5/5: The BART operator
Bay Area high schools address the causes of sexual violence.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s niece describes her uncle's legacy.This week's Audiograph mystery sound revealed.
May 05, 2016•24 min
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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.
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5/3: Islais Creek cleanup
How activists are cleaning up a historic waterway in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point.An exhibition that explores the immigration conflict through abandoned objects found along the U.S.-Mexico border. The next in our series about the families of revolutionaries, with Audee Kochiyama-Holman.
May 03, 2016•27 min
5/2: Battle of the bus stop
How a grocery store moving into an Oakland neighborhood cost its residents a bus stop. An interview with Cesar Chavez's son, Fernando Chavez. The omnipotent force behind a long-running fantasy game.
May 02, 2016•26 min
4/27: Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
Mapping a region in the midst of change. Giving teens the freedom to learn and play through theater.Solving a mystery on the ocean shore.
Apr 27, 2016•27 min
4/26: Reclaiming roots
Bay Area Jews head to the desert to reclaim their Biblical roots. An urban explorer finds wild nature in San Francisco.
Apr 26, 2016•26 min
4/25: AB60, one year later
The law that allows undocumented immigrants to get their driver’s license turns one this year, and it's changed the lives for these farmworkers. However, the process of obtaining a license isn't smooth for everyone. One man trying to bridge the communication gap between African immigrants and the DMV.
Apr 25, 2016•26 min
4/21: Qingming
Why it’s important for hotels to train their staff to recognize and report sex trafficking.How Oakland Unified is addressing sexual exploitation.The story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound.
Apr 22, 2016•25 min
4/20: The Emerald Triangle
Who has access to the Emerald Triangle marijuana industry?The organizers of Bay Area Dance Week.Bringing tech to San Quentin Prison.
Apr 20, 2016•27 min
4/14: Vying to vote
Bay Area residents try to get citizenship before November.An Oakland photographer captures beauty and struggle in low income communities of color.
Apr 14, 2016•26 min
4/12: Finding magic behind bars in San Quentin
What's driving the tent encampments in San Francisco? Finding magic behind bars in San Quentin. How an East Oakland artist is working to bring people together...with a tennis court.
Apr 12, 2016•22 min
4/11: Where do the homeless go when a shelter closes?
A South Bay homeless shelter closes its doors. What those new Facebook reaction faces really do.A hospital volunteer who sits at the bedside of dying patients.
Apr 11, 2016•26 min
4/7: Women
The story of a foundation that addresses the aftermath of a police shooting.A conversation with photographer Annie Leibovitz. The mastermind behind a South Bay mystery mansion.
Apr 08, 2016•27 min
4/6: The Warm Line
The warm line is a sympathetic ear in times of need. A film about a forgotten population: survivors of the AIDS epidemic. An aerial dance program in southeast San Francisco takes the weight off kids’ shoulders.
Apr 06, 2016•27 min
4/5: Getting attacked for a paycheck
A man who gets paid ... to get beaten up. The country's oldest National Park Ranger looks back at a long life lived during times of sweeping change.Meet San Francisco musician Terese Taylor.
Apr 05, 2016•24 min
4/4: The Gig Economy
Following a TaskRabbit worker whose full-time job doing one-time gigs. A local filmmaker’s portrait of the lives surrounding a West Oakland recycling center. Calling a Giants game with Spanish-language broadcasters.
Apr 04, 2016•27 min
3/29: How to ask for forgiveness
A UC Berkeley course teaches one of our reporters how to forgive.The Muslim woman comic who’s stirring the pot.Stumbling upon one of San Francisco’s best-kept secrets.
Mar 29, 2016•27 min
3/28: Prison to employment pipeline
A program helps formerly incarcerated people find their footing.A local journalist travels the world helping women report their own communities' stories. San Francisco-based author Amy Berkowitz discusses one of her favorite books.
Mar 28, 2016•25 min
3/23: Tiny homes for the homeless
We’ll look into a small solution to the big problem of homelessness.Has the Affordable Care Act eliminated health care disparities based on income, education, gender and race?A musician grapples with having to leave her country behind.
Mar 23, 2016•24 min
3/22: Libraries going beyond the books
How San Francisco’s Main Library is addressing issues with its homeless patrons.The long-view on the future of public libraries.An interview with the author of Gutsy Girl: Escapes for Your Life of Epic Adventure.
Mar 22, 2016•27 min
3/21: Earthquake preparedness
What to do when an earthquake strikes.Acontroversial new bill from Rep. Barbara Lee. Two people, young and old, discover what they have in common.
Mar 21, 2016•25 min
3/17: Body Cameras
How body cameras and cell phone footage are changing policing.Uncovering the hidden history of early Chinese immigrants in the American West.This week's Audiograph mystery sound, revealed.
Mar 17, 2016•27 min
3/14: Bugs and rot
The beetle that's killing California trees by the tens of thousands.An interview with a journalist who went to Saudi Arabia to hear from Saudi women.SF-based author Charlie Jane Anders recommends one of her favorite books.
Mar 14, 2016•26 min
3/9: Going Modular
Can factory-built homes curb the housing crisis?Think Candlestick Park is gone forever? Think again.Belvedere: Once a cow pasture, now home to millionaires.
Mar 09, 2016•27 min
3/8: The poetry of propaganda
Today on Crosscurrents: From This American Life, examining the poetry of propaganda.H.P. Mendoza on being an Asian filmmaker, and the 10th anniversary of his film "Colma: the Musical."
Mar 08, 2016•27 min
3/7: Public trust and the SFPD
How San Francisco is trying to repair the public’s trust in the police department.An interview with immigration attorney Francisco Ugarte, who thinks a new federal policy threatening San Francisco's Sanctuary City status is misguided. Bay Area Korean-Americans use an ancient tradition to forge new identities.
Mar 07, 2016•27 min
3/3: San Francisco's sand battle
Why San Francisco is trucking tons of sand to Ocean Beach. Poet and cartoonist Trinidad Escobar. This week's Audiographmystery sound revealed.
Mar 03, 2016•27 min
2/29: Changing City
Behind the scenes at the Church of John Coltrane, which is facing eviction.What happens when values and culture are shifting in your neighborhood.San Francisco’s poet laureate tells us about the Mission in the 1970s.
Feb 29, 2016•27 min
2/25: Dispatch from Division Street
An update on the city's efforts to disband the tent encampment on Division Street, where up to 200 people have been living.How one Oakland trauma therapist supports to his fellow psychologists through a podcast.The answer to this week’s Audiograph mystery sound.
Feb 26, 2016•26 min
2/24: Black Bay Area artists
An artists’ collective responds to San Francisco’s shrinking black population. A brief history of black San Francisco.A tribute to a legendary black San Francisco performer. A poem about Oakland from Youth Radio's Remix Your Life.
Feb 24, 2016•25 min
2/23: Living in a shipping container
Why shipping containers converted into houses caused a big fuss in West Oakland.The story behind one of the Bay Area's most versatile jazz musicians.Getting close to an instrument that inspires a special kind of devotion.Poetry from Youth Radio.
Feb 23, 2016•27 min
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