The Rail and Trail: 2006-2018 featuring George Dondero, John Leopold and Cory Caletti
This Monday on Talk of the Bay features episode #2 in a KSQD series about the Rail and Trail. This episode highlights the enormous accomplishments related to the Rail & Trail under the tenure of former Regional Transportation Commission Executive Director, George...
After the Deluge
I hope you are staying dry this winter. I wish KSQD could say the same. Regardless of squids' love of water, that was tested on Sunday midnight as rainwater from a broken conduit poured into our station. Fortunately, thanks to the quick thinking of our intrepid...
Fake News and the Presidential Elections
As the presidential primary season gets underway, how will fake news influence how people, or whether people vote? How will it impact the views people hold about the nominees? What are deep fakes and how can we deal with them? Those are a few questions tackled by Dr....
Nonviolence Amid Escalating Social Tensions
As we watch public meetings devolve into shouting, politicians doxing and being doxed, private and public figures being harassed for their statements or views, and even a death threat on the life of Santa Cruz's mayor, how do we walk it back? That was a question I...
Squid Fest West Returns March 2 Celebrate with Us
Get Your Tickets Here March 2 Resource Center for Nonviolence 1-5pm 612 Ocean St. You are cordially invited to KSQD's fifth birthday bash. The event includes music, food, beer and wine, and a silent auction with some fabulous items including a Yosemite cabin...
Laurie Corn – Every Life
Laurie Corn reveals what can happen when you write a memoir.
Colleen Shaw – Handsome
Colleen Shaw takes the word "handsome" to a new level. Photo (not of Colleen) courtesy Teona Swift.
Claim Your AUTHORity with Kelly Sullivan Walden
How to write your story and transform your Tragic into Magic! Our guest today is the inimitable Kelly Sullivan Walden author of ten books. Kelly starts by saying it's best to write from a place of passion and describes what authority means to her and what it can mean...
An Economy of Our Own with Rickey Gard Diamond
Rickey Gard Diamond, author of a book on personal economics for women, Screwnomics, got her first education in economics at a welfare office. It was the 1970s, and newly divorced, she just couldn't make ends meet. She thought it was her fault. Since then, however,...
The Rail and Trail: Visiting the Past, Finding the Future
The question of whether to develop a passenger rail system along the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line has been explored, questioned, developed, studied, contested and voted on across an arc of nearly four decades. Santa Cruz county stands before two important inflection...
Alan Ritch – Big Shoes
Alan Ritch wears out big shoes.
THE TOWER OF SONG PRESENTS PART #4 OF ITS NEW YEAR PROGRAM
The Tower of Song will be presenting Part #4 of its annual New Year program, the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series, “The New Year & Rebirth In Archaic Myth & Ritual.” Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, January 22nd, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present a musical...
Is Polyamory Anti-Fascist? with Janet Hardy
In this interview with global, best-selling polyamory co-author (The Ethical Slut) Janet Hardy, we discuss the nature of polyamory along with Hardy’s current, “elder” life with her former BDSM partner … and after a life-changing and shocking “Kundalini”...
Fred Keeley Reflects on Threats After Council Vote
Fresh off a meeting with the person who threatened to kill him over his vote on a council resolution regarding violence in the Middle East, Santa Cruz Mayor, Fred Keeley talks about the necessity of being able to disagree without being disagreeable. While defending...
Santa Cruz Harp Festival
Each year, the Community Music School of Santa Cruz hosts the Santa Cruz Harp Festival, a celebration of this beautiful instrument. This year's festival includes Celtic, Classical and Improvisational music. In this interview, we hear from Executive Director, Susan...
