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Today, a conversation about how AI is rapidly shaping, and changing, journalism. Then, we hear how more and more people are turning to AI ch...
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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 ac...
Today, a conversation about how AI is rapidly shaping, and changing, journalism. Then, we hear how more and more people are turning to AI ch...
Nowadays, there is a good chance you have heard - or been in conversations about- all the different ways that artificial intelligence is cha...
Artificial intelligence is not just changing how we get our information, but also in some cases, how we emotionally process a major life eve...
One mariachi ensemble in the Bay Area is reframing traditions. Today, we bring you the art and music of Mariachi Femenil. Then, we hear how...
Today is Cinco de Mayo! And for the Bay Area that means lots of events featuring mariachi! Many of the songs are sung from the men’s perspec...
How seven thousand stranded passengers in a small Canadian town inspired a broadway musical.
This month, a transitional housing program for unhoused people in Oakland is closing. Then, how poetry can invite us to celebrate the thread...
Today, we’re going to feature some of the musicians who have provided a soundtrack for Bay Area protests, the Brass Liberation Orchestra.
Struggling with homelessness can make it hard to maintain simple routines. Today, the artist inviting the unhoused community to come as they...
Today, we'll see how an encampment in Berkeley is coming together with the help of one resident.
One new novel from an Oakland writer is inspired by the legacy of environmental racism.
April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate in proper style Bay Poets has been exploring the Poetry Center at SF State’s amazing archive...
Poets have always given a voice to social movements. So today, we bring you a conversation with San Francisco’s first Latino Poet Laureate a...
A Palestinian folk dance group is bringing their people’s story to the big stage. Blending the old and the new into one struggle for freedom...
Dabke is an Arabic folk dance with roots in Palestine . In Oakland, one troupe is bringing the generations-old dance to the big stage on Apr...
Today we will be listening to musician and poet Camellia Boutros read an excerpt from her poem.
How the wrongful conviction of two Filipino-immigrant nurses inspires a dance production in San Francisco.
Today, how the ocean can be a very queer place, literally and metaphorically. Then, one play is bringing the excitement of basketball to the...
There is a growing number of people connecting with the ocean through the outdoor activity called tidepooling. KALW Reporter Anna takes us t...
The play “Flex” takes audiences back to 1998, right after the launch of the WNBA. It is an exciting time for a high school girls basketball...
For poetry month Berkeley poet Zack Rogow ponders how the simple act of photobombing persists with a life of its own.
Today, we hear how the need for housing can clash with the need to protect our natural resources. Then, how residents of the agricultural to...
Cities along the Bay Area shoreline are trying to restore wetlands to help mitigate floods and fight climate change. But as housing prices i...
Pescadero is a small farming town about two miles east of highway 1 on the coast. Today how the residents of the agricultural town in San Ma...
Today, we peer through the lens of over 120 years of Muni photography. Then, an immersive show that is set in one of the San Francisco homes...
A photographic exhibit at City Hall that came from a hidden archive highlights one of San Francisco’s most venerable institutions.
" EARTHQUAKE! Shaken, But Standing Strong " is an immersive historical show and tour of the surviving Haas-Lilienthal House that will take p...
Uncuffed producer Michael Callahan shares a story about how sometimes the roles get reversed when he's parenting from prison.
For poetry month Oakland poet James Cagney walks us down memory lane with an ode to the home he grew up in. Here is his piece 'What Remains...
Today, a conversation with Congressional candidate Marie Hurabiell. Then, the return of the East Bay literary festival Beast Crawl. And, we...
KALW’s State of the Bay has been inviting the candidates for California’s 11th district to come on their show. And we’ve been airing segment...
April is National Poetry Month and Downtown Oakland has some of the best Bay Area poets delivering powerful prose. That’s because they’re pa...
April is National Poetry Month but it is also the birthday month of one of San Francisco's most iconic poets, Bob Kaufman. To mark the occas...
Today, a local voice actor and kids podcaster talks about his experience with autism. Then, one new play features four Berkeley teenagers se...
Today we feature an award winning Bay Area creator who says being neurodivergent is exactly what helped him excel at what he does. Jonathan...
The play “Girls, Girls, Chance, Chance, Music, Music" is about four talented teens who spend their summer in Berkeley at a prestigious music...
April is National Poetry Month! Here’s a poem about the perpetual need to rearrange our personal comfort throughout our lives.
Today, a conversation with Congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti. Then, we hear about one special song from the UnCuffed team. And, how...
This is a big election year for California’s District 11. Nancy Pelosi has held the seat in the US House of Representatives since 1987 and h...
The Uncuffed My Mixtape is a selection of our producers' favorite songs. Here, Uncuffed producer Rahim Bradshaw interviewed Michael “Luqman...
April is National Poetry Month and to celebrate in proper style Bay Poets has been exploring the Poetry Center at San Francisco State’s arch...
Today, a young man from Vallejo takes his next step towards the NBA. We hear his story, and how his mother worked to keep his pro basketball...
As the Golden State Warriors take the floor for their final home game of the regular season, questions still linger. With injuries shaping m...
The San Francisco Public Library is honoring SWANA - Southwest Asian and North African - Heritage month with programs including art, film, b...
Many lesbian and queer bars are important community spaces, but they struggle to survive financially. Today, we visit two different queer ba...
Late last year, the beloved Oakland queer bar Friends and Family announced the news that it was closing. Their community was so upset, devot...
Nancy Pelosi has held the District 11 seat in the US House of Representatives since 1987. She announced her retirement last fall and that ha...
Today, we hear from Congressional candidate, Connie Chan who's in the race to take over Nancy Pelosi’s US House of Representatives seat. The...
KALW’s State of the Bay has been inviting to their show the candidates that want to fill Nancy Pelosi's soon to be vacant Congressional seat...
Uncuffed producer Jorge Lopez interviewed Ricardo “Ricky” Romaro about a song that serves as his soundtrack for positive change.