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:
The Bay Area’s shelter-in-place order was first announced one year ago today. We’re looking back at the first 100 days into the pandemic in snapshots from the KALW original series, Day By Day.
It's been almost a year since Bay Area officials first announced the shelter-at-home order. Today, we’re looking back at audio diaries from those first few weeks of the pandemic. It’s a special presentation of Day By Day: KALW's Quarantine Diaries.
In Alameda County, when people are seeking permanent shelter, they have to apply to get into a Coordinated Entry System — it's basically a waitlist. Today, looking at how people who are eligible actually get placed into housing. It’s an excerpt from Chapter 4 the 99% Invisible project According to Need. Plus, a new episode from our podcast New Arrivals.
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As Oakland’s City Council explores putting the fire department in charge of mental health calls, one group has established their own mental health response service. Then, young voters came out in large numbers for the 2020 elections, but will that engagement last? And, San Francisco author Andrew Faulk reads from his new novel about living with — and treating —HIV/AIDS.Tune into KALW 91.7 FM Monday-Thursday at 5 p.m or subsribe to the podcast to listen on-demand.
The battle for People’s Park in Berkeley has been going on for more than 50 years. Today, we’ll hear about how it all started. Then, poet Arisa White writes about her struggles growing up without her father in her newest book Who’s Your Daddy." And, we hear a reading from El Cerrito poet Maw Shein Win. Plus, today's local music features a new album from Oakland-based artist Javier Santiago.
It wasn’t that long ago that people who didn't have housing and were seen as unable to take care of themselves were held against their will. But, back in the mid 90s, that approach started to change. In this excerpt from the 99% Invisible project According To Need, we hear how we got where we are today.
When you ask its residents how they define the boundaries of East Oakland, the answer vary —and they’re about more than just geography. Today, we’re exploring what East Oakland is all about and looking at the legacy the Black Panthers left there.
San Francisco’s school board has a plan to reopen, nearly one year after schools first shut down. Today, we’ll hear what it’s like for teachers who had to go from the classroom to Zoom. Then, we meet a dancer who doesn’t hear the music he dances to, he feels it.
Nearly 700 people died from drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020. That’s more than the number of people who died from COVID-19 in San Francisco in the same year. Some people blame San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin for not being tough enough on the people selling drugs. In this installment of The Progressive Prosecutor, we look at the role of prosecutors in the opioid epidemic.
Today we’re going behind the scenes with the operators who pick up the phone when people call seeking housing or shelter in Alameda County in another story from the 99% Invisible project "According To Need." Then, theater director Michael French talks about what drew his heart to the stage.
California has ramped up its vaccinations and is averaging about a million doses a week, but community advocates worry speed could bypass equity. And, we hear from the hosts of NPR's Throughline about making a show that explores the backstory behind today’s news headlines.
San Francisco's police union fires back after District Attorney Chesa Boudin charges several police officers. And one family impacted by police violence continues to wait for another chance at justice. Today, we bring you the latest in the series, The Progressive Prosecutor. Then, Oakland artist Jason McDonald talks about the lack of diversity in glassblowing.
In Oakland, when someone has nowhere to turn for shelter, they can call 211. But for many, that means being added to a list ... and waiting. Today, it’s a special episode from the 99% Invisible project “According To Need.”
An African American woman from Oakland fights for educational justice for her grandkids. Today, an award-winning documentary , on why students are falling behind in school. Then, a new poetry collection is a love letter to San Francisco’s queer community.
