Crosscurrents

San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets; meet the most influential, unknown man of the 20th Century: Philo T. Farnsworth; American Jerusalem: Documentary spotlights Jewish history in San Francisco; plus The Bay Area Brass Band.

Reasons why SF landlords don't rent their units,competing interests in mid-Market redevelopment, the uniqueness of Twin Peaks, and local musicians Trio 180.

Welcome to Audiograph – the Bay Area’s sonic signature. Each week, we play you a sound recorded somewhere in the Bay Area, and ask you to tell us what it is, and where we recorded it. We reveal the story behind our mystery sounds every Thursday on Crosscurrents.

An alternative economy: the Sharing Economy. We look at the Karma Kitchen, using time as a literal currency, and talk to Neal Gorenflo. Plus local musicians The SF Gay Men's Chorus.

Dog show! Breeders, handlers, owners, haters in San Francisco...they're all here. We visit the Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show at the Cow Palace, the SPCA and ACC animal shelters, the booming dog economy. We hear from a psychologist on the dog-human relationship, and from a person who can't stand canines and the whole dog culture.

A pre-school where everything is taught in Farsi, a dance company in Oakland for the disabled, this weeks Audiograph game answer, and local musician Eve Decker.

A show on homelessness: Using a public bus as a hotel, San Francisco's solutions to homelessness, providing showers for those who don't have them, and local musicians Spider Heart.

Must love broccoli: A community garden plays matchmaker; Urban Astronomy: Here come more eclipses than you can shake a stick at; and Bay Area Beats: The SHE's.

Interview: With 'Ripper,' Isabel Allende aims to thrill; Lunada: Lit on the full moon; Segment X: Julia Stinks; and local band Foreverland.

San Francisco's mid-Market redevelopment and breaks for tech companies, this week's Audiograph game answer, and local musicians Marc and The Casuals.

Details of State Senator Leland Yee's case; and Oakland's first gang-unit member recalls a dangerous Chinatown.

Meals on Wheels: Food and fellowship for Oakland's elders; a conversation with New America Media's Paul Kleyman about the senior citizens of San Francisco; dancing with the ladies in line; and The Cetaceans.

An interview with former President Jimmy Carter on his new book, "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power"

A recording studio that's training women and girls in all things audio; a local Pakistani artist's paintings reflect the colors and calligraphy of home; new documentary about one of the most publicized sexual harassment cases in US history; and local band Chrome Johnson.

A Crosscurrents and SF Public Press special on PTA fundraising in San Francisco and the disparity it is creating among elementary school funding. Plus local musician Melanie Ida Chopko.

Airbnb in San Francisco makes it harder for people looking for long-term housing, a centenarian, and local musicians Known to Collapse.

The view from the Bayview Operahouse; Sights and Sounds of Bayview: James Martin mentors Bayview's fathers; Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed! and the San Francisco Gay Man's Chorus.

Iraqi refugee Ahmed Al Kubaisi's story.

Using new gadgetry to make government information more easily accessible, Oakland's first ever Chief Information Officer, transforming traditional Mexican music with electronic beats, and local musicians Tumbleweed Wanderers.

A starting place for former foster youth; Changing the lives of Oakland teens "Ever Forward"; the X-Segment: Outtakes from Mills; and local band Disappearing People.

The amount of water it takes to put out a fire, the San Francisco Asian-American film festival, Audiograph's answer to the sound of the week, and local musicians The Farallon Recorder Quartet.

A show on the San Francisco housing crisis through the point of view of non-renters: landlords, eviction assistance workers; and rent-control explained. Plus local musicians Nesta.

First Mayoral forum in series tackles jobs and diversity in SF; a day in the life of the underemployed; helping the homeless at the S.F. Public Library; and local band The Broun Fellinis.

Interview: A second chance after life in prison; Will prison arts programs make a comeback in California?; Making a book from beginning to end, with one of San Francisco’s last remaining bookbinders; an installment of The X-Segment: KALW's Stacks of Books; and local band the Gravel Spreaders.

Navigating the Delta: Where the Levees Break; The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival enters its 11th Year; Bay Area Beats: Striving to be the Ellen Degeneres of music; and The Stompy Jones Band of San Francisco.