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01/15/2025

Who's tryna see ScHoolboy Q perform Blue Lips live?! 🙋🏾

The LA rapper's album Blue Lips ranked high on a bunch of 2024 Best New Album lists, and we've got your chance to experience it in person. Tonight's your last chance to win tickets from KALW Presents!

Tune in to tonight at 10pm for music and details on how to be there!

Either way don't miss at , next Thursday, January 23
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01/15/2025

🔹 Live Event 🔹 Tonight! Representative Barbara Lee reflects on her career in Congress and looks ahead to talk about the future of the Bay, including her bid to be Oakland's next mayor, on Dr. Martin Luther King's 96th birthday.
Join Beyond the Fog Radio hosts Susan Brown, Jae Yee, and Michaela Joy O'Shea live and in person for this special conversation at KALW's Live Events Studio.
Beyond the Fog Radio is a San Francisco-based podcast that delves into the lives and stories of the city's notable residents and vibrant neighborhoods.
🔸 Susan E. Brown is a podcast producer and co-host of Beyond The Fog Radio an oral history podcast about the San Francisco Bay Area. She is also a documentary-style photographer and has a documentary film company as a producer and director.
🔸Michaela Joy O'Shea is a co-host of Beyond the Fog Radio. California born, Colorado grown, and now an eternal San Franciscan.
🔸Jae Yee is a co-host of Beyond the Fog Radio. Born and raised in San Francisco, he is one of the top trainers and bodyworkers in the SF Bay Area.

📍 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
🚪 Doors open at 5:00
🗣️ Program begins at 6:00
🍕 Free snacks
🍷 Refreshments for donation (and KALW members get their first one on the house)

01/15/2025

Today, we hear how people are turning towards the wisdom of their ancestors in times of climate injustice. Mapping Indigenous identities and knowledge for the next generation.

01/15/2025

🎙️ In the latest episode of Philosophy Talk, discusses ancient philosophers like Socrates and Plato, who believed that an education focused on developing good character could create virtuous leaders who work for the people, not their benefit. Nowadays, too many politicians seem power-hungry, corrupt, and out of touch. So, how do we train our leaders to be more virtuous? Is good character something that can be taught? And what can we learn from the Ancients about how we can each lead an excellent life? In this interview, Josh and Ray virtuously welcome Massimo Pigliucci from the City College of New York, author of The Quest for Character: What the Story of Socrates and Alcibiades Teaches Us about Our Search for Good Leaders, to hear what Pigliucci has to say about teaching character.
Tune in this Sunday at 11:00 AM to hear the entire episode.
🎧 Click the link in the bio.
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01/14/2025

San Francisco’s new Mayor Daniel Lurie has declared a “fentanyl state of emergency,” which falls short of the legal definition of an actual state of emergency.

01/14/2025

The City of Oakland is preparing its upcoming two-year budget and it’s asking Oakland residents to give input on its spending priorities.

01/14/2025

Today on Crosscurrents, we meet a young Oakland woman from Sudan is digitizing old music cassettes for a new diaspora generation. Then, we meet a Castro Valley teen that’s living his acting dream.

Today, we meet a young Oakland woman from Sudan is digitizing old music cassettes for a new diaspora generation. Then, we meet a Castro Valley teen that’s living his acting dream.

01/14/2025

🔹Live Event🔹 Tonight - join KALW's Ben Trefny, KALW Executive Producer, as he moderates the discussion of journalism and how journalism will fare under the new Trump administration.
Hear from panelists, including.
🔸 David Greene, Civil Liberties Director & Senior Staff Attorney - Electronic Frontier Foundation. David Greene has significant experience litigating First Amendment issues in state and federal trial and appellate courts.
🔸 Ginny LaRoe, Advocacy Director - First Amendment Coalition.
Ginny LaRoe directs the First Amendment Coalition’s advocacy and outreach programs.
🔸 Thomas Peele is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning investigative reporter for EdSource and co-chair of the Freedom of Information Committee of the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

📍 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
🚪 Doors open at 6:00
🗣️ Program begins at 7:00
🍕 Free snacks
🍷 Refreshments for donation (and KALW members get their first one on the house)
🆓 The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want

01/14/2025

Come join the KALW team! We're looking an emerging marketing and communications specialist with an understanding of media and/or social impact. The salary range for this position is $70,000 - $75,000 and is determined by experience and qualifications. Applications close Friday, January 24.

Interested (or know someone who might be)? Find out more through the link in bio.

01/13/2025

Today on Crosscurrents, we're diving into our waterways. Up first, Scuba divers play a surprising role in farming. Then, a forensic diver who recovers evidence from the Bay.

Today, we're diving into our waterways. Up first, Scuba divers play a surprising role in farming. Then, a forensic diver who recovers evidence from the Bay.

01/13/2025

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted Friday to protect the civil rights of the county's immigrants against stepped-up federal immigration enforcement.

01/13/2025

San Jose has begun temporarily banning RVs in designated areas across the city this week.

01/12/2025

Back in October 2024, sat down with L.A.-based composer and producer, aka Evan Shornstein, who was concluding his critically-acclaimed US tour at the New Parish in Oakland .

This interview originally aired on KALW in November, but we're sharing today because, like many musicians in Los Angeles, Photay and his partner Celia have been impacted by the devastating wildfires. They've lost their home, music studio, and their instruments.

Now more than ever, it is important to support the artists who have given themselves to us through their music. It’s the music that is there through the good times, and the rough ones, and that reminds us that we’re all connected to each other and this planet.

We’re sharing links at kalw.org/music where you can support Photay, musicians, and other members of the communities affected by the fires. You can listen to the interview there too.

Love to LA ❤️

01/12/2025

Tune in to Revolutions Per Minute with Sarah Cahill today, Sunday, January 12 to hear from pianists and , and win KALW Presents tickets to their performance of Sufjan Stevens' Reflections, this month at Bing Concert Hall, presented by !

Tune in from 6 p.m. on KALW 91.7 FM Bay Area 📻 and kalw.org worldwide🌏

01/11/2025

🔹Live Event🔹Representative Barbara Lee reflects on her career in Congress and looks ahead to talk about the future of the Bay, including her bid to be Oakland’s next mayor, on Dr. Martin Luther King’s 96th birthday. RSVP: kalw.org.events

Join Beyond the Fog Radio hosts Susan Brown, Jae Yee, and Michaela Joy O'Shea live and in-person for this special conversation at KALW’s Live Events Studio. Reception sponsored by Joyride Pizza.

Beyond the Fog Radio is a San Francisco-based podcast that delves into the lives and stories of the city's notable residents and vibrant neighborhoods. Produced and co-hosted by native San Franciscan and documentary film director Susan Brown, alongside co-hosts Jae Yee and Michaela Joy O'Shea, the podcast aims to celebrate the city's rich cultural tapestry through personal narratives.

01/11/2025

🔹Live Event🔹How will journalism fare under the new Trump administration? Join KALW for an in-depth panel discussion and mixer co-sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California (SPJNC) and the San Francisco Press Club. RSVP at www.kalw.org/events

Join experts from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, First Amendment Coalition, SPJNC’s Freedom of Information Committee, along with leading local journalists to explore issues, including:

*How will the enduring impact of the President-elect’s rhetoric, such as the "enemy of the people" and “fake news” narratives impact public trust and safety?

*How should journalists prepare to meet escalating legal threats including defamation suits, such as Trump’s recent settlement with ABC News.

*How will journalists address the rise of digital harassment, government surveillance, and hacking targeting the press, as well as challenges in securing public records and maintaining transparency.

*What is being done to address the polarization of news consumption?

Learn about how journalists will need to navigate these challenges, including by bolstering legal protections, fostering trust with audiences, and developing strategies to safeguard their work and well-being. Immediately following the panel, we’ll host a mixer for journalists and attendees.

01/08/2025

🔹Live Event🔹
"Behind the Scenes of 'In The Name of Love,'" a KALW preview of the musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King from Living Jazz and SFJAZZ.
Enjoy an evening of inspiring performances featuring Music Director and pianist Kev Choice, singer-songwriter Chika Di, harpist Destiny Muhammad, and poet Maya Raveneau-Bey. The event also includes a conversation with Lyz Luke, Executive Director of Living Jazz, discussing how In the Name of Love fosters a soul-nourishing message of unity. Hosted by KALW's Jenee Darden, the voice behind Sights & Sounds on Crosscurrents, this celebration of music, creativity, and community will surely uplift and inspire.
➡️ Scroll through the slides to see the fantastic host and performers of the evening.

🗓️ Friday, January 10, 2025
📍 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, 2 blocks from BART/MUNI
🚪 Doors open at 6
🍕 Free snacks
🍷 Refreshments for donation (and KALW members get their first one on the house)
🆓 The event is free with an RSVP — and you are welcome to donate what you want.
🔗 Click the link in the bio.

01/08/2025

🎙️This conversation is part of our Wise Women series, made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Elizabeth Anscombe was a trailblazer in action theory, moral philosophy, and philosophy of mind. Beyond her academic contributions, she made headlines for her moral courage, famously protesting Truman's honorary degree at Oxford over his decision to drop the atomic bomb.
Join Josh and Ray as they dive into Anscombe's life and ideas with Rachael Wiseman, co-author of Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life.
Tune in this Sunday at 11:00 AM to hear the entire episode.
🎧 Click the link in the bio.

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