Local News from KSQD
Forged by Fire with Lee Klinger: The power to mitigate wildfire risk can be in our hands
Monday on Talk of the Bay at 5pm, Host Christine Barrington asks, “Is it possible to imagine a future that is not on fire?” With the ongoing wildfires in LA, it is easy to assume we are at the mercy of our fossil fuel culture with relentless climate change burning our...
The Year in Review! Moment of Truth Team Tallies the Score
In this year-end special show, the Moment of Truth team discusses their favorite episodes of the past year, along with noting listener favorites. We also touch on some of the important news trends Moment of Truth helped to “break” over the last few years, including...
8 Tens @ 8 – Helene Simkin Jara and Anita Natale
Anita Natale and Helene Simpkin Jara share information and interesting anecdotes with host Mathilde Rand about the 8 Tens @ 8 Festival in Santa Cruz. This festival is in its 29th year of bringing 10 minute plays in one program. Contact information: SC County Actor's...
Squid on the Street: Why Fungi?
Our Squid on the Street has been busy. At the fifty-first annual Fungus Faire in Santa Cruz, Maury Cavoto-Burnette asks, Why are you excited about fungi?
FirstPersonSingular: Pauline Seales – Big Waves
Pauline Seales was at West Cliff when the Big Waves hit.
Pride Perspectives: Episode 1
Join KSQD every other Sunday evening at 5, and Tuesday morning at 6, for Pride Perspectives, highlighting the LGBTQ+ community across Santa Cruz County and the Central Coast. Hosts Rob Darrow and Cece Pinheiro keep you up to date on current issues, and share...
Santa Cruz County’s Mobile Response Unit Saves Lives
As local governments try to stretch their budgets to accommodate a new wave of mental health cases, a new program is trying to shift the emergency response from uniformed officers to trained mental health counselors. Since the killing by police of Sean Arlt in 2020, a...
Remembering Jeremy Lansman, Radio Pioneer
This Thursday at 5pm on Talk of the Bay, Rachel Anne Goodman hosts a remembrance of radio and television pioneer, Jeremy Lansman, who was the founder (along with Laura Ellen Hopper and Don Mussell) of the infamous KFAT radio in Gilroy among other accomplishments....
Laurie Corn, Sally Grey and Alan Ritch – First Person Singular Program
On Monday, December 30 host Mathilde Rand was in conversation with Alan Ritch, Sally Grey, and Laurie Corn, longtime contributors to First Person Singular, which is a 2-minute commentary program on KSQD. The conversation revolved around their inspirations, writing...
What’s Up at the Henry Miller Memorial Library?
On Talk of the Bay Monday at 5:30 pm, Magnus Toren, Director of the Henry Miller Memorial Library since 1993 shares his vision of the past, present and future of the Henry Miller Library: The place where nothing happens. Learn more about this cultural resource center...