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.
Science news topics: Touch reduces anxiety, acoustic fabrics, mononucleosis and more
The Huggable™ tech device to reduce anxiety and improve math exam scores! Sperm cells are induced via 3D printed seminiferous tubules built from stem cells. A valuable new nutrition program in Santa Cruz county, CA. Acoustic Fabric acts as an ear by transmitting...
Steve Rodrigues – Stranded
Stranded on the hi-way, Steve Rodrigues gives a shout-out to a loyal and patient tow-truck driver. Produced by Laurie Corn.
Lindsay Owens on public perceptions of corporate greed, economics, and housing – and the real story
Lindsay Owens is the Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative. Lindsay has worked in academia, government, and the non-profit sector for nearly 15 years. Most recently, she served as a senior economic policy adviser to Senator Elizabeth Warren and as...
Poetry and the Mythopoetics of Dreaming with Larry Sorkin
How dreams help us recreate our own stories is a kind of nighttime narrative therapy. Also the direction that the dreams are leading us is not always where we want to go! Our guest today Larry Sorkin reads several of his dream-inspired poems and shares some of his...
Gilda Zelin – Skunk
Gilda Zelin made friends with a skunk.
The Film Gang Review: The Tender Bar
George Clooney, tv dreamboat turned elder statesman of cinema is back in the director’s chair for The Tender Bar, a sensitive tale of surviving childhood. This is Clooney’s first directing effort since 2020’s The Midnight Sky, the science fiction fable...
Sustainability Now! March 20th, 2022: A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Nuclear Winter with Dr. Alan Robock and Dr. Joshua Coupe
A Spectre is Haunting Europe: Nuclear Winter with Dr. Alan Robock & Dr. Joshua Coupe On Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 20th, 5-6 PM on KSQD 90.7 FM and KSQD.org “A spectre is haunting Europe,” but this time it is not communism. Vladimir Putin has put...
James Houston and Diane Cooley on Santa Cruz History
In this excerpt from my documentary "The Boomtown Chronicles: The Changing Face of California" we hear stories from James Houston, J.S. Holliday, and Diane Porter Cooley, all of them gone now, but their voices and perspectives have a lot to teach us about California's...
Librarian on Book Banning and Free Speech
Collection Services Manager, Sarah Harbison of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries takes free speech seriously. In this interview, she comments on recent efforts to ban books and the role libraries have played in protecting first amendment rights. For a good article...
The Film Gang Review: Being the Ricardos
Being the Ricardos, the latest film from wordsmith-turned-filmmaker Aaron Sorkin, wastes no time reminding us that long before our so-called New Golden Age of Television, the 1950’s sitcom, I Love Lucy, had, at its peak, sixty million viewers. A quick Google...
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