K-Squid Spring Pledge Drive a Success!
Throw your tentacles in the air and shout "Squidallujah, we did it!". K-Squid listeners raised over $30,000, and then a generous donor stepped forward and donated $6,800 to help pay for our new transmitter. That makes this a smashing success, all thanks to you. A huge...
Silicon Valley Resident Describes Moving Here
California lost residents last year. Some moved out because of the high cost of housing or better jobs elsewhere. Others moved in. In Santa Cruz during the Covid pandemic, people from Silicon Valley got a taste of beach-side living and are moving here permanently....
Wings Homeless Project Offers Hope
Santa Cruz has many organizations working to help the homeless. WINGS is one such program that seeks to help people get the proper documents they need to navigate the red tape involved in getting housing. They also provide beds, cleaning supplies and other appliances...
“Mini-Brains” Give UCSC Researchers Insight
Lucille Tepperman is a student at Cabrillo College. This is a short feature she produced about UCSC's Genomics lab creating small organelles made of stem cells in order to better understand brain development. New Research at the Genomics Institute Host Intro : At the...
Stay or Flee? Who Pays for Sea Level Rise?
As sea levels rise due to climate change, city planners and oceanographers are often called upon to make suggestions as to how to cope with advancing erosion. The big questions are who will pay for it and how long insurance companies will keep insuring these homes in...
Goats Reduce Fire Risk at UCSC
McKenzie Prillaman went to UCSC and has this story: Narrator: California’s wildfire season grows worse every year, forcing landowners and institutions to come up with creative ways to prevent fires. At UC Santa Cruz, they’re trying a new approach… goats. ...
The Film Gang Review: Titane
If you are a horror film aficionado, chances are you’ve heard of Julia Ducournau, whose 2016 breakout movie, Raw, became an instant cult hit. Despite its mutilations and cannibalism, Ducournau used Raw to explore benevolent themes such as family and love. With...
Housing Development and Small Units in Santa Cruz
Lira Filippini, Candace Brown and Gillian Greensite join host Mathilde Rand in a conversation about small unit proposals in Santa Cruz. They make sense of the alphabet soup related to housing: SRO, SOU, FDU and RHNA and discuss the impacts of each of them.
Dreams, the Body and Mysticism with Dr. Bruce Bynum
We know that humanity originated in Africa. Africa is therefore at the root of all that makes us human: our spirituality, civilization, arts, sciences, philosophy, and even our conscious and unconscious minds. Today we welcome back poet and author Dr. Edward Bruce...
“Will There Ever Be Equality for Mothers?”
“Will There Ever Be Equality for Mothers? “Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 5:00pm (PDT) Tidal alludes to water. More importantly, though, it connotes a movement caused by disruptions from below. Tidal Equality is about expanding equity and...
Laurie Corn – Mothers Day
Laurie Corn recalls the best Mothers Day of her life.
Behind the Mic with Bill and Noreen of Jazz Tracks
On Talk of the Bay Christine Barrington goes Behind the Mic with Noreen Nolan and Bill Van Bloom, co-hosts of Jazz Tracks every 2nd Thursday of the month. The Behind the Mic series at KSQD reveals and celebrates the community behind our community radio station. Noreen...
Behind the Mic with Scott Garfield
On Talk of the Bay Christine Barrington interviewed Scott Garfield for her Behind the Mic series revealing and celebrating the fascinating community behind our community radio station K-Squid 90.7 FM. Scott Garfield hosts the late night musical adventure known as...
Behind the Mic: Christopher Smith of Classical Tune-Up
On Talk of the Bay, December 20, 2021 Christine Barrington went Behind the Mic with Christopher Smith, DJ for Sunday morning’s Classical Tune Up. KSQD is community radio---whether it’s music or talk, much of the programming streaming your way on 90.7 FM is created by...
Squid on the Street: How are Rising Gas Prices Changing Things for You?
Cabrillo student Steven Rodrigues asked people how rising gas prices were influencing their driving habits. Here's what they had to say.
