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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, • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeley Symphony • Burton High School • 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 matt@.org

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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 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 currently the Executive Director of the Northern California Innocence Project at Santa Clara University Law School, and previously served as a Commissioner on the San Francisco Police Commission, as Deputy Director of San Fran- cisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Office of Criminal Justice, and as Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice at UC Berkeley Law School. David also created and hosted the Criminal Justice Conversations Podcast, a co-production of UC Berkeley Law School and the UC Berkeley School of Journalism.

“I enjoy hosting City Visions because of the thoughtful dialogue on issues that matter to the Bay Area community — and because I always learn from our guests and listen- ers.”

4 Susie Britton, Senior Producer. Susie joined the City Visions team in 2010. A lawyer by training, she enjoys producing shows tackling complex environmental and social issues, and she is committed to bringing together divergent perspectives to help deepen understanding of important local topics. Susie is also an on-call producer for KQED’s Forum program and is involved in various Bay Area legal and civic organizations. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. “I am grateful for the opportunity to and learn from pas- sionate, thoughtful and solution-minded people around the Bay Area who contribute to the City Visions conversation.”

Lisa Denenmark, Producer. Lisa is a longtime media literacy advocate and activist who joined City Visions in 2010. She works toward integrating scholarship with so- cial action, particularly as it relates to self-determination for under-represented communities. Also a playwright and journalist, she has spent several years in online news, academia, and social justice organizations in communi- cations and content strategist roles; and as a question writer for Trivial Pursuit. “In this age of corporate media consolidation, public ra- dio is it one of our few remaining mediums that encourag- es an informed and participatory democracy. City Visions is that rare space where all of us can share and shape discourse, own the debate, and have access new and often unheard perspectives.”

Victoria Thorp, Producer. Victoria Thorp has been a producer and occasional host for City Visions since 2011. She is also a writer and editor who specializes in educa- tion. Victoria appreciates how City Visions brings local stories to life through thoughtful conversations with interesting guests. “I’m especially proud of the shows we’ve done this past year that have focused on new medical research and the impact of technology on human interaction.”

Wendy Holcombe, Producer. Wendy has been with City Vi- sions since January 2013. She has worked in magazine edito- rial, internet editorial, and most recently created a blog called “IssueWiki,” designed to encourage reasonable debate on the contentious issues of the day. “I love the hour-long, roundtable format of City Visions, which allows for deeper exploration of a single issue.”

5 Sandip Roy on India’s “December Surprise”

Narendra Modi

In 2014, India goes to the polls to Like most people in India, I thought elect a new government. Whenever the the elections would be about the usual world’s largest democracy goes to the issues – corruption, coalitions, dynasty polls, it’s big news. And India has been politics, inflation. But instead we’ve had a gearing up for the elections for awhile. December surprise. The Congress, which has been the Gay rights have suddenly become party in power for most of the 60-plus a political issue. This is a conservative years since Independence, still heads country, but gay rights have never been an unwieldy coalition. Its policies, once a hot button political issue like they socialist, have turned more free-market have been in America. No politician has these days, although with many large courted the gay vote, but no politician social schemes aimed at the poor and has brandished gays as Enemy Number 1 minorities. But there have been too in India’s culture wars either. many scandals and scams coupled with But in December, the Indian Supreme inflation. The opposition leader Naren- Court decided to reinstate Section 377 dra Modi has been zipping up and down of the penal code, a 19th century anti- the country addressing mega rallies sodomy or rather anti-“sex against the touting his development-for-all model. order of nature” law. That law had been Narendra Modi is still persona non deemed unconstitutional a few years ago grata in the US, which has denied him a by a lower court. The government had visa ever since the state he heads, Guja- accepted it and not even challenged that rat, was mired in bloody Hindu-Muslim ruling in the Supreme Court. Instead, communal riots in 2002. No Indian court it was a grab bag of mostly religious has found him guilty of fomenting that groups, usually at loggerheads with each violence, but too many questions still re- other, who came together to challenge main unanswered about his role in those the repeal of Section 377. days. Modi’s star, however, is definitely The Supreme Court ruling has caught on the rise. I’ve been to his rallies and India by surprise. And it’s prompted they feel like revival meetings. huge outrage in the country. Some have

6 likened it to the Dred Scott ruling in the expected. The crowds were curious, not US. It’s led the Times of India, India’s hostile. They were taking pictures and largest daily, to wonder if the time has reading the signs aloud. Not a single come for an LGBT voting bloc in this protester felt intimidated and left. It was country. Whether or not that happens, as much a day of celebration as it was this has been an astonishing moment for a Day of Global Rage. “Our rage,” said India. Dhaval, “was well-received.” The head of India’s ruling Congress Whether or not that rage has any party, the usually enigmatic Sonia Gan- effect on the actual polls in 2014, this dhi, made a rare statement to express will be a fascinating election to watch. her disappointment in the ruling. India’s India has always prided itself on being attorney general condemned it in an op- a liberal democracy. Now it is thinking ed. When some opposition BJP leaders profoundly and deeply about what that said they supported the court decision, really means. the reaction was sharp and stinging. What should have been a dispiriting time to be gay in India has actually become hugely em- powering. My friend Dhaval Shah, formerly of Mountain View, posted pictures of himself protesting in his hometown of Ahmedabad. Someone commented that Dhaval’s smiling pictures looked more cute than angry on what was supposed to be a Day of Rage. “How can I not smile?” responded Dhaval. More people Dhaval Shah (middle, smiling) with fellow protesters showed up to protest than he had in Ahmedabad

You can hear Sandip Roy’s Dispatch from Kolkata every Wednesday at 7:45am and 4:45pm on KALW

KALW reporters and producers were among those recently honored by the Society of Professional Jour- nalists of Northern California when it presented its 2013 Excellence in Journalism Awards. Jen Chien of KALW News won one Jen Chien Audrey Dilling of two Outstanding Emerging Jour- community storytelling project re- nalist awards. Jen was ceived one of two awards for Com- recognized for her use munity Journalism. Hear Here’s Erica of diverse and carefully Mu, Audrey Dilling, Martina Castro selected voices to bring and Colin Nitta received the award for attention to subjects their original collaboration with librar- that are often over- ies in Oakland and San Francisco to looked. discover and produce moving person- KALW’s Hear Here al stories that aired on Crosscurrents.

7 Smiley & West Sign Off

On December 27th, Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West announced that Smiley & West would be ending its three year run on public radio. KALW is proud to have aired every episode of Smiley & West, and to have brought Tavis and Dr. West to speak at The Paramount Theatre in Oakland in April 2012. Here’s an excerpt from their farewell broadcast.

TAVIS SMILEY: The real reason for Smiley & West was, one, because I wanted more time to spend hanging out with Dr. West, but also because I thought the country needed to hear his voice. I’ve said many times, my hero in death is Dr. King, my hero in life in Cornel West. I’ve asked myself many times what happens when your hero becomes your friend, what happens when your hero becomes your brother. That happened with me by way of a friendship with Cornel West. It has, for me, Doc, been three years of an absolute honor to sit alongside you in this studio and to share with you this microphone to listen and to learn and to laugh and to spread love with you and so thank you for the distinct honor of doing this pro- gram with you for three years. It’s been one of the great honors of my life.

DR. CORNEL WEST: My dear brother, as you know, I don’t have a language to express the depths of my gratitude to you, all the struggles we’ve been through together, the ups and the downs, round corners, the various attacks on us, the insults, but also the various offenses – that is to say going on the offensive in the name of truth and justice. Whatever failures or foibles that any of us may have, I want the world to know that you are one of the great voices in the American media. You have been a pioneer, you have been a pathblazer. And we want the world to know that, in so many ways, it is just the beginning, because we intend to go down swinging in the name of truth and justice. The way Ella Fitzgerald swang, the way Duke Ellington swang, and the way Muhammad Ali swang. We going to keep swinging because it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. Keep swinging, Brother Tavis.

8 BackStory + Latino USA Now part of KALW’s diverse weekday lineup The trend in public radio mid-days is strip programming — a consistent offering, Mon- day through Friday. At KALW, however, we’ve decided to keep our mid-days diverse. Between noon and two in a recent week on KALW, you could hear Rami Khouri discussing the unfinished revolutions in the Arab world or Andrew Hacker argu- ing against high school students being required to take algebra. You could find out architect Frank Gehry’s impressions of Mark Zuckerburg, or listen to TransAfrica’s Randall Robinson share his reflections on Nelson Mandela. You could hear about San Francisco’s Magnificat Baroque Ensemble onOpen Air or follow ’s reporters as they went inside the world of a Long Island car dealership. With the departure of Smiley & West, we will miss Cornel West’s voice on KALW, but we are excited about bringing both Backstory and Latino USA to our mid-day schedule.

BackStory is a public radio program & podcast that brings historical perspective to the events happening around us today. On each show, U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh tear a topic from the headlines and plumb its historical depths. Over the course of the hour, they are joined by fellow historians, people in the news, and callers interested in explor- ing the roots of what’s going on today. Together, they drill down to colonial times and earlier, revealing the connections (and disconnects) between past and present. Now on KALW Mondays at Noon.

Latino USA is the longest running Latino-focused program on radio and chronicles how Latinos are living, shaping and changing America. In 2013, Latino USA celebrated its 20th anniversary, and expanded to a full hour. Host Maria Hinojosa — one of the most trusted and award-winning journalists in public media — continues to be listeners’ primary guide through the stories and conversations, joined by an engaging cast of new voices and contributors, including:

●●Al Madrigal, stand-up comedian and actor, correspondent on The Daily Show ●● Pilar Marrero, political reporter for La Opinión ●● Julia Preston, immigration reporter for ●● Marta Moreno Vega, writer, scholar and cultural activist and “Wise Latina” from the Bronx ●● Jimmy Santiago Baca, poet, novelist and essayist Now on KALW Fridays at 1pm.

9 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Public Radio Remix Midnight– BBC World Service Overnight — For detailed listings, visit: bbc.co.uk/worldservice Midnight– 5 am PRX 5 am Humankind NPR’s Morning Edition from National Public Radio (starts at 5 am) 6 am TUC Radio 6 am KALW host: Joe Burke NPR’s 7 am New Dimensions BBC World News live from London on the hour, a Daily Almanac at 5:49 & 8:49, Weekend Edition 7 am SF school lunch menus at 6:49, and Jim Hightower commentary at 7:49. with Scott Simon 8 am On Wednesdays at 7:34: Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” On Fridays at 7:34: 99% Invisible, with Roman Mars 8 am To The Best Of Our Knowledge Fresh Air with Terry Gross Car Talk 9 am with Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac at 9:01 am 9 am

Your Call with host Rose Aguilar. Philosophy Talk  10 am Join the conversation at 415-841-4134 or 866-798-TALK Rebroadcast Mon-Thurs at 11pm, Friday at 5pm West Coast Live 10 am with Work with Sedge Thomson BBC’s World Have Your Say 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 Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? Open Air 1 pm This American Life Alternative Radio Big Picture Science Snap Judgment with David Latulippe  Latino USA 1 pm

Thistle & Shamrock Sound Opinions BBC’s Newshour 2 pm with Fiona Ritchie 2 pm

Snap Judgment NPR’s All Things Considered 3 pm Folk Music & Beyond 3 pm BBC News update at 4:01, Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” on Wednesdays at 4:45 with JoAnn Mar & Bob Campbell 4 pm Bullseye and Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible on Fridays at 4:45. 4 pm Crosscurrents from KALW News  Your Call  pm Selected Shorts Media Roundtable A Patchwork Quilt pm 5 BBC Business Daily The Spot (Rebroadcast) with 5 Kevin Vance  The Moth S.F. School Board meetings CBC’s Day 6 Fresh Air (1/14, 1/28, 2/11, Fresh Air with Terry Gross 6 pm Radio Hour with Brent Bambury 6 pm 2/25, 3/11, 3/25) Bluegrass Signal INFORUM from the Your Legal Rights OUT in the Bay  Left, Right & Center with Minds Over Matter City Visions  Peter Thompson  7 pm Commonwealth Club with Chuck Finney  This Way Out CounterSpin 7 pm

CBC’s As It Happens with Carol Off and Jeff Douglas Voicebox 8 pm Revolutions Per Minute Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at 8:01 8 pm with Sarah Cahill  Chamber Music TED Radio Hour Africamix Fascinatin’ Rhythm 9 pm Lincoln Center Fog City Blues Tangents 9 pm with with with Record Shelf Emmanuel Nado & Song Travels Radiolab Devon Strolovitch  with Dore Stein  10 pm with Jim Svejda Edwin Okong'o  10 pm Music From The Michael Feinstein Hearts of Space Your Call  Music From 11 pm (Rebroadcast of 10am show) Other Minds  11 pm

 KALW podcast available  Available on KALW Local Music Player 10 =new program or time 11 programming A to Z 99% INVISIBLE A tiny radio show AS IT HAPPENS The international news about design, magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting architecture & Corporation that probes the major stories the 99% invis- of the day, mixing interviews with cover- ible activity age in an informative and often irreverent that shapes our style. Hosted by Carol Off and Jeff Douglas. world. Created Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at and hosted by 8:30.cbc.ca/asithappens (Mon-Thurs at 8pm) Roman Mars, calls the BBC NEWS Current news and BBC pro- show “complete- gramming from London. (Mon-Sat Midnight- ly wonderful and entertaining and beauti- 5am, Weekdays at 2pm, Mon-Thurs at fully produced”. 99percentinvisible.org 5:30pm.) (Fridays at 7:34am & 4:45pm) BACKSTORY Historians Ed Ayers, Peter AFRICAMIX Musical gems from Africa Onuf, and Brian and the African diaspora that will stimulate Balogh tear a your senses. Alternating hosts Emmanuel topic from the Nado and Edwin Okong’o offer vintage headlines and plumb its historical depths. and contemporary sounds from Abidjan to Over the course of the program, they are Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Latin America joined by fellow historians, people in the and beyond! Interviews with local artists, news, and callers, bringing historical per- touring African entertainers and in studio spective to the events happening around us live performances are also part of the mix. today. backstoryradio.org New on KALW! www.kalwafricamix.blogspot.com (Monday at Noon.) (Thursday 9pm-11pm)  BIG PICTURE SCIENCE From ALL THINGS CONSIDERED NPR’s sig- amoebas to zebras, nature afternoon news program features the the science of what biggest stories of the day, thoughtful com- makes life possible. mentaries, insightful features on both the Produced at the SETI quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, Institute in Mountain music and entertainment. Includes BBC news View, California. headlines at 4:01pm, Sandip Roy’s Dispatch (Tuesday at 1pm) from Kolkata on Wednesdays at 4:45, and Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible on Fridays at 4:45. (Weekdays from 3-5pm.) BINAH The best of arts & ideas, authors & personalities, produced in collabora- ALTERNATIVE RADIO Progressive tion with the Jewish Community Center scholars and think- of San Francisco. 1/9 Wally Lamb with ers share their views, Jane Ganahl; 1/16 produced by David Joyce Goldstein with Barsamian. 1/6 Naomi Patricia Unterman; Klein (pictured) – The 1/23 Ann Patchett; Shock Doctrine; 1/13 1/30 Alex Gansa Sanho Tree – End the with Barbara Lane; Drug War; 1/20 Robert 2/6 Ari Shavit and McChesney – The David Remnick; 2/13 Davy Rothbart; 2/20 Internet, Capitalism & George Saunders (pictured) and Karen Democracy; 1/27 Lester Russell; 2/27 Max Tegmark; 3/6 Gary Brown – Protecting Shteyngart; 3/13 Erez Aiden and Jean- Our Food Supply; Baptiste Michel; 3/20 Isabel Allende with 2/3 Vandana Shiva – Seeds & Freedom. Barbara Lane; 3/27 Gabriel Sherman with alternativeradio.org (Monday at 1pm) Lowell Bergman (Thursday at Noon.) 

12 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org BLUEGRASS SIGNAL While Peter DECODE DC Longtime NPR reporter Thompson recovers from rotator cuff Andrea Seabrook declares independence by surgery, several Bay Area bluegrass (and offering her own commentary that probes related) radio stalwarts will be filling in as beyond the scripted press conferences and producer/host. These good folks include: delves into the stories behind the storied Ed Cirimele (KKUP), Jose Segue (KALX), facades of Washington. decodedc.com Kevin Vance (KALW), Steve Goldfield (Featured in The Spot, Thursday at 5:30pm) (KCHO), and Sully Roddy (KFAT, KSAN, KNEW). (Saturday 6:30-8pm)

BLUES POWER HOUR: Now available on the Local Music Player at kalw.org. Keep up with Mark through the Blues Power Hour program page on kalw.org, and at DISPATCH FROM KOLKATA Writer bluespower.com. Sandip Roy, former host of New America Now and Your Call offers commentary and BULLSEYE Host a weekly audio postcard “from the new Jesse Thorn mixes India”. (Wednesdays at 7:34am & 4:45pm) it up with personali- ties from the world of FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM Songs from entertainment & the the Great American Songbook, hosted by arts. maximumfun.org Michael Lasser. wxxi.org/rhythm (Sunday at 4pm) (Friday at 10pm)

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF FOG CITY BLUES Host Devon LINCOLN CENTER World class musicians Strolovitch brings you blues from the Bay perform classical and contemporary chamber Area and beyond fogcityblues.com music, with enlightening commentary from (Wednesday 9-11pm) the performers and co-artistic director David Finkel. (Monday at 9pm.) FOLK MUSIC AND BEYOND Hosts JoAnn Mar and Bob Campbell present CITY VISIONS Hosts Joseph Pace and the best in live and recorded contem- David Onek explore Bay Area issues. porary folk, traditional, and original To participate, call (415) 841-4134 or music from America, England, Ireland, email [email protected] Scotland, and other parts of the world. cityvisionsradio.com. (Monday at 7pm)  Upcoming highlights: 1/4 The Beginning Is Now: Songs from Pete Morton, Linda COUNTERSPIN An examination of the Waterfall, the Incredible String Band, week’s news and that which masquerades as Melanie Safka, and others; 1/11 Folk singer news. fair.org (Friday at 7:30pm)

CROSSCURRENTS The evening news- magazine from KALW News featuring in-depth reporting that provides context, culture, and connections to communities around the Bay Area. kalw.org (Monday-Thursday at 5pm) 

DAY 6 From the CBC in Toronto, host Brent John McCutcheon (pictured) and Misner Bambury offers a different perspective on & Smith perform live; 1/18 The latest the biggest stories of the week, and some by Capercaillie, Linda Thompson, Guy you might have missed: technology, poli- Clark, Ry Cooder, Elephant Revival, Lucy tics, arts, pop culture, and big ideas. Day 6 Wainwright Roche, and the soundtrack will give you something to think about, talk from the new Coen Brothers “Inside about, and maybe even to laugh about. Llewyn Davis”; 1/25 Bridges: East-West www.cbc.ca/day6. (Friday at 6pm.)

shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 13 programming A to Z pairings and other unlikely combinations LE SHOW A weekly, hour-long romp from Choying Drolma and Steve Tibbets, through the worlds of media, politics, sports Yungchen Lhamo and Russian pianist and show business, leavened with an eclectic Anton Batagov, and others; 2/1 Ian Robb, mix of mysterious music, hosted by Harry Ann Downey, and Shelly Posen are The Shearer. harryshearer.com (Sunday at Noon) Finest Kind, performing live; 2/8 Odes to love and friendship from Richard and LATINO USA Host Maria Hinojosa brings Linda Thompson, Still on the Hill, David depth of experience, Olney, Anne Hills and Michael Smith, on-the-ground connec- and others; 2/15 Songs for Valentines; tions, and knowledge of 2/22 Some great combos, including Lau, current and emerging Seelyhoo, and the Poozies from the issues impacting Latino British Isles, Estoudiandina from Greece, and other people of some great Swedish bands, locals such color, with stories about as the Real Vocal String Quartet, and diversity, culture, civic more; 3/1 FMB 25th Anniversary, part dialogue and how peo- 2; 3/8 Music to celebrate International ple live and struggle with these differences. Women’s Day; 3/15 Some of the best latinousa.org New on KALW! (Friday at 1pm.) of Irish traditional and contemporary music for St. Patrick’s; 3/22 Potpourri; MINDS OVER MATTER Dana 3/29 Highlights from the Newport Folk Rodriguez, and a rotating crew of pan- Festival. kalwfolk.org (Saturday 3-5pm) elists that includes The San Francisco Chronicle’s Leah Garchik, and writer FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this weekday Gerry Nachman challenge each other and magazine of contemporary arts and issues. KALW’s audience on the Bay Area’s favor- freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am & 6pm) ite quiz show. Celebrating its 20th year on KALW. Call-in phone: (415) 841-4134. HUMANKIND Voices of hope and human- (Sunday at 7pm) ity, produced by David Freudberg. From following an urban naturalist in Oregon to MORNING EDITION NPR’s signature learning how to age gracefully, Humankind morning show, with news updates from the offers sound portraits of people making BBC at the top of each hour. Local host Joe a difference in their communities and the Burke offers today’s school lunch menu at world. (Sunday at 6am) 6:49, and a daily almanac at 5:49 and 8:49. Plus daily commentaries from Jim Hightower INFORUM From the Commonwealth at 7:49, KALW News’ Morning Reports Tues.– Club, programs recorded exclusively for Fri. at 8:51, Sandip Roy’s Report from Kolkata KALW that provide a forum for young on Wednesdays at 7:34, and Roman Mars’ people to access the best informed, most 99% Invisible on Fridays at 7:34. .org involved, and brightest minds — be they (Weekdays 5-9am) politicians, business gurus, thought lead- ers, trendsetters or culture-jammers. (Tuesday at 7pm)

JIM HIGHTOWER A two minute shot across the bow aimed at corporate and political corruption, heard exclusively in San Francisco on KALW. (Weekdays at 7:49am)

LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly con- frontation over politics, policy and popular culture hosted by Matthew Miller panelists from various political perspectives, including Robert Scheer on the left. .com Joe Burke and Roman Mars (Friday at 7pm)

14 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org THE MOTH RADIO HOUR Unscripted A PATCHWORK QUILT Acoustic, stories told live onstage, without props or Celtic, singer-songwriter, American notes — a celebration of both the raconteur, traditional, world musics, and a little bit of who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary everything else. Some of the week’s news life, and the storytelling novice, who has in song. New recordings. Old friends. lived through something extraordinary and Folks playing in town, some live in the yearns to share it. Listeners are drawn to the studio. Kevin Vance is host. stories, like moths to a flame. (Saturday at 5pm) (Sunday at 6pm) PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford phi- MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS New losophers John Perry and Ken Taylor and unusual music by innovative compos- interview guest experts and respond to ers and performers around the world, questions from listeners. Philosophy Talk brought to you by the staff at Other questions everything...except your intel- Minds in San Francisco. ligence. Upcoming highlights: 1/5, 1/7 The otherminds.org/mfom (Friday at 11pm.) Examined Year: 2013; 1/12, 1/14 Moral Luck; 1/19, 1/21 Miracles; MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF 1/26, 1/28 Memory SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted by and the Self; 2/2, Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless world 2/4 Black Solidarity; of space, ambient and contemplative music. 2/9, 2/11 The Legacy www.hos.com (Sunday 10pm-Midnight) of Freud; 2/16, 2/18 The Military: What Is NEW DIMENSIONS A weekly dialogue It Good For?; 2/23, that gives reasons for embracing hopeful- 2/25 Forgive and Forget; 3/2, 3/4 Science ness regarding contemporary problems, with and Gender; 3/9, 3/11 Simone de Beauvoir perspectives relative to physical, mental, (pictured); 3/16, 3/18 Acting Together; and spiritual well being of humanity and the 3/23, 3/25 Is Nothing Sacred Anymore?; planet. newdimensions.org (Sunday at 7am) 3/30, 4/1 Weapons of Mass Destruction. philosophytalk.org (Sunday at 10am, OPEN AIR Host rebroadcast Tuesday at Noon) David Latulippe (pictured) presents RADIO AMBULANTE Radio the performing art- Ambulante is a Spanish-language radio ists and writers who program showcasing compelling human create our contem- stories from around Latin America and porary culture and the . It is the first of its arts. Recent guests kind in Spanish. (Featured in The Spot, have included Thursday at 5:30pm) Ira Glass, cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, conductors Vasily RADIOLAB The curious minds of Jad Petrenko and Michael Morgan, violinist Abumrad and Robert Krulwich (pictured) Pinchas Zukerman, , explore the boundaries that blur science, Tommy Tune, and Peter Gallagher. philosophy, and human experience. (Thursday at 1pm) radiolab.org (Tuesday at 10pm)

OUT IN THE BAY Gay radio for San Francisco and beyond, hosted by Eric Jansen and Marilyn Pittman. outinthebay.com (Thursday at 7pm) 

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performed by Isaiah Sheffer, and “Palais RECORD SHELF de Justice,” by Mark Helprin, performed Jim Svejda reviews by Jack Davidson; 2/9 “St George,” by compact discs and Gail Godwin, performed by Jane Curtin explores classical and “The Trickle-Down Effect” by Annie music. Upcoming Proulx, performed by James Naughton; highlights: 1/6 2/16 “The Lone Pilgrim” by Laurie Colwin, Spanish conductor performed by Hope Davis and “The Night Rafael Fruhbeck Bookmobile” by Audrey Niffenegger, per- de Burgos; 1/13 The Record Shelf Record formed by Christina Pickles; 2/23 “In the Reviews; 1/20 Historic recordings featuring Garden of the North American Martyrs” by pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff; 1/27 A Buyer’s Tobias Wolff, performed by Jane Curtin, Guide to Latin-American Guitar Music; “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing,” per- 2/3 violinist Lara St. John (pictured); 2/10 formed by James Naughton, and “Barbara Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez; 2/17 Stanwyck, It’s Your Time to Shine,” by Bianca historic recordings by the English pianist Galvez, performed by Condola Rashad. 3/2 Dame Moura Lympany; 2/24 Samuel Readings from the essay collection, The Barber in premiere recordings of his own Book of Men. 3/9 Tales by Nelly Reifler, music; 3/5 conductor Vassily Petrenko. Rosie Schaap and others from the quarterly .org (Monday at 11pm) journal of food and writing, Lucky Peach. 3/16 “The Grid” by Rick Moody, performed REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE by Josh Radnor and “Anaconda” by Martha Sarah Cahill’s weekly program of new McPhee, performed by Lindsay Crouse; and . Interviews and 3/23 “You Were Perfectly Fine” by Dorothy music from a broad range of internation- Parker, performed by Aya Cash and David ally acclaimed and local contemporary Furr, “Unprotected,” by Simon Rich, per- composers and musicians, with previews formed by Wyatt Cenac, “The Day the Dam of Bay Area concerts. sarahcahill.com Broke,” by James Thurber, performed by (Sunday 8-10pm) Alec Baldwin, and “Center of the Universe,” by Simon Rich, performed by Isaiah Sheffer. (Sunday at 5pm) SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD Live gavel-to-gavel broad- MEETINGS SNAP JUDGMENT Host Glynn cast of the San Francisco Unified School Washington explores decisions that define District board meetings from 555 Franklin lives, taking listeners on an addictive Street in San Francisco. While the Board narrative that walks a mile in someone is in closed session, educator Carol Kocivar else’s shoes — a rhythmic blend of drama, presents an interview feature, “Looking humor, music, and personality. Produced at Education.” www.sfusd.edu (Tuesdays, in Oakland, distributed nationwide by 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 3/25 at 6pm) NPR and PRX. snapjudgment.org (Sunday at 3pm, Wednesday at 1pm) SELECTED SHORTS Celebrity read- ers from stage and screen, recorded at SONG TRAVELS Five-time Grammy win- Symphony Space in NYC. 1/12 Bad Boy: ner Michael Feinstein hosts Song Travels, a Celebrating Hunter S. Thompson Selections series examining how popular standards and from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas per- show tunes have evolved through the years, formed by Alec Baldwin, Anthony Rapp, expanding American Popular Song and rei- and Michael Imperioli ; 1/19 Eccentrics “At magining it for a new century. Each week a the Anarchists Convention” by John Sayles, new guest joins Feinstein for intimate explo- performed by Jerry Stiller and “The Falls” rations of the journeys of songs and the by George Saunders, performed by Rene artists who perform them. 1/10 John Proulx; Auberjonois; 1/26 “Where the Cluetts 1/17 Johnny Mandel; 1/24 Jitterbug Vipers; Are” by Jack Finney, performed by Philip 1/31 Elaine Stritch; 2/7 Allen Toussaint; Casnoff and “Lederhosen” by Haruki 2/14 Roseanne Cash & John Leventhal; Murakami, performed by Aasif Mandvi; 2/21 Wayne Brady; 2/28 Bobby McFerrin 2/2 “The Treatment” by Daniel Menaker,

16 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org (pictured); 3/7 Tierney Sutton; 3/14 Peter THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK Yarrow & Noel Paul Stookey; 3/21 Rumer; Host Fiona Ritchie with well-established 3/28 Ann Hampton Callaway. and newly emerging artists that explore (Friday at 10pm) Celtic roots in Europe and North America. thistleradio.com (Saturday at 2pm) THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme each week with contributions from a vari- ety of writers and performers, hosted by Ira Glass. thislife.org (Sunday at 1pm and Wednesday at Noon) THIS WAY OUT LGBT stories and news from around the corner and around the world, produced by Greg Gordon in Los SOUND OPINIONS Smart and spirited Angeles. thiswayout.org (Thursday at discussions about a wide range of popular 7:30pm) music, from cutting-edge underground TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B, An audio magazine that offers a fresh per- electronica, and worldbeat. Hosted by spective on the cultural topics that shape music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot today’s headlines. ttbook.org from the studios of WBEZ in Chicago. (Sunday 8-10am) soundopinions.org (Sunday at 2pm) TUC RADIO (Time of Useful THE SPOT KALW’s new curated half- Consciousness) Probing reports on the hour bringing you some of the best impact of big corporations on society. podcasts from public radio’s most innova- tucradio.org (Sunday at 6:30am) tive producers, including the latest from VOICEBOX The best of the vocal music Decode DC, Life of the Law and Radio scene from the Bay Area and beyond, Ambulante. (Thursday at 5:30pm) hosted by Chloe Veltman. The art of singing is explored with musicians who TANGENTS An unusually diverse, love vocal music and provide focused, genre-bending program hosted by Dore contextual reflection about their passion. Stein that explores the bridges con- 1/3 The art of screaming. The physical necting various styles of music, from risks of screaming and how artists who world and roots to creative jazz hybrids. have to raise their voices on a regular tangents.com (Saturday 8pm-Midnight)  basis can do so safely. 1/10: It’s reigning men. Aaron Humble and Adam Reinwald, who sing with professional men’s chorus THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW Cantus, share their thoughts about the A weekly high-energy discussion of political, culture of the male singing voice in the cultural, and global issues of particular rel- US and elsewhere; 1/17 Singing without evance to African Americans. tavistalks.org sight. Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Laurie (Friday at Noon) Rubin discusses what it takes to lead a successful career as a singer when you’re THE TED RADIO HOUR Each year, TED blind; 1/24 From Pakistan to the Bay Area. hosts the world’s most fascinating think- Vocalists Riffat Sultana and Sukhawat Ali ers — convention-breaking mavericks, icons, Khan (pictured) discuss their rich vocal and geniuses — who give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less about the best ideas in Technology, Entertainment, Design and much more. Through this exciting co- production between TED and NPR, each episode will focus around a theme (such as “Happiness”) and TED Talks that put ideas about the theme through the paces. (Returning to KALW! Tuesday at 9pm)

shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 17 music journey from Hindustani classical WORK WITH MARTY NEMKO Career music to banghra; 1/31 DIY songs for kids; coach Marty Nemko talks with listen- 2/7 Gramophone Gods. Singer and early ers about work issues, from fi­nding the vocal recordings champion Meredith perfect job to networking, and regularly Axelrod chats about the vocalists who offers “3 minute workovers.” Guests have pioneered recorded sound technolo- included Alan Dershowitz, Cokie Roberts, gies in the early twentieth century; 2/14 Jack Welch, Suze Orman, Robert Reich, Pucker up. Virtuoso whistler and music and Obama strategist Robert Cialdini. journalist Jason Victor Serinus; 2/21 And his wife, Barbara Nemko, comes The many voices of Bob Dylan. Bob in periodically to give him a hard time. Dylan’s voice has been compared to martynemko.com (Sunday at 11am)  sandpaper and described as “a catarrhal death rattle.” Fog City Blues host Devon WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY An interac- Strolovitch discusses the colors of Dylan’s tive program on key issues in the news vocal instrument; 2/28 What a lovely Aria! with a worldwide audience, hosted by Ros I mean Number. The porous line between Atkins. To participate in the live webcast the worlds of musical theatre and ; at bbc.com at 10am, call 011 44 20 70 83 72 3/7 Pitch Perfect? Andy Hildebrand, the 72 or email [email protected]. inventor of Auto-Tune, discusses the worldhaveyoursay.com tool’s legacy and future; 3/14 Charlotte’s (Weekdays at 11am, tape delayed) Changes. The versatile Welsh vocalist Charlotte Church chats about how she WRITER’S ALMANAC Garrison morphed from being one of the world’s Keillor’s daily digest of all things literary. most successful child sopranos to find- writersalmanac.com (Weekdays at 9:01am) ing her voice in indie rock; 3/21 Feel the Rhythm. Jazz vocalist and Grammy YOUR CALL Politics and culture, Awards board member Kitty Margolis dis- dialogue and debate, hosted by Rose cusses how she helps aspiring jazz sing- Aguilar. To participate, call (415) 841-4134. ers develop their improvisation chops; yourcallradio.org (Weekdays at 10am. 3/28 Linguistic Gymnastics. Composer Rebroadcast Monday-Thursday at 11pm, Mason Bates, who has written song cycles Friday at 5pm)  for Chanticleer and is currently affiliated with the , talks about how composers tackle setting texts in different languages. (Friday at 8pm.)

WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and NPR wrap up the week’s events — plus arts and newsmakers interviews. npr.org (Saturday 6-9am)

WEST COAST LIVE! San Francisco’s “live radio program to the world” hosted by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike Your Call producer Ali Budner and host Greensill. Two hours of conversation, Rose Aguilar. performance, and play, broadcast live from locations around the Bay Area. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS San Mateo Tickets online at wcl.org Deputy District Attorney Chuck Finney (Saturday 10am-Noon) talks with listeners about legal and con- sumer problems. Call in your questions to WHAD’YA KNOW? A two-hour comedy/ Chuck and his team of guest attorneys: quiz show hosted by Michael Feldman, “the (415) 841-4134. (Wednesday at 7pm)  sage of Wisconsin.” notmuch.org (Saturday Noon-2pm)

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Faces on the cover (L-R, from the top): Snap Judgment’s Glynn Washington; d.j./composer Mason Bates, featured on Open Air January 2nd; Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa; The legacy of Sigmund Freud, on Philosophy Talk February 9th; Ira Glass cel- ebrates 500 episodes of This American Life; Molly Bentley, co-host of Big Picture Science; Garry Shteyngart, on Binah March 6th; Vandana Shiva, on Alternative Radio February 3rd; Tavis Smiley.

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