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Monterey Peninsula Water Management District is set to buy out private water company California American Water (Cal-Am). District General Manager Dave Stoldt breaks down the details of his agency's task for listeners with Dan Woo.

DJ Maladroit sits down with video essayist Jack Saint / LackingSaint. They discuss Jack's inspirations, the current socio-political atmosphere, and Mexican food.   Created by: Dustin Lennin Choto

This time Dj Maladroit is joined by Ashley of the YouTube channel "Trash Theory." They discuss Weezer, Lil Uzi Vert, favorite Simpsons character and more.   Created by: Dustin Lennin Choto

Dr. Ranita Ray, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas discusses her book, The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City (University of California Press, 2017). Ray's book challenges common views that targeting “risk behaviors” among youth such as drugs, gangs, violence, and teen parenthood is key to breaking the cycle of poverty. Dr. Ray is an ethnographer specializing in women of color feminisms, children and youth, urban inequalities, and education and policing.

An interview with Dr. Barbara Sutton, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department from the University at Albany and author of Surviving State Terror: Women’s Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina (New York University Press, 2018).

An interview with Gabriel Medina, Assistant Program Director and Digital Arts and Technology Manager at Digital NEST (Nurturing Entrepreneurial Skills with Technology), as well as an Adjunct Professor in Digital Media at Cabrillo College about nurturing creativity and artistry in Watsonville, the pros/cons of exposing young people early to technology, and about his upbringing in Watsonville.

An interview with Carol Garcia, Program Coordinator of UCSC’s People of Color Sustainability Collective (PoCSC) about creating an inclusive sustainability movement and the necessity for having students of color in leadership roles. As the granddaughter of migrant workers, we also addressed the health issues facing farmworkers in the Salinas area.

This interview is about the role of community collaborations in art projects. Part 1 of this interview is with Robin Treen, Special Projects Coordinator at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA) and Donna Conwell, Associate Curator at the Montalvo Arts Center is about the New Terrains project organized by SJMA and the artist residency at Montalvo Arts Center. Part 2 of this interview is with Agustina Woodgate and Stephanie Sherman of RadioEE.net, a nomadic, online, translingual radio station that hosts 24-hr broadcast events about mobility and movement.

Dr. Michelle Téllez is an Assistant Professor of Mexican American Studies at the University of Arizona. For 20 years, Dr. Téllez has been committed to exploring shared human experiences and advancing social justice. An interdisciplinary scholar trained in sociology, Chicana/o studies, community studies and education, her work seeks to uncover stories of identity, transnational community formation, gendered migration, resistance, and Chicana mothering. We discussed the changing face of Arizona politics, community-based social justice movements, and how to find joy in times of distress.

Defenders Of Wildlife Southwest Program Director, Bryan Bird sounds the alarm about the environmental harm a southern border will cause to plants, animals, and yes, to humans.

KZSC's DJ Maladroit (Dustin) sits down with Vanessa Silberman & Carissa Johnson to talk musical influences, encounters with strangers, and favorite vegan treats.   Follow DJ Maladroit: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2StwCSf Instagram: @pacific.recursion

Alexandra Moore, PhD candidate in Visual Studies and the Curatorial Fellow at the Institute of Arts and Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, studies contemporary global art with a focus on works by African and European artists that critically engage the geographies produced by colonialism. In this interview, we discussed her previous work as the Executive Director of Breaking Ground, a nonprofit that supports community-initiated development projects in Cameroon, and the Forest Law exhibit being shown at the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery until Dec. 1, 2018.

Elise Granata and Helen Aldana of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, also known as the MAH, talk about the active role a museum can have in a local community. Elise, the MAH’s Community Manager, discusses the re-structuring of the MAH's mission and being the founder of the participatory, time­-based social experience called POWER HOUR. Elise, the MAH’s Intercultural Programs Coordinator and a graduate of UC Santa Cruz, talks about her various new collaboration efforts, including building connections to Watsonville.

An interview with Dr. Macarena Gómez-Barris, Chair of Social Science and Cultural Studies at Pratt Institute about her research on the harm of extractivism on Indigenous territories in the Americas. She writes and teaches on social and cultural theory, decolonial thought, racial and extractive capitalism, social movements, queer and submerged perspectives, critical Indigenous studies, experimental film, and social / environmental transformation. She is the author of books about state violence in Chile, about indigenous struggles against extractive capitalism and more recently, about art and the pink tide in Latin America. We discussed various aspects of her research, specifically the areas focused on indigenous struggles against extractive capital.

Experienced geriatrician and author, Dr. Anne Kenny and host Dan Woo dissect their experiences of caring for elder relatives, through the lens of Kenny's book Making Tough Decisions about End-of-Life Care in Dementia. 2nd segment: Info on the future of tenant protections in Santa Cruz. Theme music: "1978" by Do Make Say Think, and "Mirrors" by Homebrew (homebrewsantacruz.bandcamp.com)

Dr. Susan J. Noonan and Jon McGee enlighten host Dan Woo on their books: Take Control of Your Depression, and Dear Parents: A Field Guide For College Preparation theme music: "1978" by Do Make Say Think and "Mirrors" by Homebrew (homebrewsantacruz.bandcamp.com)

Dustin (DJ Maladroit) got to sit down with hip-hop beat maker Guala Beatz. They discuss Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, video game nostalgia, and more.

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.

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 threatened to collapse his house! Demian has since donated his collection to Special Collections at UC Santa Barbara for safekeeping and future scholarship. A librarian himself, he discusses gamebooks' interdisciplinary place amongst literary history, computer science, game design, and their cousin in pop publishing, the cheap, mass produced melodramatic blockbuster "dime novels" of the late 19th century. Plus hope in the rediscovery of gamebooks in the Twitch era and the authors of today! A few of Demian's gamebook recommendations: Life's Lottery Fabled Lands series Lone WolfLost Worlds (novel game systems) Combat Heroes (novel game systems) Steam Higwayman Treasure Hunt (early example of the form)

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.