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.
FirstPersonSingular: Gilda Zelin – Birth
Gilda Zelin contemplates birth. Photo courtesy of Alexandro David.
Karen with a K: A Musical Temper Tantrum featuring Strange Bedfellows
Monday on Talk of the Bay we meet Laura February Strange and members of the cast of “Karen with a K: A musical temper tantrum." If you haven’t had the chance to experience this local garage-rock musical it’s coming around once more at the Kummbwa Jazz Center in...
Watsonville’s Whiskey Hill Farm Explored
In The Garden, KSQD's weekly garden show, airs a conversation from February 8, 2025, with Dave Blume of Whiskey Hill Experimental and Educational Farm. Dave's energy is infectious, and his nontraditional agricultural methods are jaw-dropping and inspirational; 9 to 10...
French composers … Charles Gounod et bien d’autres encore
Saturday, September 6, 2025 - 6 to 9 a.m.; Gounod's Second Symphony (Markeivitch/Berlin Phil), Ravel's Piano Trio (Kantorow/Rouvier/Muller), Adam's Giselle selections (Karajan/Berlin Phil), Ibert's Escales (Dutoit/Montreal Sym), Rameau's Dardanus selections (Nic...
A Hunger Strike to End Pesticides Near Watsonville Schools
This show broadcasted live on Labor Day of 2025, the first day of Omar Dieguez's 30-day hunger strike to end the spraying of pesticides near Watsonville area schools. MOT host Ami Chen Mills and Dieguez are joined by Providencia Martinez Alaniz, who also...
Assemblymember Pellerin Advocates for Suicide Awareness
When Gail Pellerin lost her husband to suicide, she knew she needed to learn more about the causes and prevention as part of her healing process. Now, she is advocating for awareness through a resolution declaring September Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. In...
UC Researchers and Public Service Workers Unionize
7,200 UC Research and Public Service Professionals Vote Yes to Form a Union They are the latest group of professional staff to join the UAW organizing movement Berkeley/Los Angeles, CA - Today, votes were tallied in a union election for 7,200 Research and Public...
FirstPersonSingular: Laurie Corn – Lost and Found
Laurie Corn has been lucky in the game of Lost and Found.
Facing Death: Living with Terminal Illness
Episode 82: Guest host Patrice Vecchione explores the mental health challenges of living with a terminal illness. Featuring the late Megan Myers’s moving story, insights from palliative care physician Dr. John Hausdorff, and reflections from Kevin Christine Kennedy, who is now nearing the end of her life. Together, they share how people face loss while also finding courage, hope, and meaning at life’s end. Find resources from this episode in the show notes.
FirstPersonSingular: Sally Grey – Barefoot
For Sally Grey, memories of summer include being barefoot. Photo courtesy of YingSaac.
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