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Michael, the bio pic directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan, offers a revealing look at the life of the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. What makes the film especially intriguing is the involvement of his family members—several of his siblings and one of his sons- serving as producers. That raises the […]

Microplastics: invisible, insidious, and…fixable with Dr. Myra Finkelstein & Dr. Steven Mentor on Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 26th on KSQD We’ve heard a lot about the problem of microplastics pollution. Just how bad is it?  What are its causes?  What are microplastics doing to us and the world?  Is anything being done to stem the […]

Friends of The Sunday Dinner join DJ Dupsie for the first of what may be a recurring practice on the show! Local artists, activists, and awesome people RicoR, delfin bautista, and Christina Audas are here to model how to have difficult conversations around race and racism, based on the scholarship, and anti-racism flashcard deck, of […]

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy — which has nothing to do with the franchise — opens with a parent’s worst nightmare. While living in Cairo, Charlie and Larissa’s (Jack Reynor and Laia Costa), eight-year-old daughter, Katie (Natalie Grace), is abducted from their backyard. Devastated, they eventually return to Albuquerque and try to rebuild their lives with […]

Melissa Marzan who is known as the “Letter Mermaid” sees her work as a starting point to conversations about emotional vulnerability, cultivating community, ocean conservation, and my experience as a Queer/Bisexual Filipino-American. Paul Richmond is a long time artist, illustrator, and activist who lives in Monterey with his husband. He is a passionate advocate for social justice, arts education,...

“The Making of Donald Trump” “Be Bold America!” Airs April 17, 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston stated in his bestselling book, The Making of Donald Trump, when Donald Trump rode down the Trump Tower lobby escalator live on national television in June 2015 to announce his campaign for […]

Adauto B. Rocha Jr. is an Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in Small Farm and Rural Development Economics with UC Agricultural and Natural Resources and a researcher at the Department of Economics at UC Santa Cruz. He joined the university this past year. His work focuses on production, conservation, and rural resilience with a mission […]

Jeff Nilsen, owner and proprietor of Bokay Nursery on Hitchcock Road in Salinas, has never lived a day when he wasn’t involved in the nursery. His grandfather purchased and developed it into a Salinas institution before he was born. Nilsen shares the evolution of the nursery and landscape business in an informative and fun conversation […]

Blue Moon is a biopic about the rise and fall of Lorenz “Larry” Hart, the lyricist half of the famed Rodgers and Hart duo—before Richard Rodgers went on to partner with Oscar Hammerstein. Directed by Richard Linklater (Slacker, School of Rock, Dazed and Confused), the film blends his signature long-form storytelling with a fresh theatrical […]

This special broadcast features a replay of an interview with Reverend Herb Schmidt, originally recorded on December 11, 2022, in honor of Paul Lee. In this conversation, Herb reflects on his lifelong commitment to service, social justice, and community building, drawing from his work with the United Services Agency and beyond. With warmth, wisdom, and […]

“We think they’ll kill someone” indigenous resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico with Anjan Sundaram, The Stringer Foundation On Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 12th, 5-6 PM Indigenous peoples around the world are under threat, especially from massive development projects engineered by governments and corporations, which promise to destroy the lands, forests and waters on which those pe...

Executive director of Gamble Garden, Palo Alto, Corey Andrikopoulus, joins the In The Garden Team of Joe Truskot, Steven E. Popp, and Dr. Martin Quigley for an informative discussion of the ways native and garden plants get pollinated. Listen to a description of California native bees, the structure inside a flowering plant, and the best […]

Film Review—Project Hail Mary By Molly Sullivan I’ll admit, I’m not usually drawn to films where Earth is on the brink of destruction and humanity and there is a mission to venture into deep space to save it.. That was my initial reaction when I first heard about Project Hail Mary. But this film offers […]

Hear Rebecca Jordan discuss her art and Melissa Kreisa and Rose Sellery discuss the Ripple Effects Art Festival in Santa Cruz April 6-26

“Why the Climate Fight is Failing. Radical Activism is Needed!” “Be Bold America!” Airs April 3 2026 at 5:00pm (PT) “The climate rallying cries to “Save the Planet” no longer work in our hyper-partisan world, nor do images of polar bears on melting glaciers. The problem isn’t scientific, fact-based, or even technological. The problem is […]

Episode 89: Sleep isn’t a luxury—it’s a foundation for mental health. In this episode, behavioral sleep medicine specialist Muriel Rose and guest Allyson Makuch explore the powerful connection between sleep and emotional well-being. Allyson shares how protecting her sleep has been critical to managing Bipolar I disorder. The episode also includes listener stories about navigating sleep disruption...

Babblery host Suki Wessling walked around our local No Kings 2026 Rally and asked people to do dramatic readings of their signs. Some are more dramatic than others, but all are heartfelt!

Tony Sloss interviews a handful of protesters on the street for the Santa Cruz No Kings Rally.

What makes a good adaptation? Is it sticking to the source material as faithfully as possible or breathing in new life by going in an entirely different direction? Emerald Fennell’s 2026 film Wuthering Heights provides the following answer to my original question: “Must an adaptation be good?” Based on the Emily Bronte novel of the […]

Hear Karissa LeClair-Cortez and Nancy Willard discuss the support systems for LGBTQ+ people at the Santa Cruz County Public Health Department

A Circle Outside: A story about lesbian witches in Santa Cruz County in the 1980s with author Linda Rosewood and Coleen Douglas.

Transformative Climate Communities in California With Nancy Faulstitch and Eloy Ortiz, Regeneración Pajaro Valley  on Sustainability Now! Sunday, March 29th, 2026 The State of California has created a program called “Transformative Climate Communities,” focused on making low-income, urban areas more resilient, efficient and responsive to housing, energy and climate challenges. What does this mean...

Laura Ferry said, “Consume each meal with your eyes open.” Photo courtesy of Pixabay.

Here at KSQD, we know Sandy Stone as our lead engineer and super-volunteer. But Sandy is an icon in the transgender community, working to assert the essential humanity of transgender people since she transitioned in the mid-1970s. In this conversation with host Suki Wessling, we explore two times of Sandy’s life: her personal experience with […]

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, directed by Mary Bronstein and produced by A24, is a rare film in its raw portrayal of the complexities of motherhood. The story is anchored by an extraordinary performance from Rose Byrne as Linda, and a surprisingly restrained, quietly affecting turn by Conan O’Brien as her therapist. Linda […]