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Crosscurrents

Bay Made showcase: Peer Talk

KALW | By Ben Trefny
Published June 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM PDT
Bob Fisher and Peer Talk hosts at KALW's live event space in Downtown San Francisco.
Ben Trefny.
Bob Fisher and Peer Talk hosts at KALW's live event space in Downtown San Francisco.

This conversation aired in the June 5, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.

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Today, we bring you an excerpt of a live event put on by KALW. Peer Talk is a youth leadership and civic engagement program created by 7th grade students at Willie Brown Middle School, in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. It’s a part of Beyond the Fog Radio. At this event, middle schoolers were asked to interview a billionaire, former CEO of Gap Inc., Bob Fisher.
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Ben Trefny
I joined KALW in 2003. As Executive News Editor and then News Director, I helped our news department win numerous regional and national awards for long- and short-form journalism. I've also helped create numerous training programs — for teenagers, incarcerated people, and early-career journalists — and have taught hundreds of audio producers. I served as interim Executive Director for nearly two years. My work is currently focused on creating original live events, programming, and building partnerships with like-minded organizations.
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