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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: September 3, 2013
Why the eastern span of the Bay Bridge costs so much, the San Francisco Symphony Community Chorus, growing up dyslexic, and the local musical project "Highway…
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Crosscurrents: September 2, 2013
A special Crosscurrents: Julia Scott's documentary BON VOYAGE, the story of a same-sex couple from San Francisco who try to meet death in style.
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Crosscurrents: August 29, 2013
A close look at Yemeni-American women in the Bay Area, Morris dancing, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians Pride and Joy.
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Crosscurrents: August 28, 2013
The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. We talk with the biographer of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Clayborne Carson. Plus local musicians The Oakland…
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Crosscurrents: August 27, 2013
The recent spate in Oakland violence spurs community members and the police captain to brainstorm safety tips, The Record Plant recording studio in Sausalito…
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Crosscurrents: August 26, 2013
Homeless hackers head to Noisebridge for shelter; San Francisco: Surviving the Future; The Video Room Survives a Mass Extinction; and local songwriter Jim…
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Crosscurrents: August 22, 2013
Another City College update, the wardrobe supervisor of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", the long-time Bay Area drag queen Glamamore, the Audiogrpah answer of…
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Crosscurrents: August 21, 2013
Sky cowboys: The ironworkers who built the new Bay Bridge; The glory that was the original Bay Bridge; and an episode of 99% Invisible: Galloping Gertie.
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Crosscurrents: August 20, 2013
An Oakland school takes a new approach to solve its dropout problem, confronting your fears, random acts of kindness, and local musicians The San Francisco…
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Crosscurrents: August 19, 2013
Fishermen harvest dinner in the bay – at their own risk; talking tuition with UC Berkeley's new chancellor; the significance of Downtown Berkeley's Post…
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Crosscurrents: August 15, 2013
Gun owners trade their firearms for cash at local gun swap; approaching juvenile crime head on; a teacher turns a challenging year in the classroom into a…
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Crosscurrents: August 14, 2013
The political and cultural consequences of choosing to be childless, a Richmond exhibit explores childcare's wartime origins, Solvatur Ambulando, and local…
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Crosscurrents: August 13, 2013
A special Books! edition of Crosscurrents. Plus, local band Finish Ticket.
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Crosscurrents: August 8, 2013
San Francisco's soup kitchens introduce healthier foods, an audio postcard of San Francisco's Portsmouth Square, the Perseid meteor shower, the answer to this…
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Crosscurrents: August 7, 2013
Six months in the lives of two new Oakland City council-members; everything you always wanted to know about break-dancing but were afraid to ask; and local…
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Crosscurrents: August 6, 2013
Mrs. Small did something big last Saturday: She got arrested at 90 years old; Mt. Sutro's eucalyptus trees raise question of how to manage urban forests; and a…
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Crosscurrents: August 5, 2013
The plan to move the Warriors to San Francisco, working as a pedicab driver in the city, paintballing, and local musician Solomon Mungia.
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Crosscurrents: August 1, 2013
Is a BART Strike imminent?; Transit-oriented developments are taking the Bay Area back to the future; The California Cap and Trade board game, brought to you…
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Crosscurrents: July 31, 2013
The hunger strike in California prisons and being put away in the Security Housing Unit (SHU), long-lasting consequences of having a juvenile criminal record…
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Crosscurrents: July 30, 2013
One year later, the People’s Library transforms into a community space; Fruitvale Station re-frames cinematic portraits of African American males; a new…
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Crosscurrents: July 25, 2013
Prison hunger strike continues; Brothers in Pen: Creative writing from San Quentin; [freespace]: a temporary space for lasting change; this week's Audiograph…
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Crosscurrents: July 23, 2013
Controversial Plan Bay Area adopted by regional planners; Homeless Haircuts, Revisited; A new book chronicles African American history in the Bay Area; and…
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Crosscurrents: July 22, 2013
A special show about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. Local musicians are Wild Moth.
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Crosscurrents: July 18, 2013
The social work of Meals on Wheels, an interview with San Francisco's poet laureate Alejandro Murguia, and singer Kelly McFarling on the importance of San…
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Crosscurrents: July 17, 2013
Tech startups give power back to the family farm; Hear Here: Ryan Lee's love affair with bread; Sacred Harp: the punk rock of choral music; and local pianist…
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Crosscurrents: July 16, 2013
Fracking: a small town deals with big oil; raising a polar bear; and local group Joyful Noise Jazz Band.
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Crosscurrents: July 15, 2013
The Bay Area's reaction to the Zimmerman verdict, remembering the oft-forgotten people who die in San Francisco's Tenderloin, Richmond fights the banks over…
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Crosscurrents: July 11, 2013
An in-depth interview with Seth Rosenfeld about his book, "Subversives: The FBI's War on Student Radicals and Reagan's Rise to Power."
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Crosscurrents: July 10, 2013
An in-depth interview on the idea of unquestioningly accepting the "natural" as something healthy vs. our tendency to have undying faith in anything modern…
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Crosscurrents: July 9, 2013
A Crosscurrents special on Oakland schools, plus memories from within the newsroom of our favorite teachers! Engaging students at Franklin Elementary in East…
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Crosscurrents: July 8, 2013
The first of a two-part special on education and innovation in Oakland Schools.
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Questioning the assumptions we make about poor people with Maurice Lim Miller
In 1999, Jerry Brown called Maurice Lim Miller at home. Brown was mayor of Oakland at the time, and Miller was on the board of an organization applying for…
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Crosscurrents: June 27, 2013
Napa shows its LGBTQ pride; nudists continue to cause controversy despite citywide ban; Oakland-born artist Ise Lyfe explores housing as a human right; this…
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Crosscurrents: June 26, 2013
DOMA is overturned; and Marlena's Curtain Call: a documentary remembering a Hayes Valley gay bar and community hub.
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Crosscurrents: June 24, 2013
The Citizens Police Review Board in Oakland: who's policing the police? Plus local musicians The Void Boys.
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Crosscurrents: June 19, 2013
A bibliophilic Crosscurrents: City Lights and Marcus Books in San Francisco, HOWL, KALW's summer reading list, and local musician Gautam Ganeshan.
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Crosscurrents: June 18, 2013
Do San Franciscans have the right to work from home?; A Radical Idea: Green The Wiggle!; High school student Avi Hoen has a car but isn't sure he needs it; and…
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Crosscurrents: June 17, 2013
An update on City College of San Francisco, Nanette Asimov on how CCSF got to where it is today, students at San Francisco State talk about how the budget cuts…
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Crosscurrents: June 13, 2013
The final diary entry of a first-year high school teacher, high school student commentaries on the importance of music in their lives, Will Durst on the NSA…
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Crosscurrents: June 12, 2013
Diana Diaries, Part 3: Final lessons of teaching in Oakland; Commentary: Student recalls how she found the courage to be herself; San Francisco Chronicle…
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Crosscurrents: June 11, 2013
Part 2 in the diaries of a first-year high school teacher in Oakland, a high school commentary on lack of female authors in English curricula, artillery relics…
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Crosscurrents: June 10, 2013
Diana Diaries, Part 1: A lesson in teaching from a first-time instructor; The road ahead for Oakland schools, according to outgoing Superintendent; and local…
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Crosscurrents: June 6, 2013
Oakland restaurateur looks back on recession; The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Bay Bridge; Meet the woman behind the new Peninsula Museum of Art…
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Crosscurrents: June 5, 2013
A special Crosscurrents from Mills College: not being able to afford to move away from violent neighborhoods, a family restaurant is a pillar of the…
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Crosscurrents: June 4, 2013
Stanford fellow tracks Nigerian government files online; Grow your own farm-fresh wardrobe; Youth Radio: Rethinking fashion after Bangladesh; and Bay Area a…
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Crosscurrents: June 3, 2013
A special on Oakland's Fruitvale/San Antonio district: Met West High School has its students do internships to graduate, a dating abuse program for middle…
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Crosscurrents: May 30, 2013
It takes a village: when special ed works; San Francisco's only free and democratic Conservatory of Music; this week's Audiograph answer revealed!; and local…
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Crosscurrents: May 29, 2013
New solutions to old problems at Roosevelt Middle School in Oakland, re-framing the way we talk about education reform, a Hear Here about an anime club, and…
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Crosscurrents: May 28, 2013
The beginning of our series on teaching kids with learning disabilities: Elmhurst Community Prep Middle School in East Oakland, and an interview with SFUSD…
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Crosscurrents: May 23, 2013
The Bay Area's plan for sea level rise, KALW staff shares the music it digs, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians The Fill A Steins.
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Crosscurrents: May 22, 2013
A special co-hosted-by-Glynn-Washington edition of Crosscurrents! What happens when you call 911? Meet Oakland's first responders; San Quentin Radio Project…
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Crosscurrents: May 21, 2013
Music! The Church of Coltrane, tons of percussionists, and an inspirational grade school music teacher.
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Crosscurrents: May 20, 2013
A special co-hosted-by-Rob-Baedeker edition of Crosscurrents! We'll meet some ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
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Crosscurrents: May 15, 2013
Kindergartners get a jump on college savings; helping low-income students save for college; Hear Here: Seeking a higher education; a few of our listeners…
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Crosscurrents: May 13, 2013
Veteran Profile: Cindy Alejandrez; A conversation with reporter Mac McClelland: How PTSD can affect veterans' families; and a mother shares what it's like to…
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Crosscurrents: May 9, 2013
San Francisco's Homeless moms march on City Hall, Story Corps founder Dave Isay discusses the power of conversation among loved ones, one person's story of…
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Crosscurrents: May 8, 2013
Duboce Triangle neighborhood opposes new Starbucks; Reynaldo Cayetano documents Sixth Street; Blue Suede Jews; and The Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir.
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Crosscurrents: May 7, 2013
Not just the homeless rely on San Francisco's food banks; Beating the Dhol drums with Non Stop Bhangra; Bay Area Beats: DJ Atish on the art of mixing; and…
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Crosscurrents: May 6, 2013
Crosscurrents presents 99% Invisible: A huge controversy over a new UC logo.