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Crime 101 was the perfect remedy for a rainy day in Santa Cruz County. The 2026 crime thriller, written and directed by Bart Layton and based on Don Winslow’s 2020 novella, delivers a suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining ride. It was also the most crowded I’ve seen the Capitola CineLux in quite some time. The standout […]

Defiance.org with Miles Taylor “Be Bold America!” Airs February 20 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) “If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.” – President Dwight […]

Ami Chen Mills continues an ongoing conversation about resiliency, wisdom and right action with the Reverend Elisha Christopher of the Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Cruz, with a focus on “the Power of Presence.” What happens when we become fully present in the midst of the chaos, fear, outrage, courage and amazing protests all […]

Yes, 1972 was a musical banquet, and now Erik Nelson and the “Paranoid Styles” Elizabeth Nelson invite you to the feast — and — they promise to pick up the check! Elizabeth Nelson is not only an ace singer-songwriter in her own right, she’s also a cultural critic who writes regularly for the NY Times, […]

Alan Ritch shares monuments to widowhood.

To summarize the immense complexity of Sinners, from screenwriter and director Ryan Coogler, feels like a near impossible task. It can be described as a horror film, a period piece, or even a musical. All three of these components were expertly woven to create the film that has broken the record for most Oscar nominations […]

Send Help – Film Review by Molly Sullivan Send Help is a dark, twisted comedy thriller with more bite than you might expect. Directed by Sam Raimi — yes, the same director who gave us Drag Me to Hell — this film takes the classic deserted-island survival story and flips it completely on its head. […]

Andrew Schoneberg interviewed NYC based composer, conductor, instrumentalist. Doug Balliett teaches at Juliard, has had his compositions premiered at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and in Europe. Doug composes operas, contatas, other types of sacred music. He conducts and plays in several professional music groups which specialize in pre-romantic era classical music and new music inspired […]

The Water Remembers—My Indigenous Family’s Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life with Amy Bowers Cordalis Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group On Sustainability Now, Sunday, February 15th, 2026 The removal of four dams from the Klamath River in Northern California is rapidly becoming one of the great recent success stories in […]

Everybody Wants to Rule the World rolls over the closing credits of Marty Supreme—a haunting, hopeful choice for Josh Safdie’s new sports comedy‑drama, co‑written with Ronald Bronstein. Timothée Chalamet—who’s recently played Willy Wonka, Bob Dylan, and now Marty Mauser—may finally get his long‑overdue recognition at this year’s Academy Awards. As Mauser, he’s a scrappy 23‑year‑old […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: How to check AmazonPrime for unwanted subscriptions, Apple Lawsuits, Intel moving to GPUs, Discord facing ID backlash, Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Kristen Brown, Executive Director for the Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce and Sharon Papo, the CEO of LGBTQ eLearning discuss the importance of inclusivity in business.

The Last American President: A Broken Man, A Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink “Be Bold America!” February 6, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) It began with something far more insidious. It began with a smile. ~ Thom Hartmann Democracy is dying. And we handed the killer the weapon. The countdown has begun. As […]

Karen Ehrlich finds meaning in her next Libra birthday. Photo courtesy of Monstera.

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Bots make up over 50% global internet traffic, Ransomware on Big Companies, Call of Duty and Micro-transactions, Hear from a caller, Email questions and more!

Song Sung Blue, written and directed by Craig Brewer is based on the 2008 documentary of the same name by Greg Kohs, follows the lives of Lightning and Thunder—Mike and Claire Sardina—a couple from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as they pursue their dream of bringing happiness and joy to others through music in the mid-1990s. It has […]

We all have to eat, and we all love to eat good food, so KSQD is thrilled to bring you our first foodie program featuring the brilliance and deep epicureal knowledge of our region from the creators of Edible Monterey Bay magazine. We’ll be sitting down to discuss great restaurants, great recipes, and the amazing […]

Secret Sounds of Ponds and Other Animal Music with Professor David Rothenberg, NJ Institute of Technology On Sustainability Now! Sunday, February 1st, 2026, from 5-6 PM on KSQD Who knew that ponds make music? To the eye and ears, they seem silent and tranquil—except at night when, maybe, choruses of frogs serenade listeners. But ponds […]

Parents share information with parents about how to respond when your child comes out.

Episode 87: Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is one of the most misunderstood mental health diagnoses. In this remixed episode, Dr. Alisa Brady and guest Clay Whitten—who lives with DID—offer an inside look at the condition that separates myth from reality. The conversation explores how DID develops, the challenges of misdiagnosis, and how Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy can support healing.

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Nyanko chats AI and Ram prices, TikTok blocks Epstein/anti-Trump vids, Microsoft will give FBI your data encryption key, Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Bugonia is a dark comedy with splashes of horror and science fiction, and it leans fully into its own strangeness. It is based on a South Korean film, Save the Green Planet! The blend of genres can feel chaotic, but that unpredictability is part of its charm. Emma Stone reunites with Yorgos Lanthimos to explore […]

To kick off our next trip around the sun, Cheryl Williams-Founding Director of Santa Cruz Black, is back at KSQD and on the Sunday Dinner! Listen to Cheryl and host DJ Dupsie discuss personal stories about The Black Experience and the organization Santa Cruz Black! For more info and to donate to Santa Cruz Black […]

Kazu Haga is a trainer and practitioner of nonviolence and restorative justice, a core member of the Fierce Vulnerability Network, a founding core member of the Ahimsa Collective, a Jam facilitator and author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm and Fierce Vulnerability: Healing from Trauma, Emerging through Collapse. His work weaves together […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Hear from our callers, Bezos says quiet part out loud, Ram prices rise due to imaginary market, FamilyTreeNow.com and your user data, Email questions and more!

Plutonium Pit Production–The Risks and Costs of US Plans to Build New Nuclear Weapons with Dr. Dylan K. Spaulding of the Union of Concerned Scientists On Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 18th, 2026, 5-6 PM on KSQD Nuclear weapons have been with us for 80 years. There are fewer today than was the case at the […]

Ami Chen Mills hosts an in-depth conversation with two, beloved, local spiritual leaders, the Reverend Deborah Johnson, of Inner Light Ministries, and the Reverend Elisha Christopher, of the Center for Spiritual Living–both of whom lead congregations here in Santa Cruz County and beyond. How do we respond to outer chaos, violence and attacks on human […]

The Computer Man Show Flock Edition hosted by Luigi Oppido with special guest Nyanko. This special episode captures a fast-moving, in-the-moment discussion of the Santa Cruz City Council’s decisive vote to cancel its contract with Flock Safety surveillance cameras. The conversation breaks down what happened at the meeting, why public testimony overwhelmingly opposed the technology, […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Nyanko joins us for Flock camera City Council Meeting updates, Instagram Data Leak, Dell CEO at CES, AI at Amazon, Hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

Tyller Williamson and Elaine Johnson are leaders in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. Tyller is Mayor of the City of Monterey and Elaine is the Executive Director of Housing Santa Cruz County and president of the local NAACP. Hear how their identity informs their work.

The late Olga Cossi hopes that boys will be men. Photo courtesy of Vika Glitter.

Housemaid Film Review by Molly Sullivan Housemaid, the thriller based on the bestselling novel by Freda McFadden and directed by Paul Feig, is entertaining, slightly cheesy fun—with more plot twists than a pretzel. McFadden is known for mysteries that make you think you’ve figured everything out, only to reveal that nothing is quite as it […]

One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s action thriller adapted from Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, is earning praise as one of the year’s standout films. It’s sharply crafted and relentlessly paced, though the script sometimes struggles to balance its sprawling ensemble, often giving the supporting cast richer material than its lead. The story follows the French […]

American Kompromat Kompromat: noun, Russian for “Compromising Information” “Be Bold America!” – January 2, 2026 Craig Unger’s bestseller, American Kompromat, shows that something much more sinister has been taking place than the public could ever imagine–that from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, kompromat operations documented the darkest secrets of the most powerful people in the world and transform […]

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, written and directed by Rian Johnson, raises the bar on mystery thrillers that Johnson himself has previously set. Proving yet again his brilliance in crafting a whodunit mystery, his latest film dares to elevate the power of storytelling to heavenly heights. Set in the fictional small town […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] Scams of the week! Topics covered: Getting Hacked and tips to help, Tech we lost in 2025, NVIDIA cards twice the cost because of AI, Data privacy, hear from our callers, Email questions and more!

The Living Green Myth: The Promise and Limits of Lifestyle Environmentalism with Dr. Michael Maniates Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 4th, 2026, 5-6 PM Many listeners are probably familiar with the tags found in hotel bathrooms that read: “Save Our Planet,” followed by instructions about reusing and replacing towels, and concluding “Thank you for helping us […]

Episode 86: Writing can be a powerful tool for healing. This episode explores how storytelling, poetry, and journaling help people clarify emotions, process trauma, and make meaning from life experiences — both painful and joyful. It opens with a powerful Holocaust survival story that highlights writing as an act of healing, and continues with reflections on identity, resilience, and self-discovery, including a personal story about turning inward during the pandemic and finding a voice through poetry.

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to [email protected] End of the year deadline scams! Topics covered: Will Private Equity make us rent computers in the future?, 20% of YouTube videos are AI slop, Charlie Kirk Data Foundation Threat Letter, Hear from a caller and more!

Guest Host Kim Clark talked with Rev Deborah Johnson to close out our religion and LGBTQ+ people discussions of the past month and also reflects on the past year. The 50th Anniversary of Pride comes to an end, but we share the world premiere musical composition composed by Mickey McGushan that was performed during the […]

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Microplastics in Lake Tahoe: How did They get There? What are they Doing? With Madison “Madio” Wallner on Sustainability Now! December 21st, 2025, 5-6 PM on KSQD FM Lake Tahoe is one of California’s natural jewels but it is under siege and increasingly awash in plastic wastes, as visitors carelessly dispose of bottles and packages […]

What do Silicon Valley Tech oligarchs want from the rest of us? San Francisco and the East Bay have become a learning laboratory for studying the designs of billionaire tech executives on the nation and even the rest of the world. In this Part III show on San Francisco and Bay Area politics, seasoned journalists, […]

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Mariposa Bernstein discusses the history of the Dyke March in Santa Cruz, CA.

The Tech Bro Takeover of San Franciso, and the whole world, continues! … On our our last show, we circled back to the podcasters and journalists covering the Tech Broligarchy taking over San Francisco politics, and attempting to also take over the Bay Area and the entire nation, if not the world (and in fact, […]

Wicked For Good: Film Review by Molly Sullivan “Wicked For Good” is the much-anticipated conclusion to the “Wicked” film series, directed by John Chu. This spectacular finale stars Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Picking up from where the last installment left off, the story continues to follow Elphaba, portrayed brilliantly by […]

Nuremberg is a post–World War II psychological thriller by James Vanderbilt, adapted from Jack El-Hai’s The Nazi and The Psychiatrist. Russell Crowe is nearly unrecognizable as Hermann Göring, while Rami Malek is well cast as U.S. Army psychiatrist Dr. Douglas Kelley, who is sent to study Nazi war criminals and determine their fitness for trial. […]

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Until recently, Colombia was the 13th largest importer of agricultural commodities to the US. Top among them are coffee, tea, and spices, live trees and nursery plants, bananas and plantains, and snack foods. All totaling more than 2.7 billion annually. In this rebroadcast show from 2022 our guest Marco Poehner, who spends about half of […]