Crosscurrents: May 14, 2014
Toastmastering, mixtapes, and Muslim matchmaking.
May 15, 2014•57 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: May 13, 2014
A special edition of Crosscurrents featuring spcecial guest co-host Dave Isay, the founder of StoryCorps!
May 14, 2014•45 min
Crosscurrents: May 12, 2014
Music Show with Lyrics Born! A vinyl record show at the Oakland Museum, Micah Tron, a choir sings to the sick, and the San Francisco Mortuary Band.
May 13, 2014•57 min
Crosscurrents: May 8, 2014
The Africa Mix -- Crosscurrents Show! The Nile Project, US visas for Africans, being gay in Uganda, and the ancient Sudanese beauty ritual of dukhan.
May 09, 2014•57 min
Crosscurrents: May 7, 2014
A special hour-long edition of Crosscurrents with guest co-host Glynn Washington! A class for dancers with big dreams and leg warmers; Bay Area Beats: San Francisco's Young Aze shares his dreams; Meanwhile with Wendy MacNaughton; and Super Awesome: Giant Robot's Cultural Evolution.
May 08, 2014•57 min
Crosscurrents: May 6, 2014
The Intersection: Four Stories from One Bayview Corner.
May 06, 2014•56 min
Crosscurrents: May 5, 2014
A Crosscurrents special: inside San Quentin Prison. The San Quentin Prison Report presents three stories: playing baseball inside prison, contracting HIV, and prisoners caring for the old and disabled inside San Quentin.
May 06, 2014•25 min
Crosscurrents: May 1, 2014
A toolkit to understanding young Arab students' backgrounds, an update on fracking in California, The Great Overland Book Company, and local musicians Blood & Dust.
May 01, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: April 30, 2014
Indoors Again, After Years on the Albany Bulb; Women in STEM: Interview with Stanford math education researcher Jo Boaler; Bay Area Beats: Meet San Francisco's Mystic Blaze; plus DeCadence.
May 01, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: April 29, 2014
A San Francisco eviction map, a talk with the SF rental Board, a vegan soul food restaurant in Oakland, and local musicians the Parmeseans.
Apr 29, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: April 28, 2014
Bike, Train or Automobile? Three reporters race through morning commute; ROCK program gives Visitacion Valley kids options after school; Hear Here goes to ROCK; plus local band Misisipi Mike and the Midnight Gamblers.
Apr 29, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: April 24, 2014
Russia's annexation of the Crimea and what local Russians and Ukrainians think about it. Plus local musicians Earl Thomas & the Blues Ambassadors.
Apr 25, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: April 23, 2014
Not a Genuine Black Man: Interview with Brian Copeland; Tuning into the history of Aladdin Radio Repair; and local group Jinx Jones and The King Tones.
Apr 24, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: April 22, 2014
San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets; meet the most influential, unknown man of the 20th Century: Philo T. Farnsworth; American Jerusalem: Documentary spotlights Jewish history in San Francisco; plus The Bay Area Brass Band.
Apr 22, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: April 21, 2014
Reasons why SF landlords don't rent their units,competing interests in mid-Market redevelopment, the uniqueness of Twin Peaks, and local musicians Trio 180.
Apr 22, 2014•24 min
Audiograph Special
Welcome to Audiograph – the Bay Area’s sonic signature. Each week, we play you a sound recorded somewhere in the Bay Area, and ask you to tell us what it is, and where we recorded it. We reveal the story behind our mystery sounds every Thursday on Crosscurrents.
Apr 18, 2014•25 min
Crosscurrents: April 15, 2014
An alternative economy: the Sharing Economy. We look at the Karma Kitchen, using time as a literal currency, and talk to Neal Gorenflo. Plus local musicians The SF Gay Men's Chorus.
Apr 15, 2014•37 min
Crosscurrents: April 14, 2014
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.
Apr 15, 2014•38 min
Crosscurrents: April 10, 2014
A pre-school where everything is taught in Farsi, a dance company in Oakland for the disabled, this weeks Audiograph game answer, and local musician Eve Decker.
Apr 11, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: April 9, 2014
A show on homelessness: Using a public bus as a hotel, San Francisco's solutions to homelessness, providing showers for those who don't have them, and local musicians Spider Heart.
Apr 10, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: April 8, 2014
Must love broccoli: A community garden plays matchmaker; Urban Astronomy: Here come more eclipses than you can shake a stick at; and Bay Area Beats: The SHE's.
Apr 09, 2014•25 min
Crosscurrents: April 7, 2014
Interview: With 'Ripper,' Isabel Allende aims to thrill; Lunada: Lit on the full moon; Segment X: Julia Stinks; and local band Foreverland.
Apr 08, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: April 3, 2014
San Francisco's mid-Market redevelopment and breaks for tech companies, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Marc and The Casuals.
Apr 04, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: April 2, 2014
Details of State Senator Leland Yee's case; and Oakland's first gang-unit member recalls a dangerous Chinatown.
Apr 03, 2014•24 min
Crosscurrents: April 1, 2014
Meals on Wheels: Food and fellowship for Oakland's elders; a conversation with New America Media's Paul Kleyman about the senior citizens of San Francisco; dancing with the ladies in line; and The Cetaceans.
Apr 02, 2014•27 min
Crosscurrents: March 31, 2014
An interview with former President Jimmy Carter on his new book, "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power"
Apr 01, 2014•33 min
Crosscurrents: March 27, 2014
A recording studio that's training women and girls in all things audio; a local Pakistani artist's paintings reflect the colors and calligraphy of home; new documentary about one of the most publicized sexual harassment cases in US history; and local band Chrome Johnson.
Mar 28, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 25, 2014
A Crosscurrents and SF Public Press special on PTA fundraising in San Francisco and the disparity it is creating among elementary school funding. Plus local musician Melanie Ida Chopko.
Mar 26, 2014•34 min
Crosscurrents: March 24, 2014
Airbnb in San Francisco makes it harder for people looking for long-term housing, a centenarian, and local musicians Known to Collapse.
Mar 25, 2014•26 min
Crosscurrents: March 20, 2014
The view from the Bayview Operahouse; Sights and Sounds of Bayview: James Martin mentors Bayview's fathers; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! and the San Francisco Gay Man's Chorus.
Mar 21, 2014•26 min
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