Crosscurrents

In SF, unemployment -- and spirits -- at a new low; StoryCorps: Nathan Baxter's journey; 50 years later, old soul finds new fans; and The Christopher Youmans Band.

Squatting in the East Bay, a landlord held financially hostage by her tenants, the origins of San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, and local musicians Yesway.

Saving an endangered bird, being optimistic about extinction, the answer to this week's Audiograph, and local musician Myra Melford.

Navigating the delta: Holding On To A Boating Economy and Culture; a visit to the Wave Organ; Hear Here: Carolyn Brandy's mysterious dream; and local saxophonist Anton Schwartz.

A technologist's house finds its voice on Twitter; Lost Weekend Video finds new ways to entertain in the digital age; Aquarius keeps the light shining on underground music; and local group The Broken Shadows Family Band.

Surf Show! We learn about wetsuits, the history of San Francisco's Ocean Beach; we talk to Twiggy, winner of the 2014 Mavericks competition; we hear from women in the sport, and find out about surfer dialect. Plus local musicians The Papercuts.

The sounds of Pixar; Interview with a sound editor: The art of the real; this week's Audiograph revealed! and San Francisco's newest a cappella choir, Capella SF.

Navigating the Delta: the roots of agriculture; The glory that was the original Bay Bridge; StoryCorps: Overcoming mental illness together; and local singer Roem Baur.

A Crosscurrents Special on the drought! How can we save waters as individuals? Does it even matter, considering that agriculture uses about 78% of the state's water? Pacific Institute President Peter Gleick will tell us!

Getting more women into the the tech industry, listener reactions to the "ban the box" idea, a Shakespeare garden in San Francisco, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians Frankie Boots and the County Line.

Navigating the Delta: Meeting the People Who Live in California’s Water Hub; and Growing Up with Thao and the Get Down Stay Down.

Beyond the pale of Parkinson’s Disease; A young man's music transforms personal loss and also public spaces; The X Segment: "Sox"; and local band Naked Fiction.

Bay Area cities expand employment protections for ex-convicts; a conversation with legendary prankster Mal Sharpe; Hear Here: Astor Lee finds community in an ancient Chinese art; San Francisco's Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía reads his poem "16th and Valencia," and local band Tea Leaf Green.

A conversation with Naina Khanna; Living with HIV as a senior; and StoryCorps: Honoring yourself by honoring others.

The assistant chief of the Oakland Police Department, a one-room school house in Marin County, and the Bay Area band LoCura.

A special "50/50" Edition of 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