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:
Getting to the bottom of a mystery found in San Francisco intersections. H ow one musician is working to make music education accessible to everybody. H ow one group has orchestrated a classical flash mob .
Are you suffering from post-election stress disorder ? Bringing the doula practice to those who stand to benefit most. Dispatches from an Estonian in America on the culture of silence .
S enior citizens discover the medicinal qualities of a plant they may have once rejected. A conversation with San Francisco’s new police chief . T he story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound.
An empty movie palace on San Bruno Avenue gets a second act. A historic reservoir keeper's cottage serves as a community and gardening hub. H igh school students let loose in McLaren Park.
M eet farmers fighting climate change with cow poop . Is it possible to be a vegetarian without giving up meat?
Why is it hard for some black folks to say I love you? The Stoop , a new podcast about black identity, explores the question in this sneak preview .
Is California's drought over yet? A San Jose woodworker who finds beauty in doing things the hard way. T he story behind this week’s Audiograph mystery sound .
Hundreds rally in San Francisco for International Women's Day. A hotline to call if ICE shows up at your door. A refugee rights lawyer discusses President Trump's immigration order .
A minister who works the late-night shift . A podcast created by a local insomniac that tries to put you to sleep. I nside San Quentin's annual celebration of peace .
Trump supporters rally in Berkeley. The history and future of San Francisco's sanctuary status . Reverend Deborah Lee leads a growing interfaith movement to support undocumented immigrants.
A history of warehouse spaces here in the Bay Area. How one warehouse is fighting to stay put . A conversation with someone who was displaced by the Ghost Ship fire. A look back at one space that tried for years to comply with local permitting requirements.
H ow the city of San Francisco is trying to protect affordable housing from the free market. Leadership changes at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development may trickle down to Bay Area households. A Bay Area Beats with the Oakland-based Balkan brass band Inspector Gadje .
What would it take to improve the Section 8 voucher program in the Bay Area? A first-of-its-kind chamber music festival in the U.S. The latest edition of " Ask an Estonian ."
Legal aid attorneys battle displacement in eviction court. Two advocates debate the rent control law known as Costa-Hawkins.
The Trump administration is derailing the Bay Area's transportation plans. Laugh along with San Francisco stand-up comic Irene Tu . Discover the answer to this week's Audiograph clue .
