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.
UCSC’s Grad Student COLA Movement
This is a news piece produced by Cabrillo intern, Caroline King about the recent strike activity at UC Santa Cruz by graduate students in search of a living wage.
Gary Nabhan: Food from the Radical Center
Gary Paul Nabhan (born 1952) is an Agricultural Ecologist, Ethnobotanist, Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, and author whose work has focused primarily on the interaction of biodiversity and cultural diversity of the arid binational Southwest. He is considered a pioneer...
Abbi Samuels Standing for Marginalized Peoples
In this episode of Good News Santa Cruz Randa Solick interviews Abbi Samuels, a vocal and engaged Santa Cruz Activist advocating for our marginalized residents and striving to make this a better world. You may have walked by as she slept outside City Hall once a week...
Margie Kern-Marshall – Valentine’s Day
Margie Kern-Marshall remembers that awful day in elementary school.
Lee Marshall – Flames and Embers
In this classic First Person Singular piece from 2009, Lee Marshall celebrates his sweetheart.
How can early music education help your child’s brain? An interview with Lizz Hodgin Weihrauch
Join hosts Suki Wessling and Brad Kava in a wide-ranging discussion about music, early childhood education, brain development, giving up professional theater for local theater, and the evils of those ubiquitous earbuds in teenagers. We are also joined by singer Marina...
Growing Up in Watsonville
"There's always a misconception of Watsonville... that it's unsafe. A lot of people think it's unsafe, which is unfortunate, because it's not." Omar Guzman What is it like to grow up in Watsonville? How is it different from growing up in other parts of Santa Cruz...
Steve Pleich – Quality of Life
Steve Pleich talks Quality of Life
Squid on the Street: What would you tell young people about voting?
This week's Squid on the Street with Caroline King asks, "What would you like to say to young people about voting?"
A Plaintiff in the Youth Climate Lawsuit Tells his Story
Little did Nathan Baring know at age fifteen that five years later he would still be fighting to sue the government of the United States for robbing his generation of a future due to inaction on climate change. But that is exactly where he is now. This Homer, Alaska...
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