8/13 - Rising Seas, Rising Rents
Rising sea levels, rising rents and what foreigners go through to find housing inthe Bay Area, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians The Sugar Ponies.
Aug 14, 2015•24 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: August 12, 2015
Affordable by design: the fight to save one of Silicon Valley’s last mobile home parks; Leslye Corsiglia on Sillicon Valley's lack of affordable housing; Finding affordable housing means a longer commute for one Silicon Valley worker; and local band Native Elements.
Aug 12, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: August 11, 2015
A Visit to San Quentin Museum; the price that kids pay when their parents are in prison; and talking about teenagers and comics with author Ariel Schrag.
Aug 11, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: August 10, 2015
Birthing and parenting: doulas, a home visitation program that helps first-time moms, and the severe issues that pregnant women of color face. Plus local musicians Cash Pony.
Aug 11, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: August 5, 2015
Crosscurrents in Stereo!
Aug 05, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: August 3, 2015
The quest to be Oakland’s next Youth Poet Laureate; Mortified: An interview with Scott Lifton; introducing Spice-C; and local band We Became Owls.
Aug 04, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: July 30, 2015
Learning survival skills in the classroom, searching for extraterrestrial life, and this week's Audiograph game answer.
Jul 31, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: July 29, 2015
Bridging the generational gap in Japantown; a conversation with Janice Nimura, author of "Daughters of the Samurai"; The Hamlin School - a place of tradition and innovation; and local soul band Otis.
Jul 29, 2015•25 min
Crosscurrents: July 28, 2015
How an architect designs meaningful space; Jaxon Vanderbeken on the eastern span of the Bay Bridge; the unlikely squatters of the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge; and local band Dakila.
Jul 29, 2015•25 min
Crosscurrents: July 27, 2015
Living in shipping containers, a co-housing compound in Temescal, tiny homes, and local musician Kenny Washington.
Jul 28, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: July 23, 2015
The truth about pit bulls; What are Velella Velella?; an Audiograph classic: City Grazing's Goats and Goat Whisperers; and local band Panic is Perfect.
Jul 24, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: July 22, 2015
A history (and population decline) of Black San Francisco: the 3.9 Collective, Black artists in the city, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and local musicians The Chamber Music Society of San Francisco.
Jul 23, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: July 21, 2015
Americans' weak grasp of geography and schools trying to change that, documentary theater and audience participation, and local musicians The Oakland East Bay Gay Men's Chorus.
Jul 22, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: July 20, 2015
Richmond Thinking Outside the Box; 3D printed prosthetics are fashion statements for amputees; Storycorps: A soldier returns from Iraq; and local band the T Sisters.
Jul 21, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: July 16, 2015
The Mission reacts to a hate crime against an LGBT mural, Richmond residents worried about oil refinery projects, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musician Kim Nalley.
Jul 16, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: July 14, 2015
Pink Saturday and gay activism in the Bay Area, modern protest music, and local musicians The Coup.
Jul 15, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: July 13, 2015
Lack of diversity in children's books and Bay Area people trying to change that, a Book Report from Kevin Smokler, and local musician Ed Masuga.
Jul 13, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: July 9, 2015
Documenting San Francisco's rapid changes with photographs, a playwright on her new play "Black Virgins are not for Hipster," and this week's Audiograph game answer.
Jul 10, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: July 8, 2015
When SF needs money it holds an auction, creating sound at Pixar, making sausage, and local musicians The Seshen.
Jul 09, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: July 7, 2015
Facebook Show! Specifically, how the tech company relates to the city (East Palo Alto) and to the people around it.
Jul 08, 2015•27 min
Crosscurrents: July 6, 2015
Grocery-inspired art, eating weeds on the sidewalk, ugly fruit, plus local musicians Everyone Is Dirty.
Jul 07, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: July 2, 2015
The Grateful Dead Show! 2015 marks the 50th anniversary since the legendary band formed.
Jul 03, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: July 1, 2015
A Crosscurrents Special: Sex In The City.
Jul 02, 2015•25 min
Crosscurrents: June 29, 2015
A special from Mills College student reporters: "Waking up from the American Dream: Stories about young immigrants in America." Plus local musicians One Armed Joey.
Jun 30, 2015•33 min
Crosscurrents: June 25, 2015
Two men and a baby: Navigating parenting and partnership in a two-dad family; Three Cheers for San Francisco’s Official Cheerleaders; and this week's Audiograph answer revealed!
Jun 26, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: June 24, 2015
Everything you always wanted to know about Bay Area minimum wage, but were afraid to ask.
Jun 25, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: June 23, 2015
The homeless in San Francisco, going back to prison in The San Quentin Prison Report, a StoryCorps on the Bay Area version of the march to Montgomery during the Civil Rights era, plus local musicians Sunhaze.
Jun 24, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: June 22, 2015
Garbage show! Enacting policy to control littering, collecting bottles as a job, what it means to be zero waste, and local musician Ila Cantor.
Jun 23, 2015•24 min
Crosscurrents: June 18, 2015
A girls club in San Francisco's Bayview district, the Frameline Film Festival, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians The Bernal Hill Players.
Jun 19, 2015•26 min
Crosscurrents: June 17, 2015
After Warriors' championship win, a celebration in the streets; Where kids take flight in Bayview; Old Skool Cafe addresses new school problems; StoryCorps: Keeping family traditions alive; and local band American Nomad.
Jun 18, 2015•27 min
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