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  • KALW 2026 Audio Academy cohort (from left to right): Rae Kim, Jordan Karnes, Rachel Longan (with dog Desi), Arlen Levy, Viviana Vivas, Cara Nguyen, Anna Casalme, and Stafford Hemmer
    Crosscurrents
    A Special Send Off to KALW's Graduating Audio Academy Class
    Today, we speak with one of the lawyers that exposed a culture of corruption and racism in Oakland’s Police department. Then, a special tribute to KALW's 2026 Audio Academy!
  • When Speech Isn't Free
    We have all heard the expression, "Freedom of Speech." If I'm a student, do I have free speech rights?What are the limits of free speech? What if I don't like a restaurant, or someone is scared because of what I said? Are there laws to protect ordinary people? Can I sue them for what they said?Tonight, YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Krista Baughman, Walnut Creek, a trial lawyer with over 16 years experience in First Amendment, defamation, and anti-SLAPP matters.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call (415) 841-4134. If you are outside of the Bay Area, call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.
  • A poet wearing jeans and a jean jacket, with curly shoulder-length hair, reading for an audience in the window at Medicine for Nightmares.
    Crosscurrents
    Police Reform, and Street Poetry
    Oakland’s Police Department is on track to be released from decades of federal oversight. Then, the Flor Y Canto literary festival returns to San Francisco’s Mission District.
  • Before and After pictures of the site of the headless footballer statue as depicted on the Instagram page for NDTV news.
    KALW Culture
    Slots or Beethoven?
    Sandip Roy
    It's the "controvery over public art" game show again, this time in Kolkata. Sandip Roy kicks it around for us.
  • Isis Asare with the Sistah Sci-Fi vending machine at Chapter 510
    Crosscurrents
    Seeking Refuge in Black Horror and AfroFuturism
    Today, an East Bay author channels the monsters of injustice into a new horror novel. Then, one bookstore owner is helping people connect and envision brighter futures.