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• Subscribe on Spotify• Subscribe on Apple PodcastsThe dilapidated building at the edge of Old Town was one of Eureka’s sorest spots. Drug busts and overdoses were so common that it was unofficially referred to as "The Heroin Hilton." But with help from people looking for job training and a fresh start, it will soon be reborn as a traveler’s hostel, known for now as the "Skyhorse International Hostel".

• Subscribe on Spotify• Subscribe on Apple PodcastsSocial Worker Chessy Jones from Wild Souls Ranch walks Keith and Tom through the ranch to meet the herd and shines a light on how they use horses as healers.

Between rehabilitating California Condors and building the Redwood Skywalk, the Sequoia Park Zoo Foundation stays busy. "We do a lot of fun stuff, dreaming big, creating new things, and maintaining those things," says Ashley Osia, who is the zoo's Director of Community Engagement.

In this episode of Talk Humboldt, Maier tells Keith Flamer and Tom Jackson about the role of local brewpubs in communities, the laborious process of brewing beer, and how Six Rivers Brewery became California's second woman-owned brewery.

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.

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.

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." Today, she teaches Yurok at McKinleyville High and Eureka High.

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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.

What would it be like to actually work alongside incarcerated students? And what’s a typical day like for students and instructors?This episode originally aired August 21st, 2025.