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StoryCorps founder Dave Isay shares unforgettable stories of people pursuing the work they were born to do, channeling their passion, courage and…
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Bethany Snyder and Kristian Maul want their six-year-old daughter to know the importance of family because theirs is a little different: Kristian is…
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Marcy Fraser and Michelle Francis worked together in hospice care in San Francisco during the height of the AIDS crisis in 1988. Just after the decade…
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Nearly 40 years ago, two best friends said goodbye to each other by holding on to different ends of a paper streamer. Joe Chan was on a boat and his best…
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Denise Woodward is a lifelong musician. As a young classical guitarist, she strove for perfection, often waking up at 4:30 in the morning to practice for…
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KALW listeners respond to a plan to clear eucalyptus trees in the East Bay hills.The Specialist sneaks behind the scenes with a professional home stager.A…
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This story most recently aired in the May 17, 2023 episode of Crosscurrents.One film Baruch Porras-Hernandez liked to watch as a child was "The Last…
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San Francisco International High School is designed specifically for immigrant students navigating new lives in their new home. Some of those students…
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Ryan Garrett joined the military right out of high school. His sister, Samantha, asks him about what it was like leaving home for the first time to serve…
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Protest has long been a part of Bay Area culture, from the recent Black Lives Matter marches to the AIDS activists of the '90s, to the anti-war…