Podcasts about KALW

School is now in session for the Oakland Unified School District. And this past year, there has been A LOT to report on at OUSD  — from the early departure of superintendent Kyla Johnson Trammell, to the district's exit from a 22 year receivership. Reporter Ashley McBride covers education equity for Oaklandside. She's been following these stories, and she co-reported a two-part investigative series looking at lead in the water at Oakland Schools. Grace Won, co-host of KALW's “State of the Bay,” recently spoke with McBride, and we're bringing you an excerpt from that conversation.

KALW's seven-part series examines the growing threat of sea level rise along California's coast.

Every spring semester, UC Berkeley Assistant Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji teaches a class on race and journalism. In the course, she and her students explore how colonialism and the legacy of its systems — including forced displacement of Native tribes, slavery and Jim Crow — continue to affect us as a society, and how journalists can meaningfully report on race in America today.“It has led to persistent racial disparities in wealth, in education, housing, healthcare, in policing and incarceration,” said Meraji, who leads the audio program at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. “I firmly believe that you can't meaningfully report on any of those issues, here in the United States, without an understanding of how race operates.”When President Trump signed a surge of executive orders in January 2025, many that directly intersect with race, Meraji suggested that her students interview experts at Berkeley to help make sense of these new anti-DEI policies, immigration enforcement changes and regulatory rollbacks. Those interviews, which aired on KALW, became The Stakes Explained, a multimedia series where Berkeley professors, frontline journalists and community members unpack President Trump's executive orders and actions to see what's at stake for U.S. democracy.In this Berkeley Talks episode, we're sharing an hourlong special about The Stakes Explained that aired on KALX in July. In it, we hear several interviews with Berkeley scholars featured in the series, including law professor Sarah Song and Travis Bristol, an associate professor in the School of Education. They and other experts break down some of Trump's executive orders, from those targeting diversity, equity and inclusion in education to others that are reshaping the immigration system and immigration enforcement. Learn more about The Stakes Explained and watch videos of the interviews on UC Berkeley Journalism's website.Listen to the episode and read the transcript on UC Berkeley News (news.berkeley.edu/podcasts).Music by HoliznaCC0.Photo by Alicia Chiang/UC Berkeley Journalism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Radio Pacific is a new show made in collaboration with KALW, all about contemporary California. Eli Cohen is the host of the show, and recently held a live recording at our event space in San Francisco about the history, research and therapeutic uses of MDMA, commonly known as “ecstasy” or “molly.”

Policy directives from the current administration have led to many changes. For the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe, that means new material for their plays. KALW recently hosted one of their long time creatives, Michael Gene Sullivan, for a preview of their current show: DISRUPTION – A New Musical Farce.

The majority of South Bay transit riders, whether on train, bus, or light-rail, have experienced or witnessed some kind of harassment. KALW and Mosaic Journalism student reporter Padma Balaji took a trip around the South Bay to find out more.

Satanism's modern renaissance took place right here, in Bay Area, in the 1960s, when Anton LaVey established the Church of Satan in a small, all black Victorian house in the Richmond District. Even though LaVey and the house are no longer around — Satanists still walk the streets of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. KALW's Hanisha Harjani takes us to Berkeley to talk to the Satanists that live among us.

On Repeat is a mini-pod for music discovery. In this segment, we'll hear from Tarik Ansari, one of KALW's on-air announcers. Tarik gets us in the mood for summer with some sunny tracks.

Earlier this week KALW's Marissa Ortega Welch hosted a special live edition of her podcast, How Wild, about the state of California public lands. She spoke with Jon Jarvis, the former director of the National Park Service.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Senior Producer of KALW's Crosscurrents Victor Tence shares his favorite restaurants in the Bay Area.

The GOP's public media cuts will cause KALW to lose $400K a year for the next two years. The cuts will hit community and tribal stations the hardest. What are solutions?

Today we take you to the US-Mexico border where the Tijuana river is overflowing with sewage. Then, we pop into the launch party for KALW's new podcast-in-development, Note From the Edge with Jeff Chang.

On Repeat is a mini-pod for music discovery. In this segment, we hear from JoAnn Mar, the host of KALW's “Folk Music & Beyond.” Here, JoAnn shares music from artists who didn't get the recognition they deserved during their heyday. 

Send us a textWe're celebrating Bitch Talk turning 12 years old with a new neighborhood series where we go on location and highlight our favorite places! We love any excuse to share what we love about our city, and the obvious place to start is the neighborhood where Erin and Ange first became friends: The Inner Richmond!The 540 Club is the scene of this Basic Bitch where you'll hear about our recent hangouts with W. Kamau Bell (and a surprise cameo by a member of the 1992 "Dream Team" Olympics basketball team), Ange's trip to Portland for the recording of Frankie Quinones' new comedy special (coming to Hulu in October!), and a tale of 2 doctor visits: USA vs. Mexico. And then of course we end things with our new favorite segment, This Bitch. For links to Inner Richmond businesses we mention in this episode:540 ClubGreen Apple BooksFleetwoodMandalayNew May Wah SupermarketJungle DogChloe Jackman PhotographyClement Street Farmers MarketSupport the showThanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have won Best of the Bay Best Podcast in 2022 , 2023 , and 2024 without you! -- Fight fascism. Shop small. Use cash. -- Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage! Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts! Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram & Facebook Listen every Tuesday at 9 - 10 am on BFF.FM

Congress just voted to strip away all Federal funding for public media. That means a $400,000 hit to our annual budget which directly funds our local journalism and cultural programming. Now's the time to Stand With KALW. Please support your local station to keep the programming you rely on alive. Go to KALW.org and click donate right now. Support the media you deserve, and don't let anybody take it away from you.

All but four House and Senate Republicans voted to cut $1.1B from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Once the law goes into effect, KALW will lose $400,000 a year.

All but two Senate Republicans voted to cut $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS. KALW will immediately lose $400,000.

On Tuesday evening the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers announced that their corpse flower, named Chanel, was beginning its bloom. KALW's Wren Farrell took a look at the program last year when the Academy's corpse flower ‘Mirage' had its own bloom. Here's that story.

Rose Aguilar is the host of KALW's “Your Call.” She shared some of her personal caregiving experiences, along with some advice for the event participants, on how to navigate their own journeys with caregiving.

Madison McFerrin. Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas. Durand Jones & The Indications. KALW's Wonway Posibul joins NPR Music's Stephen Thompson to share their favorite new releases of the week.Intro:• Bruce Springsteen, 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' (Read our guide to the box set on npr.org)• Lorde, 'Virgin' (Read our review on npr.org)The Starting 5:• Laura Stevenson, 'Late Great'• Adrian Quesada, 'Boleros Psicodélicos II'• Madison McFerrin, 'Scorpio'• Durand Jones & The Indications, 'Flowers'• Herbert & Momoko, 'Clay'The Lightning Round:• Frankie Cosmos, 'Different Talking'• Dana and Alden, 'Speedo'• Brighde Chaimbeul, 'Sunwise'• Mocky, 'Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1)'• Tim Barnes, 'Lost Words / Noumena'Check out our Long List of new albums out June 27 and sample more than 50 of them via our New Music Friday playlist on npr.org.CreditsHost: Stephen ThompsonGuest: Wonway Posibul, KALWProducer: Simon RentnerEditor: Otis HartExecutive Producer: Suraya MohamedLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

State of the Bay looks into SF Mayor Lurie's proposal to eliminate RV parking, talks to Rose Aguilar about her personal journey of caregiving for her ailing parents and talks to the hosts of KALW's newest podcast, Not Born Yesterday.

Last week, KALW hosted a wild night of fun and laughter at our event space in Downtown San Francisco. It was a live episode of our show, Queer Power Hour, and the theme was “Pride, Protest, & Punchlines.” In this excerpt we bring you the comedic stylings of Natasha Muse.

Here's an episode of BOOK IT. Our author interview series hosted by KALW's Angie Coiro. Today, we're bringing you one of our favorite episodes. In it, Nina Schuyler discusses her debut book, “In This Ravishing World.” It's a collection of interconnected short stories about the personal impacts of climate change. 

On Repeat is a mini-pod for music discovery. In it, Tshego talks to KALW music programmers about the songs they can't stop listening to. In this episode we hear from Morgan Davis, the coordinator of KALW Presents. 

Our friend's at KALW's State Of The Bay program spent some time discussing the ongoing fight for LGBTQ plus equality. The conversation was hosted by Eric Jansen, and included Tom Temprano, Managing Director of Equality California, and Shelby Chestnut, Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center.

After 31 years, the AIDS LifeCycle is taking it's final ride. We hear from KALW's Director of Operations & Strategic Growth, Jon Carroll, about why he's taking part, and what the ride has meant to him. 

Today, we bring you an excerpt of a live event put on by KALW. It's a conversation between former CEO of Gap Inc., Bob Fisher and Peer Talk, a youth leadership and civic engagement program created by 7th grade students at Willie Brown Middle School. 

Today, we go behind the veil with the Emmy-nominated filmmaker of “The Masquerade.” Then, one of KALW's DJ's brings us that vibey, gettin-ready-to-go-out kind of energy. And, a singer/songwriter from South Texas looks back at his early days in the bay.

Oakland muralist Timothy B's work focuses on uplifting African-Indigenous communities, especially young people. For the NBA All-Star game this year, The Warriors commissioned him to paint a mural that takes up half a block in Downtown Oakland. KALW's Jeneé Darden met up with Timothy in front of his mural, "Hoop Dreams," to hear about his artwork and dreaming big during hard times.

It's the second episode of BOUNCE, KALW's basketball podcast that's all about The Valkyries first season in the Bay. This one's all about the team's fearless leader: Coach Natalie Nakase.

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," actor and one of KALW's State of the Bay hosts Fred Pitts gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

The Kitchen Sisters are excited to share the first episode of Radio Pacific, a new monthly show from KALW in San Francisco that takes a deep and creative look at the issues facing California and the rest of our country today. The hour-long, monthly program features journalists, writers, and documentarians who are grappling with life in the country's most populous and diverse state.In this first episode, California legal scholar Kevin R. Johnson puts the first months of Trump's administration in perspective and helps us understand California's unique and disturbing role in the country's immigration history.Then we look into “Rapid Response Hotlines.” These community-run, 24/7 lines keep tabs on ICE activity in their neighborhoods, and dispatch legal assistance to those who need it. To understand how they work, we sit down with filmmaker Paloma Martinez, whose beautiful short documentary “Enforcement Hours” follows the San Francisco Rapid Response Hotline during President Trump's first term. We're joined by Finn Palamaro, a staff member at the non-profit Mission Action and the lead organizer of the hotline today.Special thanks to: KALW - San Francisco Host and Executive Producer: Eli CohenEditor: Ben Trefny.Composer: Kirk PearsonSound Designer: Dogbotic StudiosThe Kitchen Sisters Present is produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva) with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Hall. The show is part of PRX's  Radiotopia.

 East Bay State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks has been pushing the California legislature to take more decisive action on our housing shortage. She says any solution will need to take into consideration an array of interconnected issues. Ethan Elkind, co-host of KALW's “State of The Bay,” recently spoke with Wicks. And today, we're bringing you an excerpt of that conversation. 

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," KALW's Hana Baba gives her arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

Uncuffed is KALW's podcast that empowers people in prison to tell their own stories. But today's episode is special because it's the first EVER cohort of students from a women's prison. And you can hear more episodes of Uncuffed here!

Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee is Oakland's new mayor-elect. Our friend's KALW's “State of The Bay” recently spoke with Bay Area News Group reporter Shomik Mukherjee about Lee's plan for her first 100 days in office. Today, we're bringing you an excerpt of that conversation. You can hear more from this conversation, and episodes of KALW's State of the Bay, here!

Hana Baba is creator of the new audio series “Folktales From Sudan.” The series is a passion project inspired by the stories Baba grew up hearing when visiting relatives in Sudan. Each episode is a single story narrated by Baba with music and sound effects. Baba says the series marks the first time the tales have been recorded in English. “Folktales From Sudan” premiered in March and is now available wherever you get your podcasts.Baba is an award-winning journalist with KALW in San Francisco, where she hosts the long-running news magazine “Crosscurrents.” She reports on immigrants and communities of color, health, education, race, identity, culture, religion and arts. Baba was born in Sudan and migrated to the United States with her family as a child.Michael Griffin talks with Baba about storytelling's role in culture, and the virtue of sharing African stories on a global scale.

This week marks 33 years since four police officers were acquitted in the brutal beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles. That verdict exploded into days of rioting and unrest across the city. It also ignited a national conversation about police brutality, as well as race and inequality in the criminal justice system. This week we're featuring an episode from Uncuffed, a podcast made by incarcerated people in California prisons in collaboration with KALW. We hear from Uncuffed's host Greg Eskridge and others who've been incarcerated about how the riots had a lasting impact on their lives.  Greg Eskridge's story mentions abuse and violence, so please take care when listening.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

End-to-end encryption. Burner phones. Biometric authentication. Our technology is more advanced than ever, but what does that mean for our digital footprints—and how our data is tracked, whether we're crossing a US border or at home? This week, we're exploring our right to digital privacy and how protecting our data can help protect our freedom of speech and expression. This conversation was made to be leaked. Esha Bhandari is deputy director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. And Daniel Kahn Gillmor is a Senior Staff Technologist for the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. At Liberty is a production of the ACLU, and hosted by W. Kamau Bell. This episode was executive produced by Jessica Herman Weitz and Gwen Schroeder for the ACLU, and W. Kamau Bell, Kelly Rafferty, PhD, and Melissa Hudson Bell, PhD for Who Knows Best Productions. It was recorded at Skyline Studios in Oakland, CA. Special thanks to David Boyer and KALW. At Liberty is edited and produced by Erica Getto and Myrriah Gossett for Good Get.

On the final Friday of every month, KALW hands the mic over to you, our listeners, for an open mic night at our live event space in Downtown San Francisco. The evening is for local poets, musicians, storytellers, and really anybody with something to say.Today, we bring you an original song from Yolanda Cazessus. Yolanda was the winner of November's Open Mic! Here she is singing her song, “Gone.”

The San Francisco Ballet's production of “Frankenstein” opens again on Saturday. Tamara Rojo is the Artistic Director of the San Francisco Ballet, and the first woman to lead the company. KALW's Jenee Dardin spoke with Tamara about how dance offers a physicality to 'The Creature's' emotional struggle.

Today, the thousand mile journey one musician took to help butterflies migrate. Then, we hear about "Frankenstein" told through ballet. And, KALW's own open mic night!

To understand the lived challenges and real solutions unhoused people and their advocates are working for, KALW recently hosted a live panel as part of our Bay Agenda series.

To understand the challenges and the treasures historical preservation provides, KALW recently hosted a live panel as part of our Bay Agenda series. The night was also a special live recording of the Western Neighborhoods Project “Outside Lands" podcast!

This week, Nicole is joined by a distinguished panel to discuss the state of San Francisco's history organizations. Featuring Woody LaBounty (SF Heritage), Mercedes Devine (The Society of California Pioneers), and Frances Kaplan (Lead Archivist, formerly with the California Historical Society, now at Stanford), the conversation is moderated by Amanda Bartlett (SFGate) and recorded live at KALW on Montgomery Street as part of their Bay Agenda series. Together, they dive into what keeps these organizations going and the challenges of preserving the city's rich history in an ever-changing landscape.

Today, we meet a mentor who helps Bay Area youth to find inspiration through Art and Boxing. Then, skaters reflect on what a roller rink has meant to them, as it gets ready to close. And, some musical recommendations from the KALW team. Combining art and boxing to mentor youth Skating into the void: Aloha Fun Center's final spin Uncuffed: My Mixed Tape - André Davis On Repeat: Sarah Cahill

Beyond The Fog Radio presents our most exciting episode yet: an interview with former U.S. representative and current Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee, in partnership with KALW! KALW (91.7 FM) is the oldest public radio station in the Bay Area, and it hosts a program called "Bay Made" which spotlights local creators and businesses. Ben Trefny is KALW's Executive Producer, and he kindly invited us on Bay Made to record our interview with Congresswoman Lee at KALW's event space in downtown San Francisco. On January 15, in front of a live audience that included former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Carolyn Tyler, and other community leaders, we launched into an in-depth look at Congresswoman Lee's life and career — her start in the Bay Area, her experiences in Washington D.C., and her goals as a mayoral candidate for Oakland. Many, many thanks to Ben Trefny, David Boyer, David Kwan, and Charles Lighthouse of KALW for helping us to reach a wider audience; to Congresswoman Barbara Lee for being our gracious guest; to everyone who came to the KALW event space on January 15; and to all of our listeners, partners, sponsors, and supporters! This was a tremendous occasion for us all, and we could not have made it happen without you.

Our first live episode! This one is doubly special as we did our first live episode AND celebrated Lunar New Year with a panel of illustrious guests. Thank you to KALW for featuring us as part of their Bay Made series and thank you to guests Margot Seeto, Eric Ehler, and Deanna Ulrich for joining us to talk about their Lunar New Year traditions as kids and what LNY means to them as adults. Special thanks to: David Boyer David Kwan Ben Trefny Charles Lighthouse KALW Staff Outta Sight Pizza Nicole Lugtu

Sandip Roy’s writing career started when he pivoted from software engineering to broadcasting. Currently a columnist and podcaster, he’s been a longtime commentator on NPR’s ‘Morning Edition’, the most-listened-to radio programme in the US, and an editor with Pacific News Service and New America Media in San Francisco. After returning to India over the span of 10 years, Roy also sent more than 500 weekly dispatches from Kolkata for public radio station KALW in San Francisco. His debut novel, ‘Don’t Let Him Know’, won a Likho Award in India and was honour title for the Asian Pacific American Literature Award in the US. It was also longlisted for the DSC South Asia Prize and the Green Carnation Prize. Roy speaks to Georgina Godwin at the 2025 Kolkata Literary Meet and discusses his early days in the post-9/11 US media, his award-winning novel and the evolution of Indian literature.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy Marra is on a mission to Korea in search of the mother she never knew with a secret she absolutely has to tell. And when two close friends can't see each other face-to-face, they exchange letters from two very different places.The Birth DreamAndy Marra is on a mission to Korea in search of the mother she never knew with a secret she absolutely has to tell.Thank you, Andy, for sharing your story with Snap! Find out more about her advocacy work here.Produced by Regina Bediako, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot.Letters from UncuffedIt's been almost a year since friends and family have been able to visit their loved ones in prison, due to the pandemic. Letters to the inside are always a lifeline. This year, more than ever.Today, from Uncuffed, we hear from Adamu Chan, who was recently released from San Quentin State Prison, while his friend Edmond Richardson, is still on the inside.Uncuffed is a storytelling project made by people behind bars, from inside California prisons, in collaboration with KALW. To hear the full version of this story, visit Uncuffed and make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts!Produced by Adamu Chan, Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Angela Johnston, Pat Mesiti-Miller & Eli Wirtschafter.Snap Classic – Season 16 – Episode 4 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices