Pride Perspectives

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.

August 20, 2024: Computer Man! Your Tech Questions Answered

by Luigi Oppido | Aug 20, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Local, Tech, Technology, Technology, The Computer Man!

Tech troubles got you tangled up? Don't stress about your tech! Call the Computer Man between 6-7pm PT every Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Or write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Tune in to 90.7 FM or ksqd.org, stay informed and updated, and let The Computer Man be your...

ExploringMontereyBay: Rich Stedman – MBARD

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 19, 2024 | All Talk, Climate Change, Exploring Monterey Bay, Health & Wellness, Local, Science & Nature

Mathilde Rand is in conversation with Rich Stedman of MBARD, Monterey Bay Air Resources District. MBARD regulates and educates about air quality in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties. Rich shares many practical information about air quality, what we can do,...

Doing the Opposite Again with Chris Cunniffe

by Katherine Bell | Aug 19, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

When should you do the opposite of what you usually do? Today we share a popular replay about lucid dreaming, shadow work, and dream yoga with Chris Cunniffe. Chris had been a lawyer for 8 years when he had a dream which nudged him onto a more spiritual path. In the...

FirstPersonSingular: Ray Newkirk – Luminous Darkness

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 19, 2024 | Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Science, Wellness

Ray Newkirk discovers the connection between "enlightenment" and "endarkenment." Photo courtesy of Beauty With Pixels.

The Tower of Song Presents “Romantic Total Revolution”

by Gypsy Scholar | Aug 18, 2024 | All Music, The Tower of Song

Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, August 19th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the first part of a two-part Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series entitled “Romantic Total Revolution & the Sixties Second American Revolution.” Now, with the presidential election coming...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, August 18th: Is it Curtains for Glaciers? Slowing Down Polar Melting, with Professor John Moore, University of Lapland

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Aug 18, 2024 | All Talk, Outdoors, Politics, Science, Sustainability Now!

Is it Curtains for Glaciers? Slowing Down Polar Melting with Professor John Moore, University of Lapland on Sustainability Now! Sunday, August 18th As the Earth gets warmer, the world’s glaciers get smaller. Land-based glaciers in the Earth’s polar regions hold...

JD Vance and the Tech Bros of San Francisco: Sad Francisco Part 2

by Ami Chen Mills | Aug 15, 2024 | All Talk, Moment of Truth, Politics, Program, Talk of the Bay

In this Part II of our series on “Sad Francisco,” we continue our deep dive into the history of the tech executives, crypto billionaires and venture capital/incubator heads who have attempted a (relatively successful) coup in San Francisco and now appear to be...