Pride Perspectives

About Pride Perspectives

Join KSQD every other Sunday evening at 5, and Tuesday morning at 6, for Pride Perspectives, highlighting the LGBTQ+ community across Santa Cruz County and the Central Coast. Hosts Rob Darrow and Cece Pinheiro keep you up to date on current issues, and share perspectives from the long and rich history of Santa Cruz Pride, marking its 50th anniversary in 2025. Among the features are interviews between young members of the community and elders of the modern Pride movement.

Publisher

Rob Darrow and Cece Pinheiro

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jan 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   LGBTQ History Month: Queer Archives in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties with David Reichard and Rob Darrow

   David Reichard and Rob Darrow talk about the importance of archives to preserve LGBTQ+ history and the many stories found in the archives in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties.

2. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Kristin Key, The Lesbian Army and Queer Story Telling

   Hear the coming out story and rise to fame of Kristin Key, a nationally touring queer musical comedian who performed to a sold out crowd at Santa Cruz Shakespeare on September 21.

3. 

   8 Sept 2026

   School Superintendents in Monterey County Share LGBTQ+ Student Support Systems with PK Diffenbaugh and Linda Adamson

   Dr. Linda Adamson and Dr. PK Diffenbaugh discuss how the Pacific Grove Unified School District and Monterey Peninsula Unified School District are inclusive of LGBTQ+ families.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

160,211

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

13

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

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