Crosscurrents

The riders of AC Transit, a soup kitchen in San Francisco that offers quality Indian fare, a real-life Rosie the Riveter, and local musician Tom Rhodes.

San Francisco's oldest news source gets a new managing editor; Golden Gate Park’s hairiest denizens; this week's Audiograph revealed! and local group The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.

An Oakland library reaches out to provide Calfresh; the importance of teen space; The 81st Ave. Library serves more than just books; student bloopers at the library; and local rapper Easop.

A Crosscurrents special on Oakland public libraries. Produced by students at Mills College: kids read to dogs; a librarian brings the library to young students; and a mobile bike library. Plus a Hear Here on San Francisco's Visitatcion Valley public library. And local musicians Wooden Shjips.

If you’ve ever picked up the phone to call 9-1-1, you or someone else probably needed help. Badly. And you probably assumed that after dialing those three numbers, help would come screeching around the corner, lights and sirens blaring.

Tech immigration changes racial attitudes in Cupertino: an interview with Tomás R. Jiménez; making a home for bees by the freeway; Hear Here: Kiana Eidgahi's gardening discovery; this week's Audiograph revealed! plus local band The Patrick Wolff Sextet.

Human Trafficking: A Fisherman's Story; a conversation with Sergeant Tony Flores (of the special victims unit for SFPD); and local cellist Rebecca Roudman.

Bay Area Syrians, traditional Arabic Aswat music, San Francisco hat makers, and local musicians Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman.

#Twitter! A conversation with Nick Bilton, author of Hatching Twitter: A Story of Money, Power, Friendship and Betrayal; plus several locals share their thoughts about Twitter. #crosscurrents #kalw #podcast #listenersupportedradio

San Francisco's new Bike Share program, Frederick Wiseman's new film "At Berkeley," Audiograph's first anniversary, and local musician Maya Castleman.

San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley to get first grocery store in decades; Sights and Sounds of Bayview: 'Food Guardian' Kenny Hill spreads the gospel of healthy living; Following the fate of the Christmas tree; and San Francisco's Beth Custer Ensemble.

Young people surviving in Oakland's most violent neighborhood, an East Oakland librarian and role models, the Manhood Development Program, and local musicians E.W. Wainright.

From prison to professing: a former inmate teaches others to reduce recidivism; A runner's high in prison; Bike riding 101: Adventures in urban biking; and The (local) Tommy Igoe Big Band.

The Audiograph Show II

Two episodes of 99% Invisible: "Unbuilt" and "Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge."

On today's show, we are presenting, "Class Dismissed," a one-hour radio documentary from the Capital Public Radio series, The View From Here.

The political and cultural consequences of choosing to be childless and a Richmond exhibit explores childcare's wartime origins.

The Science of Compassion.

A Crosscurrents Special: The San Quentin Prison Report, Part 2 of 2.

A Crosscurrents Special: The San Quentin Prison Report, Part 1 of 2.

A Crosscurrents special on the Ellis Act.

Cuts to food stamps in California, adults with disabilities express themselves through art, a luthier and violin whisperer, and local musicians The Charlie Hunter - Scott Amendola Duo.

Behind the scenes on a pot farm in Mendocino; slithering through a reptile’s world at the East Bay Vivarium; this week's Audiograph revealed! and local band The Cottontails.

City College of San Francisco Show: the future of a school that's at risk of losing its accreditation. Plus local musicians Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir.

DREAMer hackers code for immigration reform with FWD.us; Serving student veterans at City College of San Francisco; StoryCorps: A bit of color in the darkest of times; Another Hole In The Head film festival marks 10th anniversary; and local singer Nicolas Bearde.