of Justice by Matt Youngmark. The gang continues to get to know their super powered battle armor. We take a side trip to an undersea cave and get drunk on ancient pirate rum. Save yourself or your mysterious new friend? Tad and Bennett discuss their least favorite ways to die. ...

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Audience Adventure Radio Hour - Thrusts of Justice pt. 1 (2018.8.17)

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 25, 2018 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
The gang plays Thrusts of Justice by Matt Youngmark. Your online journalism career is flailing - you jump at the chance to become the superhero you always admired! A little kid calls in and has pragmatic recommendations. Will that nosy neighbor ruin our chance to save the world? And can we trust...

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Voces Críticas ~ Reyna Grande Sept 20 2018

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 24, 2018 22:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Award-winning author and UC Santa Cruz alumna Reyna Grande discusses her new memoir A Dream Called Home (2018). A Dream Called Home is her follow-up memoir to The Distance Between Us. This new memoir tells the story of her pursuit to become the first in her family to earn a college degree at UC ...

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Voces Críticas ~ MariaElena De La Garza & Paulina Moreno Sept 13 2018

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 24, 2018 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
MariaElena De La Garza is currently the Executive Director of the Community Action Board (CAB) of Santa Cruz County and recipient of the 2018 UC Santa Cruz’s Tony Hill award for her work as a community leader. Paulina Moreno is the Project Director of the Thriving Immigrants Initiative a new sou...

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Unquestionable: Howard Penn Interview

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 20, 2018 00:30 - 47 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Howard Penn, Executive Director of the Planning and Conservation League alerts listeners to the expiration of the Land And Water Conservation Fund on September 30, barring congressional action. Host Dan Woo steers the conversation.

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KZSC Interviews: Herb Alpert & Lani Hall

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 14, 2018 18:08 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
LC of Not So Distant Relatives' interviewed Herb Alpert and Lani Hall about  “Herb Alpert Re-imagines the Tijuana Brass”.  Alpert is an iconic trumpet player and the co-founder of A&M Records. He also is a composer, sculptor, and philanthropist. He has won nine Grammys and is the only artist ...

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Voces Críticas ~ Molly Talcott Aug 23 2018

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 13, 2018 19:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Dr. Molly Talcott is an Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Los Angeles, Associate Vice President of the California Faculty Association (the largest higher education faculty union in the US), and the co-founder of LUCI (the Los Angeles Union Cooperative Initiative). ...

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Voces Críticas ~ Tommy Orange Aug 30 2018

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 13, 2018 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this interview with author Tommy Orange (enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma), Orange discusses his highly acclaimed debut novel There There. Orange talks about how he conceptualized his novel, his views on the limited representation of Native life in literature, a...

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Voces Críticas ~ Liz Philipose Aug 16 2018

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 12, 2018 19:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
An interview with Dr. Liz Philipose about spirituality and politics. Dr. Philipose studies and teaches for transformation as a former professor of women’s studies and global politics. In this interview, Dr. Philipose discusses how the social world creates separation between us and about our inte...

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Voces Críticas ~ Cindy Cruz Aug 2 2018

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 12, 2018 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Dr. Cindy Cruz of UC Santa Cruz's Education Department discusses her research focused on LGBTQ street youth narratives and experiences, including homeless queer and trans-youth in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Cruz addresses how she has come to understand the survival strategies of LGBTQ homeless...

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Audience Adventure Radio Hour - Cube of the Elder Souls (2018.7.27)

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 11, 2018 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Tad is game master on an original role playing quest! Rana (Elizabeth Swensen), Pebble (Rebecca), Benetos and Banjo the bear set out to scour the wastelands of the Yester Zone for artifacts from The Before Times. This episode finds our party deep in the ruined Temple of Milton Hasbro, who scho...

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Audience Adventure Radio Hour - Time Travel Dinosaur (2018.8.3)

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 07, 2018 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
The gang plays Time Travel Dinosaur by Matt Youngmark. T-Rex hijinks and good-dog deeds ensue! Plus Hesi and Juan from Team Nahual call in and talk about their new game Juanito el Nahualito. Theme song: Bossa d'Automne by Thiaz Itch

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Audience Adventure Radio Hour - Consider the Consequences (2018.7.6)

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 07, 2018 09:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Special guests James Ryan and Nina play Consider the Consequences by Doris Webster and Mary Alden Hopkins. The book is from 1930 and is the first known commercial publication of a branching narrative fiction novel. Each story spans the entire life of a character and the gang and callers decide w...

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Unquestionable (Ep 10)

KZSC Santa Cruz - September 02, 2018 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Homeless services activist Brent Adams talks about his work to keep the houseless warm in the winter, and how he came to be devoted to this cause.

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Talkabout: Rent Control City of Santa Cruz (pt. 1)

KZSC Santa Cruz - August 31, 2018 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
A rent control discussion moderated by Talkabout guest host Dan Woo. Zav Hershfield, of the Movement For Housing Justice, and Keshav Kumar, speaking for Santa Cruz Together, talk about  Measure M  on the November ballot for the City of Santa Cruz. Part 1 of 2 programs on this issue.

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Talkabout: Rent Control City of Santa Cruz (pt. 2)

KZSC Santa Cruz - August 31, 2018 12:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
A rent control discussion moderated by Talkabout guest host Dan Woo. Stacy Falls, of the Movement For Housing Justice, and Mark Primack, former Santa Cruz Mayor/Local Architect, speak about  Measure M  on the November ballot for the City of Santa Cruz. Part 2 of 2 programs on this issue.

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This Just in from Outdoors ~ 22 Dec 2017

KZSC Santa Cruz - August 30, 2018 18:40 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Headlines: Ventura’s Thomas fire Story: Dan Rather addresses the AGU Fall Meeting More at newsfromoutdoors.org

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Unquestionable (Ep. 9)

KZSC Santa Cruz - August 21, 2018 21:41 - 51 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Dan Woo talks with Ryan Coonerty about the Evolution of Santa Cruz and the currently proposed solutions to the housing crisis, including a $140 million housing initiative on the county ballot in November 2018.

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Unquestionable (Ep 8)

KZSC Santa Cruz - August 18, 2018 19:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Cannabis Club TV founder Danny Keith and your host Dan Woo dive into the rapidly changing commercial landscape of legal (and not so legal) marijuana in California!

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Voces Críticas ~ Marley Reynosa June 14 2018

KZSC Santa Cruz - August 02, 2018 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratings
Brown Girl Surf is an organization committed to diversifying the surf sport by training and mentoring girls of color from the Bay Area through their programs in the water (including summer camps), and programs out of the water. Marley Reynosa, Program and Events Manager and Lead Surf Instructor ...

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