Pride Perspectives features discussions of various aspects of the rich and vibrant Santa Cruz LGBTQ+ history. Created in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Santa Cruz Pride in 2025, we include conversations with guests about their experiences in being part of this history through stories of local people and events.
Learning LGBTQ+ History from Younger People’s Perspectives with Mars, Levi and Maddie.
The focus of this Pride Perspectives show are the young people who helped organize, interview and edit the "Santa Cruz County Queer History Podcasts" in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Santa...
Pride Perspectives Show 3: The 1970s, Women’s Music and Health with Kater Pollock and Patti Maxine.
This show focused was on the 1970s and in particular how women contributed to the implementation of the first Santa Cruz Pride in 1975. At UCSC, feminist studies began in 1974 and at the same time,...
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...
We could use some helping hands (or tentacles)…
Dear KSQD Community: We are having a blast growing the station and making strides in fulfilling our mission to build community through quality broadcasting. 2023 saw the expansion of not only our signal but also our connection with the region through representing the...
FirstPersonSingular: Laurie Corn – The Good Professor
Laurie Corn gives homage to the good professor.
FirstPersonSingular: Jason Scorse – The Rule of Law is Gone
Jason Scorse says, "The worst is yet to come." Photo courtesy of Charles Criscuolo.
The Cabrillo Stage Presents: Sweeney Todd! Opening July 17th
The Cabrillo Stage is a local treasure, and this year's production is to die for! Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street opens soon, and the artistic team joins host Christine Barrington to share behind the scenes tidbits to work up your appetite for this...
The Toltec Knowledge Base with Joel Schafer
Expand your dreaming awareness by utilizing energetic and shamanic movements, breath work, guided recapitulation, and shadow reflection. Our guest is Shamanic Dreaming Arts teacher, Joel Schafer. Joel talks about the shamanic practices of the Toltecs which are...
FirstPersonSingular: Alan Ritch – Ortigia
Alan Ritch visits the oldest mikveh in Europe.
The Tower of Song Presents “Independence Day 2025, Part 2”
The Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series for Independence Day 2025 is entitled “Romantic Total Revolution: The Democracy of Soul & The Goddess Of Liberty.” This second part of the musical essay series continues where the first part left off presenting the ideal of...
Ukrainian musician and journalist Marichka shares songs for kidnapped children and stories of being a medic on the war front
Marichka is a Ukrainian-Canadian singer and human rights advocate, winner of the Amnesty International Prize and creator of the folk music website, https://folk-ukraine.com. She is the former lead singer with Balaklava Blues and Lemon Bucket Orkestra. She has...
Proud to be American in coastal California
Why are you proud to be American? In these interviews at an Independence Day parade on Coastal California, residents talk about reaching for their pride at a time when our political landscape is so fraught.
The Tower of Song Presents “Independence Day 2025, Part 1”
Update: The revised and extended Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series for Independence Day 2025 (Part 1), entitled "Romantic Total Revolution: The Democracy of Soul & The Goddess Of Liberty" (broadcast 6/30/25), is now available for listening on the “Archived...
Celtic Cauldron: Fridays 11-1pm
Take in sounds inspired by the musical traditions of the Emerald Isle every Friday, 11-1pm. With a rotation of music hosts, each week is a unique taste from the Celtic Cauldron. So many ways to listen! Tune your radio dial to 89.5, 89.7 in South Monterey Bay Area or...
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