What a Week from KSQD

About What a Week from KSQD

Dazed and confused by current events, both national and local? Well, have we got the show for you! Every Saturday at 11AM, "WHAT A WEEK" brings you a "listeners digest“ of the news you really need to know. Award winning journalist Tony Russomanno and cultural magpie Erik Nelson scour the web, read all the papers (part of the way through) and dive deep into what’s happening in Santa Cruz to tell you what you need to know — WHEN you need to know it You can’t be well informed unless you are informed well, and "WHAT A WEEK" points you in all the right directions.

Publisher

ksqd.org

Category

education · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Apr 2024

Latest episode

13 Sept 2025

Latest episodes

34 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Sept 2025

   “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” have documented and predicted accurately much of our grim present day reality.  On this three hour WHAT A WEEK” special, Sarah […]

2. 

   16 Aug 2025

   What a Week! August 16, 2025 “FIVE YEARS ON” Edition!

   You can’t be well informed unless you are informed well! Join hosts Erik Nelson and Tony Russomanno as they unpack the week that was, on this Aug. 16, 2025 “FIVE YEARS ON” edition of What A Week! Christine Barrington is always adding to her list of resources for individual action in the time of […]

3. 

   2 Aug 2025

   What a Week! Aug. 2, 2025 “NEWS TSUNAMI” Edition!

   You can’t be well informed unless you are informed well! Join hosts Erik Nelson and Tony Russomanno as they unpack the week that was, on this Aug. 2, 2025 “NEWS TSUNAMI!” edition of What A Week! Christine Barrington is always adding to her list of resources for individual action in the time of Trump. […]

Who has been a guest on What a Week from KSQD

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Wallace Baine
• Christine Barrington
• Jon Parshall

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

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

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Quality

45

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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