Joshua Sirotiak
ProducerJoshua Sirotiak is a native of Chicago and Cleveland who moved to San Francisco in 2001. He's a working tuba player, a father, and a self-proclaimed nerd who’s worked as a line cook, general contractor’s apprentice, substitute teacher, camp counselor, bar back and bouncer, and has spent nearly a decade and a half working for one upscale natural foods grocer in particular.
In 2013, while living in Chicago, Joshua participated in a seven week program run by vocalo.org (an affiliate of WBEZ) where he produced a ten minute piece about Second Line music and culture. Currently primarily employed (musically) in Balkan Brass and Second Line styles, Joshua has toured across the United States and Europe for audiences from all walks of life ranging in size from two to 20,000. He currently lives and works in Sacramento, and his reporting interests include music as a lens into culture, race in the United States, technological solutions to climate change, and environmental sustainability/justice.
Joshua is a fellow in KALW's Audio Academy class of 2020.
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This is a 2-minute summary of what’s on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.San Jose’s Measure H aims to generate about $15 million annually by… -
This is a 2-minute summary of what’s on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.Measure K would authorize San Francisco to develop and own up to…
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Two Bay Area counties have moved from purple to red under the Governor’s new color coded system for monitoring Covid. Yesterday Governor Newsom provided…
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This is a 2-minute summary of what’s on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all. EDITOR'S NOTE: Since the story was originally published, San…
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On Monday, the California Department of Public Health released details for how elementary schools could re-open for in-person instruction.Last month…
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This is a 2-minute summary of what’s on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.Basically, Proposition 19 would allow homeowners to move into a nicer…
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This is a 2-minute summary of what’s on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all.California’s Proposition 15 is an amendment to the state constitution…
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On Monday, the Bay Area had its first major sporting event since the pandemic began. Yesterday the A’s played the Giants in their first spring training…
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On Sunday night, police in Martinez arrested a local man for brandishing a loaded gun at a group of people gathered near a Black Lives Matter mural. It’s…
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The Oakland City Council is conducting its mid-cycle budget review today, and community groups are calling for that budget to go less to the police and…
