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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 24, 2013
A Crosscurrents Special: The San Quentin Prison Report, Part 2 of 2.
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Crosscurrents: December 23, 2013
A Crosscurrents Special: The San Quentin Prison Report, Part 1 of 2.
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Crosscurrents: December 16, 2013
Cuts to food stamps in California, adults with disabilities express themselves through art, a luthier and violin whisperer, and local musicians The Charlie…
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Crosscurrents: December 12, 2013
Behind the scenes on a pot farm in Mendocino; slithering through a reptile’s world at the East Bay Vivarium; this week's Audiograph revealed! and local band…
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Crosscurrents: December 11, 2013
City College of San Francisco Show: the future of a school that's at risk of losing its accreditation. Plus local musicians Linda Tillery & The Cultural…
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Crosscurrents: December 10, 2013
DREAMer hackers code for immigration reform with FWD.us; Serving student veterans at City College of San Francisco; StoryCorps: A bit of color in the darkest…
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Crosscurrents: December 9, 2013
A City College program that helps formerly incarcerated students, on the hunt for the best falafel, San Francisco's sourdough bread origin story, and local…
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Crosscurrents: December 5, 2013
The Affordable Care Act and the cancelation of millions of insurance plans, the Oakland Interfaith gospel Choir, the "world's best turkey sandwich" in San…
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Crosscurrents: December 3, 2013
StoryCorps celebrates its 10th Anniversary, and Crosscurrents joins in. Plus local musicians Amelia Romano & String Quartet.
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Crosscurrents: December 2, 2013
The San Quentin Prison Report: A father and son reunited in prison; Beyond Idol: Alameda County’s foster youth show their talent; American Jerusalem: New…
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Crosscurrents: November 28, 2013
Marlena's Curtain Call: a documentary remembering a Hayes Valley gay bar and community hub.
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Crosscurrents: November 26, 2013
A special presentation of Bay Area author Jon Mooallem's new book Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story, About Looking at People Looking…
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Crosscurrents: November 21, 2013
Food stamp cuts mean longer lines at food banks; Behind the scenes at the San Francisco Food Bank; A class for dancers with big dreams, and leg warmers; and…
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Crosscurrents: November 20, 2013
The mysterious roots of a homegrown language; China Camp State Park: Where past and present live side by side; and local band Tin Cup Serenade.
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Crosscurrents: November 19, 2013
Listener feedback about reporter Mary Rees's recent story about the Albany Bulb; A conversation with CCSF's new chancellor Art Tyler; The United States of…
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Crosscurrents: November 18, 2013
Raising children with psychological disabilities, a San Quentin Prison report on giving care to disabled prisoners, a jazz perspective on Jason Moran, and…
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Crosscurrents: November 14, 2013
Local Filipino community reacts to typhoon; Old Bay Bridge is coming down, without a bang; Marincello - the city that never was; Audiograph's Sound of the Week…
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Crosscurrents: November 13, 2013
Rethinking punishment and discipline in Oakland schools: The Restorative Justice show. Plus local musicians Grupo Falso Baiano.
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Crosscurrents: November 12, 2013
Dozens in Albany homeless encampment prepare for clearout; swimming from Alcatraz to heal body and soul; Hear Here: Dr. Pamela Alston treats East Oakland's…
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Crosscurrents: November 11, 2013
Addressing chronic homelessness with permanent supportive housing; The San Quentin Prison Report: A combat veteran and a veteran of the streets deal with PTSD…
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Crosscurrents: November 7, 2013
Eating dinner in the dark at the Blind Café; A Cinematic Study of Fog: a conversation with filmmaker Sam Green; this week's Audiograph Sound revealed! and…
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Crosscurrents: November 6, 2013
Beyond the headlines of the Affordable Act: an interview with Pete Nicks, director of The Waiting Room, a film about Highland Hospital in Oakland; along with…
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Crosscurrents: November 5, 2013
A tour of Oakland with an OPD captain, the US Postal service's money problems, and Taiko drumming.
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Crosscurrents: October 4, 2013
San Francisco’s Proposition B takes its role in affordable housing debate; Palo Alto’s Measure D tries to put the brakes on re-zoning; ARTERY: Califas Festival…
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Crosscurrents: October 31, 2013
The many translations of Day of the Dead; The only ghost town in the Bay Area - Drawbridge; this week's frightening Audiograph answer revealed! and Jeff…
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Crosscurrents: October 30, 2013
Crosscurrents looks at different issues in homelessness in San Francisco: the lack of public showers and bathrooms, Mother Brown's in Bayview, foraging for…
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Crosscurrents: October 29, 2013
Landfill expansion pits Marin environmentalists against the nation's largest waste company; One man’s trash is another's recycling; The state of media: an…
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Crosscurrents: October 28, 2013
Closing San Francisco's parks at night, a San Quentin Prison report on self-help groups inside prison, a Hear Here on the power of helping, the second…
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Crosscurrents: October 24, 2013
Driverless cars, taking the ferry to work, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians Sage.
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Crosscurrents: October 23, 2013
A hyper-local news organization in Berkeley, the origins of the name "Berkeley," the first in a series of stories on Oakland's Highland hospital, and local…
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Crosscurrents: October 22, 2013
Dancing with the ladies in line; a conversation with Saudi Arabia's first female movie director; and Bay Area Beats: Musical Art Quintet.
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Crosscurrents: October 21, 2013
The San Quentin Prison Report: Getting out of gang life; The Sights and Sounds of Bayview: POWER; Remembering Alan Farley; and local band the DU UY Quintet.To…
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Crosscurrents: October 17, 2013
Wearable technology, comedian Don Reed, this week's Audiograph answer, Lou "the Glue" Marcelli, and local musician Antwon.
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Crosscurrents: October 16, 2013
The Google Bus Show! San Francisco has a parallel, private transit system: how is the city dealing with it? They take up MUNI bus stops and back up traffic as…
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Crosscurrents: October 15, 2013
Welcome to Camp Sweeney; Old Skool Cafe addresses new school problems; StoryCorps: When Laurie Brookner first met her daughter; and local band Akron Engine.
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Crosscurrents: October 14, 2013
Two stories featuring Marcus Williams: With parole pending, an inmate reflects on lessons learned and Life after parole: An interview with a former San Quentin…
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Crosscurrents: October 10, 2013
Learning about aftermath of the Rim Fire: A conversation with Scott Stephens; what it's like in the fire lookout on Mt. Tamalpais; this week's Audiograph…
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Crosscurrents: October 9, 2013
The latest on a possible BART strike, a neighborhood garden in San Francisco's Bayview district, the skipper who won the America's Cup, and local musician…
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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: October 7, 2013
Restorative justice in San Quentin: the victim-offender relationship; a victim's point of view on having her husband murdered; sights and sounds of the…
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Crosscurrents: October 3, 2013
Black Power TV, Dimensions Dance provides 40 years of African American dance, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians The Brothers Comatose.
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Crosscurrents: October 2, 2013
How the Affordable Care Act is working in California so far, a success story in San Francisco's Bayview district, theater in Oakland to stop violence…
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Crosscurrents: October 1, 2013
An Original Production by KALW: "Mark Twain in the West."
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Crosscurrents: September 30, 2013
How the prodigal son became a preacher; veteran Bay Area journalist Tim Redmond on today’s media landscape; and StoryCorps: Staying in touch with someone in…
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Crosscurrents: September 26, 2013
Green jobs for Oakland youth, the San Francisco Giants ballpark organist, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians The New Century Chamber Orchestra.
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Crosscurrents: September 25, 2013
Immigration Stories: Cynthia Garcia; Neighborhood Postcard: Ingleside; Cleaning in the Rain; Neighborhood Postcard: The Sunset; A Kickstarter for your…
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Crosscurrents: September 24, 2013
Biohacking project is a glowing controversy; an exhibit examines the social evolution of mental health; chess on Market; and local band the Mobius Trio.
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Crosscurrents: September 23, 2013
Another report from San Quentin: Troy's Tears; the Church of St. John Coltrane, and local musicians Soul Power.
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Crosscurrents: September 19, 2013
Electricity choices, what that could look like; What happens when a singer becomes a yoga teacher?; and a project that's promoting healthy food in SF's Bayview…
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Crosscurrents: September 18, 2013
A Crosscurrents radio show about the radio. With special guest Ira Glass! Radio Havana in the Mission District, the first bilingual station in the U.S.: KBBF…
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Crosscurrents: September 17, 2013
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: September 16, 2013
A special hour-long edition of Crosscurrents featuring co-host Nancy Mullane, author of Life After Murder. An inmate invests and teaches finance behind bars…
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Crosscurrents: September 12, 2013
A special getting to know the people in your neighborhood edition of Crosscurrents, featuring special guest co-host, columnist Gary Kamiya: Trees take root in…
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Crosscurrents: September 10, 2013
An olive branch for SF's street food scene; behind the scenes of the 2012 Napa grape harvest; Immigration stories: Mahade Wanjihar and Leslie Spillane; and…
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Crosscurrents: September 9, 2013
Making sense of immigration bureaucracy, comedians in Golden Gate Park, California's official state song, LAST week's audio graph answer, and local musician…
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Crosscurrents: September 5, 2013
Billionaires’ sailboat race may leave San Francisco in debt; sailors with disabilities race on the Bay; young rockers tap their creativity at Rock Band Land…
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Crosscurrents: September 4, 2013
Finding jobs for young people in San Francisco; Bayview-Hunters Point elders try to turn young lives around; Fighting the dropout rate for African-American…