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.

Sunday Dinner–Say it loud: Blkmpwr & proud! with DJ Dupsie and Dr. Khalid White

by Christine Barrington | Nov 25, 2024 | All Talk, Sunday Dinner

Pull up a chair and put your eating pants on! It's time for another episode of The Sunday Dinner! Enjoy our November edition of Sunday Dinner with guest Dr. Khalid White who's going to speak with us about the three E's: Education, Empowerment, and Equity through his...

Your Emotional DNA with Judy Wilkins-Smith

by Katherine Bell | Nov 25, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

Have you ever wondered if some of your current issues might be rooted in your genes? Using Systemic Constellation work and DNA testing to understand ancient familial patterns, our guest, Judy Wilkins-Smith, explains how you can plumb your ancestral past to transform...

Play like a girl (or not) with Brenda Laurel

by Suki Wessling | Nov 25, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Arts & Literature, Business, Local, Program, Sex, Gender & Family, The Babblery, Topics: Evergreen

In this conversation, host Suki Wessling speaks with writer, researcher, designer and entrepreneur Brenda Laurel about how girls play and what that means for women and game designers. We talk about the relationship between theater and gaming, and how the gaming world...

FirstPersonSingular: Alan Ritch – Annie Gordon

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Nov 25, 2024 | Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Local, Program, Wellness

Alan Ritch remembers his mother-in-law's last home.

The Tower of Song Presents Un-Thanksgiving Day

by Gypsy Scholar | Nov 24, 2024 | All Music, The Tower of Song

Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, November 25th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack for "Un-Thanksgiving Day." This is a musical essay anticipating the upcoming American holiday of Thanksgiving that instead offers an alternative...

Salute to The Firesign Theatre (with Phil Proctor (!!!) and Jeremy Braddock)

by Erik Nelson | Nov 23, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Politics

Shoes For Industry!! Join Erik Nelson, Jeremy Braddock (author of “Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on Nine Comedy Albums.”) and the Man, and Deserved Legend, Phil Proctor for a rousing salute to Proctor’s Band Of Not Insane Brothers, The...

Homeless Garden Project Interview – Talk of the Bay

by Meilin Obinata | Nov 22, 2024 | All Talk, Business, Program, Talk of the Bay

Host Janet Quinn will be talking with Brian Sweeney, the Director of Operations for the Homeless Garden Project and Loren Schneider, the Social Enterprise and Value Added Retail manager. You’ll hear about their Winter program which creates artisan crafts and organic...

HR 9495 Threat to Nonprofits

by Rachel Goodman | Nov 21, 2024 | All Talk, Politics, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

On November 21st, 2024, Congress passed the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, aka HR 9495. If signed into law, the bill would hand huge powers to the Trump administration to declare any nonprofit they dislike to be a...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, November 24th: A Just Transition for All: Workers and Communities for a Carbon-Free Future with Dr. J. Mijin Cha

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Nov 21, 2024 | All Talk, Business, Education, Politics, Sustainability Now!

A Just Transition for All: Workers and Communities for a Carbon-Free Future with Dr. J. Mijin Cha Sustainability Now! Sunday, November 24, 2024, 5-6 PM To avert the worst impacts of climate change, a transition away from fossil fuels is necessary. However,...