KALW’S 75Th Anniversary Concert Featuring Kronos Quartet and Bruce Cockburn

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Summer 2016 KALW: By and for the community . . . COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS America Scores Bay Area • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeleyside • Berkeley Symphony Orchestra • Burton High School • Cabrillo Festival • East Bay Express • Global Exchange • INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • New America Media • Other Minds • outLoud Radio • Radio Ambulante • San Francisco Arts Commission • San Francisco Conservatory of Music • San Quentin Prison Radio • SF Performances • Stanford Storytelling Project • StoryCorps • Youth Radio KALW VOLUNTEER PRODUCERS Shereen Adel, Geraldine Ah-Sue, Dennis Aman, Rosalie Atkinson, Dan Becker, David Boyer, Susie Britton, Sarah Cahill, Bob Campbell, Lisa Cantrell, Luisa Cardoza, Bonnie Chan, Julie Dewitt, Tammerlin Drummond, Ethan Elkind, Chuck Finney, Richard Friedman, Janos Gereben, Nato Green, Nicole Grigg, Dawn Gross, Anne Harper, Meradith Hoddinott, Wendy Holcombe, Christine Hsu, Lucy Kang, Dianne Keogh, Kendra Klang, Carol Kocivar, Justine Lee, Allison Levitsky, Ian Lewis, Martin MacClain, Abby Madan, JoAnn Mar, Holly J. McDede, Rhian Miller, Sandy Miranda, Helena Murphy, Emmanuel Nado, Marty Nemko, Erik Neumann, Truc Nguyen, Chris Nooney, Edwin Okong’o, Kevin Oliver, Steve O’Neill, David Onek, Joseph Pace, Colin Peden, Jessica Placzek, Peter Robinson, Dana Rodriguez, Dean Schmidt, Raja Shah, Lezak Shallat, Steven Short, Dore Stein, Devon Strolovitch, Niels Swinkels, Peter Thompson, Sayra Trejo, Kevin Vance, Marylee Williams, Jordan Winters, Eli Wirtschafter KALW VOLUNTEERS Daniel Aarons, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Judy Aune, Leon Bayer, Susan Bergman, Laura Bernabei, Karl Bouldin, Karen Brehm, Nathan Brennan, Diane Brett, Joshua Brody, Gregory Brown, Peter Catalano, Ceinwen Carney, Jessica Chylik, Linda Clever, Susan Colowick, Peter Conheim, Carolyn Deacy, Roger Donaldson, Louis Dorsey, James Coy Driscoll, Laura Drossman, Nanette Duffy, Eleanor Eliot, Monica Elliott, Jim & Joy Esser, Peter Fortune, Losida Garcia, Helen Gilliland, Andrei Glase, Dave Gomberg, Jo Gray, Terence Groeper, Paula Groves, Ted Guggenheim, Daniel Gunning, Ian Hardcastle, Barbro Haves, Jeffrey Hayden, Donna Heatherington, Eliza Hersh, Tom Herzfeld, Phil Heymann, Stav Hillel, Kent Howard, Clara Hsu, Susan Hughes, Judge Eugene Hyman, Didi Iseyama, Jenny Jens, Kathleen Kaplan, Brenda Kett, Lou Kipilman, Betty Kohlenberg, Franzi Latko, Claire LaVaute, Joseph Lepera, Merryl Levy, Fred Lipschultz, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Donna Marconcini, Horace Marks, Karen Martin, Tom Mason, John MacDevitt, Mac MacDougall, Michael McGinley, Sam McLelland, Matt Miller, Susan Miller, Linda Morine, Reba Myall-Martin, John Navas, Brian Neilson, Antonio Nierras, Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, Art Persyko, Dale Pitman, Elise Phillips, Charles Purdy, Caterine Raye-Wong, Ronald Rohde, Marti Roush, Jean Schnall, Ron Scudder, Marc Seidenfeld, Steve Sherwood, Flora Sommers, Ryan Spratt, Kevin Stamm, Tim Sullivan, Bian Tan, Sal Timpano, Joe Tirado, Kathy Trewin, David Vartanoff, Charlie Wegerle, Harry Weller, Patrick Wheeler, Steve Wilcott OUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Superintendent: Richard Carranza • Board of Commissioners: Sandra Lee Fewer, Matt Haney, Hydra Mendoza-McDonell, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Shamann Walton, Jill Wynns Director, Office of Public Outreach and Communications: Gentle Blythe KALW PERSONNEL Matt Martin, General Manager Ben Trefny, News Director Holly McDede, Reporter William Helgeson, Julie Caine, Managing Producer Olivia Henry, Engagement Operations Manager Jennifer Chien, Managing Editor Manager Phil Hartman, Engineering Jeremy Dalmas, Producer W. Kamau Bell, Host Annette Bistrup, Leila Day, Producer Development Director Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Producer Max Jacobs, Producer Emily Algire, Membership Angela Johnston, Producer Phil Surkis, Producer Chris Hambrick, Membership Judy Silber, Producer Becca Hoekstra, Producer Shipra Shukla, Program Lisa Morehouse, Editor Jeremy Dalmas, Producer Information Andrew Stelzer, Editor Part-time Announcers Ashleyanne Krigbaum, Liz Mak, Producer Eric Jansen Announcer Chris Hoff, News Engineer Debi Kennedy David Latulippe, Announcer James Rowlands, News Engineer JoAnn Mar, Announcer Ted Muldoon, Engineer Damien Minor Rose Aguilar, Host Hana Baba, Host/Reporter Bob Sommer Malihe Razazan, Sr. Producer Hannah Kingsley-Ma, Producer Kevin Vance Laura Flynn, Producer Liza Veale, Producer Eric Wayne ABOUT KALW KALW is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District, broadcasting since September 1, 1941 — the oldest FM signal west of the Mississippi. Mailing address: KALW Radio Offices: (415) 841-4121 500 Mansell Street Fax: (415) 841-4125 San Francisco, CA 94134 Studio Line: (415) 841-4134 KALW program guide edited by Matt Martin, David Latulippe and Shipra Shukla, designed by Georgette Petropoulos. © Contents KALW ON THE COVER: (from the top down): Kronos Quartet (photo: Jay Blakesburg), Bruce Cockburn, Alt. Latino’s Suraya Mohamed, Jessica R Goldstein, Jasmine Garsd & Felix Contreras (photo: Lizzie Chen), and W. Kamau Bell (photo: Dan Roth). 2 “The funkiest station in public radio” gets a little funkier KALW has never been glamorous. portables have gone from being a rough and When David Sedaris described our stu- ready place to make radio to just plain rough. dios as “a dump,” he was stretching the truth The pavement is ripped up all around us. – but everybody who’s spent much time at We’ve had to make special requests that the KALW knew what he was talking about. jackhammering stop during live shows like Our space was a bit shabby. The carpets Your Call or Open Air. And the other morn- were coffee-stained, the ing, I came in to find cubicles were rickety, that the toilets for the the heat was unreli- work crews had been able, and most of the relocated to just in front broadcast equipment of our building. Yikes. pre-dated our move to Reveal host Al Let- the facility twenty years son once called KALW ago. “the funkiest station We are less con- in public radio” – if he cerned with the ap- could see us now, I think pearance of our studios he’d agree we’ve gotten than the value of the KALW’s current facade. just a little funkier. programming produced in them. But that Fortunately, the staff and volunteers who doesn’t mean we weren’t excited about the opportunity to upgrade our facility as part keep KALW going have been incredibly flex- the renovation of Burton High School, where ible and understanding throughout it all. KALW is located. And we are blessed to have friends When we got word that our wing of Bur- and allies who bring class to the opera- ton would be renovated in 2016, we began tion, no matter where we’re broadcasting planning: To replace our old analog studio from. People like Bruce Cockburn and the consoles with digital systems that would members of the Kronos Quartet, who have sound better and increase our production generously offered their talents for KALW’s capacity. To reorganize our studios to create 75th Anniversary Concert on August 4th. a space for live musical performances. And It will be a very special night – I hope thanks to pro bono support from the Gensler you’ll join us as we celebrate music and cre- design firm, to return to more attractive and ativity on KALW, and the community that has efficiently-organized offices. sustained Local Public Radio for 75 years. During the renovation, we’re broadcast- And stay tuned for a big open house in ing from portable structures located in the 2017 – we can’t wait to welcome you into the parking lot just below our regular location. much-improved (yet still funky) KALW. For the most part, it hasn’t been bad – they have nice natural light and a fabulous view of Matt Martin downtown San Francisco. General Manager In the past few weeks, however, the matt@kalw.org KALW’s 75th Anniversary Concert

Featuring Kronos Quartet and Bruce Cockburn Thursday, August 4th at 8pm at San Francisco’s Nourse Theater Tickets are now available at kalw.org 3 A talk with Alt.Latino’s Jasmine Garsd & Felix Contreras Alt.Latino is NPR Music’s show comments we get on the website and focused on Latin Alternative Music, now on our Facebook page, we know we heard Sundays at 2:30pm on KALW. have a really diverse audience. People Co-hosts Felix Contreras and Jasmine who know nothing about Latin music, or Garsd recently talked to KALW GM Matt know very little, tune in regularly to find Martin about the show’s growth, the out about the music and the culture and music they love, and why they’re having different countries. So, we won’t just play so much fun. a song. Jasmine will bring in a song from How did you decide to the Dominican Republic, and we’ll put begin Alt.Latino? that into a cultural context. It’s fun and there’s a lot to enjoy about it, but we al- Jasmine: Well, we both worked on ways want to put the music into context. the third floor at NPR, and every day at I think that NPR listeners in general just around three o’clock – you know when eat that stuff up. you’re just like “Ugh, I need sugar and coffee” – well, Felix sat very strategi- Jasmine: When we started we felt like cally, right next to the vending machine. we should sound like, “This is All Things I would pass by and we would end up Considered,” you know? As time passed, talking about music and bands and Latin we realized NPR listeners also have this culture and movies. At some point we hunger for authenticity. were talking and we both lit up at the I think that’s what was so cool about same time. “We should do a show about coming in late at night and being really this! A podcast!” relaxed and chill, and taking our shoes The funny thing is, at first we totally off, maybe having a snack, maybe having did it behind the scenes. It was very a glass of wine. Just sounding like us, clandestine. We would sneak back into and not some formulaic thing. Probably, the building at night, after Felix had put if this were born out of the brains of his kids into bed, and we would tape the some executive, it wouldn’t be Mexican- show. We had no expectation that NPR American man and an Argentine im- was going to pick it up, right Felix? migrant woman. That would not be the Felix: This was probably a year before formula. I think people appreciate that when we started, 2008. That first wave complexity. of podcasting was about to take off. We As a listener, what I love is that were early on, so I like to think that we the two of you are complementary were able to refine what it is that people at all these different levels. want to hear in mobile audio, and refine what people want to hear in terms of Jasmine: I think Felix gives me a interpreting culture through music. We perspective of what it means to be were able to bring all of that and refine Latino in America, and several genera- it, and that’s what we’ve been doing for tions in. I think there’s a big divide in the the last six years, besides having a lot of Latino community between Latinos and fun. Latin-Americans, Latinos that have been here for a very long time and people What are the refinements who have just arrived. I have a lot of you’ve made over time? questions for Felix about what it was like Felix: I think NPR listeners have an in- growing up in the 60s, and in the 70s, satiable thirst for discovery. Just through and in the 80s as a Latino in the US, and

4 he puts a lot of and enjoy music. that into perspec- To not have to tive. Also, Felix define ourselves is just insanely to someone else, knowledgeable not have to ex- about music, and plain ourselves. I we have different think that is very areas of exper- liberating. tise. Felix: This Felix: That’s area of music, one of the great what we call things about Latin Alterna- doing the show, tive, a mixture of is that we each Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd traditional with bring our per- electronic, hip- spective and our own likes, and our own hop, rock, reggae, all of that stuff is just discoveries and things we want to know so vibrant and dynamic right now, and about. We bring it to the show and we’ll that’s the cool part. Just discovering. research it and discuss it, and then we’ll What can I find that will blow my mind present it. That changes every week, this week? every time we bring some new music it Jasmine: Yeah, and why do I have to changes what the definition of Latin mu- define it? Can’t you just say, “I love it!” sic is. I think that that’s a healthy thing, because the music continues to grow One of the things you do on a pretty and develop in ways that are completely regular basis is invite guest DJs on the unexpected and always surprising. show. Talk about someone you’ve had in and thought, “Oh my god, this was Jasmine: We like different things – it’s better than I could have imagined.” a big umbrella. I just had this conversation the other day with this vocalist Jasmine: Oh, Pedro Almodovar was named Xenia Rubinos, she came in amazing. He’s a hero of mine and he was to do a Tiny Desk Concert, and she’s so funny. He told Steven Spielberg to one of the artists that we discovered just put on a dress and sing in a punk in New York at the Latin Alternative band. Music Conference. Young artist, just Felix: We were allotted a certain getting started. She was dying to have amount of time with him from his publi- this conversation with me about how we cist, and he went over by, I think it was, described Latin music, because she is an ten minutes because he did not want to artist who straddles these worlds, and stop talking. you can’t really put your finger on it. We Jasmine: The publicist was on the had this really long conversation, what other line, and he was like, “Get out. is Latin music? Eventually we just came Stop it. Stop talking.” down to the fact that it evolves, it moves, it morphs, it sounds like this or it doesn’t Felix: He just kept talking. We just sound like this. had so much fun with him, and I think When you are a Latino or a minority, he really enjoyed himself. That was a you’re always being asked to define your- highlight. self as the other. Nobody asks, “What is Jasmine: Gael Garcia Bernal was White Music? What is American Music?” awesome. So good. Rita Moreno was We don’t necessarily try to define it, we amazing. just sit back and kick it with each other continued on page 15

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Kamau has an “awkward talk” with Nenna Showtime at the Swedish-American Hall in Joiner, owner of Feelmore510 Adult Gallery. San Francisco. Fresh from his new CNN series United Shades of America and his Showtime stand-up comedy special “Semi- “The event was Prominent Negro,” W. Kamau Bell is back in the Bay Area and ready for the live radio and social media event we call incredible and Kamau Right Now! showcased some There will be provocative conversation and awkward of the best of talks. There will be respectful debates and loud music. what the Bay There will be much laughter (and probably a few hugs, too). Area has to offer, And you can be part of it: Tickets for all four upcoming shows are on sale at kalw.org. culturally and If you can’t be there in person, tune in to listen live at intellectually.” 91.7 KALW and tweet #kamaunow about what’s happen- — Broke-Ass Stuart ing with you right now. And make sure you don’t miss an episode by subscribing to the Kamau Right Now! podcast SF Examiner on iTunes or your favorite podcast app.

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6 The Cabrillo Festival on KALW The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is all about the new — the here and now of contemporary works for orchestra. During the first two weeks of August each year, audiences in Santa Cruz are joined by preeminent and emerging composers, an orchestra of dedicated professional musicians led by famed conductor Marin Alsop, and renowned guest artists from across the globe. They give voice to works which are rarely more than a year or two old, and sometimes still wet on the page. KALW is proud to be the broadcast partner for the Cabrillo Festival’s 2016 season, and to present the complete orchestra concert broadcasts in four special programs hosted by Sarah Cahill of Revolutions Per Minute.

Sunday, August 21, 8-10pm “Not surprisingly, it’s Power & Devotion another embarrassment James MacMillan: Death of Oscar of riches from the 53-year- Christopher Rouse: Oboe Concerto (Katherine Needleman, old festival dedicated oboe) [West Coast solely to contemporary Premiere] orchestral music.” Christopher Rouse: —Tom Huizenga, NPR’s Thunderstuck Deceptive Cadence [West Coast Premiere] Sunday, August 28, 8-10pm Anna Clyne: RIFT Courage & Connection a symphonic ballet Katherine Needleman (Kitty McNamee, Alexander Miller: Scherzo Crypto choreographer, Hysterica Dance Co.) Jennifer Higdon: Violin Concerto (Justin [World Premiere | Festival Commission] Bruns, violin) [West Coast premiere] Mason Bates: The B-Sides (Mason Bates, Monday, August 22, 9-11pm electronica) Inspiration & Impact Monday, August 29, 9-11pm John Adams: Lola Memory & Meaning Montez Does the Marlos Nobre: Kabbalah [West Coast Spider Dance Premiere] [World Premiere | Festival Commis- Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana (The Choral sion] Project, choir; Alicia Olatuja, vocalist; Los Angeles Duo—guitarists Donovan John Adams: Butez and Bryan Fasola; Lucas Fedronic, Absolute Jest boy soprano) (Attacca String John Corigliano: Symphony No. 1 Quartet)

John Adams Michael Kropf: Spinning Music [World Premiere | Festival Commission] Kevin Puts: The City with film James( Bartolomeo, filmmaker) [West Coast premiere | Festival Co-commission] Los Angeles Duo—guitarists Donovan Butez and Bryan Fasola

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Your Call with host Rose Aguilar Philosophy Talk  Bullseye 10 am Join the conversation at 415-841-4134 or 866-798-TALK Rebroadcast Monday & Wednesday at 11pm, Friday at 5pm 10 am

Work with Reveal BBC’s World Have Your Say Inflection Point Snap Judgment 11 am Marty Nemko  11 am

Harry Shearer’s Philosophy Talk This American Life BackStory Binah  The Tavis Smiley Show noon Le Show (Rebroadcast) (Rebroadcast) noon West Coast Live Open Air 1 pm This American Life Alternative Radio Big Picture Science Snap Judgment with David Latulippe  Latino USA 1 pm

The Spot Thistle & Shamrock BBC’s Newshour 2 pm Alt.Latino with Fiona Ritchie 2 pm

Sound Opinions NPR’s All Things Considered 3 pm Folk Music & Beyond 3 pm BBC News update at 4:01, with JoAnn Mar & 4:45pm features: Tuesday/FSFSF, with Nato Green Wednesday/Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” Bob Campbell 4 pm TED Radio Hour Thursday/Sights & Sounds Friday/99% Invisible, with Roman Mars 4 pm Crosscurrents from KALW News  Your Call  pm Selected Shorts Media Roundtable A Patchwork Quilt pm 5 BBC Business Daily This Way Out (Rebroadcast) with 5 Kevin Vance  Invisibilia (July) S.F. School Board CBC’s Day 6 Fresh Air meetings Fresh Air with Terry Gross 6 pm The Moth Radio Hour (8/9, 8/23, 9/13, 9/27) with Brent Bambury 6 pm Bluegrass Signal INFORUM from the Your Legal Rights Kamau Right Now! & Left, Right & Center with Minds Over Matter City Visions  Peter Thompson  7 pm Commonwealth Club with Chuck Finney  special presentations CounterSpin 7 pm

CBC’s As It Happens with Carol Off and Jeff Douglas Fascinatin’ Rhythm 8 pm Revolutions Per Minute Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at 8:01 8 pm with Sarah Cahill  Spoleto Chamber In Deep with Africamix 9 pm Music Festival Angie Coiro Fog City Blues Tangents 9 pm with L. A. with with Emmanuel Nado & Theatre Works Devon Strolovitch  Dore Stein  10 pm Record Shelf Radiolab Edwin Okong'o  10 pm Music From The Hearts of Space Your Call  Music From 11 pm (Rebroadcast of 10am show) Other Minds  11 pm

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Your Call with host Rose Aguilar Philosophy Talk  Bullseye 10 am Join the conversation at 415-841-4134 or 866-798-TALK Rebroadcast Monday & Wednesday at 11pm, Friday at 5pm 10 am

Work with Reveal BBC’s World Have Your Say Inflection Point Snap Judgment 11 am Marty Nemko  11 am

The Spot Thistle & Shamrock BBC’s Newshour 2 pm Alt.Latino with Fiona Ritchie 2 pm

 KALW podcast available  Available on KALW Local Music Player =new program or time 9 programming A to Z 99% INVISIBLE A tiny radio show BACKSTORY Historians Ed Ayers, Peter about design, architecture & the 99% Onuf, and Brian Balogh tear a topic from the invisible activity that shapes our world. headlines and plumb its historical depths. Created and hosted by Roman Mars, Ira Over the course of the program, they are Glass calls the show “completely wonder- joined by fellow historians, people in the ful and entertaining and beautifully pro- news, and callers, bringing historical per- duced”. 99percentinvisible.org (Friday at spective to the events happening around us 7:44am & 4:45pm, Saturday at 8:35am) today. backstoryradio.org (Monday at Noon.) BIG PICTURE SCIENCE From amoebas AFRICAMIX Musical gems from to zebras, the science of what makes life Africa and the African diaspora that will possible. Produced at the SETI Institute in stimulate your senses. Alternating hosts Mountain View, California. Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Okong’o offer bigpicturescience.org (Tuesday at 1pm) vintage and contemporary sounds from Abidjan to Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, BINAH 7/14 Journalist Chanan Tigay dis- Latin America and beyond! Interviews cusses The Lost Book of Moses, an inves- with local artists, touring African enter- tigation into the most notorious biblical tainers and in studio live performances forgery; 7/21 Maria Popova, creator of the are also part of the mix. “Brainpickings” blog; 7/28 Tavis Smiley www.kalwafricamix.blogspot.com on Michael Jackson; 8/4 Matti Friedman, (Thursday 9pm–11pm) former Jerusalem bureau reporter for the Associated Press reflects on the Middle East conflict; 8/11 Senator Barbara Boxer; ALL THINGS CONSIDERED NPR’s sig- 8/18 Arianna Huffington on the impor- nature afternoon news program features the tance of sleep; 8/25 Spy novelist Alan biggest stories of the day, thoughtful com- Furst; 9/1 Terry Tempest Williams; 9/8 mentaries, insightful features on both the “Fresh Off the Boat” TV producer Eddie quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, Huang; 9/15 Robert Reich; 9/22 Culinary music and entertainment. npr.org icon Eric Ripert talks about growing up (Weekdays from 3–5pm) in the South of France; 9/29 Dave Isay, ALTERNATIVE RADIO Progressive schol- founder of StoryCorps. ars and thinkers share their views, produced (Thursday at Noon) by David Barsamian. alternativeradio.org (Monday at 1pm) BLUEGRASS SIGNAL Host Peter Thompson presents traditional and con- ALT.LATINO NPR’s weekly leap into Latin temporary bluegrass music in themati- alternative music and rock en Español, host- cally-based programs and a calendar of ed by Felix Contreras and Jasmin Garsd. events. 7/9 Monroe Mando Bluegrass; npr.org/blogs/altlatino 7/30 Long Time Gone cover; 8/27 A (NEW TIME! Sunday at 2:30pm) celebration of Ralph & Carter Stanley. (Saturday 6:30-8pm) AS IT HAPPENS The international news magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that probes the major stories BLUES POWER HOUR: Now available of the day, mixing interviews with cover- on the Local Music Player at kalw.org, and, age in an informative and often irreverent on occasion in place of Fog City Blues on style. Hosted by Carol Off and Jeff Douglas. Wednesday evenings. Keep up with Mark Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at the through the Blues Power Hour program top of the hour. cbc.ca/asithappens page on kalw.org, and at bluespower.com (Mon–Thurs at 8pm) BULLSEYE Host Jesse Thorn mixes it up BBC NEWS Current news and BBC pro- with personalities from the world of enter- gramming from London. bbc.com. tainment & the arts. maximumfun.org (Mon–Sat Midnight–5am, Weekdays at 2pm, (NEW TIME! Saturday at 10am) Mon–Wed at 5:30pm.) CITY VISIONS Hosts Joseph Pace and Ethan Elkind explores Bay Area issues.

10 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org/subscribe To participate, call (415) 841-4134 or email Scottish Isles; 8/20 Joan Baez’s 75th; 8/27 [email protected] or tweet us Points East – on the road to Bhutan with @cityvisionsKALW. (Monday at 7pm)  Linde Nijland; 9/3 Labor Day: Songs about the working life; 9/10 Points South – Rising Appalachia and other new art- COUNTERSPIN An examination of the ists from Mexico and Central and South week’s news and that which masquerades as America, Africa and Madagascar; 9/17 news. fair.org (Friday at 7:30pm) Brother Can You Spare A Dime; 9/24 Points West – artists from the West The evening news- CROSSCURRENTS Coast. kalwfolk.org (Saturday 3-5pm) magazine from KALW News featuring in-depth reporting that provides context, culture, and connections to communities FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this weekday around the Bay Area. kalw.org magazine of contemporary arts and issues. (Monday–Thursday at 5pm)  freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am & 6pm) FSFSF A weekly serving of Bay Area DAY 6 From the CBC in Toronto, host Brent comedy dished up by San Francisco’s own Bambury offers a different perspective on Nato Green. (Tuesday at 4:45pm) the biggest stories of the week, and some you might have missed: technology, politics, arts, pop culture, and big ideas. Day 6 HUMANKIND Voices of hope and human- will give you something to think about, talk ity, produced by David Freudberg. From about, and maybe even to laugh about. following an urban naturalist in Oregon to www.cbc.ca/day6. (Friday at 6pm) learning how to age gracefully, Humankind offers sound portraits of people making DISPATCH FROM KOLKATA Writer a difference in their communities and the Sandip Roy offers commentary and a world. humanmedia.org (Sunday at 6am) weekly audio postcard “from the new India”. (Wednesday at 7:44am & 4:45pm) IN DEEP Recorded before a live audience at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, In Deep with Angie Coiro skips all the sound FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM Songs from effects, heavy editing, and quick topic the Great American Songbook, hosted by switches in favor of hour-long intriguing Michael Lasser. wxxi.org/rhythm conversations. Probing the nuances of a (Friday at 8pm) political firestorm with a learned panel, or swapping stories with a celebrity passing Host Devon FOG CITY BLUES through town, Angie draws out tales and Strolovitch brings you blues from the Bay tidbits to bring listeners a fuller portrait Area and beyond. fogcityblues.com and deeper understanding of American (Wednesday 9–11pm) news and culture. indeepradio.com (Tuesday at 9pm) FOLK MUSIC & BEYOND Hosts JoAnn Mar and Bob Campbell present INFLECTION POINT Inflection Point the best in live and recorded contem- with Lauren Schiller features weekly porary folk, traditional, and original conversations with the women who are music from America, England, Ireland, changing the status quo. Upcoming Scotland, and other parts of the world. guests include Nancy Duarte and Patti 7/16 Medieval Notes – Circulus from Sanchez, the authors of Illuminate about England, Omnia from the Netherlands, transformational leadership; Nancy Corvus Corax and Faun from Germany; Santiago Negrón of the Opportunity 7/23 Sandy’s Gumbo – guest host Sandy Finance Network, Archel Bernard, the Miranda stirs up the pot with another founder of Liberian-based fashion com- tasty musical stew; 7/30 Hymns, Chants, pany Bombchel, Vivien Labaton, founder and Mantras; 8/6 Music & conversation of Make It Work, and Margarita Quihuis, with Laura Love; 8/13 Points North – based at Stanford and working on solu- Finnish fiddler Arto Järvelä, the Swedish tions for peace. (Friday at 11am) duo Marin/Marin, Karine Polwart, Cindy Kallet & Grey Larsen, music from the

shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 11 programming A to Z INFORUM From the Commonwealth LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly con- Club, programs recorded exclusively for frontation over politics, policy and popular KALW that provide a forum for young culture with panelists from various political people to access the best informed, most perspectives, including Robert Scheer on the involved, and brightest minds — be they left, Rich Lowry on the right, and Josh Barro politicians, business gurus, thought lead- in the center. kcrw.com (Friday at 7pm) ers, trendsetters or culture-jammers. (Tuesday at 7pm) LE SHOW A weekly, hour-long romp through the worlds of media, politics, sports and show business, leavened with INVISIBILIA NPR’s Invisibilia is about the an eclectic mix of mysterious music, host- invisible forces that control human behavior ed by Harry Shearer. harryshearer.com – ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions. (Sunday at Noon) Hosted by Lulu Miller, Hanna Rosen and Alix Spiegel. (Sunday at 6pm in July) MINDS OVER MATTER Dana JIM HIGHTOWER A two minute shot Rodriguez, and a rotating crew of pan- across the bow aimed at corporate and elists that includes The San Francisco political corruption, heard exclusively in San Chronicle’s Leah Garchik, and writer Francisco on KALW. (Monday and Tuesday Gerry Nachman challenge each other at 7:30am) and KALW’s audience on the Bay Area’s favorite quiz show. Celebrating its 20th KAMAU RIGHT NOW! The radical new year on KALW. Call-in phone: (415) 841- live talk show from comedian W. Kamau 4134. (Sunday at 7pm) Bell that transforms the political and cultural conversation of the moment into what Kamau calls “a three-ring circus of MORNING EDITION NPR’s signa- relevance.” (Selected Thursdays at 7pm ture morning show, with news updates from the BBC at the top of each hour. July 14th, August 18th, September 22nd The SFUSD school lunch menu at 6:49, and October 27th)  and a daily almanac at 5:49 and 8:49. Plus commentaries from Jim Hightower L. A. THEATRE WORKS Compelling on Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:30, Stories. Inspiring Playwrights. Headline Crosscurrents Morning Report daily at Actors. 7/9 Art by Yasmina Reza, Marc’s best 8:51, Sandip Roy’s Report from Kolkata on friend Serge has just bought a very expen- Wednesdays at 7:44, World According to sive – and very white painting; 7/16 The Ride Sound Fridays at 7:30 and Roman Mars’ Down Mt. Morgan by Arthur Miller; 7/23 99% Invisible on Fridays at 7:44. npr.org Cakewalk by Peter Feibleman, the beguiling (Weekdays 5–9am) account of literary legend Lillian Hellman’s tumultuous relationship across several THE MOTH RADIO HOUR Unscripted decades with a man 25 years her junior; 7/30 stories told live onstage, without props or Denial by Peter Sagal, a tenacious civil liber- notes — listeners are drawn to the stories, ties attorney, defends a right-wing Holocaust like moths to a flame. (Sunday at 6pm) denier; 8/6 Tooth and Claw by Michael Hollinger, the efforts to preserve the giant MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS New tortoises that threatened the livelihood and unusual music by innovative compos- of the native fishermen on the Galapagos ers and performers around the world, Islands; 8/13 Broken Glass by Arthur Miller; brought to you by the staff at Other 8/20 Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo; 8/27 Minds in San Francisco. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, adapted otherminds.org/mfom (Friday at 11pm) by Christina Calvit. (Friday 9pm–11pm)

LATINO USA Host Maria Hinojosa MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF brings depth of experience, on-the- SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted ground connections, and knowledge of by Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless current and emerging issues impacting world of space, ambient and contempla- Latinos and other people of color. latinousa.org (Friday at 1pm) tive music. www.hos.com (Sunday 10pm–Midnight)

12 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org/subscribe NEW DIMENSIONS A weekly dialogue RADIOLAB The curious minds of Jad that gives reasons for embracing hopeful- Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore the ness regarding contemporary problems, with boundaries that blur science, philosophy, and perspectives relative to physical, mental, human experience. radiolab.org. and spiritual well being of humanity and the (Tuesday at 10pm) planet. newdimensions.org (Sunday at 7am) RECORD SHELF Jim Svejda reviews com- OPEN AIR KALW’s weekly radio pact discs and explores classical music. magazine of “most things (culturally) kusc.org. (Monday at 10pm) considered” hosted by David Latulippe. Interviews and live musical performances REVEAL The Peabody Award-winning from those involved in the Bay Area per- investigative journalism program for forming arts scene. Recent guests have public radio, produced by The Center for included Michael Feinstein, Ben Vereen, Investigative Reporting and PRX. Frank Sinatra, Jr., and a panoply of local revealradio.org. (Monday at 11am) musicians, actors, and choreographers, with frequent in-studio performances. REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE Regular contributor Peter Robinson Sarah Cahill’s weekly program of new and offers suggestions and reviews of Bay classical music. Interviews and music from Area cultural happenings. All shows are a broad range of internationally acclaimed archived at kalw.org. (Thursday at 1pm)  and local contemporary composers and musicians, with previews of Bay Area con- A PATCHWORK QUILT Acoustic, certs. sarahcahill.com (Sunday 8–10pm) Celtic, singer-songwriter, American traditional, world musics, and a little bit of everything else. Some of the week’s news SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD in song. New recordings. Old friends. MEETINGS Live gavel-to-gavel broad- Folks playing in town, some live in the stu- cast of the San Francisco Unified School dio. Kevin Vance is host. District board meetings from 555 Franklin (Saturday at 5pm) Street in San Francisco. While the Board is in closed session, educator Carol Kocivar PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford presents an interview feature, “Looking at Philosophers John Perry and Ken Taylor Education.” www.sfusd.edu interview guest experts and respond (Tuesday at 6pm, 8/9, 8/23, 9/13, 9/27) to questions from listeners. Philosophy Talk questions everything…except your SELECTED SHORTS Celebrity read- intelligence. 7/10 An Eye for an Eye – the ers from stage and screen, recorded at morality of revenge; 7/17 Identity Politics Symphony Space in NYC. 7/14 Passages – mobilizing behind an identity vs and “The Texas Principessa” by William Goyen, ideology; 7/24 The Mystery of Music read by Doris Roberts, “Love, Dishonor, – giving thought to how we listen; 7/31 Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish,” by David Rakoff, More Than Just Pun and Games – what (Jackie Hoffman), “The Canoeists,’ by Rick exactly is funny about word play?; 8/7 The Bass, (Neil Patrick Harris). 7/21 Long Distance Dark Side of Science – is some knowledge “Strawberry Window” by Ray Bradbury, ultimately irrelevant?; 8/14 The Big Bang: (Boyd Gaines), “Hell Diving Women” by Before and After; 8/21 This Is Your Brain Megan Mayhew Bergman, (Anika Noni Rose). on Art – applying the tools of neurosci- 7/28 Heroes and Villains: The Amazing ence to the question: “What is art?”; Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (excerpt), 8/28 Dangerous Demographics – the by Michael Chabon, (Aya Cash), “ReBoot challenges of an aging population; 9/4 Me,” by Larry Doyle, (Chip Kidd), “I am Not The Examined Election; 9/11 Do religions a Jew” by John Biguenet, (David Strathairn). deserve special status?; 9/18 Magical 8/4 End of the Line “Apocalypse” by Jack Thinking – why people make decisions Handey, (Jane Kazcmarek), “Encounters based on completely unfounded supersti- with Unexpected Animals” by Bret Anthony tions; 9/25 John Dewey and the Ideal of Johnston, (Kirsten Vangsness), “The Democracy. philosophytalk.org (Sunday Wish,” by Roald Dahl, (Pablo Schreiber), at 10am, rebroadcast Tuesday at Noon) “Indianapolis (Highway 74),” by Sam Shepard,

shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 13 programming A to Z (Bryan Cranston). 8/11 Enviable Characters THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW “The Sound of Summer Running,” by Ray A weekly high-energy discussion of political, Bradbury, (Sean Astin), “I Dream of Zenia cultural, and global issues of particular rel- with the Bright Red Teeth,” by Margaret evance to African Americans. Atwood, (Kirsten Vangsness), “Shiftless tavissmileyradio.com (Friday at Noon) Little Loafers,” by Susan Orlean, (Dave Hill). 8/18 What is Real? “Flotsam,” by Diane THE TED RADIO HOUR A journey Cook, (Melora Hardin), “Paranoia” by Shirley through fascinating ideas: astonishing inven- Jackson, (Thomas Gibson), “A Tree, A Rock, tions, fresh approaches to old problems, a Cloud,” by Carson McCullers, (Lance new ways to think and create. Hosted by Reddick). 8/25 Best Friends “Pie Dance” Guy Raz. (NEW TIME! Sunday at 4pm) by Molly Giles, (Cynthia Nixon), “Madame Lazarus” by Maile Meloy (Rene Auberjunois). Host selectedshorts.org (Sunday at 5pm) THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK Fiona Ritchie with well-established and newly emerging artists that explore Celtic Your weekly SIGHTS & SOUNDS roots in Europe and North America. guide to the Bay Area arts scene through thistleradio.com (Saturday at 2pm) the eyes and ears of local artists. Every week, host Jen Chien speaks with a different local artist about upcoming THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme local arts events. (Thursday at 7:44am & each week with contributions from a vari- 4:45pm) ety of writers and performers, hosted by Ira Glass. thislife.org (Sunday at 1pm and Wednesday at Noon) SNAP JUDGMENT Host Glynn Washington explores decisions that THIS WAY OUT LGBT stories and news define lives, taking listeners on an addic- from around the corner and around the tive narrative that walks a mile in some- world, produced by Greg Gordon in Los one else’s shoes — a rhythmic blend of Angeles. thiswayout.org drama, humor, music, and personality. (NEW TIME! Thursday at 5:30pm) Produced in Oakland, distributed nation- wide by WNYC. snapjudgment.org TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE (NEW TIME! Saturday at 11am and An audio magazine that offers a fresh per- Wednesday at 1pm) spective on the cultural topics that shape today’s headlines. ttbook.org SOUND OPINIONS Smart and spirited (Sunday 8–10am) discussions about a wide range of popular music, from cutting-edge underground TUC RADIO (Time of Useful rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B, elec- Consciousness) Probing reports on the tronica, and worldbeat. Hosted by music impact of big corporations on society. critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot from the tucradio.org (Sunday at 6:30am) studios of WBEZ in Chicago. soundopinions.org (Sunday at 3pm) WAIT WAIT ... DON’T TELL ME NPR’s weekly hour-long quiz program, hosted THE SPOT A half-hour of the best Peter Sagal. Test your knowledge against podcasts from public radio’s most innova- some of the best and brightest in news and tive producers. Curated and hosted by entertainment while figuring out what’s real Ashleyanne Krigbaum. news and what’s made up. (Saturday at 9am) (NEW TIME! Sunday at 2pm)

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14 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org/subscribe by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY An interac- Greensill. Two hours of conversation, tive program on key issues in the news with performance, and play, broadcast live a worldwide audience. To participate in the from locations around the Bay Area. live webcast at bbc.com at 7am, call 011 44 Tickets online at wcl.org 20 70 83 72 72 or email worldhaveyoursay@ (NEW TIME! Saturday at Noon) bbc.com. worldhaveyoursay.com (Tuesday–Thursday at 11am, tape delayed) WORK WITH MARTY NEMKO Garrison Keillor’s Career coach Marty Nemko talks with WRITER’S ALMANAC daily digest of all things literary. listeners about work issues, from finding writersalmanac.com (Weekdays at 9:01am) the perfect job to networking, and regularly offers “3 minute workovers.” Guests have included Alan Dershowitz, YOUR CALL Politics and culture, dialogue and debate, hosted by Rose Cokie Roberts, Jack Welch, Suze Orman, Aguilar. To participate, call (415) 841-4134. Robert Reich, and Obama strategist yourcallradio.org (Weekdays at 10am. Robert Cialdini. And his wife, Barbara Rebroadcast Monday–Thursday at 11pm, Nemko, comes in periodically to give him Friday at 5pm)  a hard time. martynemko.com (Sunday at 11am)  YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS San Mateo Deputy District Attorney Chuck Finney WORLD ACCORDING TO SOUND talks with listeners about legal and con- The miniature radio show that tells the sumer problems. Call in your questions to stories of rare and remarkable sounds. Chuck and his team of guest attorneys: Produced by Sam Harnett and Chris Hoff (415) 841-4134. (Wednesday at 7pm)  at the studios of KALW. theworldaccordingtosound.org (Friday at 7:30am)

Alt.Latino continued from page 5 Felix: Rita Moreno melted me. thought it was the cutest. Jasmine: Yeah, it was kind of embar- Felix: If you look at our guest DJ list, rassing. what we’ve tried to do is bring as wide Felix: She’s so iconic and she’s been a variety of cultures, countries, genres, such a hero, and she’s so gorgeous. It we’ve done writers, we’ve done film was total fanboy. directors. We just want to bring the best creative minds to the show and explore Jasmine: To be fair, then I had my their music and explore how they inter- fangirl moment when I interviewed Seu pret their culture, how they interpret Jorge. their lives and how they interpret the Felix: And we just recently inter- world. viewed two great Brazilian musicians, Jasmine: We’re a pretty cool show. Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. It was just so fantastic… We kept look- Felix: That’s the other great part of ing at each other like, “Oh my god.” doing the show, you just never know what Jasmine’s going to say. Jasmine: “This is happening!” Jasmine: My worst nightmare is that, Felix: “We’re talking to these guys!” one day, Felix is going to ruin me ... He Jasmine: My favorite part is when has all my bad jokes saved. we were doing the sound check and Felix: Oh, I do. In a secret audio file Caetano turns to Gil and says, “I want to that I’ve been holding for six years. take a nap.” They’re getting up there. I

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