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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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Taking Off, Worry-Free
A program at San Francisco Airport is helping fearful flyers get into the sky… Today, we visit SFO’s Fear of Flying Clinic. Then, we talk to the clinic’s…
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SHOW: Pushing Back Against Wage Theft
Today, we hear how some San Mateo County farmworkers are speaking up about workplace injustice. Then, would you do stand-up comedy with your mom?... or your…
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San Mateo County farmworkers protest alleged wage theft at orchid farm
Imagine the scene: You work at your job all month but when payday rolls around there’s no check, no deposit in your account. Your boss says it’ll all be worked…
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Sights + Sounds: 'Comedy Family Style' film
The Cinequest film festival is happening now through March 22nd. One film showing at the fest is ‘Comedy Family Style’. Now, many people would be mortified by…
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SHOW: Facing What The Future May Bring
Today, a California Assembly Member shares their take on San Francisco’s pressing priorities. Then, we’ll hear the story of how a Green Day CD opened up a…
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The Bay Agenda: Town Hall conversation with District 17 Assemblymember Matt Haney
California Assembly Member Matt Haney represents the 17th district that encompasses much of the eastern side of San Francisco. He serves as Chair of the…
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Uncuffed My Mixtape: Green Day
Next, a segment of My Mixtape from Uncuffed, where incarcerated audio producers talk about their favorite songs. Today, Angie Gordon talks about the moment…
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Sights + Sounds: 'André is an Idiot' documentary
“Andre is an Idiot” is a documentary film about André Ricciardi, a San Francisco man who’s dying from colon cancer. It’s also a comedy. After he was diagnosed…
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SHOW: Dance, Dance, Bay Area!
Did you know the Golden State Warriors had a senior dance squad? Today, we meet the age-defying dancers who bring energy, skill and joy to the court. Then…
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The Warriors’ senior dance squad shows that there’s strength in your golden years
The Warriors basketball team has a saying: strength in numbers. The senior dance squad that performs at Warriors’ games, The Harwood Classics, embodies that…
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North Gate Radio: Cal Berkeley's Bearettes
This year, the UCB’s Majorette team, The Bearettes, are celebrating their 10th year anniversary! If you've ever been to a Cal football or basketball game, you…
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SF Dancers left to find their footing through funding cuts
Funding dance programs has never been easy. And back in May the National Endowment for the Arts canceled at least $1 million in grants to San Francisco…
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SHOW: 'On Morrison,' and Money Matters
Today, we explore Toni Morrison’s work, politics, and experiences. Then, how to navigate the tricky but necessary conversations about money. And, a…
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Sights + Sounds: 'On Morrison' analyzes Toni Morrison's work
Reading a Toni Morrison novel is an experience. Her words challenge readers intellectually and emotionally. Morrison died in 2019. Today her body of work is a…
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Bay Agenda: A Woman's Guide to Navigating Money Conversations
You know that etiquette rule that says when you have company, it’s impolite to talk about politics, religion- and money? Well to Sheila Schroeder, money is…
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Behind the scenes at the San Francisco Food Bank
Every year, about 48 million people in the U.S. struggle to find enough to eat. Organizations on the frontline of Bay Area food insecurity are working harder…
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SHOW: The Unconventional Women of San Francisco
The Bay Area has a long history of women who were ahead of their time. Today, the history of the bohemian women of San Francisco. Then, we take a look inside…
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State of The Bay: Bohemian Women of San Francisco
The Bay Area has a long history of women who were ahead of their time. Today, the history of the bohemian women of San Francisco.
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Uncuffed My Mixtape: Standing Outside the Fire
Bostyon Johnson at San Quentin on "Standing Outside The Fire," by Garth Books. It's the Uncuffed My Mixtape, where we listen to our producers' favorite songs.
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Program To Save The California Condor From Extinction Is Making Strides
Then, we take a look inside the California Condor Recovery Program in Oakland.
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Bay Poets: 'to hide from the soldiers at night' by poet Arlene Biala
Poetry as memory, poetry as history that's what OG San Jose Pinay Poet Arlene Biala brings us today with her poem.
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SHOW: Virtual and Actual Reality
There’s a new teacher in San Francisco classrooms. And she’s an AI bot… but not everyone is on board. Today, we hear how this reading tool is working. Then, we…
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Meet Amira: The AI program teaching San Francisco kids how to read
There’s a new instructor measuring how well San Francisco’s first and second graders can read. Her name is Amira and she’s an AI bot.Teachers today are…
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California's hi-tech whistleblower law falling short
With Artificial intelligence increasingly becoming a part of our lives, comes the need to regulate it. California was the first state to draft laws regulating…
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A habit born out of grief and broken in prison
Uncuffed producer Jorge Lopez on how one tragic accident can trigger a decades long struggle with addiction. A new story from Uncuffed about trauma, drugs, and…
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SHOW: The Long Road to Permanent Housing
Finding housing in California is notoriously difficult. For unhoused people, the process can feel nearly impossible. Today, two women in Richmond take us into…
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The path to permanent housing: what does it take to move indoors?
Why is it so hard for people to move from homeless encampments to housing? California spends a lot of money trying to get people off the street — $27 billion…
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SHOW: Celebrating The Power of Women
Today, we're kicking off Women’s History month. First, a local arts company is gathering women from across the Bay Area for an evening of resilience and…
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Golden Thread marks 30 years of art from the Middle East
Women’s History Month has begun and International Women’s Day is this Sunday. Women around the world will be celebrated and celebrating. The UN theme this year…
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SHOW: The Movement to Save The Mission Cultural Center
Today, a San Leandro council member has pleaded guilty to charges of corruption. Could there be more indictments ahead? Then, artists and activists are working…
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Ongoing federal corruption probe claims another elected official
Last month, former San Leandro Councilman Bryan Azevedo pleaded guilty in a federal court to two counts of corruption in connection with accepting a bribe from…
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On Repeat: Devon Strolovitch
On Repeat, is KALW's mini-pod for music discovery. It’s hosted by Tshego Letsoalo, KALW’s Music Editorial Director. In the show Tshego talks with KALW music…
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Sights + Sounds: Update on the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
For nearly 50 years, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts has been a community anchor in San Francisco’s Mission district. In January, the center shut down…
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SHOW: Singing in the Spring
Today, a young jazz singer from East Oakland is drawing fans of all ages. Then, an UnCuffed producer recalls a proud childhood moment that stays with him. And…
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Oakland singer Veotis Latchison on his first SFJAZZ show
The Oakland vocalist's music is a blend of hip hop, R&B, soul and jazz. Like good, old-soul jazz that reminds Host Jeneé Darden of the kind of jazz she used to…
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Did social media invent the 'super bloom'?
Over the years you may have heard of the term “Super Bloom” from social media posts of people with vibrant fields of flowers behind them. But where did this…
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Uncuffed: My mom's joy helped me cross the finish line
Uncuffed producer Jorge Lopez recounts a memorable race where he got motivation from someone special in the stands.
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SHOW: The Fight for Information, Compensation, and Representation
San Francisco’s Mayor has been tight lipped about his infamous call with President Trump. Today, we hear about the people working for transparency. Then, why…
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What did Mayor Lurie say to President Trump in last October's phone call?
Four months ago, President Trump vowed to send National Guardsmen into the streets of San Francisco, claiming that they would be sent to reduce crime. This was…
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New WNBA contract still being negotiated
KALW’s BOUNCE host Erin Lim speaks to Crosscurrents host Hana Baba about WNBA ongoing contract negotiations between the players and the league owners.
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Bay Poets: 'When the NFL announced Bad Bunny as the halftime performance' by poet Ellie Lopez
The Superbowl was held right here in the Bay Area this year. Now, San Jose poet Ellie Lopez helps us all consider the cultural significance of Bad Bunny's…
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Dancing with our Ancestors
Today, a Bay Area harpist finds her way to playing on hip-hop stages. Then, learning life lessons from a game of chess. And, a festival puts the spotlight on…
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A Harp in the Hyphy Scene
GEOWAV brings the harp into hip-hop spaces, flipping a classical instrument and carving out a sound that feels fully Bay Area.
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Uncuffed: Life lessons from chess
Visits with loved ones are a special time in prison. Families come from all over the state to see their loved ones for a short while, and it's one of the only…
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Sights and Sounds: Black Choreographers Festival
One of host Jeneé Darden's favorite things to do is dance. She's no pro but she loves watching the pros on stage. Which brings us to the 21st annual Black…
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Charting a New Path Forward
Today, the historical significance behind a special creek in East Oakland. Then, we hear a father in prison sends a love letter to his daughter. Plus, Oakland…
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Exploring Sausal Creek: Ancient Redwoods And Ohlone Roots
Just last week the Oakland City Council approved the transfer of funds to purchase 16-acres of undeveloped land which includes Sausal Creek. It will be held by…
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Dancing with my daughter at the prison parenting prom
Derrell “Sadiq” Davis doesn’t get to see his daughter that often. He’s incarcerated at San Quentin where visits and phone calls are monitored and brief. But…
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Poet James Cagney on his book 'Ghetto Koans: A Personal Archive'
A koan is a Japanese word for a paradox or riddle that can’t be solved. Koans are used to train Zen Buddhists to release dependence on reason, and gain…
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SHOW: The School of Life
The San Francisco Unified School District tells a school it has to close. What will happen to its students and its campus? Then, a lesson in embodying Black…
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When one door closes, another school moves in
This fall, SFUSD announced it would close a small alternative high school, called The Academy. KALW’s Education reporter, Julia Haney, wanted to find out why…
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StoryCorps Griot: Uncovering a Black Identity
Judith Wilson’s family lived in a predominantly white neighborhood in Oakland, and her high school was also largely white. But during her senior year, one…
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The Bay Area's Black History of Black Studies
The Federal Government is shutting down San Francisco’s main Immigration court. Today, we hear what it means for immigrants when a court is closed. Then, a new…
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Immigration court leaving San Francisco's Financial District
Following the firing of 17 of the 21 judges assigned to San Francisco’s immigration courts, the federal administration recently ended its lease at the…
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How Black Studies was born in The Bay
Black Studies originated right here in the Bay Area in the mid 1960s. Crosscurrents host Hana Baba speaks with East Bay filmmaker Doug Harris - he grew up…
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Bay Poets: 'For the Black kids in My 8th Grade Class' by poet Ariana Brown
Now we bring you a reading from YouthSpeaks Bringing the Noise for MLK poetry slam. We hear an excerpt of the poem ”For the Black Kids in My 8th Grade Class”…
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SHOW: A Taste of Home
Today, in an episode of California Foodways we visit a Halal market in San Bruno that helps Bay Area Muslims with their fasts, and breaking them. Then, a taste…
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SHOW: In the Mood for Healthy Relationships
Residents of San Francisco's Chinatown are grappling with competing concerns. Then, a Marriage and family therapist helps us get ahead of Valentine’s Day with…
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Anxiety in SF Chinatown grows over immigration, impact of tariffs
Zhe Wu is a reporter with the San Francisco Public Press, who covers Chinatown. Here, Zhe explains what’s pressing most on the minds of SF Chinatown residents…
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Beyond “red flags” — What to move toward for healthier relationships
Marriage and family therapist Sinead Smyth discusses the characteristics that research shows are often present in healthier romantic relationships. And Bay…