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Crosscurrents
Crosscurrents is KALW Public Radio's award-winning news magazine, broadcasting in the Bay Area Mondays through Thursdays on 91.7 FM. We make joyful, informative stories that engage people across the economic, social, and cultural divides in our community.
Episodes
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On the Air: Learn how to fight air pollution in your neighborhood
The gas appliances in our homes are part of the problem. They’ve been shown to worsen asthma and cause other health problems. Plus, they contribute to climate…
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Uncuffed: Two dads reflect on the choice to parent from prison
A new story from Uncuffed San Quentin producer Anthony Gomez about two fathers who made the choice to have kids, while they're in prison.
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New Arrivals Package: Bay Area Nature
Now we’ll hear some readings from our series New Arrivals, a pocket-sized book tour with Bay Area authors. Today’s writers are all interested in local lands…
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SHOW: Music and Resilience
As war in Ukraine rages on artists are collaborating to preserve Ukrainian identity. Then, we’ll hear about reporting from a city under siege.
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Joy as resistance in Ukraine: Part Two
We’ll hear part two of reporter Adreanna Rodriguez’s reporting from Ukraine. She’ll take us inside the electronic music scene in Kyiv and explain how music…
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Cafe du Nord: local live music
Live music is quintessential to any city's nightlife. But increasing rents and impacts of the pandemic have made it difficult for small venues around the Bay…
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SHOW: In Ukraine, Joy is Resistance
Infusing joy in daily life during war isn’t just about pleasure, it’s about survival. Today, we’ll hear how, in Ukraine, resistance against Russia isn’t just…
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Joy as resistance in Ukraine: Part One
Bay Area-based reporter Adreanna Rodriguez follows the quiet revolutions of daily life in Kyiv, Ukraine, where people are seeking pleasure, joy, and normalcy…
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SHOW: The Valkyries and The Violet Wave
The Golden State Valkyries created a movement bigger than themselves. Today, we’ll hear about the "Violet Wave" on the Finale of Bounce: The Valkyries' 1st…
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Meet DJ LadyRyan
LadyRyan is one of the Valkyrie’s official game DJs whose job it is to keep the arena JUMPING. And she’s also a KALW music programmer - you can hear her every…
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SHOW: Government Support and Control
Today, we go back to the 1930s to hear how the New Deal helped artists to keep creating. The history of Public art- from our series “The Public Works.” Then…
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Public Art: Sargent Johnson left a legacy in the Bay Area
In the second episode of the Public Works series, reporter Sheryl Kaskowitz uncovers treasures by Black sculptor Sargent Johnson that are hiding in plain sight…
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Oakland is considering a controversial encampment policy
Cities around the Bay Area have been debating how to handle people camping in public places or living in RVs. Oakland may follow suit.
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SHOW: Stories About Spirituality
Today, we meet a hairdresser who begins to contemplate the end of life. Now her mission is to get other people to think about it. Then, in honor of Yom Kippur…
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SHOW: Basketball Dreams and Life Lessons
Today, in a new story from Uncuffed we hear how one woman’s passion changed her life … but not as she was expecting. Then, a dance show gives the Bay Area a…
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Uncuffed: Basketball Changed Her Life — But Not How She Expected
Today a new story from Uncuffed that comes to us from the California Institution for Women (or CIW) in Chino California. Ever since she was a kid, Bellows…
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Bay Poets: 'For Lily, For Arlene, For all Daughters Tending Fathers, For All the Water and Salt Between Them'
Here's San Jose's Lorenz Mason Dumuk reading an excerpt of his poem “For Lily, For Arlene, For all Daughters Tending Fathers, For All the Water and Salt…
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Sights + Sounds: 'A Taste of Ireland'
Gavin Shevlin is an international dance champion and Megan McGinley is an award-winning fiddle player. They’re performing in the show “A Taste of Ireland,”…
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New Arrivals: Fiction Writers
Here are some readings from our series New Arrivals, a pocket-sized book tour with Bay Area authors.
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Muni Diaries: A Bus of Whimsy
We share a selection of bite-sized stories from everyday Muni riders of all ages about whimsical transit rides they’ve taken in our beloved San Francisco.
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SHOW: African Dance and a Bus of Whimsy
A molecular biologist from Kenya switches gears to bring African music and dance to Bay Area kids. Today, a taste of Africa. Then, we'll share stories of…
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The Atheltics wrap up their first season in Sacramento
KALW's news editor Sunni Khalid spoke recently to Mark Demsky, a reporter for KFBK in Sacramento, about the A's inaugural season in their temporary home.
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African dance, music and cultural diplomacy
This weekend is the Taste of Africa festival in Livermore, an annual African arts and music festival hosted by Cheza Nami an award winning African arts…
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SHOW: Remembering Belva Davis
Belva Davis was an Emmy Award-winning journalist who broke the color barrier here in the Bay Area with her work in radio and television in the 1960’s. She died…
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SHOW: The Stoop - Just Following Up
Following the murder of George Floyd, corporate America promised a lot to the Black community. So what happened Today, we’re just following up with an episode…
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SHOW: Stories that move us
One phone call changed everything a granddaughter thought she knew about her grandfather in a new story from Uncuffed. Then, a glimpse into the day to day of a…
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Uncuffed: The phone call that changed everything
A new story from Uncuffed and the California Institution for Women about a phone call that changed everything a granddaughter thought she knew about her…
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Muni Diaries: Rory O’Neill to the Rescue
Getting stuck on a dark, stalled Muni train is every rider’s worst nightmare. But what’s it like being one of the mechanics with the daunting task of getting…
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Bay Poets: 'I Heard the Heart Beating' by poet Joceline Hernandez Marroquin
Today's poem is a true reflection of our times.
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SHOW: Leveling the playing field
One group is working to keep women’s basketball careers alive. Today, we bring you the story of the Women’s Premier Basketball Association in the latest…
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Hoops, Hope, And A Second Chance — The Story Of The WPBA
The WPBA is a pro developmental league in the East Bay with big ambitions and real impact. It’s recognized by FIBA — rare for a U.S. women’s league outside the…
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Women’s soccer is here to stay and play in the Bay
The Valkyries first season has come to a close. And if you are still looking for a similar energy and vibe to tap into and cheer for, then you can catch a Bay…
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SHOW: Artists and Creators of The Bay
Today, a conversation with the executive director of San Francisco’s Dance Mission Theater about the loss of federal funding. Then, an Oakland film tackles the…
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State Of The Bay: Dance Mission Theater’s Fight to Thrive
Today, a conversation with the executive director of San Francisco’s Dance Mission Theater about the loss of federal funding.
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The Sights and Sound Show: Oakland filmmaker Anthony Lucero on his new film 'Paper Bag Plan'
An Oakland film tackles the challenges parents face when caring for kids with disabilities.
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Kinetic Steam Works: Breathing life into industrial machines in West Oakland
In this Audiograph, we go to a warehouse tucked away behind a metal scrap yard. Kinetic Steam Works is an industrial workspace for people to tinker with old…
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SHOW: The Stoop: I got it from my mama?
Some people’s bodies feel like they’ve been weathered by storms they never experienced firsthand. Today, we discuss the science behind generational trauma in…
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SHOW: Moving Through Our Lives
Sometimes, unconditional love can lead us to think we can do no wrong. Today, a story about taking advantage of a grandmother’s love. Plus, we hear how one…
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Getting Around the Bay Q&A: Transit month edition
Introducing a new series on Crosscurrents where we round up what’s happening in transportation news in the Bay Area
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Taylor Smalls paints for the Golden State Valkyries
Taylor Smalls is a painter who uses knives to create large, beautiful, bold and colorful images of Black women. The Valkyries commissioned her to create a few…
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A grandmother's love
A new story from Uncuffed and the California Institution for Women about how we don’t always appreciate unconditional love when we have it. And how that can…
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SHOW: The Power of the Pen
While incarcerated, one man relied on music to ground himself. Today, the power of lyrical therapy. Then, how a Bay Area couple is celebrating ten years of…
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Lyrical therapy
At 21-years-old, Armstrong was sentenced to life in prison, a moment he now says may have saved his life. In this segment from Bay Area Beats, we hear how…
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Transit Books' 10th anniversary
Berkeley’s Transit Books is an independent, nonprofit publisher celebrating 10 years of publishing works by international authors. And some of their books have…
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SHOW: Keeping Culture and History
Oakland elementary school students are connecting creativity and Latino cultures through Mexican tin art. Then, we hear about a San Francisco walking tour…
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Teaching the tradition of Mexican tin art to Oakland youth
Oakland elementary school students are connecting creativity and Latino cultures through Mexican tin art called "repujados."
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State Of The Bay: America's First Black Millionaire
We hear about a new San Francisco walking tour that covers the improbable life of William Leidesdorff, America’s first black millionaire.
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On Repeat: Patrick King Most
Tshego Letsoalo is KALW’s Music Editorial Director. Her series, On Repeat is a mini-pod for music discovery. In this episode, we hear from KALW’s Tuesday night…
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SHOW: Learning from our past, thinking about the future and healing in the present
Today, we from A group of immigrant women who are turning to cultural knowledge to research mental health practices. Then, an excerpt from KALW’s townhall on…
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Somos Remedios: A community project aiming to improve mental health within immigrant communities
A group of immigrant women are turning to cultural knowledge to research mental health practices. In this story, the group “Somos Remedios” shares what they…
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The Bay Agenda: The Future of Public Media
A live broadcast town hall conversation about the local and national implications of a devastating federal funding cut to public broadcasting.
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Kat Crosswell coming of age novel features Jazzy protagonist
Kat Crosswell is based in Oakland. Her novel is about a Black family living in Chicago in the 1970s. It’s called, “Pieces of Eight: A Harper Family Mixtape.”…
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SHOW: Movies, Music, And Lessons For Hard Times
The silver screen will be shining at this year’s Oakland International Film Festival. Today, a conversation with the festival’s co-founder David Roach. Then, a…
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Oakland International Film Festival
The silver screen will be shining at this year’s Oakland International Film Festival. Today, a conversation with the festival’s co-founder David Roach.
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It's okay to fail sometimes
By Patricia Bellows, a new story from Uncuffed about breaking away from a sheltered life at home and learning the hard way that some discipline can work.
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Sheryl Kaskowitz book details secret government folk music program
Sheryl Kaskowitz's latest book is about a secret government folk music program that was part of FDR New Deal during the Great Depression.
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SHOW: A Basketball Trailblazer
What if your mom played basketball from high school, to college, and then for the WNBA. And what if as their kid, basketball wasn’t really your thing? That is…
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SHOW: The Fear Of Flight
A Bay Area program is helping fearful flyers get back into the sky. Today, a young woman confronts her fear of flying. Then, poetry that soars above the ground.
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The clinic helping nervous flyers to soar
Over 25 million Americans share a fear of flying. One program in the Bay Area is helping nervous flyers get into the sky.