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.

Omer Bartov, world-renowned expert on genocide, on politics in Israel and strategies for peace in the Middle East

by Len Beyea | Apr 2, 2024 | All Talk, Len Beyea, Politics, Talk of the Bay

Omer Bartov was born in Israel and educated at Tel Aviv University and St. Antony's College, Oxford. His early research concerned the Nazi indoctrination of the Wehrmacht and the crimes it committed in World War II, analyzed in his books, The Eastern Front,...

Martin Rizzo-Martinez unfolds the history of the Native people who sustained and survived Mission Santa Cruz

by Len Beyea | Apr 2, 2024 | All Talk, Education, Len Beyea, Local, Politics, Talk of the Bay

Martin Rizzo-Martinez is a historian and a producer of film, podcast, and other media content. After completing his PhD at UC Santa Cruz in 2016, he became a UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Dr. Cliff Trafzer at UC Riverside. Following his...

A Mythic Psychedelic Journey with Scott Mason

by Katherine Bell | Apr 1, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

The Myth Slayer, Scott Mason shares revelations from a transformative, mythic-level psychedelic journey which he frames as a quest to find his own light. He tells of the challenges he had in his journey and how the gifts he received ultimately helped heal some of his...

Lawsuit against Aptos Highway 1 Expansion

by Christine Barrington | Apr 1, 2024 | All Talk, Christine Barrington, Local, Politics, Program, Talk of the Bay

While the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission celebrates the groundbreaking of the Highway 1 auxiliary lane, bus on shoulder, and Mar Vista bike and pedestrian overcrossing, a lawsuit has been filed by the Sierra Club and The Campaign for Sustainable...

Olga Cossi – Raisin Bran

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Apr 1, 2024 | Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Wellness

The late Olga Cossi raised the question of raisin bran. Photo courtesy of Polina Tankilevitch

THE TOWER OF SONG PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL EASTER MUSICAL ESSAY

by Gypsy Scholar | Mar 31, 2024 | All Music

Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, April 1st, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack, “The Many Eostres / Easters: A Choice of Rebirth Hallelujahs.” This musical essay explores the pagan origins of the Christian holiday of Easter by looking to...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 31st: The Green Energy Resource Rush and the American West with Professor Dustin Mulvaney

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Mar 28, 2024 | All Talk, Business, Outdoors, Politics, Program, Science, Sustainability Now!

The Green Energy Resource Rush & the American West With Professor Dustin Mulvaney Solar electricity is the fuel of the future. But can we go solar without damaging the environment? Solar farms in distant places need transmission lines to get their product to the...

Tricia Stone (Zenone) – Synchronicity

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Mar 28, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Tricia Stone (Zenone) finds that destiny sometimes has its own plans. Photo courtesy of Craig Adderley

Moral Courage: Profiles of Investigative Journalists

by Jill Cody | Mar 27, 2024 | All Talk, Be Bold America!, Education, Politics, Politics & Activism, Program, Topics: Evergreen

“Moral Courage: Profiles of Investigative Journalists” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 5:00pm (PDT) “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Moral courage is...