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K-Squid Jingle Contest Results
A big K-Squid thank you to everyone who entered our K-Squid Jingle Contest. Runners up will receive a KSQD bumper decal, and our winners will get a hat or shirt. Everyone is a winner at KSQD because we like to have fun. Winners 1. K-Squidin' - Mike Curtis 2. Squid in...
Crush Time at Pelican Ranch Winery
In the Santa Cruz mountains, October is crush time. What does that mean? Find out with this short radio postcard from Pelican Ranch Winery. Featured are cellar assistant, Neil Abel and owner, Phil Crews.
Expanding the Limits of Medicine with the UCSC Genomics Institute
On Good News Santa Cruz, Thursday, October 14, 2021, host Lucille Tee interviews Tim Harris, director of the Computational Genomics Platform at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, on his role in finding a cure for cancer and other genetic diseases. The institute...
India Joze Film: Foodie for the People
In this interview, we speak with filmmaker Jon Silver, whose film Foodie for the People, featuring Joseph Schultz, premiers in Santa Cruz next week. https://vimeo.com/412403397/d316c98435?fbclid=IwAR07_1PI2PNcPAYVKstFSuCIzdOK3sj162b8sG9bt6ZBCO63yLOkLsPQb-o Tickets for...
A blast from our educational past: two new principal/superintendents lead one-school districts
What does it take to run a one-school district? In Santa Cruz County, we have three of these little hold-outs from a simpler time and two of them have brand-new principal/superintendents. Host Suki Wessling is joined by Michelle Stewart of Happy Valley Elementary and...
Unheard Voices with Jenn Budd
On Friday, October 8th at 3 pm, host Gloria Nieto welcomed former Border Patrol agent Jenn Budd for a follow-up look at immigration at the southern border. Jenn has just returned from Del Rio, Texas and will discuss the systemic racism shown by the Border Patrol,...
Unheard Voices: The Second Saturday Network
On Unheard Voices, Friday, September 17, 2021 Host Bobby Bishop welcomes members of the Second Saturday Network. Created by local community leaders in the early 1990s to unify and support African Heritage families, activities now include providing educational support...
Behind the Mic: Jinx Deruisa
On Talk of the Bay, Monday, October 4, 2021, Christine Barrington drops Behind the Mic with Jinx Deruisa, co-host of Sunday morning's Heritage Gospel Uplift. KSQD is community radio---whether it’s music or talk, much of the programming streaming your way on 90.7 FM...
Peter Weiss and the Earth Rangers – bringing ecological awareness and a positive vibe to the children in all of us
Peter Weiss, also known as the Singing Scientist, has worked at UCSC since 2009. He is a Lecturer in Dept of Chemistry, Faculty Researcher in Dept of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology. He has published many papers on the topic of Mercury as a Global Pollutant...
Unheard Voices with Justine Lee
On Friday, October 1st at 3pm, host Ami Chen Mills-Naim welcomed Justine Lee, Executive Director of Living Room Conversations, and co-creator of Make America Dinner Again. Justine's work is focused on building understanding across ideological differences, and...