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 – 1307

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | May 25, 2022 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Local, Program

Alan Ritch gets a big scare.

How can we save our redwoods?

by Suki Wessling | May 23, 2022 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Local, Outdoors, Program, Science, Suki Wessling, Talk of the Bay

Save the Redwoods League, astonishingly, is over 100 years old. But that's young compared to many of the trees they are trying to save. Redwood forests are perhaps the single greatest treasure that California offers the world. These magnificent trees only live here,...

Watsonville Wetlands Watch

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | May 23, 2022 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Education, Exploring Monterey Bay, Science

Host Mathilde Rand and guests Stephanie Rios and Aimee Mizuno discuss the hands-on approach to the educational programs of the Watsonville Wetlands Watch. WWW is dedicated to the protection, restoration, and fostering of appreciation of the wetlands of the Pajaro...

Metaphors in American Dreaming with Jeannette Mageo

by Katherine Bell | May 23, 2022 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Science, The Dream Journal, Wellness

Metaphors and the Self in a Zombie Pandemic Dream. We talk with Professor Jeannette Mageo, PhD about her lifelong work and many books on dreams and also about her upcoming keynote presentation at the IASD conference in Tucson in July. Jeannette lived in Santa Cruz for...

Patrice Vecchione – Poison Oak

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | May 23, 2022 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Outdoors, Program

Patrice Vecchione reflects on the seasonal color.

Using colchicine for heart disease, microbiome fingerprint for cancer, mushroom communication and more

by Eliza James | May 23, 2022 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Ask Dr. Dawn, Program, Science, Wellness

Problems with eyewitness testimony depends on confidence only for the first time questioned; The old anti-inflammatory drug colchicine has a new use in treating heart diseases; Microbiome fingerprint reveals severity of melanoma and possibly other types of cancer;...

The Plot to Take Away Your Medicare, Unveiled!

by Jill Cody | May 22, 2022 | All Talk, Be Bold America!, Politics, Program

“The Plot to Take Away Your Medicare, Unveiled!” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) (Action Requested: Flood the White House switchboard to urge President Biden to stop DCE/REACH today! Call 202-456-1111 from 11:00am-3:00pm EST. A script may be...

Erica Aitken – Graphic Artist & Activist

by goodnewssantacruz | May 22, 2022 | All Talk, Good News Santa Cruz

On May 19 Pauline Seales and Max Rogozienski interviewed Erica Aitken. They discussed two movements Erica has been involved with recently: Our downtown Our Future (aka ODOF) and Empty Home Tax (EHT). Both movements recently submitted petitions to the City for the...

28th Assembly District Candidates Forum

by Rachel Goodman | May 20, 2022 | All Talk, Local, Politics, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

Three of the four candidates for the 28th State Assembly District appeared in a radio forum answering questions about everything from climate change to what to do with the state's surplus. They are Rob Rennie, Gail Pellerin and Joe Thompson. (The fourth candidate did...