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.
Laurie Corn – Rosie
Laurie Corn asks, "When is citizen Not a citizen?"
The Film Gang Review: The Father
Mentioning Florian Zeller might not ring many bells in the U.S., but in his home country of France he’s a household name. Zeller published his first novel when he was only twenty-two years old. Now, at age forty-one, he’s an accomplished novelist, a highly...
Summertime Operas For Your Monday Evening Pleasure
Enjoy these long days and warm evenings with great music from the world of opera. Featured photo courtesy of the Santa Fe Opera. JUNE 21, 2021: AIDA By Giuseppe Verdi with Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry featuring Zubin Mehta conducting the Rome Opera...
Raina Chelisse – Love Letter to Cabrillo College
Raina Chelisse writes a love letter to Cabrillo.
Jason Scorse – GOP
Jason Scorse would love to replay the GOP playbook.
All work and no play leads to less learning!
Host Suki Wessling interviews Rebecca London, Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Cruz, and Mariah Roberts, Executive Director of County Park Friends, Santa Cruz, about the importance of play and unstructured time to health, happiness, and above all, educational...
River Front Project – Massive New Building
Gillian Greensite and Ed Porter discuss with host Mathilde Rand building in Santa Cruz, in particular the River Front Project, which they opposed due to the height and the shortfall in affordable housing.
Dreaming about the IASD Conference with Bob Hoss
Want to find a community that cares about dreams as much as you do? The IASD is a massively multi-disciplinary group of people interested in dreams from scientists to psychologists, artists and dream enthusiasts. We cover topics from spirituality to lucid dreaming to...
KSQD’s Immigration Collaboration with Watsonville and Santa Cruz Public Libraries
KSQD is partnering with the Watsonville and Santa Cruz Public Libraries to celebrate local immigration and identity stories The Izumizaki Family in Watsonville's strawberry fields. They had recently arrived from Japan. Kay Izumizaki (far right) is interviewed in the...
Researchers Use Covid Pause to Learn About Whale Stress
Although the man in the photo by reporter, Cypress Hansen appears to be hunting a whale with a crossbow, UCSC marine sciences post-doc Ryan Reisinger is actually about to collect a sample of blubber to study whale stress hormones. When shipping and recreational boat...
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