“A revolution to democratize water”

Your Call goes deep to find solutions for California’s water crisis p.4

Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me p.6 comes to Saturday mornings, starting in August

The KALW Audio Academy’s Class of 2015 p. 7 “This place is confusingly utopian”

FSFSF p. 3 Nato Green readies to take his local comedy feature weekly

Women changing the status quo – hear their voices on Inflection Point p. 3

Summer 2015 KALW: By and for the community . . . COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS America Scores Bay Area • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeley Symphony Orchestra • Burton High School • East Bay Express • Global Exchange • INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • LitQuake • Mills College • New America Media • 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 Dennis Aman, Lisa Bartfai, Dan Becker, David Boyer, Susie Britton, Sarah Cahill, Bob Campbell, Olivia Cuevas, Jack Detsch, Julie Dewitt, Matt Fidler, Chuck Finney, Marcy Fraser, Berenice Freedome, Richard Friedman, Catherine Girardeau, Chris Hambrick, Eric Jansen, Hannah Kingsley-Ma, Carol Kocivar, David Latulippe, Allison Lee, Tim Lou Ly, Martin MacClain, JoAnn Mar, Holly McDede, Marlo McKenzie, Rhian Miller, Sandy Miranda, Daniel Moore, Ted Muldoon, Emmanuel Nado, Marty Nemko, Erik Neumann, Emma Nobel, Edwin Okong’o, Kevin Oliver, Steve O’Neill, David Onek, Joseph Pace, Colin Peden, Marilyn Pittman, Jessica Placzek, Mary Rees, Dana Rodriguez, Rafi Ronquillo, Dean Schmidt, Raja Shah, Lezak Shallat, Steven Short, Dore Stein, Devin Strolovitch, Niels Swinkels, Peter Thompson, Kevin Vance, Liza Veale, Melanie Young KALW VOLUNTEERS Daniel Aarons, Susan Aberg, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Judy Aune, Leon Bayer, Susan Bergman, Laura Bernabei, Karl Bouldin, Karen Brehm, Nathan Brennan, Diane Brett, Joshua Brody, Luisa Cardoza, Ceinwen Carney, Jessica Chylik, Linda Clever, Peter Conheim, Carolyn Deacy, Louis Dorsey, James Coy Driscoll, Laura Drossman, Nanette Duffy, Jim & Joy Esser, Peter Fortune, Michael Gabel, Losida Garcia, Brian Gentes, 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, Stav Hillel, Kent Howard, Clara Hsu, Susan Hughes, Judge Eugene Hyman, Didi Iseyama, Jenny Jens, Kathleen Kaplan, Brenda Kett, Lou Kipilman, Franzi Latko, Joseph Lepera, Merryl Levy, Fred Lipschultz, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, John MacDevitt, Mac MacDougall, Michael McGinley, Sam McLelland, Matt Miller, Susan Miller, Rhian Miller, Linda Morine, Reba Myall-Martin, John Navas, Antonio Nierras, Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, Art Persyko, Dale Pitman, Elise Phillips, Caterine Raye-Wong, Judy Rock, Ronald Rohde, Marti Roush, Maureen Russell, Jean Schnall, Ron Scudder, Marc Seidenfeld, Lezak Shallat, Steve Sherwood, Kevin Stamm, Tim Sullivan, Bian Tan, Sal Timpano, Kathy Trewin, David Vartanoff, Charlie Wegerle, Leslie Weinberg, Harry Weller, Patrick Wheeler, Steve Wilcott OUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Superintendent: Richard Carranza • 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 Malihe Razazan, Sr. Producer Jeremy Dalmas, Reporter William Helgeson, Ngoc Nguyen, Producer Kyung-Jin Lee, Reporter Operations Manager Ben Trefny, News Director Kristina Loring, Reporter Phil Hartman, Engineering Julie Caine, Managing Producer Liz Mak, Reporter Annette Bistrup, Jennifer Chien, Managing Editor Liz Pfeffer, Reporter Development Director Leila Day, Producer Todd Whitney, Reporter Emily Algire, Membership Audrey Dilling, Producer Part-time Announcers Eric Jansen, Program Information Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Producer Max Jacobs Joe Burke, Announcer Angela Johnston, Producer Eric Jansen Ashleyanne Krigbaum, Judy Silber, Producer Debi Kennedy Announcer Casey Miner, Editor Damien Minor David Latulippe, Announcer Chris Hoff, News Engineer Bob Sommer JoAnn Mar, Announcer Seth Samuel, News Engineer Kevin Vance Rose Aguilar, Host Hana Baba, Host/Reporter 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 and David Latulippe, designed by Georgette Petropoulos © Contents KALW

ON THE COVER: Your Call host Rose Aguilar. 2 Manager’s Note: An Iterative Process

Beginning on August and our local comedy 1st, Wait Wait…Don’t Tell feature FSFSF – which will Me will replace Car Talk at both return in September. 9 o’clock on KALW’s Satur- Based on feedback from day morning line-up. listeners, we’re retooling If you’ve been a KALW FSFSF as a longer weekly listener for a while, you feature on All Things may recall I made this Considered (similar to 99% exact same announcement Invisible and Sandip Roy’s in these very pages in Dispatches) rather than as January of 2011. a daily two-minute hit. This At that time, I received will give the comedy more hundreds of e-mails, let- room to breathe and allow ters, and phone messages host Nato Green to take telling me I’d made the wrong decision you deeper into the Bay Area’s vibrant (and, to be fair, a number that welcomed comedy scene. the change) – and after a few weeks, we The response to Inflection Point has put Car Talk back on the air. been overwhelmingly positive and we Many things have changed in that are excited to continue the series in the time – four years have passed, and so, fall. Host Lauren Schiller and producer- this past November, did Tom Magliozzi. engineer Eric Wayne are spending time In and of themselves, those facts this summer making the show even wouldn’t dictate that KALW say goodbye sharper. to Click & Clack. We aired the BBC’s My It’s conventional wisdom that being Word and My Music decades after they listener-supported makes public radio were off the air in the UK, and after many resistant to change. People give their of its panelists had gone to the other support because they like what they side. hear now, so why risk something new? However, the change that does mat- KALW listeners have shown that ter is that I’m now hearing from long- doesn’t have to be the case. You are pas- time fans of Car Talk saying it’s time to sionate about the current programming move on. And so, we’re taking this op- you value. But you also understand that portunity to bring into KALW’s schedule public radio needs to develop new ideas Wait Wait – a show that, like Car Talk and voices, and you want to participate and Fresh Air and This American Life, has in a station where that happens. become a public radio staple. You are our creative partners. We Presenting these quintessential NPR make this community enterprise better, shows on KALW is important, not only one step at a time, in dialogue with you. because they’re great radio, but because Thank you and please stay in touch. they are “gateway drugs” that bring in new listeners who can then discover the Sincerely, unique and innovative programming that distinguishes KALW. That distinctive programming in- cludes the two new local shows we’ve Matt Martin piloted this year – Inflection Point, featur- General Manager ing women who are changing the world, [email protected] 3 Your Call: Solutions for a Dry Future This year, Your Call has convened a series of conversations about California’s water crisis, and beginning on July 13th, Rose Aguilar and her team will present a week of shows focused on solutions. Some of the ideas for that week of programming came from Rose’s May 12th conversation with Daniel Beard, former commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, and Conner Everts, co-facilitator at the Environmental Water Caucus.

Rose Aguilar: Con- upset about that. So I ner, you have worked think that gives us an on water issues for opportunity to really decades and say you change the way we al- have never seen this locate water rights and level of interest and the way we deal with awareness? groundwater in this Conner Everts: state, which is behind I think we are in the everybody else in the beginning stages of a country. revolution to democ- RA: So where ratize water because should we start? Dan, we have to be. We’ve you’ve said that you put ourselves in a don’t really like it when situation where things people say it’s a com- aren’t changing quickly plex system because enough. While I said then you can throw we’ve never had this your arms up in the air much interest, I have and say it’s too difficult to say I’ve never heard so much talk and to solve these problems. But when we less action at the same time. I was at talk about solutions, where should that the Metropolitan Water District, the big conversation begin? wholesaler for most of Southern Cali- Daniel Beard: It has to begin with fornia yesterday, and they were actually pricing water at a level that somewhat talking about building a second Diamond approaches its true value. We have to Valley, which is a huge reservoir that get over this concept that water should they’ve built at a cost of well over $3 be free and abundant and clean and rec- billion and with a lot of political fiascos. ognize that water is a valuable commod- They’d rather invest in the solutions ity and it ought to be priced somewhat of the last century, which is to build near its value. I’m not delusional to think more infrastructure, which, with climate that we’re going to charge full cost for change, makes absolutely no sense. water, but we ought to be raising the What I’m hearing from the public price of water, both to urban water users in general, from people on the street and to agricultural water users. who stop me and are suddenly now RA: How is it priced today? interested in water in a way they weren’t DB: We go through a complex set before is really a response to industrial of subsidy calculations and make water agriculture and the fact that they aren’t available to farming interests at rock even metered or monitored. While bottom prices, pennies on a dollar. It we’re being told to save in the range may cost us $100 million to deliver water of 25% by the end of next February, ag and we may charge $2 million for it, is not restricted and people are really so the $98 is the form of the subsidies 4 and that’s picked up by taxpayers. The to be convening a group to provide wa- second step is we ought to be measuring ter relief for California communities, and what we use. There are still communities they should be identifying those proj- in California where they don’t measure ects that can be done quickly to address water use, there are no water meters, it’s problems. crazy! Most agricultural users, many of RA: Conner, you believe we should them in California, are pretty sophisti- look to Australia for solutions. Talk a cated in the way that they measure their little about how Australia dealt with pric- water use, but not communities. ing – I understand water became pretty RA: And Daniel, we did a show about expensive there. the politics behind water. In order to CE: Yes, at first. And it took them ten change the pricing, you’d need some years out of a twelve year “millennium” strong political will, right? drought to make the real changes they DB: Right now there is virtually no needed to with water rights. But what leadership from the Obama administra- they did is that they invested in every- tion and the Interior Department on thing. This is kind of the California policy the California drought. They’re simply – let’s not look at priorities, let’s not look absent. They seem content to plan and at climate change, let’s not look at the promote surface water projects and most efficient or cost effective invest- listen to the needs of Central Valley ag- ment, let’s do everything. So in the midst ricultural interests. And they seem to be of crisis, that’s what people do. Australia looking at the rest of California and just built six multibillion dollar desalination shrugging their shoulders. I think the plants. Four of them now sit idle, but President ought to use those powers to they’re still paying for them. Their fixed convene a group to address the current costs are so high and then rates go up. drought and see what could be done. Eventually that becomes a spiral and We did the same thing when we had what happened in Australia is eventually a jobs problem back in 2008. And the the price of water did get high enough American Recovery and Investment Act that the people did want to get off util- was passed and the President provided ity water and put in large cisterns, just leadership by investing and trying to as long as their rugby fields could be address these problems. I think he ought continued on page 15

Water Week #3: Solutions

Monday, July 13th What can we learn from the world’s most water-efficient cities? Tuesday, July 14th How should we price water? And are we ready to pay more? Wednesday, July 15th Could recycled water help fill our needs in a drier future? Thursday, July 16th Asked for water-saving advice, Governor Brown said “eat a veggie burger.” What difference would it make if we did? Friday, July 17th Who’s doing the best reporting on the water crisis in California, and worldwide?

5 Introducing Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me

Beginning in August, KALW will say farewell to Car Talk and begin broadcast- ing Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me Saturday mornings at 9. NPR’s oddly informative news quiz takes a wacky and smart approach to the week’s news and newsmakers, with Peter Sagal host Peter Sagal leading a lively cast in Tom Bodett what might be characterized as the news Olympics. Callers, panelists and guests compete by answering questions about the week’s events, identifying impersonations, filling in the blanks at lightning speed, sniffing out fake news items, and deciphering limericks. Roxanne Roberts Paula Poundstone Listeners vie for a chance to win the most coveted prize in public radio: Having Scorekeeper Emeritus Carl Kasell record the outgoing message on their home answering machine.

See General Manager Matt Martin’s comments on this change on p.3.

Bobcat Goldthwaite Brian Babylon

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6 Congratulations to the KALW Audio Academy Class of 2015!

I’m fortunate that my microphone and recorder allow me entry into places where people will tell me their truths simply because I will listen.

Chris Hambrick Raja Shah Not only is the team committed to recording marginalized stories and expanding their audience outside of the public radio bubble, they encourage experimentation and craft stories with an emphasis on sound design. It’s like an answer to all of my radio prayers! Marlo McKenzie Olivia Cueva Great stories never come from the places you expect them to. Only This place is stations like KALW, confusingly that dare go there, utopian. get to tell them.

Jack Detsch Liza Veale When you write for radio, you write to read aloud. It’s like telling your favorite person in the world a story of what you saw that day.

Hannah Kingsley-Ma Ted Muldoon I’m grateful for the opportunity to be around all of the people dedicated to KALW and its mission to “amplify the creativity and idealism of the Bay Area.”

Colin Peden Marcy Fraser

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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 6 am TUC Radio NPR’s Morning Edition from National Public Radio (starts at 5 am) 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 7:30. with Scott Simon On Wednesdays at 7:44: Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” On Fridays at 7:44: 99% Invisible, with Roman Mars 8 am 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  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 Reveal Sedge Thomson BBC’s World Have Your Say 11 am Marty Nemko  7/10, 8/14, 9/11 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 Snap Judgment BBC’s Newshour 2 pm 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 & Bob Campbell 4 pm Bullseye Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” on Wednesdays at 4:45 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 CBC’s Day 6 Fresh Air meetings (8/11, 8/25, 9/8, Fresh Air with Terry Gross 6 pm Radio Hour 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, 12/8) with Brent Bambury 6 pm 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 Fascinatin’ Rhythm 8 pm Revolutions Per Minute Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at 8:01 8 pm with Sarah Cahill  Spoleto Chamber TED Radio Hour Africamix 9 pm Music Series Fog City Blues Tangents 9 pm with L. A. with Theatre Works with Record Shelf Emmanuel Nado & Radiolab Devon Strolovitch  Dore Stein  10 pm with Jim Svejda Edwin Okong'o  10 pm Music From The Hearts of Space Your Call  Liner Notes Alt.Latino + Music From 11 pm (Rebroadcast of 10am show) With Max Jacobs The Spot Other Minds  11 pm

 KALW podcast available  Available on KALW Local Music Player 8 =new program or time 9 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 Glass calls the show “completely wonder- joined by fellow historians, people in the ful and entertaining and beautifully pro- news, and callers, bringing historical per- duced”. 99percentinvisible.org spective to the events happening around us (Friday at 7:44am & 4:45pm) today. backstoryradio.org (Monday at Noon.)

AFRICAMIX Musical gems from BIG PICTURE SCIENCE From amoebas Africa and the African diaspora that will to zebras, the science of what makes life stimulate your senses. Alternating hosts possible. Produced at the SETI Institute in Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Okong’o offer Mountain View, California. vintage and contemporary sounds from bigpicturescience.org (Tuesday at 1pm) Abidjan to Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Latin America and beyond! Interviews BINAH The best of arts & ideas, authors with local artists, touring African enter- & personalities, produced in collaboration tainers and in studio live performances with the Jewish Community Center of San are also part of the mix. www.kalwafrica- Francisco. 7/2 Charmian Gooch, co-found- mix.blogspot.com er of Global Witness; 7/9 Mandy Aftel, (Thursday 9pm–11pm)  founder of natural perfumery Aftelier Perfumes; 7/16 OkCupid co-founder ALL THINGS CONSIDERED NPR’s sig- Christian Rudder; 7/23 Modern parenting nature afternoon news program features the author Alfie Kohn; 7/30 Language scien- biggest stories of the day, thoughtful com- tist and Harvard psychology professor mentaries, insightful features on both the Steven Pinker; 8/6 Comedy writer, pro- quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, ducer and actor Bob Odenkirk with Tim music and entertainment. Includes BBC news Goodman; 8/13 Wrap dress creator Diane headlines at 4:01pm, FSFSF at 4:18, Sandip von Furstenberg with Carolyne Zinko; Roy’s Dispatch from Kolkata on Wednesdays 8/20 CNN national security analyst and at 4:45, and Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible on former Middle East CIA operative Robert Fridays at 4:45. npr.org Baer; 8/27 New York Times columnist (Weekdays from 3–5pm.) Roger Cohen and Leon Wieseltier, former literary critic of The New Republic; 9/3 ALTERNATIVE RADIO Progressive schol- New York Times columnist and PBS com- ars and thinkers share their views, produced mentator David Brooks; 9/10 Alt-rocker by David Barsamian. alternativeradio.org and arts fundraising guru Amanda Palmer (Monday at 1pm) with Armistead Maupin; 9/17 Comic writer ALT.LATINO NPR’s weekly leap into Latin Neil Gaiman with Michael Chabon; 9/24 alternative music and rock en Español, host- Egyptian–American writer and activist ed by Felix Contreras and Jasmin Garsd. npr. Mona Eltahawy. podcasts.jccsf.org/binah  org/blogs/altlatino (Thursday at 11pm) (Thursday at Noon.)

AS IT HAPPENS The international news BLUEGRASS SIGNAL Host Peter magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting Thompson presents traditional and con- Corporation that probes the major stories temporary bluegrass music in thematical- of the day, mixing interviews with cover- ly-based programs that also include the age in an informative and often irreverent area’s most complete calendar of events: style. Hosted by Carol Off and Jeff Douglas. 7/4 Ramblin’ On My Mind - bluegrass Includes the Marketplace Tech Report from versions of the Robert Johnson Classic; American Public Media at the top of the 7/11All Kinds Of Country with guest host hour.cbc.ca/asithappens (Mon–Thurs at 8pm) Sully Roddy; 7/18: Across the Tracks - new releases and reissues; 7/25 & 8/1 What BBC NEWS Current news and BBC pro- Hath Ralph Wrought? - Celebrating “The gramming from London. bbc.com. Big Bang Of Country Music” on the anni- (Mon–Sat Midnight–5am, Weekdays at 2pm, versaries of Ralph Peer’s first record- Mon–Wed at 5:30pm.)

10 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org ing sessions with Ernest Stoneman & DISPATCH FROM KOLKATA Writer the Dixie Mountaineers and the Carter Sandip Roy, offers commentary and a Family; 8/8 Radio Boogie with guest co- weekly audio postcard “from the new host Allegra Thompson; 8/15 Celebrating India”. (Wednesdays at 7:44am & 4:45pm) Rose Maddox; 8/22 Across the Tracks – new releases and reissues; 8/29 Radio Ranch with guest co-host Jacob FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM Songs from Groopman; 9/5 Old Time Is Good Time – the Great American Songbook, hosted by previewing the Berkeley Old Time Music Michael Lasser. wxxi.org/rhythm Convention; 9/12 Let Your Conscience Be (Friday at 8pm) Your Guide - Johnny & Jack’s words ring out during KALW’s fall membership cam- FOG CITY BLUES Host Devon paign; 9/19 Hicks With Sticks – Bay Area Strolovitch brings you blues from the Bay twang with guest host Jose Segue; 9/26 Area and beyond fogcityblues.com What’s Goin’ On? - musical previews of (Wednesday 9–11pm) this fall’s bluegrass and old-time events. bgsignal.com (Saturday 6:30–8pm) FOLK MUSIC AND BEYOND Hosts JoAnn Mar and Bob Campbell present BLUES POWER HOUR: Now available the best in live and recorded contempo- on the Local Music Player at kalw.org, and, rary folk, traditional, and original music on occasion in place of Fog City Blues on from America, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wednesday evenings. Keep up with Mark and other parts of the world. Upcoming through the Blues Power Hour program page highlights: 7/4 Music and conversation on kalw.org, and at bluespower.com. with Mickey Hart; 7/11 Stray Summer Songs with the Gloaming, the Bothy BULLSEYE Host Jesse Thorn mixes it Band, Birch Book, the McGarrigle Sisters, up with personalities from the world of Richard Shindell; 7/18 Hawaiian Concert entertainment & the arts. maximumfun.org with slack key guitarist George Kahumoku (Sunday at 4pm) and friends; 7/25 The New Middle Ages: Forward into the past with English band Circulus, classic French band Malicorne CITY VISIONS Hosts Joseph Pace and and more; 8/1 New and recent releases; David Onek explore Bay Area issues. To 8/8 Continental: Music from mainland participate, call (415) 841-4134 or email Europe; 8/15 Music and conversation [email protected] cityvision- with Eliza Carthy; 8/22 Sea & Shore: sradio.com. (Monday at 7pm)  Songs covering the realm from deep seas to water’s edge; 8/29 Celebrating COUNTERSPIN An examination of the the Scottish Gathering & Games’150th week’s news and that which masquerades as anniversary; 9/5 Labor Day: Songs of news. fair.org (Friday at 7:30pm) the working life; 9/12 Public Radio Party; 9/19 TBA; 9/26 Acoustic Blues: New and CROSSCURRENTS The evening news- recent releases by Chris Smither, Ruthie magazine from KALW News featuring Foster, Howell-Devine, Rory Block, Eric in-depth reporting that provides context, Bibb. kalwfolk.org (Saturday 3–5pm) culture, and connections to communities around the Bay Area. kalw.org FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this weekday (Monday–Thursday at 5pm)  magazine of contemporary arts and issues. freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am & 6pm) DAY 6 From the CBC in Toronto, host Brent Bambury offers a different perspective on HUMANKIND Voices of hope and human- the biggest stories of the week, and some ity, produced by David Freudberg. From you might have missed: technology, poli- following an urban naturalist in Oregon to tics, arts, pop culture, and big ideas. Day 6 learning how to age gracefully, Humankind will give you something to think about, talk offers sound portraits of people making a difference in their communities and the about, and maybe even to laugh about. www. world. humanmedia.org (Sunday at 6am) cbc.ca/day6. (Friday at 6pm.)

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INFORUM From the Commonwealth MINDS OVER MATTER Dana Club, programs recorded exclusively for Rodriguez, and a rotating crew of pan- KALW that provide a forum for young elists that includes The San Francisco people to access the best informed, most Chronicle’s Leah Garchik, and writer involved, and brightest minds — be they Gerry Nachman challenge each other politicians, business gurus, thought lead- and KALW’s audience on the Bay Area’s ers, trendsetters or culture-jammers. favorite quiz show. Celebrating its 20th (Tuesday at 7pm) year on KALW. Call-in phone: (415) 841- 4134. (Sunday at 7pm) JIM HIGHTOWER A two minute shot across the bow aimed at corporate and MORNING EDITION NPR’s signa- political corruption, heard exclusively in San ture morning show, with news updates Francisco on KALW. (Weekdays at 7:49am) from the BBC at the top of each hour. Local host Joe Burke offers today’s L. A. THEATRE WORKS Compelling school lunch menu at 6:49, and a daily Stories. Inspiring Playwrights. Headline almanac at 5:49 and 8:49. Plus daily com- Actors. 7/3 “The Devil’s Disciple” by George mentaries from Jim Hightower at 7:30, Bernard Shaw (Richard Dreyfuss, Lisa Crosscurrents Morning Report Tues.–Fri. Pelikan, Bruce Davison); 7/10 “And the Sun at 8:51, Sandip Roy’s Report from Kolkata Stood Still” by Dava Sobel (Robert Foxworth, on Wednesdays at 7:44, and Roman Mars’ Gregory Harrison, Kate Steele); 7/17 “Cyrano 99% Invisible on Fridays at 7:44. npr.org de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand (Hamish (Weekdays 5–9am) Linklater, Jason Ritter, Devon Sorvari, Gregory Itzin); 7/24 “The Road to Mecca” THE MOTH RADIO HOUR Unscripted by Athol Fugard (Julie Harris, Amy Irving, stories told live onstage, without props or Harris Yulin); 7/31“The Tale of the Allergist’s notes — listeners are drawn to the stories, Wife” by Charles Busch (Amy Aquino, Estelle like moths to a flame. (Sunday at 6pm) Harris, Richard Kind, JoBeth Williams); 8/7 “The Whipping Man” by Matthew MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS New Lopez (Charlie Robinson, Aaron Jennings, and unusual music by innovative compos- Mark J. Sullivan); 8/14 “An Immaculate ers and performers around the world, Misconception” by Carl Djerassi (JoBeth brought to you by the staff at Other Williams, Philip Casnoff, Kevin Kilner, Kendall Minds in San Francisco. Schmidt ); 8/21 “Speed the Plow/Reunion” otherminds.org/mfom (Friday at 11pm) by David Mamet (Jeff Goldblum, Adam Arkin, Dina Waters); 8/28 “Stick Fly” by Lydia Diamond (Justine Bateman, Dule Hill, Terrell MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF Tilford). (Friday 9pm–11pm, detailed synopses SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted by at kalw.org) Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless world of space, ambient and contemplative music. LATINO USA Host Maria Hinojosa www.hos.com (Sunday 10pm–Midnight) brings depth of experience, on-the- ground connections, and knowledge of NEW DIMENSIONS A weekly dialogue current and emerging issues impacting that gives reasons for embracing hopeful- Latinos and other people of color. ness regarding contemporary problems, with latinousa.org (Friday at 1pm) perspectives relative to physical, mental, LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly con- and spiritual well being of humanity and the frontation over politics, policy and popular planet. newdimensions.org (Sunday at 7am) culture with panelists from various political perspectives, including Robert Scheer on the OPEN AIR KALW’s weekly radio left, Rich Lowry on the right, and Josh Barro magazine of “most things (culturally) in the center. kcrw.com (Friday at 7pm) considered” hosted by David Latulippe. Interviews and live musical performances LE SHOW A weekly, hour-long romp from those involved in the Bay Area per- through the worlds of media, politics, sports and show business, leavened with forming arts scene. Recent guests have an eclectic mix of mysterious music, host- included composers Mason Bates and ed by Harry Shearer. harryshearer.com Paul Dresher; conductors Alasdair (Sunday at Noon) 12 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org Neale, Herbert Blomstedt, and Ragnar RADIOLAB The curious minds of Jad Bohlin; entertainers Geoff Hoyle and Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore the Peter Gallagher, and chemist/playwright boundaries that blur science, philosophy, and Carl Djerassi. Regular contributors Peter human experience. radiolab.org Robinson, Dianne Keogh and Janos (Tuesday at 10pm) Gereben offer reviews and recommenda- Jim Svejda reviews tions. All shows are archived at kalw.org RECORD SHELF compact discs and explores classical music. (Thursday at 1pm) 7/13 Record Shelf Reviews; 7/20 & 7/27 The Best of The Record Shelf: A two-part OUT IN THE BAY Gay radio for San conversation with legendary American Francisco and beyond, hosted by Eric soprano Jessye Norman; 8/3 Buyer’s Jansen and Marilyn Pittman. Celebrating guide to Latin American guitar music; 8/10 10 years of broadcasting. outinthebay. The Best of The Record Shelf: American com (Thursday at 7pm)  composer Samuel Barber leads premier recordings of his own music; 8/17 & 24 John Williams: Concert Music; 8/31 Mischa A PATCHWORK QUILT Acoustic, Levitzki: Liszt recordings; 9/7 Record Shelf Celtic, singer-songwriter, American tra- Reviews. kusc.org (Monday at 10pm) ditional, world musics, and a little bit of everything else. Some of the week’s news REVEAL The Peabody Award-winning in song. New recordings. Old friends. investigative journalism program for pub- Folks playing in town, some live in the stu- lic radio. Produced by The Center for dio. Kevin Vance is host. Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal will (Saturday at 5pm) present original work from CIR’s team along with various partners: stations, producers, web sites, journalism centers and report- PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford phi- ers from around the world. revealradio.org. losophers John Perry and Ken Taylor (Friday at 11am, 7/10, 8/14, 9/11) interview guest experts and respond to questions from listeners. Philosophy REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE Talk questions everything...except your Sarah Cahill’s weekly program of new and intelligence. Upcoming highlights: 7/5 & classical music. Interviews and music from 7/7 The Psychology of Partisan Politics, a broad range of internationally acclaimed with Jonathan Haidt; 7/12 & 7/14 The and local contemporary composers Ethics of Whistleblowing, with Edward and musicians, with previews of Bay Snowden; 7/19 & 7/21 Neuroscience and Area concerts. sarahcahill.com (Sunday Free Will,with Daniel Dennett; 7/26 & 8–10pm) 7/28 The Power and Perils of Satire, with Jane Kirtley; 8/2 & 8/4 Summer SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD Reading List; 8/9 & 8/11 The Technology MEETINGS Live gavel-to-gavel broad- of Immortality, with Kevin O’Neill; 8/16 & cast of the San Francisco Unified School 8/18 The intellectual domain of Gottfried District board meetings from 555 Franklin Leibniz, with Daniel Garber; 8/23 & 8/25 Street in San Francisco. While the Board Are Some People Better Than Others? is in closed session, educator Carol Kocivar with Thomas Hurka; 8/30 & 9/1 Education presents an interview feature, “Looking at and the Culture Wars, Rob Reich; 9/6 & Education.” www.sfusd.edu 9/8 Has Science Replaced Philosophy? (Tuesdays, 8/11, 8/25, 9/8, 9/22, 10/6, with Massimo Pigliucci; 9/13 & 15 The 10/20, 12/8 at 6pm) Ethics of Drone Warfare, with Bradley Strawser; 9/20 & 9/22 The Changing Face of Feminism, with Christina Sommers; SELECTED SHORTS Celebrity read- 9/27 & 9/29 Regret, with Jay Wallace. ers from stage and screen, recorded at philosophytalk.org (Sunday at 10am, Symphony Space in NYC. 7/5 “The Sound rebroadcast Tuesday at Noon) of Summer Running” by Ray Bradbury (read by Sean Astin),“I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth” by Margaret Atwood (Kirsten Vangsness ), “Shiftless shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 13 programming A to Z

Little Loafers” by Susan Orlean (Dave Hill); TANGENTS An unusually diverse, 7/12 “Clair de Lune” by Steven Millhauser genre-bending program hosted (James Naughton), “Night People” by by Dore Stein that explores the Sherman Alexie (Wyatt Cenac), “Luck” bridges connecting various styles by Richard Bausch (Campbell Scott); 7/19 of music, from world and roots to “Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer” creative jazz hybrids. tangents. by Lydia Davis (Robert Sean Leonard), com (Saturday 8pm–Midnight)  “Serial Monogamy: A Memoir” by Nora Ephron (Mary Kay Place), Madame Bovary THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW (excerpt) by Gustave Flaubert (Christina A weekly high-energy discussion of politi- Pickles); 7/26 “The Occasional Pignoli Tart” cal, cultural, and global issues of particular by Ann Hood (Amber Tamblyn), “A Mad relevance to African Americans. tavissmiley- Tea Party” by Lewis Carroll (Christopher radio.com (Friday at Noon) Lloyd); 8/2 “Awake” by Jenny Allen (Jane Kaczmarek), “The TV” by Ben Loory (Liev THE TED RADIO HOUR Each year, TED Schreiber),“The Tax Man” by Bruce Jay hosts the world’s most fascinating thinkers Friedman (Sigourney Weaver); 8/9 “White — convention-breaking mavericks, icons, and Angel” by Michael Cunningham (James geniuses — who give the talk of their lives Naughton), “The Fine Art of Sighing” by in 18 minutes or less about the best ideas Bernard Cooper (Isaiah Sheffer). in Technology, Entertainment, Design and (Sunday at 5pm) much more. (Tuesday at 9pm)

THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK SNAP JUDGMENT Host Glynn Host Fiona Ritchie with well-established and Washington explores decisions that newly emerging artists that explore Celtic define lives, taking listeners on an addic- roots in Europe and North America. thistle- tive narrative that walks a mile in some- radio.com (Saturday at 2pm) one else’s shoes — a rhythmic blend of drama, humor, music, and personality. THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme Produced in Oakland, distributed nation- each week with contributions from a vari- wide by NPR and PRX. snapjudgment.org ety of writers and performers, hosted by (Sunday at 2pm, Wednesday at 1pm) Ira Glass. thislife.org (Sunday at 1pm and Wednesday at Noon) SOUND OPINIONS Smart and spirited discussions about a wide range of popular THIS WAY OUT LGBT stories and news music, from cutting-edge underground from around the corner and around the rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B, elec- world, produced by Greg Gordon in Los tronica, and worldbeat. Hosted by music Angeles. thiswayout.org critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot from the (Thursday at 7:30pm) studios of WBEZ in Chicago. soundopinions. org (Sunday at 3pm) TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE An audio magazine that offers a fresh per- spective on the cultural topics that shape SPOLETO CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES today’s headlines. ttbook.org Hosted by NPR commentator Miles (Sunday 8–10am) Hoffman, these concerts feature perfor- mances recorded live from the historic TUC RADIO (Time of Useful Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South Consciousness) Probing reports on the Carolina, during the 2014 Spoleto Festival impact of big corporations on society. tucra- USA. Broadcasts detailed at kalw.org. dio.org (Sunday at 6:30am) (Monday at 9pm.) WAIT WAIT ... DON’T TELL ME NPR’s THE SPOT A half-hour of the best weekly hour-long quiz program, hosted podcasts from public radio’s most innova- Peter Sagal. Test your knowledge against tive producers. Curated and hosted by some of the best and brightest in news and Ashleyanne Krigbaum. entertainment while figuring out what’s real (Thursday at 5:30pm & 11:30pm) news and what’s made up. (NEW on KALW beginning in August. Saturday at 9am)

14 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player  KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY An interac- NPR wrap up the week’s events — plus tive program on key issues in the news with arts and newsmakers interviews. npr.org a worldwide audience, hosted by Ros Atkins. (Saturday 6–9am) To participate in the live webcast at bbc.com at 10am, call 011 44 20 70 83 72 72 or email [email protected]. worldhavey- San Francisco’s WEST COAST LIVE! oursay.com “live radio program to the world” hosted (Weekdays at 11am, tape delayed) by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike Greensill. Two hours of conversation, performance, and play, broadcast live WRITER’S ALMANAC Garrison Keillor’s from locations around the Bay Area. daily digest of all things literary. writersalma- Tickets online at wcl.org nac.com (Weekdays at 9:01am) (Saturday 10am–Noon) YOUR CALL Politics and culture, dialogue and debate, hosted by Rose WHAD’YA KNOW? A two-hour comedy/ Aguilar. To participate, call (415) 841-4134. quiz show hosted by Michael Feldman, “the yourcallradio.org (Weekdays at 10am. sage of Wisconsin.” notmuch.org Rebroadcast Monday–Thursday at 11pm, (Saturday Noon–2pm) Friday at 5pm) 

WORK WITH MARTY NEMKO Career coach Marty Nemko talks with YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS San Mateo listeners about work issues, from fi­nding Deputy District Attorney Chuck Finney the perfect job to networking, and talks with listeners about legal and con- regularly offers “3 minute workovers.” sumer problems. Call in your questions to Guests have included Alan Dershowitz, Chuck and his team of guest attorneys: Cokie Roberts, Jack Welch, Suze Orman, (415) 841-4134. (Wednesday at 7pm)  Robert Reich, and Obama strategist Robert Cialdini. And his wife, Barbara Nemko, comes in periodically to give him a hard time. martynemko.com (Sunday at 11am) 

Solutions for a Dry Future continued from page 5 by them to industrial agriculture and kept green, they were happy and they the rest of Southern California and they adopted a conservation ethic. don’t have any access to it. So those that RA: Conner, you were on a panel at are dependent on polluted groundwater the World Bank recently and said you have a real problem. Here in California felt kind of embarrassed talking about we have this sense of entitlement for California’s water system with officials some and sense of inequity where they from so many other countries. Why? don’t have access to it in others and CE: I felt embarrassed because we that’s what I mean by third world condi- have third world drinking conditions in tions. California and we shouldn’t. There are people without access to clean drink- This conversation was edited for ing water, without access to wastewater clarity and length. The full program, facilities. And often those same people and all of Your Call’s shows about in the Central Valley have beautiful clean the water crisis, are archived at kalw. water – when there is snowmelt – going org/term/your-call-water-series.

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