KSQD 90.7 FM Santa Cruz

As we approach another Vernal Equinox, DJ Dupsie invites you to rest and be present in the liminal space where winter melts into spring with a dream pop set list and reading words of inspiration from the Nap Bishop, Tricia Hersey.

In this episode of The Computer Man Show on KSQD, Luigi Oppido and his guest Nyanko, dive deep into the hottest topics in tech right now. Global Impact of Datacenter UAE Attacks The show opened with a heavy hitter: a drone strike on an Amazon data center in the United Arab Emirates, marking a rare […]

Film Review — Solo Mio by Molly Sullivan Solo Mio, the romantic comedy directed by Charles Francis Kinnane and Daniel Kinnane, is something of a poor man’s version of Under the Tuscan Sun. Starring Kevin James in a surprisingly serious romantic role, the film follows his character’s journey through heartbreak and disappointment toward an eventual […]

The Past and Future of Sustainable Communities with Peter Calthorpe, Architect & Urban Designer Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 15th The world’s cities are big and getting bigger. By 2050, 80% of the world’s people will live in cities. Can cities be made sustainable? Who is thinking about this? Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation […]

UPDATES ON IRAN AND MINNESOTA: This show includes a conversation with an ordinary, working mom in Minnesota, Janine Sieja, about her experience with ICE chaos, abductions and even murders in her city … becoming an activist, her fears as a mother … and what is happening on the ground there now. Our conversation with Janine […]

Living in the United States May be Hazardous to Your Health! “Be Bold America!” Airs March 6, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) “America presents an egregious paradox – it has both the most expensive healthcare and the shortest life expectancy in the West.” – Robert Sapolsky Living in the United States today means surviving in a society […]

EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert, directed by Baz Luhrmann, draws from newly uncovered footage of Elvis’s later years performing in Las Vegas for electrified audiences. Luhrmann meticulously assembled the film with audio help from Peter Jackson, to present these performances from Elvis’s own point of view. One of the documentary’s greatest pleasures is watching Elvis […]

In this episode of The Computer Man Show on KSQD, Luigi Oppido and his guest Nyanko, dive deep into the accelerating AI revolution, sparked by recent warnings from Bernie Sanders about job loss, automation, and economic disruption. The conversation explores bold claims from tech leaders like Elon Musk and Bill Gates regarding a future where […]

Biologists Unite! The Rise and Fall of Ecosystem Services with Professor Daniel Suarez, Middlebury College on Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 1, 2026 Over the past several decades, there has been a concerted effort by biologists, economists and others to put a value on nature’s services: what would it cost, for example, to provide clean water […]

On this episode of The Computer Man Show, Luigi dives into Mac backup strategies—breaking down Time Machine vs. Acronis, and later is joined by special guest Nyanko to discuss concerns about rising hardware prices and looming storage shortages driven by AI data center demand. The conversation expands into AI privacy fears sparked by Google Gemini, […]

Episode 88: Originally recorded in 2023 and re-released for its continued relevance, this episode explores how parents go on after the death of a child. Father and author Colin Campbell shares how he is living with “hope and purpose” after losing his two teenage children in a drunk-driving crash, alongside stories from parents grieving losses to suicide and overdose and insights from psychotherapist and grief specialist Kara Bowman. A tender, honest, and unexpectedly hopeful conversation about life after unimaginable loss.

Hear from the first same sex couple married in Santa Cruz County. Gail Groves, Dinah Phillips and Gail Pellerin share about the importance of the first day same sex marriage was legal back in June of 2008.

Writer Joan Gelfand’s life so far has been bookended by what she refers to as “strange moments.” As a teenager, she left New York City for the allure of the Berkeley Women’s Movement, a time when lesbians were forming their own radical community and forging a new way for American women to live. Now Joan […]

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.