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 – Darien Gap
Alan Ritch learned a lesson at the Darien Gap on the Panamanian Highway.
The Film Gang Review: Memento (1999)
Christopher Nolan is one of those rare filmmakers who routinely make high concept genre films with massive budgets, usually in the service of exploring two of his pet obsessions – the amorphous nature of identity and the subjectivity of time. Because his box...
Unheard Voices with Oscar Paz
On Friday, October 3oth at 3pm, host Gloria Nieto welcomed Oscar Paz, Education Coordinator for Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Each show is hosted by a member of our diverse collective of people from backgrounds under-represented in the media and in...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, October 31st: Oil and Water Don’t Mix! with Fred Keeley
Join hosts Ronnie Lipschutz and Brooke Wright for a conversation with Fred Keeley, a well-known political person about town and across the Monterey Bay Region. He has a long and distinguished career in community service. In the 1980s and 1990s, Keeley served two...
Youth Climate March Organizers
Youth have perhaps the strongest case for why congress and world leaders and local city councilmembers should act quickly on addressing climate change: They stand to bear the brunt of what's to come if the world does not reduce its carbon output. I spoke with two...
UCSC’s College Ten Named For John R. Lewis
In this segment of Talk of the Bay, I talk with Flora Lu, Provost of College Ten (Now Lewis College) and Sarah Woodside Bury about the renaming of the college and Lewis' legacy. From UCSC's press release: UC Santa Cruz advances commitment to social justice with...
Monarch Butterfly Woes
On Oct 28 Pauline Seales talked with Martha Nitzberg, chief interpretive ranger at Natural Bridges State Beach. They discuss various problems for the Monarch butterflies including climate change and a parasite known as OE. The scientists believe that milkweed should...
Mike Doradello- Little Sharkies
Mike Doradello finds forgiveness when he considers the big picture.
Chelsea Olsen – Mold
Chelsey Olsen studies the culprit in her carpet.
Behind the Mic: Nicholas Mitchell
KSQD is community radio---whether it’s music or talk, much of the programming streaming your way on 90.7 FM is created by community volunteers offering their expertise for the sheer love of doing what they do. But, who are the people running the studio, spinning the...
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