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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: April 23, 2014
Not a Genuine Black Man: Interview with Brian Copeland; Tuning into the history of Aladdin Radio Repair; and local group Jinx Jones and The King Tones.
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Crosscurrents: April 22, 2014
San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets; meet the most influential, unknown man of the 20th Century: Philo T. Farnsworth; American…
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Crosscurrents: April 21, 2014
Reasons why SF landlords don't rent their units,competing interests in mid-Market redevelopment, the uniqueness of Twin Peaks, and local musicians Trio 180.
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Audiograph Special
Welcome to Audiograph – the Bay Area’s sonic signature. Each week, we play you a sound recorded somewhere in the Bay Area, and ask you to tell us what it is…
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Crosscurrents: April 15, 2014
An alternative economy: the Sharing Economy. We look at the Karma Kitchen, using time as a literal currency, and talk to Neal Gorenflo. Plus local musicians…
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Crosscurrents: April 14, 2014
Dog show! Breeders, handlers, owners, haters in San Francisco...they're all here. We visit the Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show at the Cow Palace, the SPCA and…
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Crosscurrents: April 10, 2014
A pre-school where everything is taught in Farsi, a dance company in Oakland for the disabled, this weeks Audiograph game answer, and local musician Eve Decker.
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Crosscurrents: April 9, 2014
A show on homelessness: Using a public bus as a hotel, San Francisco's solutions to homelessness, providing showers for those who don't have them, and local…
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Crosscurrents: April 8, 2014
Must love broccoli: A community garden plays matchmaker; Urban Astronomy: Here come more eclipses than you can shake a stick at; and Bay Area Beats: The SHE's.
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Crosscurrents: April 7, 2014
Interview: With 'Ripper,' Isabel Allende aims to thrill; Lunada: Lit on the full moon; Segment X: Julia Stinks; and local band Foreverland.
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Crosscurrents: April 3, 2014
San Francisco's mid-Market redevelopment and breaks for tech companies, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Marc and The Casuals.
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Crosscurrents: April 2, 2014
Details of State Senator Leland Yee's case; and Oakland's first gang-unit member recalls a dangerous Chinatown.
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Crosscurrents: April 1, 2014
Meals on Wheels: Food and fellowship for Oakland's elders; a conversation with New America Media's Paul Kleyman about the senior citizens of San Francisco…
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Crosscurrents: March 31, 2014
An interview with former President Jimmy Carter on his new book, "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power"
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Crosscurrents: March 27, 2014
A recording studio that's training women and girls in all things audio; a local Pakistani artist's paintings reflect the colors and calligraphy of home; new…
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Crosscurrents: March 25, 2014
A Crosscurrents and SF Public Press special on PTA fundraising in San Francisco and the disparity it is creating among elementary school funding. Plus local…
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Crosscurrents: March 24, 2014
Airbnb in San Francisco makes it harder for people looking for long-term housing, a centenarian, and local musicians Known to Collapse.
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Crosscurrents: March 20, 2014
The view from the Bayview Operahouse; Sights and Sounds of Bayview: James Martin mentors Bayview's fathers; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! and the…
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Crosscurrents: March 18, 2014
Using new gadgetry to make government information more easily accessible, Oakland's first ever Chief Information Officer, transforming traditional Mexican…
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Crosscurrents: March 17, 2014
A starting place for former foster youth; Changing the lives of Oakland teens "Ever Forward"; the X-Segment: Outtakes from Mills; and local band Disappearing…
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Crosscurrents: March 13, 2014
The amount of water it takes to put out a fire, the San Francisco Asian-American film festival, Audiograph's answer to the sound of the week, and local…
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Crosscurrents: March 12, 2014
A show on the San Francisco housing crisis through the point of view of non-renters: landlords, eviction assistance workers; and rent-control explained. Plus…
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Crosscurrents: March 11, 2014
First Mayoral forum in series tackles jobs and diversity in SF; a day in the life of the underemployed; helping the homeless at the S.F. Public Library; and…
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Crosscurrents: March 10, 2014
Interview: A second chance after life in prison; Will prison arts programs make a comeback in California?; Making a book from beginning to end, with one of San…
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Crosscurrents: March 5, 2014
Navigating the Delta: Where the Levees Break; The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival enters its 11th Year; Bay Area Beats: Striving to be the…
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Crosscurrents: March 4, 2014
In SF, unemployment -- and spirits -- at a new low; StoryCorps: Nathan Baxter's journey; 50 years later, old soul finds new fans; and The Christopher Youmans…
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Crosscurrents: March 3, 2014
Squatting in the East Bay, a landlord held financially hostage by her tenants, the origins of San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, and local musicians Yesway.
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Crosscurrents: February 27, 2014
Saving an endangered bird, being optimistic about extinction, the answer to this week's Audiograph, and local musician Myra Melford.
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Crosscurrents: February 26, 2014
Navigating the delta: Holding On To A Boating Economy and Culture; a visit to the Wave Organ; Hear Here: Carolyn Brandy's mysterious dream; and local…
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Crosscurrents: February 25, 2014
A technologist's house finds its voice on Twitter; Lost Weekend Video finds new ways to entertain in the digital age; Aquarius keeps the light shining on…
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Crosscurrents: February 24, 2014
Surf Show! We learn about wetsuits, the history of San Francisco's Ocean Beach; we talk to Twiggy, winner of the 2014 Mavericks competition; we hear from women…
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Crosscurrents: February 20, 2014
The sounds of Pixar; Interview with a sound editor: The art of the real; this week's Audiograph revealed! and San Francisco's newest a cappella choir, Capella…
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Crosscurrents: February 20, 2014
Navigating the Delta: the roots of agriculture; The glory that was the original Bay Bridge; StoryCorps: Overcoming mental illness together; and local singer…
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Crosscurrents: February 18, 2014
A Crosscurrents Special on the drought! How can we save waters as individuals? Does it even matter, considering that agriculture uses about 78% of the state's…
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Crosscurrents: February 13, 2014
Getting more women into the the tech industry, listener reactions to the "ban the box" idea, a Shakespeare garden in San Francisco, this week's Audiograph…
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Crosscurrents: February 12, 2014
Navigating the Delta: Meeting the People Who Live in California’s Water Hub; and Growing Up with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down.
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Crosscurrents: February 10, 2014
Beyond the pale of Parkinson’s Disease; A young man's music transforms personal loss and also public spaces; The X Segment: "Sox"; and local band Naked Fiction.
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Crosscurrents: February 5, 2014
Bay Area cities expand employment protections for ex-convicts; a conversation with legendary prankster Mal Sharpe; Hear Here: Astor Lee finds community in an…
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Crosscurrents: February 4, 2014
A conversation with Naina Khanna; Living with HIV as a senior; and StoryCorps: Honoring yourself by honoring others.
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Crosscurrents: January 29, 2014
The assistant chief of the Oakland Police Department, a one-room school house in Marin County, and the Bay Area band LoCura.
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Crosscurrents: January 27, 2014
The riders of AC Transit, a soup kitchen in San Francisco that offers quality Indian fare, a real-life Rosie the Riveter, and local musician Tom Rhodes.
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Crosscurrents: January 23, 2014
San Francisco's oldest news source gets a new managing editor; Golden Gate Park’s hairiest denizens; this week's Audiograph revealed! and local group The Left…
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Crosscurrents: January 22, 2014
An Oakland library reaches out to provide Calfresh; the importance of teen space; The 81st Ave. Library serves more than just books; student bloopers at the…
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Crosscurrents: January 21, 2014
A Crosscurrents special on Oakland public libraries. Produced by students at Mills College: kids read to dogs; a librarian brings the library to young…
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"The Race to an Emergency": A KALW News documentary tracing the path of a 9-1-1 call in Oakland
If you’ve ever picked up the phone to call 9-1-1, you or someone else probably needed help. Badly. And you probably assumed that after dialing those three…
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Crosscurrents: January 16, 2014
Tech immigration changes racial attitudes in Cupertino: an interview with Tomás R. Jiménez; making a home for bees by the freeway; Hear Here: Kiana Eidgahi's…
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Crosscurrents: January 15, 2014
Human Trafficking: A Fisherman's Story; a conversation with Sergeant Tony Flores (of the special victims unit for SFPD); and local cellist Rebecca Roudman.
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Crosscurrents: January 14, 2014
Bay Area Syrians, traditional Arabic Aswat music, San Francisco hat makers, and local musicians Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman.
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Crosscurrents: January 13, 2014
#Twitter! A conversation with Nick Bilton, author of Hatching Twitter: A Story of Money, Power, Friendship and Betrayal; plus several locals share their…
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Crosscurrents: January 9, 2014
San Francisco's new Bike Share program, Frederick Wiseman's new film "At Berkeley," Audiograph's first anniversary, and local musician Maya Castleman.
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Crosscurrents: January 8, 2014
San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley to get first grocery store in decades; Sights and Sounds of Bayview: 'Food Guardian' Kenny Hill spreads the gospel of healthy…
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Crosscurrents: January 7, 2014
Young people surviving in Oakland's most violent neighborhood, an East Oakland librarian and role models, the Manhood Development Program, and local musicians…
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Crosscurrents: January 6, 2014
From prison to professing: a former inmate teaches others to reduce recidivism; A runner's high in prison; Bike riding 101: Adventures in urban biking; and The…
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Crosscurrents: December 31, 2013
Two episodes of 99% Invisible: "Unbuilt" and "Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge."
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Crosscurrents: December 30, 2013
On today's show, we are presenting, "Class Dismissed," a one-hour radio documentary from the Capital Public Radio series, The View From Here.
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Crosscurrents: December 26, 2013
The political and cultural consequences of choosing to be childless and a Richmond exhibit explores childcare's wartime origins.