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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
- Crosscurrents
Crosscurrents: December 3, 2014
Corporal punishment, Oakland Interfaith Choir, a rapping principal in San Francisco, tearing down the old Bay Bridge, and local musicians Scary Little Friends.
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Crosscurrents: December 2, 2014
Mission High and Bi-Rite Market partner in a neighborhood divided; browsing Sky Maul; Imagining the giant hippos, monstrous sharks, and sea beasts of an…
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Crosscurrents: December 1, 2014
PrEP: Could a once-a-day pill end the HIV epidemic in San Francisco?; Unearthing Secrets of the Organ Trade; StoryCorps: Navigating patients to spiritual…
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Crosscurrents: November 25, 2014
Guns! A Visit to the Richmond Rod and Gun Club; Jay Allison's reluctant relationship with guns; and how one Bay Area city is causing national controversy with…
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Crosscurrents: November 24, 2014
Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math): Terri Winston and Women’s Audio Mission; Black Girls Code trains young women of color for careers…
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Crosscurrents: November 19, 2014
Shopping with the seafarers, foraging for fish in our own backyard, and local musicians Pacific Mambo Orchestra.
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Crosscurrents: November 17, 2014
Calle 24 - The official Latino Cultural District of San Francisco; "Latino?" "Hispanic?" - the historic struggle to name Latin Americans in the U.S.A…
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Crosscurrents: November 13, 2014
Creative writing inside of San Quentin Prison, this week's Audiograph game answer, San Francisco's International Hip Hop Dance Fest, and local musicians New…
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Crosscurrents: November 12, 2014
"Fear and Eating in Fukushima"; a conversation with Evren Odcikin & Deborah Eliezer about about the new play Faulted; StoryCorps: A bit of color in the darkest…
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Crosscurrents: November 11, 2014
The last bastion of freak culture - Artists' Television Access at 30; Oddball Film and Video creates an unusual night at the movies; Women’s pinball league…
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Crosscurrents: November 10, 2014
Are San Francisco tech companies giving back enough to the mid-Market area? Plus, a program that maps how evictions are changing the geography of the city, and…
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Crosscurrents: November 6, 2014
The Spiritual Edge: How trash, a cynic, Vietnamese immigrants and the Buddha cleaned up a neighborhood; StoryCorps: Learning from the dying at the Zen Hospice…
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Crosscurrents: November 5, 2014
A show on sexual assault and consent: UC Berkeley tries to integrate the new "Yes Means Yes" law, Alameda County DA Nancy O'Malley on why rape kits should be…
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Crosscurrents: November 3, 2014
Two Bay Area cities are the latest battlegrounds in the soda wars; a push to increase minimum wage; and The Book Report: Kevin Smokler
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Crosscurrents: October 30, 2014
Playing baseball at San Quentin State Prison, an ex-convict who helps formerly incarcerated people, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians…
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Crosscurrents: October 29, 2014
In San Francisco, cars are the problem or the solution; a conversation with novelist Daniel Alarcón; an episode of Radio Ambulante: "La Balada de Daniel D…
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Crosscurrents: October 28, 2014
Is the Bay Area in a housing bubble or a housing crisis?; housing on the ballot: a Q&A with reporter Liz Pfeffer; artist Martha Villa makes up her city; and…
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Crosscurrents: October 27, 2014
California's water bond on the ballot, a ride-along with a rural fire chief, Oakland mayoral candidates Jean Quan and Courtney Ruby, and local musician Susan…
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Crosscurrents: October 23, 2014
Who will be the next mayor of Richmond?; from "Wild Parrots" to "Pelican Dreams": a conversation with filmmaker Judy Irving; this week's Audiograph answer…
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Crosscurrents: October 22, 2014
Changing education in east Oakland, bringing Oakland's mayoral candidates to the young Left, Oakland mayoral candidates Peter Liu and Dan Siegel, and local…
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Crosscurrents: October 21, 2014
Oakland's illegal dumping; a conversation with Brower Youth Award-winner, Lynnea Shuck; learning to ride a bike the 21st Century way; StoryCorps: a mother…
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Crosscurrents: October 20, 2014
Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz: A dissident superstar gives voice to political prisoners; harnessing the political power of "Nuns on a Bus"; Oakland Mayoral Race '14…
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Crosscurrents: October 16, 2014
The high cost of phone calls for inmates, the disappointment of parole denial, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians The T Sisters.
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Crosscurrents: October 15, 2014
Regulating Cannabis in San Jose, Syrian jazz music, two more Oakland mayoral interviews: Rebecca Kaplan and Ken Houston, and local musicians Quinn DeVeaux &…
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Crosscurrents: October 14, 2014
A talk with the superintendent of SFUSD, San Francisco Trolley Dances, and local musician Barbara Dane.
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Crosscurrents: October 13, 2014
Making recycled water good enough to drink, the African Film Festival in Mountain View, two more Oakland mayoral candidates, and local musicians Ensemble Mik…
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Crosscurrents: October 8, 2014
An indie bookstore survival guide; Drivel: good writers' worst work; and conversations with Oakland mayoral candidates Joe Tuman and Charles Ray Williams.
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Crosscurrents: October 7, 2014
An in-depth look at what "affordable housing" means in the Bay Area.
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Crosscurrents: October 6, 2014
Urban Shield: Training or militarization for first responders?; art mirrors life in rapper turned cop’s one man show; Oakland mayoral race '14: conversations…
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Crosscurrents: October 2, 2014
Making scientific equipment accessible around the world, the documentary film "Finding the Gold Within", this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians The…
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Crosscurrents: October 1, 2014
San Francisco street poetry, a film on dancing, destroying your car for cash, and local musician Pat Wilder.
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Crosscurrents: September 30, 2014
The $35,000 Plumbing Bill: The adventures of a hopeful café owner; The Mill Valley Film Festival: "3 Still Standing"; and local band Sin Silver and the Avenues.
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Crosscurrents: September 29, 2014
Oakland youth grow a taste for fruits and veggies; San Francisco's "Field of Greens"; Swimming from Alcatraz to heal body and soul; and local songwriter Jim…
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Crosscurrents: September 25, 2014
Turning trash into art, San Francisco tries to keep artists in the city, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Alphabet Rockers.
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Crosscurrents: September 24, 2014
Berkeley drafts cell phone health warnings, local author recalls his childhood in pre-war Afghanistan, electrifying the Son Jarocho, and local musician Lyrics…
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Crosscurrents: September 23, 2014
Some seniors can't afford to retire; a conversation with Roxanne Murray, a director at the Senior Community Service Employment Program; getting around San…
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Crosscurrents: September 22, 2014
Food businesses boost employment in Richmond; a Nepali soup kitchen for the soul; Listen: San Francisco's Soundwave Festival; The Book Report: Cara Black; and…
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Crosscurrents: September 18, 2014
A special edition of Crosscurrents with special guest Jad Abumrad! -- The Life and Death of The Golden Gate Bridge (In Movies); What could actually collapse…
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Crosscurrents: September 17, 2014
Harvesting fog, a former drug addict turned youth activist, and amateur comedy. Plus other stories about transformation!
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Crosscurrents: September 16, 2014
A special edition of Crosscurrents featuring special guest Chinaka Hodge! Youth Radio: On Ferguson’s streets, echoes of another fatal shooting; a new…
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Crosscurrents: September 15, 2014
A Crosscurrents special! A San Quentin Prison Report on race in prison, and the original cowboys in the US were black.
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Crosscurrents: September 11, 2014
Daniel Handler co-hosts this special edition of Crosscurrents! -- Two of San Francisco's most famed writers; the hidden history of San Francisco's official…
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Crosscurrents: September 10, 2014
A special edition of Crosscurrents featuring special guest, comic Marga Gomez! -- North Beach tenants find strength and friendship as they fight to keep their…
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Crosscurrents: September 9, 2014
A show on spirituality in the Bay Area, with special guest Wes Nisker.
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Crosscurrents: September 8, 2014
Must love broccoli: A community garden plays matchmaker; a conversation with Novella Carpenter; and Flying With Dad: A Personal Essay.
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Crosscurrents: September 4, 2014
Human Trafficking: A Fisherman's Story and a conversation with Sergeant Tony Flores (of the special victims unit for SFPD).
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Crosscurrents: September 3, 2014
Showers for the homeless in old buses, Mother Browns in San Francisco, foraging for food from trees and gardens in the city, and local musician Mike Sugar.
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Crosscurrents: September 2, 2014
Little Opera: Behind the scenes of a children’s theater company; a new study aims to promote choir singing for healthy aging; Hear Here: Carolyn Brandy's…
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Crosscurrents: August 28, 2014
Lost Weekend Video finds new ways to entertain in the digital age; Making a home for bees by the freeway; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! and local…
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Crosscurrents: August 27, 2014
Drake's Bay oyster farm, our relationship with wild animals, China Camp state park, and local musicians The Mantles.
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Crosscurrents: August 25, 2014
Napa community comes together to rebuild after earthquake; finding a home on Hotel 22; homeless hackers head to Noisebridge for shelter; In legal grey area…
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Crosscurrents: August 21, 2014
The tourist rental industry in San Francisco, a discussion of possible solutions to San Francisco's housing crisis, this week's Audiograph game answer, and…
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Crosscurrents: August 20, 2014
An antidote to time served: Alameda County’s Operation My Hometown; an interview with Lieutenant Marty Neideffer; Reentry: Learning to be a father after…
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Crosscurrents: August 19, 2014
Women in STEM: Marine Mammal Center combines science with animal welfare; The Spiritual Edge: Opening the voice with Silvia Nakkach; Get your lotus hands ready…
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Crosscurrents: August 18, 2014
Mission district residents give insight into academic achievement gaps, the origins of the town's name of Orinda, the social media star and Star Trek actor…
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Crosscurrents: August 14, 2014
A theater company that seeks diversity, the inventive nature of religion in the Bay Area, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Locura.
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Crosscurrents: August 12, 2014
What it takes to be a cop in Oakland; Black Girls Code trains young women of color for careers in tech; Candlestick Memory: Joe Burke; and local band Mr. Kind.
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Crosscurrents: August 11, 2014
The Altamont Pass -- good for renewable energy, bad for birds; an interview with Tai Moses, author of Zooburbia; Martina Castro learns to appreciate the city…
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Crosscurrents: August 7, 2014
The 31st anniversary of National Night Out, a local playwright's search for God, Creativity Explored in the Mission, Audiograph's sound of the week, and local…