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The State of Education in the Pajaro Valley
Jun 25, 2026
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Can you live on $2.13 an hour plus tips? Saru Jayaraman asks Why vote if the system isn’t working?
Jun 23, 2026
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Campaign to Eliminate use of Toxic Pesticides
Jun 16, 2026
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Children’s Education Author and Innovator
Jun 16, 2026
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Art as Resistance: The People and Powerful Stories Behind the Watsonville Film Festival
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/25/26 | ![]() The State of Education in the Pajaro Valley | Omar Dieguez and Adela welcome Bobby Marchessault, Watsonville educator and Vice President of the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers Committee on Political Education. The discussed important work being done in the PVUSD and some of the biggest issues facing schools today: transparency and accountability, as well as recent cuts to mental health services, counselors, and […] | — | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | ![]() Can you live on $2.13 an hour plus tips? Saru Jayaraman asks Why vote if the system isn’t working? |   Saru Jayaraman (JD, Yale, MPP Harvard) is an academic at UC Berkeley and the President of One Fair Wage, which organizes to raise wages and end subminimum wages nationwide. She was named one of CNN’s “Top10 Visionary Women”, a White House Champion of Change in 2014, a James Beard Foundation Leadership Award winner (2015), […] | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() Campaign to Eliminate use of Toxic Pesticides | Omar Dieguez speaks with Mark Weller for an update on the campaign to eliminate the use of toxic pesticides near schools and communities on the central coast. Nine months after Omar’s hunger strike to raise awareness about this community health issue, what progress has been made, and what remains to be done?     | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() Children’s Education Author and Innovator | If you’re interested in children’s education, quiz games, storytelling, or poetry, I’ll bet you’ll find this program facinating. My guest is Howard Schrager. He’s the owner of Lemon Tree Press, which publishes educational books for elementary school aged children which he writes. Howard was a Waldorf teacher for 29 years. | — | ||||||
| 6/14/26 | ![]() Art as Resistance: The People and Powerful Stories Behind the Watsonville Film Festival | Omar Dieguez and Adela Naranjo sit down with Watsonville Film Festival (WFF) Executive Director Consuelo Alba and filmmaker Brenda Avila-Hanna to discuss the profound impact of storytelling, community healing, and art as resistance. The conversation highlights how the festival grew from a passionate, grassroots volunteer effort in 2012 into a vital year-round nonprofit ecosystem that […] | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | ![]() Gaza and the Central Coast✨ | human connectionsGaza conflict+5 | — | — | GazaCentral Coast | GazaCentral Coast+5 | — | 56m 16s | |
| 6/7/26 | ![]() Called to Serve: Faith, Leadership and Community with Andres Martinez✨ | community serviceyouth leadership+3 | Andres Martinez | City Youth CouncilProtect Salinas Renters | — | Andres Martinezcommunity service+3 | — | 25m 52s | |
| 6/5/26 | ![]() Post-Election Analysis Primary 2026✨ | election analysisCalifornia governor's race+4 | Bill Monning | — | CaliforniaSanta Cruz+1 | Californiaelection+5 | — | — | |
| 6/5/26 | ![]() Steve Kettmann co-author of Dusty Baker’s new memoir ‘Crossroads’✨ | baseballmemoir+3 | Steve Kettmann | Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life | — | Dusty BakerSteve Kettmann+3 | — | 53m 41s | |
| 6/4/26 | ![]() Healing, Unity & Peace with the Watsonville HOPE Club✨ | healingunity+4 | — | Watsonville HOPE ClubWatsonville High School | Watsonville, California, USA | HOPE ClubWatsonville High School+3 | — | 54m 11s | |
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| 5/29/26 | ![]() A Visit with Slack Key Master George Kahumoku,Jr.✨ | Hawaiian musicslack key guitar+3 | George Kahumoku, Jr. | The Slack Key Show | — | Hawaiian Renaissance ManGrammy winner+3 | — | — | |
| 5/27/26 | ![]() Untangling Fact from Hype in AI Frenzy✨ | AIhype+3 | Nolan Higdon | UC Santa CruzGaslight Gazette Blog | — | AIhype+5 | — | — | |
| 5/27/26 | ![]() ‘Drapetomania’ benefit for Movement Voter Project Coming June 6✨ | benefit eventsocial justice+3 | Wayne Harris | U.S. State DepartmentMartin Luther King, Jr. | Palestine | DrapetomaniaMovement Voter Project+5 | — | — | |
| 5/22/26 | ![]() Keepers of the Cultura: A Watsonville Familia’s Pachuco Legacy✨ | Chicano culturePachuco legacy+3 | Araceli GonzalesPrimo Gonzales+2 | — | — | PachucoChicano+5 | — | 57m 20s | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() Santa Cruz Mayoral candidates respond on the issues facing the City✨ | Santa Cruzmayoral candidates+3 | Joy SchendeldeckerChris Krohn+3 | — | — | Santa Cruzmayoral candidates+3 | — | 56m 19s | |
| 5/17/26 | ![]() Santa Cruz County looks to boost youth participation in local government with Youth Commission | In April, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to establish the county’s first-ever youth commission. The commission was tasked with studying how the county can foster greater youth participation in local government in order to share recommendations with elected leaders who can actually change policy. To tell us more about the freshly-formed […] | — | ||||||
| 5/15/26 | ![]() What’s Up, with “Cosmic Joe” Jordan | Look up! It’s the night sky and billions and billions of stars and planets, if you are lucky enough to see a few. Join “Cosmic” Joe Jordan, former NASA scientist and dark sky enthusiast of all things astronomy for some star talks up at Costanoa resort or right here on the radio! | — | ||||||
| 5/15/26 | ![]() Bryan Hackett, Candidate for Superior Court Judge, Santa Cruz | An election of a judge is a fairly rare thing, given the governor usually appoints one to a vacancy. Bryan Hackett and Alisa Thomas are both attorneys vying for the judge’s seat on the Santa Cruz Superior Court. KSQD reached out multiple times to Ms. Thomas but did not get a reply to our invitation […] | — | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | ![]() Let’s Meet: Friends of the Rail and Trail | Meilin Obinata interviews Friends of the Rail & Trail (FORT) board members, Matt Farrell and Sally Arnold about the threats to our rail and trail future and how FORT is launching a Summer of Action to keep our county on track. Listeners are invited to a Rally to Save Our Tracks on May 20, next […] | — | ||||||
| 5/11/26 | ![]() Born Into the Struggle: Ricardo Chavez and the Deeper Story of the Movement | Omar’s guest, Ricardo Chavez, takes us on a deep dive into the labor movement into which he was born. The year of his birth was the year that the United Farm Workers saw the death of five martyrs: five organizers who were killed for their work in the movement. It is in this crucible of […] | — | ||||||
| 5/2/26 | ![]() What does it really mean to be in service to the people?✨ | servicecommunity leadership+3 | Elias GonzalezEdgar Ernesto Ibarra Gutierrez | — | — | servicecommunity+5 | — | 58m 49s | |
| 5/2/26 | ![]() Mark Silberstein Reflects on Decades as Steward of Elkhorn Slough✨ | environmentwetlands+3 | Mark Silberstein | Elkhorn Slough Foundation | California | Elkhorn SloughMark Silberstein+5 | — | — | |
| 5/2/26 | ![]() Queer Youth Leaders Speak Out✨ | queer youthleadership+3 | Stuart RosensteinEverest Vasquez+2 | — | — | queer youthleadership awards+4 | — | — | |
| 4/24/26 | ![]() The Santa Cruz Vegan Chef Challenge✨ | veganismfood+3 | — | Santa Cruz Vegan Chef Challenge | Santa Cruz County | veganSanta Cruz+3 | — | 43m 52s | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() 19th Congressional District Candidates forum, April 2026✨ | politicselections+4 | Candidates | — | California19th District+9 | 19th Congressional Districtcandidates+5 | — | 58m 51s | |
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