Johnsmith Songwriter: Songs and Stories
Johnsmith, a renowned and accomplished songwriter from the Midwest, was a guest on KSQD recently. His songs and stories will delight you.
Tannery Arts Center Audio Walking Tour Debut
The Tannery Arts Center has a storied history. Now, it's been brought to life by a new audio walking tour.
Sally Grey – Laid Off
Sally Grey recognizes the stress of lay offs.
The Film Gang Review: Everything Everywhere All at Once
An omnipotent being is threatening the multiverse. Who ya gonna call? Spiderman? Dr. Strange? How about a middle-aged Asian-American woman failing as a wife and mother? Her name is Evelyn, and she’s the unlikely hero of Everything Everywhere All at Once, the...
Steve Pleich – International Women’s Day and The Right To Choose
Steve Pleich talks about International Women's Day and the right to choose. Photo courtesy of Katie Godowski
John Golder shares stories of building solar, sustainable living innovations, and fighting City Hall
John Golder is a local solar inventor, building innovator, retired contractor, former building inspector, survival skills instructor, youth sports advocate, and anti-bureaucrat. He can be contacted at ahoy.capt.jhond@gmail.com
Dream Inspired Music and Native American Sacred Sites with Curtiss Hoffman, PhD
Also can dreams open our minds to other consciousnesses? Our guest today is professor emeritus Curt Hoffman, PhD. Curt is an archeologist and an anthropologist. He starts by describing that several big dreams shared with colleagues inspired his interest in dreaming....
Alan Ritch – Riprap
Alan Ritch rips riprap.
King of Cimbidiums Andy Easton talks orchids
Internationally recognized orchid hybridizer Andy Easton joins Joe Truskot and Steven E. Popp on KSQD's weekly garden show, "In The Garden." Andy was visiting California from his new home in El Retiro, Colombia.
11th Annual Watsonville Film Festival Kicks Off
10 days of free films mark the 11th annual Watsonville Film Festival which begins March 3rd. This year the festival is honoring actor Pepe Serna, who has appeared in over 400 television shows and movies. Festival director Consuelo Alba and Pepe Serna talk about...
Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley
Fred Keeley talks about new height limits on large housing developments and the repairs or changes to West Cliff Drive, plus Brown Act violations from the mayors select committee.
Tiffany Wise-West illuminates the Santa Cruz City Climate Action Plan
Dr. Tiffany Wise-West is the Sustainability and Climate Action Manager at the City of Santa Cruz, California. She is a licensed professional civil engineer with over 25 years of experience in municipal environmental planning, programming, policy and...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 5th, 5-6 PM: Some of My Best Friends are Elephants! with USF Professor Matthew Liebman
Some of My Best Friends are Elephants, with USF Law Professor Matthew Liebman On Sustainability Now! March 5th, 5-6 PM on KSQD 90.7 FM and KSQD.org streaming on the internet This is a rebroadcast of a show originally aired on June 26, 2022. Are elephants...
Bahia Brunelle – A Marriage of Families
Bahia Brunelle shares a special view on marriage.
Healing from Dysfunctional Families with the ACA 12-Step Program (Remix)
Episode 52: We’re joined by ACA Program participants Bill Trimpi and Birch Curry to discuss their childhoods in dysfunctional families, the lasting mental health impacts of those experiences, and how they found support and growth in the 12-step program Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families (ACA). Community member Patrice Vecchione tenderly describes the confusion and heartbreak of growing up with a mother with alcohol addiction.





















