Discussion with Nor Cal Carpenter’s Union
KZSC's DJ Badger meets with with a labor organizer for Nor Cal Carpenter's Union, regarding concerns over the bidders of a $140 million dollar student housing contract at UCSC.
KZSC's DJ Badger meets with with a labor organizer for Nor Cal Carpenter's Union, regarding concerns over the bidders of a $140 million dollar student housing contract at UCSC.
This coming Thursday marks the opening of the 12th Annual Watsonville Film Festival, a three-day long event filled with screenings by and about Latine filmmakers - as well as a celebration of the 15th anniversary of the film La Mission. …
California towns are banning new gas stations. Big Oil is paying attention. By Kate Yoder, Grist "This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here." When oil and gas companies attack a climate campaign, activists…
Philosophers, poets and ponderers alike are all in luck: tomorrow, March 1st, will mark the very first Night of Ideas in Santa Cruz. The event, which was introduced to the US through the French Embassy, is a yearly occurrence coordinated…
DJ Badger (KZSC News and Talk Director) chats with two members of the UCSC Men's Ice Hockey team to talk about the upcoming season, the history of Ice Hockey at UCSC, and what we can expect from them in the…
News and Talk Director This past Thursday, hundreds of students, professors, and community members gathered at the bottom of the UCSC campus to protest the ongoing conflict in Gaza and to show support for Palestine. Led by Students for Justice…
News and Talk Director This past weekend marked the University of California Radio Network, where student officers and adult advisors from 11 different California college radio stations convened for a weekend of skill sharing, advice from seasoned radio vets and…
Long time talent and entertainer Tina Turner dies in Swiss home at age 83. Join as we take a look into the past to admire her career and accomplishments. By Diego Macedonio Andres Content Warning: Mentions of domestic violence…
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…
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Tricking Power Into Performing Acts of Love: New Book Celebrates Playful Disruption of Dominant Paradigm By John Malkin --- Shepherd Siegel’s new book “Tricking Power into Performing Acts of Love: How Tricksters Through History Have Changed the World”…
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 John Malkin Dr. Viviana Beatriz MacManus is the author of “Disruptive Archives: Feminist Memories of Resistance in Latin America’s Dirty Wars.” The book was released in 2020 by University of Illinois Press and discusses the history of gender and…
PEACE IS EVERY STEP: IN MEMORY OF THICH NHAT HANH By John Malkin A version of the following story was published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on February, 17, 2022, based on an interview with Thich Nhat Hanh in 2002…
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Art by Hannah Rouland (IG: @hannah.tor.art) John Malkin speaks with Marc Andrus about his new book that was recently released by Parallax Press, “Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr.” In…
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.…
Art by Hannah Rouland @hannah.tor.art AR-15 Stolen from Santa Cruz Police Department Four Years Ago Still Missing By John Malkin In 2017 an AR-15 assault rifle was stolen from the Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) and the theft was never…