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Dr. Jenn Capps is the President of Cabrillo College. Jenn became President at Cabrillo College in January 2026 and has been on the job for 8 months. Jenn grew up in the Washington D.C. area, after earning a number of college degrees including her PhD in Counselor education. She has served in a variety of roles in colleges and universities including instructor, professor, dean and provost – mostly in Colorado, then at Cal Poly Humboldt until she became president at Cabrillo. In addition to her academic credentials, Jenn is an out member of the LGBTQ+ community. Listen in to learn more about Jen
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • YouTube • Spotify • Amazon • TuneIn When Barbara Winslow moved to Seattle with her husband in the late 60s, she was already a radical feminist. But when she joined up with other women in the struggle for their basic rights, she became an effective activist. In this conversation, we explore Barbara’s work, the importance of thinking local when fighting for civil rights, and her advice for the new generation fighting the same old battles we thought we’d won. Visit BABBLERY.com for more information, transcript, and links. About The Babblery: The Babblery features conve
When you think of the 1980s, you might picture fun pop music, Day-Glo sweatshirts, and a carefree era. What you may not realize is how close the United States and the Soviet Union came to a full-blown nuclear war. Written and directed by Michael Russell Gunn, Brink of War takes us back to 1986 at the nuclear arms summit in Iceland. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet to discuss reducing nuclear weapons on both sides. The film offers a compelling look at how each leader views the other country’s political systems. Reagan sees the Soviet Union as an “evil empire”
Who are the Deny-o-sours and Solutionaries? “Be Bold America!” Airs August 21, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) It’s 2026, just a little over halfway through Donald-the-Deny-o-sour’s second term and the world is seemingly on fire. As if record heat waves, fires, and floods on multiple continents aren’t bad enough … the regular rollbacks the Trump administration is boldly (and not the good kind) making, would be comical were it not so serious! And as if pouring kerosene on the fire isn’t bad enough, Deny-o-sours are gaslighting everyone they can by calling the Solutionaries alarmists and insisting there’s n
Our Operations Assistant, Casey Sustaita-Paz, ventured out to Monterey for Car Week last weekend. Not only to spot some beautiful, rare cars, but also to connect with and get to know people in the local Car Community. On the ground, Casey captured some of the sights, sounds, and conversations that make Monterey Car Week such a unique experience. He found that Car Week is about much more than the cars—it’s about the people, stories, and connections that bring the community together.
Plutonium Pit Production–The Risks and Costs of US Plans to Build New Nuclear Weapons with Dr. Dylan K. Spaulding of the Union of Concerned Scientists On Sustainability Now! Sunday, August 16th, 2026, 5-6 PM on KSQD The United States is planning a $1.7 trillion overhaul of its entire nuclear arsenal, designing new warheads and investing in new bombers, missiles, and submarines to carry them, all in the name of “modernization.” It’s not that the current generations of platforms and warheads won’t work; it’s more that Admirals, Generals and Presidents don’t trust devices that were deployed when
Angelica Glass who lives in Santa Cruz, California, just published her book entitled, “Scavenging Beauty: A Memoir in Walks.” in which she shares her journey about walking every street in Santa Cruz County between 2013 and 2020. In the opening chapter, she shared how she met her wife Ellen at the age of 37 and were among the first same sex couples in Santa Cruz County to become legally married in 2008. Together, they have raised two sons. In a recent Santa Cruz Sentinel article, she talked about her book: “We all tell ourselves stories about who we are, and we don’t always revisit how we arriv
Miss You, Love You, written and directed by comedian Jim Rash, takes a long and winding road to examine grief and loss in cathartic and surprising ways. Nominated for Outstanding Television Movie for the 2026 Emmy Awards, this film follows Diane Patterson, a widow preparing for the funeral of her second husband, and Jamie Simms, the personal assistant of Diane’s son. Actors Alison Janney and Andrew Rannells deliver powerful depictions of an unlikely pairing longing for connection. Dealing with the disappointment of her son not showing up for the funeral, Diane strings Jamie along to assist her
Steve Pleich expresses how housing is a human right. Photo courtesy of Kindel Media.
Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened this month and is on track to break box-office records while entertaining summer moviegoers with a solid storyline, relatable subplots, and a more “true to his roots” Peter Parker than the 2021 predecessor, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, Spider-Man: Brand New Day takes us on a visual and emotional ride. Albeit about 20 minutes too long, clocking in at 2 hours and 25 minutes. Spider-Man, aka Peter Parker, played by Tom Holland, thrills in the opening cityscape scenes as he
Who is the Man Behind the Curtain? It’s Russell Vought! Be Bold America! August 7, 2026 “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. … When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” – Russell Vought, Director, US Office of Management and Budget Public service was viewed as an honorable profession. In 1986, Ronald Reagan uttered words that were designed to divide The People from their Government. Those words were: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’
Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1997-98 he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund. He graduated from UCSC in 1974. Professor Eichengreen has been awarded numerous honors and awards all over the globe. He is probably the world’s most respected expert in financial crises, monetary systems, and economic history, especially the global role of currencies, central banking, and the political economy of globalization. For over 2
Rainbow Connections is a $7.8 million Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Innovations Project led by Monterey County Behavioral Health. The initiative aims to strengthen the links between youth-serving systems and community-based organizations, creating “human bridges” that foster environments of support, inclusion, and belonging for LGBTQIA+ youth across home, school, and community settings. Join the show to hear about how this grant is supporting LGBTQ+ youth across Monterey County. Kacey Rodenbush is the director of the grant and Sam Gomez is the Deputy Director of Epicenter that is a partner
Trump’s War on California’s Environment with Jason Rylander & Hollin Kretzmann Center for Biological Diversity on Sustainability Now! Sunday, August 2nd, 2026 The Trump Administration has declared war on California and is hell-bent on eliminating any and all of the state’s environmental protections. As part of its “drill baby, drill” strategy, it is moving to open the California Coast to oil drilling and to increase exploration and extraction on BLM lands across the state. And not wanting to stay out of the action, the Supreme Court recently ruled that the makers of the herbicide Roundup do no
Episode 93: Why do so many devoted mothers feel like they are falling short? In this episode of State of Mind, host Debra Sloss explores the emotional pressure mothers face when real parenting collides with idealized images of what motherhood is supposed to be. Psychotherapist and author Jessica Tomich Sorci joins the conversation to share an Internal Family Systems perspective on maternal mental health. Through her “Mom Parts Method.” Jessica helps mothers understand the inner voices and reactions that can emerge in parenting — including self-criticism, anxiety, anger, guilt, resentment, and
When you hear the name George Washington, you probably picture the brave general crossing the Delaware or commanding the nation as its first president. The film, Young Washington instead focuses on the experiences that shaped him into the leader history remembers. Directed and co-written by Jon Erwin, along with Deiderik Hoogstraten and Tom Provost, Young Washington explores the formative events that defined Washington’s character. In 1743, at just eleven years old, he loses his father to a sudden illness. His mother, played by Mary-Louise Parker, tells him he is now the man of the house. His
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • YouTube • Spotify • Amazon • TuneIn Artist, author, educator—Enid Baxter Ryce is on a roll. She's changed her careers on both sides: In her creative work, she is now publishing books rather than working with museums. As an educator, she is using her experience teaching students of all ages to train teachers on how to get students off their screens and back into the natural world. These changes have been heralded by a sudden-seeming blossoming of publishing activity on her part, beautifully illustrated books that explore the natural and spiritual worlds. But in this
Remarkably Bright Creatures, directed by Olivia Newman, breathes life into a story about grief, hope, and the philosophical musings of an octopus. Adapting from the novel of the same name by Shelby Van Pelt, this heartwarming film delivers both laughter and tears, but unfortunately falls short with uneven pacing and the predictability of its plot. Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus voiced by Alfred Molina, is a resident of the aquarium in Sowell Bay, Washington. Through his narration, we learn of his high intelligence and attitude toward humans, which is generally unfavorable, except to the cl
The 2026 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music takes place in downtown Santa Cruz from July 26 to August 9. The theme this year is “We the Dreamers” and features four world premiere Festival Commissions, eight West Coast premieres, and two U.S. premieres, brought to life by a dynamic global roster of over 20 composers and an extraordinary array of guest artists. “We the Dreamers is both an invitation and a responsibility…and we are asking how music can help imagine a more expansive ‘we’” says Music Director Cristian Măcelaru. Two queer composers who will be featured are Elena Kats-Cherin who
Relationships are the center of most of our lives, and marriage infiltrates and shapes our identity so fundamentally we can either get lost altogether or blossom in a unique, commingled unfolding. In The Invite Olivia Wilde’s third feature film, a weary suburban couple in their mid-40s, played by Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen, have a comedically explosive encounter with their slightly older, aggressively bohemian neighbors, played by Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton, whose boisterous eroticism has penetrated the walls and their psyches, stirring their irritation and fascination. Angela and Joe, W
The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network With Dylan Skybrook, Network Manager On Sustainability Now! Sunday, July 19th from 5-6 PM The Santa Cruz Mountains cover more than 1,000 square miles of the Central California Coast, running from just south of San Francisco all the way down to the Salinas Valley. The region has been actively stewarded for thousands of years by indigenous people and is a place of significant cultural, biological, and environmental diversity which supports many native plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth. Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation a
Jason Dove Mark is the author, most recently, of The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet. He has served as editor-in-chief of Sierra magazine and editor of Earth Island Journal. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Atlantic. He lives in the Pacific Northwest. The midway break in the interview includes an excerpt of the song “If a Tree Falls”, written and performed by Bruce Cockburn, from his 2009 release Slice O’ Life.
June is Pride Month and many Pride events have occurred across the state and nation. One of the final prides of the month is Monterey Peninsula Pride that took place on the last Saturday of June. Hear from Monterey Pride Vice Chair Nick Zafritos and Grand Marshal David Reichard talk about the parade and festival and many events of Monterey Peninsula Pride.
Just when you think a movie has already topped itself, think again. While many believed Toy Story 4 was the final farewell to Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the gang, Toy Story 5 proves there was one more story worth telling. Written and directed by Andrew Stanton and McKenna Harris, Toy Story 5 explores the growing impact of technology on childhood play. Featuring the familiar voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, the film follows Bonnie, who inherited Andy’s beloved toys. Although she loves using her imagination, she struggles to make friends. When her parents buy her a Lilypad tablet,
Parades and parties had a strong showing across the nation this July 4. Some endured sweltering heat and humidity, but in Aptos, K-Squid enjoyed the fog, and the crowds, and hooped it up with the rest of the community for American’s 250 anniversary while Squid on the Street Suki Wessling swam through the happy attendees and captured our “time capsule” recording. _________________________________________________ Our thanks to the fabulous folks who made it shine: Gary Shapiro and his lady love, Robynn Smith, for supplying, and driving, their wonderfully vintage Ford F-150; Robynn and her friend
