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: The debate about sex offender registries, redemption and public safety. A story from our colleagues inside San Quentin State Prison to hear what it’s like to be on lockdown. A conversation with Aeeshah Clottey about racial healing.
Today on Crosscurrents : A mother and son who lost their housing in Oakland — and what that means for his education. A conversation about how white people can truly be allies to people of color. Revolutionary poet Tongo Eisen-Martin keeps San Francisco’s literary fires burning with the release of his new book.
Today on Crosscurrents : A group that has made Satan the good guy in a fight to keep the separation of church and public schools. Hastings Law Professor Joan Williams discusses white working class and identity politics. The art of sound healing.
Today on Crosscurrents : Sitting in on a bystander intervention class. A conversation with AC Thompson, a reporter with ProPublica’s ‘ Documenting Hate ’ project. San Francisco's secret weapon for disaster response: old Muni buses. A story from our partners at San Quentin Radio about a man's unusual relationship with nature.
Today on Crosscurrents : How massive chemical companies impacted farming in India, leading to large scale migration to California. A conversation with food activist and chef Bryant Terry. Musician Thao Nguyen talks about a new documentary that captures her first ever trip to Vietnam. Answering your questions about Glen Canyon.
Today on Crosscurrents : San Jose residents speak out against a proposal to build "tiny homes" for the homeless . Exploring the roots of agribusiness in Punjab, India, and the Central Valley.
Today on Crosscurrents : A conversation with Sally Kinoshita, deputy director of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center about the Trump administration's decision to phase out DACA. How a community of Punjabi farmers ended up in California.
Today on Crosscurrents : An interview with Bay Area rapper Nump. Exploring a training ground for young beat makers. A Bay Area Beats with DJ's Celskiii and Deeandroid.
Today on Crosscurrents : Are San Francisco police officers discouraging drug users from getting clean needles? Lawmakers push legislation to ease California’s housing crisis A conversation with poet and performer Baruch Porras-Hernandez
T oday on Crosscurrents : California looks to expand its earthquake early-warning system. The backstory of Bruce Lee's formative years in the Bay Area. A story from San Quentin Radio about the barbers of San Quentin.
Today a special presentation from KALW News: Nisrin Abdelrahman, a doctoral student at Stanford University, was detained at JFK Airport after President Trump passed his initial travel ban denying entry to citizens from seven majority-Muslim nations. This is her account of what happened, produced by the Stanford Storytelling Project.
Today on Crosscurrents: How California’s commitment to the cap-and-trade pollution policy will affect local communities. The story of a great summer romance between the National Parks Service and the San Francisco Public Library. Remembering the lives impacted by two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki .
Today on Crosscurrents : A legal case involving two Bay Area counties, 37 giant oil companies, and rising seas. A surprising origin story about rock-n-roll. The answer to this week’s Audiograph mystery sound.
Today on Crosscurrents: A special presentation of an episode of the new podcast The Stoop.
Today on Crosscurrents : An artist who couldn’t just do art for art’s sake, and found his calling within the Russian Orthodox church. A conversation with a doctor who believes medicine is moving towards a time of integrating mind, body and spirit.
