Just ahead of his sold-out talk in Santa Cruz on April 25th, Ami Chen Mills grabbed a half hour with actor, comedian and author Rainn Wilson (formerly Dwight Schrute of “The Office”) to discuss his book SoulBoom: Why We Need …
Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times
“Be Bold America!” Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)
Back in 1929 when the market crashed and the Great Depression began, Uber, TaskRabbit, and the gig economy were almost …
Ami Chen Mills interviews Chantal Burns, author of the books Bulletproof: Be Fearless and Resilient No Matter What, and Instant Motivation. Burns is based in England and deeply climate aware. She is working in her own community (St. Albans) toward …
Local literary legend (and winner of the coveted “Best Local Author of 2024” Good Times Award!) Jonathan Franzen guest DJs whilst hanging out with What a Week! & Grateful Dead Zone host Erik Nelson. The celebrated author delivers his carefully …
Thursday/Friday 11am-4pm, Saturday/Sunday 11am-5pm
Thursday, April 25th
What do students eat? Salads!
with staff and students from Esperanza Community Farms and Pajaro Valley High School
Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 28th, 5-6 PM on KSQD
Students eat. But what do they eat? And where does that food come …
Tim Rudolph shares his insights in being a job site laborer.
Photo courtesy of Yury Kim.
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.
