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.

Riding the waves of feminism: A conversation with scholar Bettina Aptheker

by Suki Wessling | Mar 25, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Arts & Literature, Education, Local, Monterey Bay History, Politics, Politics & Activism, Program, Sex, Gender & Family, The Babblery, Topics: Evergreen

“We need to get away from the violence in our speech and try to develop one filled with loving kindness, filled with compassion, filled with a vision of justice that's not vengeful.” These are the words of Bettina Aptheker, noted feminist scholar who is often...

Dream-Inspired Poetry with Joan Gelfand

by Katherine Bell | Mar 25, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

Why are dream-inspired poems so powerful? We speak today with award-winning poet, author of multiple books, and committed activist, the dynamic Joan Gelfand. Joan shares a poem inspired by a dream called Burial, quoted in full below. She speaks about why she thinks...

Steve Pleich – Public Service

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Mar 25, 2024 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Local, Program, Wellness

Steve Pleich reflects on public service in this 2013 piece. Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

KSQD Chief Engineer Sandy Stone Makes History

by Christine Barrington | Mar 24, 2024 | Media Coverage, Station News

SANDY STONE MAKES HISTORY AS THE FIRST TRANS WOMAN TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME On March 5th, 2024, Sandy Stone was inducted into the The National Women's Hall of Fame, marking the first time that a trans woman will be recognized...

THE TOWER OF SONG PRESENTS “THE TROUBADOURS & THE BELOVED: THE RELIGION OF LOVE/AMOR”

by Gypsy Scholar | Mar 24, 2024 | All Music

Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, March 25th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the 7th installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series “The Troubadours & The Beloved: The Religion of Love/Amor.” This series explores the medieval origins of our notion of...

Laurie Corn – Junk

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Mar 21, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Laurie Corn asks, "What should we keep?" Photo courtesy of Giallo.

What is “Private Equity” and What Are They Doing to Us?

by Ami Chen Mills | Mar 20, 2024 | All Talk, Business, Education, Housing & Homelessness, Local, Moment of Truth, Politics, Politics & Activism, Program

Ami interviews Brendan Ballou, author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America in this show on the five-alarm fire sale of the "American dream,” good jobs, pensions and decent customer service to multi-billionaires in shadowy private equity firms. Ballou...

Gretchen Gudenkauf – Spring

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Mar 20, 2024 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Health & Wellness, Program

Gretchen Gudenkauf has her ideas about Spring. Photo courtesy of Madison Inouye.

Finding Sacredness in the Mundane with Andrusa Lawson

by Katherine Bell | Mar 18, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

Today we celebrate the 250th official podcast of the Dream Journal by replaying a popular show which just happens to be with my brand designer Andrusa Lawson of Divine by Design. Urban shamanism and setting sacred space. Dreams, like myths, can be regarded as stories...