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Crosscurrents

Crosscurrents

Crosscurrents is our award-winning radio news magazine, broadcasting Mondays through Thursdays at 11 a.m. on 91.7 FM. We make joyful, informative stories that engage people across the economic, social, and cultural divides in our community. Listen to full episodes at kalw.org/crosscurrents
  • Crosscurrents
    Today, we visit a Halal market in San Bruno that helps Bay Area Muslims with their fasts, and breaking them. Then, a taste of very specific flavors to fight homesickness.
  • Crosscurrents
    The Asian American jazz movement has roots in 1970s San Francisco. Today, the music continues. The next generation of Asian American jazz musicians are asking what it means to make music that honors history, and speaks to the moment.
  • Crosscurrents
    California is home to 1,600 native bees, and yet we are more likely to hear about their non-native counterpart: the honey bee. But gardeners and researchers alike are trying to get the word out about native bees.
  • Crosscurrents
    One South Bay couple has turned rare record collecting into an art form. Today, we dive into the crates. Then, we meet some young adults focused on promoting civic engagement. And, we’ll hear the story behind the drug, MDMA.
  • Crosscurrents
    Bay Area beaches are nestled into the city and along cliff sides. Northern California waves are cold and wild. Two Bay Area surfers are taking hold of that wildness and the possibilities it opens up.
  • Crosscurrents
    South Texas singer/songwriter Charley Crockett lived an itinerant lifestyle for years, but his time in the Bay Area laid the foundation to launch his professional music career.
  • Crosscurrents
    Today, the story of friendship between African American leader Malcolm X and Egyptian diplomat Tahseen Bashir and how it helped the religious and political transformation of the leader in the years before his assassination in 1965.
  • Crosscurrents
    Black History Month is winding down and we wanted to know: what’s the history of Black History Month?
  • Crosscurrents
    Recently, KALW’s series “Without a Voice” won the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists award for Investigative Reporting in audio. It looks into allegations of abuse at one of the most carefully regulated group homes in the state.
  • Crosscurrents
    Coast Miwok Indians can be traced back nearly 5000 years to the land known today as the Point Reyes National Seashore. A Coast Miwok family wants the US National Park Service to restore – and give them access to – their ancestral home nestled in a small cove on Tomales Bay.