Eli Wirtschafter
Uncuffed Program DirectorEli is the Program Director for KALW's project in state prisons. We teach incarcerated people how to record and edit audio stories, and air them as part of the series Uncuffed.
Eli graduated from KALW's Audio Academy in 2016. He became KALW's transportation reporter, and also interned with KQED News and The California Report. He's been working in KALW's training programs in prison since 2018.
Eli lived in the East Bay between the ages of seven and 29, and is now based in Los Angeles. He's a musician, a bicyclist, and an active member of the Jewish community.
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What if a bicyclist could turn a traffic light from red to green — just by having the right app in their pocket? Or what if a driverless car could take…
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Zipcar. Ford GoBikes. Scoot. Shared vehicles are multiplying like rabbits in the Bay Area. Just this month, a company called JUMP rolled its electric…
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The tolls for driving on Bay Area bridges could go up by three dollars in the coming years. On Wednesday the Bay Area Toll Authority approved the…
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On January 1, it becomes legal to sell recreational marijuana in California. But the laws about driving impaired by the drug remain hazy. You can’t drive…