Crosscurrents
Summary: 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.
Podcasts:
As a student at the at Berkeley in the 1960s, Abdul Raoof Nasir joined the Nation of Islam. In the years that followed, he was forced to make a choice: stay with the Nation or go with one of the groups that splintered away.
The story of when Japan gifted cherry trees to the U.S. And, how those trees became connected to the country’s immigration debate with strange parallels with how we handle pests and pesticides.
We’re going with state agents looking for a pest that could wipe out California’s citrus. Then, we hear from a filmmaker who tells the story of the anti-draft movement during the Vietnam War.
We’re heading to the California border, where state agents patrol for pests that could wipe out the state’s agriculture. Then, what do you do when people pronounce your name wrong?
A Muslim convert feels her access to God was being limited by men. She was searching for a spiritual home, then decided to build one for herself.
California Department of health is doing a big outreach push to get more people vaccinated and boosted. Then, what happens when a wild turkey lands on a prison yard. And, Grant Faulkner, reads from his new collection.
Today, we hear about a study from UC Berkeley that asks Muslims: Is Islamophobia still common 20 years after 9/11? Then, a former San Jose State professor targeted by the FBI decides to spy on himself. And, author Cassandra Hartt reads from her new young adult novel.
Diana Demchenko converted to Islam as a college sophomore. But since she didn’t grow up around the religion, she had to learn what the real Islam is and searched - online, in local mosques, and eventually abroad.
@Work: Post-pandemic rebalance / 'Voyage into afrofuturism' / New Arrivals: K.R. Morrison
After over 20 years of incarceration, Uncuffed producer Nate McKinney is going home. Like other lifers in the system, he could have been incarcerated for life. But recently, the Board of Parole Hearings found him suitable to re-enter society. In today's episode, stories of facing the board — and wishes for a friend heading back into the big wide world.From the podcast Uncuffed:Nate's Going Home
Today, we hear about a new KALW series from The Spiritual Edge, stories of Becoming Muslim. Then, we listen to an African American who converted to Islam, who feels compelled to speak out. And, we hear from travel writer Chaney Kwak as they read from their memoir.
When there’s unrest in their home countries, immigrants here feel the pain from thousands of miles away. We’ll hear about the diaspora trauma of people from Sudan. Then, one Bay Area artist was so determined to perform, she turned a grocery store parking lot into her stage. And, chef and author Alice Waters will read from her new book.
People joke that San Francisco has more dogs than children. But is it true? We talk about the kid census in the City with Chronicle journalist Susie Nielson Then, we examine the emotional connection between dogs and humans.
The wars in Guatemala during the 1980s and 90s killed close to 200-thousand Guatemalans. The conflict wounded many people in body and spirit — among them, Sister Dianna Ortiz, a U.S.-born Catholic missionary who survived torture.
For years, mental health advocates have been vocal about the criminalization of people with mental illnesses. Now activists and government leaders are pushing to create alternatives to law enforcement responding to mental health crises.
