Crosscurrents: March 19, 2014
Iraqi refugee Ahmed Al Kubaisi's story.
Mar 20, 2014•25 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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Crosscurrents: March 18, 2014
Using new gadgetry to make government information more easily accessible, Oakland's first ever Chief Information Officer, transforming traditional Mexican music with electronic beats, and local musicians Tumbleweed Wanderers.
Mar 19, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: March 17, 2014
A starting place for former foster youth; Changing the lives of Oakland teens "Ever Forward"; the X-Segment: Outtakes from Mills; and local band Disappearing People.
Mar 18, 2014•25 min
Crosscurrents: March 13, 2014
The amount of water it takes to put out a fire, the San Francisco Asian-American film festival, Audiograph's answer to the sound of the week, and local musicians The Farallon Recorder Quartet.
Mar 14, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: March 12, 2014
A show on the San Francisco housing crisis through the point of view of non-renters: landlords, eviction assistance workers; and rent-control explained. Plus local musicians Nesta.
Mar 13, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: March 11, 2014
First Mayoral forum in series tackles jobs and diversity in SF; a day in the life of the underemployed; helping the homeless at the S.F. Public Library; and local band The Broun Fellinis.
Mar 12, 2014•25 min
Crosscurrents: March 10, 2014
Interview: A second chance after life in prison; Will prison arts programs make a comeback in California?; Making a book from beginning to end, with one of San Francisco’s last remaining bookbinders; an installment of The X-Segment: KALW's Stacks of Books; and local band the Gravel Spreaders.
Mar 11, 2014•35 min
Crosscurrents: March 5, 2014
Navigating the Delta: Where the Levees Break; The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival enters its 11th Year; Bay Area Beats: Striving to be the Ellen Degeneres of music; and The Stompy Jones Band of San Francisco.
Mar 06, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 4, 2014
In SF, unemployment -- and spirits -- at a new low; StoryCorps: Nathan Baxter's journey; 50 years later, old soul finds new fans; and The Christopher Youmans Band.
Mar 05, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 3, 2014
Squatting in the East Bay, a landlord held financially hostage by her tenants, the origins of San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, and local musicians Yesway.
Mar 04, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: February 27, 2014
Saving an endangered bird, being optimistic about extinction, the answer to this week's Audiograph, and local musician Myra Melford.
Feb 28, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: February 26, 2014
Navigating the delta: Holding On To A Boating Economy and Culture; a visit to the Wave Organ; Hear Here: Carolyn Brandy's mysterious dream; and local saxophonist Anton Schwartz.
Feb 27, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: February 25, 2014
A technologist's house finds its voice on Twitter; Lost Weekend Video finds new ways to entertain in the digital age; Aquarius keeps the light shining on underground music; and local group The Broken Shadows Family Band.
Feb 26, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: February 24, 2014
Surf Show! We learn about wetsuits, the history of San Francisco's Ocean Beach; we talk to Twiggy, winner of the 2014 Mavericks competition; we hear from women in the sport, and find out about surfer dialect. Plus local musicians The Papercuts.
Feb 25, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: February 20, 2014
The sounds of Pixar; Interview with a sound editor: The art of the real; this week's Audiograph revealed! and San Francisco's newest a cappella choir, Capella SF.
Feb 21, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: February 20, 2014
Navigating the Delta: the roots of agriculture; The glory that was the original Bay Bridge; StoryCorps: Overcoming mental illness together; and local singer Roem Baur.
Feb 20, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: February 18, 2014
A Crosscurrents Special on the drought! How can we save waters as individuals? Does it even matter, considering that agriculture uses about 78% of the state's water? Pacific Institute President Peter Gleick will tell us!
Feb 19, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: February 13, 2014
Getting more women into the the tech industry, listener reactions to the "ban the box" idea, a Shakespeare garden in San Francisco, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians Frankie Boots and the County Line.
Feb 14, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: February 12, 2014
Navigating the Delta: Meeting the People Who Live in California’s Water Hub; and Growing Up with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down.
Feb 13, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: February 10, 2014
Beyond the pale of Parkinson’s Disease; A young man's music transforms personal loss and also public spaces; The X Segment: "Sox"; and local band Naked Fiction.
Feb 11, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: February 5, 2014
Bay Area cities expand employment protections for ex-convicts; a conversation with legendary prankster Mal Sharpe; Hear Here: Astor Lee finds community in an ancient Chinese art; San Francisco's Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía reads his poem "16th and Valencia," and local band Tea Leaf Green.
Feb 06, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: February 4, 2014
A conversation with Naina Khanna; Living with HIV as a senior; and StoryCorps: Honoring yourself by honoring others.
Feb 05, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: January 29, 2014
The assistant chief of the Oakland Police Department, a one-room school house in Marin County, and the Bay Area band LoCura.
Jan 30, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: January 28, 2014
A special "50/50" Edition of Crosscurrents.
Jan 29, 2014•37 min
Crosscurrents: January 27, 2014
The riders of AC Transit, a soup kitchen in San Francisco that offers quality Indian fare, a real-life Rosie the Riveter, and local musician Tom Rhodes.
Jan 28, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: January 23, 2014
San Francisco's oldest news source gets a new managing editor; Golden Gate Park’s hairiest denizens; this week's Audiograph revealed! and local group The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.
Jan 24, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: January 22, 2014
An Oakland library reaches out to provide Calfresh; the importance of teen space; The 81st Ave. Library serves more than just books; student bloopers at the library; and local rapper Easop.
Jan 23, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: January 21, 2014
A Crosscurrents special on Oakland public libraries. Produced by students at Mills College: kids read to dogs; a librarian brings the library to young students; and a mobile bike library. Plus a Hear Here on San Francisco's Visitatcion Valley public library. And local musicians Wooden Shjips.
Jan 22, 2014•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.
Jan 21, 2014•56 min
Crosscurrents: January 16, 2014
Tech immigration changes racial attitudes in Cupertino: an interview with Tomás R. Jiménez; making a home for bees by the freeway; Hear Here: Kiana Eidgahi's gardening discovery; this week's Audiograph revealed! plus local band The Patrick Wolff Sextet.
Jan 17, 2014•26 min
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