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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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Lead and the Bay Area housing crisis: Persistent Poison Pt II
This is the second story in a four-part award-winning series “Persistent Poison: Lead’s Toxic Legacy in the Bay Area.
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Living with lead poisoning in the San Francisco Bay Area: Persistent Poison Pt I
This is the first story in our four-part award-winning series “Persistent Poison: Lead’s Toxic Legacy in the Bay Area.
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12/6: HOV access is changing / Hurricane Sandy at Berkeley Rep / Dickens Fair
• Why most electric cars will lose carpool lane rights
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12/5: Free dumplings after Camp Fire / Unearthing the Green Revolution Pt III
• After the Camp Fire, a Butte County business asks: ‘How can we help?’
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12/4: After Paradise / Unearthing the Green Revolution Pt II
• After Paradise: Day 18 (excerpted segment)
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12/3: Unearthing the Green Revolution / SF muralist Mel Waters
Today we travel between the Central Valley and Punjab, India, to see how “the green revolution” transformed agriculture and immigration. Then, hear from SF…
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11/29: Fifty years since the country's first ethnic studies / SF columnist Chuck Nevius
• The strike that led to the country's first Ethnic Studies department
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11/28: Election follow up—what's next? / Uncuffed / Druid Heights
First, an update on midterm results and what we're looking forward to. Then, from Uncuffed, the story of a prisoner who dreams of being a rancher. And, an…
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11/27: Cannabis tourism / Bay Area building barriers / San Quentin Radio
• Cannabis tourism rolls out in San Francisco
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11/20: Greener homes after Tubbs fire / Bay Views / Holiday memories
• Greener homes: Rebuilding Santa Rosa one year after the fires
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11/19: Berkeley student hunger crisis / "Unthanksgiving" / Revisiting Jonestown
• UC Berkeley struggles with a student hunger crisis
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11/15: Racial disparities in end-of-life care / Camp Fire update
• Apocalyptic: A reporter's account of the Camp Fire
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11/14: Racial disparities in end-of-life care / SF Dancefest
• Racial disparities in end-of-life care: How mistrust keeps many African-Americans away from hospice
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11/13: Working and homeless / Mystery gas surcharge / Bay Area Beats
• Working and homeless in Oakland
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11/8: Ghost Ship / Bay Area Beats / My Life, My Stories
• What to expect as the Ghost Ship trial goes to court
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11/7: Election recap / A love letter to the Tenderloin / My Life, My Stories
• California covers its midterms in blue ink
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11/5: Election day preview / My Life, My Stories: Senior oral histories
• 2018 Bay Area Midterm Election Preview
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11/1: San Francisco Prop A / Racial discrimination and health / Uncuffed
• Prop A wants to kickstart repairs on San Francisco seawall
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10/31: Public art 'portals' / San Quentin Radio / Is The Chapel haunted?
• A public art 'portal' connects Bay Area residents to citizens across the world
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10/30: Oakland Measure Z / What happens when you call 311 / Ghost town!
• Oakland Measure Z could raise minimum wage, bring harassment protections to hotel workers
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10/29: Costa Hawkins / Bay Area Beats / Ghost stories!
• After a slew of attack ads, support for Prop 10 plummeted
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10/25: California District 15 / Bay Area Beats / Why would I mispronounce my own name?
• Jovanka Beckles and Buffy Wicks compete to represent California's 15th Assembly District
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10/24: Twenty-pound swamp rodents / San Quentin Radio
• Yes, rodents of unusual size really do exist
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10/23: SoMa memories / Photographer Janet Delaney / StoryCorps
• South of Market to SoMa: A photographic memory of a changing San Francisco neighborhood
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10/22: Prop C / Superintendent of instruction / Comedian Marga Gomez
• San Francisco’s Prop C puts spending on homelessness in the spotlight
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10/18: BART board races / Health care for black men / Bay Area Beats
• In this election, even BART board races are really about housing
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10/17: Oakland mayoral Candidate Peter Liu / Fauxnique and Marc Kate / San Quentin Radio
• Oakland mayoral candidate Peter Liu on politics, tourism, and jobs
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10/16: Oakland mayoral candidate Saied Karamooz / Olympian John Carlos / Sideshows
• Oakland mayoral candidate Saied Karamooz on development, jobs, and housing
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10/15: Cannabis taxes / Oakland mayoral candidate Ken Houston / Bay Area Beats
• If you live in the Bay Area, it's likely you'll be voting on a cannabis tax this November
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10/11: Wine country fire update / Oakland mayoral candidate Nancy Sidebotham
• One year since the fires, a community rebuilds
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10/10: Oakland mayoral candidate Pamela Price / Hip-hop with MADlines / San Quentin Radio
• Oakland mayoral candidate Pamela Price on police reform, SCOTUS, and revitalizing downtown
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10/9: Oakland mayoral candidate Marchon Tatmon / Del the Funky Homosapien
• Oakland mayoral candidate Marchon Tatmon on housing, crime, and police reform
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70 Million: Undocumented immigrants are tethered to ICE, and private companies, by ankle monitors
In a special presentation from KALW News, it’s a story from the new podcast 70 Million, an open-source podcast looking at jail and criminal justice reform in…
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10/4: Martins Beach / Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks / Uncuffed
• In fight over Martins Beach, locals just want respect for their prized coastline
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10/3: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf / San Quentin Radio / Uncuffed
• Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf talks housing, arts, and the environment
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10/2: Palestinian murals / Oakland mayoral candidate Cedric Troupe / Prison stories
• San Francisco muralist connects Bay Area residents to Palestinian life
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10/1: Open-source internet / Oakland mayoral candidate Jesse Smith / A love affair with anger
• People’s Open Net is internet for the people, by the people
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9/27: Transgender healthcare / West Oakland resilience
• What do doctors know about transgender healthcare? Not enough.
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9/26: Black Cultural Zone / Alcatraz reunions / The Black Woman is God
• Preserving Oakland’s black community with a Black Cultural Zone
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9/25: Gas tax / Filmmaker Nijlah Mu'min / Powell Street Blues
• Gas tax repeal could also limit future tax increases
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70 Million: One state is disrupting the pipeline from foster care to jail
In a special presentation from KALW News, it’s a story about radical reforms in foster care, from the new podcast 70 Million.
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SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: Glynn Washington and Anna Sale
Snap Judgment's Glynn Washington and Death, Sex, and Money's Anna Sale joined Hana Baba in studios in a public radio smackdown for our membership drive.
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SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: Bay Area chefs
Rising stars in the Bay’s culinary scene, Preeti Mistry and Reem Assil joined Hana Baba in studios in a local celebrity smackdown for our membership drive.
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SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: Greg Sherrell and Heklina
Greg Sherrell and Heklina joined Hana Baba in studios in a local celebrity smackdown for our membership drive.
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SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: East Bay Yesterday & The Finch Files
Liam O'Donoghue and Peter Finch joined Hana Baba in studios in an East Bay v. San Francisco smackdown for our membership drive.
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9/13: Oakland scooters / "Biking while black" / Wonway Posibul
• Inside Oakland’s plan to make electric scooters affordable for all
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9/12: Stories from San Quentin and Solano State Prisons
• Free-spirited bluegrass musician remembers days riding the rails before his incarceration
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9/11: Medical cannabis in schools / CBD
• Santa Rosa family fights for daughter’s right to to go to kindergarten with her cannabis meds
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9/10: Rise for Climate / Global Climate Action / Alia Sharrief
• Snapshots from the Rise for Climate march
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9/6: Student housing / Don Reed / Grand Lake Theater
• Bay Area colleges and universities struggle to keep students in secure housing
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9/5: San Martin mosque / Notario fraud / Lusty Lady
• Mosque and community center planned in San Martin waiting for green light
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9/4: Fish or farms? / BART fares / Psychedelic art
• Should more Delta water go to fish or farms?
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8/30: SFUSD in Bayview / Tajai Massey
• SFUSD fires up Bayview teachers in hopes they will stick around
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8/28: ICE in Contra Costa / Street Spirit
• ICE empties Contra Costa detention center. Now what?
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8/23: Stories from high school journalists
• For teens, vaping is a sleek, discreet way to smoke
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8/22: Stories from high school journalists
• The struggle to relocate after a lifetime in San Francisco
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8/21: London Breed / Local media / SF Buskers
• In a city divided, what can we expect from Mayor London Breed?
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8/20: Nia Wilson / Purple urchins / Dog surfing
• In the aftermath of Nia Wilson’s death, Oakland grieves
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8/15: Is increased security the answer for BART?
• BART proposes increased security and surveillance after killings