Crosscurrents: April 20, 2015
The Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, palm trees in California, and local musician George Long.
Apr 21, 2015•27 min
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Episodes
Crosscurrents: April 16, 2015
The Navigation Center: The first look inside San Francisco's radical attempt to end homelessness; "King Lear," as told by the fool; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed!; and San Francisco band Vinyl Spectrum.
Apr 16, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: April 15, 2015
How to solve the Bay Area's housing development issues; what it'll take to get SF's public transportation to improve; a Bay Area Beats with Howell Devine, and local musicians The Chris Cobb band.
Apr 16, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: April 14, 2015
Fraternities and sexual assault, being black, brown and queer, rediscovering the divine after leaving the church because of one's sexual orientation, and local musicians Dave Miller Trio.
Apr 15, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: April 13, 2015
Live from the Tenderloin, sheriff blotter prose, the tangled tale of Haight Street; and San Francisco band Rin Tin Tiger.
Apr 14, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: April 9, 2015
Police surveillance in Oakland, today's Audiograph game answer, and local musician Judi Jaeger.
Apr 09, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: April 8, 2015
A Mexican-Punjabi community in California, how different Middle Eastern cultures cook falafel, a Bay Area Beats on Briget Boyle, and local musicians UC Alumni Chorus.
Apr 09, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: April 7, 2015
Life after the fire; This is Home: Journalism comes to the stage; Investigating Richmond's neglected public housing complexes; and local composer Hyo-shin Na.
Apr 07, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: April 6, 2015
Four stories about solving homelessness.
Apr 07, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: April 2, 2015
Being a Jew in America, finding love, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians The Friction Quartet.
Apr 02, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: April 1, 2015
April Fools' show!
Apr 02, 2015•25 min
Crosscurrents: March 31, 2015
Green Jobs 2.0, the aftermath of the nuclear fallout in Fukushima, and local musician Moe Staiano.
Mar 31, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: March 26, 2015
A San Francisco high school teaches robotics, re-segregation in SF schools, this weeks Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Pacific Guitar Ensemble.
Mar 27, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 25, 2015
A teaching moment on race relations at the Elmwood cafe in Berkeley, over medicating foster youth, and local musicians Ruckatan Latin Tribe.
Mar 26, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 24, 2015
In a warmer world, researchers say climate change is intensifying California's water crisis; upgrading San Francisco's aging pipes in times of drought; where will our future water supply come from, if not rain?; and Oakland band Brass Magic.
Mar 25, 2015•25 min
Crosscurrents: March 23, 2015
Bay Area hackathon brings tech to youth of color; Black Girls Code trains young women of color for careers in tech; inside a "SuperGirl Math" playgroup; and local singer Queen Makedah.
Mar 23, 2015•25 min
Crosscurrents: March 18, 2015
The Twitter house, the state of Bay Area video rental stores, record stores and Aquarius Records in San Francisco, and local musicians Pacific Vibrations.
Mar 19, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: March 17, 2015
Everything you always wanted to know about Magic: The Gathering but were afraid to ask. Plus, San Francisco band Fossor House.
Mar 17, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: March 16, 2015
Brewing up support for a higher minimum wage; a living wage fight explodes in East Oakland; profile of a low-wage earner; and local band OneWerd.
Mar 17, 2015•25 min
Crosscurrents: March 12, 2015
Water Show!
Mar 13, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: March 11, 2015
The Spiritual Edge: Afro-Cuban movement with meaning; exploring the Latin roots of American music with John Santos; and The Book Report: Colin Winnette.
Mar 12, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: March 10, 2015
Tipless restaurants, paying restaurant workers a livable wage and benefits, film culture on the decline, and local musicians The San Francisco Symphony.
Mar 11, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: March 9, 2015
A place in the Tenderloin where sleep is sacred, Storycorps: Keeping a broader perspective, rethinking death with The Body Appropriate, and local musicians Zydeco Flames.
Mar 10, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 5, 2015
Inside Richmond's Immigration Detention Center; Angel Island's historic treasure restored; and this week's Audiograph answer revealed!
Mar 06, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 4, 2015
The marijuana industry in Northern California, and local musician Kendra McKinley.
Mar 05, 2015•25 min
Crosscurrents: March 3, 2015
Homeless veterans in San Francisco; the persistence and strength of the homeless here; and the north Bay musician Matt Jaffe.
Mar 04, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 2, 2015
Have we taken the play out of playgrounds?; the common language of food; and The Source: How Jingletown got it's name.
Mar 03, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: February 26, 2015
Classes designed for young African-American men, teaching ethnic studies in high school, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Forest Sun.
Feb 27, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: February 25, 2015
Nonprofits struggle to manage Tenderloin’s language barrier; Becoming Richard Pryor: new biography by UC Berkeley Associate Professor Scott Saul; FSFSF: Shining a light on Bay Area comedy; and local cellist Rebecca Roudman.
Feb 26, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: February 24, 2014
A band of volunteers keeps an eye on SF bond projects; behind the scenes at the San Francisco Food Bank; trees take root in the Tenderloin; and local duo Hardly Strictly Jazz.
Feb 24, 2015•26 min
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