Podcast Episodes

“What A Week” Mixtape Edition with Sarah Kendzior

If you’ve been keeping up with her stunning non-fiction, Sarah Kendzior is a prophet with a great deal of honor. “They Knew”, “Hiding In Plain Sight” and her latest book, “Last American Road Trip” ha…

Published on 3 days, 14 hours ago

Jean Pirano, The Hard Left(ist) Comes to Surf City

Season 1 Episode 1

Jean  Pirano (84) is a quiet, but  consistent activist,  a “slack-tivist,” as she says with a big smile. Pirano came to Santa Cruz in the late-1960’s, worked for the Grey Bears managing their warehou…

Published on 6 days, 12 hours ago

Watsonville’s Whiskey Hill Farm Explored

In The Garden, KSQD’s weekly garden show, airs a conversation from February 8, 2025, with Dave Blume of Whiskey Hill Experimental and Educational Farm. Dave’s energy is infectious, and his nontraditi…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

A Hunger Strike to End Pesticides Near Watsonville Schools

Season 2 Episode 27

    This show broadcasted live on Labor Day of 2025, the first day of Omar Dieguez‘s 30-day hunger strike to end the spraying of pesticides near Watsonville area schools. MOT host Ami Chen Mills and …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Facing Death: Living with Terminal Illness

Season 8 Episode 82

Episode 82: Guest host Patrice Vecchione explores the mental health challenges of living with a terminal illness. Featuring the late Megan Myers’s moving story, insights from palliative care physicia…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Sustainability Now! Sunday, August 31st: Save the Valley Dragons! Restoring the Blunt-Notes Leopard Lizard to the San Joaquin Desert with Dr. Michael Telemeco and Dr. Michael Westphal

Save the Valley Dragons! Restoring the Blunt-Notes Leopard Lizard to the San Joaquin Desert with Dr. Michael Telemeco & Dr. Michael Westphal On Sustainability Now!  Sunday, August 31st, 5-6 PM Who kn…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

August 26, 2025: Computer Man! Your Tech Questions Answered

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: Chrome VPN Extensi…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Calling All Earthworkers! Summer Music Sunset Songs celebrate the 1st annual Earthworkers Summit

This month DJ Dupsie brings back two former guests, Sheyna Burns and Christina Audas. Sheyna Burns dishes with us about the 1st Annual California Earthworkers Summit happening Sept. 11-12, 2025 at th…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Local Rabbis Try to Get Arrested for Gaza

Season 2 Episode 26

    On Monday, August 11, roughly 18 San Francisco Bay Area rabbis and cantors sat down in the street after speaking in front of the barricaded Israeli Consulate building, in opposition to Netanyahu’…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Immigration and the Apocalypse

Season 2 Episode 25

How have Christians–going back to Columbus–used religion, and especially the Book of Revelation, to frame migration and immigration both by colonists (to justify colonization and genocide) and by sub…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago