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.

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,...

FirstPersonSingular: Steve Pleich – Best and Worst of Times

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Nov 21, 2024 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Politics, Politics & Activism

Steve Pleich talks about the best and worst of times.

FirstPersonSingular: Bahia Brunelle – Wonders of Walking

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Nov 20, 2024 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Health & Wellness, Outdoors

Bahia Brunelle talks about the wonders of walking.

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...