KZSC Santa Cruz

Dr. Melissa Guzman-Garcia, Assistant Professor of Latino/a Studies at San Francisco State University, discusses being a women of color/Latina faculty member in academia, about mentoring, and about her research on migration and religion.

Headlines: Mauna Kea Protection, Government Shutdown Impact on Food Assistance, Mount Tamalpais Environmental Takeover, Golf Ball Ocean Impacts, Anchovy Conservation, Santa Cruz Homeless Camp, Santa Cruz Bike Commuting Stories: Santa Cruz Waste Management, The Natural History of Where You Live pt. 2 More at newsfromoutdoors.bandcamp.com

DJ Maladroit is joined by Erika Staud of On The Spot. They discuss SOPHIE, music production, and food.   Created by Dustin Lennin Choto

Headlines: Groups vow to fight Rollback of Clean Water Protections  Stories: 2018 Wildfire Season, UN Climate Summit; Search and Rescue at the Camp wildfire in Butte County. More at newsfromoutdoors.bandcamp.com

Dan Woo dissects the heartless and brainless arguments of those in the market-rate theologian class. To those who say, 'can't afford it? GET OUT!" Dan Woo appreciates your opinion...but...

DJ Maladroit is joined by Aadam Mohammad from On the Spot to talk about the Sonic the Hedgehog video games.   Created by: Dustin Lennin Choto

On this episode of Half Hour Lunch Break, student artist Lizzy Choi talks favorite Smash Bros. characters, their art process, and Lust vs. Love.  Follow Lizzy on IG: @queeryellowtears Created by: Dustin Lennin Choto

Originally aired on Transformation Highway on August 24, 2017, this interview with Jackie Sue Powell, certified yoga instructor in Santa Cruz, California is about global yoga, social justice 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 learni...

For this first episode of Half Hour Lunch Break, DJ Maladroit interviews City on a Hill Press's Co-Editor-in-Chief Laretta Johnson. They talk about eggs, corn, and bad first dates.  Half Hour Lunch Break is a podcast where UCSC students come on and talk about whatever is on our DJ's mind. Created by: Dustin Lennin Choto

An interview with UC Santa Cruz Professor Micah Parks of Literature about her new book True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape (2018, Outpost 19). We discussed her unique upbringing living in a log cabin on a commune and how that sparked her creativity and love of reading and about the writing of her latest book.

An interview with Dr. Theresa Montaño , Vice-President of the California Teachers Association (CTA) about the unprecedented Los Angeles Unified School District strike . Dr. Montaño has an extensive teaching career at all levels of education in California public schools. Now a professor of Chicana/Chicano Studies with an emphasis in education at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Dr. M...

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....

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 W...

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...

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 suppo...

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 an...

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, experimenta...