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.

Sansei & Sensibility: A Conversation with Karen Tei Yamashita

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Aug 14, 2020 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Talk of the Bay

Talk of the Bay, Thursday, August 13, 5-6 PM Guest host Ronnie Lipschutz talks with UCSC Literature Professor Emerita Karen Tei Yamashita about her new book, Sansei and Sensibility, and what it means to grow up Sansei in Los Angeles. According to the back cover of...

The Cabrillo Stroke and Disability Learning Center

by goodnewssantacruz | Aug 14, 2020 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Good News Santa Cruz, Local, Wellness

On Good News Santa Cruz, August 13, 2020, Host Pauline Seales interviews Debora Bone and Cynthia Fitzgerald of The Cabrillo Stroke and Disability Learning Center. Debora is the past Director and Cynthia the current Director, and both of them want to share with the...

Alan Ritch – Obituaries

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 13, 2020 | Arts & Culture, First Person Singular

Alan Ritch finally reconnects with old friends.

Joachin Cruz: A Young Man with Big Social Justice Dreams

by Christine Barrington | Aug 12, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Program, Talk of the Bay

Joaquin Cruz is a youth activist and budding leader within the GSA Network. The mission of the Gender and Sexuality Alliance organization is to train youth leaders, support youth activism and teach about LGBTQ rights and Allyship. He is returning to school as a junior...

Olga Cossi – Italian Connection

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 12, 2020 | Arts & Culture, First Person Singular

Olga Cossi has an Italian connection.

Giant Kelp: Monterey Bay’s Super Seaweed

by Emily Donham | Aug 11, 2020 | All Talk, Education, Local, Outdoors, Program, Santa Cruz Naturalist, Science

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist, Emily chats with UCSC graduate candidate, Sara Gonzales, about some of her work on the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Giant kelp are abundant all along the California coast and are an important foundation species here in the...

Paul Karrer – ESAP

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 10, 2020 | First Person Singular, Politics

From Paul Karrer's Peace Corps Days a story emerges.

Sustainability Now! on August 9, 5-6 PM: Climate Change, Public Health and Birth Impacts

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Aug 9, 2020 | All Talk, Politics, Science, Sustainability Now!, Wellness

Join host Ronnie Lipschutz and Dr. Rupa Basu, Chief of the Air and Climate Epidemiology Section at California Office on Environmental Health Hazards in the California Environmental Protection Agency and a lecturer in the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. She is...

KSQD COVID-19 Daily Update – 8/8/20

by David Kibrick | Aug 9, 2020 | COVID Daily Updates

Santa Cruz County and Monterey counties are on the state’s Covid Watch List. In addition to statewide closures of bars, indoor dining, and entertainment venues, our counties do not allow indoor operation of hair salons and barbers, fitness centers, and places of...

Focusing on Nightmares with Dr Leslie Ellis

by Katherine Bell | Aug 8, 2020 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Local, Science, The Dream Journal, Wellness

We talked with Dr. Leslie Ellis about the value of nightmares and recurring dreams in connecting us with what is going on inside. We spoke about two different kinds of nightmares (post-traumatic and the more common idiopathic) and the different ways to work with each....