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One Planet The new Monday series from Your Call p. 7

Why we chose 1A Join Joshua Johnson for conversations about a changing America p.5

Shostakovich! Robert Greenberg unpacks the controversial Russian genius p. 4

GM Matt Martin: Change p. 3

Lots of ideas to listen to on Sunday morning p.9

The new team at Philosophy Talk p. 8

An interview with Inflection Point host Lauren Schiller p. 6

Fall 2017 KALW: By and for the community . . . 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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: Joshua Johnson (Credit: WAMU), Dmitri Shostakovich in 1950 (Credit: Deutsche Fotothek), A depiction of the velocities of Antarctic ice streams as they move toward the ocean (Credit: NASA/JPL). 2 Change In November 2001, When I started here, we when I first came to KALW, were simply trying to prove the world was in turmoil. that KALW matters, that we The show I’d been hired were capable of doing im- to produce had launched portant work on the radio just a week after the 9/11 and in the community. We attacks. Its host Laura have done that. Flanders was broadcast- Now, KALW needs a ing from her apartment in leader who will be strategic New York, just blocks from about growth, ensuring that ground zero. it’s sustainable as well as It was the right show for dynamic. It needs someone the moment. And it hap- who will get out of the sta- pened because a change- tion and in to the commu- maker was running KALW. nity, building relationships and bringing Nicole Sawaya became GM in March in resources that will make it possible for 2001, with a determination to make the station to move to the next stage in things happen at what had been a rela- its development. tively quiet public radio station. As much as I love KALW and cherish Within a year, she launched Working the people it has brought into my life, I Assets Radio, which became Your Call. know I am not that leader. I came to this She partnered with Sandy Close at New station as a producer, and I remain more America Media to create Upfront – which a maker than a builder. brought Holly Kernan to KALW as its At this point in its history, the station producer and Sandip Roy as its host. needs a builder to make it strong and And she answered a letter that came lead it forward. So I am going to step over the transom from public radio aside and make way for a new GM. wannabe Roman Mars. I am committed to seeing this process Nicole started something at KALW, through and doing everything I can to and when I took the reins in 2006, she get someone great to take my place. left me with some principles: Take risks And I will be here to give them all the and support talented people. Create support and knowledge I can during the partnerships and minimize hierarchy. transition. And speak directly to the listeners. If you care about KALW, I encourage I have done my best to stick to those you to increase your engagement with principles, and KALW has continued to the station in the months ahead. be an engine for original programming Listen to a new program, or subscribe – 99% Invisible, Binah, Crosscurrents, to the podcast of one you love. Connect Dispatches from Kolkata, Fog City Blues, with a programmer or reporter whose Explorations in Music, Kamau Right work you value. Make a special contri- Now!, Sights & Sounds, Dying to Talk, bution, or consider putting the station Inflection Point, The Stoop . . . . the list in your estate plans. And if you know truly goes on. someone – in public media or beyond – The life of the station has also trans- who you think could be the great next formed. When I arrived, KALW was a leader of this station, please let them quiet place to work. Now it’s bustling know about this opportunity. with reporters, producers, trainees in In our current time of turmoil, the our Audio Academy, and an active corps importance of independent, creative, of regular volunteers in our front office. community-based media just keeps I am incredibly proud of how the sta- growing. Let’s keep it strong at KALW. tion has grown. I’m also acutely aware that with that growth, the role of the Sincerely, station’s leader has to change. Matt Martin, GM 3 Explorations In Music Shostakovich ~ Part 1 Mondays at 9pm Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the 20th century’s most gifted composers, but he lived in constant fear of the totalitarian Soviet regime. Join Dr. Robert Greenberg and the Alexander String Quartet for the twelfth season of “Explorations,“ with KALW’s David Latulippe as your broadcast host. “When he died in Moscow on December 9, 1975, he was hailed as a ‘hero of the people,’” says Professor Greenberg. “But we know him as a survivor, a witness, and an artist who spoke for all of humanity.”

October 2: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49 (1938)

October 9: String Quartet No. 2 Deutsche Fotothek photo in A Major Op. 68 (1944) Dmitri Shostakovich October 16: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 (1946) October 23: String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83 (1949) October 30: String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 92 (1952) November 6: String Quartet No. 6 in G Major, Op. 101 (1956) November 13: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 (1940) with guest Roger Woodward November 20: String Quartet No. 7 The Alexander String Quartet in F-sharp minor, Op. 108 (1960) The Alexander String Quartet is Frederick Lifsitz, violin II, Paul Yarbrough, viola, Zakarias Grafilo, violin I, Sandy Wilson, cello

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4 5 Reasons We Chose 1A Join Joshua Johnson for conversations about a changing America Monday to Friday at 11am

In April, KALW introduced On Point (3) End-of-week international news with Tom Ashbrook – one of the most roundtable. On Fridays, 1A hosts a important and established shows in pub- roundtable on global news of the week lic radio – to our schedule. At the same with journalists from American and for- time, we kept a close ear on a new show eign news outlets. It’s a strong comple- launched at WAMU in Washington, DC: ment to the global perspective KALW 1A, with host Joshua Johnson. provides from the BBC and CBC. Based on what we heard, we’ve de- (4) 1A lets the partisans speak. 1A is cided to make the switch to 1A weekdays comfortable letting people with strong at 11am. Here are 5 reasons why: opinions about issues come on the show, (1) 1A is a national conversation from rather than depending on experts and DC. Decisions made in Washington journalists as filters. That can be uncom- determine the fates of millions of Ameri- fortable, but it’s also compelling. cans and people around the world. As (5) Host Joshua Johnson. Joshua is a a show based in the nation’s capital, 1A familiar voice to Bay Area public radio brings politicians and policymakers into listeners from his time delivering morn- their studios for face-to-face conversa- ing news on KQED, and he maintains tion and direct questioning. We need close connections to San Francisco. This that now. is his first experience hosting a national (2) 1A allows fuller participation by show, but less than a year in, he’s shown KALW listeners. It’s a challenge for the ability to interrogate people in pow- West Coast listeners to participate in er and show empathy when interviewees national talk shows based on the East speak from personal experience. WAMU Coast because stations here air them made a great choice, and we think tape-delayed. 1A counters this by mak- Joshua will connect with you. ing active use of an off-hours voicemail “inbox” where listeners can weigh in with Your voice is a crucial part of 1A. questions and comments for the next Call anytime at (855) 236-1212 day’s show anytime, making it possible Email 1A@wamu.org for listeners here to have their voices heard in the national conversation. Tweet @1A

5 How Women Rise Up Inflection Point, KALW’s program featuring interviews with world-changing women, was chosen by PRX to be part of Project Catapult, an accelerator for public radio podcasts, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We talked with Inflec- tion Point’s creator and host Lauren Schiller about the Catapult process and how it’s changed the show — which you can now hear in its new half-hour edition, Wednesdays at 5:30pm on KALW. Talk about Project Catapult and what up each conversation in the woman’s it made you think about and focus on. own voice, narrated by me as the sort of Project Catapult uses a process guide. called design thinking that helped me That was what seemed to really be think about my show from the standpoint grabbing our audience — hearing more of my listening insight behind audience as well as the women and the larger trends their personal that are informing stories. Not just our culture, to put the work that they those two things had done, but the together to come journey that led up with a point of them to the work view that reflects that they do. what my audience Sometimes will most care we’ll drop right about in these Women of Project Catapult, L-R: Joni Deutsch into the middle of times. (West Virginia Public Broadcasting), Caroline the story, to im- We got monthly Chamberlin (KUOW Seattle), Mareea Thomas mediately draw a feedback from a (WNIN Evansville, Indiana), Thanh Tan (KUOW listener in to want series of panels Seattle), Kameel Stanley (St. Louis Public to hear more. We Broadcasting) Kerri Hoffman (PRX), and Lauren that Catapult were able to prove Schiller (KALW). assembled from that that could different areas of expertise within work when I had the opportunity to podcasting. We would share “proto- interview Sabaah Folayan, who had just types” of the show with, say, a podcast finished a documentary called Whose producer, a storytelling expert, and a Streets? about being inside the protests technical person who is responsible for in Ferguson. actually getting podcasts into the feed. She describes the feeling of standing So a different mix of people every single in the street while these giant military time was there to listen objectively and trucks full of armed policemen came provide feedback to the material that we down the street toward all of these presented. unarmed citizens who were just trying to make their voices heard. And it was So how did the show change based such a dramatic moment that it was kind on the feedback you got? of like: This is this is exactly what we’re The show started as a straightforward trying to do with each woman’s story. interview format—where I as the host Then what? would introduce the guest and why we were talking with her, and then we would And then when we get into the go into the interview. conversation to understand how it was, After thinking about how podcasting, in Sabaah’s case, that she was there, and but also radio, is such a great medium how she made the film. And this is part for the art of storytelling, we started two of what we were trying to do, to see to think about it in terms of how to set how what she learned is something that

6 Climate change is the issue of our One time, and its emerging impacts are mak- Planet ing us all aware of the interconnected crises facing humanity and the planet we share. That’s why Your Call is launching a new series called One Planet. Every Mon- day, we’ll speak with authors, scientists, activists, journalists, and people living at the frontier of the climate crisis. We’ll look at the many symptoms of earth out of balance, from sea level rise and intensified hurricanes to shrinking arable land and the new reality of climate refugees. We’ll confront the role of human activity in the climate crisis, and the people and movements taking action to preserve a habitable planet. And we want you to join the conversation. Rose Aguilar & Malihe Razazan Host & Senior Producer, Your Call If you have an idea for the One Planet series, please email us: [email protected]

we as listeners can take away and apply the 70s for the Equal Rights Amend- to our own lives. ment. And it hasn’t yet been passed. And My goal with Inflection Point originally then this January, while we were at the was to get the history of my guest in 20 very beginning of the Catapult process, minutes and to learn absolutely every- the Women’s March happened. Millions thing I possibly could about her in that of women across the country were gal- short time. The Catapult process really vanized to make their voices heard. And pushed me to be much more focused it really occurred to me that we as a as about why I’m interviewing each of these a gender but also as a human race have women and what we came to was a focus the opportunity to collectively rise up on “how to” — how did she do it? and make our voices heard and that the At the beginning of the process, more that we can learn from each other when my producer Eric Wayne and I and the more that we can recognize our went out and talked with women who we power and have the tools to exercise our felt were representative of our audi- power, that the more that we can get ences, they all said they’re looking for closer to the equality that we strive for. inspiration—but they also want to know Was there another show in what it means for them personally and how they can use what they’ve just heard Project Catapult you particularly in some way to either be more of an learned from as it developed? activist or advance their careers or even Yes, it’s called Second Wave – it’s out feel like they’ve got more something tan- of Seattle and Thanh Tan is the host. gible to use in conversation when they’re She had a personal quest. Thanh is trying to advance an argument. Vietnamese-American and her parents came over from Vietnam during the war. How did you sharpen your thinking She wants to understand the stories of about the culture now and her family and other Vietnamese im- where Inflection Point fits in? migrants before they start passing away Since I was a little kid I’ve been aware because many of these people are now we’ve been on this march for equality — I in their 70s and 80s. And so she’s put- was literally on a march for equality in continued on page 19

7 Changes at Philosophy Talk John Perry to be host emeritus New co-hosts Debra Satz and Josh Landy join the team

It’s time to make it official. After well tors and, best of all, cool people. They over 400 episodes, 13 and half years on will add great new perspectives and the air, and two years before that trying fresh energy to Philosophy Talk. We to get on the air, John has decided to hope you enjoy getting to know them. transition into a new role in order to al- As for John, he will be sharing his low him more time—both for himself and great wit and profound wisdom with for his academic pursuits. Henceforth, you, our listeners, in some form or other, he will be our Host Emeritus. It’s been whenever the spirit so moves him. He’ll quite a ride. Working with John over the likely step back into the hosting chair on course of all these years to create and occasion, and perhaps we’ll have him on perfect a new art form and to bring it to air as a guest to talk about his own philo- all of you has been one of the joys of my sophical work. Wouldn’t that be fun? He life. I will really miss working with him on may also weigh in on the blog from time a weekly basis. But you know what they to time. say—when one door closes, another door Personally, I’m hoping to convince him opens. And this time, it’s opening wide. to do an occasional new segment called Since John last occupied the host The Wit and Wisdom of John Perry. seat, you’ve heard some less familiar Our newly expanded team very much voices—five, in all, I think—say that they looks forward to bringing you hundreds were “sitting in for John Perry.” The more lighthearted and thought-provok- owners of two of those voices, Debra ing episodes of Philosophy Talk. But for Satz and Joshua Landy, will no longer be now, let me just say for our whole team, “sitting in.” We’re thrilled to be adding “Thank you for listening. And thank you Debra and Josh to our team! Both are for thinking!” amazing thinkers, amazing communica- — Ken Taylor

Learn more about the new co-hosts of Philosophy Talk on p.19.

8 Ideas worth listening to, every Sunday morning Tune in for KALW’s new Sunday morning schedule, including On Being with Krista Tippett and Hidden Brain with Shankar Vedantam. Join us for Sunday mornings full of provocative ideas and thoughtful conversation.

7am: On Being. Hosted by Krista Tippett, On Being is the public radio conversation that asks: What does it mean to be human, and how do we want to live? Recent guests include novelist Junot Diaz, physicist Brian Greene, and Buddhist monk Matthieu Ri- card. Learn more at onbeing.org.

8am: Hidden Brain. NPR’s brand new show helps curious people understand the world — and themselves. Science journalist Shankar Vedantam brings a wealth of knowledge from social science that links psychol- ogy and neurobiology with insights from art, music and literature.

9am: To the Best of Our Knowledge. Conversations with novelists and poets, scientists and software engineers, journalists and historians, filmmakers and philoso- phers, artists and activists-anyone with a big idea and a passion to have a creative and engaging conversation about it.

11am: Philosophy Talk. The show that questions everything . . . except your intelligence will continue to air live from the studios of KALW, one hour later. And Ian Shoales, the 60-second philosopher, will provide the perfect mix of the absurd and profound to set the stage for Harry Shearer and Le Show at noon.

Starting in November, Work with Marty Nemko will move to a new day and time: Thursdays at 7pm.

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Public Radio Remix Midnight– BBC World Service Overnight — For detailed listings, visit: bbc.co.uk/worldservice Midnight– 5 am PRX 5 am Counterspin 6 am TUC Radio NPR’s Morning Edition from National Public Radio (starts at 5 am) 6 am NPR’s On Being with BBC World News live from London on the hour, a Daily Almanac at 5:49 & 8:49, and the school lunch menu at 6:49 Weekend Edition 7 am Krista Tippett Crosscurrents Morning Report at 6:51 & 8:51, Monday-Thursday, and 99% Invisible with Roman Mars on Friday at 6:51 & 8:51 7 am Jim Hightower’s commentaries at 7:30 on Monday and Tuesday, and World According to Sound on Friday at 7:30. with Scott Simon Hidden Brain with Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” Wednesday at 7:44, Sights & Sounds Thursday at 7:44 8 am Shankar Vedantam 8 am

Fresh Air with Terry Gross Wait Wait… 9 am with Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac at 9:01 am Don’t Tell Me 9 am To The Best Of Our Knowledge Your Call with Rose Aguilar Bullseye 10 am Join the conversation at 415-841-4134 or 866-798-TALK  10 am

1A with Joshua Johnson Philosophy Talk  Snap Judgment 11 am 855-236-1212 • [email protected] • @1A on Twitter 11 am

Harry Shearer’s Philosophy Talk This American Life Reveal Binah  The Tavis Smiley Show CBC’s Day 6 noon Le Show (Rebroadcast) (Rebroadcast) noon

Open Air 1 pm This American Life Alternative Radio Big Picture Science Snap Judgment with David Latulippe  Latino USA West Coast Live 1 pm

The Spot Thistle & Shamrock BBC’s Newshour Newshour Extra 2 pm Alt.Latino with Fiona Ritchie 2 pm NPR’s All Things Considered Sound Opinions 3 pm Folk Music & Beyond 3 pm BBC News update at 4:01, with JoAnn Mar & Open Source with 4:45pm features: Tuesday/FSFSF, with Nato Green Wednesday/Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” Bob Campbell 4 pm Christopher Lydon Thursday/Sights & Sounds 4 pm Crosscurrents from KALW News  Your Call pm Selected Shorts Media Roundtable  A Patchwork Quilt pm 5 BBC Business Daily Inflection Point This Way Out (Rebroadcast) with 5 Kevin Vance  Fresh Air with Terry Gross 6 pm The Moth Radio Hour S.F. School Board meetings on Tuesdays 10/10, 10/24, 11/14, 11/28, 12/12 On The Media 6 pm Bluegrass Signal INFORUM from the Your Legal Rights Work with with Minds Over Matter City Visions  Left, Right & Center 7 pm Commonwealth Club with Chuck Finney  Marty Nemko  Peter Thompson  7 pm

As it Happens from the CBC Fascinatin’ Rhythm 8 pm Revolutions Per Minute Marketplace Tech Report at 8:01 pm 8 pm with Sarah Cahill  In Deep with Explorations in Music Africamix 9 pm 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 The Spot Music From Relevant Tones Sound Opinions Afropop Worldwide 11 pm BBC Discovery Other Minds  11 pm

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1A with Joshua Johnson Philosophy Talk  Snap Judgment 11 am 855-236-1212 • [email protected] • @1A on Twitter 11 am

Harry Shearer’s Philosophy Talk This American Life Reveal Binah  The Tavis Smiley Show CBC’s Day 6 noon Le Show (Rebroadcast) (Rebroadcast) noon

Open Air 1 pm This American Life Alternative Radio Big Picture Science Snap Judgment with David Latulippe  Latino USA West Coast Live 1 pm

=new program or time  KALW podcast available  Available on KALW Local Music Player 11 programming A to Z 1A With a name inspired by the First AS IT HAPPENS The international news Amendment, 1A celebrates free speech, magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting bringing context and insight to stories Corporation that probes the major stories unfolding across the country and the world. of the day, mixing interviews with cover- Host Joshua Johnson convenes a daily con- age in an informative and often irreverent versation about the most important issues of style. Hosted by Carol Off and Jeff Douglas. our time. the1A.org. Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at the (NEW ON KALW Mon – Fri. at 11am) top of the hour. cbc.ca/asithappens (Mon-Thurs at 8pm) 99% INVISIBLE A tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% BBC BUSINESS DAILY The daily drama invisible activity that shapes our world. of money and work, Business Daily is BBC Created and hosted by Roman Mars, World Service’s international business news Ira Glass calls the show “completely program, which consists of a round-up of wonderful and entertaining and business news. (Mon.-Tues. at 5:30pm) beautifully produced”. 99pi.org (Friday at 6:51am & 8:51am) BBC DISCOVERY Discussions with the scientists behind some of today’s most sig- nificant scientific discoveries. AFRICAMIX Musical gems from (Tuesday at 11:30pm) Africa and the African diaspora that will stimulate your senses. Alternating hosts BBC NEWS Current news and BBC pro- Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Okong’o offer gramming from London. bbc.co.uk vintage and contemporary sounds from (Mon-Wed Midnight – 5am, Weekdays at Abidjan to Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, 2pm, Mon-Tues at 5:30pm) Latin America and beyond! Interviews with local artists, touring African enter- BBC NEWSHOUR Newshour is BBC tainers and in studio live performances World Service’s flagship international news are also part of the mix. and current affairs radio program. The www.kalwafricamix.blogspot.com one hour program consists of news bulle- (Thursday 9pm–11pm) tins, international interviews, and in-depth reports of world news. (Mon. – Thu. at 2pm)

The Peabody AFROPOP WORLDWIDE BBC NEWSHOUR EXTRA Hosted by Award-winning program dedicated to music Owen Bennett-Jones. Discussion, debate, from Africa and the African diaspora, hosted and analysis of the issues behind the news. by Georges Collinet. Afropop.org Each episode of the weekly program cov- (Thursday at 11pm) ers one topic in-depth, featuring a panel of experts. (Friday at 2pm) ALL THINGS CONSIDERED NPR’s signature afternoon news program features the BBC WITNESS The story of our times, told biggest stories of the day, thoughtful com- by the people who were there. mentaries, insightful features on both the (Mon.–Wed. at 5:50pm) quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment. npr.org BIG PICTURE SCIENCE From amoebas (Weekdays from 3–5pm) to zebras, the science of what makes life possible. Produced at the SETI Institute in ALTERNATIVE RADIO Progressive schol- Mountain View, California. ars and thinkers share their views. bigpicturescience.org (Tuesday at 1pm) alternativeradio.org (Monday at 1pm) BINAH The best of arts & ideas, authors ALT.LATINO NPR’s weekly leap into Latin & personalities, produced in collaboration alternative music and rock en Español, host- with the Jewish Community Center of ed by Felix Contreras and Jasmin Garsd. San Francisco. 10/12 Artist Judy Chicago npr.org/blogs/altlatino (Sunday at 2:30pm) discusses her career, Jewish roots, and search for feminist aesthetic forms; 10/19

12 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org/subscribe Novelist Nicole Krauss talks about her Wednesday evenings. Keep up with Mark latest work, Forest Dark; 10/26 Yotam through the Blues Power Hour program Ottolenghi and Helen Goh share their page on kalw.org, and at bluespower.com. secrets for making baked goods, desserts and confections through their cookbook, BULLSEYE Host Jesse Thorn mixes it up Sweet; 11/2 Ed Asner talks about how lib- with personalities from the world of enter- erals can reclaim the Constitution from tainment & the arts. maximumfun.org the right-wingers who think only they (Saturday at 10am) know how to interpret it; 11/9 Armistead Maupin in conversation with Peter Stein CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF about his memoir; 11/16 Author Walter LINCOLN CENTER Concerts that were Isaacson tells the story of how Leonardo recorded live earlier this year, by lead- da Vinci’s wide-ranging passions, coming chamber music players from around bined with his ability to stand at the the world. 11/27 All French: Poulenc and crossroads of art and science, makes Chausson; 12/4 Wit & Majesty: Haydn him history’s most creative genius; 11/30 and Beethoven; 12/11 Culturally Inspired: Relationship expert Esther Perel dis- Francaix, Schoenfield, and Prokofiev; 12/18 cusses couples’ intimacy and invites us Serious Mozart: Sonata in E minor and to take a closer look at infidelity to find Quintet in C major out what affairs are really about; 12/7 Dan (Monday at 9pm on select dates) Ariely brings humor and insight to the truly illogical world of personal finance CITY VISIONS Hosts Joseph Pace and in his book, Dollars and Sense; 12/14 Deb Ethan Elkind explores Bay Area issues. Perelman in conversation with Sunset To participate, call (415) 841-4134 or email Magazine’s Margo True about her blog [email protected] or tweet Smitten Kitchen; 12/21 Senator and U.S. @cityvisionsKALW. (Monday at 7pm)  Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell offers his insider account of how the Israelis and the Palestinians have COUNTERSPIN An examination of the progressed, and regressed, in their nego- week’s news and that which masquerades as tiations through the years; 12/28 Daniel news. fair.org (Sunday at 6am) Mendelsohnn in conversation with Ayelet Waldman about his memoir, An Odyssey, CROSSCURRENTS The evening news- along with stories about his transforma- magazine from KALW News featuring tive journey in reading Homer’s epic mas- in-depth reporting that provides context, terpiece. All programs archived at culture, and connections to communities kalw.org. (Thursday at Noon) around the Bay Area. kalw.org (Monday–Thursday at 5pm)  BLUEGRASS SIGNAL Hosts Peter Thompson, Leah Wollenberg, and Allegra CROSSCURRENTS MORNING Thompson present music from the true REPORT A feature from KALW news. vine in thematically-based programs plus (Mon.–Thu. At 6:51am & 8:51am) a calendar of events. 10/21 All Kinds Of Country; 10/28 Celebrating the anni- DAY 6 From the CBC in Toronto, host Brent versaries of both the final recordings by Bambury offers a different perspective on the original bluegrass band, and the first the biggest stories of the week, and some recordings by Flatt & Scruggs on this date you might have missed: technology, poli- in 1946 and 1947; 11/4 California Banjo tics, arts, pop culture, and big ideas. Day 6 Extravaganza; 11/18 Small label, deep will give you something to think about, talk catalog vinyls from the ‘60s; 11/25 Music of Del McCoury; 12/9 On Air Folk Festival about, and maybe even to laugh about. (Saturday at 6:30pm) www.cbc.ca/day6. (Saturday at noon)

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shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 13 programming A to Z EXPLORATIONS IN MUSIC For its Nielsen Chapman, Bruce Cockburn, twelfth season of broadcasts, Dr. Robert Yo-Yo Ma; 11/25 Bitter Tears Revisited: Greenberg and the Alexander String Johnny Cash recorded an obscure con- Quartet explore the quartets of one of cept album of Native American protest the 20th century’s most gifted composers, folk songs in 1964 called “Bitter Tears”, Dmitri Shostakovich. David Latulippe hosts a collaboration with little-known folk- the broadcasts. Full program listings on p.4. singer Peter LaFarge. Fifty years later in (Mondays at 9pm, 10/2 - 11/20) 2014, their songs were reimagined and re-recorded by Gillian Welch & David FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM Songs from the Rawlings, Rhiannon Giddens, Bill Miller, Great American Songbook, interwoven with Kris Kristofferson, and Steve Earle; 12/2 commentary from host Michael Lasser. Medieval Notes: John Renbourn, Jordi wxxi.org/rhythm (Friday at 8pm) Savall, German bands Sava with Birgit Muggenthaler and Almara with Elisabeth FOG CITY BLUES Host Devon Pawelke, Moorish music, Sephardic music; Strolovitch brings you blues from the Bay 12/9 KALW On-Air Folk Festival It’s five Area and beyond. fogcityblues.com hours of continuous live music performed (Wednesday 9–11pm) in the KALW studios from 3 to 8 pm; 12/16 Midwinter: A nod to the ancient holiday of FOLK MUSIC & BEYOND Hosts Yule. Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald; JoAnn Mar and Bob Campbell present Herdman, Hills, and Mangsen; Martin the best in live and recorded contem- Simpson; Kitka, harpist Jay Ansill; 12/23 porary folk, traditional, and original Songs for the Holidays: Seasonal music music from America, England, Ireland, celebrating the winter solstice and the Scotland, and other parts of the world. end of the year; 12/30 Favorite Fresh 10/7 New and Recent Releases: The Discoveries for 2017: Tina Malia, Tina Dico latest by Jerry Douglas, Slaid Cleaves, from Denmark, Ali Dineen and Mamalama Steve Earle & The Dukes, Taj Mahal & from New York, Storia from London, Keb’ Mo’, David Rawlings & Gillian Welch, Alizbar from Moldova, Light in Babylon Jolie Holland, and Bruce Cockburn; 10/14 from Istanbul, Wildlight from Northern Gerry O’Connor Live: The veteran Irish California, hang and handpan percussion. fiddler makes a return visit to KALW. He’s (Saturday at 3pm) performed with La Lugh and Skylark, and he emulates the fluid and ornamented FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this weekday lyrical fiddle playing of the great Sligo magazine of contemporary arts and issues. masters. Accompanying Gerry will be freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am and Mon.- local guitarist Richard Mandel; 10/21 Thurs. at 6pm) Music & Conversation with Tim O’Brien: Tim talks about growing up in his home FSFSF A weekly serving of Bay Area state of West Virginia and the influence comedy dished up by San Francisco’s own Appalachian mountain music has had on Nato Green. (Tuesday at 4:45pm) his songwriting. We’ll hear songs from Tim’s early days with Hot Rize and his HIDDEN BRAIN NPR Science sister Mollie O’Brien, as well as selec- Correspondent Shankar Vedantam uses sci- tions from his latest CD “Where The ence and storytelling, to reveal the uncon- River Meets The Road.;” 10/28 Samhain: scious patterns that drive human behavior, Songs for the thinning veil between the the biases that shape our choices, and the worlds: The Watersons, Holly Tannen, triggers that direct the course of our rela- Loreena McKennitt, Stone Breath from tionships. (NEW ON KALW Sunday at 8am) Pennsylvania, Damh the Bard from England, and more; 11/4 Mz. Miranda IN DEEP WITH ANGIE COIRO Returns: Guest host Sandy Miranda Angie Coiro is one of the Bay Area’s most stirs up the musical pot; 11/11 Dying for engaged and skillful interviewers. Angie Love and Other Sad Tales: Old ballads and her guests dive into conversations of women making ultimate sacrifices that matter, casting a sharp, inquisitive for their soldiers marching into battle; eye on America’s cultural underpinnings: 11/18 Pre-Thanksgiving: Music in the key politics, art, and society. indeepradio.com of celebration and gratitude, from Beth (Monday at 9pm) 14 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org/subscribe INFLECTION POINT Lauren Schiller tury Amsterdam; 12/29 On the Waterfront talks with women who have risen to by Budd Schulberg. Terry Malloy, the “seem- a challenge or stepped up to create ingly soulless street survivor,” unwittingly change, and who are now ready to tell lures a rebellious longshoreman to his death. their stories. Every episode offers experi- latw.org (Friday at 9pm) ences and ideas listeners can apply to their own life. (Wednesday at 5:30pm) LATINO USA Host Maria Hinojosa brings depth of experience, on-the-ground connections, and knowledge of current and INFORUM From the Commonwealth emerging issues impacting Latinos and other Club, programs recorded exclusively for people of color. latinousa.org (Friday at 1pm) KALW that provide a forum for young people to access the best informed, most involved, and brightest minds — be they LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly con- politicians, business gurus, thought lead- frontation over politics, policy and popular ers, trendsetters or culture-jammers. culture with panelists from various political (Tuesday at 7pm) perspectives, moderated by Josh Barro. kcrw.com (Friday at 7pm)

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L.A. THEATRE WORKS Compelling MINDS OVER MATTER Dana stories, inspiring playwrights, and headline Rodriguez and a rotating crew of pan- actors. 11/3/2017 November is California elists that includes The San Francisco Month, a celebration of the Golden State’s Chronicle’s Leah Garchik, and writer rich history, kicked off with Chavez Ravine Gerry Nachman challenge each other and by Culture Clash. The story of the immigrant KALW’s audience on the Bay Area’s favor- community that once existed on the site that ite quiz show. Call in with your answers is now Dodger Stadium; 11/10 Mizlansky/ and your questions. (415) 841-4134. Zilinsky by Jon Robin Baitz. A hilarious look (Sunday at 7pm) inside the world of Hollywood players; 11/17 California Suite by Neil Simon. Four couples bring their problems, neuroses, and mari- MORNING EDITION NPR’s signature tal dilemmas to a Beverly Hills hotel; 11/24 morning show, with news updates from the The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck and BBC at the top of each hour. The SFUSD adapted by Frank Galati; 12/1 Dear Elizabeth: school lunch menu at 6:49, and a daily A Play in Letters by Sarah Ruhl. The compli- almanac at 5:49 and 8:49. Plus commentar- cated relationship between poets Elizabeth ies from Jim Hightower on Mondays and Bishop and Robert Lowell is revealed in Tuesdays at 7:30, Crosscurrents Morning nearly thirty years’ worth of correspondence; Report daily at 8:51, Sandip Roy’s Report 12/8 Jefferson’s Garden by Timberlake from Kolkata on Wednesdays at 7:44, World Wertenbaker. As Thomas Jefferson According to Sound Fridays at 7:30 and struggles to find the right words to frame Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible on Fridays at a nation, a young Quaker must weigh his 7:44. npr.org (Weekdays 5–9am) desire to participate in the struggle against his pacifist beliefs; 12/15 Boy by Anna Ziegler. THE MOTH RADIO HOUR Unscripted After a baby boy is seriously injured in an stories told live onstage, without props or accident, a doctor persuades his parents to notes — listeners are drawn to the stories, raise the child as a girl; 12/22 New Jerusalem: like moths to a flame. themoth.org The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at (Sunday at 6pm) Talmud Torah by David Ives. The story of how theological student, Baruch de Spinoz, begins to question his religion in 17th cen-

shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 15 programming A to Z MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS New PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford phi- and unusual music by innovative compos- losophers Ken Taylor, Debra Satz, and ers and performers around the world, Josh Landy interview guest experts and brought to you by the staff at Other respond to questions from listeners. John Minds in San Francisco. Perry is host emeritus. Philosophy Talk otherminds.org/mfom (Friday at 11pm) questions everything…except your intelligence. philosophytalk.org MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF (NEW TIME. Sunday at 11am, rebroadcast Tuesday at Noon) SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted by Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless world of space, ambient and contempla- RADIOLAB The curious minds of Jad tive music. www.hos.com Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore the (Sunday 10pm–Midnight) boundaries that blur science, philosophy, and human experience. radiolab.org. ON BEING A public radio conversation (Tuesday at 10pm) that takes up the big questions of meaning with scientists and theologians, artists and RECORD SHELF Jim Svejda reviews com- teachers. Hosted by National Humanities pact discs and explores classical music. Medal recipient Krista Tippett. onbeing.org kusc.org. (Monday at 10pm) (NEW ON KALW Sunday at 7am) RELEVANT TONES A weekly exploration ON THE MEDIA While maintaining the of current classical music, from up-and- civility and fairness that are the hallmarks coming firebrands to established artists, the of public radio, On The Media tackles sticky series features music and in-person inter- issues with frankness and transparency. views from the festivals around the world. (Friday at 6pm) (Monday at 11pm) OPEN AIR KALW’s weekly radio magazine of “most things (culturally) REVEAL The Peabody Award-winning considered” hosted by David Latulippe. investigative journalism program for Interviews and live musical performances public radio, produced by The Center for from those involved in the Bay Area per- Investigative Reporting and PRX. forming arts scene. Recent guests have revealradio.org. (Monday at 12pm) included Michael Feinstein, Ben Vereen, Frank Sinatra, Jr., and a panoply of local musicians, actors, and choreographers, REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE with frequent in-studio performances. Sarah Cahill’s weekly program of new Regular contributor Peter Robinson and classical music. Interviews and offers suggestions and reviews of Bay music from a broad range of internation- Area cultural happenings. All shows are ally acclaimed and local contemporary archived at kalw.org. (Thursday at 1pm) composers and musicians, with previews of Bay Area concerts. sarahcahill.com (Sunday 8–10pm) OPEN SOURCE Arts, ideas and politics with Christopher Lydon. radiopensource.org (Sunday at 4pm) SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS Live gavel-to- A PATCHWORK QUILT Acoustic, gavel broadcast of the San Francisco Celtic, singer-songwriter, American tra- Unified School District board meetings ditional, world musics, and a little bit of from 555 Franklin Street in San Francisco. everything else. Some of the week’s news While the Board is in closed session, edu- in song. New recordings. Old friends. cator Carol Kocivar presents an interview Folks playing in town, some live in the feature, “Looking at Education.” www. studio. Kevin Vance is host. sfusd.edu (Tuesday at 6pm 10/10, 10/24, (Saturday at 5pm) 11/14, 12/12)

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SIGHTS & SOUNDS Your weekly THISTLE & SHAMROCK Host Fiona guide to the Bay Area arts scene through Ritchie with well-established and emerging the eyes and ears of local artists. Every artists that explore Celtic roots in Europe week, host Jen Chien speaks with a and North America. 10/7 Atlantic Bridge: different local artist about upcoming From dance tunes to Gaelic airs, the musi- local arts events. cal links between old world and new come (Thursday at 7:44am & 4:45pm) alive; 10/14 New Fall Sounds: Tune in to new sounds, from both sides of the Atlantic, that artists and their record labels are launch-

shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 17 programming A to Z ing this fall; 10/21 Recorded live in Ireland: WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and Re-live some great sets of Irish music; NPR wrap up the week’s events — plus 10/28 Real Hallowe’en: As the leaves in arts and newsmakers interviews. npr.org the Northern Hemisphere woodlands turn (Saturday 6–9am) crimson, rediscover the true essence of Hallowe’en with the season that taps into WEST COAST LIVE! San Francisco’s ancient festivals and the turning of the sea- “live radio program to the world” hosted sons; 11/4 Seasons of Mist: An ode to autumn by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike in traditional and contemporary music from Greensill. Two hours of conversation, Celtic roots; 11/11 Chansons: Chant de marin, performance, and play, broadcast live sea shanties, of Brittany to the songs of the from locations around the Bay Area. “voyageurs” of the Canadian fur trade, enjoy Tickets online at wcl.org the French songs that extend branches of (Saturday at 1pm) the Celtic music tree from the old world to the new; 11/18 Hometown Song: From Ewan MacColl’s “Dirty Old Town” to “Festival WORK WITH MARTY NEMKO Lights” by the McCalmans, hear how artists Career coach Marty Nemko talks with from both sides of the Atlantic are inspired listeners about work issues, from find- to commemorate their homes; 11/25 Dougie ing the perfect job to networking, and MacLean, A New Tomorrow. thistleradio.com regularly offers “3-minute workovers.” (Saturday at 2pm) (NEW TIME BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER Thursday at 7pm) THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme each week with contributions from a vari- ety of writers and performers, hosted by WORLD ACCORDING TO SOUND Ira Glass. thislife.org (Sunday at 1pm and The miniature radio show that tells the Wednesday at Noon) stories of rare and remarkable sounds. Produced by Sam Harnett and Chris Hoff at the studios of KALW. theworld THIS WAY OUT LGBT stories and news accordingtosound.org (Friday at 7:30am) from around the corner and around the world, produced by Greg Gordon in Los Angeles. thiswayout.org WRITER’S ALMANAC Garrison Keillor’s (Thursday at 5:30pm) daily digest of all things literary. writersalmanac.com (Weekdays at 9:01am) TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE An audio magazine that offers a fresh per- YOUR CALL Politics and culture, spective on the cultural topics that shape dialogue and debate, hosted by Rose today’s headlines. ttbook.org Aguilar. To participate, call (866) 798- (Sunday at 9am) 8255, email [email protected] or tweet @yourcallradio. TUC RADIO (Time of Useful yourcallradio.org (Weekdays at 10am. Consciousness) Probing reports on the and Friday at 5pm) impact of big corporations on society. tucradio.org (Sunday at 6:30am) YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS San Mateo WAIT WAIT ... DON’T TELL ME NPR’s Deputy District Attorney Chuck Finney weekly hour-long quiz program, hosted talks with listeners about legal and con- Peter Sagal. Test your knowledge against sumer problems. Call in your questions to some of the best and brightest in news and Chuck and his team of guest attorneys: entertainment while figuring out what’s real (415) 841-4134. (Wednesday at 7pm) news and what’s made up. (Saturday at 9am)

18 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org/subscribe Meet Philosophy Talk’s New Co-Hosts

Debra Satz is an award-winning Joshua Landy is a celebrated profes- professor in the Philosophy Department sor of French language, literature and at Stanford and was recently director of civilization as well as professor of com- the McCoy Center for Ethics in Society. parative literature. He is also co-founder She has also just finished her term as the and co-director of Stanford’s Initiative in senior associate dean for the humanities Philosophy and Literature. He teaches and arts. courses on first-person fiction, philoso- “I am a political philosopher whose phy and literature, and the art of living. work addresses contemporary public “My research revolves around the in- policy debates. My research focuses tersection of philosophy and literature. I on the ethical limits of markets; the focus on the works of authors and think- meaning and place of equality in a just ers such as Proust, Beckett, Plato, and society; theories of rational choice; femi- Nietzsche, and through them explore nist philosophy; a society’s obligations our relationship with fiction as a genre. to its citizens, especially with respect to Why are we drawn to it? And what do we education; and issues of international get out of it? justice.” “Philosophy Talk is remarkable for “I’ve been a guest on Philosophy Talk its approachable treatment of complex several times and really do think the philosophical topics, and I’ve had a great show is outstanding. In an age where time both as a host and a guest on the loud voices are drowning out critical show. I’m very happy to join the team perspectives, I am thrilled to be part of a and look forward to many more episodes program which makes reasoned argu- in the co-host’s chair.” ment its central mission.”

How Women Rise Up continued from page 7 ting a lot of herself into the program. thinking. Thanh was going through the Both of us started off feeling like we same process and it was really great to needed to be objective reporters of pull strength from what each of us were our own history and potentially our own putting into our shows, to see that when future. We had to kind of break through we did talk about our own lives people to being able to put much more of our- actually found it to be interesting and selves into our programs. welcoming and meaningful. Speaking for myself it’s really been I was fearing (and maybe she was an interesting process of going outside too) that it’s not our stories that are my comfort zone to be able to express important, it’s other people’s stories. what’s inside my own thinking and not But it turns out that all of our stories are just magnify what other people are intertwined.

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