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.
Ostriches and other stories: a Golden Gate Bridge toll collector remembers her time on the job; Birding on Alcatraz; Hear Here: Down (home) by the Bay at the Berkeley Marina; and Is the Bay Area home to the "last rustic town of metropolitan America"?
A very special April 1 Edition of Crosscurrents. Subtitle: The Most Important Episode of Crosscurrents Ever.
Crosscurrents presents: The Beat Pedaler.
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.
Exploring this "Latin" American life with KALW's Radio Ambulante.
Homeless in San Francisco and The Sharing Economy: Dancing it forward in Berkeley.
A Special "Audiographiles" Edition of Crosscurrents:
Moving homeless off the streets and into residency hotels, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on their programs for parolees, the Ceasefire program in Oakland, and local musician John Santos.
A Crosscurrents special on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, as told by Iraqi refugees.
BART tries out bikes during commute hours; Clinic goes mobile to reach underserved youth; Money Diaries: Next year will be better; CAAMFest: A conversation with filmmaker Mark Decena about his film"The War Inside," and local band The Dandelion War.
CCSF students, teachers, and staff rally to keep the school's accreditation; a conversation with Noah Arroyo of SF Public Press on Earthquake preparedness; Summoning ghosts at the Oakland Museum; and the solution to this week's Audiograph!
A conversation with the recently appointed leader of California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, fighting prostitution in Oakland by writing to the Johns, another in our series of Money Diaries, and local musician Jay Trainer.
Immigration court and the difficulties of getting legal representation as a US immigrant, Andrew Lam talks about his short stories on being a Vietnamese immigrant to America, an urban astronomer talks comets and asteroids, and local musicians The Owl Paws.
Nancy Mullane takes a tour of the Protective Housing Unit at Corcoran Sate Prison; Dispatches from the Inside: Expectations, regulations and the realities of parole; and local Journey cover-band Evolution.
How the power of a photograph can change lives, pianist Sarah Cahill, L'Alliance Française in Berkeley, the audiograph answer of the week, and local musician Zakir Hussain.
Remembering the bay's Naval history before it floats away; Fiat Lux Redux: Ansel Adams Documents the UC-Berkeley Campus; Professional writers mentor aspiring young people in San Francisco; and local composer Daniel Capo.
New art installation lights up Bay Bridge's Western span; Middle Eastern theater company celebrates International Women's Day with live performance; Audiograph: Behind the scenes of the Napa grape harvest; Hear Here: Armenian Community Center Bingo Hall; StoryCorps: Meet Lillian Edwards; and local band Hot Einstein.
Getting a free ride on MUNI, another installment of "Money Diaries" in which young people reflect on their relationship with money, a commentary from a high school student on riding the bus, lawyers who prey on immigrants, and local musician Destiny Muhammad.
Oakland residents on the next "First Friday" Art Murmur event after the shooting, San Francisco musician and Noise Pop performer Meklit Hadero, San Francisco high school band "The Shes," and local musicians Before the Brave.
How do we define wilderness?; Brain Vitamin: Is desalination a viable solution to water shortages?; and Science commentary: The low-oxygen ocean lifestyle.
Potential sale of Downtown Berkeley Post Office sparks public rally; What's your flavor? A coffee tour of the Bay Area; Bay Area Beats: Will Sprott; StoryCorps: Street violence comes home; and local singer Ty Segall.
The Ellis Act and evicting tenants in San Francisco, rental wars in San Francisco, The Money Diaries featuring young voices from Oakland, burning a piano at Ocean Beach, and local musician Amy X Neuburg.
A conversation about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. beyond the "I Have a Dream" speech and beyond his role in the fight for civil rights.
A Crosscurrents special on the difficulties and dilemmas of donating human eggs.
Finding a life mate, Muslim style; StoryCorps: Forbidden Love; Audiophiles: Music for the heart at the Chapel of the Chimes; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! and local band Hear The Sirens.
Gun violence and school lockdowns, songs to soothe your heartbreak, writing a love letter, and local musicians Knuckle Knockers.
A Crosscurrents special on San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.
San Francisco taxi driver training, commuting by kayak, a San Francisco drum store is closing, the Audiograph answer: Cow Palace Dog Show, and local musicians Freedom Enterprise.
Where homosexuality and Mormonism collide; Washington High School students on being "American;" Growing up trans; and "local" (Baltimore) legend David Byrne.
A Crosscurrents special on Oakland schools, plus memories form within the newsroom of our favorite teachers! Engaging students at Franklin Elementary in East Oakland, music class in public schools, transitioning from public to charter school, charter schools explained with Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, teaching with students in mind at American Indian public schools, Skyline Public High School's high tech classroom, debating at Fremont high, ReVAAMP and bringing art back into Oakland schools, and Baltimore...
