Podcasts about berkeley high

For this week's episode, we looked into how different AAPI cultures are represented in Berkeley High's curriculum. We sat down with teachers and a current BHS student.This episode was produced and narrated by Zazie Duchene. Interviews were conducted by Elsa Dietz and Julia Brimmer. Manushi Shah edited this episode. 

In today's increasingly digitized world, third places, or public spaces that provide a sense of belonging, are becoming fewer and far between. Here at The Buzz, we decided to speak with Berkeley High students who gather in public places and participate in shared activities that enable them to connect with others. We spoke to teens who go square dancing, play pick-up basketball, and frequent the rock climbing gym.

Though Berkeley High has many women teaching in STEM areas, and many of those classes have a variety of students, representation is still lacking in certain STEM fields, especially ones like computer science and physics. To further explore this issue, we talked to a Berkeley High student and a teacher who both elaborated on their experiences in male dominated fields.This episode was produced by Zazie Duchene with help from Elsa Dietz and Julia Brimmer.

Berkeley High is home to a handful of religious clubs, and for this week's episode, we wanted to understand the role religious communities play in student's lives. This episode was produced by Zazie Duchene and edited by Manushi Shah. Interviews were conducted by Julia Brimmer and Elsa Dietz.

We sat down with Peruvian-American musician and Berkeley High alum, Anaís Azul, and spoke about their creative process and the release of their new album, Simp'ashani: Canciones Trenzadas. This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg and edited by Manushi Shah. Taylor Reynaud and Elsa Dietz reported. Listen to Anaís Azul's album wherever you get your music.

Now that 16-17 year-olds can vote in school board elections following a decision from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters, some Berkeley High students have taken it upon themselves to get involved in the local election and encourage their peers to do the same. This week, we spoke to students interning for school board candidate Jen Corn and the founder of Berkeley High's Civic Leaders Club. This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg, and was edited by Manushi Shah. Taylor Reynaud and Elsa Dietz conducted interviews.

Puente, a California program, helps students in educationally underrepresented communities apply to college. We spoke to members of Puente at Berkeley High to learn more about the program. This episode was produced by Zazie Duchene, and edited by Manushi Shah. Interviews and research conducted by Dylan Dashgupta and Julia Brimmer.

Aaron Peskin is incredibly easy to talk with. And his life story is one you have to hear to believe. In this podcast, Episode 1 of Season 7 of Storied: San Francisco, the multi-term D3 supervisor-slash-president of the Board of Supervisors-slash-current candidate for mayor of San Francisco shares his story, beginning with the tales of his parents and their families' migration to the United States. On Aaron's mom's side, the story goes back to Russia. His maternal grandfather was one of five boys born to a Jewish family in Saint Petersburg. Two of the boys stayed in Russia, one came to San Francisco, and the other two migrated across Russia amid revolutionary upheaval there to the Mediterranean and later, to Haifa in Palestine. Aaron's grandfather ended up in Tel Aviv. His mom was born there in 1940, when it was still Palestine. She migrated to the US in 1963 to visit her sister, who taught at a temple in Oakland. Aaron's mom ended up meeting his dad on that fateful trip, and the two were married five weeks later. On his dad's side, his grandparents came to the US from Poland before the Nazi invasion in 1939, arriving in New York City where they ran a candy store. Aaron's dad went to City College of New York, where he graduated and got into UC Berkeley grad school for psychology. On his bus ride west, though, the elder Peskin got drafted to serve the US Army in its war in Korea. After service, he finished his doctorate at Berkeley and got a job teaching at SF State, where he stayed for 40 years until he retired. Aaron goes on a sidebar about running into many of his dad's students from over the years, something that happens to him up to this day. His parents settled in Berkeley shortly after they got married, in 1963. They had Aaron in 1964. As a kid, in the 1970s, he remembers some of the goings on at SF State, when student-led protests and sit-ins were happening and the Ethnic Studies was founded. Back in the East Bay, Aaron attended the first fully integrated public school class in Berkeley. One of his classmates, from kindergarten through third, was none other than Kamala Harris. (See photos in the episode post on our website!) Aaron's younger brother is a professor at Arizona State University. Both his parents ended up in higher education. He calls himself the "black sheep" of his family in this regard, as he "only" ended up with a bachelor's degree. Both parents were also therapists, something they carried on amid their academic careers. Growing up in the 1970s, the family spent significant time in The City, coming over as often as possible from their home in Berkeley. Aaron rattles off a litany of activities his parents engaged him and his brother in when they were young. He says that his time in high school in the East Bay was idyllic. He went to Berkeley High, still the only high school in that city. He fell in with a group of four other boys who took weekend hiking and backpacking trips as much as possible. Also around this time, in his later teen/high school years, Aaron popped over to San Francisco to do things like see kung-fu movies in Chinatown or go to The Keystone to see The Cure and punk bands. He saw The Greg Kihn Band, Talking Heads, and other legendary groups at places like the Greek Theater and Mabuhay Gardens. He graduated Berkeley High in 1982, though he and a handful of friends got out a semester earlier than everyone else. They packed up a van, the five of them, and drove around the Western United States and Canada for 100 days. They ended their trip spending the night in the van in the Berkeley High parking lot. The friend group then scattered, predictably, with Aaron and a couple others heading down to UC Santa Cruz. In his freshman year, he and a friend took the spring semester off and rode their bikes from California to North Carolina and up to Washington, DC, as you do. Santa Cruz was different enough from home, but not too far away. The school provided a challenging academic environment for him, also. He ended up studying animal behavior, specifically the northern elephant seal. Through that program, he lived with a team in experimental housing on Año Nuevo Island off the San Mateo coast doing research. But physical chemistry precluded Aaron from going for a marine biology degree. He instead got into a liberal arts program called "Modern Society and Social Thought." While he was going to school in Santa Cruz, he experienced his first political awakening. Aaron was involved in the effort to make the banana slug become the school's official mascot. The student government wanted the slug, but the chancellor wanted the elephant seal. Aaron had the idea of putting the decision to a vote of the student body. They put ballot boxes all over campus, and the slug won overwhelmingly. But the chancellor rejected the results. News articles helped the students' cause, and they won in the end. During his college years, he travelled to Asia on money he'd saved from a job at a photo store. Neighbors in Berkeley had climbed the Himalayas several times, and it had an effect on Aaron. He and some friends went and travelled over parts of South Asia to do some climbing themselves. He was gone for a year and four months. Upon his return to the US, still working toward getting his bachelor's, Aaron ran into trouble getting student housing. And so he set up a tent in the woods above campus, slept there, went to class during the day, and then did it all again the next day. Check back next week for Part 2 and Aaron's life after college. Photography by Jeff Hunt We recorded this podcast at Aaron Peskin for Mayor HQ on Market Street in July 2024.

In this episode, we introduce you to Berkeley High alumni who have made a lasting difference in the Bay Area– education reformer Jean Wing, activist Bobby Seale, and poet Chinaka Hodge. This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg and Zazie Duchene, and research was conducted by Julia Brimmer, Taylor Reynaud, and Elsa Dietz.

As we wrap up this school year, we thought we'd highlight one of the many programs at Berkeley High that makes this place so special-- James Dopman's Law and Social Justice classes. The program is important in helping students explore their interests and passions and shaping their critical thinking skills. This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg, and edited with help from Zazie Duchene and Taylor Reynaud.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage (AAPI) month was first recognized by Barack Obama in 2009, and since then it has been celebrated by Berkeley High. For today's episode, we talked to members of Berkeley High's AAPI community about how the school's unique programs have helped strengthened their cultural identity. This episode was produced by Zazie Duchene and edited by Julia Brimmer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

On this episode of The Buzz, we'll guide you through the history, present, and future of Our Monologues, a student production vital to Berkeley High culture and community. Learn more @ourmonologuesbhs or check out ourmonologues.com This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg and Zazie Duchene. It was narrated by Julia Brimmer, and edited with help from Taylor Raynaud. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

Discover the story behind the music with Charles Hamilton, the esteemed band director at Berkeley High School. In this insightful episode, we explore Mr. Hamilton's upbringing and his journey to becoming a passionate music educator. From his early days to his influential role at Berkeley High, we'll uncover the importance of music education and the profound impact it has on students' lives. Join us as we gain valuable insights into the world of music and teaching from a true maestro. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tonescapespodcast/message

For Women's History Month, we asked members of the Berkeley High community to share advice and words of wisdom from women they're influenced by. The episode was produced by Zazie Duchene, narrated by Taylor Reynaud, and edited by Julia Brimmer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

After Super Tuesday, just a few days ago, the ‘I voted' stickers are starting to make their appearances in the Berkeley High hallways. For this week's episode, we interviewed seniors about their thoughts on voting. Thank you for listening to this episode of the Buzz! This episode was produced and narrated by Zazie Duchene and edited by Julia Brimmer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

Now that the hype around Valentine's Day has come and gone, we thought it might be fun to take a look at what relationships, situationships and dating look like at Berkeley High, and what it takes to be in a healthy romantic partnership. This episode was produced and edited by Miriam Reichenberg. Interviews were conducted by Miriam Reichenberg, Taylor Reynaud, and Paolo Rivera.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

For Black History Month, we took an in-depth look at the African American Studies program at Berkeley High, the unique program that's home to classes like African Diaspora dance. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

Maybe you're someone who goes to the gym on New Year's day, and New Year's day only. Or you could be someone who's been keeping up with gym goals for the last three years. For this episode of The Buzz, we talked to members of the Berkeley High community about their New Year's resolutions.  Stick around in 2024. This episode was produced by Zazie Duchene. Interviews were conducted by Julia Brimmer and Taylor Reynaud. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

The Holiday Meal is a Berkeley High tradition, returning for the first year after the pandemic. Unhoused and low income people across the city were invited to share in a filling meal and enjoy festive activities. For this episode of The Buzz, we sent our team out to report on the Holiday Meal, and interview volunteers and guests.  This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg and Zazie Duchene. Interviews were conducted by Zazie Duchene, Taylor Renaud, and Julia Brimmer. This episode was narrated by Paolo Rivera.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

In speaking with Chris Kindness Award founder Alan Ross, and students and teachers at Berkeley High, we explore how our community can come together to spread positivity through small, daily acts of kindness Learn more about the Chris Kindness Award by checking out the website. Interviews were conducted by Miriam Reichenberg and Zazie Duchene, and the episode was edited by Julia Brimmer. Taylor Renaud narrated. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

On this week's episode, we explore what jobs and money management look like for students at Berkeley High. We got insight from personal finance teacher Crystal Rigley, and conducted several interviews with students around campus. This episode was produced and edited by Zazie Duchene and additional interviews were conducted by Julia Brimmer and Taylor Reynaud. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

Welcome to this year's first episode of The Buzz! For the 2023-24 school year, we'll be featuring in-depth discussions and interviews about topics that matter to our community. The school year is well underway. We're sitting next to new people in class, joining clubs, and meeting up with old friends. But making friends in high school isn't as simple as it was in elementary school, when asking someone to join you on the swings was all you had to do. It's more challenging now. For this episode, we asked Berkeley High students to share their experiences. We also talked to Eva Cantor, a Bay Area therapist who works with teens, about how we can build more genuine connections and make good friends in high school This episode was produced and edited by Miriam Reichenberg and Zazie Duchene. Interviews and additional reporting were conducted by Zazie Duchene, Emmett Price, Julia Brimmer, and Paolo Rivera. We included a clip from the song We're Going to Be Friends by The White Stripes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

In the first episode of tbh's new season, we hear from Berkeley High school junior, Miriam Reichenberg. She is thinking a lot about how students are engaging with ChatGPT and also returning to older forms of technology in hopes of sparking their creativity. We'll get to hear what Gen Z thanks about the future of AI and what it means for them.

Berkeley High school junior, Miriam Reichenberg, is thinking about how some students are using ChatGPT while also returning to older forms of technology to spark their creativity.

In this episode, three poets laureate — Lee Herrick, the first Asian American poet laureate of California; Kealoha, Hawai'i's first poet laureate; and Nadia Elbgal, the Oakland youth poet laureate — perform and read their works in celebration of National Poetry Month in April.Kealoha, a slam champion who has a degree in nuclear physics from MIT, began by performing a scene from his film, The Story of Everything, a creation story inspired by his son that tells 13.8 billion years worth of time, from the Big Bang to human life on Earth. Next, Elbgal, a Yemeni American activist and recent Berkeley High graduate, read three works of hers, including "Product of a Blended Culture" and "Spark." The event concluded with a reading by Herrick, who shared several pieces from his latest book of poetry, Scar and Flower.This April 20 event was presented by UC Berkeley's Arts Research Center in partnership with Engaging the Senses Foundation, and co-sponsored by the Center for Race and Gender and the English and ethnic studies departments at Berkeley.Listen to the episode and read the transcript on Berkeley News (news.berkeley.edu).Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Students commute to school in all different ways. For today's episode, we spoke with students about how getting to school can sometimes be frustrating or relaxing, eventful or mundane. Whatever the case, the destination is always the same– the crowded, diverse, spirited halls of Berkeley High. This episode was produced and edited by Miriam Reichenberg. Interviews were conducted by Zazie Duchene. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

How is education viewed in different countries and how does that impact students? The Buzz spoke to several international students about their experience with their respective school systems and the differences between them and Berkeley High. This episode was produced by Sofia Rodriguez. Interviews were conducted by Mariarosa Cerritos, Willow Priforce. The episode was edited by Lucy Rickart-Webb.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bhsjacket/message

Rock guitarist from Long Island talks about becoming submerged in sonic grease at Berkeley High and The Longbranch.

What keeps students centered outside of school? The Buzz spoke with two Berkeley High students about their interests in beekeeping and open-water swimming, respectively, touching on fulfillment and mental health. This episode was produced and edited by Miriam Reichenberg, with help from Zazie Duchene. For more coverage of the Berkeley High community, visit https://berkeleyhighjacket.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

In this episode, the Buzz spoke with students and teachers about their perspectives on Black History month, what gaps students have in their knowledge about the month, and what improvements can be made to better acknowledge its significance. This episode was produced by Sofia Rodriguez. Mariarosa Cerritos and Willow Priforce conducted interviews. The episode was edited by Lucy Rickart-Webb. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

Red and Gold Day, or Rally Day, is a tradition at Berkeley High. In this short episode of The Buzz, we speak with a safety officer, an administrator, and many students, as we capture the sounds and sights of the spirited day. This episode was produced and edited by Miriam Reichenberg. Additional interviews were also conducted by Zazie Duchene. You can find more episodes and coverage of the Berkeley High community at our website, berkeleyhighjacket.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

This past year we've experienced loss of life in the Berkeley High community, and with loss comes immense pain, grief, and mixed emotions. To understand how our community comes together after dealing with loss, the Buzz spoke to teachers and students about the diverse classroom approaches taken in the wake of tragedy. Thanks for listening to this episode of the Jacket podcast. This episode was produced by Sofia Rodriguez. Interviews were conducted by Mariarosa Cerritos, Willow Priforce, and Sydney Taylor. The episode was edited by Lucy Rickart-Webb. If you have any specific episode ideas that you would like to share, we would love to hear from you. You can find more episodes and coverage of the Berkeley High community at our website, berkeleyhighjacket.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

As Halloween approaches, the Buzz asked Berkeley High students and faculty to share their memories and thoughts, from costumes to candy trading, and everything in between. This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg. The script was written by Zazie Duchene, and interviews were conducted by Zazie Duchene, Sydney Taylor, and Bodhi Siedler. The episode was edited by Lucy Rickart-Webb. Audio clips from Bobby Pickett's song, “Monster Mash” were included throughout. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

When it comes to After Death Communication, it's hard to beat Teo.Cecilie Surasky and Carolyn Hunt are the parents of Teo Hunt Surasky, an exceptionally vibrant, compassionate, and loving young man who unexpectedly passed in July 2020 at 18 years old, a month after graduating from Berkeley High in California. Death did not stop their relationship or their communication. In profound shock from the sudden loss, Carolyn and Cecilie reached out to their extended community at an impromptu Berkeley High vigil, including Teo's friends. Through regular Zoom-circles, outdoor gatherings during COVID lockdown, non-religious rituals, and storytelling, they began an ongoing community healing process that has spanned continents, cultures, and generations. These circles have facilitated sharing dozens of Teo contact stories, including vivid dreams, visitations during meditations, signs, complex synchronicities, direct communication, and more experienced by close to 35+ friends and family who know and love Teo.Don't forget the Trauma Recovery Summit October 6-9thRegister for FreeOnline (no travel required)35+ Wellness ExpertsGet the recordings if you can't make it liveGet more info and register now:https://traumarecoverysummit.com/brian I'd like to ask you for three favors. You can do one, two, or all three.1.) Make sure to subscribe to the podcast through your favorite podcast app, so that you don't miss an episode.2.) Please rate the podcast at ratethispodcast.com/grief2growth3.) If you'd like to support me financially, go to grief2growth.com/tipjarSupport the show

At Berkeley High, many students choose to listen to music during passing periods, at lunch, and even in class. Music is fun to listen to, but it can also help to regulate our moods, remind us of happy memories, distract us from negative emotions, and connect with others. On this week's episode of the Buzz, as we continue to explore the theme of mental well-being, producers Miriam Reichenberg and Sofia Rodriguez talked to students about what music means to them, and how it helps them process their emotions. This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg and Sofia Rodriguez. It was also edited by Lucy Rickart-Webb. Audio clips from Shuggie Otis's song “Strawberry Letter 23” were included throughout. If you have any specific episode ideas that you would like to share, we would love to hear from you. You can find more episodes and coverage of the Berkeley High community at our website, berkeleyhighjacket.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

During the 40-minute lunch period at Berkeley High, the 3,000-plus student body can be found eating practically everywhere, both on and off campus. Jacket Podcast producers Miriam Reichenberg and Sofia Rodriguez spoke to students about lunch culture, setting out to understand more about the social dynamics and challenges that play out during lunch. This episode was produced by Miriam Reichenberg and Sofia Rodriguez, and was edited by Lucy Rickart-Webb. You can find more episodes and coverage of the Berkeley High community at our website, berkeleyhighjacket.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

Miriam Klein Stahl came to the Bay Area in the late ‘80s seeking a community of queer punks that she'd read about in underground zines like Homocore. She wasn't a musician, but she loved working with her hands and quickly realized that she could contribute to this thriving scene by drawing flyers and creating illustrations. Miriam's rebellious passion infused her heavily politicized images with confrontational power and urgency. More than three decades later, she's still making radical art, but now her work is adorning museums as well as punk clubs. An entire wall of the Oakland Museum of California's Hella Feminist exhibition is covered with 200 paper-cut portraits of “women/nonbinary humans whose lives and work intersect and impact the East Bay.” These figures range from Gilded Age bohemian poets and pre-WWII civil rights leaders to witches, welders, and high school activists. The co-creator of this Hella Feminist portrait project is local author Kate Schatz, who Miram also collaborated with for a series of best-selling books such as “Rad American History A-Z” and “Rad Women Worldwide.” In this episode, Miriam discusses her philosophy of public art, her career as an art teacher at Berkeley High, and the histories of the women and nonbinary people featured in her illustrations. See images related to this episode at: https://eastbayyesterday.com/episodes/nurses-novelists-politicians-and-punks/ East Bay Yesterday can't survive without your support. Please donate to keep this show alive: www.patreon.com/eastbayyesterday

As Berkeley High welcomes students back onto campus for the 2022-2023 school year, many are feeling overwhelmed by starting school. The best way to manage all of this? Take care of yourself and recognize your needs so that you can be at your best. Jacket Podcast producers Miriam Reichenberg and Sofia Rodriguez spoke to students about what they do to practice self-care. This episode is the first in a series exploring students' mental health. It was executive produced by Miriam Reichenberg and Sofia Rodriguez, and was edited by Lucy Rickart-Webb. You can find more episodes and coverage of the Berkeley High community at our website, berkeleyhighjacket.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

We interview Dawn Ferreira, PHd about how art enriches our education system. She is head of the Black Studies Department at Berkeley High which includes a dance program of the African Diaspora. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rbaartis/support

On this episode of WTF California Podcast, we get some breaking news out of Washington regarding the Alexis Gabe case which Oakley Police will update later Thursday. Morning earthquake in Bay Point. We highlight a recent campaign ad by supporters of Diana Becton for District Attorney in which Mary Knox issued a fact check. If Becton had any integrity she would apologize and remove the ad from circulation. Berkeley teen arrested for recruiting others for high school mass shooting and bomb threat. We tough on two criminal reform bills that are terrible in AB 300 and AB 333. Meanwhile, 1700 lbs of fireworks confiscated and Elon Musk tells Tesla employees to go back to office full-time. Articles From the Show: Fugitive murder suspect fatally shot by law enforcement officers in Kent, police say Becton Supporters Release Grossly Exploitative Political Attack Ad Affecting Grieving Antioch Family New fire station in Oakley aims to improve response times in eastern Contra Costa Teen arrested after recruiting others for Berkeley High mass shooting and bombing plot Man arrested for allegedly making bomb threats to 5 L.A. schools 16-year-old student shot in front of Grant High School in Van Nuys, campus on lockdown Tulare County DA Warns of Fallout with Reduced Sentences for Gang Crimes Solano County sees rise in teens dying from fentanyl LA City Council approves ban on homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools Chula Vista parents air frustrations over homeless encampment near school Over 1,700 lbs. of illegal fireworks confiscated, one arrested in Porterville California details racist past in 500-page slave reparations report Elon Musk tells Tesla employees to return to office full-time or ‘depart' company Former executive gets prison for $1 billion solar fraud  

Comprehensive coverage of the day's news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Biden Administration announces 700 million more in military aid for Ukraine San Francisco area lawyers pledge to defend people seeking and providing abortions from out of state prosecution Spending tops seven million dollars in campaign to recall S.F. District Attorney Chesa Boudin Separate threats of violence target Los Angeles and Berkeley High Schools Lawsuit seeks to block logging in Los Padres National Forest   Image: DVIDSHUB, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons   The post Russia says new U.S. missile delivery to Ukraine “fuels the fire”; Bay Area lawyers organize abortion defense project; Threats of violence against Los Angeles & Berkeley High Schools appeared first on KPFA.

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This episode was produced by Clara Brownstein. It was written by Clara Brownstein, Aelia Gyger, and Sophie Horvath, and interviews were also conducted by Jeremy Herpin and Miriam Reichenberg. This episode was edited by Asha Baudart-Gehlawat. You can find more episodes and coverage of the Berkeley High community at our website, berkeleyhighjacket.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

DMP Olympic correspondent Dan Wetzel checks in, Gov. Whitmer's spending plan, J-Lo's struggles, Cologuard's instructional manual, Drew Crime, and we enroll in the Invisible College of Experimental Flatology.There are some really sad and hungry Olympians in Beijing.Dave Portnoy appeared on the MeidasTouch podcast and busted one of them during the interview. Portnoy also posted his lawsuit vs. Business Insider on Barstool.We're tired of the Joe Rogan debacle. Something called Rumble has offered him $100,000,000 for a 4-year contract. Spotify is throwing money at unnamed charities to SHUT UP everyone complaining about RoganTrudi has a case of the Mondays. She partied hard with Marcus and Tom Labuda at the bowling alley.Drew is really getting into Mötley Crüe. Tom Petty and Axl Rose sang together once and no one knew.Our official Olympic correspondent, Dan Wetzel, joins us with coverage LIVE from Royal Oak, MI. The ratings suck. Zhu Yi disappoints two countries.Jennifer Lopez still wants everyone to nail her. Life has been tough for JLo.Trudi and Zooves may have a future custody battle of television sets.COVID news: Hygiene theater is OVER. No more masks in New Jersey schools. BranDon prefers pantyhose over masks. Super spreader Mardi Gras is back.The Invisible College of Experimental Flatology has been studying farts scientifically for years.Andrew Cuomo maintains his innocence and is considering running for office again. Mama Cuomo has been canceled.Donald Trump's coffee table book is killing it.Cologuard's instructional manual has some of the best illustrations and warnings.MUSIC: Elton John's in town tomorrow. The Who is coming to town again. Van Morrison's cranky ole butt is going on tour. Rage Against the Machine has been pushed back again. Trudi is about to see Slash. Alice in Chains sells their catalog. RHCP have a new tune and Anthony Kiedis is apparently Irish now. Drew goes down a Thelonious Monster rabbit hole.The Buzzboard explains the H*** scandal and then wonders why we're 'The Drew & Mike Show'.Every podcast in the world makes more than we do.Drew Crime: Dave Thompson loved basketball... and cocaine. Don't smoke cocaine, kids. Jared Remy is the biggest load son possibly ever.No more steroid tests in MLB. This will make the game way better.Will Arnett has a new detective show on Netflix called Murderville and it rules.BranDon is jealous of success and hates Jimmy Kimmel & Dax Shepard.PETA is angry at Jackass Forever.The Daily Beast wants more Hunter Biden stories in the news. BranDon wants all the intel officers who said it looks like "Russian Disinformation" to apologize.Gretchen Whitmer released her budget and everyone is getting a bonus just in time for re-election. At least the pumps are getting some money.The Crumbley parents need to knock off the PDA.Berkeley High is #OxfordStronger.Nicky Hopkins has a verified and active Twitter account despite being dead before Twitter was born.Trudi wants to nail the new Jack Reacher.Social media is dumb but we're on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels and BranDon).

Safety officers are an integral, but often overlooked, part of Berkeley High School. This episode delves into their experiences during the pandemic and return to school, day-to-day jobs, and relationships with students. This episode was produced by Clara Brownstein. It was written by Clara Brownstein, Aelia Gyger, and Sophie Horvath, and interviews were also conducted by Jeremy Herpin and Miriam Reichenberg. This episode was edited by Asha Baudart-Gehlawat. You can find more episodes and coverage of the Berkeley High community at our website, berkeleyhighjacket.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

DJ Igor Beatz is a long-standing DJ at BayLifeRadio.  IGOR's mission is to bring people together through music. Igor is all about the cannabis higher life lifestyle that we like to discuss on this program. A product of Berkeley High, (he has lived in SF, Oakland, and all over the Bay Area), IGOR holds the record for staging and hosting the longest running showcase in California over 500 consecutive Tuesdays, and he once put 34 artists on stage in one night. Most rappers in the Bay Area have at some point been in studio or on stage with DJ Igor Beatz. Igor remains very relevant by working with rappers like Mr. Fab, Philthy Rich, and many rising Bay Area rappers and musicians as he strives to spotlight great upcoming talent (mostly from the Bay Area and SoCal) while paying homage to music pioneers like Snoop Dogg. With over 4,000 Instagram followers, Igor has recently begun work on a documentary film on the Oaktown Sound (about "beat mixers, rappers, chickenhawks, gatekeepers, young bucks, and old schoolers" - street cred lingo), and he discusses different strains of weed, Oakland and The East Bay, his new product, Uncle Igor's Mud Water (made in Oakland, hand-brewed, Cannabis-flavored Tea), Tiny Stage Concerts, Baylife Entertainment, and the overall 420 Lifestyle of WEED on the daily, the medicine it provides, and the creative process where cannabis helps in collaboration.Find more at: https://w420radionetwork.com/s3-e18-veteran-suicide-awareness-market-analysis-dj-igor-beatz-pandemic-patterns/

Beyond the Buckets Ep. #81 Wade Nakamura - Presentation Girls Basketball Coach Wade Nakamura is the head girls basketball coach at Presentation High School.  He has previously coached at Homestead High School, Leland High School and has won six CCS championships as a head coach in his 24 year coaching career.  Wade is the son of legendary coach Gene Nakamura who was the head coach at Berkeley High for 25 years.  Gene Nakamura’s won three state titles, eight NorCal crowns and 563 career victories.  Wade has created his own legacy in the and is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in the Bay Area.  Out now on all podcast platforms! #podcast #beyondthebuckets #show #basketball #coach #life #lifestyle #coaching #entrepreneur #business #ceo #lifecoach #mentalperformance #YouTube http://ow.ly/3kdI30qOSc6  #Applehttp://ow.ly/cAeV30qOSc8  #Spotify http://ow.ly/7EIe30qOSc9 

This week we jump inside the huddle with special guest, Oakland & CFL legend Dante Marsh! Marsh is now the Defensive coordinator for Delta Junior College and also trains athletes at FIT (Factory Institute of Training) in Stockton , CA. We get coach Marsh's full football story, coming from humble beginnings out of North Oakland, Marsh starts his high school career at Berkeley High before going on to tell us how he transferred to McClymond's High School to play for the legendary coach Alonzo Carter. Next we go over coach Marsh recruiting process coming out of high school and how he ended up at Fresno St. We also cover:NFL vs. CFL experienceBreaking down NFL contractsWinning 2 grey cup titles in the CFLPutting together a HOF like careerBreaks down Coach Marsh Ideal DB: Speed - Deion Sanders/Darell Green, Ball Skills/Awareness - Charles Woodson, Coverage Skills - Charles Woodson/Champ Bailey Tackling - Sean Taylor Coach Marsh's all time secondary -CB: Deion Sanders & Champ BaileyNickel: Charles WoodsonSS: Sean TaylorFS: Ed ReedHave any questions, comments or ideas for the show? email us at the510huddle@gmail.com Follow Coach Allen on social media: @dmarsh31 & @dantemarshFollow us on social media: Twitter: @The510H @coachdlane510 @isiahwalters IG: @the510huddle @coachdlane @isiahwalters **intro/outro : @lulbearrubberband beat produce by: @yerofromthenickel557@backwoodharriiis @godbodydame**mixed by: @donjohn510Support the show (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu1xG9G-2lbtsy5oyfwdMjg?)

Been wanting to have Rexx Life Raj on the show for some years now and finally worked it out. The Bay Area native has a butter smooth delivery, intuitive sense of melody, and a plethora of range in topics and emotional depth. His latest release California Poppy 2 finds him releasing the sequel to his heralded 2018 tape. While that release found him collaborating with Bay legend E-40, the follow up welcomes New Orleans legend Juvenile to the party as well. Raj started rapping in high school, when Berkeley High was bubbling with an immense amount of talent, but being a D-1 football prospect led him to college in Boise State. While athletics kept him busy from 5am to 9pm with workouts starting at 5:45 in the morning, he still found time to work on music whenever he could. Upon returning home to the Bay and writing raps while running delivery routes for his parents' business, the music slowly but surely started to catch on. By the time his single "Handheld GPS" took off, he knew he'd found his path. Tune in to hear us talk about majoring in communications, starting therapy during the pandemic, and still doing deliveries for his parents in his new Tesla. -Lee --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode of the Berkeley High Jacket Podcast looks into Berkeley Unified School District's plans for reopening safely in 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

Art displaying solidarity between Indigenous & Black activists, from Instagram post by @99rootz On this show: 0:08 – 5.4 million people in the U.S. lost their health insurance coverage during Covid-19, and premiums are expected to skyrocket next year, including in the marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act. We speak with Stan Dorn (@standorn), director of the National Center for Coverage Innovation at Families USA.  0:34 – CA Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced statewide closures of all bars, and indoor dining, movies, cardrooms and more. The state's re-closing as hospitalizations have surged due to Covid-19 — are Newsom's actions enough, and do they come too late? Art Reingold, the Division Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, joins us.  0:45 – The Washington, D.C. NFL team has dropped a vicious anti-Indigenous racial slur from its name, after years of organizing and legal action by Indigenous organizers and tribal nations as well as court cases. But Jacqueline Keeler (@jfkeeler) says this moment is only possible because of the reckoning caused by the Black activists organizing after the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Keeler is a writer and activist of Diné and Ihanktonwan Dakota heritage, co-founder of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry, and editor in chief of Pollen Nation Magazine. 1:08 – Martinez held a peaceful 2,000-person-strong march for Black lives on Sunday, despite threats of racist counterprotesters and over the objections of the mayor and the police department. Sevgi Fernandez founded Together We Stand, an organization dedicated to dismantling racism, discrimination and police brutality, and organized Sunday's protest in Martinez — she joins us to talk about what happened. 1:34 – Berkeley High students on Monday held a ten-hour campout at the city police department building to demand the police department be defunded by at least 50%. We air voices of those students and talk with Cheryl Davila, Berkeley City Councilmember for District 2, who has an item before the city council today to substantially defund the police. Davila also shares her own experience with traffic stops in Berkeley — activists say traffic stops are often racially motivated and lead to deadly police encounters between officers and Black and Brown residents. Another measure before Berkeley City Council today would take police out of traffic stops. The public can find the agenda and information about participating in the meeting here. 1:49 – What is it like to bike while Black in Berkeley? Reporter Danielle Kaye spoke with Black Berkeley residents who have been policed. The post How Indigenous and Black organizing pushed Washington's NFL team to drop its racist slur name; Newsom re-closes businesses across California; Meet the Berkeley councilwoman trying to defund police appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 – “It's not a broken system. It's a system that's working exactly as it was built to work, as a way to control, harm, repress and kill people. and because it's not broken, policing can't be reformed to be made less violent. Minor tweaks to the way police look or operate are not going to address the violence of policing.” So says Nick DeRenzi, member of prison abolition group Critical Resistance and the No New SF Jail coalition, who envisions what it looks like not just to reform, but to abolish police departments. 0:34 – The statewide shelter in place mandate has derailed the education of students of color. We talk to Babalwa Kwanele, a mental health clinician, parent advocate and mother of three school-age children, and take your calls. Photo: Bob Jagendorf The post Communities across U.S. demand abolition of police; Black students at Berkeley High issue demands for racial justice & educational equity appeared first on KPFA.

This week on Aurora Connects, Josh and Dawn will be joined by African American Studies & English teacher Alan Miller, drama teacher Jordan Winer, and Berkeley High student and actor Dwayne Clay, to chat about Aurora's Community Partners Program. Berkeley High was the Aurora's first community partner, paired with our Fall 2019 production of Exit Strategy. We'll learn more about the Community Partners Program and discuss how the Bay Area's stay-at-home order is affecting Berkeley schools, students, and faculty. For more information on these artists: https://auroratheatre.org/auroraconnectsTo Donate please go to https://bit.ly/SupportAuroraTheatreCompany or email Development Coordinator Kendra Johnson, kjohnson@auroratheatre.orgFor Technical Support please email techsupport@auroratheatre.orgSend us questions to answer or topics to discuss in future episodes, or ideas for what we can do. connects@auroratheatre.orgHosts- Dawn Monique Williams Josh CostelloGuests- Alan Miller Jordan Winer Dwayne ClayProducers Dayna Kalakau, Dawn Monique Williams, Amanda MasonGraphic Designer Karen LoccisanoPodcast Engineer Cameron SwartzellOpening Music Cliff CaruthersBroadcasting support James ArdAurora Theatre Company Staff: Josh Costello, Julie Saltzman Kellner, Dawn Monique Williams, Dayna Kalakau, Cameron Swartzell, Amanda Mason, Betsy Ruck, Dave Shultz, Katherine Sanderlin, Kendra Johnson

Rachel Alper, Naomi Birenbaum, and Sophia Whyte interview members of the Berkeley High community about their experience being Jewish at the school. Reporting by Rachel Alper, Naomi Birenbaum, and Sophia Whyte Hosted by Naomi Birenbaum Edited by Rachel Alper --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

This week: Leslie Hsu Freeman, manager of dual enrollment for Oakland Unified, describes Oakland's dual enrollment program and the value it brings for first-generation college students; and we discuss the weeklong protests at Berkeley High.

The students of Berkeley High are fighting to make their campus more sustainable. Then, a Cirque du Soleil clown talks about life under the big top. And, this week's Audiograph, a signature sound from around the Bay.

This episode takes an in depth look at the issue of teen vaping through interviews with members of the Berkeley High community and drug policy expert and advocate Ethan Nadelmann. Directed by Rachel Alper (@rachel.alper) Edited by Gunner Lee (@_gunner_lee_) Hosted by Naomi Birenbaum (@naomibiren) and Bennett Thompson (@bennettleethompson) Reporting by Sophia Whyte (@sophiacwhyte) and Rachel Alper --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bhsjacket/message

Alonzo Carter spent five years as a backup dancer and lead choreographer for legendary rapper MC Hammer. Now he's the running backs coach and lead recruiting coordinator for the San Jose State football team. In between, he coached track and football at McClymonds High in West Oakland, three years as the head coach for Berkeley High football, and was the head coach at Contra Costa Junior College. "Coach Zo" has changed the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, but few people knew about his dancing past. In fact, even though I spent 3.5 years covering high school sports for The Oakland Tribune, I never knew about his connection to MC Hammer. That all changed after practice one day in 2018, when San Jose State head football coach Brent Brennan asked the DJ to play "U Can't Touch This" and motioned for Carter to show their players a few dance moves. A staffer filmed the scene, posted it on the internet, and the video went viral. In Episode 15 of the "Life Around the Seams" podcast, we learn what baseball player gave Stanley Burrell the "Hammer" nickname, and which players provided a loan that launched his musical career. But since this is primarily a story about a football coach, we're calling it "Life Around the Laces," as we learn how Alonzo Carter went from student at (then) Cal State Hayward to touring with Hammer, why he left the music industry, and how the showmanship of being around Hammer has influenced his successful coaching career. 

Glenn is a biology teacher at Berkeley High School, in Berkeley, California. With a few breaks, including working as a school administrator about 15 years ago and in the multimedia industry during the 1990s, Glenn has been working as a teacher since 1987. He’s currently also a co-leader for the Berkeley High science department and has worked as a small schools leader, and co-coordinator for professional development. Glenn is well known for his music videos posted on YouTube and on sciencemusicvideos.com. These include The Cell Song, DNA, Fantastic!, and Membranes! His main project now is creating an online AP, College-level Biology curriculum: think of it as an interactive, online textbook. He’s also working on producing biology lectures on his youtube channel, and an AP Biology test-prep app (soon to be released).

I was born in New Jersey, but moved to Massachusetts when I was eight. I came down to Charleston for college so mathematically I’m still a Yankee for four more years. After that I will have lived here longer than I have above the Mason-Dixon line. Surprisingly, my husband was born and raised in Massachusetts. We grew up ten minutes away from each other. We never met until we were down here. I began working at Berkeley High as a PE teacher, volleyball and basketball coach after college. Charlie is an English teacher. We met on my third day at the school and have been side by side since. With our northern blood and approach to life, I attempted a series called Tales of a Transplant, but nobody down here seemed to care for them. Such is life. I continue to write each day regardless of my schedule, or which hat I must throw on. I truly believe my calling from God is to be a writer. I have been asked by a college to speak at one of their chapel services in the 2019-2020 school year. Although I have never been much for public speaking, I feel honored and at peace. I know it is what I am meant to do. As for hobbies, I am quite active. I need to keep in shape as a personal trainer, but I desire to stay in shape for my love of fitness and the results. I read as often as time, and little ones, allow. I’ll read anything from government agents fighting the mysterious international villains to growing my business, to spiritual growth, to short stories, and I love young adult reads. I am a crafty person as well. I used to own a shop in Downtown Summerville called Downtown Crossing. Everything was handmade by myself, my mother, or my sister-in-law. Though the shop is closed, I still love making candles, jewelry, and even knitting. I have shocked quite a few people when I bust out the knitting needles to make a dish cloth. I believe in busy hands. I even work as an Usborne Books and More consultant. I am quite active in church life. I won’t go into details, but I do work the sound booth for our Sunday morning service. I enjoy being a part of the women’s Bible study group. My husband teaches the K-2nd class on Sunday mornings. We lead Financial Peace University classes. And most importantly we try our best to be godly leaders for all around us. My life is an open book, no pun intended. I’m busy constantly, but enjoying the moments that present themselves. jjsweeney.weebly.com FB: Jewel Sweeney Author jsweeneyauthor@gmail.com 843.697.1527 this episode is sponsored by www.LiveOakRealEstate.net

This episode of FRDH is about Berkeley and the high point of the revolution of the 1960's as host Michael Goldfarb remembers it. Revolution is a romantic word and a bloody practice. This autumn "revolution" will be discussed a lot, as we mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution. The word will also come into use as we move towards the 50th anniversary remembrances of 1968, the year of student revolution. The University of California Berkeley, is where student revolution was effectively born in the US, during the Free Speech Movement. That was a movement of the left. Free Speech Week which may well spark a riot, is a movement of the right and it providing pundits the opportunity to note the irony that Berkeley, home of the Free Speech Movement, has become anti-Free Speech. In this FRDH podcast Goldfarb recounts the story of the Free Speech Movement, the fight over People's Park and recalls a memorable rally on Berkeley campus addressed by Herbert Marcuse and Angela Davis. He then describes a moment of calm in the intensity of the Sixties, a calm that he calls the High Point of the Revolution.

Co-founder and co-editor Lance Knobel discusses challenges and mission of Berkeleyside, a pioneer in the field of online local journalism and a blueprint for hyperlocal news.TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:You're listening to method to the madness, a weekly public affairs show on k a l expertly celebrating bay area innovators on your host, Lisa Kieffer. And today I'm interviewing Lance Nobel Co founder and Co editor of Berkeley's award-winning independent online news site, Berkeley side. What is the secret to Berkeleyside side's success? What Speaker 2:accounts for Berkeley side's particular sort of ambition and success? First, [00:00:30] everybody involved in Berkeley side, particularly the three founders, myself, Francis Tinkle Spiel, and Tracy Taylor, all of us came to Berkeley side with a lots of experience, you know, many decades of work in journalism. So we bring that knowledge and experience to it and I think that shows in how we cover things, how we write about things, our seriousness, our intent, all of those things manifest. I think we're also incredibly fortunate [00:01:00] in the nature of Berkeley. Um, that can't be denied. Um, this is a city, first of all, where there's tons of news. We're never short of interesting, fascinating, complex things to write about readers. Yes, that's the second part. Readers who really care, um, and are very, very engaged, which is, I don't think that common. I think there's no denying that Berkeley ins have [00:01:30] a particularly intense involvement in what's happening in their city. Speaker 2:How do you get your stories? We get our stories in a number of ways. Um, one obviously is, you know, the conventional journalistic way of getting stories. I'm pounding the pavement, speaking to people, going to city council meetings, seeing that there's a hearing on a building, all of those very, very conventional things. What is new for Berkeleyside and I think for many others is that [00:02:00] our community is also an incredibly important source of news for us. That may range from getting a phone call or a tweet or a Facebook comment. Hey Berkeleyside I heard sirens, what's going on? And that would trigger a call from us to the police or that these news stories that come to you? Yeah, we, we get, we don't just mindlessly retweet things. We, we, we try and be quite rigorous about things. But if, [00:02:30] uh, somebody particularly, you know, often, you know, at this point, we're seven years old, so we know a lot of our readers, particularly the people that are engaged and get in touch with us, said, you there are people we, we've got a lot of faith and trust in and they've established a track record that's different than just getting something out of the blue. Speaker 2:But, you know, we get a lot of tips, which as I say, maybe very simple, um, I smell smoke. You know, is there something happening? What's the helicopter doing over, you know, my street, [00:03:00] uh, you know, I hear police sirens. You know, we had a fascinating story, uh, just a few weeks ago where somebody phoned us and said, I came across a really strange thing and it was a pile of discarded ballot papers that county ballot that sent out. Somebody had found a bundle of, I forget what it was, 43, just in a recycling bin and said, what on earth is going on? And so he had himself phoned [00:03:30] the, uh, registrar of voters who said, that shouldn't be happening. And then the police got involved and they said, this is evidence of current. And he called us and said, you might want to look into this and Emily Ragu. Speaker 2:So our amazing, you know, senior reporter, you know, she kind of got on the trail and you know, she on Facebook and Twitter said, hey, are people having issues with the mail? And it turned out that this was not an isolated incident that [00:04:00] the mail carriers and Berkeley have been so kind of overwhelmed by the volume of mail, particularly in the election season, but also the fewer resources in the post office or there are fewer mail carriers for greater volume being required to do double shifts. So all of these things, people were getting their mail delivered at midnight. Uh, people were finding their mail had just been dumped. There were all sorts of problems and that all came from just one phone call. So, [00:04:30] you know, that's, I wouldn't say it's typical, but it's not uncommon for something different from nature. Newspapers like New York Times. I mean, don't they get tips as well? Speaker 2:And of course, most famously in this last election season, neither one of the New York Times reporters, when she looked in her mailbox or the New York Times, they're where the Trump tax returns. Unfortunately, only one set of tax returns from way back when. But you know, that that was fantastic investigative journalism that [00:05:00] just fell into her lap. So yeah, that does happen. But I think it is the case that, you know, local news has a particularly intimate relationship with its readers. Um, and so we benefit from that. It's also the case that, you know, we're in a world where everyone has the ability to be an observer reporter in their way, whether it's through things they say on Facebook or Twitter and, you know, we're harvesting all [00:05:30] that. And I think, you know, when I worked in journalism, you know, in the pre-digital age, all of us were aware of kind of getting letters written in green ink, um, which is the sign of a kind of crazy, cranky person. Sometimes they're interesting things. More often than not, it's a sign of a crazy cranky person that has no, no, no. A basis, in fact. So that kind of thing has always happened, but there's so many new avenues and I think the, uh, intelligent [00:06:00] news organization finds ways to tap in, harvest, all those new ways of getting information. Speaker 3:You make a distinction between content providers and real journalism and the dangers that we face when real journalistic investigations, et Cetera, don't happen. You've been known to solve what is known as wicked problems. Is this one of the challenges and the problems that you're trying to solve at Berkeley side? I mean, in general? Speaker 2:Awesome. Well, we're, we're incredibly committed to [00:06:30] a profound belief in the importance of journalism for our democracy in a city like Berkeley. No one else is really going to be the watchdog of what's happening. You know, we're pretty rare in being, you know, journalists that show up every city council meeting. Uh, we show up every meeting of this happening, adjustment forward. Uh, we show up to the school board, all of these things you need, you need the sunlight, uh, that, you [00:07:00] know, good journalism can provide. I think that's incredibly important. The thing I'd shy away from is creating this kind of hard and fast distinction between journalists and others. We're fortunate in this country that we don't have any licensing scheme for journalists. Many, many, many years ago I ran a small publishing company in Italy and to be journalists Sta in Italy, you know, you needed to have, you know, that license to show you [00:07:30] were a professional journalist. Speaker 2:No one level you could say, well that's good. Everybody has to have certain professional standards they meet and you know, why shouldn't they be licensed the way doctors and lawyers, given that you believe journalism is important, shouldn't you have something that says this person is fit to serve as a journalist? I would reject that. Absolutely. I suspect if anyone, and maybe uh, president Trump will try this, if anyone tried to do it, I'm pretty sure it would be shown to be unconstitutional as [00:08:00] a suppression of the free press and free speech. People commit acts of journalism all the time and they don't have to necessarily be journalists. I don't believe that there is a sacred class to whom these acts of journalism are a kind of holy order with a secret language and a, you know, a decoder ring. Speaker 3:It's been a bit of a wild west lately. There've been some fake news sites, especially during this election cycle Speaker 2:is a huge problem. And [00:08:30] you know, our friends at Facebook, you know, down there in Menlo Park, one would hope if there is a sense of responsibility there, they need to look at their algorithmic approach to showing people things that allegedly they'll be interested in where wholly fake news. I mean there are organizations that have set up to provide fake news because they know it can appear in people's Facebook feeds and you can monetize that, you know, [00:09:00] if you get traffic to your site. This is horrific. Uh, you know, Brian Stelter who talks about the media on CNN has done some fantastic work and has spoken out in really incisive ways about how to guard against fake news. And you know, we all need to be aware of that. Any of us who are in our forties, 50s, 60s, we didn't grow up in a digital age. Speaker 2:Um, we grew up in an age where newspapers were on paper or you listened to the radio or watch television, but we [00:09:30] learned the cues where you could discern between what is authoritative and what is fake. Or at least you thought you did and you knew you, you gained a good sense of your something that was the national enquirer by the supermarket checkout. You would guarded that as having a different relationship to the truth. Then, uh, the New York Times or the La Times or the San Francisco Chronicle, you kind of understood that at a very [00:10:00] instinctive level in the digital world, a lot of those cues have been removed. You're the, the generation that's growing up that's wholly digital. I'm confident my two sons will never buy a paper newspaper, but they, I think you have from a very early age, you develop the instincts to understand what's real and what's fake in a digital realm. Speaker 1:Their children may have a critical analysis that many, many people do not get educated. Speaker 2:But I think all of us need to learn [00:10:30] and find ways to make that discernment and to learn to that filtering process to learn what can I trust, what can I believe in and how can I develop the skills to dig in and find something? Is that real? Before I mindlessly repost it and send it and share it with my friend? Speaker 1:If you're just tuning in, you're listening to method to the madness, a weekly public affairs show on k a l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay area innovators. [00:11:00] Today I'm interviewing Lance Noble, Co founder and Co editor of Berkeley side. You lived in England for like 20 years, 27 years, and then you came back to the states. How did the idea Berkeley side enter your framework? Speaker 2:Very simple and very innocent. Tracey Francis and I, Tracy, who's my wife, Frances was a friend. Our children went to school together, so we were all journalists, all knew each other and we were aware [00:11:30] and lamenting the fact that the city we live in, there was no way to find out what was going on. When you landed in Berkeley. Yeah, we moved to Berkeley. When we moved from London, Tracy and I, you know, in Speaker 1:what was going on at the time. What were people reading? Speaker 2:If you wanted local news, there was nothing. I mean there was a, the Berkeley dally planet eat, which at that time was still coming out on paper twice a week. But the Berkeley daily planet was, you know, very clearly about advocacy journalism. It covered some things. It ignored other [00:12:00] things. If you wanted to know what's happening at Berkeley High, you would never read about it in the Berkeley daily planet. If you wanted to know, you know about crime, you know, they did the occasional police blotter item, but that wasn't, uh, the core of their being. They were trying to press a point of view and to give a perspective as they saw it on a, you know, the politics of the city and particularly the politics of development and things like that. There was no where, other than the occasional [00:12:30] story in the chronicle maybe, but there was no one that was regularly covering what's happening in our city. Speaker 2:And we thought, hey, we know how to do this. And we started it thinking this is something that will be interesting to do from time to time. And you were thinking digitally at the time. Oh yes, from the word go. It was going to be native to the Internet. I mean, seven years later I think we'd been proved right in that no dream whatsoever of putting ink on paper and [00:13:00] you know, having the delivery trucks rollout or any of that sort of stuff we believed in. And we're very committed to this being a digital, uh, new source. But at a very early stage people said, this is great, you know, where have you been all my life? What were you telling? What kind of stories? Just stuff that struck our fancy. Um, both, both things. Both little things. You know, I saw this, I was curious about it. Speaker 2:I tried to find out, but also, you know, started going to city council and writing about that. And He, Berkeley and [00:13:30] Berkeley, eons have a very distinct view of themselves. I can recall people pushing back at us and saying, well, you haven't been here for 20 years so you don't understand anything and you're never going to understand anything because he, and uh, we rejected that. We didn't think that person or people that said that were correct. And I think, you know, we've had the last laugh on that one. Let's talk more about that. How you ramped up, what got you on the map? All of our, our growth has been organic. [00:14:00] You know, people saying to friends, Hey, you know, did you see this story on Berkeley's side? What on earth is Berkeleyside? Oh, you don't get Berkley side. You know, you should have a look at it and it ran. Speaker 2:It remains free and you do. So it has been entirely growth by word of mouth, but there is beyond doubt. There are some stories that, you know, capture greater attention. You know, an early story in Berkeleyside was the gourmet ghetto mountain lion, you know, which [00:14:30] we covered, you know, from early in the day. It happened in the middle of the night. Uh, you know, a mountain lion wandered down from the hills into the gourmet ghetto was seen, reported to the police, the police, you know, deployed, uh, eventually found the mountain lion much to the sadness of many. But I think the only choice the police had was they had to kill this mountain lion. All of us, you know, from comics and TV shows, you think, oh, why didn't they use a tranquilizer [00:15:00] dart? It turns out that if you shoot a mountain lion with a tranquilizer dart, it can probably run for a mile and a mile and a half. Speaker 2:And you do not want a mountain lion running through the streets when, you know, we have, you know, homeless people, we have children that might've been out, you know, for some reason, um, a whole bunch of reasons where you do not want a mountain lion running through the street anyway, the police had to kill this mountain lion. Uh, we wrote about this, uh, it's the kind of story [00:15:30] that does go viral. And so that gave us a burst. Fast forward to when there were the large black lives matter protests and demonstrations in Berkeley. You know, we covered that literally around the clock, you know, reporter following what was happening, writing about it live, you know, tweeting, Facebooking, updating the story on our site. You know, posting videos round the clock without cece and our readership really spiked [00:16:00] during that, Speaker 3:picked up by other news outlets. Speaker 2:It certainly was picked up in many places. We covered it better than anyone else. You know, the protests were big enough that lots of media were covering that story, but we covered it. You're so visibly better than anyone else. Lots of people learned about Berkeleyside then. And that gave us a huge base. The balcony collapse, uh, you know, was a story covered all around the world. But several days after the balcony collapse when most of the world's media had left because the story had [00:16:30] moved on, you know, I think in the next two or three months after that collapse, we published 60 stories about the balcony collapse. So we are committed to what's happening in this city and we follow stories with an intensity and a concentration that other people are just not going to do. And you know, the thing we always talk about as both our joy and our burden is that, you know, when people smell, spoke or hear a siren, [00:17:00] the immediate thought they have or hear a helicopter they think is, I need to look at Berkeley cyclists. They're going to tell me what's going on. We love that. But it also means, you know, we have to be on our toes all the time to reward that faith that people [inaudible] Speaker 3:we'll have that. We'll be reporting on it. Yeah. Know, I feel like with this recent election that there's almost a bigger faith in local news coverage because so much of the national media gave a pass to the president of luck. There were a lot of issues around media. Yeah. I think cable news [00:17:30] blew it. Yeah. Speaker 2:More than, uh, newspapers blew it. I mean, the Washington Post in particular I think did a fantastic job of covering your David Farren told on the fraud of the Trump foundation. Um, you know, if he doesn't win the Pulitzer and every other prize going, something is very wrong. So there's some that did a very good job. Yeah, New York Times was very up and down. It had, you know, Maggie Haberman and a few others. There were some great reporting, but there were also, you know, totally freaking [00:18:00] out about the nothing burger of the emails on Hillary's side and also for a long time normalizing very abnormal behavior. In the case of Trump, I mean, they eventually caught on and called lies, lies. But there was, it took a long time. Speaker 3:And what was, what were the cues that were missed there? If the data was wrong, the polls were wrong. Speaker 2:This is not my area of expertise. I read about it endlessly, but you know, I'm reading other extras that the Poles actually weren't wrong. Nate silver has pointed out that the polls [00:18:30] are going to turn out to be more accurate for 2016 than they were for 2012. What wasn't accurate were the state by state polls. The national polls got the vote pretty close. Hillary is going to end up being probably 2% with 2% more of the vote. Then Donald Trump at the level that counts, uh, the 50 contest in our states with electoral college. Some of the polls fell down very badly. You know, Michigan, Wisconsin. Speaker 3:[00:19:00] You've talked about some of the challenges facing Berkeley side. I just read a University of Missouri study that said many of the challenges are reduction in revenue from display advertising and just being sustainable. You've managed to stay sustainable. Can you talk about what your revenue model is and some of the things that you're doing in order to remain sustainable? Speaker 2:We make revenue three different ways and I think it's an important that we have different, we have a diversified source of revenues. Uh, we're not relying on any one source. [00:19:30] I think that's incredibly important for us. Advertising remains the most important source. The second important source of revenue for us is our members. Berkeleyside doesn't make people pay for the news. And as far as we're concerned, we'll never make people pay for the news, but we allow people to pay for the news. What we have found remarkable, and this is another area where I think Berkeley in this are proving to be a very special breed of people. When we ask people, do you want to pay for the news? A lot [00:20:00] of people say, sure, I'll pay something. And we have about 1200 people who pay an average of about $70 a year Speaker 3:membership. Do you say pay what you can? You Speaker 2:know, if you go to the support page on Berkeleyside, uh, what you see prominently is give 25, 10 or $5 a month. But you can also see below that give whatever you want. And so it's choose your own menu. Is this growing every year? Have you been met? Every year has grown, no question about [00:20:30] it. And we think there's a lot of room for growth in the revenue there. But as I say at the moment, we have about 1200 members a giving an average of $70 a year. So those members, our readers and certainly our members, overwhelmingly Berkeley fans. And then third area of revenue. And it's another one where we think there is a lot of room for growth is events. You know, we've recently had the fourth edition of the uncharted ideas festival. It's grown every year. How many [00:21:00] people came out? We had about 400 people. Speaker 2:You know, one of the reasons why there are a number of reasons why we think there is a lot of potential with uncharted and potentially other events. Um, one is, although there's a lot of room we believe for growth with our core Berkeleyside, the advertising, the membership, we're clearly geographically constrained with that. There are only so many people, so many advertisers that want to reach those people. So many people that could be members with uncharted, we don't have [00:21:30] that geographic constraint. We have a scattering of people and at the moment it's only a scattering. But you know, there's a couple that comes every year from San Diego. You know, they make it kind of part of their plans. A, some people come from uh, Napa County and you know, they, you know, one woman said to me, this is so fantastic, you know, nothing like this happens where I live, you know, I'm going to get all my friends to come so we're not geographically constrained. Speaker 2:We're also not constrained in terms of the companies we can go to [00:22:00] who can sponsor on charter in their mini Davos, which I used to run Dava. So I actually don't think it's a mini Davos in any way. Cause Davos is about, uh, the super rich and the super powerful, the dirty secret of Davos and many things like Davos is powerful. People are often uninteresting or certainly uninteresting at the level of ideas. It is vanishingly rare for a CEO to be interesting, at least [00:22:30] interesting on a public stage. Most of them are trained to give you oatmeal all the time because what's wrong for them is saying something that's going to be interesting or quotable or different. That's a bad thing for them. We don't want those people that uncharted, we want people who are going to provoke you and make you think and make you challenged what you've always thought and perhaps you disagree and perhaps you disagree, but certainly introduce you to things you never thought [00:23:00] about before. Speaker 2:That's a very, very different challenge. And the liberation for me of doing what we do with uncharted is I can pick people who have no impressive title whatsoever that people have not heard about, but they are fascinating thinkers and we can put them on stage. And I, you know, I, I kind of hope and believe you will be hearing from these people, but you don't need those credentials in advance to get on the stage. That uncharted. And that's, that's very liberating for us. And I think it's fascinating [00:23:30] for the people who come. So, so it's advertising membership events and we think that tripod of revenues is he to our health. I have noticed on your site, and I also read about it in the chronicle, that you are introducing something that your readers Speaker 1:to invest. This is an interesting democratization of a local newspaper. Speaker 2:Well we think, we think it's, it's good and we're increasingly certain that we're the first news organization, maybe the first media organization to [00:24:00] do this. A direct public offering is a very little known, the long existing way to offer an investment direct to the public without going through a stock exchange, without going through an investment bank, without, you know, the kind of Kickstarter and things like that or you know, I think a great way for people to raise money in various ways. But this is actually a real investment. The States Department of business oversight reviewed what we were doing. [00:24:30] They had to license us and were going directly to our readers and to other interested people. You have to be a California resident. That's the only qualification to encourage them to invest directly in Berkeley side. And it's something the Green Bay packers did a, you know, the only community owned team in the NFL and it just felt this is the right thing for us. This Berkeley side, we're all about the community we serve. So this is the right way for us to raise them. Speaker 1:Does feel good [00:25:00] to invest in your community? Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah. It's, it's main street, not Wall Street. People must be really watching this. Um, we had a very good story. I'm Nieman lab. The Neiman center is at Harvard University. They a study and a research, uh, the media, you know, funded by the Neiman Foundation, a Nieman lab wrote about it. So I think a lot of people in the know in media and journalism would have seen that at the San Francisco Chronicle. Just wrote about it daily. Cal wrote about it and I think we'll get more [00:25:30] coverage for it because if there's one thing journalists are very interested in, it's what's happening to other journalists. Right? So I think it's the kind of story that, um, we think, you know, we'll get picked up and other people were right about it. We're licensed to raise $800,000. That's our goal. Um, that's what we're really committed to. We're about a quarter of the way there and it's very, very early. Speaker 1:I'm sure it's closely watched because it could become a great model for other [inaudible]. Speaker 2:That's exactly right. I, I don't think there's any one model for what's going to make local [00:26:00] news thrive, but I think our diversified revenue stream and our using this direct public offering as a way to raise the capital so we can fund our ambitions and you know, we want to do so much more. That's why we're raising capital. Speaker 1:What is the future of Berkeleyside? Speaker 2:We are committed to covering Berkeley as well as it can be covered. That's the core of our existence. Will we create at some point Oakland side that's such an enormous task and Berkeley as a city of 120,000 [00:26:30] people, we've largely bootstrapped our way to covering that. Covering a city, the complexity of Oakland, four times the size of Berkeley, more than four times the complexity of Berkeley. You'd need really significant investment to do that. Well maybe one day, I don't think in on a five year horizon. That's the right thing for us. Um, we are strategists. Where are you? Where are you going to be? I'm very skeptical of the value strategy. I [00:27:00] I think know strategy is helpful in that it can present different scenarios and things like that. I think people that plan out what they're going to do that never happens. Uh, you know, plans, confront reality and things change. Speaker 2:I'm a firm, firm believer, you know, there's this notion of design thinking. You talk about innovation, you've probably encountered it but you know, design thinking as opposed to engineering thinking and engineering thinking would be, yes, we have a strategy and I've got 20 steps that are going [00:27:30] to take me to this goal that I've decided is where we want to get. Um, a design approach is more, I know it's going to be a chaotic process. I know that there are going to be twists and turns that one can't predict, but I have a north star that I'm, I'm aiming at and that we will find our way to and our north store is, is being the best possible local, independent online news provider. Um, our core focus is Berkeley [00:28:00] because we solve Berkeley. We may say, Hey, we've got, got it right in Berkeley. Let's look at who knows what other other areas. Speaker 2:Um, but we need to get Berkeley, right? And we think there's, you know, we think we've done a great job over seven years, but we've got a long way to go to, to really solve that and say, this is done. You know, it's sustainable. It's, it's working. There's no question about its future. Now we can start looking at other things. [00:28:30] I knew it'd be a real distraction for us to say, Hey, let's add two other cities or something like that. That's a way to, to collapse. At the very early stage of this conversation, you asked about lots of online news operations of folded a, the one thing that is certain in a lot of people have gotten wrong is journalism doesn't scale. We've done a lot of good things with Berkeley side, but that doesn't mean it's an algorithm that you can just roll out in another city and you'll get it right patches. Speaker 2:A [00:29:00] fantastic example. They made the mistake of thinking you create a 800 patches patch, part of AOL, a now owned by a mysterious, uh, you know, uh, private equity group that they're just Zombie sites that don't do anything. But you know, they said, oh, just like newspaper chains. We're going to create a digital chain and we're going to create 900 of them over the next two or three years. That's nonsensical. That doesn't happen. And you know, we know because we [00:29:30] know the difficulty of doing it right in Berkeley, how hard it is to get it right for your city. And that's what, they're not fungible and journalists aren't fungible. You need to the right person and the right people who know and are committed to that city. If you go to berkeleyside.com and look at the contact page and our phone numbers, their email addresses are there. You can write to us tips@berkeleyside.com and if you're interested in the investment, it's invest.berkeleyside.com [00:30:00] you know, we are open. We want to talk to people. We want to hear from people. We're very engaged with our Speaker 1:right off the canvas and the we work building lean and mean take sack. We very lean very much. Thank you for being on the program. Thanks a lot, Lee. You've been listening to method to the madness, a weekly public affairs show on k a l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay area innovators. You can find all of our podcasts on iTunes university. Tune in next week, Friday at noon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Douglas Stewart, Director of Special Programs at Alameda County Health and Human Resource Education Center, is targeting the African American community to promote the  “getting healthy in our community. He is leading the charge for the Outreach and Education efforts for the new Affordable Health Care Act (Covered CA) and also implementing the new “Downtown TAY” initiative, which is a culturally enriched, comprehensive and creative empowerment program for youth: http://www.hhrec.org/  Tim Jackson is a nationally syndicated cartoonist and illustrator. His social commentary cartoons have appeared on the editorial pages of multiple journals and newspapers. He is currently based in Chicago, Illinois. Multiple First Place winner of the NNPA Award for Editorial Cartoons. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Tim began his formal art education with a Commercial Art program at Sinclair College, relocated to Chicago to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While still in college, founded the company, Creative License Studio. He first began long-term correspondence with Morrie Turner when I was 14. [43 years])  http://obita4.wix.com/clstoons2 Ms. Jerri Lange, journalistic career began at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she worked along side such luminaries as Art Hoppe, Charles McCabe and Count Marco, and her mentor, Scott Newhall. She continued with tours at stations KEMO, KBHK, KGO and KQED Television. She also taught at San Francisco State University. Morrie Turner's childhood friend, she joins us to share stories growing up in West Oakland and teen years in Berkeley where they both graduated from Berkeley High. Karen Oyekanmi also joins us to talk about Morrie Turner's encouragement when she was a child. She also tells us about the Black Beauty Doll and Gift Show Sat., Nov. 15, at AAMLO.  

Obama has no plans for dealing with ISIL, but they have plans for dealing with us -- with weaponized Bubonic Plague. Plus, people are coming to Charleston from as far away as Germany to fire machine guns. ATP's Arlyn Pendergast weighs in. And what to do about Tara's porn dilemma, Berkeley High let football players use substandard helmets the manufacturer warned them were dangerous ... for 3 years. And the FBI didn't even mention Islamist terror in its homeland threat assessment, but it did mention Puerto Rican separatists. (79:53)

Obama has no plans for dealing with ISIL, but they have plans for dealing with us -- with weaponized Bubonic Plague. Plus, people are coming to Charleston from as far away as Germany to fire machine guns. ATP's Arlyn Pendergast weighs in. And what to do about Tara's porn dilemma, Berkeley High let football players use substandard helmets the manufacturer warned them were dangerous ... for 3 years. And the FBI didn't even mention Islamist terror in its homeland threat assessment, but it did mention Puerto Rican separatists. (79:53)

On this episode we discuss the issue of Ethnic Studies and speak with the Principal of Berkeley High. We look at some of the controversies which have been taking place around Ethnic Studies and the lack of students actually having Ethnic Studies classes.  Education Today is a radio show hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein, and airs on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month. The post Education Today – October 25, 2013 at 2:30pm appeared first on KPFA.

The Too Much Coffee Man creator talks the bible, Berkeley High and drinking at airports.

This is a rebroadcast of the June 22, 2012 show: Gina Breedlove speaks about the community healing:One Billion Rising Bay Area, 6/24/12, at Civic Center Park (MLK At Allston Way, across from Berkeley High). http://www.bayarearising We close with an interview with San Francisco Silent Film Festival director, Anita Monga about "Silent Winter," a day long series of wonderful film classics with live musical performances this Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, 10 am until. The festival takes place at the Castro theatre in San Francisco. Visit www.silentfilm.org for all day passes and information on programming.

First Guest: Gina Breedlove speaks about the community healing:One Billion Rising Bay Area, Sunday, June 24th, 2012, Sunday, June 24, 2012, at Civic Center Park (MLK At Allston Way, across from Berkeley High). http://www.bayarearising The Second Guests speak about the Summer of Peace Kick-off in Oakland, tonight Friday, June 22-23, with organizers: Jennae Wallach, Peace Educator, Facilitator of the Oakland Peace Ambassadors Mahasin Abdul-Salaam, Genesis - Transportation Justice, plus several other organizations; Queen Reverend Mutima Imani, Community organizing and peace-building consultant, Reverend at East Bay Church of Religious Science http://summerofpeace.net/oakland-event/;At about 9 AM we speak to the director and playwright of Good Goods @ Crowded Fire Theatre, playwright, Christina Anderson, and director Marissa Wolf, through June 23, 2012. Cast will drop in as well we hope. Visit  crowdedfire.org. Tony Saunders closes the show as he shares his plans for his concert tonight, Friday, June 22, 2012, at The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, a kick off of its "Summer at LHT" series with Saunders romantic melodic sounds entitled: "Romancing the Bass" at 7 pm, at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, 450 Post Street, conveniently located in Union Square. Doors open at 6 p.m. with a 7 p.m. meet and greet. Tony Saunders' set is at 8 p.m. For tickets & more, visit www.lhtsf.org. Radio show music: Gina Breedlove; Saunders from Romancing the Bass; Liz Wright's "Salt."  

When former UCLA basketball player Don Barksdale died of cancer of the esophagus in March 1993,his passing was noted in a two-sentence obituary in The Times, a woefully inadequate summation of an extraordinary life. Barksdale, a 6-foot-6 center from Berkeley and a Bay Area legend not only as an athlete but also as a TV host, disc jockey, nightclub owner and philanthropist, was an African American trailblazer — “kind of like the Jackie Robinson of basketball,” says his friend and unabashed cheerleader, documentary filmmaker Doug Harris. Harris, a former Golden State Warriors draft pick who wrote, directed and produced a tribute to Barksdale’s life that will air next month on FSN Bay Area, believes his late mentor was worthy of much more than a footnote. Harris,46, is leading an effort to get Barksdale posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. “This is a person that people need to know about,” says Harris, whose exhaustive efforts already have helped land Barksdale in halls of fame honoring California community college athletes, African American athletes, Bay Area athletes and Pacific 10 Conference athletes. “I would like young people to know about Don Barksdale, know about his legacy, the way they know about Jackie Robinson.” As chronicled in Harris’ documentary “Bounce: The Don Barksdale Story,” which the filmmaker hopes also will air in Southern California, Barksdale was college basketball’s first African American consensus All-American — as a senior in 1947. He was the first black basketball player on the U.S. Olympic team, winning a gold medal in London in 1948. He broke the color line in the AAU’s national industrial league, which welcomed him when the NBA would not. And although others of his race beat him to the NBA by a year, Barksdale was the first African American to play in the NBA All-Star game, suiting up for the East in 1953. All this after Barksdale was left off the basketball team at Berkeley High — he was cut three years running — for reasons that had nothing to do with his ability. As Barksdale recounted years later, his friend Em Chapman already was on the team and coach Jack Eadie told Barksdale, “One black is enough.” Undeterred, Barksdale honed his skills at a Berkeley park, starred at Marin Junior College and followed his idols, Robinson and Kenny Washington, to Westwood, where in 1943 he helped UCLA end a 42-game losing streak against USC. After returning from World War II, where he served in the Army, Barksdale continued to star at UCLA while also kick-starting his business career by opening a record store on Western Avenue. Though his Olympic coach was Kentucky’s Adolph Rupp, a man not known for his racial tolerance, he was the third-leading scorer on the U.S. team in the 1948 Games. In 1949, the personable Barksdale was hired to be the Bay Area’s first black television host, moderating a program called “Sepia Revue” that featured the leading black entertainers of the day, among them Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis Jr. and Louis Armstrong. In 1950, he was one of the first four black players taken in the NBA draft. But he was doing so well financially — by then, he had also opened a beer distributorship — that he didn’t sign with the Baltimore Bullets until 1951, when he doubled as a 28-year-old rookie forward and host of the Bullets’ postgame radio show. He played two seasons with the Bullets and two with the Boston Celtics, averaging 11 points and eight rebounds, before ankle injuries forced him to retire in 1955. Before leaving, though, he recommended Bill Russell to Red Auerbach. “It’s a travesty more people don’t know about him,” Harris says. After his playing days ended, Barksdale continued his successful business career, opening nightclubs in Oakland. He founded Save High School Sports, a fundraising effort in Oakland that was a savior to prep athletes during a budget crunch in the 1980s. And as a scout for the Warriors, he recom- mended they draft a 6-foot-8 Berkeley High graduate from Central Washington named Doug Harris. An eighth-round pick in 1983, Harris never played in the NBA, but he remained indebted to Barksdale and got to know him better through their work with Athletes United for Peace, a Bay Area nonprofit. Harris’ film on Barksdale was an outgrowth of the thesis he put together to complete work toward a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies that he earned from Cal State Monterey Bay in 1998. His lobbying for Barksdale since has been nothing short of a labor of love. On Feb. 16, he’ll find out if Barksdale is among the finalists being considered this year for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Whatever the result, Barksdale’s sister, Pamelia Barksdale-Gore, says she is “astounded” by Harris’ efforts on behalf of her brother. “Don would be very pleased and proud of all this,” she says. No big deal, Harris says. “It’s the right thing to do,” says the filmmaker, who since 1993 has served as executive director of Athletes United for Peace, which sponsors sports and media-arts programs for disadvantaged youth. “If we’re not proactive in telling some of these untold stories, they’ll never be told. Everybody will be gone.”