Programs A-Z

99% Invisible is a tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world. Roman Mars is also the host, producer and program director of 

FSFSF is a weekly serving of Bay Area comedy that airs Tuesdays at 4:45pm as part of KALW's presentation of All Things Considered.

FSFSF is hosted by San Francisco's own

W. Kamau Bell has teamed up with KALW to create KAMAU RIGHT NOW! a live radio and social media event that transforms the political and cultural conversation of the moment into what Kamau calls “a three-ring circus of relevance....

Compelling Stories. Inspiring Playwrights. Headline Actors. Find more on the L.A. Theatre Works website.

Harry Shearer offers a comedic and sardonic look at today's headlines.

Visit Harry's website here.

Moderator Dana Rodriguez and panelists challenge each other and KALW's audience on the Bay Area's favorite quiz show.  Call-in phone: (415) 841-4134.

KALW’s weekly magazine of the performing arts in the Bay Area, featuring live interviews with musicians, choreographers, and actors, with occasional in-studio performances and ticket giveaways.  Produced by Niels Swinkels.

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The curious minds of Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich are back to explore the boundaries that blur science, philosophy, and human experience. You can find more at their website.

A celebration of the short story, read by professional actors from stage and screen. From Symphony Space in NYC. Learn more about this long running program here.

The Oakland-produced show hosted by Glynn Washington that explores decisions that define lives, taking listeners on an addictive narrative that walks a mile in someone else's shoes.

True stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props, or accompaniment.  Each hour mixes humorous and heartbreaking tales told with honesty, bravery, and wit.  

Visit their website.

The World According to Sound is a miniature radio show that tells stories with sounds instead of, well, stories. Every ninety-second episode is about a different sound. Made by Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett.

The Writer's Almanac went out of production on November 29, 2017.

Ira Glass assembles eclectic, entertaining stories that reveal Americans in all shapes and forms.

www.thisamericanlife.org

San Francisco's "live radio program to the world" featuring engaging conversation with authors, musicians, and entertainers.

Find them online at www.wcl.org and