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.

Big Sur Faces Development Pressures

by Rachel Goodman | Aug 17, 2023 | All Talk, Local, Outdoors, Politics, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

As more and more people discover the coastal gem that is Big Sur, the original Big Sur Land Use Plan is being put to the test. A group, Keep Big Sur Wild is gearing up to wage legal battles to keep the coast from commercial development that they say would make the...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, August 20th, 2023: How Kinship Practices Could Foster New Relations between Humans and Nature, with Prof. Rosalind Warner of the Earth Systems Governance Project

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Aug 17, 2023 | All Talk, Politics, Program, Science, Sustainability Now!

How Kinship Practices Could Foster New Relations between Humans and Nature, with Prof. Rosalind Warner of the Earth Systems Governance Project The Rights of Nature is one way to rethink the relationships between humans and Nature, but are there other ways to think...

Bahia Brunelle – Trivia

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 17, 2023 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular

Bahia Brunelle has something to say about trivia.

Annie Emblem – Imagination

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 16, 2023 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Arts & Literature, First Person Singular, Program

Annie Emblem learns at an early age the magic of imagination. Photo courtesy of Vlad Vasnetsov.

Michael Saint – Update Electrical Vehicles Grants and Rebates

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 14, 2023 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Climate Change, Exploring Monterey Bay

Michael Saint discusses with host Mathilde Rand, the latest information on grants and rebates for electrical vehicles. Website for more information: https://evsforeveryone.org/

Guiding Spirits Home with Jeanne Van Bronkhorst

by Katherine Bell | Aug 14, 2023 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Wellness

Companioning the dying through lucid dreams. Our guest shares some of her experiences of psychopompic dreaming. Starting when she was 9 or 10 she would dream of being in a classroom where she learned how to change the dream. Several years later she describes her first...

Andrea Macon- Chicken Caper

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 14, 2023 | Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Andrea Macon asks, "When does a chicken capon become a chicken caper?" Photo courtesy of Brenda Timmermans.

Big Basin State Park Regenerates Itself

by Rachel Goodman | Aug 11, 2023 | All Talk, Climate Change, Local, Monterey Bay History, Outdoors, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Science, Science & Nature, Talk of the Bay

Big Basin State Park is the oldest state park in California and also the most devastated by the CZU Fire that swept through in 2020. In this show, we hear from Bonny Hawley, Executive Director of the Friends of the Santa Cruz State Parks, and Erin Dunning, State Park...