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.

Alan Ritch – Cherry Garcia A La Russe

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | May 31, 2023 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Alan Ritch remembers Russian ice cream.

Pilot Show: Sunday Dinner with DJ Dupsie

by Christine Barrington | May 29, 2023 | All Talk, Local, Politics, Program, Sunday Dinner, Talk of the Bay, Wellness

Sunday Dinner with DJ Dupsie utilizes theories of intersectionality, storytelling, and healing to center dialogue about identity, the land, space and time, and art. All in an attempt to bend the arc of our universe towards justice. Sunday Dinner is a spinoff of the...

Dreaming and Theater with Professor Angel Morgan

by Katherine Bell | May 29, 2023 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Arts & Literature, Education, Health & Wellness, Science, The Dream Journal, Wellness

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on…” Dreams and the theater with guest Professor Angel Morgan. Angel starts by describing lucid dream drama where the dreamer is performer, director, audience and also playwright, getting to chose whether to change the dream...

Tim Rudolph – Are We Alone?

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | May 29, 2023 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Wellness

Tim Rudolph wonders if we are alone. Photo courtesy of Micotino.

Building Bridges of Trust through Conversations June 17 at the MAH

by Christine Barrington | May 28, 2023 | All Talk, Christine Barrington, Local, Program, Talk of the Bay

LET’S TALK ABOUT IT “Finding Common Threads Through Conversation” is an event happening 1-5 pm, Saturday, June 17 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History and Co-Sponsored by the Conflict Resolution Center of Santa Cruz County and the MAH. And, it asks: What if...

The Watershed Rangers: Budding Scientists Along the San Lorenzo River’s Edge

by Christine Barrington | May 28, 2023 | All Talk, Christine Barrington, Local, Outdoors, Program, Talk of the Bay

Join the Watershed Rangers as they learn about the San Lorenzo River watershed on their field trips with the Coastal Watershed Council’s “Watershed Rangers” education program offered through schools and youth programs across the county. Christine Barrington interviews...

The Film Gang Review: Dune

by Paul Kanieski | May 27, 2023 | All Talk, Arts, Program, The Film Gang

If you’re a fan of impressive world building done on a spectacular scale, Dune definitely delivers the goods.

Patrice Keet and Melissa LaHommedieu share the story of foster care tragedies and triumphs in “Melissa Come Back”

by Len Beyea | May 25, 2023 | All Talk, Education, Len Beyea, Local, Talk of the Bay, Wellness

Patrice Keet and Melissa LaHommedieu are co-authors of the just-released book Melissa Come Back. Patrice Keet was a marriage and family therapist for thirty years with experience in private practice and school settings. She hosted a talk radio program called...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, May 28th, 2023: Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future–Elizabeth Kolbert and Ezra Klein in Conversation

by Ronnie Lipschutz | May 25, 2023 | All Talk, Education, Outdoors, Politics, Program, Science, Sustainability Now!

Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Elizabeth Kolbert and Ezra Klein in Conversation Listen to a conversation between Elizabeth Kolbert and Ezra Klein on May 21st, part of UC Santa Cruz’s annual Deep Read, about Kolbert's 2021 book, Under a White Sky. Kolbert...