KALW

Crosscurrents

Society EN ↓ 2925 episodes

Crosscurrents is KALW Public Radio's award-winning news magazine, broadcasting in the Bay Area Mondays through Thursdays on 91.7 FM. We make joyful, informative stories that engage people across the economic, social, and cultural divides in our community.

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KALW

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Society

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www.kalw.org

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

10/9: Oakland mayoral candidate Marchon Tatmon / Del the Funky Homosapien 10.10.2018

• Oakland mayoral candidate Marchon Tatmon on housing, crime, and police reform

70 Million: Undocumented immigrants are tethered to ICE, and private companies, by ankle monitors 09.10.2018

In a special presentation from KALW News, it’s a story from the new podcast 70 Million, an open-source podcast looking at jail and criminal justice reform in communities across the country. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, tries to deport a person without legal status, often it puts them in so-called “detention centers.” ICE say this incarceration is necessary, in order to get und...

10/4: Martins Beach / Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks / Uncuffed 05.10.2018

• In fight over Martins Beach, locals just want respect for their prized coastline

10/3: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf / San Quentin Radio / Uncuffed 04.10.2018

• Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf talks housing, arts, and the environment

10/2: Palestinian murals / Oakland mayoral candidate Cedric Troupe / Prison stories 03.10.2018

• San Francisco muralist connects Bay Area residents to Palestinian life

10/1: Open-source internet / Oakland mayoral candidate Jesse Smith / A love affair with anger 02.10.2018

• People’s Open Net is internet for the people, by the people

9/27: Transgender healthcare / West Oakland resilience 28.09.2018

• What do doctors know about transgender healthcare? Not enough.

9/26: Black Cultural Zone / Alcatraz reunions / The Black Woman is God 27.09.2018

• Preserving Oakland’s black community with a Black Cultural Zone

9/25: Gas tax / Filmmaker Nijlah Mu'min / Powell Street Blues 26.09.2018

• Gas tax repeal could also limit future tax increases

70 Million: One state is disrupting the pipeline from foster care to jail 25.09.2018

In a special presentation from KALW News, it’s a story about radical reforms in foster care, from the new podcast 70 Million.

SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: Glynn Washington and Anna Sale 21.09.2018

Snap Judgment's Glynn Washington and Death, Sex, and Money's Anna Sale joined Hana Baba in studios in a public radio smackdown for our membership drive.

SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: Bay Area chefs 20.09.2018

Rising stars in the Bay’s culinary scene, Preeti Mistry and Reem Assil joined Hana Baba in studios in a local celebrity smackdown for our membership drive.

SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: Greg Sherrell and Heklina 19.09.2018

Greg Sherrell and Heklina joined Hana Baba in studios in a local celebrity smackdown for our membership drive.

SPECIAL LIVE EPISODE: East Bay Yesterday & The Finch Files 18.09.2018

Liam O'Donoghue and Peter Finch joined Hana Baba in studios in an East Bay v. San Francisco smackdown for our membership drive.

9/13: Oakland scooters / "Biking while black" / Wonway Posibul 14.09.2018

• Inside Oakland’s plan to make electric scooters affordable for all

9/12: Stories from San Quentin and Solano State Prisons 13.09.2018

• Free-spirited bluegrass musician remembers days riding the rails before his incarceration

9/11: Medical cannabis in schools / CBD 12.09.2018

• Santa Rosa family fights for daughter’s right to to go to kindergarten with her cannabis meds

9/10: Rise for Climate / Global Climate Action / Alia Sharrief 11.09.2018

• Snapshots from the Rise for Climate march

9/6: Student housing / Don Reed / Grand Lake Theater 07.09.2018

• Bay Area colleges and universities struggle to keep students in secure housing

9/5: San Martin mosque / Notario fraud / Lusty Lady 06.09.2018

• Mosque and community center planned in San Martin waiting for green light

9/4: Fish or farms? / BART fares / Psychedelic art 05.09.2018

• Should more Delta water go to fish or farms?

8/30: SFUSD in Bayview / Tajai Massey 31.08.2018

• SFUSD fires up Bayview teachers in hopes they will stick around

8/29: Bears in Yosemite / Fly fishing 30.08.2018

• From bear feeding shows to bear-proof designs

8/28: ICE in Contra Costa / Street Spirit 29.08.2018

• ICE empties Contra Costa detention center. Now what?

8/23: Stories from high school journalists 24.08.2018

• For teens, vaping is a sleek, discreet way to smoke

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