Crosscurrents

The viability of virtual reality. An East Bay violinist transitions from classical to jazz. This week's Audiograph mystery sound revealed.

We drop in on a lottery that determines who gets affordable housing in San Francisco. What are other options for people on the housing hunt? The story of a wedding singer recovering from a stroke.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf discusses how the city is changing. Youth Radio on the ingredients that make Oakland so special. Listening to San Francisco’s own “killer composer”.

Local Muslim women feel the spike in Islamophobia. Achieving the impossible with contortionist Phoenix Paz. This week's Audiograph mystery sound revealed.

How Oakland could lead the nation in gun control. Meet the specialized chefs serving the entire animal kingdom. An Oakland woman transitioned from circus shows to comedy.

Visit a creek that divides two cities worries neighbors this El Nino season.

What it really takes to make your chicken dinner. Novella Carpenter talks about raising animals in her Oakland backyard. A local author discusses a book she says made the rest of the world fall away.

How much can you tell about someone from the way they sound? What does a person lose and gain when they switch between racial identities? And what if you don’t want to choose between identities at all?

How fashion has made its way into prosthetic legs. Dressing dapper as a butch woman. Why hundreds of people line up at the San Francisco Opera Costume Shop.

Visit the Emerald Triangle to see how much the marijuana industry has grown. Go behind the scenes of a thriving Mendocino farm, to see how the cash crop has transformed a town.

When the NUMMI auto plant in Fremont closed five years ago, thousands of people lost their jobs. Some workers had decades of experience — but it wasn’t easy to get work. A new car company moved in, but it was … different.

How the delayed crab season is affecting local fisherman. What sharks are doing differently this year. A young girl's journey through 13th century Britain.

A controversial plant that makes one of the most important ingredients in new construction - cement. An interview with a unique explorer who formed a society to visit some of the Bay Area's off-limits places. A tour of one of San Francisco’s major construction projects — the Transbay Terminal.

An art project connects San Francisco residents with refugees from across the world. Comedian Kate Willet is okay with you not liking her jokes. This week's Audiograph mystery sound revealed.

The fickle fortunes of professional video gamers in the Bay Area. How gaming can become an addiction — and how one local doctor proposes to treat it. A teenager’s response to gaming’s bad rap.

How a social networking site is battling racial profiling in Oakland. What happens when love and traffic join forces. Solutions to workers' complaints about companies like AirBnB and Uber.

A senior Mission District resident faces eviction. A muralist working to change the perception of graffiti. This week's audiograph mystery sound revealed. Featuring music by Laurie Lewis.

Proposed curriculum cuts have sparked outrage at a Bay Area college. A lifelong Mission dweller is evicted from his home. Setting climate change to music.

How one woman dealt with being priced out of San Francisco’s Mission District. How a punk rock store in the Mission keeps on kicking. An interview with Josh Rosenthal, author of "The Record Store of the Mind."Featuring Cyril Guiraud's American Quartet.

A displaced Mission resident who refuses to let go of her old neighborhood. This proposal could bring thousands of affordable housing units to San Francisco. The debate over noise complaints in Oakland.

Six Stanford students and alumni who fought in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars talk about coming home.

What bike advocates in the Bay Area are doing to get more women on two wheels.

The controversy surrounding Oakland’s spy center, and why one tool called the Stingray is on privacy advocates radar. Why the 40-year-old American Indian Film Festival is still vital.

A cannabis legalization ballot measure in the works. Author of Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature. This week's Audiograph mystery sound revealed.

Learn about the art of 3-D nipple tattoos for breast cancer survivors. Why some say the pink ribbon campaign betrays women. Meet the world's first women's pinball league. Featuring music by Vetiver.