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 – Landslides

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | May 3, 2023 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Local, Program

Alan Ritch explains why he he discarded most of his slides.

Support KSQD During Our Spring Pledge Drive

by Rachel Goodman | May 3, 2023 | All Music, All Talk

Our theme is growth and renewal. Help your favorite radio station grow and expand by making a donation during our spring pledge drive.

The Radio8Ball Show: Synchronicity with Andras Jones

by Katherine Bell | May 1, 2023 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Wellness

Was that a coincidence or synchronicity? The Radio 8 Ball Show gives you practice seeing into your subconscious by noticing musical synchronicities. We speak today to the founder and host of the Radio 8 Ball Show, Andras Jones. With the song "When I Dream" by Bart...

Steve Pleich – Labor Day May 1

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | May 1, 2023 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Steve Pleich talks about honoring labor. Photo courtesy of Karolina Grabowska

Celebrate Creativity with Print Day in May!

by Christine Barrington | Apr 30, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Christine Barrington, Local, Program, Talk of the Bay

Print Day in May is coming soon! For 24 hours, as the day unfolds around the globe, participants in over 80 countries join in this powerful celebration of creativity. By nightfall they share their work online creating a community chain around the world. Learn how...

Student Climate Strike

by Rachel Goodman | Apr 30, 2023 | All Talk, Local, Politics, Science

Students from UCSC, Santa Cruz High, and Mission Hill Middle School walked out of class to call attention to inaction on climate change. This piece was produced by science writing intern, Luis Melecio-Zambrano.

Mountain Community Theater’s “The Viewing Room” Preview

by Rachel Goodman | Apr 28, 2023 | All Talk, Arts, Arts & Culture, Local, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

On May 19th Mountain Community Theater will present "The Viewing Room" a comedy full of gallows humor in which the patriarch of a family comes back to settle old scores and seek reconciliation for past wrongs. What could possibly go wrong? We hear from Director,...

Sand City’s West End Celebration

by Rachel Goodman | Apr 28, 2023 | All Music, All Talk, Business, Local, Outdoors, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

In this chat with founder/organizer Steve Vagnini, we look at the evolution of this local street festival into a major music event in the area.

Sustainability Now! April 30th: The Ideal River: How control of nature shaped the international order, with Dr. Joanne Yao

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Apr 27, 2023 | All Talk, Business, Politics, Science, Science & Nature, Sustainability Now!, Topics: Evergreen

The Ideal River: How control of nature shaped the international order with Dr. Joanne Yao On Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 30th, 5-6 PM Rivers have long been the object of poems, songs, novels, studies, fishers, swimmers, sewage, engineers, farmers and salmon. In...