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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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24:50

SHOW: Humphrey the Humpback Whale and the Bay Delta...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/05

Today, how a Bay Area town remembers Humphrey the Humpback, forty years on from his 1985 dramatic visit to the Bay Delta.

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22:10

Remembering Humphrey the Humpback, 40 years later

Crosscurrents ·

2025/11/05

On October 10, 1985, a humpback whale dubbed “Humphrey” got lost and swam nearly 70 miles inland, inspiring one of the largest and most publicized whale rescues in U.S. history.

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26:50

SHOW: Bomba in the Bay, and a Scary Story from...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/30

Bomba is more than just music. Today, we’ll hear how one of Puerto Rico’s oldest musical traditions lives on in the Bay. Then, we hear a very scary Sudanese folk tale.

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11:16

Bomba — music, history, identity, and resistance...

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2025/10/30

Bomba. It's a word you feel: percussive, rhythmic, pulsating. The art form grew out of the Afro Indigenous cultures of Puerto Rico. But it’s much more than dance music. Bomba echoes and resonates with the violent history of slavery and resistance in Puerto Rico.

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02:11

Bay Poets: 'Bones talk out the side of their neck' by...

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2025/10/30

Day of the dead is coming up this weekend and it is a time when many people are thinking about dearly departed loved ones. Next we’ll get a message from the ancestors… through a poem. Here’s poet Nia Pearl with ’Bones talk out of the side of their neck.’

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12:30

Sights and Sounds After Dark: Creepy Tales — Widea’s...

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2025/10/30

Hana Baba recently took part in telling a scary story from her Sudanese culture as part of an evening of “Creepy Tales” from KALW’s Sights and Sounds show.

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24:51

SHOW: Families Facing Hard Choices

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/29

Gender affirming care is becoming less accessible for trans youth in the Bay. Today, we’ll hear from families facing tough decisions. Then, the story of a woman in prison who was gifted a book that changed her. And, a collection of readings from Bay Area authors.

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12:02

Hard choices for trans youth and families after pause...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/29

This summer, both Stanford Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente paused gender affirming surgeries for youth under 19 years old. Ever since, the families of transgender kids in the Bay have been facing some hard choices.

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05:04

Uncuffed: The book that changed her life

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/29

How a book given to an Uncuffed producer surprised her.

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04:55

New Arrivals Collection

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/29

Now we’ll hear some readings from our series New Arrivals, a pocket-sized book tour with Bay Area authors. Today, Oakland authors Emile DeWeaver and Beverly Burch, as well as San Francisco writer Alvin Lu.

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26:50

SHOW: Going Back in Time to Understand the Future

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2025/10/28

Today, a UC Berkeley historian explores 80 years of US policy in the Middle East. Then, a story on how intense loyalty destroyed a close relationship. And, one beloved music venue in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood has a morbid history... we meet the ghosts that haunt The Chapel.

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13:55

LITQUAKE - 'Kicking the Hornet's Nest: U.S. Foreign...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/28

KALW news editor Sunni Khalid recently hosted a conversation with author Daniel Zoughbie- UC Berkeley historian and professor of complex systems science as part of the 2025 Litquake literary festival.

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04:15

Uncuffed: How loyalty to one person harmed her...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/28

When she was young, Uncuffed producer Keyna Osorio loved her cousins Bud and Rock. But then, when she was told that Rock’s brother snitched on her brother, her idea of loyalty cost her two very meaningful relationships — relationships she could never get back again.

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06:33

From mortuary to music venue: Is The Chapel haunted?

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/28

Today, the Chapel is a lively music venue. But many people who work there say its history as a mortuary lingers.

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02:11

Bay Poets: 'It is I, the Immigrant' by Elizabeth Jiminez

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/27

This is Chicana poet Elizabeth Jiminez Montelongo, reading her poem “It is I, the immigrant.”

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26:50

Day of the Dead Marigolds, and a Transportation Update

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/27

Today, we meet a florist who grows the marigolds used for "Dia de Los Muertos” And, an update on Bay Area roadways and Freeways. Plus, some poetry to help us through these tricky times.

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10:40

Getting Around the Bay Q&A: Driving, commuting, parking

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/27

A look at what’s happening in transportation news around the Bay Area, where this week we'll talking about driving, commuting, and parking.

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10:52

Florist Mauricio Vivas grows marigolds to celebrate...

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/27

Florist Mauricio Vivas grows marigolds for these reverent altars, and sells them at his store “Tony Rossi & Sons Florist” in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. KALW’s Jenee Darden recently spoke to Mauricio in 2024 about the significance of marigolds for Dia de los Muertos traditions.

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01:51

Bay Poets: Lourdes Figueroa reads their untitled poem

Crosscurrents ·

2025/10/27

Here's Chicanx poet Lourdes Figueroa reading an excerpt from their untitled poem.

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26:51

SHOW: 'Restrained and Sedated' series with Joel Umanzor

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2025/10/22

Jose Luis Lopez was a construction worker in Richmond who had an encounter with the police in 2020. Today we hear an investigation into his story and other police involved deaths in Contra Costa County.Then, how a difficult moment helped lead a young girl to become herself. And, we’ll board an aircraft carrier in Alameda that many people say…is haunted.

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