
"Unpacked in Santa Cruz" is a homegrown podcast hosted by Michael Howard that dives into the lives, stories, and salty moments of people who call this coastal community home—or have been shaped by it in some way. Whether it's a deep conversation with local surfers opening up about mental health, or a peek behind the curtain of someone who started a one-of-a-kind food spot right here in town, every... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 81 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Society & Culture | |||

Santa Cruz can feel like paradise and a pressure cooker at the same time, and that tension is where this conversation starts. I sit down with David McIntosh to unpack what “change” really looks like on the ground: a working class beach town shaped by... more
Santa Cruz can make a world champion feel like “just another guy in the lineup”. That’s exactly where this conversation starts.
I sit down with Mark Allen, the GOAT and six-time Ironman World Champion, and lifelong surfer, to get under the surface ... more
Santa Cruz loves to call itself creative, but what happens when creativity becomes a commodity and everyone feels forced to hustle?
I’m sitting down with local artist and designer Hannah Selden to unpack the push and pull of making art in Santa Cruz... more
Santa Cruz can feel like paradise, a trap, and a time capsule all at once and that tension runs through our conversation with graphic designer and storyteller James Reitano. He grew up with Santa Cruz roots, found his way into the high-pressure world... more
Santa Cruz can feel like paradise until you look closer and realize how much pressure hides under the flip-flops. We sit down with longtime Santa Cruz realtor Brian Di Diego to talk about what it’s like to build a life in a small town where everybody... more
A GED, a 0.0 college moment, and a kid obsessed with a Commodore 64 somehow add up to a career that lands at Borland, rides the Netscape wave, and still ends with one clear conclusion: Santa Cruz feels like home. We trace the real path, not the clean... more
A pro surfer from Rio de Janeiro moves to Santa Cruz, builds a family, all knowing that the hardest opponent was never another person. Andre joins me for a raw, wide-ranging talk about ego, identity, and what it means to stop chasing trophies while s... more
Santa Cruz can feel like a spell. One minute it’s sunshine and greetings on a neighborhood street, the next it’s elbows up in a surf lineup that treats every set wave like property. We sit down with Jefferson De Paula, born and raised on the east sid... more
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