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.

The Film Gang Review: Rockula (1990)

by Paul Kanieski | Jul 21, 2021 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Program, The Film Gang

For the longest time, ‘80s cinema was considered one of the worst decades in American film history. Compared to the gritty adult-oriented stories and antiheroes brought to the big screen by the New Hollywood auteurs of the ‘60s and ‘70s, ‘80s filmmaking...

Olga Cossi – Ah Nature

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Jul 21, 2021 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular

Olga Cossi asks, "Does nature surprise you, too?"

Cabrillo Festival Makes the Remote Personal

by Suki Wessling | Jul 19, 2021 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, COVID-19, Local, Suki Wessling, Talk of the Bay

On Talk of the Bay, Ellen Primack, Executive Director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, joins host Suki Wessling to talk about the challenges of pandemic-era music programming and the amazing work that was done to bring together this year’s virtual...

More Dream Tracking with Bambi Corso-Steinmeyer

by Katherine Bell | Jul 19, 2021 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Science, The Dream Journal, Wellness

We start by talking about how Bambi first found her love for the natural world, a love that shows up throughout her approach to dreams as wild animals that we can track to learn more about. We then go into some of her current dream work involving exploring themes...

Margaret Quinn – A Crossing Story – Irish Lass

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Jul 19, 2021 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular

Margaret Quinn vividly remembers her crossing to America from Ireland.

One Race: The Human Race

by Jill Cody | Jul 18, 2021 | All Talk, Be Bold America!, Education, Politics, Program

“One Race: The Human Race” Be Bold America! Sunday, July 18, 2021 at 5:00pm The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968 was the catalyst for a young elementary school teacher in Riceville, Iowa to want to teach her class the next day about diversity....

Teen Inventor Creates Heat Triggered Fire Extinguisher

by Rachel Goodman | Jul 17, 2021 | All Talk, Business, Education, Rachel Anne Goodman, Science, Talk of the Bay

Just in time for fire season, a high school student, Arul Mathur has invented a heat-sensitive fire extinguisher that operates without you having to be there. As impressive as his invention, Arul talks passionately about how he was inspired to invent this device when...

What’s New at the SC Farmers Markets?

by Rachel Goodman | Jul 16, 2021 | All Talk, Business, Local, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay, Wellness

Santa Cruz County is lucky enough to have many thriving farmers markets from Aptos to Scotts Valley. I talked with Nesh Dhillon, farmers market manager for five of those markets, about what's new, what's fresh, and how over twenty years he has learned a lot about...