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.

Computer Man! Your tech questions answered: January 14, 2025

by Christine Barrington | Jan 16, 2025 | All Talk, Education, Program, Science, Tech, The Computer Man!

Tuesdays from 6-7pm, Luigi Oppido serves as your Computer Man. He presents the latest tech info you can use and answers calls and questions about PCs, MACs, smart phones, digital hardware and software of all sorts, as well as everything you need to know to swat back...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 19th: From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture with author Stephanie Anderson

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Jan 16, 2025 | All Talk, Education, Outdoors, Politics, Science, Sustainability Now!

From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture with author Stephanie Anderson Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 19th, 2025, 5-6 PM What is regenerative agriculture? Who is practicing regenerative agriculture? And what are its prospects? In...

FirstPersonSingular: Steve Pleich – Welcoming Community

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Jan 16, 2025 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Politics, Wellness

Steve Pleich talks about a welcoming community. Photo courtesy of Enes Türkoğlu.

FirstPersonSingular: Bahia Brunelle – Dreams and Designs

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Jan 15, 2025 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Bahia Brunelle shares her thoughts on dreams and designs.

8 Tens @ 8 – Helene Simkin Jara and Anita Natale

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Jan 13, 2025 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Exploring Monterey Bay, Local

Anita Natale and Helene Simpkin Jara share information and interesting anecdotes with host Mathilde Rand about the 8 Tens @ 8 Festival in Santa Cruz. This festival is in its 29th year of bringing 10 minute plays in one program. Contact information: SC County Actor's...

Squid on the Street: Why Fungi?

by Rachel Goodman | Jan 13, 2025 | All Talk, Local, Outdoors, Program, Science, Squid on the Street

Our Squid on the Street has been busy. At the fifty-first annual Fungus Faire in Santa Cruz, Maury Cavoto-Burnette asks, Why are you excited about fungi?

The Landscape of the Dream with Steven E. Popp

by Katherine Bell | Jan 13, 2025 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

Steven E Popp is an avid dream enthusiast, dedicated to his inner world. Since he is also a gardener and a semi-retired horticulturist, perhaps it’s inevitable that he is especially sensitive to the landscapes of his dreams, something most of us ignore. We talk about...

FirstPersonSingular: Pauline Seales – Big Waves

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Jan 13, 2025 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Local, Science

Pauline Seales was at West Cliff when the Big Waves hit.

The Tower of Song Presents Its New Year’s Programming

by Gypsy Scholar | Jan 12, 2025 | All Music, The Tower of Song

Tune in at 12 AM, January 13th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar continue (after skipping one week in order to present the “The Winter Solstice & the 12th Night of Christmas" program on January 5th-6th) the second installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series,...