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.

Liz Lawler, Republican Candidate for 28th Assembly District

by Rachel Goodman | May 28, 2022 | All Talk, Politics, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

Voters will go to the polls on June 7th in California’s primary election. In Santa Cruz, the San Lorenzo Valley, Bonny Doon, Davenport and Scotts Valley, voters will choose among four candidates for the newly redrawn 28th Assembly district. Last week we brought you a...

What to Be Show | Janine Chicourrat- General Manager of the Portola Hotel & Spa

by Patrick Harte | May 27, 2022 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Business, Education, Local, Politics, Program, What to Be?

Patrick Harte interviews Janine Chicourrat who is the Portola Hotel & Spa general manager. Janine's career has encompassed successful tenures at some of California’s most renowned hospitality companies, including the Pebble Beach Resorts and the Kimpton Hotel...

More Electric Car Charging Stations Needed in CA

by Rachel Goodman | May 27, 2022 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Business, Local, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

Piet Canin of Ecology Action talks about the need for more electric car charging stations in California and how residents can get rebates and help to choose an electric car.

Jason Scorse – Don’t Give Up On Democracy

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | May 26, 2022 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Politics, Program

Jason Scorse advises we better look up to see where the right wing is headed. Produced by Laurie Corn.

The Film Gang Review: One Cut of the Dead

by Paul Kanieski | May 25, 2022 | All Talk, Arts, Arts & Culture, Program, The Film Gang

Attempting a remake of a great movie is more often than not a fool’s errand. You can forgive some filmmakers for trying to share their fanboy obsessions with a new generation, like Peter Jackson did with King Kong or Steven Spielberg with West Side Story. It’s...

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...