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 : An original documentary exploring the lives of Sikh American youth in the Bay Area
Today on Crosscurrents : Getting to know boat culture on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta An interview with Bay Area artist Yetunde Olagbaju More poetry from Youth Speaks as Brave New Voices returns to the Bay Area
Today on Crosscurrents : As the state debates water tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, we’ll meet the people whose lives it would affect East Bay photographer Matthew O'Brien tells us about his multi-year project photographing Colombia Poetry from Youth Speaks
Today on Crosscurrents : An in-depth look at Treasure Island’s radiation cleanup A conversation with Youth Speaks founder James Kass A preview of this week's International Poetry Slam competition
Today on Crosscurrents : Going up in a crane to see what San Francisco’s development boom looks like from a bird’s-eye view. A profile of dancer Carlos Carvajal. Finding the right note in a garden full of pianos.
Today on Crosscurrents : A new program designed to give communities ravaged by the War on Drugs a leg up in the legal pot industry. A quiet cemetery in East Oakland that hides a long history.
Today on Crosscurrents : How some people in Oakland are trying start one of the nation’s first city-run banks From 99 Percent Invisible, a look at the rich history of Colma
Today on Crosscurrents : As housing units open up at San Francisco’s Shipyard, we look back at this massive redevelopment in the city’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood From The Moth, a local author grapples with his wife’s mental illness
Today on Crosscurrents : Recapping recent turmoil at the Oakland Police Department A man incarcerated for over two decades reenters society with a newfound friendship with his parents A profile of a trumpet player whose stage is the streets of San Francisco The answer behind this week's Audiograph mystery sound
Today on Crosscurrents : A look at the dramatic growth of tapletop gaming in the Bay Area Reflecting back on one of the West Coast's most influential nightclubs Another installment in our continued series profiling the street musicians of San Francisco
Today on Crosscurrents : Diving into the issue of water quality in swimming spots in the Bay How one dance form encourages physical closeness in unfamiliar ways The second in our series profiling San Francisco street musicians
Today on Crosscurrents : We go to the Mission District, where the first navigation center opened up to see whether the city’s investment is paying off A conversation with Mission Local reporter Laura Waxmann about the state of SF's navigation centers The first in a new series profiling San Francisco street musicians
Today on Crosscurrents : Taking stock of the Summer of Love as San Francisco celebrates its 50th Anniversary. A special presentation of The Intersection brought to you by KALW News.
Today on Crosscurrents : How a vigilante group is using guerrilla tactics to make streets safer for bicyclists An afternoon with Oakland’s Scraper bike team The story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound
Today on Crosscurrents : How death cafes are attracting thousands of people in the Bay Area and beyond Reflecting on 40 years of queer theater with Theatre Rhinoceros Remembering one of San Francisco's forgotten monuments
