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.
Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley
Fred Keeley talks about new height limits on large housing developments and the repairs or changes to West Cliff Drive, plus Brown Act violations from the mayors select committee.
Tiffany Wise-West illuminates the Santa Cruz City Climate Action Plan
Dr. Tiffany Wise-West is the Sustainability and Climate Action Manager at the City of Santa Cruz, California. She is a licensed professional civil engineer with over 25 years of experience in municipal environmental planning, programming, policy and...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 5th, 5-6 PM: Some of My Best Friends are Elephants! with USF Professor Matthew Liebman
Some of My Best Friends are Elephants, with USF Law Professor Matthew Liebman On Sustainability Now! March 5th, 5-6 PM on KSQD 90.7 FM and KSQD.org streaming on the internet This is a rebroadcast of a show originally aired on June 26, 2022. Are elephants...
Bahia Brunelle – A Marriage of Families
Bahia Brunelle shares a special view on marriage.
Healing from Dysfunctional Families with the ACA 12-Step Program (Remix)
Episode 52: We’re joined by ACA Program participants Bill Trimpi and Birch Curry to discuss their childhoods in dysfunctional families, the lasting mental health impacts of those experiences, and how they found support and growth in the 12-step program Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families (ACA). Community member Patrice Vecchione tenderly describes the confusion and heartbreak of growing up with a mother with alcohol addiction.
Sigrid McLaughlin – Roosters
The late Sigrid McLaughlin discovered the secret of the roosters.
Women at the center of Santa Cruz’s early winemaking industry
The Santa Cruz Mountains American Viticultural Area (AVA) stretches along the mountains, the only AVA in the US to be defined by terrain rather than geographical boundaries. Before there was an AVA in these mountains, there were women: women in the vineyards, women in...
Kris Desmond – Grandjury
Kris Demond joins host Mathilde Rand to talk about the Santa Cruz County Grand Jury. Have you ever wondered what a Grand Jury does? Have you ever considered to be on a Grand Jury? Kris will have those answers and much more on Exploring Santa Cruz. For all your...
Dream Medicine Works from the Inside Out with Amy Trafford
By following the wisdom of each dream, one by one, we can experience powerful awakening and healing. Our guest today is Archetypal Dreamworker Amy Trafford. Amy starts by saying that dreams help us find meaning in life and that even difficult dreams offer us a place...
Elnaz Sarbar Boczek – Potzilla
Elnaz Sarbar Boczek shares her encounter with Potzilla. Featured picture courtesy of Kamshotthat.
Your Title Goes Here
AIRS
Every other Sunday at 5pmNEXT SHOW
Sunday, December 28 5:00pm






