6/8: Inside San Francisco's dilapidated Hall of Justice
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Jun 08, 2017•25 min
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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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6/7: The future of self-driving buses
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Jun 07, 2017•26 min
6/6: Art on BART
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Jun 06, 2017•27 min
6/5: The East Bay's Dorothea Lange
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Jun 06, 2017•37 min
5/30: Learning to code without teachers
Learning to code without teachers.Sights and Sounds of a Bay Area punk film.Sacred harp for the punk at heart.
May 31, 2017•27 min
5/25: Special needs in the OUSD
Oakland Unified's special ed plan in flux after superintendent leaves. In the StoryCorp booth, a reunion between mother and daughter.The story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound.
May 25, 2017•26 min
5/24: Jailhouse lawyers
Meet one of the jailhouse lawyers at San Quentin Prison.Dancer Jesselito Bie on creating a fantasia of Asian Americana.A StoryCorps session between a chef and her daughter.
May 25, 2017•27 min
5/23: Death and life
The meaning of death according to various religions.The legendary Green Street Mortuary Band and the San Franciscans who have loved it.
May 23, 2017•24 min
5/22: Oakland Noir
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May 22, 2017•27 min
5/18: Oakland's newest police chief
Why Alameda County wants its emergency response team to reflect the people it serves. Oakland’s new police chief shares her leadership strategy What it sounds like to be a Warriors fan.
May 18, 2017•26 min
5/17: Could San Francisco become the best place to pump breastmilk at work?
A proposed San Francisco ordinance could make a big difference for breastfeeding mothers at work. Political consciousness about Asian American identity informed Francis Wong's music.A peek inside the "Tomb Treasures" exhibit currently at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum.
May 18, 2017•25 min
5/16: San Francisco's Portola neighborhood
The Portola neighborhood's history through a mural. How the neighborhood became an enclave for Maltese immigrants.A Portola nursing home has persisted through the power of protest for 130 years.
May 16, 2017•25 min
5/11: Why are Bay Area roads so bad?
How the Bay Area won the title for the worst roads in the country. A concert series connects local musicians across genres. Why volunteers at San Quentin State Prison do what they do. A salon that deals specifically with lice. The drought is over — why is San Francisco's Vaillancourt Fountain dry?
May 11, 2017•42 min
5/10: Making a home in the Bay Area
An Oakland middle school opens its doors to high school-aged migrants.Unaccompanied minors find stable housing — often by dropping out of school to work. On a corner in San Rafael, day laborers wait — and worry.Bringing black immigrant issues to the forefront.
May 10, 2017•44 min
5/9: Hey Bay Area
How much money does the Bay Area spend on corporate tax breaks?What are the colorful squares of land along the South Bay's coastline?Why is Redwood City's slogan "Climate Best by Government Test"?Did dirigibles dock on top of Oakland's Tribune Tower?Former San Francisco Chronicle comic illustrator Paul Madonna grapples with a changing city.
May 09, 2017•56 min
5/8: Faith, conversion and forgiveness
Muslim converts wrestle with isolation and seek support. Abused by a Catholic priest, one man turned back to faith for forgiveness.The science of forgiveness.
May 09, 2017•38 min
5/4: Dispatches from the Bay Area's thriving art scene
Hip hop veteran Tahajiye Edwards on whether a musical genre ages with the people who make it.A conversation with playwrights Donte Clark and DeAndre Evans about their new play "Richmond Renaissance," which looks to Richmond’s future by celebrating its past.
May 04, 2017•27 min
5/3: What do you mean I sound white?
Oakland poet and playwright Chinaka Hodge on the power of voice. The new Ethiopian jazz sound of Meklit Hadero's latest album.
May 03, 2017•27 min
5/2: Living life with disability
Leading outdoor adventures for folks with physical disabilities.A San Francisco author's surf toward enlightenment.
May 02, 2017•33 min
5/1: International Workers
Bay Area residents speak out about immigration policies on May Day.The concept of "othering" in a time when nearly a third of U.S. workers are foreign-born.Reforming San Francisco's parking fines.A union for musicians, the original gig workers.
May 01, 2017•25 min
4/27: PrEP extends its reach
Women are slowly picking up a drug that prevents HIV.A memorial to help Oakland's Fruitvale community grieve the Ghost Ship fire.A waterway tour of a little-known island in Contra Costa County.
Apr 27, 2017•24 min
4/26: Governing in the age of Trump
An interview with former Rep. Mike Honda and his successor Rep. Ro Khanna. Choreographer Risa Jaroslow and composer and bassist Lisa Mezzacappa on experimenting with the interplay of dancers and music.
Apr 26, 2017•24 min
4/25: Exonerated
A man imprisoned for nearly 20 years for a crime he didn’t commit.A gospel choir that’s getting a whole lot of people to sing together. An Oakland artist turns a tennis court into an outdoor studio.
Apr 25, 2017•28 min
4/24: The Armenian Genocide, on the anniversary
How young, Bay Area Armenian Americans experience the anniversary of the genocide.If climate change were a song, what would it sound like?
Apr 24, 2017•25 min
4/19: Regulating Bay Area refineries
Listen to KALW's full show examining the health issues of communities closest to Bay Area oil refineries, and agroundbreaking proposal to cap greenhouse gas emissions.
Apr 19, 2017•24 min
4/18: Lost histories
The secret history of Bay Area Italian Americans during World War II. Donald Trump’s historic predecessor was a 19th century, San Francisco demagogue.
Apr 18, 2017•24 min
4/17: The unsolved murder rate
Why more murders go unsolved in Richmond than almost anywhere else in California.The dreaded U.S. tax day from the perspective of an Estonian. A coffee shop in Berkeley trains refugees to be baristas.
Apr 17, 2017•24 min
4/13: Earthquake preparedness
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Apr 13, 2017•26 min
4/12: Curbing overdoses with Naloxone
A controversial program to curb overdoses.Theater groups join together to tackle some of Oakland’s biggest issues.The eclectic cultural mix behind the band LoCura.
Apr 12, 2017•26 min
4/11: Migration, refuge and religion
The Kuomba Pamoja Methodist Church provides the solace of tradition for Congolese immigrants.An Afghan refugee speaks out against the misconceptions about Islam.
Apr 11, 2017•28 min
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