AFSCME Local 3299 is the UC's largest employee union, encompassing over 30,000 Service Workers, Skilled Craft Workers, Patient Care Technical Workers, and more. They encompass all 10 of the University of California campuses including clinics, laboratories, and medical centers. What…
Most Latinos are familiar with Pan Dulce; it is reminiscent of cold nights huddling together on the couch accompanied by a cup of champurrado. Pan dulce reminds me of begging my parents on rainy nights to go to La Favorita…
Edited and Transcribed by News/Talk Director Tamara Caselin Avila : Interview by John Malkin on Transformation Highway Image of Yolanda King from Wikimedia Commons Originally recorded in 2003 Transcript John Malkin: My name is John Malkin, and this is Transformation…
By Talk Director Metal is a genre I have always been interested in learning more about, as I have only ever listened to the subgenre Nu-metal, such as bands like System of a Down, Deftones, Korn, Slipknot, and Drowning Pool…
By News Director One of the largest strikes in Academic History, UCSC, alongside nine other UCs, is striking as of Monday, November 14th. Graduate students, postdoctoral students, and researchers are protesting for better working conditions. If the UC does…
Interview by Angelo Claure, KZSC News Department "I don't think I can represent you, which is why I told people I want to organize alongside with you." - SUA President, Alfredo Gama Salmeron . …
Reporting by Alyce Thornhill, Talk Director Alyce Thornhill 0:00 My name is Alyce, I am the Talk Director at KZSC, which is our campus radio station. My first question is just a preliminary introduction. So if you all want…
By Remington Plischke UCSC’s Climate Coalition hosted a rally for Earth Day last Friday, inciting enthusiasm among the student body for climate action. They offered teach-ins through the day, free to the whole community, on a variety of climate-related…
Interview by Alyce Thornhill Alyce Thornhill 5:03 I am here with Laz Meiman of the Student Housing Coalition. I was hoping that you could introduce yourself with your name, your pronouns, and then your position in your organization…
By Alyce Thornhill, Talk Director Special thanks to Kumi Maxson of Hardcore Compost Santa Cruz . Alyce Thornhill 0:01 I was hoping that you could introduce yourself, what's…
Interview by Syd Abad, KZSC News As daunting as labor organizing may seem, Starbucks locations across the United States are voting to unionize in exponential numbers. The unionization efforts began in Buffalo, New York on December 9th…
Special thanks to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and Mary Derr By Alyce Thornhill, News Director In San Benito, California, sacred land belonging to the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band is currently being violated in an illegal earthmoving construction project…
KZSC's new schedule has a fresh addition to the news department! "This Just In--From Outdoors!" is an environmentally focused news show that airs on KZSC every Friday from 7:00pm - 7:30pm. The focus of the program is to educate out…
This week on Talkabout, State Senator Bill Monning showed up with a bucket and squeegee ready to clean the windows and talk with Santa Cruz residents about the issues facing them. Bill Monning is the representative of the 17th district,…
Alexandra Starlight and Zachary James of Alexandra & the Starlight Band stopped by the station to do an interview with our own DJ Soul Patch during his program Not-so-distant Relatives which airs every Thursday from 2pm-4pm. Listen for Alexandra's rocking acoustic…
Thursday July 17th be sure to tune in to "Happy beyond words" with me, DJ Roux, to hear a special live poetry reading with Gabe Kittle, a local poet and teacher! He will be sharing his poetry with us as…
A Conversation with B. Ruby Rich on New Queer Cinema: Two decades ago, B. Ruby Rich coined the term "New Queer Cinema" in a Sight & Sound essay to describe the movement of emerging independent queer films at film festivals…
This week on Universal Grapevine, the legendary Bruce Bratton has Santa Cruz County Supervisor Greg Caput discussing the issues and news from Watsonville and our South County. In the second half hour, Bruce interviews game inventor and world traveler Robert…
Bruce's first guest will be Jane Gregorius and Teresa Zolar talking about the Pajaro Valley Art's Council's new show, "Fur, Flippers, Feathers and Fuzz." In the second half, artistic director Anita Monga talks about the 19th annual San Francisco
On Universal Grapevine this week Bruce has Santa Cruz County Supervisor Neal Coonerty on county issues. Following Coonerty is Jim and Paula Faris who chat with Bruce on their careers at MGM and the other Hollywood institutions back in the…
On Universal Grapevine this week, Bruce's guests for the entire hour will be the winners of Bookshop Santa Cruz's annual Short Story Contest, reading their winning entries.