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.

Dr. Janice Hadlock shares her experience in successful treatment of COVID-19 and “Long COVID”, and lack of NIH support

by Len Beyea | Sep 29, 2025 | All Talk, COVID-19, Len Beyea, Local, Science, Talk of the Bay, Wellness

Dr. Janice Hadlock is a professor of acupuncture and a well-known researcher in the field of Chinese medicine. She has been published in the top journals in the field and has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding treatments for...

Fire Hose or Garden Hose? Psychedelics vs Dreamwork with Darren Jakubec, MD

by Katherine Bell | Sep 29, 2025 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Program, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

Our guest has hosted hundreds of patients on ketamine-assisted psychedelic trips and has gone on a few of his own, yet his experience is that dreamwork can be even more profound. In this show, a replay of a popular show from August 2024 Katherine talks to Dr. Darren...

FirstPersonSingular: Alan Ritch – Alan and Ashley

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Sep 29, 2025 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular

Alan Ritch has an unlikely friendship with Ashley.

The Tower of Song Presents “The Autumnal Season” Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack Series

by Gypsy Scholar | Sep 28, 2025 | All Music, The Tower of Song

Tune in at 12 AM, September 29th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the first part of the The Autumnal Season" Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack Series Be sure to check out the fantabulous “Autumnal Season” webpage dedicated for this musical essay series at...

The Homeless Garden Project: Harvest, Community & Compassion

by Nyanko Nyasu | Sep 28, 2025 | All Talk, Education, Local, Outdoors, Talk of the Bay

In this episode of Talk of the Bay, host Janet Quinn sits down with Brian Sweeney and Omar Guzman of the Homeless Garden Project. They share how the project provides job training, community, and hope for people experiencing homelessness, while also growing fresh food,...

12th Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival: “The Laughtopus” October 3-4

by Christine Barrington | Sep 28, 2025 | All Talk, Christine Barrington, Local, Program, Talk of the Bay, Wellness

On Talk of the Bay host Christine Barrington interviews DNA, our local comedy impresario who returns to Santa Cruz to bring us the 12th annual Santa Cruz Comedy festival. Called the Laughtopus, this fest helps us reflect that being able to find the funny in these...

Monterey Jazz Festival Memories

by Christine Barrington | Sep 26, 2025 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Christine Barrington, Local, Program, Talk of the Bay

Each year KSQD stations its volunteers in a booth at the MJF where we get to meet lots of wonderful folks, and one character we bumped into was kind of special. Michael Downer has been attending the Monterey Jazz Fest for 60 years. I grabbed a moment with him while...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, September 28th: Conserving California’s Lands and Coastal Waters: A Progress Report with Meghan Hertel, Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity and Habitat at the California Natural Resources Agency

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Sep 25, 2025 | All Talk, Outdoors, Politics, Program, Science, Science & Nature, Sustainability Now!

Conserving California’s Lands and Coastal Waters: A Progress Report with Meghan Hertel, Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity and Habitat at the California Natural Resources Agency In October 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-82-20 which establishes a state...

The Tower of Song Presents the Autumnal Equinox for 2025 & Leonard Cohen’s Birthday Tribute

by Gypsy Scholar | Sep 25, 2025 | All Music, The Tower of Song

Update: The Gypsy Scholar's extended broadcast (9/22/25) of the Autumnal Equinox & Leonard Cohen’s Birthday Tribute is now available for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” webpage, along with the corresponding playlist on the “Program Playlists” page, of...