The Stoop
The Stoop podcast airs frank, fun conversations about black identity with journalists Hana Baba and Leila Day. The project was selected for NPR's first-ever Storytelling Workshop.
Latest Episodes
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COVID-19 has hit black communities hard — in many places, harder than the general population. Here in California, as of April 17, black residents were… -
What does love look like when your partner might not ‘get it’? We’ll hear from three interracial couples on how they talk about race and racism, and how… -
The Stoop podcast is hosted by KALW's Hana Baba and Leila Day. In this episode we explore colorism — discrimination based on skin tone, which has happened… -
The Stoop podcast is hosted by KALW's Hana Baba and Leila Day. When Hana was little, she was teased in school for being from Africa. The teasing often… -
The Stoop is launching soon! Hosted by KALW journalists Hana Baba and Leila Day, the podcast features stories and conversations about blackness that… -
Why is it hard for some black folks to say I love you? The Stoop, a new podcast about black identity, explores this question in a sneak preview of the… -
KALW's Hana Baba is African. KALW's Leila Day is African American. In between making radio stories and interviews for Crosscurrents, they've had MANY… -
A new podcast from KALW has been chosen to participate in NPR's first-ever Audio Storytelling Workshop.The project was one of twelve selected from more…
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On today’s show, activist Ericka Huggins talks about women’s prominence in the Black Panther Party. Then, we meet Caroline McCaskey, the new music director of the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers. And "The Compton's Cafeteria Riot" play transports audiences back to the 1966 uprising of transwomen and drag queens in the Tenderloin against police violence. -
Your Legal RightsCan the law really lead social change? When is the law best described as inadequate?Tonight, Jeff Hayden and David Bigeleisen discuss whether law enables or impedes social change.
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In her new book, civil rights attorney Gloria Browne-Marshall argues that lasting change has always been the product of sustained, collective protest efforts. -
Today is Peace Rose Day! -
In their new book, activists Annie Leonard and André Carothers argue that we must defend and exercise our right to protest amid the global rise of authoritarianism. -
Today is Blueberry Pie Day! -
Supervisor Stephen Sherrill makes his case to keep his job as D2 supervisor. Meet MoAD newest Emerging Artist Jasmine Ross along with director Key Jo Lee. -
In her new book, Thea Riofrancos explores the environmental and social costs of the race to embrace green solutions like electronic cars by expanding lithium mining. -
Bay PoetsCyrus Armajani is an Iranian-American poet currently residing in Oakland who teaches poetry and writing to youth who are incarcerated in Alameda County. -
Today is World Tapir Day!
