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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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26:50

SHOW: Stories About Families and Belonging

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/26

Today we hear about how residents are preparing to pass a tougher version of the naturalization civics test. Then, a grandmother writes a children’s book with her grandson, and he has an idea for the main characters. Plus, preserving memories when family comes together.

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07:36

Residents are scrambling to take the citizenship test...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/26

For lawful residents yearning to become naturalized citizenships, learning U.S. history and civics is one of the barriers to passing a ten question exam and it just got harder.

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01:56

Bay Poets: 'Cold Mountain in Chinatown' by poet Al...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/26

Here’s Al Robles reading an excerpt from his poem, “Cold Mountain in Chinatown,” which he performed at the Poetry Center at San Francisco State on November 10th, 1976.

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08:34

Sights + Sounds: Children's book 'Story Power!'

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2025/11/26

Author Stephanie Wildman’s children's books have centered around three characters Flor, Roberto and Luis who are adventurous siblings. But her latest book Story Power is different- she co-wrote it with her nine-year-old grandson Simon Wildman Chung.

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06:16

Preserving holiday memories for future hunger pangs

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/26

Thanksgiving week makes us feel… Different things. About history, about family, about memory...Back in 2018 reporter Margaret Katcher brought a recorder to her holiday table. But when she turned it on, she found herself wondering about her impulse to document the moment…

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26:50

SHOW: Saying Goodbye

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2025/11/20

The work of disability advocacy just lost one of its strongest voices. Today, we remember Alice Wong. Then, we’ll hear a story about navigating the pain and stigma of losing loved ones to suicide.

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13:50

Remembering Alice Wong

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/20

San Francisco disability justice activist, writer, and MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant recipient, Alice Wong, died last week at the age of 51. We honor her and her lasting impact with this tribute.

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09:09

The ones left behind

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2025/11/20

In this story, we hear from Palo Alto loss survivors as they navigate the complicated emotions around a loved one’s death and what it means for them to keep going.

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25:37

SHOW: Pretty Things, Universal Funk, and All Things...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/13

Today, it's the Art of Manga! Then, a woman shares the unglamorous reality of prison. Plus, we visit The Universal Funk Opera!

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10:18

Sights + Sounds: 'The Art of Manga' exhibit

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/13

There’s a huge exhibit at the deYoung Museum right now, called “The Art of Manga.” With more than 600 drawings, this is the first major exhibition in North America. Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere is a professor of Japanese art and culture and curated the exhibit. She spoke with KALW’s Sights and Sounds Show host Jenee Darden about the history of the art form, and how it's been used in social and political movements.

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03:57

Uncuffed: What the absence of 'pretty things' in...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/13

A story from Uncuffed producer Haena Worthing at the California Institution for Women about a shift in her perception of what makes something "pretty."

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09:46

How a Bay Area artist brought a funk band of aliens...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/13

André E. Preston has never been defined by one art form, hobby, or passion. His interests range from music to comic books to outer space. He’s the creator of a graphic novel series and accompanying live performance called “The Universal Funk Opera.” The show is on at Neck of The Woods Saturday November 15, 2025!

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26:50

SHOW: In Celebration of StoryCorps

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/06

Today, we celebrate the legacy and work of StoryCorps. And we play you some of our favorite conversations recorded right here, in the Bay Area.

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26:50

SHOW: Revisiting San Francisco's Crosstown Trail

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2025/11/04

Today, we get lost… and find our way on San Francisco’s Crosstown trail. Then, a story about a mother in prison and a daughter who wishes for her to come home.

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13:32

Taking the long way: San Francisco's Crosstown Trail

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/04

Today we’re bringing you a story that recently won the Society of Professional Journalists - Nor Cal award for best feature story - small division! The San Francisco Crosstown Trail offers up a lot of those opportunities for charm and whimsy. It’s a 17 mile walk from Candlestick Point to Land’s End.

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05:27

Uncuffed: Mothering from prison isn't easy

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/04

A story from Uncuffed and the California Institution for Women about a mother in prison and a daughter who wishes for her to come home.

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05:38

Sights + Sounds: 'Noises Off' play

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/04

"Noises Off," by English playwright Michael Frayn, debuted over 40 years ago, and is still cracking audiences up. And now, there’s a new production of the play at San Francisco Playhouse. Actor Joe Ayers plays the arrogant, but clumsy leading actor Garry Lejeune.

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26:50

SHOW: Grief and Dying in the Modern Age

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2025/11/03

Today, we explore what's at stake when people mourn online. Then, Death Doula's give agency to people at the end of their lives.

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16:53

The business of never letting go

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/03

When loved ones die we find ways to hold on — through photos and keepsakes. Now, things like AI memorial platforms and companion chatbots offer digitized connection with the dead. With these technologies becoming more common, what does it mean to grieve with a chatbot instead of each other?

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07:33

End-of-life doulas and the art of dying well

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/03

This story is about a different kind of doula – an end of life doula. Their role is to provide emotional support to dying people and their families. In 2019 Reporter Annie Berman joined Mimi Burrows and her son, Peter, as they met with a death doula. In the process, she learned more about what it means to live – and die – well.

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