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Open your mind with the most diverse mid-day in public radio. The arc of change at Local Public Radio p. 3 City Visions: Meet the Team p. 4-5 Sandip Roy on India’s Election 2014 p. 6 Smiley & West Go Out Swinging p. 8 New for 2014: Latino USA & BackStory p. 9 Winter 2014 KALW: By and for the community . COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS AIA, San Francisco • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeley Symphony Orchestra • Burton High School • East Bay Express • Global Exchange • INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • LitQuake • Mills College • New America Media • Oakland Asian Cultural Center • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Berkeley • 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 Rachel Altman, Wendy Baker, Sarag Bernard, Susie Britton, Sarah Cahill, Tiffany Camhi, Bob Campbell, Lisa Carmack, Lisa Denenmark, Maya de Paula Hanika, Julie Dewitt, Matt Fidler, Chuck Finney, Richard Friedman, Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Mary Goode Willis, Anne Huang, Eric Jansen, Linda Jue, Alyssa Kapnik, Carol Kocivar, Ashleyanne Krigbaum, David Latulippe, Teddy Lederer, JoAnn Mar, Martin MacClain, Daphne Matziaraki, Holly McDede, Lauren Meltzer, Charlie Mintz, Sandy Miranda, Emmanuel Nado, Marty Nemko, Erik Neumann, Edwin Okong’o, Kevin Oliver, David Onek, Joseph Pace, Liz Pfeffer, Marilyn Pittman, Mary Rees, Dana Rodriguez, Laura Saponara, Dean Schmidt, Steven Short, Judy Silber, Molly Spina, Dore Stein, Kristine Stolakis, Devin Strolovitch, Rae Sue Sussman, Niels Swinkels, Adam Teitelbaum, Peter Thompson, Victoria Thorp, Kevin Vance, Chloe Veltman KALW VOLUNTEERS Susan Aberg, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Mari Amend, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Judy Aune, Anne Barnett, Leon Bayer, Laura Bernabei, Bruce Bernstein, Nathaniel Bigger, Karl Bouldin, Susan Boyle, Marc Branco, Robbie Brandwynne, Nathan Brennan, Diane Brett, Mark Bridges, Carolyn Broadus, Andrew Broderick, Joshua Brody, John Brown, Camilla Brunjes, Aquanette Burt, Ceinwen Carney, Jessica Chylik, Linda Clever, Peter Conheim, Carolyn Deacy, Tad Devlin, Louis Dorsey, James Coy Driscoll, Laura Drossman, Jim & Joy Esser, B.J. Fadem, Steve Fankuchen, Mara Feiger, Peter Fortune, Janet Lee Frankel, Nina Frankel, Losida Garcia, Andrei Glase, Dave Gomberg, Ashley Gould, Jo Gray, Terence Groeper, Paula Groves, Stefan Gruenwedel, Rob Guettler, Ted Guggenheim, Daniel Gunning, Roger Hall, Ian Hardcastle, Dianna Hartmann, Barbro Haves, Jeffrey Hayden, Donna Heatherington, Eliza Hersh, Tom Herzfeld, Kent Howard, Judge Eugene Hyman, Didi Iseyama, Lynn Jefferson, Jenny Jens, Kathleen Kaplan, Alyssa Kapnik, Brenda Kett, Lou Kipilman, Richard Kirby, Claire LaVaute, Joseph Lepera, Fred Lipschultz, Ariel Litzky, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, Zachary Mack, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, Colleen McAvoy, Michael McGinley, Yasmine Mehmet, Ellen Mendelson, Fred & Cheryl Merrick, Brian Moran, Linda Morine, Reba Myall-Martin, John Navas, Antonio Nierras, Keith Oliver, Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, Dale Pitman, Elise Phillips, Jesse Ralph, Caterine Raye-Wong, Peter Robinson, Ronald Rohde, Marti Roush, John Royabal, Maureen Russell, Bryan Schwartz, Marjorie Schwartz-Scott, Ron Scudder, Marc Seidenfeld, Eva Soncin, Greg Spallas, Kevin Stamm, Peter Sturges, Tim Sullivan, Rai Sue Sussman, Bian Tan, Yuyu Thein, Sal Timpano, Eric Toscano, Kathy Trewin, Coban Tun, Arlo Uriarte, David Vartanoff, Charlie Wegerle, Kara Weisman, QiQi Wei, Harry Weller, Brooke Welty, Patrick Wheeler, Steve Wilcott, Gadi Zohar OUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Superintendent: Richard Carranza • Board of Commissioners: Sandra Lee Fewer, Matt Haney, Kim-Shree Maufus, Hydra Mendoza-McDonell, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Jill Wynns • Director, Office of Public Outreach and Communications: Gentle Blythe KALW Personnel Matt Martin, General Manager Martina Castro, Managing Rose Aguilar, Host William Helgeson, News Editor Malihe Razazan, Producer Operations Manager Audrey Dilling, Producer Ali Budner, Producer David Latulippe, Administration Chris Hoff, News Engineer Phil Hartman, Engineering Seth Samuel, News Engineer Part-time announcers Annette Bistrup, Membership Hana Baba, Host/Reporter Eric Jansen Emily Algire, Membership Casey Miner, Reporter/Editor Debi Kennedy Joe Burke, Announcer Isabel Angell, Reporter David Latulippe JoAnn Mar, Announcer Julie Caine, Reporter Bob Sommer Holly Kernan, News Director Jennifer Chien, Reporter Kevin Vance Ben Trefny, Executive News Editor Leila Day, Reporter Eric Wayne Kyung-Jin Lee, Reporter Jackie Wright 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 and David Latulippe, designed by Georgette Petropoulos © Contents KALW 2 Manager’s Note This past November, my are challenged in our ability family got its first pet: an anise to take on new projects, or swallowtail caterpillar my even to fully follow through on daughter brought in from our existing ones. backyard garden. We named it We take pride in having “Monchi” in honor of its prodi- pushed this resource to its gious appetite for fresh fennel limit. But we also recognize and got tremendous satisfac- that, to make KALW’s dyna- tion watching it devour entire mism sustainable — and to take flowers and stems, amazed to full advantage of the oppor- see it grow from one night to tunities ahead — we need to the next morning. engage in clarifying reflection The most wondrous thing about the and clear-eyed planning. butterfly is its transformation in just a That’s why, even as we continue the few short weeks — the same DNA ex- day-to-day work of making radio (no, we pressing itself in two such distinct ways, can’t go into a cocoon), staff and volun- with only a quiet retreat into its cocoon teers at the station are in the midst of a in between. broad-based process of strategic plan- Human institutions develop at a much ning for KALW, starting with a focus on slower pace than the anise swallowtail. the values and mission that are the basis But learning about the life-cycle of this of any real transformation. beautiful little creature has inspired The anise swallowtail has the benefit me to reflect on the arc of growth and of millions of years of evolution to sus- change at KALW. tain it through its astonishing transfor- For more than a decade, KALW has mation. At Local Public Radio, we have been in a growth phase: More original our community of listener-supporters. programming, a greater public presence, Because of your commitment, we are and a widening base of volunteers and confident that, in its next phase, KALW listener-supporters. We’ve experienced will be able to achieve things we can’t an awakening to the potential of this sta- even imagine today. tion in the community at large and, most Thanks, importantly, among people who believe in the value of innovative, non-commer- cial media. — Matt Martin At the same time, the station’s capaci- General Manager ties are stretched to the point where we [email protected] Save trees, save time, and provide consistent support for Local Public Radio. Become a sustaining member of KALW. Make an ongoing, monthly donation via credit card or directly from your savings account. To learn more, call Annette or Emily at 415-841-4121 x1, or click the “support” tab at kalw.org. 3 City Visions: Meet the Team Since founding host Rose Levinson began the program more than 20 years ago, City Visions has been an all-volunteer production. In recent months, the show has focused on subjects ranging from bike safety to coffee culture, the future of families in San Francisco to the squeeze rising rents are putting on nonprofit organizations. Tune in Mondays at 7pm, and participate by calling (415) 841-4134 or e-mailing [email protected]. Joseph Pace, Host & Executive Producer. Joseph joined the City Visions team in 2006. A native New Yorker and a Bay Area resident for more than a decade, he is a physician and serves as Director of Primary Care Homeless Services for San Francis- co’s Department of Public Health and is currently a California Health Care Foundation Health Leadership Training Fellow. “I believe strongly in expanding and deepening the public discourse on matters related to social justice, political transparency, cultural currency and com- munity engagement. The Bay Area is a place that promotes and creates democratic spaces for criti- cal conversations. City Visions has been honored to take part in this tradition for over 20 years. KALW’s ongoing support for an all-volunteer-run, live, weekly program says so much about how the station reflects the Bay Area’s values of inclusiveness and critical thinking. I am so proud of my colleagues on the team who share the passion to elevate the conversation and bring to light perspectives and stories that are scarcely available in other forms of media nowadays. A tireless, creative engine, they offer me the privilege to spend an hour talking with innovators, thinkers, leaders and activists. I never imag- ined that I would be so lucky!” David Onek, Co-Host. David joined City Visions as co-host in 2013. He is