FirstPersonSingular: Bahia Brunelle – Resilient Redwoods
Bahia Brunelle admires the resiliency of redwoods.
Douglas Rushkoff blows the lid off tech billionaires’ survivalist fantasies
Douglas Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in a digital age. His twenty books include the just-published Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires, as well as the recent Team Human, based on his podcast,...
July 1, 2025: Computer Man! Your Tech Questions Answered
Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: DMV fake scam notice, Microsoft dropped 400m users, Trump Mobile drops "Made In USA"...
Charles Hood shares his wild discoveries in Nature at Night
Charles Hood is a naturalist, adventurer, and poet. He has also been a factory worker, a ski instructor, a dishwasher, and a nature guide in Africa. Nature study has taken him to all 50 U.S. states, 80 countries, and the South Pole. Along the way, he has been...
Michael Gene Sullivan on Disruption, the latest production of San Francisco Mime Troupe
Michael Gene Sullivan is an Actor/Writer/Director/Activist based in SF. He is an alum of the Playwrights Foundation, and has been awarded both a Djerassi Arts Center Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship as a dramatist. Michael is also Resident Playwright for...
Regeneration – Rocio Sanchez-Nolasco and Richard Castillo
Feature Photo courtesy of Eloy Ortiz Host Mathilde Rand is in conversation with Rocio Sanchez-Nolasco and Richard Castillo of Regeneración - Pajaro Valley Climate Action. Topics of discussion include climate change, climate justice, climate action, collaboration...
The Dream Cure with Theresa Cheung
Decode your dreams and heal your life! Today’s guest is author and dream decoder Theresa Cheung, dubbed by Women’s Health “the British Grande Dame of psychic and spiritual studies.” We talk about precognitive dreams, visitation dreams, and how we can "live our dreams"...
Richard Wagner at his funniest — And that’s saying a lot!
KSQD's Monday Night at the Opera presents Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Acts 3 and 4, June 30, 7 to 10 p.m. Cast includes Theo Adam as Hans Sacks, Helen Donath as Eva, René Kollo as Walter, Peter Schreier as Martin with Herbert von Karajan conducting...
How Cutting SNAP Benefits Hurts Us All – Talk of the Bay
You may have heard of President Donald Trump’s spending bill moving through Congress known as “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Yes, that’s the actual title of the 1,000 plus page piece of legislature. In fact, if you’re a regular listener of Talk of the Bay have...
FirstPersonSingular: Ilse Rowe – Meals
The late Ilse Rowe, celebrated a special anniversary in 2009. Photo courtesy of Lazarus Ziridis.
The Tower of Song Presents “Summer Solstice 2025”
Update: The revised and extended program for the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack, “Summer Solstice 2025” (broadcast 6/23/25), is now available for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” webpage, along with the corresponding playlist on the “Program Playlists”...
Sounds of Brasil with Charles Perrone
Enjoy the Sounds of Brazil every other Monday from 10pm-Midnight with DJ CP (Charles Perrone). Featuring Samba, Forro, Choro, MPB, MIB (Jazz) and much more! So many ways to listen! Tune your radio dial to 89.5, 89.7 in South Monterey Bay Area or 90.7 FM in Santa Cruz....
Remembering Mike Rotkin – Talk of the Bay
Remembering Mike Rotkin: A Special Talk of the Bay Tribute Hello again, Santa Cruz and beyond! Welcome to Talk of the Bay on KSQD 90.7 FM — now proudly broadcasting to more of our coastal neighbors in Salinas and Monterey too! This week’s show is a heartfelt special:...
The Grateful Dead Zone: Saturdays Noon-2pm
Every Saturday at noon, prepare to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into … ”The Grateful Dead Zone.” Each week, Dead scholar Erik Nelson curates the ultimate Dead concert — a “Make Believe Psychedelic Ballroom”...
Music of the Masters: Saturdays 6-9am
Saturdays 6-9am explore classical music from the world’s greatest composers, performed at the highest level possible with programs curated on themes, styles, and countries. So many ways to listen! Tune your radio dial to 89.5, 89.7 in South Monterey Bay Area or 90.7...



















