All Episodes

Inside Arts Council: Open Studios Bree Karpavage

Inside Arts Council: Grants for The Arts Tamara Liu

Inside Arts Council: Arts Education Sarah Brothers Bot

Jacob Martinez | Leading In The Storm: Founding Digital Nest Nonprofit, Radical Transparency,Training Next Generation of Diverse Leaders, Fundraising Wisdom and more

Casey Coonerty | Leading in The Storm: Leading Through Change, Upfront vs Behind The Scenes Leadership, Power of Slowing Down, Obstacles of Running a Bookstore in Modern Times,

Justin Cummings | Leading In The Storm: Leading in Crisis, The Power of Delegation, Cutting red tape, "Pick Issues not SIdes"

Maria Elena De La Garza:Leading In The Storm: Leading with Authenticity, Building Systems That Generate Belonging, and more

DeAndre James| Leading In The Storm: Transparent Leadership, How to Focus in Changing Times

Morning Tea: Why Discomfort Sparks Our Greatest Growth

Ep.155 Transforming Life through Fitness and Faith with Nativo Gonzalez

Ep.154 Balancing Journalism and PR: Connecting Through Food, Community and Kindness

Ep.153 Unraveling Shapes & Sounds of Freedom: Friendship, Art, and Authentic Expression

Ep.152 Exploring the Intersection of Sound and Imagination: The Creative World of Bora Yoon

Ep.151:Unlocking Musical Genius: A Conversation with Grammy-Nominated Composer Anna Clyne

Ep.150: Andy Hudson's Inspiring Voyage Through Music

Ep.149: Harnessing Curiosity: Kimberly Gomes on Creativity, Solo Travel, and Self-Discovery

Ep.148 Uncovering Cultural Roots: The Musical Journey of Composer Vivian Fung

Ep.147 Resilience and Harmony: Composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez on Activism, Empathy and Orchestral Music

Ep.146 The Composer Leader: Riley Nicholson's Journey in Contemporary Music as a composer & Executive Director of Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Ep.145The Transformative Power of Self-Love: From Personal Growth to Social Change with Thomas Sage Pedersen

Ep.144: Transforming Passion into Community Power: Alexandra The Author of Soul Good Entertainment

Ep. 143: Redefining Leadership: Empowerment, Empathy, and Career Growth with Julia Greenspan

Ep.142 Cyn: Art, Transformation, Tattoos, and Self-Discovery

Ep.141 Ellen Primack | Cabrillo Festival of Music Series

Ep.140 SFC LIVE! |Bryce Berryessa|Navigating the Waters of Cannabis Culture in Santa Cruz County

139 Ignite Nexus Series: Rebecca Hernandez|Exploring the Power of Community Archiving and more!

138 Ignite Nexus Series| DeAndre James: Importance of Black Leadership,Overcoming Adversity,Embracing Resilience

Ep.137 Lasalle & Michelle Strong: Save Capitola Bar & Grill from an Unjust Eviction

Ep. 136 Nic Stone Exploring the Power of Humanity, Storytelling and so much more with

Ep.135 Teagan Faran | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music | Career as a Musician, Wellness, A lot About Music

Ep.134 Adam W. Sadberry | Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music | what is contemporary music?, being Black in the orchestral/classical landscape and so much more!

Ep.133 Raymond Menchaca l Importance of Mental Health, Asking Form help & More!

Ep.133 The Central Coast Creative Corps Grant w/ Jim Brown

Ep.132 Gabriella Weaver: How Relationships & Boundaries with Technology Can Lead To a Better World and more!

Ep.131 Mija Marie Andrade: Explore Series Oregon | The Positive Power of Communal & Inclusive Arts

Ep.130 Alyssa Gilbert: Explore Series Oregon | How to Combat The Houseless crisis, Fundraising in Competitive Markets, Exploitation in Presidential Campaigns & More

129:Athena Delene | Explore Series: Oregon Eugene, The arts, Using Photography to build Connections & More

Ep.128 Special Episode! Nora Yerena The Pajaro Flooding Crisis & What You Can Do to Help!

Ep.127: Talicia Brown Crowell | Explore Oregon: History of Blackness in Eugene Oregon & The Inspiration Behind The Black Cultural Festival

Ep.126 Dante Zúñiga-West | Explore Oregon: Being a Black & Mixed Race Outdoorsman, Author & Principal at Alternative Education School.

Ep.125 Kory Lamberts | Black entrepreneurship, being raised Biracial and Black in white spaces, the importance of the outdoors on health and so much more

Ep.124 August Lee Stevens | MUSIC and more

Ep.123 Leela Kalow and Dean Yershalmy : Movement Practice and more

Ep 121. Mak Nova: Music, Writing and Art

Ep.119 Natalie Olivas: Climate Justice and the Rail and Trail in Watsonville

Ep 117 Eric Butler: Forgiveness (Trigger warning)

EP.116 Malcolm Dydo : Work with the incarcerated community: Mindfulness, Restorative justice, Emotional intelligence and more

Ep.115 Greg Speed | Black Story Project Santa Cruz County

Ep.114 Faith Brown | Black Story Project Santa Cruz County

Ep.113: Faina Segal | Why Santa Cruz County Needs a Rail & Trail

Ep.112 Rita Sever | Leading for Justice. Concrete leadership tools to bring equity inside your organization.

EP.111 Lindsey Shelton | Importance of taking care of your mental health and more!

Ep.110 Black Story Project Santa Cruz | Bruce Gardner

Ep.109 Luna Bey | Spirituality, The Black Experience, Ancient Technologies and more

Ep.108 Julie Lythcott-Haims | Being Black & Bi-racial in White Spaces and more

Ep.107 Taylor Reinhold:

Ep. 106 Chief Andy Mills | Future of policing and more!

Ep.105 Tiffany Singh | Using Art as a tool for Positive Community Change and more!

EP.104 Abi Mustapha and YFAM's Move For Change Event: Arts & Social Justice

Ep.103 Jim Brown and Mireya Gomez-Contreras | Creating an Equitable Ecosystem in Arts Council Santa Cruz County

Ep.101 Michael Michel | On writing, Importance of Personal Narrative

Ep.102 Black Story Project Santa Cruz | Jasmine Jones

Ep.100 Thomas Sage Pedersen | How/why podcast got started, What I have learned & Listener Questions

Ep.99 Kayla Kumar | What is Progressivism? And more

Ep.98 Thomas Sage Pedersen | The Importance of Community

Ep.97 Black Story Project Santa Cruz | Brie Buxton

Ep.96 Deana Fierce| The New Face of Confidence

Ep.95 Thomas Sage Pedersen | Importance of Vision and Self Love in personal development

Ep.94 Charlie Conable |Helping Create Generational Wealth in the Black Community and more!

ep.93 Sara Loera | The Power of Music & Life as an independent musician

Ep.92 Makana Curtiss | The importance of Community & The Journey of a creative artist

Ep.91 Mayor Yvette Brooks | Creating Policy with an Equity Lens

Ep.90 Ashanti Branch | Re-imagining Masculinity and more

Ep.89 Ep.2 Black Story Project Santa Cruz | Cierra Jurden

Ep.88 Etienne David Franc | Music, Archetypes, Warrior-ship, Martial Arts and more!

Ep.87|Norwood (PJ) Pennewell The creative process behind "...and Still She Moves", Reflections on how life experiences and age adds value to the arts through time and so much more..

Ep.86 Ep.1 Black Story Project Santa Cruz|Veronica Christie

Ep.85Gregory Dawson | How motion feeds the soul and spirit, Being a Choreographer & more

Ep.84 Khafre Jay | Activism, Patriarchy, Vulnerability, Parenting and more!

Ep.83 Sarah Cruse | Mindfulness, Relational Universe, Healing and So Much More

Ep.82 Angela Chambers: Winter Dance Fest Special | Mentoring the Youth, Being Authentic and more!

Ep.81 Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson: Radical Transformational Leadership & more!

Ep.80 Taj Leahy| Moving Forward with Activism, Creating Change in Local Politics, Radical introspection

Ep.79 Mia Thorn: Being An Oncology Nurse During COVID-19, Anti-Maskers and More

Ep.78 Ariana Jones | Unity in the USA, Racial Equity, Creating Change and How to Move Forward

Ep.77 Abi Mustapha | The Importance of Authenticity in Art, Santa Cruz BLM Mural

Ep.76 Micha Scott : Creating Positive Change Through the Arts

Ep.75 Sarah Rose Colonna | Music as meditation and Medicine

Ep.74 Thomas Talks| MLK, Resisting Injustice and Creating Positive Change in a Creative/Nonviolent Way

Ep.73 Ann Hazels | Using your Platform for Positive Change, Being Loudly Quiet and more

Ep.72 Terrell Manning | Turning an interest into a hobby and turning a hobby into a passion

Ep.71 Thomas Talks | Get Your Head Out of The Sand and Create Positive Change

Ep.70 Nari Kaur | Cultural Patriarchy to Empowerment

Ep.69 Rohanna Shultz | How Endurance Sports Can Help with Facing Trauma, Loss and more!

Ep.68 New Years Resolutions are not bull%#*^, Review of 2020

Ep.67 Joy Flynn| Being Bi-Racial and fighting systemic racism in Santa Cruz, California

Ep.66 Alissa Maya | Psychedelics, Plant Medicine and Self- Care

Ep.65 Wren Buse | Music Therapy and Body Liberation

Ep.64: Matthew Swinnerton: The Importance of Community and supporting local entrepreneurs & artists

Ep.62 Elena Shirin |Creating Positive Impact with Songwriting, Human connection and more

Ep.61: Terrence Bonner| Why passion,determination and core values are essential for success

Ep.60 Kevin Devaney | Importance of Poetry, The Arts, and Financial Literacy

Ep.59 Melissa Wiley and Victoria Lynn Nobles | Anti-racist and Social Emotional curriculum in preschool

Ep.58 Alyssa Tamboura | Big wins through small actions

Ep.57 Sarah Wilson | Why Self Care is Important for Personal Development

Ep.56 Cellista| How/Why Artists Need to be involved in Local Politics and more! Friday With The Arts

Ep.55 Ryan Green: Self-Discovery & Spiritual development in 2020 and Why it is Important

Ep.54 Chris Pedersen | Being LGBTQ+ in The USA

Ep.53 Mollie Albanese| Why OCD and Mental Health Awareness is Essential

Ep.52 Laura Hogan| How The Arts are Essential for Humanity and The Brain

Ep.51 Martina Kelades| Using the Struggles in Life to Create a Life of Joy and Purpose

Ep.50 Thomas Talks | Vision/history of Speak For Change, Inclusive Society, Favorite Episodes and more

Ep.49 Friday With The Arts: Alexander Oliver| Imagery & Music

Ep.48 Joshua Hathaway | Being a Modern Man and Balancing Masculinity

Ep.47 Friday With The Arts Ep.3 : Larissa Garcia- Journey as an Actor in The USA

Ep.46 Dr.Nick Rowell: A Biden Presidency and Politics in the USA

Ep.45 Friday With The Arts | Skye Braunhut: How Music Can Help Us FInd Our Limiting Beliefs and Overcome Them.

Ep.44 Thomas Talks | Never Give up

Ep. 43 Friday with The Arts Ep. 1| Thomas Sage Pedersen : Importance of the Arts and Performance of Original Piano music

Ep.42 Interview| Ryanna Hammond : How to Strengthen Self-Esteem, Self- Respect and Self-Belief.

Ep.41 Interview | Tavia Avila : Living a Life of Purpose & Joy(Trigger Warning, Look in description before listening)

Ep.40 Thomas Talks: Dealing With Emotions

Ep.39 Interview | Alejandra Aguilera- How to Discover Your True Purpose in Life.

Ep.38 Interview | Leah Moore: Our Perceptions Equal Our Reality

Ep.37 Interview | Sheila Ellison : Be Fearless. What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

Ep.36 Interview | Manu Koenig : County Government & Social Justice

Ep.35 Thomas Talks- Discomfort Tolerance

Ep.34 Interview | Michael Michel - How We Can Change The World

Ep.33 Interview | Khafre Jay - Hip-Hop as a Social Justice Movement

Ep.32 Interview| Bella Bonner - Black (BIPOC) Youth Organizing, Activism and More

Ep.31 Interview | Melody Noceti - How to Create an Environment of Inclusion, Acceptance, & Love in The Classroom

Ep.30 Interview| Mark Myles: Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork

Ep.29 Interview | Lori & Ella Halliday - Vigilant Personal Growth and More!

Ep.28 Thomas Talks | Be Selfish and Go Within

Ep.27 Interview | Dr. Nick Rowell - The Importance of a Healthy Democracy

Ep.26 Interview| Aliza(Ali) Wellwisher - Regenerative way of living and why we should care

Ep.25 Interview | Faith Brown- Racism in San Lorenzo Valley and How to Fix it

Ep.24 Interview | John Leopold: Criminal Justice Reform

Ep.23 Interview | Danielle Rosa Cruz: Social Justice in our Education System

Ep.22 Interview | Rabbi Paula Marcus - What Jewish Tradition has to say About Social Justice

Ep.21 Thomas Talks| My favorite Quote, The Man in The Arena, Short talk About Death.

Ep.20 Thomas Talks | Having a Personal Commitment Day

Ep.19 Interview | Cat Willis- Racial Justice and The Arts

Ep.18 Interview| Donald Hayden - The Challenges of Adversity

Ep.17 Interview| Julia Greenspan- Accepting leadership & Leaving Breadcrumbs for Others as You Climb the Corporate Ladder

Ep.16 Thomas Talks | Why I Started a Podcast.

Ep.15 Interview | Drew Glover: Racism in Santa Cruz & U.S.A

Ep.14 Interview | Lauren Surridge (Coach Laur) - How to Keep Going When You Are Not Motivated

Ep.13 Speech | Neil Clements: Character Building Moments

Ep.12 Interview: Reezy Resells - Using Social Media to Build a Personal Brand

Ep.11 Interview: Ed Ortega - Being a Life Long Learner and Living a Life of Curiosity & Reflection.

Ep.10 Interview: Neil Clements - How Little Things in Life Can Change Your Life (The Slight Edge Theory)

Ep. 9 Interview: Jasmine Parent - You Can't Hate Yourself into Greatness

Ep.8 Speech: Thomas Pedersen - Politics is for Everyone

Ep.7 Speech: Thomas Pedersen-Let Suffering Guide you

Ep.6 Speech:Thomas Pedersen - Why I Wake Up at 4am

Ep.5 Speech: Thomas Pedersen-Finding Authenticity

Ep.4 Speech: Thomas Pedersen- In light of Juneteenth

Ep.3 Speech: Thomas Pedersen - New Enlightenment Age

Ep.2 Interview: Selina Boonen - How & Why to Live a Life Outside Your Comfort Zone

Ep.1 Interview: Jennee Lamb-How to Discover your Purpose and Living a life of Vision.