Author and teacher Patrice Vecchione recalls seeing a mountain lion. This piece is inspired by her weekly Monterey Herald column A Walk About Town. Recorded and edited by Mathilde Rand for First Person Singular.
Housing challenges across Santa Cruz county are increasing and Housing Santa Cruz County aims to meet this challenge by educating and empowering local residents through special events across the Month of May. Executive Director Elaine Johnson, and affordable housing advocate, …
Ever wondered about the voices you hear on KSQD? You might tune in and hear an intriguing conversation about dreams and psychedeliccs on Saturday. Or maybe you were driving on a Monday at 5 and heard a deeply researched piece …
We speak with Bill St. Cyr starting with how common shame is and how the mean voices that we carry around make it hard for us to let in the love that's all around us. Test taking in a dream …
Moondance witnesses a neighbor's eviction.
Photo courtesy of Aaron Brewer.
It's an extended play three-hour hour-long Grateful Dead Zone featuring special guest Henry Kaiser, who will be joining host Erik Nelson. Henry is a guitarist, ethnomusicologist, and a local hero — and together, they'll venture deep into the Dead’s Zone, …
Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, April 22nd, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the 10th and final installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series “The Troubadours & The Beloved: The Religion of Love/Amor.” This series explores the medieval origins of …
Kyndal Edwards is a 30-something man walking across America to raise awareness about mental health and addiction. Past his 4,000 mile, he was on his way to the Mexican border when I caught up with him to hear how the …
The Low Impact Camping Ordinance drafted by the Santa Cruz County Planning Commission took some rural residents by surprise. On one hand, people are already renting out camping sites on their private properties, sometimes with negative impacts on neighbors, sometimes …
Life is full of surprises and quick turns, but more amazing is its faithful march forward: Enter Spring, just when you need it! Just as faithful is K-Squid's continuing drive to deliver on its mission to build community through quality …
Laurie Corn states, "A house can have a soul."
The tables are turned (!) in this program, in which Moment-of-Truth team member Meilin Obinata interviews our regular host Ami Chen Mills about why she started this program at KSQD, and her background in activism, journalism and a spiritual psychology …
Meade Fischer learned something when comparing debates from the 60's and those of today.
Photo courtesy of Markus Winkler.
How dreaming corrects weaving errors in our internal world models. Also, nightmares, the collective unconscious, and does artificial intelligence have one too? We end on a discussion about what dreams have to say about the nature of reality. Harry de …
Colleen Shaw speaks the unspoken word.
Photo courtesy of Jill Wellington.
Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, April 15th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the 9th installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series “The Troubadours & The Beloved: The Religion of Love/Amor.” This series explores the medieval origins of our notion …
Being in the World with Bees
(or, What is it to Be a Bee?)
with Professor Eve Bratman
on Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 14th 5-6 PM on KSQD
Bees are in danger; what can we do? Tune into a Sustainability …
Jim Gordon marched — and played to a “Different Drum” — which coincidentally was the title of Linda Ronstadt’s first hit that Gordon’s drumming propelled.
Join “Drums & Demons” author Joel Selvin and Erik Nelson for a three-hour “Tragical History …
“Preventing and Healing Climate Traumas: Building Resilience and Hope in Communities”
“Be Bold America!” Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)
Associated Press: Updated 6:02 AM PDT, April 10, 2024: “Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” …
The Gipsy Kings have sold 20 million records worldwide, won a Grammy for best World Music Record, and four other grammy nominations. They have played the great concert halls of the world, appeared in movies (Big Lebowski, Toy Story III) …
