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.

The Dream Journal: William Sousae, August 10, 2019

by Katherine Bell | Aug 10, 2019 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Arts & Culture, Local, The Dream Journal, Wellness

William Sousae is the vice-president of the RHE Charitable Foundation which supports charitable work in edgy arts, conservation, and human resilience. He has forty years of experience exploring his dreams and using the insights gained from dreams to enhance his life,...

National Health Center Week

by goodnewssantacruz | Aug 8, 2019 | All Talk, Good News Santa Cruz, Local, Wellness

This Good News Santa Cruz program celebrates local stories for National Health Center Week with Keisha Frost (CEO United Way Santa Cruz County) interviewing: Dr. Casey KirkHart, Chief Medical Officer, Santa Cruz Community Health Centers Dr. Tyler Evans, Medical...

OLLI Hoops

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 8, 2019 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Local, Wellness

Sally Grey, Ziggy Render-Bregman, and Michelle Murray play with each other every Monday.

Sally Grey, Ziggy Render-Bregman, and Michelle Murray are members of the women’s over-55 basketball team. Contact Mary at——- to learn more.

The Animals of Año Nuevo Island

by Emily Donham | Aug 5, 2019 | All Talk, Local, Outdoors, Santa Cruz Naturalist

This week, we talk with Dr. Roxanne Beltran about her work on Año Nuevo Island. Hear more about this secret place just a mile from shore, which can only be accessed for scientific research to protect the huge numbers of animals and birds which live and breed...

The Film Gang Review: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

by Paul Kanieski | Aug 5, 2019 | Arts & Culture, The Film Gang

Quentin Tarantino is arguably the most influential filmmaker in the world. His nonlinear storytelling, trademark outbursts of stylized violence, dark humor and rich dialog are so distinctive, “Tarantinoesque” has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary....

The Film Gang Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

by Paul Kanieski | Aug 5, 2019 | Arts & Culture, The Film Gang

The Last Black Man in San Francisco won the Special Jury Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It’s the directorial debut of Joe Talbot who won the Best Director prize. Talbot co-wrote the script with his longtime friend Jimmie Fails, who plays the lead...

Healer Trio – Singing for Community

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Aug 5, 2019 | Arts & Culture, Exploring Monterey Bay, Folk, Local, Wellness

The Healer trio show through and with their music how they are connected to their community. The Healer trio Gail Swayne, Claire Paul and Karen Katz are accompanied by Russell Brutsché on the guitar.

The Dream Journal: Susan Ackerman Joseph, August 3, 2019

by Katherine Bell | Aug 3, 2019 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Arts & Culture, Local, The Dream Journal, Wellness

Susan Ackerman Joseph, MFT (Valley Village, CA) is a lifetime wanderer in the realm of the creative experienced through dreams, nature and esoteric practice. A certified somatic practitioner, trained psychotherapist, and multi-media artist (aka SackJo22), her...

Nova Sutras-At the Nexus of Science, Consciousness and Societal Transformation

by goodnewssantacruz | Aug 1, 2019 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Good News Santa Cruz, Local, Outdoors, Politics

Join Christine Barrington interviewing local anthropologist and sustainability expert Dr. Michelle Merrill while they explore the potential power of stories and spirituality to shape the systems in which we live, in this Good News Santa Cruz program. Dr. Merrill...