Crosscurrents
KALW
Crosscurrents is KALW Public Radio's award-winning news magazine, broadcasting in the Bay Area Mondays through Thursdays on 91.7 FM. We make joyful, informative stories that engage people across the economic, social, and cultural divides in our community.
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Networks:
KALW
Description:
Crosscurrents is KALW Public Radio's award-winning news magazine, broadcasting in the Bay Area Mondays through Thursdays on 91.7 FM. We make joyful, informative stories that engage people across the economic, social, and cultural divides in our community.
Twitter:
@KALWNews
Language:
English
Contact:
500 Mansell Street San Francisco, CA 90140 (415) 264-7106
Email:
news@kalw.org
Episodes
SHOW: Keeping Culture and History
9/15/2025
Oakland elementary school students are connecting creativity and Latino cultures through Mexican tin art. Then, we hear about a San Francisco walking tour designed around the city’s first Black millionaire. And, a KALW DJ Patrick King Most shares how he curates his music line up.
Duration:00:24:51
Teaching the tradition of Mexican tin art to Oakland youth
9/15/2025
Oakland elementary school students are connecting creativity and Latino cultures through Mexican tin art called "repujados."
Duration:00:09:36
State Of The Bay: America's First Black Millionaire
9/15/2025
We hear about a new San Francisco walking tour that covers the improbable life of William Leidesdorff, America’s first black millionaire.
Duration:00:06:35
On Repeat: Patrick King Most
9/15/2025
Tshego Letsoalo is KALW’s Music Editorial Director. Her series, On Repeat is a mini-pod for music discovery. In this episode, we hear from KALW’s Tuesday night DJ Patrick King Most.
Duration:00:06:12
SHOW: Learning from our past, thinking about the future and healing in the present
9/11/2025
Today, we from A group of immigrant women who are turning to cultural knowledge to research mental health practices. Then, an excerpt from KALW’s townhall on the future of public media. And, a reading from an Oakland author.
Duration:00:26:50
Somos Remedios: A community project aiming to improve mental health within immigrant communities
9/11/2025
A group of immigrant women are turning to cultural knowledge to research mental health practices. In this story, the group “Somos Remedios” shares what they have learned.
Duration:00:13:06
The Bay Agenda: The Future of Public Media
9/11/2025
A live broadcast town hall conversation about the local and national implications of a devastating federal funding cut to public broadcasting.
Duration:00:08:04
Kat Crosswell coming of age novel features Jazzy protagonist
9/11/2025
Kat Crosswell is based in Oakland. Her novel is about a Black family living in Chicago in the 1970s. It’s called, “Pieces of Eight: A Harper Family Mixtape.” It came out earlier this year.
Duration:00:02:17
SHOW: Movies, Music, And Lessons For Hard Times
9/10/2025
The silver screen will be shining at this year’s Oakland International Film Festival. Today, a conversation with the festival’s co-founder David Roach. Then, a reflection on parenting, perfection and discipline. And, a Berkeley author’s book on how the government tried to save the country, one song at a time.
Duration:00:18:25
Oakland International Film Festival
9/10/2025
The silver screen will be shining at this year’s Oakland International Film Festival. Today, a conversation with the festival’s co-founder David Roach.
Duration:00:06:57
It's okay to fail sometimes
9/10/2025
By Patricia Bellows, a new story from Uncuffed about breaking away from a sheltered life at home and learning the hard way that some discipline can work.
Duration:00:07:23
Sheryl Kaskowitz book details secret government folk music program
9/10/2025
Sheryl Kaskowitz's latest book is about a secret government folk music program that was part of FDR New Deal during the Great Depression.
Duration:00:02:23
SHOW: A Basketball Trailblazer
9/9/2025
What if your mom played basketball from high school, to college, and then for the WNBA. And what if as their kid, basketball wasn’t really your thing? That is reporter Audy McAfee’s story. She dug into her mother’s basketball history and found out what an O.G. baller she was.
Duration:00:22:00
SHOW: The Fear Of Flight
9/8/2025
A Bay Area program is helping fearful flyers get back into the sky. Today, a young woman confronts her fear of flying. Then, poetry that soars above the ground.
Duration:00:17:14
The clinic helping nervous flyers to soar
9/8/2025
Over 25 million Americans share a fear of flying. One program in the Bay Area is helping nervous flyers get into the sky.
Duration:00:15:59
SHOW: Hiding In Plain Sight
9/4/2025
The Berkeley Rose Garden is a beautiful place, but did you know it was built during FDR’s “New Deal” in the ‘30s? Things built through this program are still all around us today — if you know where to look. Then, a new documentary about the people who study a mammal we don’t often see. The Bay Area animals and infrastructure hiding in plain sight.
Duration:00:23:16
Public Space: New Deal history hides among the roses
9/4/2025
The New Deal was created more than 90 years ago to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression. This first episode of "The Public Works" a series from reporter Sheryl Kaskowitz, looks at how the New Deal has shaped public space in the Bay Area and remains part of our everyday lives.
Duration:00:14:19
'The Invisible Mammal' Director Kristin Tièche
9/4/2025
Little Brown Bats are facing a disease that is pushing them to extinction. Filmmaker Kristin Tièche followed a group of female scientists working to save brown bats, in her new documentary "The Invisible Mammal."
Duration:00:07:22
SHOW: Oldest San Francisco: Audio time travel
9/2/2025
Today we’re going on a special tour of San Francisco. We’ll visit four unique spots that have a lot of history, and staying power. Each of these legacy institutions were featured in Alec Scott’s 2023 book, “Oldest San Francisco.” And they were reported last fall by KALW’s Audio Academy.
Duration:00:26:50
SHOW: Happy KALW Day!
9/1/2025
Monday, September 1st 1941 KALW began broadcasting regularly to the Bay Area. So today we’re taking a look back — and talking about where we are going. It’s KALW’s birthday and you’re all invited!
Duration:00:26:51