New For 2012:

All Things Considered Returns Public Radio Remix Debuts

Up Late Friday Nights? Music from Other Minds VoiceBox

• My Mix Tape • Your Call seeks new theme music • The new kalw.org

January/February/March 2012 KALW: By and for the community . . . COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS AIA, San Francisco • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeley Symphony Orchestra • Burton High School • Center for Architecture and Design • Global Exchange • INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • LitQuake • Mills College • New America Media • Oakland Asian Cultural Center • Other Minds • outLoud • Radio Ambulante • San Francisco Conservatory of Music • SF Performances • StoryCorps • Youth Radio FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS The Cow Hollow Foundation • Craigslist Fund • The Friedman Family Foundation • Ira & Leonore Gershwin Trusts • Laurie Cohen Fund • Rosenberg Foundation • Tulsa and Simone Fund • The Walter and Elise Haas Fund • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation KALW VOLUNTEER PRODUCERS Rose Arrieta, Jon Atkinson, Sarah Bernard, Sarah Cahill, Bob Campbell, Jayme Catsouphes, Ronald Chase, Jennifer Chien, Audrey Dilling, Emily Dulcan, Chuck Finney, Richard Friedman, Greg Gheorghiu, Carolina Hidalgo, Kent Howard, Daphne Humes, Robin Hunt, Eric Jansen, Max Jacobs, Carol Kocivar, Bea La’O, David Latulippe, Leyna Lightman, Martin MacClain, Ann Maley, Holly McDede, Lauren Meltzer, Charlie Mintz, Sandy Miranda, Maya Mirsky, Alexandra Muller, David Momphard, Emmanuel Nado, Mark Naftalin, Marty Nemko, Kevin O’Connell, Edwin Okongo, Joseph Pace, Joaquin Palomino, Brian Pelletier, Art Persyko, Marilyn Pittman, Peter Robinson, Dana Rodriguez, Melody Sage, Judith Sansone, Steven Short, Judy Silber, Jennifer Spoerri, Katy Styer, Dore Stein, Devon Strolovitch, Niels Swinkels, Peter Thompson, Andre Torrez, Kevin Vance, Chloe Veltman, Melanie Young KALW VOLUNTEERS Daniel Aarons, Susan Aberg, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Dan Barki, Leon Bayer, Ken Begun, Bob Benjamin, Laura Bernabei, Karl Bouldin, Robbie Brandwynne, Diane Brett, Andrew Broderick, Joshua Brody, Linda Clever, Peter Conheim, Carolyn Deacy, Roger Donaldson, Doug Dyment, Jim & Joy Esser, Steve Fankuchen, Peter Fortune, Janet Frankel, Nina Frankel, Dave Gomberg, Ashley Gould, Jo Gray, Terence Groeper, Paula Groves, Stefan Gruenwedel, Ted Gugenheim, Dan Gunning, Roger Hall, Ian Hardcastle, Jeff Hayden, Donna Heatherington, Tom Herzfeld, Christine Holdrup, Kent Howard, Clara Hsu, Lynn Jefferson, Jenny Jens, Kathleen Kaplan, Brenda Kett, Lou Kipilman, I.W. Klein, Sarah Kulberg, Fred Lipshultz, Hester Lox, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Stephanie Manning, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, Nancy Mutnick, John McDevitt, Michael McGinley, Fred & Cheryl Merrick, Paul Michael, Roger Miller, Linda Morine, Jake Nassif, Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, Susan Parini, Amit Pendyal, Art Persyko, Ron Rohde, Rick Rose, Leslie Rosenfeld, Marti Rousch, Pam Routh, John Roybal, Sandra Russel, Maureen Russell, Mo Shooer, Kevin Stamm, John Sullivan, Brent Sverdlof, Niels Swinkels, Bian Tan, Yuyu Thein, Robert Tomkinson, Coban Tun, David Vartanoff, Sheila Walsh, Charlie Wegerle, Marianne Wiener, Harry Weller, Patrick Wheeler, Steve Wilcott, Greg Wynn OUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Superintendent: Carlos Garcia • Board of Commissioners: Sandra Lee Fewer, Kim-Shree Maufus, Hydra Mendoza, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Jill Wynns, Norman Yee • Director, Office of Public Outreach and Communications: Gentle Blythe KALW Personnel Matt Martin, General Manager Editor Sandip Roy, Host William Helgeson, Martina Castro, Senior News Malihe Razazan, Producer Operations Manager Producer Ali Budner, Producer David Latulippe, Administration Chris Hoff, News Engineer Part-time announcers Phil Hartman, Engineering Erica Mu, News Tech Support Eric Jansen Annette Bistrup, Membership Seth Samuel, News Engineer Debi Kennedy Joe Burke, Announcer Hana Baba, Host/Reporter David Latulippe Alan Farley, Senior Announcer Casey Miner, Reporter Bob Sommer JoAnn Mar, Announcer Rina Palta, Reporter Kevin Vance Holly Kernan, News Director Ali Winston, Reporter Eric Wayne Ben Trefny, Managing News Rose Aguilar, Host ABOUT KALW KALW is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District, broadcasting since September 1, 1941 — the oldest non-commercial 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 For general comments, membership inquiries, and non-profit Public Service Announcement requests, use the following email address: [email protected] © Contents KALW

KALW program guide edited by Matt Martin and David Latulippe, 869-M designed by Georgette Petropoulos, Howard Quinn Company 2 Manager’s Notes

Thank you for making tives and talents of San 2011 a big year for KALW. Francisco students will be People from across this a regular part of the mix community came together on 91.7. to celebrate the station’s Meanwhile, our news legacy as the first FM west team is working with New of the Mississippi — and America Media to bring to put this critical public stories from the ethnic resource on sound financial news media into KALW’s footing. coverage of Election 2012. Now, we have the opportunity to And you’ll be hearing more from our build on that foundation and create partners at Radio Ambulante, a fascinat- something unique and powerful: ing new project that aims to join the A model for local, independent media narrative radio journalism techniques that fosters creative communities and of with the stories of enriches public life. And the key is to people in Latin America. deepen this station’s connections to That’s the kind of local-global con- the people and communities it’s serving nection that distinguishes this amazing now, while expanding its reach to bring community. If we can more fully tap into in new perspectives and talents. the Bay Area’s intelligence and creativ- One of the great joys of 2011 for me ity, there’s no question we can make this was to have the chance to meet so many good public radio station great. of KALW’s passionate supporters. More KALW’s connection to the community than a thousand listeners took part in begins with our listeners. That’s why, 70th anniversary events — the “Listener when we were considering significant Celebration” here at the station in program changes for 2012, we wanted March, the wonderful 70th Anniver- to hear from you first. Given the diverse sary Concert at the Freight & Salvage values and tastes of our listeners, there hosted by Peter Thompson, JoAnn Mar was no consensus, but what you had to and Dore Stein, and the celebration of say affected our ultimate decisions (see KALW Day at the CCSF Mission cam- the new schedule on pp. 8-9) and will pus, the site where the station began continue to inform our priorities in the broadcasting in 1941. future. Events like Snap Judgment Live! at Stay tuned, let us know what you the Oakland Museum and Crosscur- think, and keep demanding more from rents’ radio storytelling nights as part Local Public Radio. Together, we can of the Mission Arts and Performance make it happen. Project (see p. 4) gave new and diverse audiences the opportunity to encounter Sincerely, the enthusiasm and talent that animate KALW these days. The station’s partnership with Youth Radio is bringing the work of their jour- Matt Martin nalists to Crosscurrents, and our new General Manager radio training program at Burton High [email protected] School means that in 2012, the perspec-

3 Crosscurrents Live at MAPP! The KALW news team and guests took the stage at the Polish Club of San Francisco on December 3rd for an evening of multimedia storytelling as part of the Mis- sion Arts and Performance Project (MAPP). The theme of the night was “Beginnings and Endings.” Perform- ers included Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington, John Reichmuth of the comedy troupe Kasper Hauser, StoryCorps, and New York Times and Pop-Up Maga- zine contributor Jon Mooallem. KALW reporters told ghost stories, love stories and stories about the end of the world. The night also included a one-hour special live edition of the daily news magazine Crosscurrents – complete with a neighborhood newscast collected from audience members that very night! Public radio pioneer KALW News Executive Editor Nikki Silva of the production duo the Kitchen Sisters (and event emcee) Ben Trefny. joined Ben Trefny, the host of the evening and KALW’s executive news editor, on stage for a discussion about her recent series “The Hidden World of Girls.” Local musician Quinn Deveaux closed out the night with a little help from another KALW favorite, singer Meklit Hadero.

Volunteer Doug Dyment (right) in dialogue over the KALW table at the Polish Club. . uettler ob G by R hotos P Quinn Deveaux on guitar, with producers Seth Samuel and Martina Castro looking on.

4 40 years afterAll Things Considered made its San Fran- cisco debut on KALW, public radio’s flagship national news program is returning to Local Public Radio weekdays from 3-5pm. , , and will bring you comprehensive coverage of Election 2012, as well as fea- tures from the team and the work of top NPR reporters including , , Louisa Lim, Mike Shuster, Sylvia Poggioli, and Peter Overby. KALW’s presentation of ATC will include headlines from the BBC at 4pm, local updates from the Cross- currents team, and 99% Invisible every Friday at 4:45.

Melissa Block Robert Siegel Audie Cornish

Public Radio Remix New early Sundays morning, right after Tangents . . .

Public Radio Remix is the the usual public radio talk new sound for public radio format. – independent, offbeat, sur- Curated by acclaimed prising, engaging, colorful producer Roman Mars, and diverse. Public Radio Remix offers beautiful non- Remix is spoken word, narrated documentaries storytelling, podcasts, inter- from The Kitchen Sisters, views, documentary, found authentic voices from Radio sound, and audio art, all Diaries, irreverent wit from mashed up into a continu- How To Do Everything, ous radio mixtape. It is not youth produced news and “news and information” or commentary from Turnstyle, more of the same public water cooler history stories Roman Mars affairs analysis that can be from The Memory Palace, found in abundance at other times of the philosophical explorations and science day. Instead, Public Radio Remix takes news from The Guardian (UK), ideas the best of what’s being produced at the worth sharing from TED, innovative fringes, among independent producers, audio storytelling from the Third Coast youth radio, bloggers, documentarians, International Audio Festival and so much as well as gems from the Public Radio more. If it’s compelling and makes a Exchange (PRX) archives, to create sound, you can hear it on Public Radio a beautiful chaos that breaks free of Remix. Sundays from midnight to 6am.

5 Up late Friday nights? Tune to KALW for adventurous and wide-ranging music . . . 10pm VoiceBox

Host Chloe Veltman continues to grow VoiceBox, the show that celebrates the eclectic capacities of the human voice. VoiceBox now has a free weekly pod- cast on iTunes that is reaching thousands of listeners worldwide, and in 2012, it’s debuting on KUSC in Los Angeles. VoiceBox features a wide variety of vocal expression and topics — from English-language opera translations to women vocal composers of the Baroque era, singing ventriloquists and Hawaiian hula chants — and also guests such as baritone Thomas Hampson, the Tuvan throat (overtone) singers of Huun Huur Tu and choral conductor extraordinaire Vance George. Melissa Czarnik In the opening months of 2012, VoiceBox will feature emcee and poet Melissa Czarnik talking about the musicality of rap (January 20), an exploration of Iran’s vocal traditions with singer Monika Jalili (Feb- ruary 10), and Stanford music professor Stephen Hinton discussing the vocal music of Kurt Weill and the singers who have sealed his reputa- tion (February 24). For Kurt Weill full listings, see p. 14. Monika Jalili

Your Call needs a new theme song, and we’re having a contest to find it. $500 prize for the winning entry, and runners-up prizes as well. 60-second minimum. No lyrics, please. Beats & guitars welcome. Send links to audio files to: [email protected], or mail recordings to: ATTN: “Your Call Theme” KALW, 500 Mansell Street, San Francisco, CA 94134 Deadline for entries is April 1st. Tell your musical friends!

6 Up late Friday nights? Tune to KALW for adventurous and wide-ranging music . . . 11pm Music From Other Minds

This January marks the beginning of Music From Other Minds’ seventh year on KALW. We started MFOM in 2005 at the suggestion of KALW’s then-General Man- ager Nicole Sawaya, as a project of Other Minds, (otherminds.org), the new music organization based in San Francisco. Since 1993, OM, under the direction of co-found- er Charles Amirkhanian, produces an internationally acclaimed annual festival in San Francisco. Over these six years, MFOM has Living composers from A to Z featured the music of more than 300 composers from around the world, presenting more than 900 works in 289 one-hour programs. (You can see a complete list at otherminds.org/mfom). The driving principle behind MFOM is the same as when I did avant-garde music programs on KPFA in the 1970s and 80s: to dispel John Luther Adams Agata Zubel the notion that serious music is dead on the radio. Few, if any, so-called “classical music” stations today dare to play challenging music by living composers – our intent is to provide such a venue, and to expose interested listeners to the vibrant work of living composers around the world. Composers today have a very rich and varied palette to work with, from traditional instruments of the orchestra to more unusual electronic and even stranger sound generating devices, using styles ranging from the strictly formal to jazz and world music influences. But much of this music never makes it to the radio or concert hall. MFOM tries to fill the gap. Starting this year, MFOM will be produced by a collective of Other Minds staff- ers, including Charles Amirkhanian, Adam Fong, Brent Miller, myself and others, which will widen further the scope of musical styles and tastes we present. So stay tuned. — Richard Friedman, MFOM producer

My Mix Tape KALW News has been collecting the personal stories of songs that have made a difference in the lives of people in the Bay Area, asking all kinds of interviewees to talk about why a particular song is meaningful to them. Now we’re putting the songs and the stories on the air – and we want you in the mix! Keep an ear out for “My Mix Tape” pieces every Monday and you can hear all of them we’ve broadcast so far, featuring music ranging from Dvorak’s “American” String Quartet to “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees, by clicking on My Mix Tape at kalw.org. And if you have a story to tell about a song that’s important to you, call the KALW news tipline at (415) 264-7106 or send an e-mail to [email protected].

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Public Radio Remix Midnight– BBC World Service Overnight — For detailed listings, visit: bbc.co.uk/worldservice Midnight– 5 am PRX The Forum BBC 5 am Earthbeat 6 am 6 am TUC Radio NPR’s from National Public Radio (starts at 5 am) NPR’s 7 am New Dimensions Includes BBC World News live from London on the hour, a Daily Almanac at 5:49 & 8:49, 7 am SF school lunch menus at 6:49, and Jim Hightower commentary at 7:49. with On Fridays at 7:34: 99% Invisible, with Roman Mars. KALW host: Joe Burke 8 am 8 am To The Best Of Our Knowledge 9 am with , with Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac at 9:01 am 9 am

Your Call with host Rose Aguilar. Join the conversation at 415-841-4134 or 866-798-TALK  Philosophy Talk  10 am Rebroadcast Mon-Thurs at 11pm, Friday at 5pm West Coast Live 10 am with Work with BBC’s World Have Your Say Sedge Thomson  11 am Marty Nemko  11 am

Harry Shearer’s The State We’re In Philosophy Talk This American Life Binah  The Tavis Smiley Show noon Le Show (Radio Netherlands) (Rebroadcast) (Rebroadcast) noon Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know? Open Air 1 pm This American Life Alternative Radio Big Picture Science Snap Judgment with Alan Farley  Smiley & West 1 pm

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

Snap Judgment Folk Music & Beyond 3 pm NPR’s 3 pm with JoAnn Mar, Bullseye BBC News update at 4:01, and Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible on Fridays at 4:45. KALW Host: Alan Farley Bob Campbell, & formerly The Sound of Sandy Miranda  4 pm Young America 4 pm  Crosscurrents from KALW News  Your Call A Patchwork Quilt pm Selected Shorts Media Roundtable pm 5 BBC Business Daily (Rebroadcast) with 5 New Letters on the Air S.F. School Board meetings Kevin Vance  6 pm Fresh Air (1/10, 1/24, 2/14, Fresh Air with Terry Gross 6 pm Book Talk  2/28, 3/13, 3/27) Bluegrass Signal INFORUM from the Your Legal Rights OUT in the Bay  Left, Right & Center with Minds Over Matter City Visions  7 pm Commonwealth Club with Chuck Finney  This Way Out CounterSpin Peter Thompson  7 pm

CBC’s As It Happens with Carol Off and Jeff Douglas My Word! Then & Now 8 pm Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at 8:30 My Music 8 pm with Song of America KALW Experimantal Sarah Cahill  Africa Mix Fascinatin’ Rhythm 9 pm w/Thomas Hampson Radio Space Fog City Blues Tangents 9 pm with with with Record Shelf Emanuel Nado & VoiceBox Too Much Information Devon Strolovitch  Dore Stein  10 pm with Jim Svejda Edwin Okong'o  with Chloe Veltman  10 pm Music From The 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 8 =new program or time 9 programming A to Z AFRICA MIX Musical gems from Carey Perloff of Africa and the African diaspora that ACT in conversa- will revive your weary soul. Vintage and tion with Reverend contemporary sounds — from Abidjan to Alan Jones; 2/9 The Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Latin America, Madoff Scandal and beyond, with your host Emmanuel with journalist Diana Nado. www.kalwafricamix.blogspot.com Henriques; 2/16 (Thursday 9pm-midnight)  Shalom Auslander in conversation ALL THINGS CONSIDERED NPR’s sig- with McSweeney’s nature afternoon news program features the Eli Horowitz; 2/23 biggest stories of the day, thoughtful com- Miranda July, 3/8 Humor in Hilter’s mentaries, insightful features on both the Germany with Rudolph Herzog; 3/1 Chef quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, Gabrielle Hamilton in conversation with music and entertainment. Includes BBC news Barbara Lane; 3/8 Writer, filmmaker headlines at 4:01pm and Roman Mars’ 99% and performance artist Miranda July Invisible on Fridays at 4:45. in conversation with Peter Stein; 3/15 (It’s Back! Weekdays from 3-5pm.) Writer Nicole Krauss in conversation with Elizabeth Rosner; 3/22 Journalist Eyal Progressive ALTERNATIVE RADIO Press examines the choices and dilemmas scholars and thinkers share their we face when our principles collide with views, produced by David Barsamian. the loyalties we harbor and the duties we www.alternativeradio.org (Monday at 1pm) are expected to fulfill; 329 Changing Lives AS IT HAPPENS The international news Through Design with IDEO’s Fred Dust. magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting (Thursday at Noon.)  Corporation that probes the major stories of the day, mixing interviews with cover- BIG PICTURE SCIENCE From amoebas age in an informative and often irreverent to zebras, the science of what makes life style. Hosted by Carol Off and Jeff Douglas. possible. Produced at the SETI Institute in www.cbc.ca/asithappens Mountain View, California. (Tuesday at 1pm) (NEW TIME! Mon-Thurs at 8pm) BLUEGRASS SIGNAL Host Peter BBC NEWS Current news from London and Thompson presents bluegrass music BBC programming. (NEW TIMES! with elements of Celtic, jazz, and a vari- Mon-Sat Midnight-5am, Weekdays at 2pm, ety of folk. 1/7 January Birthday tributes Mon-Thurs at 5:30pm.) to, among others, Bill Emerson, Butch Waller, Casey Henry, and Tom Rozum; BERKELEY SYMPHONY KALW con- 1/14 & 21 Songs of the night to put some tinues its exclusive broadcast partnership soul in the Winter Solstice; 1/28 Heart with the Berkeley Symphony for a broad- songs slightly in advance of Valentine’s cast of their 10/27/11 concert in Zellerbach Day; 2/4 Previews of the 13th Annual San Hall. Music Director Joana Carneiro Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival; leads the orchestra in Brahms’ Symphony 2/11 An overview of the music of Red No. 3, the Bay Area Premiere of Enrico Wine, Europe’s premier bluegrass band; Chapela’s Li Po, and the Shostakovich 2/18 Happy Birthday, Dudley Connell; Cello Concerto No. 1 with cellist Johannes 2/25 The Country Gentlemen in the Moser. (Sunday, January 22 at 4pm.) 1960s and 1970s, from both released and unreleased sources; with guest co-host BINAH The best of arts & ideas, authors Todd Gracyk; 4/3 Musical previews of the & personalities, produced in collaboration annual Sonoma County BG & Folk Fest, with the Jewish Community Center of upcoming RBA concerts, and other area San Francisco. Upcoming highlights: 1/5 club dates; 3/10 Windy Hill performs live Taj Mahal in conversation with Ben Fong- in the KALW studios; 3/17: Pre-empted Torres; 1/12 Hardball’s Chris Matthews for a St. Patrick’s Day special extended in conversation with Phil Bronstein; 1/19 edition of A Patchwork Quilt with Kevin Eric Weiner: Man Seeks God; 1/26 Walter Vance; 3/24 New releases and reissues; Isaacson on Steve Jobs, In conversation 3/31 Songs about messages and messen- with Wired Magazine’s Kevin Kelly; 2/2 gers. (Saturday 6:30-8pm)  10 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org BLUES POWER HOUR: Blues Power EMERGING VOICES: KALW’s showcase Hour will no longer be part of the regular for top producers in public radio. broadcast line-up on Wednesday nights, (Monday at 2pm) but Mark Naftalin’s latest productions will continue to be available on the Local Music FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM Songs from Player at kalw.org, and Mark plans on pro- the Great American Songbook, hosted ducing occasional Blues Power Hour specials by Michael Lasser. www.wxxi.org/rhythm for KALW. Keep up with Mark through the (Friday at 10pm) Blues Power Hour program page on kalw.org, and at bluespower.org. FOG CITY BLUES Host Devon Strolovitch brings you blues from the Bay BOOK TALK Alan Farley talks with Area and beyond www.fogcityblues.com authors of our time. Recent guests have (Wednesday 9-11pm)  included novelist A. S. Byatt, Symphony Publications editor Larry Rothe, planetary FOLK MUSIC AND BEYOND Hosts astronomer Mike Brown, composer John JoAnn Mar, Bob Campbell, and Sandy Adams, and novelist/producer Lynda Miranda present the best in live and LaPlante. (Sunday at 6:30pm)  recorded contemporary folk, traditional, and original music from America, England, BULLSEYE (formerly Ireland, Scotland, and other parts of The Sound Of Young the world. Upcoming highlights: 1/7 A America) Host Jesse mix of music from guest host Michele Thorn mixes it up with Flannery; 1/14 John McCutcheon Live; personalities from 1/21 Irish Fiddling with Tony DeMarco; the world of enter- 1/28 New and Recent Releases; 2/4 tainment & the arts. Art Songs, Chanson, Jazz, and Sung Jesse Thorn www.maximumfun.org Poetry; 2/11 Sandy Miranda offers an (NEW TIME! NEW NAME! Sundays at 4pm) eclectic mix; 2/18 Musica Pacifica Live; 2/25 Some twists and turns of love CITY VISIONS Hosts Lauren Meltzer and explored by Richard Thompson, Bob Joseph Pace explore Bay Area issues. Dylan, June Tabor, the late Jack Hardy, To participate, call (415) 841-4134 or and others; 3/3 Mick Moloney Live; 3/10 email [email protected] Music and Conversation with George www.cityvisionsradio.com. (Monday Kahumoku; 3/17 Lots of Irish music and at 7pm)  blarney; 3/24 Music from France, Spain, Greece, Italy, and environs; 3/31 Music COUNTERSPIN An examination of the & Conversation with Gabriel Yacoub. week’s news and that which masquerades www.kalwfolk.org (Saturday 3-5pm) as news. www.fair.org (Friday at 7:30pm) THE FORUM: A WORLD OF IDEAS CROSSCURRENTS The evening BBC correspondent Bridget Kendall newsmagazine from KALW News hosts a weekly discussion where intel- featuring in-depth reporting that lectuals, authors, scientists and power provides context, culture, and brokers from around the world meet and connections to communities around the challenge one another about big ideas. Bay Area. www.kalwnews.org www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/ (Monday-Thursday at 5pm)  (NEW TIME! Now Saturday at 5am) EARTHBEAT Produced by Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Earthbeat examines FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this weekday our footprint on the planet and tells the sto- magazine of contemporary arts and issues. ries of the people trying to make that foot- www.freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am & 6pm) print lighter. www.radionetherlands.nl (Sunday at 6am)

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INFORUM From the Commonwealth MY WORD! & MY MUSIC From the Club, programs recorded exclusively for BBC archives, panelists explore the English KALW that provide a forum for young language as it is written, spoken, and sung. people to access the best informed, most Between “Word” and “Music” KALW’s Alan involved, and brightest minds — be they Farley presents a weekly Noël Coward musi- politicians, business gurus, thought lead- cal Entr’acte. (Friday at 8pm) ers, trendsetters or culture-jammers. (Tuesday at 7pm) NEW DIMENSIONS A weekly dialogue that gives reasons for embracing hopeful- JIM HIGHTOWER A two minute shot ness regarding contemporary problems, with across the bow aimed at corporate and perspectives relative to physical, mental, and political corruption, heard exclusively in San spiritual well being of humanity and the plan- Francisco on KALW. (Weekdays at 7:49am) et. www.newdimensions.org (Sunday at 7am)

LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly con- NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR Angela frontation over politics, policy and popular Elam hosts this series of conversations with culture hosted by Matthew Miller, with great established and emerging writers of Robert Scheer on the left, Tony Blankley on poetry, fiction, drama and creative non-fic- the right, and Arianna Huffington in the cen- tion. www.newletters.org (Sunday at 6pm) ter. www.kcrw.com (Friday at 7pm) OPEN AIR Host Alan Farley presents the A weekly, hour-long romp LE SHOW performing artists and writers who create through the worlds of media, politics, sports our contemporary culture and arts. Recent and show business, leavened with an eclectic guests have included singer Kim Nalley, mix of mysterious music, hosted by Harry playwright Michael Gene Sullivan, puppe- Shearer. www.harryshearer.com teer and director Brian Henson, soprano (Sunday at Noon) Irene Theorin, and actors Kimberly King and Ken Grantham. (Thursday at 1pm)  MINDS OVER MATTER Dana Rodriguez, The San Francisco Chronicle’s Leah Garchik, and author Gerry Nachman OUT IN THE BAY Gay radio for San challenge each other and KALW’s audi- Francisco and beyond, hosted by Eric ence on the Bay Area’s favorite quiz show. Jansen and Marilyn Pittman. www. Call-in phone: (415) 841-4134. outinthebay.com (Thursday at 7pm)  (Sunday at 7pm)  A PATCHWORK QUILT Kevin Vance MORNING EDITION NPR’s signature presents a program of Celtic and other morning show, with news updates from the traditional music, American roots, sing- BBC at the top of each hour. Local host Joe ers and songwriters, interpreters, and Burke offers today’s school lunch menu at instrumentalists. [email protected] 6:49, and a daily almanac at 5:49 and 8:49. (Saturday 5-6:30pm)  Plus daily commentaries from Jim Hightower at 7:49, and KALW News’ Morning Reports PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford phi- Tues.–Fri. at 8:51.www..org losophers John Perry and Ken Taylor (Weekdays 5-9am) interview guest experts and respond to questions from listeners. Philosophy MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS New Talk questions everything...except your and unusual music produced by Other intelligence. Upcoming highlights: 1/1 Minds in San Francisco. Program details & 3 Nihilism and Meaning; 1/8 & 10 at otherminds.org/mfom The Examined Year: 2011; 1/15 & 17 Is (Friday at 11pm)  Democracy a Universal Value?; 1/22 & 24 Philosophy in Fiction; 1/29 & 31 The Right MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF to Privacy; 2/5 & 7 Black Solidarity; 2/12 SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted by & 14 The Dionysus Awards: philosophical Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless world films of 2011; 2/19 & 21 What Is ‘Normal’?; of space, ambient and contemplative music. 2/26 & 2/28 Pantheism; 3/4 & 6 Epicurus www.hos.com (Sunday 10pm-Midnight)

12 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org and the Good Life; 3/11 & 13 What Is a Evening with Miranda July (with Tom Bloom, Wife?; 3/18 & 20 The Ethics of Torture; Mia Dillon, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Adrian 3/25 & 3/27 Economics: Science or Cult?. Martinez, Olga Merediz and Tom Nelis); www.philosophytalk.org (Sunday at The Leopard of Ti Morne by Mark Kurlansky 10am, rebroadcast Tuesday at Noon)  (Stephen Lang), Graven Image by John O’Hara (Denis O’Hare); 3/11 Smorgasbord RECORD SHELF Jim Svejda reviews by T.C. Boyle (Rene Auberjonois), Football compact discs and explores classical music. by Elizabeth Crane (Martha Lavey); 3/18 Upcoming highlights: 1/2 Unusual (and Haruki Murakami’s Airplane (Parker Posey), historic) recordings of Johann Strauss, Jr.; The Mirror (Campbell Scott), and The Little 1/9 & 16 Recordings of the brilliant, tragic Green Monster (Dana Ivey); 3/25 Why I’m New Zealand pianist, Richard Farrell; 1/23 Not Where You Are by Jonathan Safran Foer A conversation with the French violinist, (Isaiah Sheffer), Interview by Will Eno (Will Renaud Capucon; 1/30 The Record Shelf Eno), All the Days and Nights by William Record Reviews; 2/6 Historic recordings Maxwell (Tony Roberts). (Sunday at 5pm) by pianist Ernst von Dohnanyi; 2/13 A SMILEY & WEST An energetic radio comparative survey of the recordings of fusion of thought provoking, intelligent and Beethoven’s Fidelio; 2/20 Historic recordings stimulating dialogue on every subject from by the controversial English oboist Leon news and politics to entertainment and cul- Goossens; 2/27 & 3/5 Australian violinist ture, with Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West. Richard Tognetti. www.kusc.org (NEW TIME! Now Friday at 1pm) (Monday at 11pm) SNAP JUDGMENT Host Glynn SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD Washington explores decisions that define MEETINGS Live gavel-to-gavel broad- lives, taking listeners on an addictive narra- cast of the San Francisco Unified School tive that walks a mile in someone else’s shoes District board meetings from 555 Franklin — a rhythmic blend of drama, humor, music, Street in San Francisco. While the Board and personality. is in closed session, educator Carol (NEW TIME! Now Sunday at 3pm) Kocivar presents an interview feature, “Looking at Education.” www.sfusd.edu SONG OF AMERICA Thomas Hampson (Tuesdays, 1/10, 1/24, 2/14, 2/28, 3/13, 3/27 continues his impas- at 6pm) sioned advocacy for American song with SELECTED SHORTS Celebrity read- this series that reveals ers from stage and screen, recorded at American classic song Symphony Space in NYC. 1/1 & 8 The Dead – poetry set to music by James Joyce (Rene Auberjonois, Fionnula by American compos- Flanagan, and Isaiah Sheffer); 1/15 My First ers – as a vibrant diary Goose by Isaac Babel (Joe Morton), The of the American expe- Father by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya (Nina rience. 1/2 American Arianda), Rothschild’s Fiddle by Anton Characters; 1/9 Thomas Hampson Chekhov (Denis O’Hare); 1/22 (Pre-empted Stephen Foster; 1/16 for Berkeley Symphony Concert broadcast); Whitman and Music; 1/29 What We Talk About When We Talk 1/23 Many Are the Voices; 1/30 War Cries; About Love by Raymond Carver (Leonard 2/6 Ives the Chronicler; 2/13 Champions Nimoy), The Getaway by Dorothy Thomas of American Song; 2/20 Arthur Farwell, (Mia Dillon); 2/5 Rapture of the Deep by T.C. American Pioneer; 2/27 “There Is No Gender Boyle (Isaiah Sheffer), Wanting an Orange in Music”; 3/5 Emily Dickinson: Letter to by Larry Woiwode (Michael Keck); 2/12 La the World; 3/12 Songs We’ve Always Sung; Vita Nuova by Allegra Goodman (Marin 3/19 Langston Hughes and the Harlem Ireland), The Secret Goldfish by David Renaissance; 3/26 Places That Sing To Means (Charles Keating); 2/19 A selection Us.www.songofamerica.net from 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (Miriam (Monday at 9pm.) Silverman), The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger (Christina Pickles); 2/26 An

shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 13 programming A to Z SOUND OPINIONS Smart and spirited TOO MUCH INFORMATION Host Ben- discussions about a wide range of popular jamen Walker helps you make sense of life in music, from cutting-edge underground the digital information age. Using interviews, rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B, stories, journalism, tall tales, and over- electronica, and worldbeat. Hosted by sharing, your host pulls meaning from the music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot deluge with a program that’s more internet from the studios of WBEZ in Chicago. than radio talk show. (Tuesday at 10pm) www.soundopinions.org (Sunday at 2pm) TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE the sound of younG america An audio magazine that offers a fresh per- (see BULLSEYE) spective on the cultural topics that shape today’s headlines. www.ttbook.org THE STATE WE’RE IN Radio Nether- (Sunday 8-10am) lands host Jonathan Groubert presents stories from all over the world, with a TUC RADIO (Time of Useful special focus on human rights issues. Consciousness) Probing reports on the www.radionetherlands.nl impact of big corporations on society. (Monday at Noon) www.tucradio.org (Sunday at 6:30am)

TANGENTS An unusually diverse, The best of the vocal music genre-bending program hosted by Dore VOICEBOX scene from the Bay Area and beyond, Stein that explores the bridges con- hosted by Chloe Veltman. The art of necting various styles of music, from singing is explored with musicians who world and roots to creative jazz hybrids. love vocal music and provide focused, www.tangents.com contextual reflection about their pas- (Saturday 8pm-Midnight)  sion. Upcoming hightlights: 1/6 Matt Lombardi and Jamie Freedman of Hear THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW It Local, feature some of their favorite A weekly high-energy discussion of female vocalists from the Bay Area music political, cultural, and global issues of par- scene; 1/13 Composer and blogger Brian ticular relevance to African Americans. Rosen discusses the worst songs in the www.tavistalks.org world and what makes them so bad; 1/20 (NEW TIME! Now Friday at Noon) Melissa Czarnik, an emcee and poet from Milwaukee chats about the musicality of THEN AND NOW Host Sarah Cahill rap; 1/27 Ventriloquist Ron Coulter, the- presents two hours of new and classical atrical impresario Sean Owens and Ron’s music, with local composer interviews puppet partner Sid Star explain why and previews of upcoming concerts. throwing your voice on the radio makes www.sarahcahill.com (Sunday 8-10pm) sense; 2/3 Chloe and Rachel Tietjen of the T Sisters, an Oakland-based singing THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK group, talk about how voices can create Host Fiona Ritchie with well-established lush harmonic vistas; 2/10 Monika Jalili, a and newly emerging artists that explore vocalist specializing in the Persian reper- Celtic roots in Europe and North America. toire, takes listeners on an exploration of www.thistleradio.com (Saturday at 2pm) the region’s rich and diverse vocal tradi- tions; 2/17 Concetta Tomaino and Indre THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme Viskontas discuss the profound con- each week with contributions from a variety nection between our minds and voices; of writers and performers, hosted by Ira 2/24 Stanford Music Professor Stephen Glass. www.thislife.org Hinton discusses the vocal music of (Sunday at 1pm and Wednesday at noon) Kurt Weill; 3/2 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass THIS WAY OUT LGBT stories and news Festival founder, banjo player and finan- from around the corner and around the cier Warren Hellman chats about the world, produced by Greg Gordon in Los history and development of old-time and Angeles. www.qrd.org (Thursday at 7:30pm) bluegrass vocals; 3/9 Carola Zertuche, artistic director of San Francisco’s Theatre Flamenco, charts the impact

14 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org of vocal music on Spain’s flamenco tra- WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY An interac- dition; 3/16 & 23 (pre-empted for Alan tive program on key issues in the news with Farley’s documentary series about Ira a worldwide audience, global hosted by Ros Gershwin, “I Love to Rhyme”); 3/30 Atkins. To participate in the live webcast Kevin Fox, founding artistic direc- at bbc.com at 10am, call 011 44 20 70 83 72 tor of the Pacific Boychoir Academy 72 or email [email protected]. in Oakland explains the process www.worldhaveyoursay.com of training boys to sing beautifully. (Weekdays at 11am, taped delayed) www.voicebox-media.org (Friday at 10pm) WRITER’S ALMANAC Garrison Keillor’s daily digest of all things proseworthy. WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and www.writersalmanac.com NPR wrap up the week’s events – plus arts (Weekdays at 9:01am) and newsmakers interviews. www.npr.org (Saturday 6-9am) YOUR CALL Politics and culture, dialogue and debate, hosted by Rose WEST COAST LIVE! San Francisco’s Aguilar. To participate, call (415) 841-4134. “live radio program to the world” hosted www.yourcallradio.org (Weekdays at by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike 10am. Rebroadcast Monday-Thursday at Greensill. Two hours of conversation, 11pm, Friday at 5pm)  performance, and play, broadcast live from locations around the Bay Area. Tickets online at www.wcl.org YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS San Mateo (Saturday 10am-Noon)  Deputy District Attorney Chuck Finney talks with listeners about legal and con- WHAD’YA KNOW? A two-hour comedy/ sumer problems. Call in your questions to quiz show hosted by Michael Feldman, “the Chuck and his team of guest attorneys: sage of Wisconsin.” www.notmuch.org (415) 841-4134. (Wednesday at 7pm)  (Saturday Noon-2pm)

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