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.

Local Rabbis Try to Get Arrested for Gaza

by Ami Chen Mills | Aug 23, 2025 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Ami Chen Mills, Moment of Truth, Politics, Politics & Activism, Spirituality & Religion, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

On Monday, August 11, roughly 18 San Francisco Bay Area rabbis and cantors sat down in the street after speaking in front of the barricaded Israeli Consulate building, in opposition to Netanyahu’s plan to re-occupy the Gaza Strip and to express dismay at...

LAST EXIT TO “MURDERLAND” WITH CAROLINE FRASER

by Erik Nelson | Aug 23, 2025 | All Talk, Arts, Arts & Culture, Politics

Where is “Murderland"? The Pacific Northwest during the late 60’s and early 70’s, when serial killers like Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer turned the landscape into a secret graveyard. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caroline Fraser has written THE book on these...

Immigration and the Apocalypse

by Ami Chen Mills | Aug 23, 2025 | All Talk, Ami Chen Mills, Labor, Moment of Truth, Monterey Bay History, Politics, Politics & Activism, Program, Topics: Evergreen

How have Christians--going back to Columbus--used religion, and especially the Book of Revelation, to frame migration and immigration both by colonists (to justify colonization and genocide) and by subsequent U.S. political leaders to exclude others who were not white...

The Tower of Song Presents “Lughnasadh/Lammas 2025, Part 3″

by Gypsy Scholar | Aug 22, 2025 | All Music, The Tower of Song

Update: The third and final installment of this Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series “Lughnasadh/Lammas” (broadcast 8/18/25) is now available for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” webpage, along with the corresponding playlist on the “Program Playlists”...

Stories from UCSC Students’ Journey to Ireland

by Rachel Goodman | Aug 21, 2025 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Education, Outdoors, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

This summer, I taught 25 UC Santa Cruz students podcasting. They'd never tried anything like it, but dove in feet first. The assignment was to come up with a topic about a local cultural practice or person, and produce a 7-8 minute audio story as a group. Here we hear...

FirstPersonSingular: Brad Kava – Woodstock

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 21, 2025 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular

Brad Kava was one of half million strong. Photo courtesy of Eneida Nieves.

FirstPersonSingular: Sally Munroe – Chickens

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 20, 2025 | Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Sally Munroe remembers the chickens who years ago came to the rescue.

August 19, 2025: Computer Man! Your Tech Questions Answered

by Luigi Oppido | Aug 19, 2025 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Local, Tech, Technology, Technology, The Computer Man!

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: Follow the journey of one of our callers and their VPN issues, Email questions and...

Dreaming Helps Integrate Psychedelic Experience with Adam Miezio

by Katherine Bell | Aug 18, 2025 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

Can dreaming help us integrate psychedelic experiences? How dreams and visions can both take us to the boundaries of consciousness. Today’s guest Adam Miezio talks about how dreams and psychedelics both access the unconscious and that taking powerful psychedelics can...