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.

November 19, 2024: Computer Man! Your tech questions answered

by Luigi Oppido | Nov 19, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Local, Tech, Technology, Technology, The Computer Man!

Don’t stress about your tech issues, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Scams! Daisy AI Chatbot, Amazon Eero. Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Topics covered: BlueSky, Brave Browser, youtube Ads, Apples Vintage and...

Sarah Beck – Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Nov 18, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Education, Exploring Monterey Bay, Local

Exploring Monterey Bay host Mathilde Rand is in conversation with Sarah Beck, Executive Director of the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Sarah is a passionate advocate for the role of our public libraries as centers of lifelong learning, incubators of...

Updating Your Metaphors with Alwin Wagener, PhD

by Katherine Bell | Nov 18, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Education, Health & Wellness, Katherine Bell, Science, Science & Nature, Spirituality & Religion, The Dream Journal, Topics: Evergreen, Wellness

Metaphors: they're not just for dreaming anymore! Evidence shows that we think in them too. Our guest Dr. Alwin Wagener explains his embodied cognition theory of dreaming which explains how dreaming helps us update our metaphors to reflect our changing ideas about...

FirstPersonSingular: Ray Newkirk – Read’em, Don’t Ban Them

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Nov 18, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular

Ray Newkirk says, "Read'em, don't ban'em." Photo courtesy of Radis B

How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State – PART 2

by Jill Cody | Nov 17, 2024 | All Talk, Be Bold America!, Local, Politics, Politics & Activism, Program, Topics: Evergreen

“Be Bold America!” Sunday, November 9, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) “Wishing that things worked one way or another is not the same as knowing how things work. It’s when we all know how things work that we can impact things, from democracy itself to a local development project...

The Tower of Song Presents The Celtic Festival of Samhain / All Hallows’ Eve & Its Festival Season

by Gypsy Scholar | Nov 17, 2024 | All Music, The Tower of Song

Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, November 18th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the fourth and final installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series for the Celtic cross-quarter festival of Samhain, entitled “The Celtic Festival of Samhain / All Hallows’ Eve...

Local Farm Worker Advocates Respond to Deportation Threat

by Rachel Goodman | Nov 15, 2024 | Advice / Call-in, All Talk, Politics, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

The president-elect has threatened to deport millions of undocumented people, including farmworkers. What would that do to our food prices? What will it do to families where one parent is without papers? We hear from immigration attorney, Blanca Zarazua from Salinas,...