Host Mathilde Rand welcomes Nancy Ellen Abrams. Nancy Abrams’ modest goal is a beautiful, meaningful, accessible, and accurate version of the new human story emerging from the sciences, especially from cosmology and evolutionary biology, because such a story could bypass religions and unify us humans enough to cooperate worldwide against climate change. She is a […]

Ziggy Rendler-Bregman shares her poetry and visual arts with host Mathilde Rand and talks about the wonders and joy of self-publishing her work in collaboration with many local Santa Cruzans. Contact info: [email protected] Website: ziggyrendlerbregman.com What a difference a comma can make!

Stoney V Godet joins host Mathilde Rand to discuss the Autism Family Network.  Listen to the reason for the network and the activities and events the Network is organizing. Communiverse event, May 20, 2023 from 10-3 at the San Andreas Regional Center, 1110 Main St, Watsonville Other events, see the website. Website: autismfnsc.org Emails: [email protected] […]

Jo Kenny talks with host Mathilde Rand about Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: programs, support, Big Basin Bloom, fire, floods, Imagining Big Basin and Seacliff Parks, and special programs. Contact info: Website: ThatsMyPark.org Jo Kenny: [email protected] Volunteer opportunities: Lauren@ThatsMyPark Phone Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks: 831-429-1840 Photo: Big Basin Violets courtesy of Friends […]

  Liz Pollock joins host Mathilde Rand to discuss her book Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County, cocktails, mocktails and the exhibit of rare “kitchen appliance instruction manuals.” Location of exhibit: The Book Club of California, 312 Sutter Street, Suite 500, San Francisco Exhibit open April 3 – June 30, 2023 Contact info for Liz: [email protected]

Andrew Purchin and Ed Weingold join host Mathilde Rand in a conversation about the Project What’s Home? Creative Listening Across Differences. Contact: Whatshome.org Once in a lifetime event: April 15, 7 PM at the 418 Project, 155 River St Santa Cruz The new artworks and short documentary clips will be exhibited 4/13 – 5/7 at […]

Hilary Davidson joins host Mathilde Rand to discuss filmmaking, live in Santa Cruz, working with youth, and the work on her first feature-length film, Twenty. Contact: [email protected] Campaign thru 3/18 at seedandspark.com/fund/twenty  

Kris Demond joins host Mathilde Rand to talk about the Santa Cruz County Grand Jury. Have you ever wondered what a Grand Jury does? Have you ever considered to be on a Grand Jury? Kris will have those answers and much more on Exploring Santa Cruz. For all your questions: [email protected] Or check the website […]

Gillian Greensite and John Hall discuss saving heritage trees on Lot 4 in Santa Cruz. All of the trees are slated to be removed to make way for the new mixed-use project. Gillian and John discuss the ill-fated results of removing all trees and propose saving some trees. More Info: https://scruzclimate.org/tree-cutting/  

Gale Farthing, Denise Ward, and host discuss Our Community Reads, a program of the Friends of the Aptos Library, in which the communityselects a book and comes together for a series of related events. These events are presented inassociation with 4 other Friends of the Library chapters.