Crosscurrents

Writer Isabel Allende reflects on decades of storytelling.

We hear how Oakland students reignited an environmental equity debate, and we meet a Stanford public health doctor, turned journalist, turned stand up comedian.

Caltrans is studying whether to lift a decades-old truck ban on I-580. Residents on both sides agree: shifting the pollution isn't enough.

We meet a Stanford public health doctor, turned journalist, turned stand up comedian.

How teens can avoid falling for social media content that’s harmful. Then, we meet an Oakland artist turned farmer. 

How teens can avoid falling for social media content that’s harmful. 

We meet the Oakland artist who put down his guitar, and picked up a shovel.

Elections are approaching quickly and there is a lot to unpack. Plus, we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

Get the lowdown on your San Francisco ballot for the November 3rd election. 

We're celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and hearing how one mariachi ensemble is reframing tradition.

Valkyries All-Star Gabby Williams was born in Nevada, but the Bay has become her new home and she’s not sitting courtside.

Privacy concerns are growing in The Bay Area and around the nation, surrounding Flock cameras. Today, the debates and questions about how this technology is being used. Then, we get lost and find our way on San Francisco’s Crosstown trail.

We get lost and find our way on San Francisco’s Crosstown trail.

Privacy concerns are growing in The Bay Area and around the nation, surrounding Flock cameras. We hear the debates and questions about how this technology is being used. 

Cities around the world are passing or considering laws that restrict social media. We’ll hear what teenagers think and how they are choosing to get involved. Plus, we hand the mic to the Inaugural Alameda County Youth Poet Laureate.

We hear about the new women’s tackle football team that’s touched down in Oakland. Plus, the latest from the world of women’s professional sports. 

On today's episode of Uncuffed, we hear how Producers at San Quentin, Solano and the California Institution for Women, find family in unexpected places. 

Public transportation is on the minds of teenagers as potential BART cuts loom and a campaign works to address harassment on transit. 

BART currently faces a three hundred million dollar deficit. Tbh producer Lukas Smith talked with Bay Area teens to see how potential cuts would affect them.

 A campaign in the South Bay works to address rider harassment on public transportation.

In Oakland, two musicians are inspired by the urban ecology of the Town. Then, we go to Mill Valley, where a play uses humor to discuss alcoholism.

In Oakland, the borders between the natural and human worlds offer a new way of making music.

A play that uses comedy and compassion to address alcoholism is coming to the Marin Theater.

The Federal Government is now forcing universities to limit the rights of their international students. Today, we hear a conversation about how this affects UC Berkeley. Then, love is in the air at the A.C.T. Strand Theater in San Francisco. Plus we hear the latest from the world of women’s professional sports with BOUNCE!

Bay Area college students have been back in school for less than a month now. At UC Berkeley, immigration is coming up as part of the back to school experience for many. Last month Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent a memo to the university that impacted thousands of their students here on visas. ICE sent a warning to the school letting it know that it risked losing government approval to ta...