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  • Designer Prabal Gurung speaking at the Kolkata Literary Meet (in blue).
    KALW Culture
    I Too Sing America
    Sandip Roy
    As the Whitehouse lawn showcases one very specific version of America, Sandip speaks with someone who has another version.
  • Contributors to the "When We Exhale" anthology, with KALW's Jenée Dardon, at a recent live event celebrating the book's release.
    Crosscurrents
    Reflections and Recipes
    Today, how the political fight over college access is impacting Bay Area students. Then, we bring you readings on grief, intimacy and rest from Black Women writers.
  • Mirage in full bloom at the California Academy of Sciences on Wednesday morning
    Crosscurrents
    It’s Summertime in the City!
    Today, we’re hitting the high notes with the Golden Gate Park Band’s music director. Then, the Conservatory of Flowers’ corpse flower is about to bloom again.
  • KALW Culture
    The Power of Music
    Erin Potts, Deyden Tethong
    Before the Tibetan Freedom Concerts became one of the biggest shows of the 1990s, teenage Erin Potts dreamt of a concert for Tibet featuring her favorite band. Meanwhile, imprisoned Tibetan nun Nawang Sangdrol reveals what it meant to resist from inside Tibet. Their stories meet in the same place: the power of music.
  • Crosscurrents
    Chapter 510 Turns the Big 10!
    Today, how an Oakland center has been helping local young people discover the joy of writing. Then, we find out how San Francisco was blamed for a murder in its streets.