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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 this guy in the black helicopter? Theme song: Bossa d'Automne by Thiaz Itch

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 Santa Cruz and to find her place in her new adoptive country.

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 south county CAB project coordinating legal services, policy advocacy, education and outreach, and essential services to the immigrant community. In this interview, they talk about the work of CAB, about what they see as challenges facing immigrant families and students in our county, and about the new Thriving Immigrants Initiative.

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.

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 to hit No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist and an instrumentalist. Lani Hall is a Grammy-winning singer and composer in her own right. She was the lead singer of Brasil ’66 from 1966 until 1971 and is also known singing the title song to the James Bond film "Never Say Never Again".  The duo, who have been married since 1974, kick off their tour here in Santa Cruz on Saturday, September 15th, at the Rio Theatre, brought to you by long-time KZSC sponsor, Kuumbwa Jazz.

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). In this conversational interview with Dr. Talcott, we discuss the most explosive news of the week, which includes the Paul Manafort conviction, the guilty plea of Michael Cohen, and the stunning refusal of the GOP to hold 45 accountable.

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, and why engaging with historical memory in his book was necessary for telling a contemporary story about urban Native life.

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 internal capacity to heal and transform our everyday lives.

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 youth, the specific challenges facing LGBTQ homeless youth, the role of gentrification in exacerbating precarious conditions, and how the state of California needs to better address this crisis.

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 scholars believe to have been a highly powerful wizard of The Before Times who hid many treasures here, guarded by ancient magic. Will the callers help the party solve maniacal riddles and avoid traps in their not-so-trivial pursuit of treasure? Theme song: Bossa d'Automne by Thiaz Itch

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 whether to make prudent or passionate choices, and reflect on what a "choice point" really meant for a woman in the 1930s. Theme song: Bossa d'Automne by Thiaz Itch

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

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.

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.

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.

Headlines: Ventura’s Thomas fire Story: Dan Rather addresses the AGU Fall Meeting More at newsfromoutdoors.org

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.

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!

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 at Brown Girl Surf, is an avid surfer who has competed in national surf contests in her home country, the Dominican Republic. Her experiences as a female surfer in the Dominican Republic and as a Latina in the U.S. fuel her dedication to empowering women of color through outdoor recreation.

An expert in Latino and Mexican politics, Dr. Adrian Félix offers his analysis of the July 2018 Mexican Presidential election as well as the state of US-Mexico political relations. Formerly of UC Santa Cruz's Latin American and Latino Studies department, he joins the Ethnic Studies faculty of UC Riverside in Fall 2018.