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(AUDIO) David Cobb is Holding Up!
It’s been nearly four years since a group of local dreamers and community organizers founded Cooperation Humboldt with the lofty goal of pushing for a more equitable world. In that time, the organization has launched numerous programs focusing on the community’s needs — from food education, to housing, to arts workshops, just to name a few — while also attempting to prepare people for a potential post-capitalist world.
On today’s miraculous 50th episode of Humboldt Holding Up, LoCO‘s apparently never-quit podcast, we chat with David Cobb, longtime Green Party activist and one of the founders of Cooperation Humboldt about all aspects of the organization plus other topics, including:
- His journey from student political organizer to earning the 2004 Green Party nomination for President and later working as campaign manager for 2016 nominee Jill Stein
- Following his heart to Humboldt County and why he feels at home here
- A discussion of Cooperation Humboldt’s various community programs and its leadership structure
- What a future CH “Ecovillage” might look like
- The upcoming launch of the Full Cycle Compost, a new CH-incubated, worker-owned business
Click on the audio player above or head on over to iTunes to hear Cobb’s chat with the LoCO’s Stephanie McGeary and Andrew Goff. And if you feel up for it, scroll through the growing list of past guests below.
PREVIOUS HUMBOLDT HOLDING UP GUESTS:
- #49 Ink People Center for the Arts’ Libby Maynard
- #48 Humboldt Bay Social Co-Owner Amy Cirincione O’Connor
- #47 Musician Lyndsey Battle
- #46 Mad River Brewing CEO Linda Cooley
- #45 LoCO Editor Hank Sims
- #44 Humboldt Republic’s Jason Brandi
- #43 Table Bluff Farmer Hannah Eisloeffel
- #42 Logger Bar Owner Kate Martin
- #41 Teacher/Rapper Zach “Zigzilla” Lehner
- #40 Madaket Captain “Zippo” Libby Tonning
- #39 Event Planner Alegria Sita
- #38 Food For People’s Anne Holcomb
- #37 AHHA President Nezzie Wade
- #36 Performance Artist Noël August/Tucker Noir
- #35 Eureka Mayor Susan Seaman
- #34 Eagle House Owner Jennifer Metz
- #33 Absynth Quartet Drummer Mike “Tofu” Schwartz
- #32 HACHR Executive Director Lasara Firefox Allen
- #31 Alchemy Distiller Owner Amy Bohner
- #30 Eureka City Councilmember Kati Moulton
- #29 Eureka City Councilmember Scott Bauer
- #28 Ungraceful Ager Barry Evans
- #27 Arcata City Councilmember Sofia Pereira
- #26 HumBrews Music Booker Laurel Weston
- #25 Eureka City Councilmember Kim Bergel
- #24 Film Commission’s Cassandra Hesseltine and Nate Adams
- #23 Marble Maker Topher Reynolds
- #22 Arcata Playhouse Director Jacqueline Dandeneau
- #21 Humboldt Political Junkie Eric Kirk
- #20 Rio Dell Mayor Debra Garnes
- #19 Second District Supervisor Estelle Fennell
- #18 Arcata Food Aficionado Jada Calypso Brotman
- #17 Body Piercer Jackie Silva
- #16 Dick Taylor Chocolate’s Adam Dick
- #15 FUHS Teachers Mark Thom and Inma Thompson
- #14 Eureka City Manager Miles Slattery
- #13 Savage Henry Co-Founder Chris Durant
- #12 Eureka Street Art Festival Organizer Jenna Catsos
- #11 SCRAP Humboldt Founder Tibora Bea
- #10 Gym Owner Tyler Parr
- #9 Six Rivers Brewery Co-Owner Meredith Maier
- #8 Multicultural Skincare Therapist Levia Love
- #7 Annie’s Cambodian Server and Social Worker Joshua Coppock
- #6 Eureka City Councilmember Austin Allison
- #5 HSU Professor Deidre Pike
- #4 Pastor Bethany Cseh
- #3 Singer/Songwriter Chris Parreira
- #2 Eureka City Councilmember Leslie Castellano
- #1 Arcata City Councilmember Paul Pitino