Moral Courage: Interviews with Journalists Fighting for Truth
With the tragic conflicts engulfing our world today come countless injustices, including the mistreatment of journalists who risk their lives and well-being to reveal them. What drives these journalists to persist in their mission, undeterred by grave perils? What...
Dennis Spear – Chocolate
Dennis Spear says, "Chocolate talks." Photo courtesy Rahel R.
Chris Krohn is a Pilgrim Walking El Camino de Santiago across Spain
Chris Krohn's Pilgrimage on Spain's El Camino de Santiago From mid-October to mid-November, Chris Krohn has been walking El Camino de Santigo in the north of Spain. Originally an ancient Roman trade route, it has been a renowned Christian pilgrimage since the...
Chuck Prophet Co-Hosts KSQD Basement Tapes Special!
Click here to listen to The Basement Tapes with guest host Chuck Prophet. Join Erik Nelson and special guest host Chuck Prophet for a two hour deep dive into Bob Dylan’s “Basement Tapes.” Recorded with The Band at “Big Pink” in 1967, Dylan created some of his most...
Sally Grey – Future Planning
Sally Grey is planning for the future. Photo courtesy of Cottonbro studio.
Mark Paul makes the case for nationalizing the fossil fuel industry
Mark Paul is an Assistant Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and former fellow of the Roosevelt Institute and Data for Progress. His research and writing have appeared in the New York Times, The...
Gen Z and the Labor Movement
It’s been a few banner years for the labor movement and not a moment too soon … On this episode of Moment of Truth, we discuss Gen Z’s impact on the labor movement and the current controversial Starbucks Union stance to support Palestine, after opening with...
The Dream as Oracle with Scott Mason
Scott Mason of the Webdelics podcast recently went through a serious health crisis during which he had a profound, life-changing dream. Scott gives a riveting description of the mysterious illness that overtook him just a few months ago. As the crisis came to a head,...
Barbara Yates – Baby
Barbara Yates reminds us that we might all be instruments of a higher source. Photo courtesy of Анастасия Триббиани.
Tower of Song
The Gypsy Scholar will be presenting his third installment for the Celtic/Neopagan festival of Samhain this Monday at 12 a.m., November 13th. Tune and find out about such things as the Celtic Otherworld and its denizens who engage in the "Wild Hunt" at this time of...
More Than 50 Local Musicians Archived Interviews Available Online
KSQD's Andy Fuhrman, host of the weekly Tuesday 11am-1pm Brooklynbilly Music Mashup show has been providing air-time for local musicians to showcase their music, discuss the journey to where they and where they plan to go. We're fortunate to live in Santa Cruz and the...
Protesting US Military Aid to Israel
Michael Gasser has lived in Santa Cruz since 2012, before which he taught informatics and cognitive science at Indiana University. He is involved in anti-militarism and Palestine solidarity activism, most recently through Science for the People (nationally) and...
It Needs to be Told: Native Californians Reflect on Mission History
How can native people in California have their histories told in Mission state parks? That's the question I put to our panel of guests on Talk of the Bay. Marion Martinez of the Amah Mutsen tribal band, Kanyon Sayers-Rood tribal leader of the Indian Valley band, Martn...
Bob Dylan’s Philosophy of Modern Song
Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 1 Philosophy of Modern Song, Part 2 Want to learn more about the “Philosophy Of Modern Song”? Join host Bob Dylan for a two part special only on KSQD. That’s right — your host really IS Bob Dylan, as he introduces the songs that...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, November 12th: Replanting Burned over Sequoia Groves in the Sierras, with Dr. Christy Brigham, National Park Service, and Dr. Chad Hanson, John Muir Project
Replanting Burned over Sequoia Groves in the Sierras Sustainability Now! Sunday, November 12th, 5-6 PM Sequoias are among the oldest living things on Earth, and most of the world’s sequoias are in Sequoia and King’s Canyon National Parks. Since 2020, according to the...
