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.

Adult ADHD (Remix)

by State of Mind | Oct 31, 2019 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, State of Mind, Wellness

Episode 12: One woman’s story of her struggles leading up to and then being diagnosed as an adult with ADHD. Follow her journey in learning to accept and understand herself, how she sought support and ultimately found strategies and skills so that she could accomplish her dreams. Learn more about the kinds of challenges having ADHD presents, how it differs in adults and children, what to know about getting properly diagnosed and where to find help and support. Originally released in Oct. 2018, this interview has been remixed and updated.

Pledge Drive Update

by Rachel Goodman | Oct 31, 2019 | Station News, Updates

Thanks to all of our listeners who donated during KSQD’s fall fundraising drive. With your help, we raised over $16,500 before we went off the air for three days due to PG&E’s planned shutdown. The K-squid squad will resume our fundraising with a mini-drive...

Dream Tracking with Bambi Corso

by Katherine Bell | Oct 30, 2019 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Arts & Culture, Local, The Dream Journal, Wellness

Bambi’s passion for dreams began in her teens when she first started writing them down, leading to a lifelong quest to study dreamwork. She has completed two Dream Tending certification programs with Stephen Aizenstat and spent nine years as a review editor for, and...

The Film Gang Review: The Lighthouse

by Paul Kanieski | Oct 29, 2019 | Arts & Culture, The Film Gang

In 2016, writer/director Robert Eggers gifted us with The Witch, an auspicious first film that helped add the phrase “elevated horror” to the critical lexicon as a shorthand way of describing creative aspirations above and beyond cheap jump scares and...

Something’s Fishy: Meet the Plague Minnow

by Emily Donham | Oct 29, 2019 | All Talk, Local, Outdoors, Program, Santa Cruz Naturalist

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we chat with UCSC PhD Candidate Doriane Weiler, about mosquitofish. Listen in as we venture to Antonelli pond on Santa Cruz's westside to find juvenile mosquitofish and learn more about these interesting little fish.

The Music of Elie Mabanza

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Oct 28, 2019 | All Music, Arts & Culture, Exploring Monterey Bay

Elie Mabanza, Brandon Sick, and Renato Annicchiarico play the music of Elie Mabanza, originally from the Congo. Mathilde Rand interterviews and Pierre Yamleowo interterprets for this multi-talented musician and his work for Tools for Africa and other organizations in...

Love and Relationships with Dr Norman Brown

by Katherine Bell | Oct 26, 2019 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Arts & Culture, Local, The Dream Journal, Wellness

Dr. Norman Brown is a licensed marriage and family therapist who literally wrote the book on relationships: a massive text book called, Love and Intimate Relationships, Journeys of the Heart. He has engaged with men’s growth groups since 1972 and practiced...

Women’s Round-the-World Voyage

by Rachel Goodman | Oct 25, 2019 | All Talk, Talk of the Bay

Over two years and 38,000 nautical miles, a crew of 300 women will take on 30 challenging voyage legs to sail through some of the densest ocean plastic accumulation zones on the planet to study plastic pollution on board a world-class expedition sailing vessel S.V....

Medicare for All

by goodnewssantacruz | Oct 24, 2019 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Good News Santa Cruz, Local, Politics

Host Debora Bone talks with guest Mikki Michaud, a nurse at Dominican Hospital and active with the California Nurses Association, about Medicare for All. Learn why so many nurses support Medicare for All as a way for Americans to get the health care we need and...