Shantha Smith: Saving Your Life
Wearing a mask shouldn't be a big deal, but to some it apparently is, and that has Shantha Smith mystified.
Mar 12, 2021•4 min
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Episodes
Paul Staley: Mutations
Paul Staley says there's a whole lot of mutating going on.
Mar 11, 2021•4 min
Sara Alexander: The Hamantaschen Project
Sara Alexander discovers the perfect way to make better Hamantaschen — together with friends.
Mar 10, 2021•4 min
Mike Hall: Tell Them Now
Funerals are occasions to express thoughts never expressed to the dearly departed. Mike Hall says, "Why wait?"
Mar 09, 2021•4 min
Larry Jin Lee: The ‘Model Minority’
Larry Lee says the same racist pigeonholing that casts Asian Americans as the model minority makes them vulnerable to attack.
Mar 08, 2021•4 min
Lev Kushner: Indoor Camping
A long-neglected tent provides Lev Kushner and his boys with a strategy for coping with the prolonged bout of stay-at-home.
Mar 05, 2021•4 min
Richard Levitt: One Year Later
As the anniversary of the first stay-at-home order looms, Richard Levitt counts what he misses and doesn't miss.
Mar 04, 2021•4 min
Isabella Montano Ponce: Latino Teens and Mental Health
Isabella Montano Ponce struggled with depression but it was the inability to talk about it that slowed her recovery.
Mar 03, 2021•4 min
Bryan Gillette: Silver Linings
Academic learning may be taking a hit, but Bryan Gillette thinks his children are learning important skills in the pandemic.
Mar 02, 2021•4 min
Susie Meserve: Anxiety in the Pandemic
Susie Meserve has always been a worrier, but the pandemic has thrown anxiety into high gear.
Mar 01, 2021•4 min
Michael Ellis: Porcupines
Michael Ellis considers the seldom-seen, well-defended porcupine.
Feb 26, 2021•4 min
Tenzing Chosang: Losar
YR Media's Tenzing Chosang celebrates the new year, Tibetan-style.
Feb 25, 2021•4 min
Ellen Greenblatt: Losing Your Person
Ellen Greenblatt considers the profound personal loss of the people behind the statistics.
Feb 24, 2021•4 min
Connie Champagne: Mystery Tomatoes
As Connie Champagne contemplates leaving San Francisco, a mysterious, forgotten tomato bush steels her resolve.
Feb 23, 2021•4 min
Jolie Kanat: Becoming Real
Jolie Kanat, like other caregivers, has learned that in service to others she becomes real.
Feb 22, 2021•4 min
Tracy Cote: Discussing Politics in the Workplace
Tracy Cote outlines the right way to discuss politics in the workplace.
Feb 19, 2021•4 min
Claire McKechnie: Adapting to the Virtual Classroom
Claire McKechnie adapts to ensure that the learning is real in the virtual classroom.
Feb 17, 2021•4 min
Sandhya Acharya: Not Bad For An Adult
Sandhya Acharya's son creates a stuffed animal and a lesson in being kind to yourself.
Feb 16, 2021•4 min
Paul Staley: The Seen and the Unseen
Paul Staley says we’re walking in a world of the seen and the unseen, of paradox and contradiction.
Feb 15, 2021•4 min
Richard Swerdlow: Stress in Marriage
Richard Swerdlow looks at research into stress in same sex and straight marriages.
Feb 12, 2021•4 min
Marilyn Englander: Volunteering
Is a smile worth more than a paycheck? Marilyn Englander looks at being a volunteer.
Feb 11, 2021•4 min
David Bonowitz: Essential Earthquake Design
Engineer David Bonowitz looks at what's essential in earthquake design.
Feb 10, 2021•4 min
Hanna Clements-Hart: Finding Family
Hanna Clements-Hart misses her church community, hobbled by the pandemic.
Feb 09, 2021•4 min
Dan Noel: Voices of My Teachers
When law school student Dan Noel faces tough moments, he hears the voices of teachers who have been his guides.
Feb 08, 2021•4 min
Richard Levitt: The New 4 am
The psychological stress of the pandemic is producing a rash of insomniacs, even the formerly sound-sleeping Richard Levitt.
Feb 05, 2021•4 min
Larry Jin Lee: Lost Chinatown Businesses
Many Chinatown businesses have not survived the pandemic and with them many of Larry Jin Lee's family memories.
Feb 04, 2021•4 min
Dr Antonio Gomez: The First Shot
Dr. Antonio Gomez was the first in San Francisco to get a COVID vaccine shot, but he's focused now on getting the vaccine to undeserved communities.
Feb 03, 2021•4 min
Tamar Serna: Breaking the Corporate Mold
Tamar Serna defies every stereotype of the corporate accountant.
Feb 02, 2021•4 min
Richard Chow: Eat The Marshmallow
Conventional wisdom favors delaying gratification. Richard Chow isn't convinced.
Feb 01, 2021•4 min
Michael Ellis: California Slender Salamander
A native amphibian fascinates Michael Ellis.
Jan 29, 2021•4 min
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