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The California Report Magazine

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Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.

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In the Shadow of Shuttered Hospitals and the AIDS Crisis 31.07.2020 30:37

"We Have No Hospital - It's Gone"; HIV Survivors On Living Through Another Pandemic; Contact Tracing Resurfaces Controversy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Revisiting the Soundtrack of Silence 24.07.2020 30:34

Matt Hay is a sophomore in college when he finds out he is going to lose his hearing. He coasts through the early years of his diagnosis in denial, but as his hearing aids get bigger and bigger, Matt realizes he wants to capture the sounds that are slipping away: his girlfriend's voice, the click of her heels; and especially, the songs of their invincible youth. Matt starts listening to music with...

Forced To Breathe the Same Air: A Look Inside CA Prisons During a Pandemic 17.07.2020 30:37

Letters to Incarcerated Loved Ones; Former San Quentin Inmate Fights for Friends Still Inside; How Doctors' Unconscious Bias Hurts Patients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sound of Social Revolution: Inside the Black Panther’s R&B Band 10.07.2020 30:37

A documentary about a band with a mission to spark social revolution through the Trojan Horse of funk and soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buckle Up: A (Virtual) Road Trip to California Hidden Gems 03.07.2020 30:36

Roller skate in church; Healing Sierra hot springs; Live jazz by the beach; A shrine to pop culture; Places Called What?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was He “The Priest Who Performs Miracles” – Or a Predator? 26.06.2020 30:35

Father Antonio Castañeda has been charged with 22 counts of battery, sexual battery, attempted sexual battery and attempt to prevent a witness/victim from prosecuting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Tribute to Fathers 19.06.2020 30:36

Letters to a Father in Prison; Sounds That Remind You of Pop; Remembering a Dad Lost to COVID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dismantling Racism, One Protest and Book Club at a Time 12.06.2020 30:36

Young Activists in Fresno and S.F. Push for Racial Justice; Latinx Book Club Challenges Anti-Blackness; Why We Need Diverse Contact Tracers; A COVID Doctor Shares His Story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It Started With Oscar Grant: A Police Shooting in Oakland, and the Making of a Movement 06.06.2020 29:59

As nationwide protests continue in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, we explore how the death of Oscar Grant – shot by a transit officer while lying face-down, unarmed on a train platform - galvanized a new generation of activists, and helped spark a sustained call for change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Family Is Not Replaceable’ 29.05.2020 30:37

LA Koreatown Family Devastated by COVID, Navajo Nation "Ground Zero" for COVID, A Nurse Finds Joy; Motorcyclists Deliver PPE, The Class of 2020: No Prom, No Graduation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“No One Is Disposable”: Living With Disability During a Pandemic 22.05.2020 30:37

An Activist With Autism Creates a New Routine; A Conversation With Disability Rights Activist Alice Wong; A Teacher With Visually Impaired Students Gets Creative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gold Chains: California’s Hidden History 15.05.2020 30:37

Great-Grandma Survived, and Forgave; California's Last Known Slave; Taking a Stand at the 1973 Oscars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Tiny Sierra Towns are Coping With Pandemic 08.05.2020 30:37

A 164 Year-Old Hotel Closed for the First Time; The Fate of Mark Twain's Old Newspaper; Disabled and Broke in Yosemite; Keeping a Cafe Going Along the Pony Express Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feeding California During a Pandemic 01.05.2020 30:30

One Man's Mission To Bring Groceries to Rural Trinity County; 90% of Catalina Unemployed; Transforming a Sacramento Restaurant to a Food Kitchen; Filipinos Feed the Frontlines. Plus: What's Bringing You Joy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Art Lives On, Even During a Pandemic 24.04.2020 30:30

Social distancing haiku; Poet captures life on the brink; Building a GenZ pop empire from home; Show doesn't stop for 83 year old comic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life on the Front Lines of a Pandemic 17.04.2020 30:30

Dispatch from the ER; Kids Can't Hug their Nurse Mom; Comforting the Dying from Afar; A Public Health Officer Gets Sick; In-Home Caregivers Demand Face Masks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love and Sex in the Time of Corona 10.04.2020 30:30

An immunocompromised boyfriend; "Is sex still safe during a pandemic?"; Voicemails about life without sex; A WFH Dominatrix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Home Baked: One Woman’s Subversive Response to the AIDS Crisis 03.04.2020 30:31

How a San Francisco woman became an unexpected source of comfort at a time when another pandemic rocked the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coping Under Quarantine 27.03.2020 30:31

Everyone's home at my apartment complex; Connecting through Corona Diaries; Gen Z: Masters of virtual connection; Video games for the soul; What brings you joy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unemployed, Uninsured, Uncertain 20.03.2020 30:32

A bartender, a farmworker, a person on disability and a musician cope with the fallout from COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When COVID-19 Came to California 13.03.2020 3:58

What CA Did Right (and Wrong); Working Without Sick Leave; Life After Lockdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Healing the Divide 07.03.2020 30:31

Making Dinner Political; The Un-Selfie; Fighting with Grandpa; An Unusual Friendship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pupusas for Voters, Love for Activists, and No More Nightly Movies for Catalina Island 29.02.2020 30:36

A 19-year-old runs for office; Colleges hold voting centers; Activists fall in love; Catalina Island loses its theater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California Apologizes But Scars Remain 21.02.2020 30:36

Scars of Internment at Heart Mountain; Big Band Swing Meets Taiko Drumming; My Mom Has DACA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Valentine’s Day, California Style 15.02.2020 30:31

A rideshare romance; a 94-year-old DJ; and teaching how to love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices