The December 7, 2023 show is a Flashback to July 29, 2004 including:

• Occasional tunes from Visionsong Valerie C
• [7-3-04] Pac Ave interviews: Phoenix the Harpist on harassment of CD sellers, Joe Williams on “Move Along” Threats, sign seizures, & U.S. troops in Iraq
• NYPD Officer Eduardo De La Cruz suspended for refusing to arrest a homeless man
• More street interviews from Miriam, Gustavo, Shrayah, Christopher Robin during SAFE #26 performance
• Robert Bruce Hidenberg’s ticketing while sleeping at 24-hour fitness in his car though a member
• Looney Balloony on being recently assaulted by teenage trollbusters
• Damien, Nicole, Aubrey, on the street: threats of ticketing for spitting
• Francis reporting on S.C. Shitty Councils beheading of Clearview Court and De Anza mobile home parks

The current events section of the Sunday December 3, 2023 show (File 1 in the archives) includes:

• Robbie Powelson’s update/appeal for San Rafael’s self-run unhoused encampment Camp Integrity
• Silver-tongued Steve Pleich (rhymes with “h”) on the civil Grand Jury and his Homeless Persons Legal Assistance Project
• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/politics/jan-6-trial-father-son.html
  
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/san-jose-excessive-force-lawsuit-from-2020-george-floyd-protests-cleared-for-trial/ar-AA1kO4Sv
  
• [12-1]  Jeff, African-American petitioner at Scotts Valley shopping center, on a recent police encounter at Nob Hill Foods
• https://lookout.co/santa-cruz-city-council-delays-vote-on-installing-license-plate-readers-over-privacy-concerns/ 
  
• Heidi, not homeless herself, on Scotts Valley local homeless updates on a few recent folks 
• “War is a Homeless Issue” flyer  https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/11/11/18860292.php
  
• San Rafael injunction provides some protection for San Rafael survival campers https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Federal+Judge+Limits+Homeless+Camping+Ordinance+San+Rafael&atb=v315-1&t=chromentp&ia=web

The Flashback to April 25, 2004 includes:

• Grandma Lee Murphy from Santa Anna, CA  on Housing Discrimination
• Escalating war in Iraq: Report from Peace Between Peoples Mediators there
• Organizer Fred Geiger on Clearview Court, Rent Control, and Santa Cruzans for Responsible Planning opposition to Home Depot development, challenged by Paul Marcelin Sampson
• Homeless marksman Tad from Arcata, CA on repression of food distribution in city parks tadspeace@yahoo.com 
• Activist James Nay on being attacked by sheriffs in Felton Faire
• Ray the Hairdresser’s account of hyperactive CSO officer Pam Bachtel
• Call-in’s: Neal from anti-war Capitola 13, poet Christopher Robin on Bill of Rights Defense Committee, and more
• Jim of Area 420 in San Jose on distribution of marijuana there
• [2-24-94] Clearview Court resident at City Council Maxima Sanchez breaks down in tears

The November 30, 2023 show is a Flashback to May 15, 2003.  It includes:

• [Musical interludes with the Jus’ Kiddin’ Santa Cruz street-banned band]
• Jeffrey Gale joins Bathrobespierre as co-host
• Gale interviews then-Sheriff Mark Tracy questioning his policy around sex offenders, bed space for drug and alcohol rehab, and more
• Bathrobespierre questions Tracy on preferential treatment given to medical marijuana provider WAMM to the detriment of the majority of medical marijuana users as well as the proposed ID cards for medical marijuana legal immunity
• Critique of the B interview
• City Council’s latest show meeting—inadequate movement on ADU’s and denouncing Bush’s Iraqi invasion
• Discussion of Recent issues:  P & R underling Mia Duckette’s assaulting and jailing  of Beggerbacker Becky for chalking “End the Sleeping Ban”ish slogans on the curb in erasible chalk; New Leaf sidewalk seizure; Pacific Trading Company no-sit railing creation in collusion with SCPD; Mayor Emily Reilly’s token anti-war effort; 
• Jhond Golder banned from government buildings in pursuit of public records and local court “justice”.

The Sunday November 26,2023 show includes:

• Katzenjammer Keith McHenry on the upcoming City Council’s slamdunk vote on “terrorist preventing” Automatic License Plate Readers and dark doings around the city and state
• Lunchserver Leo discusses his history with Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs
• “Cage Me Not” Cooper on the preliminary steps taken before the looming demolition of her Community Survival Camp in the Pogonip
• Master Cartoonist Mike Quinn: Complaints from his Cafe Seat
• “Ceasefire in Gaza NOW!” speakers in Abbott’s Square 11-24 including “Anomaly”, Gage, Elam, Polesmi, and Aron (names approximate)
• A former Santa Cruzan in San Francisco law student’s experience with his first arrest
• Vets Line Voices (at the Thanksgiving Chowdown):  Eric S., Toughtimes Thomas, Sasha, Juanito, Dreamcatcher, and Timmy B
• Cooper’s Update and Call for Support to witness and resist the 11-27 police destruction of Camp Cooper

The Flashback to May 30, 1999 includes:  

•  Kosovo call-out by Bathrobespierre for local response criticizing local Democratic party hacks
•  Tracy D’Angelo’s report from the mini-protest in Laurel Park against the Kosovo bombing, freeing Mumia, freeing Steve Argue, and more
•  Councilmember Tim Fitzmaurice on the City Council’s anti-war resolution being a good step in spite of failure to consider the historical   background.
•  Fitzmaurice on Rep Sam Farr’s position and history on the Kosovo bombings
•  Bathrobespierre on Fitzmaurice’s bad position on the sleeping ban, violence against the homeless, and city council procedure.
•  Activist Lou Rice in-studio guest on the objectives of his homeless fast including a water fountain & better food at the Homeless Services  Center and his conversation with Executive Director Ken Cole.
• Biotic Bakers Brigade—which pied S.F. Mayor Willie Brown for his mistreatment of the homeless.

The November 23, 2023 show is a Flashback to June 10, 1999 including: 

• Oakland City Council rejects loitering law [East Bay Express 4-23-99]
• Fort Lauderdale may ban begging after 11^th Circuit Court decision
• Philadelphia ACLU and police settle homeless lawsuit on begging.
• City Councilmember Mike Rotkin, in-studio guest,  grilled on the beating of local Ray Stitts, homeless guy.
• Norse proposes Rotkin take immediate action with repeal of Sleeping Ban as an immediate safety measure or emergency safety zones indoors or outdoors; Rotkin won’t act himself but says “bring me proposals”.
• Callers include Becky Johnson, Bernard Klitzner, “Merlin”, and others.
• Dispute on popularity of changing the Sleeping Ban; Rotkin’s door-to-door experience

The November 19, 2023 show includes:  

• [11-6-23] Interview with former Santa Cruz City Councilman and activist Drew Glover on his struggle with a reactionary staff and Council majority.
• [11-12-23] Danny Cooper describing life in the Janus program, the 1220 River outdoor shelter, and on the Santa Cruz streets
• [11-15-23] Ryan Dieball on street life—losing and reclaiming his bicycle, observing police driving friends out into the rain, and more
• [11-18-23] Helga reporting on proposed eviction of Cooper D’Angelo’s camp threatened for November 27th.

The Flashback to May 16, 1999 includes: 

• Puck reports on police ignoring sidewalk camping for the Star Wars theater line
• “Dead On” David Silva’s push for Immediate Safety Zones given the recent brutal attacks on homeless folks
• Beach Flats resident Phil Baer on Mayor Beiers plan to bulldoze housing for the Dolphin-Lee project
• Rev. John L. Phillips from the Metropolitan Community Church speaking out against the bombing of Kosovo
• C.J. Stock’s account of the “trollbuster” beating of Joe Barker
• Willow Symonds on the occupation of Sam Farr’s office against the Kosovo war featuring testimony from Phil Baer, Steve Argue, Jim Cosner, and others.

Special 2 ½ hour Interview: Dissident Mama scrutinizes Kylan de Gatelli (aka Foundring), Santa Cruz jazz pianist and satirical singer, banned from you-tube for “misinformation” on COVID and savage criticism of political officials (at https://odysee.com/@DissidentMama:a/foundring:9)

The November 16, 2023 show is a Flashback to May 9, 1999.  It includes: 

• On the 24^th Day of homeless client Lou Rice’s fast demanding better conditions at the Homeless (Lack of) Services Center m [HLOSC], callers support assisting transporting leftover UCSC to the HLOSC hungry, supporting Rice’s fast in other ways, and providing fasting advice. 
• Local resident Norma Tasker and others speak at the Town Hall Meeting of the Beach Area Working Group on Mayor Beiers’ pet proposed Dolphin-Lee project
• 7 points of Lou Rice’s hunger strike begun April 15th
• Call for downtown demos against the Sleeping Ban
• Bob Lamonica denounces former D.A. Art Danner’s corruption
• News stories: D.A. Won’t Charge Cops in River Side Killing (SF Examiner 5-8-99); Depleted Uranium Poses Toxic Threats to Soliders & Civilians
• Linda Lemaster on changes allow good samaritan giveaways by groceries and restaurants
• Bathrobespierre caws at the CPRB [Civilian Police Review Board] and its cover for cops
• Justman Jim Costner on the anniversary of the 1982 Philadelphia cop massacre of the MOVE collective.

The Sunday, November 12, 2023 show includes:

• https://reason.com/2023/11/14/san-franciscos-apec-cleanup-hasnt-fixed-its-homelessness-problem/  [Another article about the force-driven “clean-up” before the APEC conference]
  
• Foundring “What’s This?” satirical protest and the censoring of Kylan deGhetaldi (aka Foundring) interviewed by “Dissident Mama”  https://www.youtube.com › watch?v=kFEZi4a2cV4
  
• [11-7]  Angel, former SC Homeless Union and Occupy Santa Cruz activist on the tribulations of Section 8 occupancy
• [11-6]  Rain, on the impact of Food Not Bombs on her as a member of the housed community.
• [11-9]  “Woe to the Wicked” Wes White on Monterey County anti-homeless doings and homeless struggles

The February 24, 2010 Flashback contains:

• Flashback within a Flashback to October 22, 1988–Anti-Sleeping Ban activist Charles Grey interview
• Curbhugger Chris Doyen on street life and his positive view of the “Hospitality” hosts and critical view of the SCPD’s Officer Winston
• A critic of the Homeless (Lack of) Services Center calls foul of food filching by staff 
• Article on Boulder, CO changes in Sleeping Ban law 
• Jeremy Casmir, arrested, released after violent detention:  https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/06/18637203.php?show_comments=1#18652608
• Some beats and bleats from Drum Circle Dave
• Reviewing Q & A from Mayor Riot Act Rotkin on the Subversive Sidewalk Singing Bust and the Metro Cop Crackdown
• The Obama Wars:  “The 7 Paragraphs That Shook US/Uk Ties” and “Obama Takes a Blue Principle for the Bill of Rights”
• Mark Merin and SHOC (Sacramento Homelessness Organizing Committee) struggle for Safe Ground for Sleepers there.

The November 9, 2023 show is a Flashback to November 21, 2010 including:

• Steve Pleich (rhymes with “h”) co-hosts.
• Brief History of the Homeless (Lack of) Services Center  (currently known as Funding Matters  or more commonly Housing Matters).
• Pleich’s report on Santa Cruz Neighbors forum at the police station
• “Battleweary”  Bob Patton on struggle to reopen the Vet’s Hall
• “Drum Circle” Dave on the Pretend-empkin Bathroom on Soquel
• Ray on labyrinth requirements for Proposition 36 paperwork; Officer “Fat Ticket Book” Forbus misusing the “Move Along” law?
• Santa Barbara: the 100,000 homes movement; ACLU’s abandoned anti-camping ban lawsuit
• John Valley and attorney Misloff successfully defeat 647e anti-lodging prosecution
  
• Systemized attack on the PC2010—a review; the new SCPD Chief Vogel’s checkered background
• Fresno’s latest assault on the homeless; San Francisco Sit/Lie Ban—a conservative merchant critic

The November 5, 2023 show includes:

• Press Conference in Portland, OR on the Gaza Massacres
• Anti-War Protest in Santa Cruz (11-4): thoughts by Darrell Yaney and Dave Warlend
• https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2023/10/426426/homeless-people-are-16-times-more-likely-die-suddenly 
  
• https://sfist.com/2023/10/25/richmond-city-council-spends-seven-hours-debating-passing-resolution-supporting-gaza-and-palestine/
  
• [11-4] Kazoo, a resident of Housing Matters, provides an insider’s view
• [11-4] Robert Woodleaf, resident of the Armory, gives a mixed report.
• [11-4] Angry words from Timmy B. and Woof
• [11-4] Cooper on Russell’s treatment by the SCPD and Dominican Hospital

The Flashback to August 1, 2010 includes (roughly):

• Curbhugger Chris Doyen & Beggarbacker Becky Johnson review warnings from Lt. Plagerman  last night at PeaceCamp 2010.
• Razor Ray and Lighthouse Linda on legal strategies
• Deputies confront PC2010 protest founder attorney and sleepcriminal Ed Frey
• [throughout ] numerous pieces from the Capitol Steps satirical musical group
• Observers Malcolm McGowan and Marge Thornhill inspired to stay the night at PC2010
•  [8-1] Follow-Up report from Curbhugger on PC2010 goings on
• Daniel Ellsberg’s Wikileaks Wish List and other reports from foreign war zones
• Interviews from Ronee Curry’s Chess, Beans, & Burritos table with a UCSC sexual abuse researcher
• Oral Communications at a Recent City Council meeting
• Ronee brings the Drum Circle to PC2010
• Pacific Ave. & PC2010sters on July 29th.–Z Moon, Pizzalover, and Terrorist #7