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:
Today on Crosscurrents: What it means to live in a sanctuary city A look inside Las Hociconas, a new theater residency program that supports artists of color
Today on Crosscurrents: Is a cannabis business displacing artists in Oakland? A man without a home talks about the inhumanity of poverty A conversation with the new director of Youth Speaks
Today on Crosscurrents: Supportive housing for homeless veterans and low-income families comes to San Francisco’s Mission Bay How a history of racist government decisions led to institutionalized poverty The story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound
Today on Crosscurrents: A theater piece brings the country’s first known act of militant, queer resistance against police brutality back to life How interracial relationships are faring in the era of Black Lives Matter A Bay Area photographer uses her camera to give back to her community
Today on Crosscurents: The Bay Area invests in driverless car technology Scholars at UC Berkeley revisit the Kerner Report, which investigated the racial unrest of the summer of 1967
Today on Crosscurrents Herons that have been nesting in downtown Oakland for years look for new homes at Lake Merritt An organization tries to disrupt stereotypes about who is and who is not ‘outdoorsy' Memories recounted by the oldest park ranger in the country, Betty Reid Soskin
Today on Crosscurrents: Our friends from Snap Judgment discuss their new radio project, Counted: An Oakland Story .
Today on Crosscurrents: Oakland decides on the future of its downtown The story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound
Today on Crosscurrents: A man seeking asylum in San Francisco is arrested by immigration agents African American teens in Oakland talk about their experiences of sexual harassment and assault at school More on the Oakland Unified School District's new sexual harassment policy
Today on Crosscurrents: A visit to an indie Turkish radio station operating at a time of increasing government crackdowns on opposition media A single conversation produced two different stories about an activist childhood in California
Today on Crosscurrents: A look at the new state law that requires education about human trafficking in school How acorns are helping native habitats grow back in the fire-ravaged North Bay hills A Bay Area Beats with legendary Bay Area turntablist DJ Qbert
Today on Crosscurrents: Deciphering this winter's abnormally warm weather What severe cutbacks at the San Jose Mercury News and East Bay Times mean for staying informed in the Bay Area Enjoying the beats of Bollywood by the Bay
Today on Crosscurrents: A look inside San Francisco’s car break-in crisis. A conversation with Paul Flores , who fuses documentary and playwriting. How a San Francisco man killed by police is being remembered.
Today on Crosscurrents: An Oakland-based program designed to help college-graduation rates rise From Snap Judgment , a story of a teenager from El Salvador navigating his senior year of high school in San Francisco
Today on Crosscurrents: What happens to cars that are donated to charities A Bay Area Beats with singer/songwriter Eli Conley What Christmas is like in San Quentin
