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.

Giving Locally: Nonprofits Shine a Light

by Rachel Goodman | Dec 5, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Local, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

Santa Cruz Gives is the brainchild of Jeanne Howard former publisher of Good Times weekly. It's a local crowdfunding site where people can support many local good deeds and projects in one spot. Guests are Karen Delaney and Leslie Lee of the Volunteer Center, one of...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, June 9th: Reading and Interpreting Your Electricity Bill–A Talmudic Exegesis

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Dec 5, 2024 | All Talk, Business, Local, Politics, Science, Sustainability Now!

Reading and Interpreting Your Electricity Bill A Talmudic Exegesis On Sustainability Now! Sunday, December 8th, 2024, 5-6 PM on KSQD You probably receive an electricity bill every month from your local utility and, after complaining about it, dutifully pay it. But...

FirstPersonSingular: Don Coolman – Weave

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Dec 5, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Wellness

Don Coolman offers his discovery for maneuvering in traffic, both on the highway and the sidewalk. Photo courtesy of Sunami.

First Person Singular: Bruce Scott – Do It

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Dec 4, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Sex, Gender & Family

The late Bruce Scott witnesses a moment between a father and daughter. Photo courtesy of Juan Pablo Serrano.

Exploring Monterey Bay: Margy Kahn

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Dec 2, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Education, Exploring Monterey Bay

Host Mathilde Rand is in conversation with Margy Kahn. Margy, a trained linguist, is also a playwright, the author of The Children of the Jinn: In Search of the Kurds and their Country, and a musician. For her field study in linguistics, she spent a year with the...

Caring for the Dream Self with David Jenkins, PhD

by Katherine Bell | Dec 2, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

Our dream self is different in many ways from our waking self. They are often much more beleaguered and can behave differently than we imagine that our waking self would. Why is this important, and how can we help them? Our guest today is David Jenkins, PhD, clinical...

FirstPersonSingular: Laurie Corn – Channeling

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Dec 2, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Laurie Corn gets a new idea for a new novel.

Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America

by Jill Cody | Dec 1, 2024 | All Talk, Be Bold America!, Politics, Politics & Activism, Program, Topics: Evergreen

Who Owns Democracy? The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America “Be Bold America!” Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “Severe problems of democracy are much in the news, but actually go way back to the beginning of the country. We now...

Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farmworkers

by Rachel Goodman | Nov 29, 2024 | All Talk, Local, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

It's time to give thanks to the folks who harvest our food. California's farmworkers feed the world. KSQD presents excerpts from Rachel Anne Goodman's Pastures of Plenty: A History of California Farmworkers documentary series. Guided by host, Luis Valdez, we'll hear...