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Crosscurrents

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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01:30

Bay Poets: 'Your Mind Can't Tell the Difference' by...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/08/14

Adopting and adapting to new technologies is part of the human experience. For our segment Bay Poets, poet Larry Dorsey Jr. explores the blurred lines between living life and capturing its moments through technology, Here he is reading his poem, "Your Mind Can’t Tell the Difference.”

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24:30

SHOW: Kids and the Homework Machine

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2025/08/13

About two years ago, teachers started suspecting their students might be using generative AI in their work. Today, we hear about the arrival of AI in education. And for some teachers, it’s not all that scary.

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22:02

The Homework Machine: AI arrives in schools

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2025/08/13

When generative AI arrived in schools, it brought both excitement, and confusion.

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26:50

SHOW: The Living Legends Of The San Francisco Pioneers

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2025/08/12

Today, we're rolling it way back to meet the first professional women's basketball players in the Bay. It’s Bay Area women’s basketball history on episode seven of BOUNCE!

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26:50

SHOW: Arts And Education

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2025/08/11

Dancers are trying to find their footing while funding for the arts dries up. Today, we meet a dance group on a mission to keep turning. And, the legacy of one of the Bay Area’s most iconic artists. The art of Ruth Asawa.

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09:28

SF Dancers left to find their footing through funding...

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2025/08/11

In May, the National Endowment for the Arts canceled at least $1 million in grants to San Francisco nonprofits alone. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for many artists. San Francisco dance leaders are saying they’re more strained now than ever and they're left trying to find their footing.

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07:11

State of the Bay: Oakland Back-to-School Update

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2025/08/11

School is now in session for the Oakland Unified School District. And this past year, there has been A LOT to report on at OUSD — from the early departure of superintendent Kyla Johnson Trammell, to the district’s exit from a 22 year receivership. Reporter Ashley McBride covers education equity for Oaklandside. She’s been following these stories, and she co-reported a two-part investigative series looking at lead in the water at Oakland Schools. Grace Won, co-host of KALW’s “State of the

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06:38

Sights + Sounds: "Ruth Asawa: Retrospective" exhibit

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2025/08/11

San Francisco is proud to claim the iconic Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa as our own. She’s known primarily for her wire sculptures, as well as her advocacy for arts education. Now, 300 pieces of her work are currently on display at SFMOMA. Janet Bishop is one of the curators of the retrospective.

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26:50

SHOW: Keeping The Dreams Alive

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2025/08/07

Today, we’re learning to skate through life. Then, a computer engineer with a history in radical activism. And, an iconic photographer captured the Grateful Dead.

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08:09

Why skateboarding may be your new meditative practice

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2025/08/07

One local skateboarder is trying to give skateboarding a different reputation. The goal of his company, Skateable Cities, is to highlight the practical ways it can help you get around, as well as the mental health benefits.

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08:01

Book It: Big ideas with a legendary tech designer

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2025/08/07

Designer Lee Felsenstein is legendary. He’s one of the Electronic Frontier Foundations’ "Pioneers of the Electronic Frontier"; a Laureate of The Tech Museum in San Jose; and a Fellow of the Computer History Museum. His new autobiography is "Me and My Big Ideas: Counterculture, Social Media, and the Future."

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08:14

Sights + Sounds: Photo book "The Grateful Dead by Jim...

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2025/08/07

The late, iconic music photographer Jim Marshall captured much of the Grateful Dead's career and life. He took over 10,000 photos of the Grateful Dead. Hundreds of those photos are featured in the book “The Grateful Dead by Jim Marshall.” It covers their formative years from 1966 to 1977. Photographer Amelia Davis is the co-author of the book. She was Jim Marshall’s personal assistant who preserved his work. Lifelong Deadhead and writer Dan Sullivan contributed an essay to the book.

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26:45

SHOW: Building Your Personal Brand

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2025/07/29

Today, is all about finding success in personal brands. First, how WNBA players are shaping consumer culture. Then, we hear how food can inspire more than an appetite.

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05:07

@Work: Culture, childhood food, and social media videos

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2025/07/29

Thousand of people are making a living as food content creators. They’re gaining big followings on YouTube and social media. Here, reporter Steffi Puerto talks to someone who started making their Youtube videos on the Bay Area food scene.

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12:53

Meet your friendly neighborhood Satanists.

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2025/07/28

Satanism’s modern renaissance took place right here, in Bay Area, in the 1960s, when Anton LaVey established the Church of Satan in a small, all black Victorian house in the Richmond District. Even though LaVey and the house are no longer around — Satanists still walk the streets of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. KALW’s Hanisha Harjani takes us to Berkeley to talk to the Satanists that live among us.

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26:50

SHOW: Sand Dunes, And Safety On Public Transit

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2025/07/28

San Francisco’s newest park is dealing with coastal erosion. A BART campaign works to address harassment. And, authors read from their books for young people.

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10:56

Ep 6: Sea Level Rise — Dune restoration at Ocean Beach

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2025/07/28

Part six of our series on sea level rise looks at a dune restabilization project at Ocean Beach, and a wastewater treatment plant that is being threatened by coastal erosion and rising tides.

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08:16

How are public transit agencies addressing harassment...

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2025/07/28

The majority of South Bay transit riders, whether on train, bus, or light-rail, have experienced or witnessed some kind of harassment. KALW and Mosaic Journalism student reporter Padma Balaji took a trip around the South Bay to find out more.

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06:07

New Arrivals: Books for young readers

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2025/07/28

Here are some readings from our series New Arrivals, a pocket-sized book tour with Bay Area authors. Today we’re featuring a collection of stories for young readers.

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26:50

SHOW: Perched On The Edge Of Hope

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2025/07/22

Today we take you to the US-Mexico border where the Tijuana river is overflowing with sewage. Then, we pop into the launch party for KALW's new podcast-in-development, Note From the Edge with Jeff Chang.

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