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  • David Boyer (with the help of Canva)
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    GLBT Historical Society
    It's 1984. The mysterious illness stalking the gay community has a name and has killed more than 2000 people. Sadly, this is just the beginning of the horrors that the LGBTQ+ community will face in the coming decade. In the final episode of Revisiting The Gay Life, we hear from patient-turned-AIDS-activist Bobbi Campbell in the last month of his life.
  • David Boyer (with the help of Canva)
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    Photo: Rink
    In this episode of Revisiting The Gay Life, we relive the early, uncertain days of what will eventually be called HIV/AIDS with one of the first people to come out publicly as having the disease: Bobbi Campbell.
  • The latest episode of Notes From the Edge is about work, which got us thinking about work songs. We talk with blues musician Valerie June about music, care, the history of the work song, and her anthem "Working Woman Blues."
  • Just in time for Labor Day, NOTES FROM THE EDGE explores the connection between work and care with domestic worker advocate Ai-jen Poo (National Domestic Workers Alliance) and writer Jenny Odell (How to Do Nothing). Plus, we hear about an anthem for working women from musician Valerie June.
  • State of the Bay
    State of the Bay explores the risks of extreme heat and how our city can prepare, delves into the debate over whether San Francisco should establish a public bank and hears about SF's boom and bust history.
  • State of the Bay
    State of the Bay explores the risks of extreme heat and how our city can prepare, delves into the debate over whether San Francisco should establish a public bank and hears about SF's boom and bust history.
  • Bay Made
    This week on BAY MADE: Freedom Needs a Soundtrack. Thirty years ago, an unlikely group of artists, activists, and friends helped build the Tibetan Freedom Concerts into one of the largest concert series of the 1990s and a rallying cry for nonviolence, freedom, and Tibet. Freedom Needs a Soundtrack looks back at how the concerts began, what they changed, and what their legacy offers now.
  • Bay Made
    This week on BAY MADE: Freedom Needs a Soundtrack. Thirty years ago, an unlikely group of artists, activists, and friends helped build the Tibetan Freedom Concerts into one of the largest concert series of the 1990s and a rallying cry for nonviolence, freedom, and Tibet. Freedom Needs a Soundtrack looks back at how the concerts began, what they changed, and what their legacy offers now.
  • Bay Made
    This week on BAY MADE: Freedom Needs a Soundtrack. Thirty years ago, an unlikely group of artists, activists, and friends helped build the Tibetan Freedom Concerts into one of the largest concert series of the 1990s and a rallying cry for nonviolence, freedom, and Tibet. Freedom Needs a Soundtrack looks back at how the concerts began, what they changed, and what their legacy offers now.
  • Bay Made
    This week on BAY MADE: Freedom Needs a Soundtrack. Thirty years ago, an unlikely group of artists, activists, and friends helped build the Tibetan Freedom Concerts into one of the largest concert series of the 1990s and a rallying cry for nonviolence, freedom, and Tibet. Freedom Needs a Soundtrack looks back at how the concerts began, what they changed, and what their legacy offers now.
  • Bay Made
    This week on BAY MADE: Freedom Needs a Soundtrack. Thirty years ago, an unlikely group of artists, activists, and friends helped build the Tibetan Freedom Concerts into one of the largest concert series of the 1990s and a rallying cry for nonviolence, freedom, and Tibet. Freedom Needs a Soundtrack looks back at how the concerts began, what they changed, and what their legacy offers now.
  • In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, NOTES FROM THE EDGE looks beyond the fireworks and fanfare, and examines the stories we tell about who we are as a country. Host Jeff Chang talks monuments with Jamelle Bouie (NYT columnist), Paul Farber (Monument Lab). He also talks with three culture makers—Leyla McCalla, La Doña and Julian Brave Noisecat—about their ideal national anthem.