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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.

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Episodes

Crosscurrents: September 25, 2013

Immigration Stories: Cynthia Garcia; Neighborhood Postcard: Ingleside; Cleaning in the Rain; Neighborhood Postcard: The Sunset; A Kickstarter for your electricity bill; and local singer Maya Dorn.

Sep 26, 201327 min

Crosscurrents: September 24, 2013

Biohacking project is a glowing controversy; an exhibit examines the social evolution of mental health; chess on Market; and local band the Mobius Trio.

Sep 25, 201327 min

Crosscurrents: September 23, 2013

Another report from San Quentin: Troy's Tears; the Church of St. John Coltrane, and local musicians Soul Power.

Sep 23, 201327 min

Crosscurrents: September 19, 2013

Electricity choices, what that could look like; What happens when a singer becomes a yoga teacher?; and a project that's promoting healthy food in SF's Bayview neighborhood.To subscribe to the Crosscurrents podcast in iTunes, clickhere. To use another podcasting tool, clickhere.

Sep 20, 201333 min

Crosscurrents: September 18, 2013

A Crosscurrents radio show about the radio. With special guest Ira Glass! Radio Havana in the Mission District, the first bilingual station in the U.S.: KBBF, and Morse Code.

Sep 19, 201358 min

Crosscurrents: September 17, 2013

Dog show! Breeders, handlers, owners, haters in San Francisco...they're all here. We visit the Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show at the Cow Palace, the SPCA and ACC animal shelters, the booming dog economy. We hear from a psychologist on the dog-human relationship, and from a person who can't stand canines and the whole dog culture.

Sep 18, 201357 min

Crosscurrents: September 16, 2013

A special hour-long edition of Crosscurrents featuring co-host Nancy Mullane, author of Life After Murder. An inmate invests and teaches finance behind bars; after 15 years of false starts, Oakland puts hope into a new community policing plan; a psychiatrist recalls the chaos of CA Prison Facilities; and Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed!

Sep 17, 201357 min

Crosscurrents: September 12, 2013

A special getting to know the people in your neighborhood edition of Crosscurrents, featuring special guest co-host, columnist Gary Kamiya: Trees take root in the Tenderloin; Keeping memories of Chinatown alive – and kicking! Lit Slam brings poetry slam to the page; and Hear Here: Meet DaJuan Simpson.

Sep 13, 201357 min

Crosscurrents: September 10, 2013

An olive branch for SF's street food scene; behind the scenes of the 2012 Napa grape harvest; Immigration stories: Mahade Wanjihar and Leslie Spillane; and local band Dirty Cello.

Sep 11, 201326 min

Crosscurrents: September 9, 2013

Making sense of immigration bureaucracy, comedians in Golden Gate Park, California's official state song, LAST week's audio graph answer, and local musician Monica Pasqual.

Sep 10, 201334 min

Crosscurrents: September 5, 2013

Billionaires’ sailboat race may leave San Francisco in debt; sailors with disabilities race on the Bay; young rockers tap their creativity at Rock Band Land; and this week's Audiograph answer revealed!To subscribe to the Crosscurrents podcast in iTunes, clickhere. To use another podcasting tool, clickhere.

Sep 06, 201327 min

Crosscurrents: September 4, 2013

Finding jobs for young people in San Francisco; Bayview-Hunters Point elders try to turn young lives around; Fighting the dropout rate for African-American youth; and local sisters the T Sisters.

Sep 04, 201327 min

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 61 Revisited."

Sep 04, 201327 min

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.

Sep 03, 201327 min

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.

Aug 30, 201326 min

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 Interfaith Gospel Choir.

Aug 28, 201327 min

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, the Tejano Conjunto musical festival in Sacramento, and local musicians Rin Tin Tiger.

Aug 28, 201326 min

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 Bruno.

Aug 27, 201327 min

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 the week, and local musician Aram Shelton.

Aug 23, 201327 min

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.

Aug 21, 201327 min

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 Lyric Chorus.

Aug 21, 201327 min

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 Office; and local boogie woogie pianist Wendy DeWitt.

Aug 19, 201327 min

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 play; StoryCorps: One mom, two dads, and one baby; this week's Audiograph answer revealed! and local band Jest Jammin.'

Aug 16, 201334 min

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 musicians Eric and Erica.

Aug 15, 201327 min

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 week's Audiograph game, and local musician Larry Vuckovich.

Aug 08, 201327 min

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 band Goodnight, Texas.

Aug 07, 201326 min

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 tour of Leland House.

Aug 06, 201325 min

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.

Aug 05, 201327 min

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 by San Francisco Public Press; and this week's Audiograph answer revealed!

Aug 02, 201327 min
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