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The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, written and directed by Noah Segan, is one of the best character studies I have seen all year. John Turturro, who is always brilliant, portrays Harry Lehman, an aging pickpocket whose life is a mixture of old habits, missed opportunities, and responsibilities he can no longer ignore.The film sets the mood with an upbeat, and at times melancholy, soundtrack...

The Path to an Energy Efficient, Electric Futurewith Amory Lovinson Sustainability Now! Sunday, November 8th, 2026, 5-6 PMEnergy has been with us for a long time and, over the past 100 years, fossil fuels have been cheap and plentiful. Now we are going to have to pay the piper if we want to limit the future impacts of climate change. How could that happen. Tune in to hear a rerun with Amory...

The Art of the Steal: Trump and the Economic Hitman Presidency“Be Bold America!”November 6, 2026This book is not about partisan politics. This book is about the evolution of an oligarchy-led corporatocracy and it’s economic hit men. – John Perkins Since the 1950s, US presidents of both parties have used economic hitman strategies such as fear, debt, anxiety-over-insufficiency, and...

Every few years, a mesmerizing, intricate, handcrafted piece of cinema from Laika Studios graces the silver screen and whisks audiences away on a wondrous journey. From director Travis Knight, plus hundreds of pairs of animators’ hands, comes the stop-motion animated film Wildwood. Based on the children’s novel by the same name, the story follows Prue McKeel on the quest to get her baby brother...

November is Transgender Awareness Month. Our guest host is Adam Spickler, the first out elected transgender person who serves on the Cabrillo College Board of Trustees. Our other transgender guests are Evan Minton who is the Policy Analyst for Senator Maria Elena Durazo in Sacramento and Josh Sands who has lived in Santa Cruz for more than 20 years and remembers working at the first Diversity...

What do you do when you want to weave yourself a new reality to escape the one you no longer want? In Wicker, a fabulist feature written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, you visit the village weaver who holds hitherto unknown magic in his craft.Based on the short story “The Wicker Husband” by Ursula Wills, Wicker depicts a dynamic we all recognize–it typically starts on the...

Episode 96: ADHD in girls and women can be easy to miss, especially because symptoms often don’t match the familiar stereotype of a hyperactive or disruptive child. Many girls appear to be doing well while working extremely hard to compensate for difficulties that remain largely unseen.In this episode, UC Berkeley student and State of Mind team member Evelyn Campbell guest hosts a conversation...

As the veil between the physical world and spirit world begins to lift, listen in as DJ Dupsie and Local Awesome Person, Christina Audas attempt to consult with spirits and ancestors via The Gentle Tarot (by Mariza Aparicio-Tovar) and The Rest Deck (by Tricia Hersey)!

In her work in the Second Wave feminist movement, historian Ruth Rosen experienced a lot of revelations about the lives of women. But once that time was past, she experienced a different type of revelation as male historians described the 70s as “a decade when nothing of importance happened.” Ruth set out to research and chronicle the groundbreaking history that she had lived, and that mainstream...

Sheriffs from both Monterey County and Santa Cruz County were the guests on the show. Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto was elected as sheriff in 2022 and was the first Latina elected as a Sheriff in California and the first woman and openly LGBTQ+ person elected in Monterey County. She has over 33 years of experience in law enforcement. Santa Cruz County Sheriff Chris Clark was appointed as...