FirstPersonSingular: Bahia Brunelle – North Beach
Bahia Brunelle shares her memories of North Beach.
Kuumbwa Jazz Celebrates 50 Years of Music
2025 marks Kuumbwa Jazz club's 50th anniversary. UCSC Humanities intern, Maury Burnett-Cavoto shares this interview with founder, Tim Jackson.
June 3, 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: Palantir master database on every American, Fake Amazon store, 20% tariff on iPhones...
GIANT STEPS
Wednesdays 7-10pm with Howard Feldstein. Jazz from the 1950s to the present, inspired by John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk and other giants of modern music. Our 3-hour format allows us to include longer performances and rare recordings of music that aims to uplift and...
Beware of Billionaires Bearing Gifts
Are universities hedge funds? Is knowledge political? What do you think? Join host, Meilin Obinata, for a discussion with Max Sárosi, an organizer of of the Jews Against White Supremacy (JAWS) chapter at UCSC. Sárosi has studied how billionaire philanthropy impacts...
Calmer En Salsa with Alejandro Ferrer Tuesdays 10-Midnight
Salsa the night away every Tuesday from 10pm-midnight with DJ Alejandro Ferrer. 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. Stream from anywhere in the world on KSQD.org or better yet, download the...
Experiment in Sound with DJ Squid Tuesdays midnight-2am
Every late late Tuesday night midnight-2am experience an Experiment in Sound with DJ Squid. So many ways to listen! Catch it live on 90.7 (Santa Cruz) 89.5 (Prunedale/Watsonville) and 89.7 (Monterey) on your radio, or livestream at KSQD.org. Better yet, take the Squid...
Linda Wilshusen – Why Live Oak Never Was Annexed and Other Stories
Join Exploring Monterey Bay host Mathilde Rand in conversation with Linda Wilshusen. Linda moved to Santa Cruz County in 1967 to attend UCSC. She moved to Live Oak in 1988 and soon there after, she became involved with Live Oak Neighbors and started exploring the...
Death and Lucid Surrender with Melinda Powell
What is lucid surrender? Can dreams facilitate psycho-spiritual transformation? Can we be in contact with those who have died and what does this suggest about the afterlife? We speak today with Melinda Powell from the Dream Research Institute in London. Melinda starts...
FirstPersonSingular: Sally Grey – Showers
Sally Grey remembers some of her best showers. Photo courtesy of Pixabay.
The Tower of Song Presents “May Day Carnivalesque”
Tune in at 12 AM, June 2nd and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the first installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series entitled, “May Day Carnivalesque.” This first installment is a new but related musical essay series to the former “Beltane / May Day” musical...
So You Think You Know Unions? Eric Blanc on the Secrets Behind Worker-Led Wins – Moment of Truth
Why are worker-to-worker campaigns winning against big companies like Amazon, Starbucks, Trader Joe's and more? To find out, Moment of Truth host Meilin Obinata interviewed Professor Eric Blanc, author of “We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is...
Libri horti in perpetuum
Garden books forever! Join Steven E. Popp and Joe Truskot for a lively discussion of the most important garden books in their lives spent with plants. 9 to 10 a.m., May 31, 2025, on In The Garden. The program was recorded on August 5, 2023.
FirstPersonSingular: Olga Cossi – Newspaper
Olga Cossi once said, "Extra! Extra! Don't read all about it." Photo courtesy of Madison Inouye.
Meet Tzimtzum, a new Jewish community in the Santa Cruz area
In this episode of Talk of the Bay, host Meilin Obinata introduces two members of the Tzimtzum Community, which offers Jewish Gatherings for Personal and Collective Liberation. One is the founder Rabbi Chel Mandell, and the other guest is a Jewish educator and is a...




















