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.

Second Harvest Food Bank

by goodnewssantacruz | Mar 31, 2020 | All Talk, COVID-19, Local, Politics, Talk of the Bay

On Talk of the Bay Tuesday March 31, 2020 host Christine Barrington talks with Second Harvest Food Bank's Development and Marketing Officer Suzanne Willis about the bank's myriad efforts to get food delivered effectively to central coast residents. The 115th National...

Schooling at home? Educator Heddi Craft advises parents and teachers on educating through quarantine

by Suki Wessling | Mar 30, 2020 | Advice / Call-in, Education, Talk of the Bay

This week, host Suki Wessling speaks with local educator and homeschooler Heddi Craft about what homeschooling looks like in typical local families, and how "school at home" during a quarantine may be different. We talk about the efforts that our schools are making to...

Local author Mary Flodin on her novel Fruit of the Devil, education, pesticides, and more

by Len Beyea | Mar 30, 2020 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Len Beyea, Local, Outdoors, Politics, Talk of the Bay

Mary Flodin's novel, Fruit of the Devil, was a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Writers' Competition and the PEN/Bellwether Award for Socially Engaged Fiction. She was awarded a fellowship to the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and has participated in numerous...

Biologist Lee Klinger on curing tree diseases, indigenous use of fire for land management, and fire mimicry

by Len Beyea | Mar 30, 2020 | All Talk, Len Beyea, Local, Outdoors, Talk of the Bay, Wellness

Lee Klinger, MA, PhD, is an independent scientist living in Big Sur, California. Since 2005 he has served as director of Sudden Oak Life, a movement based on using traditional ecological techniques to address the problem of oak mortality in California and elsewhere....

Jane Weed-Pomerantz – COVID-19 Opportunity

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Mar 30, 2020 | COVID-19, First Person Singular, Wellness

Jane Weed-Pomerantz believes that COVID-19 pandemic affords us a unique opportunity with profound long-term implications.

Civilization’s Plight – Are We Engineered for a World that No Longer Exists?

by Jill Cody | Mar 29, 2020 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Be Bold America!, COVID-19, Politics

“Civilization’s Plight – Are We Engineered for a World that No Longer Exists?” Tune in to “Be Bold America!” Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 5:00pm For all of human evolution, we’ve been rewarded by Nature for maximizing our growth. That reward - the very brain chemistry...

Dreams, Love and Power with Marsha Hudson

by Katherine Bell | Mar 28, 2020 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Local, Politics, The Dream Journal, Wellness

Dreams are the workshop of evolution. - Sandor Ferenczi We talk about dreams and trauma, dreamwork and social activism, the similarity of dreams and poems, and the Love and Power Institute, an entity which Marsha founded with her partner, Norman Brown, which...

Mental Health First Aid for COVID-19

by State of Mind | Mar 27, 2020 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, COVID-19, State of Mind, Wellness

Episode 17: Just weeks after the COVID-19 outbreak begins, we offer help for those with mental health conditions about how to better cope under these trying conditions. This show is full of practical suggestions you can adopt right away, and includes an extensive list of mental health oriented and mostly free resources.