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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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Funding Oakland Schools / Long Live Emperor Norton
Today, Valerie Bachelor, who went from protester to member of the Oakland Unified school board, gives us an update on Oakland school closures. Then, we hear…
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Pet Psychiatrist / Violinist Kippy Marks / New Arrivals
In today's episode, we learn that sometimes fixing our pet's behavior means we need to look at our own behavior first. Then, how a violinist brings joy to…
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The Stoop: Once Upon A Problem
In today's episode, we hear how some folktales and stories are handed down generation to generation. KALW's Hana Baba wants to write a folktale book retelling…
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The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer For Salmon Ep. 2
Every Thursday, we bring you episodes from the newest season of KALW's The Spiritual Edge. It's called "A Prayer For Salmon" and it's about the Winnemem Wintu…
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Cash For Cans / Bay Poet: Tiny Gray-Garcia / James Cagney / New Arrivals
In this episode, we hear how collecting recyclables can be tough work and for those depending on its income it becomes a matter of survival. Then, a…
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Uncuffed: What Can California Learn from Norway’s Prisons?
Norway's progressive prison system is wildly different from anything in the United States and it serves as a model for folks trying to make a change here in…
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@WORK at a Nursery / Poet Adrienne Danyelle Oliver / The Stoop
Today, we meet Phillip Feemster who bought Clement Nursery. Then, poet Adrienne Danyelle Oliver shares how she navigates this society in a Black, female body…
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The Spiritual Edge: A Prayer For Salmon Ep. 1
Today, we're bringing you the first episode of KALW's The Spiritual Edge's new season "A Prayer For Salmon." In a peaceful protest, the Winnemem Wintu call out…
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Good Hot Sauna / Oakland Police Struggles To Reform / Author Jennifer Lewis
In this episode, we visit a new spa in the bay area in an unexpected place. The story of turning bathhouse dreams into reality. Then, the Oakland Police are…
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Uncuffed: Stories Of Coping And Loss
When you’re serving time in prison, crossing difficult milestones can be different. In today's episode, we hear some of the ways incarcerated people cope and…
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The Stoop: Home / African Diaspora Network / Screenwriter Dominique Mouton
For many immigrants, there’s a question constantly at the back of their minds- where is home? In this episode, we explore the concept of home for members of a…
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Community Corner Store / Bay Poet: David Flores / Black Panther / New Arrivals: Ajuan Mance
An Oaklander who grew up in his family’s corner store is now thinking about selling the family business. Today, we hear a new story from our series At Work…
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Bystander Intervention Training / Ranger Coffee Hour / The Never Too Late Show
Role playing can help prepare bystanders who witness hate crimes. Today, we’re sitting in on intervention training session. Then, we head to Oakland to meet…
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Uncuffed: Grocery shopping in prison? That's possible in Norway
When you hear about prison and criminal justice reform in California these days, you’ll hear about things like reducing overcrowding, dismantling the death…
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Deathcare Work / Bay Poet: Donte Clark / Growing Tech Layoffs / New Arrivals: Stephanie Wildman
In today's episode, we hear how increased homicide rates in Oakland has changed the way death care workers handle funerals. We meet a pastor and a funeral…
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Abortion Doula / I Belong To Me / New Arrivals: Edward Gunawan
Today, we hear how work for abortion doulas has increased and intensified. Navigating the political landscape of a post Roe v Wade world. Then, we learn why…
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From Motown To Haz-mat / The Bay: High Pressure High School / New Arrivals: Linda Ronstadt
Today, we’ll meet an environmental safety consultant who years ago walked away from a job with a legendary Motown trio. We hear how he stepped off the stage…
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Uncuffed: The Trials Of Re-Entry
Today we're re-airing an episode from the podcast Uncuffed and their team at Solano State prison. We are going to hear about the joys and challenges of going…
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Food Waste Fight / Reusing Rain Water / New Arrivals: Paola Gianturco
A 2022 California law is trying to to fight climate change by reduce food waste. Today, we meet the people working to turn our trash into a solution. Then…
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The Other California: Chowchilla / New Arrivals: Gus D'Angelo
Today, we travel outside the Bay to meet an 87-year-old rodeo star. It’s another story from the series “The Other California.” Then, San Francisco author Gus…
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The Other California: Woodlake
San Joaquin Valley’s town of Woodlake doesn’t have a stoplight, but it does have a 13-acre botanical garden. We learn how that garden grows food and community…
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The Other California: Ridges / New Arrivals: George McCalman
When producer Alice Daniels moved to the San Joaquin Valley she wasn’t happy about it, but she found there was more to it than she thought. We go along with…
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Beyond The Dream: Telling Dr. King's Story Through His Written Works
Today, a conversation about the life of Martin Luther King Jr with the one man chosen to publish his papers. Professor Dr. Clayborn Carson takes us beyond the…
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Foster City Geese / California Gulls / New Arrivals: Sandy Miranda
In this episode we’ll hear about Foster City’s plans for its fast growing local goose population. Then, what we know about another bird that lives in the Bay…
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Today, Explained / New Arrivals: Tania Romanov / San Francisco's Missing 'O' Street
The Vox Daily news podcast, Today, Explained is airing on KALW. We have a conversation with the hosts. Then, we hear how the practice of bringing medicine to…
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Uncuffed: Prison Radio International
What do prisons in the UK, Colorado, Australia and India have in common? Like San Quentin and Solano State prisons where we make Uncuffed - they all have radio…
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Prescribing Parks Not Pills / Fifth And Mission / New Arrivals: Jose Antonio Villaran
What if your doctor prescribed you a walk in the park instead of a pill? In this episode we learn abou a program that gets patients back to health, by getting…
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Coptic Christmas / Science Friday / New Arrivals: Toby Brookes
Today, we go to a church where another Christmas is still to come and they give Hana a lesson in an ancient language. We learn about ancient Coptic heritage in…
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North Gate Radio: Land Back?
Oakland made history by returning land to an indigenous group with no federal recognition. In this episode, we'll learn about the ways some East Bay…
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North Gate Radio: Food Fighters!
Today, we are looking at how much strain has been put on our local food systems. We learn about the debate over the future of food equity with stories from the…
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The Stoop: Invisible Scars
Today, we’re going to hear an episode from The Stoop, a podcast hosted by Hana Baba and Leila Day. It recently won an award for podcasting by the National…
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1994 World Cup At Sanford / Pole Dancer Joshuah Ciafardone
Today, we’ll take a trip back to 1994 at Stanford Stadium to listen to World Cup history being made. We hear how the first time the US hosted the World Cup…
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The Story Of The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority / Weaving Poetry Into Woodwork
A historically Black sorority turned 100 years old this year. We'll hear about the history of one sorority that was left with no other choice but to persevere…
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Love In The Time Of Covid / The Believer Magazine's Comeback / New Arrivals: Tanya Holland
Today, we hear how nearly three years of pandemic-dating has changed the priorities of some Bay Area singles. We learn about the new dating standards. Then, a…
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The Narrative Arc Of Public Safety / Filmmaker Josh Healey / New Arrivals: Lizette Wanzer
From electing San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins to Oakland’s Pamela Price, Bay Area voters have spoken, but what’s the message? Today, we hear how…
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Sights + Sounds Magazine: Country Music Culture and Diversity in the Bay Area
Last week, KALW took home 5 awards from the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. This week, we've been re-airing some of…
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What Works: Urban Gardening And Bicycling Help Elevate Health In Richmond
In this episode we hear how a garden project is bringing nourishment to a community that lives in a food desert. Then from food to transportation - we’ll hear…
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The Caregiving Crisis
Over 7 million people in California live with a disability. In this series, reporter Christopher Egusa, who lives with a chronic condition, uncovers stories…
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Prescribing Housing As Healthcare
In this episode, a nurse practitioner takes us inside one of San Francisco's Shelter in Place hotels. Then, we look at what happens when you integrate shelter…
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Disability Lawyer / Alton “Coach” McSween
A celebrated deaf-blind lawyer from Oakland fights popular assumptions about disability. We have a conversation with Haben Girma. Then, a man who spent time at…
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Brontë Velez / New Arrivals: Barbara Dane / Still Singing, Still Resisting
Today, we hear how an art exhibit in San Francisco by Black women and femmes addresses societal pains and healing. The correlation between African American and…
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The Past, Present And Future of San Francisco's Downtown / Alphabet Rockers / New Arrivals: Patrick James Dunagan
San Francisco’s bustling downtown hasn’t roared back to its pre-pandemic level of activity, nor is it likely to. We hear about the bleak present and possible…
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The Lehigh Hanson Cement Plant / Night Ministry
Today we’re looking at Bay Area development, from the ground up. The story of a controversial cement plant that is now shutting down. Then, we meet a minister…
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Chef Traci Des Jardins / Preserving Holiday Memories / "Unthanksgiving" on Alcatraz
Around the country, families and kitchens are getting ready. Today, we’ll make Thanksgiving dinner with an award-winning San Francisco chef.Then, we'll hear a…
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Making Digital Spaces Safer For Kids / Uncuffed: Wild Turkey In The Yard
A new California law is the first of its kind in the country to specifically protects children’s Online Data and Privacy. We’ll hear how the state wants to…
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Oakland's Mayoral Race / A Monthly Crisis For Some Unhoused / New Arrivals: K.M. Soehnlein
Oakland is very close to determining the outcome of its race for mayor. We get an update on how the issue of public safety played a role in this election…
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The Stanford Band Scatters On / Five Laterals And A Trombone / New Arrivals: Scott Badler
We get ready for the big football game this weekend by revisiting an iconic half-time performance. We hear the story of a band made up of Harry Potters, Shreks…
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Finding Home: Survival, a criminal legal system, and a long climb home
Today, a mom shares her story about how her struggle to pay for childcare led to her family losing their home. And how having a crime on her record made it…
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What is RSV? / Families Finding Home / New Arrivals: David Meltzer
It's cold and flu season and in the Bay Area, doctors are seeing a rise in respiratory syncytial virus or RSV. Today, we hear from a UCSF infectious disease…
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Bay Area Faults / Shaking Skyscrapers / Hey Area: Earthquake Questions
Today, San Francisco structural engineers tell us how to improve the city’s readiness for a major earthquake. And we hear from a UC Berkeley seismology expert…
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@Work: Fly Bay Area / Searching For The Sacred Black Feminine / New Arrivals: Ian Mitroff
Today, we buckle up and hit the skies with the Oakland Flyers flight training school. We learn what it takes to become a pilot in the Bay Area. Then…
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Uncuffed: I'm Somebody's Hero
Growing up, Uncuffed Producer Thanh Tran never truly felt like he had a home. He was raised in the foster care system, was in and out of juvenile hall as a…
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Black Folks And Nature / Outdoor Afro Founder Rue Mapp / New Arrivals: Caroline M. Mar
Today, we take a closer look at this perception that black people aren’t into nature. We challenge stereotypes about who is and who isn’t ‘outdoorsy’ with…
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Actress Ashley Jaye / Black Mental Health / New Arrivals: Jack Gedney
Today, an actress gets personal, exploring the complexities of mental health on stage. Then, we hear about the stigma some Black people face when they seek…
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Election Fraud Claims / Coalition On Homelessness Lawsuit / Mental Health When Living On The Street
Today, we hear how reports indicate that San Francisco’s unhoused population is on the decline. But advocates say the city’s response leaves many worse off. We…
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Uncuffed: When A Mother's Love Becomes Violent
As a child, Francisco Magaña was afraid of his mother. She would beat him, and he’s carried that pain with him for his entire life. But despite that, he…
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The Haunting Of The USS Hornet / The Ghosts of Port Costa / From Mortuary To Music Venue
It's Halloween and we are getting spooky! First, we’ll board an aircraft carrier in Alameda that many say is haunted. Then, we’ll visit Port Costa, a small…
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The Spiritual Edge: A Mental Health Counselor In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo Creates New Rituals For Grief
COVID-19 stopped people around the world from gathering for over a year. There’s a lot of talk about the toll this has taken on our collective mental health…
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The Spiritual Edge: He started a movement to #StopAAPIHate
Anti-Asian hate crime increased by more than three hundred percent last year, compared to the year before. In response, Russell Jeung helped found the group…
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Deaf Culture And Live Entertainment Accessibility / Black Horror
Today, we learn about a new documentary which explores the lack of access deaf people have to live entertainment. We listen to a conversation with filmmaker…
