JoAnn Mar
Board Op/Announcer; Producer and Co-Host, Folk Music & BeyondJoAnn Mar is a veteran radio announcer, producer and host of Folk Music & Beyond, heard every Saturday from 3 to 5 pm. In her spare time, she is a radio documentary producer/journalist. Her news reports and features have aired on NPR, Voice of America, The Charles Osgood File, Pacifica Radio and AARP's series Prime Time Radio. Topics covered include prisons, end-of-life, women's issues, the plight of immigrants and public education.
In 2006, Mar received the prestigious George Polk award for investigative reporting on prison privatization. More recently, she was the recipient of a 2007 media fellowship from the Open Society Institute and produced the in-depth, award-winning documentary "Prisons In Crisis: A State Of Emergency In California."
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The artist is making a comeback after a nineteen year hiatus from music with her latest album "Endless Grace." -
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JoAnn Mar presents a special 2-hour program that will include some of the notable highlights from Rowan's long career in music.
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State Worker Pay Expected To Be Restored To Pre-Pandemic Levels / Judge Orders Los Angeles To House People Living On Skid Row / Sonoma County Starts New Programs to Prepare for Fire Season / Burning Man Organizers Consider Requiring Attendees Be Vaccinated
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Dealing with death is not easy. But some in the Bay Area are opening the conversation by stepping on stage and telling their stories of loss and mortality…
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YLR host Jeff Hayden welcomes Redwood City Attorney Catherine Raye-Wong, Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law, to discuss…
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Join us today at 3 pm (PDT) on Folk Music & Beyond for a sneak peek at next week's San Francisco Free Folk Festival. We'll feature some of the festival…
