Crosscurrents: November 18, 2013
Raising children with psychological disabilities, a San Quentin Prison report on giving care to disabled prisoners, a jazz perspective on Jason Moran, and local musicians Panacea.
Nov 19, 2013•27 min
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: November 14, 2013
Local Filipino community reacts to typhoon; Old Bay Bridge is coming down, without a bang; Marincello - the city that never was; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! and local band Honey Archer.
Nov 15, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: November 13, 2013
Rethinking punishment and discipline in Oakland schools: The Restorative Justice show. Plus local musicians Grupo Falso Baiano.
Nov 14, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: November 12, 2013
Dozens in Albany homeless encampment prepare for clearout; swimming from Alcatraz to heal body and soul; Hear Here: Dr. Pamela Alston treats East Oakland's teeth; and local band The New Thoreaus.
Nov 13, 2013•27 min
Crosscurrents: November 11, 2013
Addressing chronic homelessness with permanent supportive housing; The San Quentin Prison Report: A combat veteran and a veteran of the streets deal with PTSD; StoryCorps: A military man finds support in unexpected places; and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players.
Nov 12, 2013•25 min
Crosscurrents: November 7, 2013
Eating dinner in the dark at the Blind Café; A Cinematic Study of Fog: a conversation with filmmaker Sam Green; this week's Audiograph Sound revealed! and local band the Diablo Valley College Revue.
Nov 08, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: November 6, 2013
Beyond the headlines of the Affordable Act: an interview with Pete Nicks, director of The Waiting Room, a film about Highland Hospital in Oakland; along with two StoryCorps about Highland. Plus local musician Fito Reinoso.
Nov 07, 2013•27 min
Crosscurrents: November 5, 2013
A tour of Oakland with an OPD captain, the US Postal service's money problems, and Taiko drumming.
Nov 06, 2013•27 min
Crosscurrents: October 4, 2013
San Francisco’s Proposition B takes its role in affordable housing debate; Palo Alto’s Measure D tries to put the brakes on re-zoning; ARTERY: Califas Festival brings diverse stories of California to light; and local band The Plastic Arts.
Nov 05, 2013•27 min
Crosscurrents: October 31, 2013
The many translations of Day of the Dead; The only ghost town in the Bay Area - Drawbridge; this week's frightening Audiograph answer revealed! and Jeff Sanford's Cartoon Jazz Orchestra.
Nov 01, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: October 30, 2013
Crosscurrents looks at different issues in homelessness in San Francisco: the lack of public showers and bathrooms, Mother Brown's in Bayview, foraging for free food, and local musicians The Ives Quartet.
Oct 31, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: October 29, 2013
Landfill expansion pits Marin environmentalists against the nation's largest waste company; One man’s trash is another's recycling; The state of media: an interview with Al Jazeera America international correspondent Sebastian Walker; and local band Whiskerman.
Oct 30, 2013•27 min
Crosscurrents: October 28, 2013
Closing San Francisco's parks at night, a San Quentin Prison report on self-help groups inside prison, a Hear Here on the power of helping, the second installment of Highland Hospital Storycorps, and local musicians The Temescal String Quartet.
Oct 29, 2013•25 min
Crosscurrents: October 24, 2013
Driverless cars, taking the ferry to work, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians Sage.
Oct 25, 2013•24 min
Crosscurrents: October 23, 2013
A hyper-local news organization in Berkeley, the origins of the name "Berkeley," the first in a series of stories on Oakland's Highland hospital, and local musicians Orquesta Borinquen.
Oct 24, 2013•25 min
Crosscurrents: October 22, 2013
Dancing with the ladies in line; a conversation with Saudi Arabia's first female movie director; and Bay Area Beats: Musical Art Quintet.
Oct 22, 2013•27 min
Crosscurrents: October 21, 2013
The San Quentin Prison Report: Getting out of gang life; The Sights and Sounds of Bayview: POWER; Remembering Alan Farley; and local band the DU UY Quintet.To subscribe to the Crosscurrents podcast in iTunes, clickhere. To use another podcasting tool, clickhere.
Oct 22, 2013•27 min
Crosscurrents: October 17, 2013
Wearable technology, comedian Don Reed, this week's Audiograph answer, Lou "the Glue" Marcelli, and local musician Antwon.
Oct 18, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: October 16, 2013
The Google Bus Show! San Francisco has a parallel, private transit system: how is the city dealing with it? They take up MUNI bus stops and back up traffic as these private busses stop seemingly wherever they like in the cty; but then they get tons of commuters out of their cars and into mass transit. Are these symbols of the Bay Area's Tech Boom and gentrification of San Francisco something to be feared or embraced?
Oct 17, 2013•34 min
Crosscurrents: October 15, 2013
Welcome to Camp Sweeney; Old Skool Cafe addresses new school problems; StoryCorps: When Laurie Brookner first met her daughter; and local band Akron Engine.
Oct 15, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: October 14, 2013
Two stories featuring Marcus Williams: With parole pending, an inmate reflects on lessons learned and Life after parole: An interview with a former San Quentin inmate; StoryCorps: Coit Tower's Murals at 80; and local artists Lucas Ohio & The Shamblers.
Oct 14, 2013•24 min
Crosscurrents: October 10, 2013
Learning about aftermath of the Rim Fire: A conversation with Scott Stephens; what it's like in the fire lookout on Mt. Tamalpais; this week's Audiograph answer revealed! and local band La Dee Da.
Oct 11, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: October 9, 2013
The latest on a possible BART strike, a neighborhood garden in San Francisco's Bayview district, the skipper who won the America's Cup, and local musician Cheryl Leonard.
Oct 10, 2013•27 min
"The Race to an Emergency": A KALW News documentary tracing the path of a 9-1-1 call in Oakland
If you’ve ever picked up the phone to call 9-1-1, you or someone else probably needed help. Badly. And you probably assumed that after dialing those three numbers, help would come screeching around the corner, lights and sirens blaring.
Oct 08, 2013•57 min
Crosscurrents: October 7, 2013
Restorative justice in San Quentin: the victim-offender relationship; a victim's point of view on having her husband murdered; sights and sounds of the Bayview; and local musician Tom Rigley.
Oct 08, 2013•34 min
Crosscurrents: October 3, 2013
Black Power TV, Dimensions Dance provides 40 years of African American dance, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians The Brothers Comatose.
Oct 04, 2013•26 min
Crosscurrents: October 2, 2013
How the Affordable Care Act is working in California so far, a success story in San Francisco's Bayview district, theater in Oakland to stop violence, African-American cowboys, and local musicians Thee Oh Sees.
Oct 03, 2013•37 min
Crosscurrents: October 1, 2013
An Original Production by KALW: "Mark Twain in the West."
Oct 01, 2013•29 min
Crosscurrents: September 30, 2013
How the prodigal son became a preacher; veteran Bay Area journalist Tim Redmond on today’s media landscape; and StoryCorps: Staying in touch with someone in solitary confinement; and local pianist Virginia Tichenor.
Oct 01, 2013•25 min
Crosscurrents: September 26, 2013
Green jobs for Oakland youth, the San Francisco Giants ballpark organist, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians The New Century Chamber Orchestra.
Sep 26, 2013•26 min
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