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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 p...

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 Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com 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-discover...

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com 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 […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: AI generated code is garbage, 13 year old child’s AI generated nudes sent around school, Hear from multiple callers, Email questions and more!

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, […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com LOCAL SCAM: card skimmers at gas stations! Topics covered: Fake windows lock screens, Overseas workers build Flock surveillance AI, Nobody wants to buy Microsoft AI, Onset AI associated psychosis and more!

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. […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: Australia’s Child/Teen Social Media Ban, Avoid Holiday Data Loss: how to help family members, Company’s AI was actually 700 humans in India, Email questions and more!

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 […]

The Norris Center for Natural History at UCSC: What is it?  Why is it there? With Professor Ingrid Parker and Center Director Chris Lay On Sustainability Now! December 7th, 2025, 5-6 PM on KSQD The Kenneth S. Norris Center at UC Santa Cruz is one of the little-known jewels of the campus as well as […]

Episode 85: Hormonal changes and perimenopause can start earlier than many women expect — sometimes in the 30s — bringing shifts that deeply affect mental health. Anxiety, irritability, depression, headaches, and brain fog are common, yet often misunderstood or misdiagnosed. We’re joined by psychotherapist and hormone expert Helen Bennett, BACP, and experiencer Liz Ryan to share both clinical and...

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: Microsoft Windows 11 Complaints, ChatGPT issues, 500million people still on Windows 10, Trillion dollar problem that AI is trying to solve, Email questions and more!

“People who garden always have something good to look forward to,” Dr. Martin Quigley. Join him, Steven E. Popp, and Joe Truskot — the “In The Garden” guys for their fun take on pine trees, poinsettias, and the holiday color palettes. Living things can create new holiday memories with their beauty, their scents, and their […]

Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: Microsoft admits Windows 11 Core Features Broken, Tesla AI Grok asked 12 year old child for nudes, Gemini not turned on, Flock cameras, Email questions and more!

Hear insights from Rev. Deb Johnson and Rabbi Eli Cohen and their outreach to LGBTQ+ people.

Jeanne Howard is founder of Santa Cruz Gives,the charity crowdfunding platform for local nonprofit organizations. Jeanne is the former publisher of Good Times weekly and created Santa Cruz Gives to help local nonprofit organizations raise funds in a “one-stop shopping” site online. KSQD is one 70 organizations chosen to participate.