Santa Cruz Sentinel Podcasts

Wallace Baine and Sentinel restaurant reviewer Ann Parker discuss the finer points of going out for breakfast for Santa Cruz, including the differences between breakfast and brunch, where to get great Eggs Benedict and where to go to when you want to lay down some serious cash for a seriously luxurious breakfast feast.

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Wallace Baine and prominent Santa Cruz film critic and historian Morton Marcus discuss the upcoming Academy Awards, including why this is Scorsese’s year, the potential significance of Al Gore winning an Oscar for “An Inconvenient Truth” and why “Babel” may be this year’s “Crash.”

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Wallace and Graham run down upcoming shows, including Willie Nelson, Robert Earl Keen and Laurence Juber.

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Wallace Baine and Sentinel film writer Catherine Graham talk about Peter O’Toole’s role in Venus, which earned him an Academy Award nomination, and his long career.

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Wallace and Graham run down upcoming shows, including Foreigner, Neko Case and David Lindley.

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Whether you’re whipping up a batch of tzatziki at home this weekend or looking for some insight into what makes Greek food great, Wallace Baine and Josie Cowden have the answers.

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Sentinel Editor Tom Honig shoots the breeze every other week with radio host Mike Cleary on Magic 63 radio in Monterey.

Longtime radio listeners remember Mike from his days at KNBR when he teamed up with Frank Dill on the highest-rated radio program in Northern California. Cleary also writes a twice-monthly travel column in the Sentinel.

Today, Tom and Mike talk about problems in Downtown Santa Cruz, the return of the missing origami crane, Valentine’s Day plans and more.

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In this podcast, Chris Watson reaches author Pete Dexter at his Puget Sound home.

Dexter’s Paper Trails is a collection of his newspaper columns and magazine pieces.

Dexter wrote for the Philadelphia Daily News and Sacramento Bee before winning the National Book Award in 1988 for his novel, Paris Trout.

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This podcast contains explicit language.

In this podcast, Wallace Baine sits down with Jim and Paula Faris, the parents of Valerie Faris, who co-directed Little Miss Sunshine with husband Jonathan Dayton.

Little Miss Sunshine is nominated for this year’s Best Picture Oscar.

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Wallace talks with political satirist Roy Zimmerman about his upcoming show in Santa Cruz and his new album, Faulty Intelligence.

Read Wallace’s story on Roy at Santa Cruz Live, and in Friday’s Sentinel.