The Stoop Black identity — complicated, fun, real. p. 4

Snap Judgment Live In — December 3rd! p. 19

75th Anniversary Edition p. 3

Dying To Talk Live (Really.) p. 9

Meet the Beat Reporters p. 8

TALES OF STUDIOS PAST p. 6

Fall 2016 KALW is the voice of San Francisco. You cover all the communities that make up our city. — Donna Hayes, San Francisco

KALW: By and for the community . . . COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS America Scores Bay Area • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeleyside • Berkeley Symphony Orchestra • Burton High School • Cabrillo Festival • Express • Global Exchange • INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • New America Media • Other Minds • outLoud Radio • Radio Ambulante • San Francisco Arts Commission • San Francisco Conservatory of Music • San Quentin Prison Radio • SF Performances • Stanford Storytelling Project • StoryCorps • Youth Radio KALW VOLUNTEER PRODUCERS Shereen Adel, Josiah-Luis Alderete, Dennis Aman, Dan Becker, David Boyer, Susie Britton, Sarah Cahill, Bob Campbell, Lisa Cantrell, Bonnie Chan, Julie Dewitt, Ethan Elkind, Chuck Finney, Richard Friedman, Janos Gereben, Nato Green, Nicole Grigg, Dawn Gross, Anne Harper, Meradith Hoddinott, Wendy Holcombe, Jeremy Jue, Dianne Keogh, Kendra Klang, Carol Kocivar, Justine Lee, Martin MacClain, JoAnn Mar, Holly J. McDede, Greer McVay, Rhian Miller, Sandy Miranda, Helena Murphy, Emmanuel Nado, Marty Nemko, Erik Neumann, Chris Nooney, Edwin Okong’o, Kevin Oliver, Steve O’Neill, David Onek, Joseph Pace, Colin Peden, Peter Robinson, Dana Rodriguez, Dean Schmidt, Raja Shah, Lezak Shallat, Steven Short, Kanwalroop Singh, Cari Spivack, Dore Stein, Claire Stremple, Devon Strolovitch, Niels Swinkels, Beatrice Thomas, Peter Thompson, Kevin Vance, Boawen Wang, Eli Wirtschafter KALW VOLUNTEERS Daniel Aarons, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Judy Aune, Leon Bayer, Brenda Beebe, Susan Bergman, Laura Bernabei, Christopher Boehm, Karl Bouldin, Robbie Brandwynne, Karen Brehm, Nathan Brennan, Diane Brett, Joshua Brody, Gregory Brown, Marie Camp, Ceinwen Carney, Jessica Chylik, Linda Clever, Susan Colowick, Peter Conheim, Carolyn Deacy, Roger Donaldson, Louis Dorsey, James Coy Driscoll, Laura Drossman, Nanette Duffy, Linda Eby, Eleanor Eliot, Jim & Joy Esser, Peter Fortune, Nina Frankel, Stephen Gildersleeve, Helen Gilliland, Andrei Glase, Dave Gomberg, Jo Gray, Terence Groeper, Paula Groves, Ted Guggenheim, Daniel Gunning, Ian Hardcastle, Barbro Haves, Jeffrey Hayden, Donna Heatherington, Eliza Hersh, Tom Herzfeld, Phil Heymann, Kent Howard, Clara Hsu, Susan Hughes, Judge Eugene Hyman, Didi Iseyama, Jenny Jens, Vicky Julian, Kathleen Kaplan, Brenda Kett, Lou Kipilman, Betty Kohlenberg, Franzi Latko, Claire LaVaute, Joseph Lepera, Fred Lipschultz, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, John MacDevitt, Michael McGinley, Sam McLelland, Sylvie Merlin, Matt Miller, Susan Miller, Linda Morine, Reba Myall-Martin, John Navas, Brian Neilson, Antonio Nierras, Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, Art Persyko, Dale Pitman, Elise Phillips, Maria Politzer, Caterine Raye-Wong, Ronald Rohde, Marti Roush, John Roybal, Jaimie Sanford, Jean Schnall, Bill Schwalb, Ron Scudder, Marc Seidenfeld, Lezak Shallat, Steve Sherwood, Flora Sommers, Kevin Stamm, Tim Sullivan, Bian Tan, Howard Tharsing, Sal Timpano, Rob Trelawney, Kathy Trewin, David Vartanoff, Charlie Wegerle, Harry Weller, Patrick Wheeler, Steve Wilcott OUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Interim Superintendent: Myong Leigh • Board of Commissioners: Sandra Lee Fewer, Matt Haney, Hydra Mendoza-McDonell, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Shamann Walton, Jill Wynns Director, Office of Public Outreach and Communications: Gentle Blythe KALW PERSONNEL Matt Martin, General Manager Ben Trefny, News Director Holly McDede, Reporter William Helgeson, Julie Caine, Managing Producer Olivia Henry, Engagement Operations Manager Jennifer Chien, Managing Editor Manager Phil Hartman, Engineering Jeremy Dalmas, Producer W. Kamau Bell, Host Annette Bistrup, Leila Day, Producer Development Director Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Producer Max Jacobs, Producer Emily Algire, Membership Angela Johnston, Producer Phil Surkis, Producer Chris Hambrick, Membership Judy Silber, Producer Becca Hoekstra, Producer Shipra Shukla, Program Lisa Morehouse, Editor Jeremy Dalmas, Producer Information Andrew Stelzer, Editor Part-time Announcers Ashleyanne Krigbaum, Liz Mak, Producer Eric Jansen Announcer Chris Hoff, News Engineer Debi Kennedy David Latulippe, Announcer James Rowlands, News Engineer JoAnn Mar, Announcer Ted Muldoon, Engineer Damien Minor Rose Aguilar, Host Hana Baba, Host/Reporter Bob Sommer Malihe Razazan, Sr. Producer Hannah Kingsley-Ma, Producer Kevin Vance Laura Flynn, Producer Liza Veale, Producer Eric Wayne ABOUT KALW KALW is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District, broadcasting since September 1, 1941 — the oldest FM signal west of the Mississippi. Mailing address: KALW Radio Offices: (415) 841-4121 500 Mansell Street Fax: (415) 841-4125 San Francisco, CA 94134 Studio Line: (415) 841-4134 KALW program guide edited by Matt Martin, David Latulippe and Shipra Shukla, designed by Georgette Petropoulos. © Contents KALW

2 Manager’s Notes In 1941, teachers in San Francisco put the changing conversation about death KALW on the air as the first FM station through our special series Dying To Talk. in the West. And after 75 These are ultimate human years, this station continues issues, and I trust Dawn to grow as a positive force, Gross to create a thought- powered by the community. ful, welcoming space to talk Let me share a few of the about them. good things — and people And what a kick to talk — happening at KALW right to Hana Baba and Leila Day now that make me enthusi- about their new podcast astic about the station and its future. The Stoop (see p. 6). It’s exciting to be First, I want to congratulate Rose around an idea as interesting as theirs, Aguilar, who recently marked 10 years right as it germinates. as host of Your Call. Rose is a seeking Finally, it’s been an inspiration to read and passionate journalist, with a unique all the notes and messages that have and important perspective. I feel so come in from listeners as the station fortunate to have her as a friend and col- celebrates 75. A sampling of them is league, and as one of KALW’s defining sprinkled throughout this guide, and I’ll voices. share this one that came in the other day I am also glad W. Kamau Bell has from David Giltinan in San Francisco: brought his voice and spirit to KALW. “KALW is a voice of sanity and He and the Kamau Right Now! team are reason in an otherwise bleak media making adventurous and unprecedented landscape. Given the madness that public radio. I can’t wait for their anniver- threatens to sweep the land, we sary show with Alicia Garza, Jessi Klein, need sanity and reason more than and Anna Sale. ever this year. Thanks for being We have renewed our long-standing there. And congratulations on your partnership with SF Performances 75th anniversary!” with the latest series of Explorations in Thank you, David. And thanks to the Music (see p. 13), where music scholar amazing web of people who have helped Robert Greenberg and the Alexander KALW grow over its first 75 years, and String Quartet explore the impact of who believe the best is yet to come. Beethoven on the composers that came Sincerely, after him. It’s also great to be partnering with OpenIDEO on Re:Imagine | End of Life Matt Martin (see p.9) — and to be participating in General Manager [email protected]

Many KALW supporters have helped secure the station’s future by making it a beneficiary of their wills or other legacy gifts. For more information on legacy giving, please contact Development Director Annette Bistrup at 415-841-4121 x3509, or at [email protected].

3 Excellent programming without the big corporate vibe. Thank you! — Barbara Fetesoff, Sonoma “The ’fro and the scarf” Expanding the dialogue around black identity The Stoop is the new podcast from Crosscurrents host Hana Baba and reporter- producer Leila Day. They describe it as “a newsroom, a hair salon, griot, and your mama’s kitchen in one,” and it was 1 of 12 projects invited to participate in NPR’s first- ever Audio Storytelling Workshop in Washington, DC. It started with kitchen conversations at KALW . . . Leila Day: We would hear things in wanted to talk about this because there’s media or read things online and say, an article that came out about whether Why don’t you hear a radio piece on black people can appropriate African that? culture. It caused a big stir online, but Hana Baba: And then we never heard these things didn’t anything about it really fit into the again. mold of a Crosscur- Hana: It actually rents story. So there stopped in the com- had to be some kind ments section. So of other avenue to we take it from the start exploring these comments section issues. and start doing some The idea was to deeper exploration take a question like Hana Baba and Leila Day and reporting. “How come it’s so Leila: There are podcasts I listen hard for some black men to say I love to where they might make a comment you?” and explore it with black men, with saying “I almost brought out my angry people in the community and take it, not black woman, but I didn’t” and then in a casual way, but in a frank and honest move on to the next topic. I’m like, wait way. We’re also reporters and journalists, a minute, let’s talk about that. Let’s talk and we would also look for any research about this angry black woman. What that might help explain some of the does that mean? What does it mean for things we want to talk about. And bring black women? What does it mean for in some hard reporting as well. non-black women? And where does the The podcasts we were seeing done stereotype come from? So that’s another really well were kind of talky — two black topic that we’re going to be looking at. girls talking about something. A lot of it We’ll be talking to people that study psy- was comedy. A lot of it was pop culture. chology and the root of where some of But we didn’t find journalism in the black these cultural issues come from. women’s podcast space at least, so I think that’s when we felt like we really Hana: And the African perspective is wanted to fill that void and we thought it new. I haven’t seen in the podcast world would be fun because the topics them- that African voice or African issues or selves are things that we’re discussing African immigrant issues. I think that’s behind closed doors. also what we bring: Leila’s the African- Leila: One was the idea of black American and I’m the person with the people being able to appropriate Afri- African immigrant background and we’re can culture. There’s this trend right now, bringing different perspectives. We’re certainly for younger African-Americans, both black but we’re different kinds of to wear tribal wear and tribal paint. We black.

4 Thanks for making the Bay Area more considered and intelligent. — Scott Lawson, Piedmont

Leila: “The scarf and the ‘fro.” would like to think they are nonexistent Hana: There’s a lot in common. but they are there and it’s important to There’s a lot of difference. There’s a lot talk about them. of things we as immigrants deal with Hana: Just to keep tabs on how that Leila doesn’t have to deal with, and things come off, we’re bringing in some things that Leila’s dealing with that we trusted African and African-American don’t. It’s also between us as well, and “Stoop ambassadors”. Editors and pro- we want that to be reflected. fessors and research people, educators. Leila: Like the other day I said “I went Folks that could be a third ear or fourth to Africa.” Does that offend you? You ear for us. know, should I have said the specific Leila: Is there something we’re miss- country? ing here? Is there a perspective we Hana: The specific country. should bring in? We’ve seen that there’s so few Leila: We talk about that: What are projects where you have people at the the things that offend you? I hope it decision-making level that are black or comes across as an honest conversation African-American. So we’ve just been — Is that offensive? Because I don’t even feeling that we want to reach out to that know. group of people. Hana: And I am not a representa- Hana: The idea is that it’s not just us, tive of all Africans either. I can say what because black identity is complex, it is I feel. So I feel like we are also going multitude. And it has many identities. into this territory that as journalists and You have the African-American, and reporters we haven’t been into. We usu- you have the African immigrant — but ally report and it’s very separate from us. from which country? From Caribbean And if you have problem with something countries, from North Africa, from South in the story, it’s with that subject who Africa, Canadian Africans — with very said that. But we’re in it now. We might different experiences. And are they all have to deal with some feedback, and really one? No. Do they have shared some of it is going to be controversial. experiences? Yes. Leila: We’ve said that it’s kind of like Especially when you’re driving on the conversations that might stop when street — you’re black. So there are times someone walks into a room. Especially when everybody is one, especially deal- issues between African and African- American communities. I think people continued on page 18

Appreciation or appropriation? An upcoming epi- sode of The Stoop will tackle the issue of African- Americans wearing African tribal wear — why they do it and how Africans feel about it. South African jewelry designer Xolisile Nhau is from the Zulu tribe, and says it’s crucial that her customers know the meaning and history of what they wear, so she makes a point of explaining the cultural significance of each item she sells. The first episode ofThe Stoop will be released in December. You can follow The Stoop on Facebook and at KALW’s website.

5 KALW gets my vote as the #1 man-made asset in SF. — Maria Politzer, San Francisco

Radio Stalwart Remembers By Steven Short

Bill Ruck can almost claim to have over to the Twin Peaks tower, climbed it, KALW in his DNA. His father (also and installed it, in 1976,” he remembers. named Bill) volunteered at the station in The move made it possible to receive its earliest days. the KALW signal all over the city, and KALW was “a playpen for students” beyond. then. If someone had an idea for a radio show, it would likely be heard on-air. Stu- dents from the broadcasting program at San Francisco State University made use of this resource. Somebody might play a record once in a while, or put on a radio drama. One of the few regular programs in the 1940s was The Standard School Broadcast, “a musical hall of fame” sponsored by Standard Oil. The board operator would open the envelope that arrived in the mail, cue up the long-play- ing records on turntables, and that was the program. Bill, Jr. was at the station from 1974 to The Ford Motor Company building at 1976, having joined the O’Connell High 21st and Harrison in San Francisco, which School radio-training program right out became Samuel Gompers Trade School, of the Navy. Nine out of ten Bay Area original home of KALW. broadcast engineers at the time were Photo: Courtesy of San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library. trained at O’Connell/KALW. Ken Nielsen was in charge then. By the mid-70s, Ken Nielsen was look- “He was management,” Bill says, mean- ing towards retirement. Two teachers, ing general manager, chief engineer, Leon Del Grande and Ted Samuels, took instructor, you name it. The broadcast- Nielsen’s place, but not before receiving ing department had the whole floor of on-the-job training from him. a former automobile factory at 21st and Bill remembers Nielsen’s very simple Harrison, so there was plenty of space teaching style: “Just do it the way I say.” to store the TV cameras and related During its educational radio period, equipment Nielsen convinced the school KALW was only on the air a few hours a district to purchase for classes. day, and therefore “had no identity.” The When Bill Ruck came to KALW, its person most instrumental in changing antenna was on the roof of this five-story this, in Bill’s opinion, was Alan Farley. building, resulting in a limited range Farley arrived in 1975 and was on the air for 91.7 FM. Many people have had a at KALW until weeks before his death part in KALW’s successes over three- in 2014. He created and hosted several quarters of a century, but only Bill Ruck long-running local programs, including can claim to have brought the station’s Open Air, Book Talk, and AIDS Update. signal to all of San Francisco. “I was the This local element paired well with Na- one who physically carried the antenna tional Public Radio news programs that

6 I LOVE the local programming and stories about our neighborhood histories. — Marta Fuentealba, San Francisco

KALW started carrying in 1972. When the station had to vacate the school after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, file cabinets full of papers and operational logs were lost, as was broadcast equipment. A sentimental loss was the FM transmitter donated to the school district by General Electric after the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. This device literally brought FM radio to San Francisco. Bill considered keeping that original transmitter, “but my garage was already full. And I like staying married.” That historic transmitter wouldn’t have fit in The Swamp either. That’s the name given to the windowless cinder block equipment “bunker” offered to the station as temporary quarters by KSFO. It was located on a dirt road at Third and KALW’s antenna moved to a tower on Twin Peaks in 1976 – and remains there today. Cargo in San Francisco. Everyone who remembers that time describes it as “out coach’s former office. by the dump, past the rendering plant, Bill Ruck was inducted into the Bay which was really noticeable when the Area Radio Hall of Fame Hall in 2014. In wind came from that direction.” his speech he spoke about Ken Nielsen’s While O’Connell High was still con- unsung contributions to the field. As a sidered unsafe for students, the gym result, Bill was able to accept the plaque was cleared for the station’s use in 1991. for Nielsen’s induction the following A temporary studio was created on the year, and donated it to KALW. basketball court with emergency funds Bill is still on-call, assisting current from FEMA. Bill remembers manage- KALW engineer Phil Hartman when duty ment setting up operations in the calls.

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7 Listening to KALW lets me pretend I live in the Bay Area. Keep up the good work. :) — Julie Gritton, Orem, Utah

KALW’s New Beat Reporters Over the summer KALW News made a move to better serve its audience by hiring eight stringers to work different reporting beats. We’re excited to deepen our roots in our community, and these reporters will dig into the Bay Area’s most important issues. Take a moment to get to know them and their work:

Economy — General — J.C. Howard Jeremy Dalmas Before becoming a Jeremy got his radio general assignment start with KALW’s reporter for KALW, Audio Academy class J.C. was a producer of 2014, and he’s been for KPFA’s cultural a regular contributor affairs program Full to the Bay Area’s live Circle and lead events scene, hosting Oakland Nights anchor for Sports Live and working with Kamau Right Now! & Political News Update on KPFB. He His work on small businesses has ap- also executive produced and hosted a peared on Marketplace. current events podcast called The Cut [email protected] Down from 2012 until taking this posi- tion. [email protected] Education — Hannah Kingsley-Ma Part of our Audio Health — Marissa Academy class of Ortega-Welch 2015, Hannah has A regular contributor been a regular con- to Latino USA, Ma- tributor to KALW’s rissa’s national work weekly Audiograph has explored marijuana feature and reported farms and looked into about teachers paying workplace safety. Her out of pocket for supplies and the Bay first stories for KALW covered compet- Area’s Soccer Without Borders program. ing propositions about plastic bags and [email protected] a ballot measure about prescription drug prices. [email protected] Energy & Environment — Angela Johnston Among other awards Housing & Homelessness — Liza Veale she’s won, Angela Liza is an Audio Acad- was named emerg- emy alumna, class ing journalist of the of 2015. Her work year in 2015 by the includes a multi-part Society of Profes- program explor- sional Journalists of ing the Bay Area’s Northern affordable housing for her body of work, crisis, a profile of San including a KALW Francisco’s Homeless documentary about Outreach Team, and a KALW documen- the former NUMMI and now Tesla car tary about undocumented immigrant factory in Fremont. [email protected] students with fellow beat reporter Han- [email protected] nah Kingsley-Ma that also ran nationally on Latino USA. [email protected]

8 What keeps me listening is that the station continues to have a connection to the community, through storytelling and opportunities for people to tell their own stories. — Neal Hatten, Oakland

Art, Ritual and Death: A Community Conversation From October 24-30, Open IDEO is bringing together Re:Imagine | End of Life, a citywide conversation about living and dying through art, experience, and design. As part of Re:Imagine | End of Life, KALW is hosting a live taping of Dying To Talk, the special series and podcast hosted by Dr. Dawn Gross aimed at transforming the taboos around death and dying. Her guests will include Rene Yanez, curator of San Francisco’s Dia de los Muertos, and Ned Buskirk, creator of You’re Going to Die. Join the live taping of Dying to Talk at 2pm on Saturday, October 29th at Here Collective, 930 Alabama Street in San Francisco. RSVP at the Dying to Talk page at kalw.org, or at letsreimagine.org.

KALW’s New Beat Reporters

Justice — Holly J. McDede Transportation — Eli Wirtschafter Holly’s is a familiar A member of KALW’s voice to KALW listen- Audio Academy class ers, as she was one of 2016 whose work of our most prolific has appeared on reporting volunteers Backstory with the before taking on the American History justice beat. She has Guys, Eli’s most re- recently reported on cent stories for KALW police crisis interven- covered expensive tion training, body cameras, and the express lanes, East Bay Bike Party, and search for a new San Francisco police an audience member’s question about chief, in addition to several election- whether BART can damage your hear- related stories. [email protected] ing. [email protected]

9 I knew I had done good parenting and my kid had grown up to Thank you KALW for enriching be a responsible adult when I moved my son’s car for street my life on a daily basis! cleaning and his car radio was tuned to KALW. Thanks for all — Natasha Moullen, Oakland you do. — Mindy Kershner, San Francisco

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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 Humankind NPR’s Morning Edition from National Public Radio (starts at 5 am) 6 am TUC Radio 6 am BBC World News live from London on the hour, a Daily Almanac at 5:49 & 8:49, SF school lunch menus at 6:49, Jim Hightower’s commentaries at 7:30 on Monday and Tuesday, NPR’s am New Dimensions and World According to Sound on Friday at 7:30. Weekend Edition am 7 with Scott Simon 7 7:44am features: Wednesday – Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” 8 am Thursdays/Sights & Sounds Fridays/99% Invisible, with Roman Mars 8 am To The Best Of Our Knowledge 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

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

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

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

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

Sound Opinions NPR’s All Things Considered 3 pm Folk Music & Beyond 3 pm BBC News update at 4:01, with JoAnn Mar & 4:45pm features: Tuesday/FSFSF, with Nato Green Wednesday/Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” Bob Campbell 4 pm TED Radio Hour Thursday/Sights & Sounds Friday/99% Invisible, with Roman Mars 4 pm Crosscurrents from KALW News  Your Call  pm Selected Shorts Media Roundtable A Patchwork Quilt pm 5 BBC Business Daily This Way Out (Rebroadcast) with 5 Kevin Vance  S.F. School Board CBC’s Day 6 The Moth Radio Hour Fresh Air meetings (10/11, 10/25, Fresh Air with Terry Gross 6 pm 11/8, 11/22, 12/13, 12/27) with Brent Bambury 6 pm Bluegrass Signal INFORUM from the Your Legal Rights Kamau Right Now! & Left, Right & Center with Minds Over Matter City Visions  Peter Thompson  7 pm Commonwealth Club with Chuck Finney  special presentations CounterSpin 7 pm

CBC’s As It Happens with Carol Off and Jeff Douglas Fascinatin’ Rhythm 8 pm Revolutions Per Minute Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at 8:01 8 pm with Sarah Cahill  In Deep with Africamix 9 pm Explorations in Music  Angie Coiro Fog City Blues Tangents 9 pm with L. A. with with (Record Shelf Emmanuel Nado & Theatre Works Devon Strolovitch  Dore Stein  10 pm returns in December) Radiolab Edwin Okong'o  10 pm Music From The 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 BACKSTORY Historians Ed Ayers, Peter about design, architecture & the 99% Onuf, and Brian Balogh tear a topic from the invisible activity that shapes our world. headlines and plumb its historical depths. Created and hosted by Roman Mars, Ira Over the course of the program, they are joined by fellow historians, people in the Glass calls the show “completely wonder- news, and callers, bringing historical per- ful and entertaining and beautifully pro- spective to the events happening around us duced”. 99percentinvisible.org (Friday at today. backstoryradio.org (Monday at Noon.) 7:44am & 4:45pm, Saturday at 8:35am) BIG PICTURE SCIENCE From amoebas AFRICAMIX Musical gems from to zebras, the science of what makes life possible. Produced at the SETI Institute in Africa and the African diaspora that will Mountain View, California. stimulate your senses. Alternating hosts bigpicturescience.org (Tuesday at 1pm) Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Okong’o offer vintage and contemporary sounds from The best of arts & ideas, authors Abidjan to Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, BINAH & personalities, produced in collabora- Latin America and beyond! Interviews tion with the Jewish Community Center with local artists, touring African enter- of San Francisco. 10/27 Science and tainers and in studio live performances culture writer and editor Mary Ellen are also part of the mix. Hannibal wades into tide pools as part of www.kalwafricamix.blogspot.com her wideranging exploration of today’s (Thursday 9pm–11pm) tech-enabled citizen science; 11/3 Child psychologist Alison Gopnik shatters the ALL THINGS CONSIDERED NPR’s sig- myth of “good parenting.” She shows that nature afternoon news program features the although caring for children is profoundly biggest stories of the day, thoughtful com- important, it’s not a matter of shaping mentaries, insightful features on both the them to turn out a particular way; 11/10 quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, Emma Cline in conversation with Barbara music and entertainment. .org Lane about her debut novel, The Girls, a (Weekdays from 3–5pm) seductive coming-of-age story inspired by the young women caught up in Charles ALTERNATIVE RADIO Progressive schol- Manson’s bloody cult; 11/17 Food writer ars and thinkers share their views, produced Mark Bittman talks about baking and by David Barsamian. 10/24 Ralph Nader satisfying every sweet tooth; 12/1 Bryan on Sovereignty of the People; 10/31 David Cranston in conversation with Barbara Harvey on The End of Capitalism? Lane; 12/8 Astronaut Mike Massimino alternativeradio.org (Monday at 1pm) talks about everything NASA, from the first time he saw Earth from space and ALT.LATINO NPR’s weekly leap into Latin his first spacewalk, to his deep and abid- alternative music and rock en Español, host- ing love for the Hubble telescope and ed by Felix Contreras and Jasmin Garsd. what having “the right stuff” really means; npr.org/blogs/altlatino 12/15 Alan Schwarz on ADHD; 12/22 Inside (Sunday at 2:30pm) Amy Schumer head writer and executive AS IT HAPPENS The international news producer Jessi Klein offers a relentlessly magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting funny yet poignant take on the rites of Corporation that probes the major stories modern femininity; 12/29 Three of Silicon of the day, mixing interviews with cover- Valley’s top venture capitalists reveal age in an informative and often irreverent how their world works, what makes a suc- style. Hosted by Carol Off and Jeff Douglas. cessful pitch, what’s hot and what’s not. Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at the David Hornik, general partner at August top of the hour. cbc.ca/asithappens Capital, Amy Errett, founder and CEO of (Mon–Thurs at 8pm) Madison Reed and former venture capi- talist at Maveron Ventures, and Hunter BBC NEWS Current news and BBC pro- Walk, formerly with Google and YouTube. gramming from London. bbc.com. (Thursday at Noon) (Mon–Sat Midnight–5am, Weekdays at 2pm, Mon–Wed at 5:30pm.)

12 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org/subscribe I am from Taiwan. I love all the shows on KALW and the fact that it’s local public radio covering topics happening around the Bay. —Yitzu Chin, Campbell

BLUEGRASS SIGNAL Host Peter tics, arts, pop culture, and big ideas. Day 6 Thompson presents traditional and con- will give you something to think about, talk temporary bluegrass music in themat- about, and maybe even to laugh about. ically-based programs and a calendar www.cbc.ca/day6. (Friday at 6pm) of events. 10/22 Live On Arrival: Live recordings of Bay Area bluegrass and DISPATCH FROM KOLKATA Writer old time music; 10/29 Across the Tracks: Sandip Roy offers commentary and a New releases and reissues; 11/5 Leah weekly audio postcard “from the new Picks ‘Em & Plays ‘Em- with host Leah India”. (Wednesday at 7:44am & 4:45pm) Wollenberg; 11/12 Suzanne Thomas and Lynn Morris; 11/19 All Kinds Of Country EXPLORATIONS IN MUSIC with host Sully Roddy; 11/26 Across the “Beethoven, Before and After” Tracks: New releases and reissues; 12/3 Musicologist Robert Greenberg and Allegra Picks ‘Em & Plays ‘Em with host the Alexander String Quartet explore Allegra Thompson; 12/10 Bluegrass From Beethoven’s impact on subsequent com- the Gold Country: A celebration of the posers. Then, an encore presentation of music of Vern Williams; 12/17 Last-Minute “Inspirations,” which examined the con- Gift Suggestions: Some faves from 2016; nections between contemporary compos- 12/24 Ring the Bells At Midnight: Seasonal ers and the classic string quartet reper- songs and sounds; 12/31 You’ll Never Get toire. KALW’s David Latulippe is host. out of This World Alive: Bluegrass ver- Complete listings at kalw.org.(October sions of Hank Williams songs. and November, Mondays 9-11pm.) (Saturday 6:30-8pm) FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM Songs from BLUES POWER HOUR: Now available the Great American Songbook, hosted by on the Local Music Player at kalw.org, and, Michael Lasser. wxxi.org/rhythm on occasion in place of Fog City Blues on (Friday at 8pm) Wednesday evenings. Keep up with Mark through the Blues Power Hour program page FOG CITY BLUES Host Devon on kalw.org, and at bluespower.com. Strolovitch brings you blues from the Bay Area and beyond. fogcityblues.com BULLSEYE Host Jesse Thorn mixes it up (Wednesday 9–11pm) with personalities from the world of enter- tainment & the arts. maximumfun.org Hosts (Saturday at 10am) FOLK MUSIC & BEYOND JoAnn Mar and Bob Campbell present CITY VISIONS Hosts Joseph Pace and the best in live and recorded contempo- Ethan Elkind explores Bay Area issues. rary folk, traditional, and original music To participate, call (415) 841-4134 or email from America, England, Ireland, Scotland, [email protected] or tweet us and other parts of the world. 10/29 Carrie @cityvisionsKALW. (Monday at 7pm)  Newcomer Live: the Midwest singer- songwriter will stop by and perform songs from her new CD The Beautiful COUNTERSPIN An examination of the Not Yet; 11/5 Dark Folk and the Old Weird week’s news and that which masquerades as America: Timothy Renner of the band news. fair.org (Friday at 7:30pm) Stone Breath’s reflections on mysterious CROSSCURRENTS The evening news- critters in rural Pennsylvania. Dark folk magazine from KALW News featuring songs from Marissa Nadler, Solanaceae, in-depth reporting that provides context, Orchis, and more; 11/12 Veteran’s Day culture, and connections to communities and More: songs about soldiers and war around the Bay Area. kalw.org by June Tabor, Capercaillie, Richard (Monday–Thursday at 5pm)  Shindell, Euphonia, Mary Jane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac, Leonard Cohen; 11/19 Simple Gifts: songs of Thanksgiving. DAY 6 From the CBC in Toronto, host Brent Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss provide the Bambury offers a different perspective on old Shaker song with that name. Rich the biggest stories of the week, and some melodies by Elizabeth Nicholson and you might have missed: technology, poli-

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Stringed Migration, Eden MacAdam- INFLECTION POINT Inflection Point Somer. Hymns and mantras from Ani with Lauren Schiller features weekly Chöying Drolma, Beth Nielsen Chapman, conversations with the women who are Tina Turner, songs by Bruce Cockburn, changing the status quo. Upcoming and more; 11/26 Sandy’s Gumbo: guest guests include Nancy Duarte and Patti host Sandy Miranda will be stirring up Sanchez, the authors of Illuminate about the musical pot; 12/3 England Revisited: transformational leadership; Nancy with an emphasis on recent releases and Santiago Negrón of the Opportunity fresh discoveries. Leon Rosselson, Robb Finance Network, Archel Bernard, the Johnson, Josienne Clarke, Olivia Chaney, founder of Liberian-based fashion com- Rosi Lalor, the Urban Folk Quartet, Lou pany Bombchel, Vivien Labaton, founder Rhodes; 12/10 Remembering Kate Wolf, of Make It Work, and Margarita Quihuis, a tribute to the late California singer- based at Stanford and working on solu- songwriter on the 40th anniversary of her tions for peace. (Friday at 11am) death; 12/17 Songs for Midwinter: Andrew Cronshaw, Martin Simpson, Garmarna and INFORUM From the Commonwealth Triakel from Sweden, Jennifer Berezan, Club, programs recorded exclusively for Krista Detor, Kitka; 12/24 Songs for The KALW that provide a forum for young Holidays: celebrating Christmas Eve and people to access the best informed, most Hannukah, featuring a visit to the Jewish involved, and brightest minds — be they Home of San Francisco with singer-song- politicians, business gurus, thought lead- writer Judith Kate Friedman; 12/31 Each ers, trendsetters or culture-jammers. Moment New, New Year’s resolutions (Tuesday at 7pm) from Dougie MacLean, Pete Morton, Lou Rhodes, Eileen McGann, Les Barker. kalwfolk.org (Saturday 3-5pm) JIM HIGHTOWER A two minute shot across the bow aimed at corporate and political corruption, heard exclusively in San Terry Gross hosts this weekday FRESH AIR Francisco on KALW. (Monday and Tuesday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. at 7:30am) freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am & 6pm) KAMAU RIGHT NOW! The radical FSFSF A weekly serving of Bay Area new live talk show from comedian W. comedy dished up by San Francisco’s own Kamau Bell that transforms the political Nato Green. (Tuesday at 4:45pm) and cultural conversation of the moment into what Kamau calls “a three-ring circus HUMANKIND Voices of hope and human- of relevance.” ity, produced by David Freudberg. From (Thursday at 7pm October 27th)  following an urban naturalist in Oregon to learning how to age gracefully, Humankind L. A. THEATRE WORKS Compelling offers sound portraits of people making Stories. Inspiring Playwrights. Headline a difference in their communities and the Actors. 10/28 War of the Worlds by H.G. world. humanmedia.org (Sunday at 6am) Wells and The Lost World by Sir Arthur IN DEEP Recorded before a live audi- Conan Doyle; 11/4 The Rivalry by Norman ence at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, In Corwin, an electrifying dramatization of the Deep with Angie Coiro skips all the sound history-making Lincoln-Douglas debates; 11/11 effects, heavy editing, and quick topic Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, ambition and jeal- switches in favor of hour-long intriguing ousy, all set to music. This renowned Tony- conversations. Probing the nuances of a winning drama pits devout court composer political firestorm with a learned panel, or Antonio Salieri against the debauched but swapping stories with a celebrity passing inspired Wolfgang; 11/18 Neat, Written and through town, Angie draws out tales and Performed by Obie Award-winning writer tidbits to bring listeners a fuller portrait and performer Charlayne Woodard who and deeper understanding of American shares her memories of growing up as an news and culture. indeepradio.com African-American in the 60’s and 70’s; 11/25 (Tuesday at 9pm) Fathers and Sons by Brian Friel, from the novel by Ivan Turgenev, an examination of the inevitable conflict between the urgency

14 My commute companion that hasn’t lost the homespun feeling of having local content as well as national programming. ­— Ryan Johnson, San Francisco of youth and the entrenchment of age; Sound Fridays at 7:30 and Roman Mars’ 12/2 Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts, in this 99% Invisible on Fridays at 7:44. npr.org Tony-nominated play, Adam and Luke are (Weekdays 5–9am) long-term partners with very different views THE MOTH RADIO HOUR Unscripted on salvation. But when Luke is hospitalized stories told live onstage, without props or in a tragic accident, Adam must come face- notes — listeners are drawn to the stories, to-face with Luke’s faith and his family; 12/9 like moths to a flame. (Sunday at 6pm) Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies, an examination of the lives of two couples and MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS New the repercussions of divorce on their friend- and unusual music by innovative compos- ships, the cost of breaking up, and of stay- ers and performers around the world, ing together; 12/16 The Bungler by Molière, brought to you by the staff at Other in 17th century Sicily, a clever valet named Minds in San Francisco. Mascarille tries to help his boss Lélie win the otherminds.org/mfom (Friday at 11pm) girl of his dreams, only to find that Lélie ruins every one of his intricate schemes; 12/23 A MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF Doll House by Henrik Ibsen; 12/30 Lost in SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted Yonkers by Neil Simon. (Friday 9pm–11pm) by Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless LATINO USA Host Maria Hinojosa world of space, ambient and contempla- brings depth of experience, on-the- tive music. www.hos.com ground connections, and knowledge of (Sunday 10pm–Midnight) current and emerging issues impacting Latinos and other people of color. NEW DIMENSIONS A weekly dialogue latinousa.org (Friday at 1pm) that gives reasons for embracing hopeful- ness regarding contemporary problems, with LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly con- perspectives relative to physical, mental, frontation over politics, policy and popular and spiritual well being of humanity and the culture with panelists from various political perspectives, including Robert Scheer on planet. newdimensions.org the left, Rich Lowry on the right, and Josh (Sunday at 7am) Barro in the center. .com (Friday at 7pm) OPEN AIR KALW’s weekly radio LE SHOW A weekly, hour-long romp magazine of “most things (culturally) through the worlds of media, politics, considered” hosted by David Latulippe. sports and show business, leavened with Interviews and live musical performances an eclectic mix of mysterious music, host- from those involved in the Bay Area per- ed by Harry Shearer. harryshearer.com forming arts scene. Recent guests have (Sunday at Noon) included Michael Feinstein, Ben Vereen, Frank Sinatra, Jr., and a panoply of local MINDS OVER MATTER Dana musicians, actors, and choreographers, Rodriguez, and a rotating crew of pan- with frequent in-studio performances. elists that includes The San Francisco Regular contributor Peter Robinson Chronicle’s Leah Garchik, and writer offers suggestions and reviews of Bay Gerry Nachman challenge each other Area cultural happenings. All shows are and KALW’s audience on the Bay Area’s archived at kalw.org. (Thursday at 1pm) favorite quiz show. Celebrating its 20th year on KALW. Call-in phone: (415) 841- A PATCHWORK QUILT Acoustic, 4134. (Sunday at 7pm) Celtic, singer-songwriter, American tra- ditional, world musics, and a little bit of MORNING EDITION NPR’s signa- everything else. Some of the week’s news ture morning show, with news updates in song. New recordings. Old friends. from the BBC at the top of each hour. Folks playing in town, some live in the stu- The SFUSD school lunch menu at 6:49, dio. Kevin Vance is host. and a daily almanac at 5:49 and 8:49. (Saturday at 5pm) Plus commentaries from Jim Hightower on Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:30, Crosscurrents Morning Report daily at PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford 8:51, Sandip Roy’s Report from Kolkata on Philosophers John Perry and Ken Taylor Wednesdays at 7:44, World According to interview guest experts and respond shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 15 Thanks to Sarah Cahill and David Latulippe for helping us all stay in touch with what’s happening in the Bay Area music scene. — Robert Geary, Sausalito

to questions from listeners. Philosophy Almond, The Isles of Dr Moreau, by Heather Talk questions everything…except your O’Neill; 11/20 Fateful Encounters: The Self- intelligence. 10/23 The Mystery of the Improvement of Salvadore Ross, by Henry Multiverse; 10/30 Memory and the Self; Slesar, Head Over Knees, by Eric Schlicht, 11/6 The Value of a College Education; Dornicka and the St. Martin’s Day Goose, 11/13 The Legacy of Freud; 11/20 Science by Helen Oyeyemi; 11/27 Tiny, But Mighty: and Gender; 11/27 Acting Together Stories by Lydia Davis: Can’t and Won’t If philosophytalk.org (Sunday at 10am, at the Wedding (at the Zoo), by Lydia Davis, rebroadcast Tuesday at Noon) The Party, by Lydia Davis, The Two Davises and the Rug, by Lydia Davis, performed RADIOLAB The curious minds of Jad by Dylan Baker, The Egg Race,” by John Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore the Updike, performed by Alec Baldwin; 12/4A boundaries that blur science, philosophy, Child’s-Eye View, Stories by John Irving: and human experience. radiolab.org. The Broken Side-view Mirror, Excerpt from (Tuesday at 10pm) In One Person, Unhappy Mothers, from A Widow for One Year; 12/11 Family Ties: RECORD SHELF Jim Svejda reviews com- The Dog of the Marriage, by Amy Hempel, pact discs and explores classical music. Partners, by Veronica Geng, Nightingale, .org. (Monday at 10pm) by Tobias Wolff; 12/18 In an Instant: Small Fates, by Teju Cole, In the South, by Salman REVEAL The Peabody Award-winning Rushdie selectedshorts.org (Sunday at 5pm) investigative journalism program for public radio, produced by The Center for SIGHTS & SOUNDS Your weekly Investigative Reporting and PRX. guide to the Bay Area arts scene through revealradio.org. (Monday at 11am) the eyes and ears of local artists. Every week, host Jen Chien speaks with a REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE different local artist about upcoming Sarah Cahill’s weekly program of new local arts events. (Thursday at 7:44am & and classical music. Interviews and 4:45pm) music from a broad range of internation- ally acclaimed and local contemporary SNAP JUDGMENT Host Glynn composers and musicians, with previews Washington explores decisions that of Bay Area concerts. sarahcahill.com define lives, taking listeners on an addic- (Sunday 8–10pm) tive narrative that walks a mile in some- one else’s shoes — a rhythmic blend of SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD drama, humor, music, and personality. MEETINGS Live gavel-to-gavel broad- Produced in Oakland, distributed nation- cast of the San Francisco Unified School wide by WNYC. snapjudgment.org District board meetings from 555 Franklin (Saturday at 11am and Wednesday at Street in San Francisco. While the Board 1pm) is in closed session, educator Carol Kocivar presents an interview feature, “Looking SOUND OPINIONS Smart and spirited at Education.” discussions about a wide range of popular www.sfusd.edu (Tuesday at 6pm, 10/11, music, from cutting-edge underground 10/25, 11/8, 11/22, 12/13, 12/27) rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B, elec- tronica, and worldbeat. Hosted by music SELECTED SHORTS Celebrity read- critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot from the ers from stage and screen, recorded at studios of WBEZ in Chicago. Symphony Space in NYC. 10/23 You Might soundopinions.org (Sunday at 3pm) As Well Live: A Dorothy Parker Celebration; THE SPOT A half-hour of the best 10/30 Entering the Twilight Zone: The podcasts from public radio’s most innova- Landlady, by Roald Dahl, Four O’Clock, by tive producers. Curated and hosted by Price Day, Perchance to Dream, by Charles Ashleyanne Krigbaum. (Sunday at 2pm) Beaumont; 11/6 Politics is Local: The Voter, by Chinua Achebe, Occupy Jen’s Street by Simon Rich, Taking Ms. Kezee to the Polls; TANGENTS An unusually diverse, 11/13 Destiny: God Bless America, by Steve genre-bending program hosted by Dore

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THE TED RADIO HOUR A journey TUC RADIO (Time of Useful Consciousness) Probing reports on the through fascinating ideas: astonishing inven- impact of big corporations on society. tions, fresh approaches to old problems, tucradio.org (Sunday at 6:30am) new ways to think and create. Hosted by Guy Raz. (Sunday at 4pm) WAIT WAIT ... DON’T TELL ME NPR’s weekly hour-long quiz program, hosted THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK Host Peter Sagal. Test your knowledge against Fiona Ritchie with well-established and some of the best and brightest in news and newly emerging artists that explore Celtic entertainment while figuring out what’s real roots in Europe and North America. 10/22 news and what’s made up. (Saturday at 9am) Sea Sound: Images and moods of the sea emerge from traditional to new music, WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and including the classical sounds of William NPR wrap up the week’s events — plus Jackson’s work for fiddles, pipes, woodwind arts and newsmakers interviews. npr.org and strings: A Scottish Island; 10/29 Myth (Saturday 6–9am) and Legend: Delve into myth, legend and mystery with ballads and tunes of Celtic WEST COAST LIVE! San Francisco’s origin and inspiration; 11/5 New Fall Sounds; “live radio program to the world” hosted 11/12 Winter Heat: Hot instrumentals and by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike passionate vocals offer the perfect insu- Greensill. Two hours of conversation, lation against the winter chill; 11/19 The performance, and play, broadcast live American Folklife Center at Forty, part from locations around the Bay Area. 1: In 1976, the American Folklife Center Tickets online at wcl.org was created at the Library of Congress in (Saturday at Noon) Washington, DC. Charged with preserving and presenting American folklife, its col- WORK WITH MARTY NEMKO lections and events also embrace cultures Career coach Marty Nemko talks with from every corner of the globe. We join in listeners about work issues, from fi­nding with the AFC 40th anniversary celebrations; the perfect job to networking, and 11/26 The American Folklife Center at Forty, regularly offers “3 minute workovers.” part 2; 12/3 The Singing Kettle: Children’s Guests have included Alan Dershowitz, entertainers Cilla Fisher and Artie Trezise. Cokie Roberts, Jack Welch, Suze Orman, Their shows often evoke the playful tradi- Robert Reich, and Obama strategist tions of pantomime, so popular in the UK Robert Cialdini. And his wife, Barbara at this time of year; 12/29 A Festive Celtic Nemko, comes in periodically to give him Celebration; 12/31 New Year’s Resolution: a hard time. martynemko.com Keep Music Live: From the pubs and clubs (Sunday at 11am)  of home to international festival stages.thist- leradio.com (Saturday at 2pm) WORLD ACCORDING TO SOUND The miniature radio show that tells the THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme stories of rare and remarkable sounds. each week with contributions from a vari- Produced by Sam Harnett and Chris Hoff ety of writers and performers, hosted by at the studios of KALW. theworld Ira Glass. thislife.org (Sunday at 1pm and accordingtosound.org (Friday at 7:30am) Wednesday at Noon) shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 17 KALW ROCKS!! — Christopher DeSimone, San Francisco

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“The ’fro and the scarf” continued from page 5 eryone is black and you don’t have time ing with systems in America. That’s what to be nodding to everyone. I feel. There’s these little things where part of me might think like there’s this closed- Leila: One of the pieces I want to offness for some African people towards do is about the “solidarity nod”. It’s this African-Americans. Actually if you really idea that when there’s very few black dig deep into it like you know that’s just people in a city or wherever and you see not a part of their being and they don’t another black person, I would say like need to do that. ninety-three percent of the time they The pieces that I’m working on for give you this nod. Nothing else, just the The Stoop really make me think about nod. the audience, who I’m talking to and who Hana: My husband gets the nod. I I’m talking about, because you know don’t get the nod. my experience as a black woman is very Leila: Does he nod back? different from anyone else’s experience. It’s about really paying attention and not Hana: He nods back, “Hey what’s up.” generalizing your experience in terms of Yeah. He always gets the nod. I don’t, I class, in terms education, so many things. think because — the scarf maybe? I’m hyper-aware right now of how my Leila: Maybe it’s like “I shouldn’t look reporting and why I’m doing it. her in the eye”. I’m hoping what we’ll be able to Hana: No. I think it’s like he can pass explain how diverse it is to be black in as black African American. I don’t, be- America, the diversity of culture and cause of the scarf. history, and to understanding the root of where it came from. If it’s a stereotype Leila: This is something I think we’re about an angry black woman — where going to talk about because I have tried does that come from in the U.S., where to give the nod to many black women I does it come from in Sudan — or why it’s know are not African-American and they not it’s not a stereotype there. We can’t don’t nod back. I’ve nodded to women have a sort of blanket blackness you wearing scarves and they don’t nod back know approach to it. But I think that’s because it’s just not part of their culture. what makes it so interesting. I mean, they are from places where ev-

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