Kzsc Fm On-demand

An 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 Sheriff Joe Arpaoi of Phoenix.

An 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 garner a renewed commitment to addressing global climate change.

An 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 for these speakers.

We 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.

Originally 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.

An 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 the village of Kivalina against 24 fossil fuel companies, which was recently dismissed.

An 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 means to them.

An 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 the UCSC American Indian Resource Center committed to broadening the discourse of sustainability. Dr. Rosser also discussed indigenous cultural representations through art, including the challenges facing Native artists within an art market that has a limited image of who makes up indigenous communities.  we also discussed the  troubling statistics regarding the incarceration rate of Native peoples, and her plans for the upcoming academic year with the center.

An 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.

An 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-being of social justice activists.  

The 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 Records offers a vast array of songs with the help of many Bay Area musicians and friends. You'll hear Kaufman share clips from the upcoming album and tell the stories behind them. It's been a long time coming, but is well worth the wait.

Justin 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 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 parade and Dyke/Trans March this weekend (Ty Goering/Closet Free Radio) California Democrats split on 'single-payer' health insurance bill (Ty Goering) More online at kzsc.org

KZSC 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) State Senate committee halts 5G Wireless Bill (Suzanne Potter/CA News Service) More online at kzsc.org

KZSC 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 sand mine to submit to regulation (Neroli Devaney) Santa Cruz regs target protest sleepers at City Hall, passed without Council debate (John Malkin) More online at kzsc.org

KZSC 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) More online at kzsc.org

KZSC 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 Devaney) More online at kzsc.org

Transformation 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, and Nancy Parks, local healer and community organizer.    

KZSC 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 program (Rizal Aliga) Chris Krohn discusses Santa Cruz City Council actions (John Malkin) Public meeting to discuss hotel proposal near the Santa Cruz Harbor (Maelin Rose) More online at kzsc.org

KZSC 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 investigated in south Santa Cruz county (Daniel Wootan) More online at kzsc.org