SHOW: BAVC Turns Fifty! And, National Immigration Heritage Month
The Bay Area Video Coalition has had a big impact on local media for half a century. Now it looks to the future. Then, the story of a Liberi...
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20 of 2,850 episodesSights + Sounds: Bay Area Video Coalition's 50th anniversary
If you’ve made media art in the Bay Area sometime in the last fifty years… you probably know the Bay Area Video Coalition : BAVC. Around 2,5...
Dancing in and escaping from wartime Liberia
June is National Immigrant Heritage Month. And that brings us to another legacy Bay Area arts institution was founded by immigrants from wes...
Bay Poets: 'Another Time' by poet Daisy Zamora
Immigrant artists have a big impact on their adopted countries, but many also leave a legacy in their countries of origin. Daisy Zamora has...
SHOW: San Francisco's Legacy of Queer Community Care
Today, we explore a series that captures San Francisco at the height of the AIDS epidemic. It's a conversation with the host of “When We All...
How San Francisco's first gay-positive church weathered the AIDs crisis
Pride Month is a time to celebrate accomplishments of LGBTQ+ individuals, and commemorate the ongoing fight for the whole community to gain...
BOUNCE Ep. 3: Rikki's - The Bay Area's First Women's Sports Bar
In June 2025, San Francisco welcomed its first women's sports bar: Rikki’s! In honor of Rikki’s first anniversary, here’s the story of how i...
Bay Poets: 'everyday I become egg' by poet Lorenz Mazon Dumuk
Now, a poem about becoming ourselves, with the help of our chosen family. This is San Jose Poet, Lorenz Mazon Dumuk reading his poem, “Every...
SHOW: Celebrating Caribbean Heritage Month
Today, we take dancing to a deeper level with Afro-Cuban folklore. Experiencing dance as spiritual practice. And, we head over to Oakland's...
Oxtails and black beans- telling the Haitian story through food in Oakland
June is Caribbean Heritage Month. And The Bay Area is home to a vibrant Caribbean American community, including thousands of Haitians. Cross...
Afro-Cuban movement with meaning
You can experience Caribbean culture in the Bay Area though delicious food. And also through rhythm and dance. Next a dance form that’s deep...
Bay Poets: 'Bones talk out the side of their neck' by poet Nia Pearl
Here’s Nia Pearl reading her poem ‘Bones talk out of the side of their neck. You can hear more from local poets here.
SHOW: Queer Surfers, and First Time Voters
It’s California’s primary election day. Today, we hear how first time voting can be daunting... and depending on where you are, a potentiall...
TBH: New Voters
Figuring out where and how to cast a ballot can be difficult to navigate, especially when we are leading busier lives and also investing tim...
Queer Surf: From the bars to the beach
Two Bay Area surfers are opening up the possibilities at the shoreline. Kyla Langen and Nic Brisebois are the founders of the Queer Surf Col...
SHOW: Nurturing Belonging, Progress, and Pride
Today, one school program in San Francisco is connecting ethnic studies and environmental science, to nurturing belonging. Then, an immersiv...
Combining ethnic studies with outdoor ed to foster connection, inside and out
The Bay Area is known for its beautiful natural places and for being the birthplace of many social movements. One school program has found c...
Sights + Sounds: 'The Compton's Cafeteria Riot' immersive play
Late on a summer night in 1966, a cop put his hands on a customer at a popular gathering space for trans women and drag queens. Coffee was t...
Oldest San Francisco: Pride Flag
San Francisco laid many of the bricks that built the road to LGBTQ+ liberation, equality, and Pride. One of them takes the shape of a piece...
SHOW: Cultural Explorations and Tributes
Today, we’ll hear how Bay Area listening bars have their roots in World War II Japanese culture. Finding a space just for music. Then, we’ll...
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