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First Person Singular from KSQD

ksqd.org
Santa Cruz
Sicily
Personal Growth
Climate Change
Activism
Democracy
Santa Cruz County
Parenting
Friendship
Community
Family Therapy
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter
Compassion
Childhood Memories
Olga Cossi
Grief
Pacific Ocean
Bruce Scott
Public Policy
Human Rights

First Person Singular from KSQD segments feature the unique voices of our community, sharing a commentary, personal story, or an observation.

PublishesDailyEpisodes200Founded3 years ago
Number of ListenersCategories
DocumentaryPersonal JournalsSociety & Culture

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Latest Episodes

Steve Pleich talks about advocacy matters.

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Jason Scorse has good advise for a peaceful respite.

Sally Grey discovers the history of T-Shirts.

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Alan Ritch describes the monsters of Mykonos.

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Bahia Brunelle has observed, and shares what she has earned about, otters.

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Laurie Corn sends a love letter to her children on her 85th birthday,

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Ed Weingold advises, “Patients heal thyselves.”

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The late Olga Cossi had a special guru.

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Recent Guests

Ed Weingold
Writer living in Santa Cruz
Independent
Episode: FirstPersonSingular: Ed Weingold – Patients Heal Thyselves
Olga Cossi
late Olga Cossi, lifelong writer
Episode: FirstPersonSingular: Olga Cossi – Guru
Roland Saher
Retired science teacher and environmental activist
(not explicitly stated)
Episode: FirstPersonSingular: Roland Saher – No Immunity for Big Oil
Jason Scorse
Professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Episode: FirstPersonSingular: Jason Scorse – Economy
Michael Collins
writer living in Santa Cruz
Episode: FirstPersonSingular – Michael Collins – No Kings
Peter St. John
Writer
Hollister, California
Episode: FirstPersonSingular: Peter St John – Threshold
Steve Pleich
registered Santa Cruz voter and unregistered political satirist
Independent
Episode: First Person Singular: Steve Pleich – Mail Ballot
Bahia Brunelle
Writer and musician whose heart sings for wild things
Episode: FirstPersonSingular: Bahia Brunelle – Squirrels
Laurie Corn
Writer living in Santa Cruz
Self/Independent
Episode: FirstPersonSingular: Laurie Corn – Nature or Nurture

Hosts

Matilda Rand
Host of First Person Singular segments with multiple appearances; commonly associated with KSQD. Often presents personal essays and reflective storytelling.
Mathilde Rand
Host of First Person Singular on KSQD; frequently contributes personal narratives and segment-leading material.

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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

FirstPersonSingular: Laurie Corn – Nature or Nurture
Q: Was it nature or nurture?
The guest suggests that both elements played roles in her children's development, with love and environment shaping them as much as inherent traits, and the host guiding the discussion toward how memory and experience illuminate this balance.
Sarah Beck – Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Q: How can listeners get involved?
Listeners can volunteer at their local library or with Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
Sarah Beck – Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Q: What's your main goal for the Friends?
To ensure libraries are truly for everyone and to communicate ways the community can support them.

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Stories and commentary from a community-focused program that blends personal essays with topical observations. Episodes cover peaceful protest and free expression, critiques of economic policy and its social impacts, environmental stewardship and sustainable business, and intimate vignettes about place, memory, and daily life. The mix leans toward reflective, narrative storytelling that connects personal experience to broader social and political issues, often tying these themes to specific places like Santa Cruz, Pointing to a consistent thread of civic engagement, environment, and community identity. A few episodes center on democracy, civil rights, and collective action, while others lean into cultural memory, nature, and personal growth... more

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Recent guests on First Person Singular from KSQD include:

1. Ed Weingold
2. Olga Cossi
3. Roland Saher
4. Jason Scorse
5. Michael Collins
6. Peter St. John
7. Steve Pleich
8. Bahia Brunelle

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