Gary Kamiya's "Cool Gray City of Love"

KALW | By Matt Martin

Published October 15, 2013 at 12:43 PM PDT

Co-founder of Salon.com and author of Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco, Gary Kamiya talks about the city's absurd beginnings as a distant and moth-eaten colonial outpost to its instantaneous fame during the Gold Rush; from its apocalyptic destruction by earthquake and fire to its perennial embrace of rebels, dreamers, hedonists and misfits of all stripes.

Gary Kamiya was recorded at the Commonwealth Club on October 2, 2013, in conversation with Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation’s environmental correspondent and author of six books including his newest work, HOT: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth.

Matt Martin

Matt Martin was KALW’s general manager from 2006 through 2018. Under his leadership, KALW grew into one of the most productive and innovative stations in public radio. Programs launched at KALW during Matt’s tenure as GM include the award-winning local newsmagazine Crosscurrents, the design podcast 99% Invisible, and the Spanish-language narrative journalism program Radio Ambulante. He helped create the station’s Audio Academy, a year-long program aimed at developing new talents in public radio, and led the first broad-based strategic planning process in the station’s history.

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