Monterey Bay Today from KAZU is your daily local news update for Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. Our local newscasts are supplemented with feature stories, interviews, and occasional in-studio performances from local musicians. For more, visit us at www.kazu.org.
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Podcast for weekly mail magazine! Kazue introduces one Japanese proverb a week! Also talks about some little news of Japan.
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Welcome to the Avifah podcast, where amazing things happen.
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People often ask if we know where our children are, but perhaps it is our parents who are unaccounted for! Grab a forty (or the stimulant of your choice), and join iconoclast social workers Kazu Jumanji and Dickie Don as they document American cultural decadence, spiritual malaise, and the erosion of our social norms and political institutions through a balanced fusion of candid ribaldry and insightful inquiry, as well as attempt to answer the essential question of our age: “Where are these ...
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Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
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Green Dreamer with kaméa chayne explores our paths to collective healing, biocultural revitalization, and true abundance and wellness *for all*. Curious to unravel the dominant narratives that stunt our imaginations and called to spark radical dreaming of what could be, we share conversations with an ever-expanding range of thought leaders — each inspiring us to deepen and broaden our awareness in their own ways. www.greendreamer.com
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A weekly comics interview podcast hosted by David Harper of SKTCHD that gets the story behind the stories and creators we love, as well as the broader comic book industry. Website: SKTCHD.com Patreon: Patreon.com/OffPanel Twitter & Instagram: @slicedfriedgold/@SKTCHDcomic Email: [email protected]
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The How to Train a Happy Mind podcast brings meditation to modern people hungry for happy, meaningful lives. Each week, host Scott Snibbe and his guests share powerful mind training techniques that go beyond mindfulness to harness our intelligence, emotions, and imagination. Learn how to build a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world through a secular approach to meditation that is based on modern science and psychology, yet grounded in the authentic thousand-year old Tibet ...
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ChangeMaking Connections is a monthly podcast exploring the journeys of change leaders striving for deep societal transformations. Hosted by Beth Berila, this show delves into the intricacies of sparking change, from personal evolutions to communal shifts. Here, we celebrate the challenges, triumphs, strategies, and possibilities that spring from a life dedicated to social justice. Join us in connecting with experts across various fields as we unpack the mechanisms of initiating meaningful c ...
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Welcome to 2Footsteps podcast. We tell stories about discovering new places, countries and cities. Discovering ideas and concepts. Discovering past, present and future. Discovery of the mysteries of the mind. And sometimes, its about discovering and finding yourself.
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We are a podcast dedicated to exploring the unbridled aesthetic wonders and cultural idiosyncrasies of Japan’s national cinema. Our aim is to cover everything from the lauded classics like Ozu and Mizoguchi, to the cult favourites such as Tsukamoto and Suzuki, all the way up to the contemporary gems like Sono and Miike. Join us as we deconstruct what make Japan’s cinema unlike any other, one film at a time.
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Podcast by Marko & Zeka
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How can our social movement spaces create more opportunities for our internal transformation while we work for external change? Hosted by leadership coach Jeremy Blanchard, Wider Roots brings together wisdom teachers, coaches, and leaders who are wrestling with questions about how to bridge personal and systemic transformation. This show is for coaches, facilitators, and healers who want to explore approaches to personal growth that focus more on the well-being of the collective, instead of ...
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Kazu Haga: Building "Beloved Community" and becoming healers of collective trauma
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44:13How does sensing into our zones of stretch, comfort, and panic help us to expand our capacities for love and nonviolence — in their more radical iterations? Where might accountability come from in a world that seems to reward behaviors that are extractive, exploitative, and narcissistic? Our latest conversation features Kazu Haga, the author of Fie…
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Off Panel #501: Why We Love Comics with Kazu Kibuishi, Ryan North, and Lucy Knisley
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45:50In this week's road show episode of Off Panel, cartoonist Kazu Kibuishi, writer Ryan North, and cartoonist Lucy Knisley join the show to talk about why they love comics so much, albeit in individual segments. Up first, Kibuishi discusses the original appeal of comics, what stood out about the medium, comic strips and picture books, his reader self …
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New exhibit combines art and climate science, Monterey courts international visitors
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1:44UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences opens its "Weather and the Whale" exhibit. And, after noticing fewer Canadians coming to town, See Monterey seeks visitors from Asia, the United Kingdom and other parts of the world.By Erin Malsbury
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Santa Cruz gets funding for behavioral health center, June could bring extra fire danger
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1:45The City of Santa Cruz is getting $30 million for a new behavioral health treatment center. And, the National Weather Service warns that June could bring above average fire danger to California.By Elena Neale-Sacks
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Conservation districts look for state funding as federal grants are cancelled, and it's Santa Cruz Pride Week
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1:38In today's newscast, as federal funding opportunities slip away for small-scale farmers, local conservation districts are trying to find money elsewhere—primarily, from the State of California. And, it’s Pride Week in the City of Santa Cruz.By Elena Neale-Sacks
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Santa Cruz city council gets to work on new budget, more verification for community college applicants
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1:43In today's newscast, the Santa Cruz City Council begins work on a $532 million budget, in the face of massive funding cuts from the Trump administration. Plus, bots are applying to community colleges in California—and getting in, allowing scammers to collect millions in student aid.By Scott Cohn
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5-Minute Breath Awareness Meditation with Larry Ward #191
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6:48Dr. Larry Ward—student of Thich Nhat Hanh and author of America's Racial Karma—leads a short but powerful breath awareness meditation. Episode 191: 5-Minute Breath Awareness Meditation From August 28 to 31, Scott Snibbe is leading an in-person meditation retreat at Vajrapani Institute. We’ll explore antidotes to anxiety, fear, and loneliness—and cu…
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As fields brim with fruit, food insecurity persists for Central Coast farmworkers
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4:10Agriculture is a nearly $60 billion industry in the state, but many local farmworkers rely on food donations to feed their families.By Katie Brown, Eduardo Gonzalez-Torres
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Watsonville gets affordable housing, budget cuts could affect foster family services
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1:45In today's newscast, Watsonville gets new affordable housing units, and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal could put foster family services in danger.By Ngozi Cole
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Dashboard shows Moss Landing fire testing, San Benito County considers affordable housing
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1:46A new dashboard combines data about the Moss Landing Vistra fire from multiple agencies into one interactive map. And, San Benito County explores new affordable housing options.By Elena Neale-Sacks, Ngozi Cole
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Call to eliminate ‘climate distraction’ in the military stymies research at Monterey’s Naval Postgraduate School, sources say
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1:34In today's newscast, a special report on climate research at Monterey's Naval Postgraduate School.By Elena Neale-Sacks
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Monterey Bay broadband summit prompts discussion on digital equity amid federal funding freeze
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1:41In today's newscast, federal funds to support broadband services continue to dwindle. And, an update on an attack at a fertility clinic in Southern California.By Katie Brown
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Being (y)our Authentic Selves: Countering Anti-Trans Attacks & Supporting Trans Communities with Teo Drake & Alex Kapitan
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59:33Trans communities are being targeted in deeply inhumane ways in this cultural moment. How did we get here and what can we do to support trans communities? In this powerful and timely episode, Teo Drake and Alex Kapitan offer insightful context for how, when, and why the current attack on Transgender communities arose. They trouble the disinformatio…
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Healing America's Racial Karma—Larry Ward #190
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53:15Scott talks with Dr. Larry Ward, a student of Thich Nhat Hanh, and author of America's Racial Karma. His book is about how we heal from the trauma of racism, not just as a society, but in our own minds and bodies. In our conversation, Dr. Ward shares a profound truth: racism is a fiction, but one with very real consequences, and it lives not only i…
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Salinas Union district gets community schools grant, 125 years of protecting redwoods
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1:45In today's newscast, the Salinas Union High School District will use a $15 million state grant to expand community schools programs such as literacy classes, trainings for parents or whatever individual schools decide would serve families. And, the Sempervirens Fund celebrates 125 years of protecting redwood forests.…
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Off Panel #500: The Hologram Anniversary with Brandon Burpee
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1:42:06In the landmark, hologram-covered 500th episode of Off Panel, my pal Brandon Burpee returns to the show to hand out some awards and to answer questions from friends of the podcast. We discuss favorites and surprises from the first 500 episodes, the comics that aged the best and worst from the past decade, comic book crushes, advice for our previous…
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Medi-Cal changes would strain local healthcare, Salinas moves to repeal renter protections
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1:39A Monterey County Health Department spokesperson says Governor Newsom's proposal to freeze Medi-Cal benefits for undocumented immigrants would hurt 43,000 residents. And, the Salinas city council moves to repeal four new tenant protection and rent stabilization laws that took effect in January, after backlash from developers and landlords.…
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California senator pushes 'Housing for All Act,' 6 Monterey Bay area recipients of Prop 1 funds
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1:53In today's newscast, California's senior Senator, Alex Padilla, D-CA, has reintroduced a bill to invest in housing solutions. And, several Monterey Bay area groups and local governments are receiving grants in the first round of a behavioral health infrastructure program funded by last year's Proposition 1.…
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Monterey Supervisors question PG&E plans to restart plant, Santa Cruz teen organizes rally
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1:41In today's newscast, a Monterey supervisor says weak California laws allow PG&E to propose a June 1 reopening despite not submitting a new fire emergency plan. And, a middle schooler in Santa Cruz has organized this evening's We Will Not Be Erased march.By Katie Brown
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The Interdependent Self - Guided Meditation #43 [rebroadcast]
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44:17Who am I? From the Buddhist perspective, there’s a systematic way of asking this question of who you are in the form of a meditation on the ultimate nature of the self, or "emptiness." This meditation is said to be the strongest antidote to our disturbing states of mind and a cause for greater self-awareness, happiness, and connection with others. …
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Abby Reyes: Engaging ‘the slow work’ in the face of urgency and crises
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46:59In 1999, Terence Unity Freitas, the partner of our guest today, along with two other Indigenous activists Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa and Lahe’ena’e Gay, were murdered in Colombia after they left the U’wa territory, where they were visiting to support the Indigenous U’wa community. Now, in one of her first interviews about her new book, Truth Deman…
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Watsonville rail trail meetings, federal approval needed for state health coverage expansion
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1:38In today's newscast, multiple meetings about sections of the Coastal Rail Trail aiming to connect residents throughout Santa Cruz County are happening in Watsonville. And, California voters passed two laws to expand certain health insurance coverage plans to include in vitro fertilization and hearing aids for children. Now, the state needs approval…
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Off Panel #499: Giallo-wood with Alejandro Arbona
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1:18:00Writer/editor Alejandro Arbona joins the show to talk about his shift towards writing and his upcoming Kickstarter for his new graphic novel Lake Yellowwood Slaughter. Arbona discusses how he views himself these days, shifting how he's perceived, navigating the current publisher landscape, how he decides which projects to take on, the big things he…
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A warning for green card holders, new post-fire soil testing in Monterey County
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1:43In today's newscast, an immigration lawyer who helped a Santa Cruz woman return home after being detained cautions others about travel. And, Monterey County is conducting new environmental tests nearly four months after the fire at a Moss Landing battery storage plant.By Katie Brown, Erin Malsbury
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Detained Santa Cruz immigrant released, Monterey Bay area parks rated as state's best
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1:44Immigration and Customs Enforcement just released a green card holder who has lived in Santa Cruz for decades from a Washington state detention center. And, three parks in the Monterey Bay area are on the California State Parks Foundation's first "best of" list.By Elena Neale-Sacks, Katie Brown
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Homelessness funding for sober living centers, termination of USDA local food programs
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1:45In today's newscast, a new bill would make some state homelessness funding available to places with sober living requirements. Plus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has cancelled two programs that helped schools and food banks buy local produce.By Elena Neale-Sacks
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Mental health awareness in Monterey County, calls for ocean safety after missing Santa Cruz swimmer
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2:05In today's newscast, county supervisors across the Monterey Bay area raise awareness of the prevalence of mental health struggles. And in Santa Cruz, officials urge greater caution near the ocean after a swimmer went missing Sunday night.By Katie Brown
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Becoming Agents of Spiritual Possibility: Living Yoga Practice with Susanna Barkataki
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48:07In this episode, Susanna shares about her new book, Ignite Your Yoga: How to Live, Practice, and Teach as an Authentic Yoga Steward. We discuss her journey in writing this book and her first one, Embrace Yoga's Roots. Yoga is a practice for self, community, and for a better world. We talk about how yoga philosophy, traditions, and practice can shap…
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Are you your body? Are you your mind? Are you a collection of thoughts, memories, and neural connections that could be uploaded into a computer to live forever? Or are you an old-fashioned soul? This episode probes the nature of the self using the Buddhist notion of emptiness, searching for the partless, independent, unchanging "I" that ordinarily …
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London Nelson Day in Santa Cruz, Highway 1 ramp closure in Monterey
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1:44In today's newscast, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History kicks off a celebration of Black pioneer London Nelson’s legacy. Plus, tree work in Monterey this week will close some off ramps on Highway 1.By Elena Neale-Sacks
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Off Panel #498: Committed to Beef with Jonathan Hickman
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1:12:44Writer Jonathan Hickman joins the show to talk about this phase in his career and the varying projects he's working on. Hickman discusses his love of the World Cup, the phase he finds himself in, his current reality versus his previous one, why Imperial is a focus, his project mix, whether he has to think differently because the current market, pro…
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USDA grant cancellations stifle local agriculture research, UC workers go on strike
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1:45In today's newscast, a researcher from Cal State Monterey Bay scrambles after a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant she was awarded was cancelled. And, two unions went on strike at UC Santa Cruz yesterday after the UC declared a system-wide hiring freeze.By Elena Neale-Sacks, Erin Malsbury
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Mitch Anderson: Join the Amazon’s resistance against oil expansion
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54:40The Ecuadorian government is currently planning to auction off 8.7 million acres of the Amazon rainforest to oil interests. What is at stake — for the Indigenous communities of the Amazon, for people outside of the Amazon, and for the planet — with millions of acres of lively, intact rainforest being put on the line? What can we learn from how the …
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Off Panel #497: Chekhov's Tree Robot with Sophie Campbell
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1:12:57Writer/artist Sophie Campbell joins the show to talk about her career in comics and her work on the upcoming Supergirl at DC Comics. Campbell discusses her comic origins, the SCAD experience, her evolving relationship with comics, her writer/artist lean, how Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became her for-hire home, the project she learned the most fro…
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Companions in Process: Interdependence in Climate and Disability Justice with Naomi Ortiz
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50:06In this heartful episode, Naomi Ortiz explores their art as a spiritual process of listening to the land, grief work, and the difference between interdependence and mutual aid. As we discuss their new book, Rituals for Climate Change: A Crip Struggle for Ecojustice, we explore what disability justice offers the climate justice movement and what roo…
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