Podcast Episodes

Salinas’ Western Stage: 50 years of building community through artistic expression

Monday on the Talk of the Bay host Christine Barrington takes us behind the curtain at Salinas’ Western Stage. Offering multiple productions each season, the Western Stage is a community-driven profe…

Published on 2 months ago

An Hour Wasted with Tom Lehrer–A KSQD Tribute to the Man and His Music

An Hour Wasted with Tom Lehrer A KSQD Tribute to the Man and His Music     Tom Lehrer, the musical satirist par excellence of the 1950s and 1960s, died this past July at age 97.  Many listeners and t…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

How Stories Shape Our Mental Health

Season 8 Episode 83

Episode 83: Guest host Youssef Hassanein talks with therapist Lisa Slede and Harvard health communications expert Amanda Yarnell about how personal and cultural narratives can heal, connect, or misle…

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September 30, 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: SD cards disappear…

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12th Annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival: “The Laughtopus” October 3-4

On Talk of the Bay host Christine Barrington interviews DNA, our local comedy impresario who returns to Santa Cruz to bring us the 12th annual Santa Cruz Comedy festival. Called the Laughtopus, this …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The Homeless Garden Project: Harvest, Community & Compassion

In this episode of Talk of the Bay, host Janet Quinn sits down with Brian Sweeney and Omar Guzman of the Homeless Garden Project. They share how the project provides job training, community, and hope…

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Monterey Jazz Festival Memories

Each year KSQD stations its volunteers in a booth at the MJF where we get to meet lots of wonderful folks, and one character we bumped into was kind of special.  Michael Downer has been attending the…

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Sustainability Now! Sunday, September 28th: Conserving California’s Lands and Coastal Waters: A Progress Report with Meghan Hertel, Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity and Habitat at the California Natural Resources Agency

Conserving California’s Lands and Coastal Waters: A Progress Report with Meghan Hertel, Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity and Habitat at the California Natural Resources Agency In October 2020, Gover…

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September 23, 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: AI, The Computer H…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Where is the Hope for Peace in Israel-Palestine?

Season 2 Episode 28

Aziz Abu Sarah is a Palestinian peace-builder, co-founder of InterAct International, author and mission-driven entrepreneur whose personal story of transformation began after the tragic loss of his o…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago