Talk Humboldt
What exactly do people in Humboldt do for a living, and why? Keith Flamer of College of the Redwoods and Mike Spagna of Cal Poly Humboldt talk to the people that make Humboldt work.
Latest Episodes
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Part 1 of a series about commercial fishing from Humboldt Bay.
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Part II of a conversation about the worklife of a pastor.
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Pastor Bethany Cseh wants more inclusivity and less dogma in religious conversations.
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For Humboldt radio listeners, the voice of JB Mathers has been ubiquitous since the late 1990s.
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About 10 years go, staff at Pelican Bay underwent a major mindshift about how prison education can work, and what it This is part II of Talk Humboldt’s exploration of what it’s like running education programs at Pelican Bay.Episode first aired August 7th, 2025.
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Michael Spagna and Keith Flamer go inside Pelican Bay State Prison. This is the first in a series about what it's like teaching art and education inside Pelican Bay.Episode first aired July 24th, 2025.
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It’s in-between classes at McKinleyville High, and teacher Nicole Peters’ classroom is plastered with Yurok words and pronunciation guides. Her grandma spoke Yurok to her as a child and she says that "growing up Yurok, you’re living it literally every day. You’re also going to school in these communities where you have Yurok language available to Head Start students, middle school students, and now - high school students." Episode first aired June 12th, 2025.
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If you love nature documentaries, you've probably seen some footage captured by Arcata's Will Goldenberg. "I think Humboldt is a fantastic place to be a wildlife filmmaker, because I still naturally discover stories," he says. He's worked on shows for Netflix, Nat Geo, the BBC and Tom Hanks' latest documentary, The Americas, which features scenes from around the North Coast.This episode first aired June 19th, 2025.
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Eureka Artist Lynn Jones talks about vintage presswork and linoleum block printing.Episode first aired July 10th, 2025.