25 Best Santa Cruz Podcasts (City in California)
Santa Cruz Podcasts (City in California)
Here are 25 Best Santa Cruz Podcasts (City in California) worth listening to in 2025. Subscribe in one place on FeedSpot Reader.
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The Motorcycles and Misfits Podcast is how we share our passion for all things two-wheeled. We ride street, dirt, ADV, track, touring, vintage and scooters, and we wrench, ride, race and attend events year round. We share our stories and interviews every week from the Re-Cycle Garage in sunny Santa Cruz, Ca.MORE Producer/Network Re-Cycle Garage in Santa Cruz
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 4.2K Avg Length 115 min Since Aug 2013 Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com . We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us
2. Driving While Awesome
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Driving While Awesome is an automotive podcast starring Lane Skelton, Waarren Madsen, and Art Cervantes. Experts in automotive opinion, long-time friends discuss topics on cars of all types, heavy on fun and cheap sports cars from the '80s and '90s, from a podcast studio in Santa Cruz, California. New episodes are uploaded every Thursday. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook @drivingwhileawesome and visit our website at drivingwhileawesome.comMORE Hosts Warren Madsen, Lane Skelton, Art Cervantes
Producer/Network Lane Skelton, Warren Madsen, Art Cervantes
Email ****@drivingwhileawesome.com
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 2.3KTwitter 72Instagram 30.6K Avg Length 70 min Get Email Contact
3. The Hive Poetry Collective
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Airing on KSQD 90.7 FM most Sundays at 8:00, the Hive Poetry Collective is a buzz of poets in Santa Cruz, California— a swarm of radio conversations, public readings, and writing workshops.Find us at hivepoetry.orgAnd https://www.facebook.com/hivepoetryMORE Producer/Network The Hive
Email ****@hivepoetry.org
Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 966 Avg Length 59 min Get Email Contact
4. This Ocean Life Podcast
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This Ocean Life Podcast. 150 episodes. Interview-style podcast series capturing the stories and perspectives of people around the world who have based their lives on the ocean. Fishing, free diving, art, music, surfing, paddling, spearfishing, conservation, sailing, anything in the ocean... Hosted by Josh Pederson, from Santa Cruz, California, USA.MORE Host Josh Pederson
Producer/Network Josh Pederson
Email ****@thisoceanlife.tv
Apple Rating 4.8/5Facebook 524 Avg Length 61 min Since Dec 2018 Get Email Contact
5. Santa Cruz Medicinals Radio
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?️ Welcome to Santa Cruz Medicinals Podcast! Join us for insightful conversations on health, wellness, and nutrition.
Host Brendan
Producer/Network Brendan
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Apple Rating 4.9/5 Avg Length 41 min Get Email Contact
6. Off The Lip Radio Show
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Surf writer, Neil Pearlberg, and skateboarding afficianado, Terry Campion, host 'Off The Lip' radio show in the #1 surf city in the United States, Santa Cruz, CA.
Hosts Neil Pearlberg, Terry Campion
Producer/Network Off The Lip Radio Show
Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 4.9/5Twitter 301Instagram 4.1K Get Email Contact
7. UCSC Slugcast
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Hosted out of the Student Affairs and Success divisional office, UCSC Slugcast is a way for students to learn more about campus resources, services, and student stories no matter where they are. Join our team of student podcasters every week to hear interviews, news, and stories about slug life at UCSC.MORE Producer/Network UCSC Division of Student Affairs and Success
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 6 min Get Email Contact
8. Gary Shapiro's From The Bookshelf
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This website does not work with Google Chrome! Please use a different browser! Listen On Your iPhone! From the Bookshelf is heard on radio station KSQD in Santa Cruz California. Host Gary Shapiro brings you interviews with best selling authors of fiction and non-fiction, graphic novelists, actors, photographers, and singer-songwriters discussing their works. Visit us on Facebook! Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! Your comments are welcome! Email us at gary@rattlebrain.comMORE Host Gary Shapiro
Producer/Network Gary Shapiro's From the Bookshelf
Email ****@rattlebrain.com
Apple Rating 4.5/5Facebook 411 Avg Length 58 min Get Email Contact
9. Santa Cruz Baptist Church Sermons
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Sunday Sermons from Santa Cruz Baptist Church.
Producer/Network Santa Cruz Baptist Church
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Instagram 1.1K Avg Length 37 min Get Email Contact
10. KZSC Santa Cruz
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On-demand news, interviews, and live performances from KZSC 88.1 FM Santa Cruz - Non-commercial, educational, community radio for the Monterey Bay, California
Producer/Network KZSC 88.1 FM Santa Cruz: Noncommercial, educational radio for the Monterey
Apple Rating 4.2/5 Avg Length 28 min Get Email Contact
11. Learning the Land
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We're bringing you all things conservation, wildlife, and trails in Santa Cruz County...and beyond!
Host Laura Dannehl-Schickman
Producer/Network Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 38 min Get Email Contact
12. Santa Cruz Naturalist
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Santa Cruz Naturalist invites listeners to join UCSC Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate students as they explore nature in and around Santa Cruz County. Each episode will enrich your next experience with nature as you learn fascinating insights (from local experts) about the creatures that inhabit your favorite hiking trails, beaches and even your own backyard.MORE Hosts Kelley Voss, Sara Gonzalez, Emily Donham
Producer/Network Santa Cruz Naturalist
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 2.3KTwitter 77Instagram 1.5K Avg Length 4 min Since Feb 2019 Get Email Contact
13. Freedomhouse
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We are a church that will empower you to 'get free, live free and set others free'.Located in Santa Cruz, CA.
Producer/Network Freedomhouse
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Apple Rating 5/5Facebook 596Instagram 852 Avg Length 51 min Get Email Contact
14. Flight 1080
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Flight 1080 is red hot news talk from Santa Cruz California!
Host Dave Michaels
Producer/Network 1080 After Dark
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15. What a Week from KSQD
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Dazed and confused by current events, both national and local? Well, have we got the show for you! Every Saturday at 11AM, 'WHAT A WEEK' brings you a 'listeners digest' of the news you really need to know. Award winning journalist Tony Russomanno and cultural magpie Erik Nelson scour the web, read all the papers (part of the way through) and dive deep into what's happening in Santa Cruz to tell you what you need to know — WHEN you need to know it You can't be well informed unless you are informed well, and 'WHAT A WEEK' points you in all the right directions.MORE Producer/Network ksqd.org
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 66 min Get Email Contact
16. The Roller Door
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The Roller Door is a podcast from Santa Cruz Bicycles, where we talk to the people behind the bikes, the riders who ride them, and hear from our extended family of trail builders, visionaries, and champions for the sport of mountain biking.MORE Hosts Garen Becker, Hannah Mirsepassi
Producer/Network Santa Cruz Bicycles
Email ****@santacruzbicycles.com
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 53 min Get Email Contact
17. 1080 After Dark
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Billy Armi and Dave Michaels are host of Flight 1080. Their radio show airs on KSCO am 1080 in Santa Cruz, California.
Hosts Dave Michaels, Billy Armi
Producer/Network 1080 After Dark
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Apple Rating 3.7/5 Avg Length 12 min Get Email Contact
18. Santa Cruz Local
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We're a news organization in Santa Cruz, CA. We watch our public institutions and hold power to account.
Producer/Network Santa Cruz Local
Email ****@santacruzlocal.org
Apple Rating 4.9/5Facebook 2.1KTwitter 2.6KInstagram 12.6K Avg Length 30 min Get Email Contact
19. Dharma Talks | Ocean Gate Zen Center - Santa Cruz, Capitola, Aptos
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Dharma Talks from Ocean Gate Zen Center
Producer/Network Ocean Gate Zen Center
Email ****@oceangatezen.org
Apple Rating 4.3/5Facebook 1.1KInstagram 522 Get Email Contact
20. Hope Church | Santa Cruz
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We're a church with chill style, real faith, and no perfect people.
Producer/Network Hope Church | Santa Cruz
Apple Rating 5/5 Get Email Contact
21. Catch Waves Not Feelings
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Just two university students discussing our experience learning to surf in Santa Cruz, CA with some encounters we've had along the way and even some juicy stories from our personal lives.
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22. The Santa Mierda Podcast Network
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Keeping Santa Cruz vibrantly honest since 2016, the Weekly Dump can be found at www.santamierda.com
Producer/Network Ben Dover
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23. The Coed Killer
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Edmund Kemper Podcast
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Show Hosts and Producers
Podcaster Name | Role | Podcast Link | Total Episodes | Twitter Handle | |
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Warren Madsen | Co Host | driving-while-awesome.simplecast.com | 1 | ||
Lane Skelton | Co Host | driving-while-awesome.simplecast.com | 1 | ||
Art Cervantes | Co Host | driving-while-awesome.simplecast.com | 1 | @artsees | |
Josh Pederson | Host | thisoceanlifetv.podbean.com | 2 | @joshpedersonh2o | |
Brendan | Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brendan283 | 50 | ||
Neil Pearlberg | Co Host | offthelipradio.com/podcast | 131 | @offthelipradio | |
Terry Campion | Co Host | offthelipradio.com/podcast | 131 | ||
Gary Shapiro | Host | fromthebookshelf.com/Gary_Shapiros_From_The_Bookshelf/Gary_Shapiros_From_the_Bookshelf/Gary_Shapiros_From_the_Bookshelf.html | 1 | @garyshapiro | |
Laura Dannehl-Schickman | Host | buzzsprout.com/1598077 | 1 | ||
Kelley Voss | Co-Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santa-cruz-naturalist | 3 | ||
Sara Gonzalez | Co-Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santa-cruz-naturalist | 3 | @coastalkelper | |
Emily Donham | Co-Host | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/santa-cruz-naturalist | 3 | @emilydonham | |
Dave Michaels | Host | flight1080.net | 1 | ||
Garen Becker | Co Host | sites.libsyn.com/449763 | 15 | ||
Hannah Mirsepassi | Co Host | sites.libsyn.com/449763 | 15 | ||
Dave Michaels | Co Host | sites.libsyn.com/409088 | 2 | ||
Billy Armi | Co Host | sites.libsyn.com/409088 | 2 | @billy_armi | |
The Hive | podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-hive8 | 86 | |||
Jill Cody | jillcodyauthor.com/be-bold-america-radio-show/#Podcasts | 62 | @americaabandon | ||
Re-Cycle Garage in Santa Cruz | soundcloud.com/re-cyclegarage | 32 | |||
Kaitlin and Emilie | buzzsprout.com/2155721 | 3 | |||
Santa Cruz Local | santacruzlocal.org/podcasts | 1 | @thesclocal |
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