New programming for spring! p. 9
Berkeley Symphony Local journalism in The full season p. 8 extraordinary times p. 6
Invisibilia: Why do we see things differently? p.4 PMDMC is coming to town! p. 3
Sights & Sounds of East Oakland Live at Castlemont High p. 5
Spring 2017 KALW: By and for the community . . . COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS America Scores Bay Area • Association for Continuing Education • Bay Area Book Festival • Berkeleyside• Berkeley Symphony Orchestra • Burton High School • Cabrillo Festival • East Bay 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, Sadie Gribbon, 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, Stephanie Porcell, 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 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, 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, 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, Robert McCloud, 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, 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 Superintendent: Vincent Matthews • Board of Commissioners: Stevon Cook, Matt Haney, Hydra Mendoza-McDonell, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Mark Sanchez, Shamann Walton, Director, Office of Public Outreach and Communications: Gentle Blythe KALW PERSONNEL Matt Martin, General Manager Laura Flynn, Producer Eli Wirtschafter, Reporter William Helgeson, Ben Trefny, News Director Olivia Henry, Engagement Operations Manager Jen Chien, Managing Editor Manager Phil Hartman, Engineering Jeremy Dalmas, Producer W. Kamau Bell, Host Annette Bistrup, Leila Day, Producer Max Jacobs, Producer Development Director Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Producer Phil Surkis, Producer Emily Algire, Membership Angela Johnston, Producer Becca Hoekstra, Producer Chris Hambrick, Membership Judy Silber, Producer Jeremy Dalmas, Producer Shipra Shukla, Program Lisa Morehouse, Editor Information Andrew Stelzer, Editor Eric Jansen, Announcer Ashleyanne Krigbaum, Chris Hoff, News Engineer Debi Kennedy, Announcer Announcer James Rowlands, News Engineer Damien Minor, Announcer David Latulippe, Announcer Hana Baba, Host/Reporter Colin Peden, Announcer JoAnn Mar, Announcer Hannah Kingsley-Ma, Producer Bob Sommer, Announcer Rose Aguilar, Host Liza Veale, Producer Kevin Vance, Announcer Malihe Razazan, Sr. Producer Holly McDede, Reporter Eric Wayne, Announcer 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 ON THE COVER: Cellist Joshua Roman, featured soloist in the May 15th Berkeley Symphony broadcast (photo: Hayley Young); Tom Ashbrook, host of On Point (photo: WBUR); Ghost Ship resident Carmen Brito reads from a childhood book, one of the few items that she was able to recover after the fire (photo: Jeremy Dalmas). 2 Why this matters now In July, the biggest News Director Ben Tref- conference in public radio ny’s update on p.6), where will come to San Fran- professional journalists, cisco. passionate volunteers, The Public Media De- beat reporters, high velopment and Marketing school interns, and our Conference (or PMDMC Audio Academy fellows — kind of fun to say) is the work together to tell the annual meeting for people stories of the Bay Area. who build awareness of They all have a voice public media’s value and in the newsroom, as do raise the funds that make the listeners who call our it possible. tipline or guess the Au- It’s a great opportunity diograph sound or submit to talk with people from a question to Hey Area. all over about why public radio matters, That expanding circle of participation and how we make it stronger. At a time makes what you hear on Crosscurrents when the Corporation for Public Broad- richer and smarter. casting — the organization that created public media in this country — could be An open, collaborative relationship defunded, those are conversations we with the community can be incredibly have to have. productive. And in times of uncertainty And we are having them. At every and rapid change, community ventures level of public and community radio, like KALW become only more important. people are asking: What information We need a space where we can listen matters now? Whose voices should be to the world and hear one another. We represented? How do we cut through need empathy and constructive conver- the noise and increase understanding? sation, as well as music and laughter to What is the enduring value of non-com- help us stay human. mercial media? After 75 years on the air, KALW con- We’re also talking about what listen- tinues to grow that space. We are reach- ers are telling us. As part of the ing more listeners than ever, and stations PMDMC, Justin Lucas from NPR’s Audi- across the country look to KALW as a ence Relations team has invited me to model for creative, community-based participate in a panel about how public public radio. radio stations and NPR respond to lis- tener feedback. That growth has been driven by the As we just announced significant support and engagement of listen- program changes (see p.9), I’ve been ers. Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from and corresponding with a representing you and this unique public lot of listeners lately. Those exchanges resource at the PMDMC. have reminded me that it’s the direct Sincerely, connection between the station and the community — specifically with listeners — that defines KALW. Matt Martin Nowhere is that more in evidence GM, KALW than in KALW’s news department (see [email protected]
3 Dying To Talk Re:Imagine | End of Life Radio Special. A broadcast of highlights from first- ever Re:Imagine End of Life Festival, which showcased the ways death and dying can be explored through storytell- ing and creative expression. Thursday, April 13th at 7pm. Planning Ahead Begins with a Conversation. It’s “ask an expert” night just in time for National Healthcare Decisions Week. Take time now to talk with your family and your healthcare providers so you can live life on your own terms through Dying to Talk is KALW’s program that your final exhale.Thursday, April 20th at tackles taboos around death and dying, 7pm. hosted by palliative care specialist Dr. Extreme Measures: Avoiding Dawn Gross. National Healthcare Deci- the Medical Conveyor Belt. sions Week (learn more at nhdd.org) Join physician and author Dr. Jessica — the annual initiative to inspire and ed- Nutik Zitter and Gordon Kaufman, a ucate the public about the importance family member featured in the Oscar- of “advanced care planning” — is April 16- nominated documentary Extremis, as 22, and Dying to Talk returns with three they discuss the challenges posed by programs aimed at transforming the way a healthcare system operating on the we approach the end of life. premise “more is better.” Thursday, April 27th at 7pm. Invisibilia returns in June! Invisibilia is the NPR program that reality and our role in creating it. The explores the unseen forces that shape stories speak to a central question of our human behavior — things like ideas, be- time: How is it that people look at the liefs, assumptions same landscape and emotions. Co- and see complete- hosted by a trio ly different things? of NPR’s award- Through illuminat- winning journalists, ing science and Alix Spiegel, Lulu compelling stories Miller and Hanna about hidden bias, Rosin, Invisibilia social bubbles, interweaves nar- emotional truth, rative storytelling our future selves, with scientific and living with research that will wild bears, season ultimately make you see your own life 3 of Invisibilia will explore to what extent differently. we live in the same world, or a world that Invisibilia returns with four new hour- each of us constructs. Fridays at 12pm in long episodes that look at the nature of June.
4 KALW and Oakland Voices present Sights & Sounds of East Oakland: Come Together A celebration of the arts and artists of East Oakland Featuring stories from the community media project Oakland Voices, a collaboration between the East Bay Times and the Maynard Institute of Journalism Education, and performances by:
R&B pop artist 1-O.A.K. Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Azariah Cole-Shephard
Praise dance from the Lyric Performing Arts Academy Visual art from Bobby Arte A cappella vocals by OSA Vocal Rush
Philip Reeder Theater at Castlemont High 8601 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 2:30pm Food, DJ and participatory art activities in the courtyard starting at 1:30. Tickets at kalw.org.
Coming this summer: Sights & Sounds of Richmond, presented by KALW and RYSE.
Funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency.
5 Extraordinary times: extraordinary measures
By KALW News Director Ben Trefny Beat Reporters Last summer, we decided to dedicate This has been a remarkable, exhilarat- resources to cultivating seven beats ing, exhausting, and inspiring time for important to our region: cost-of-living, journalism. And I’ve never been more education, energy/environment, health, proud of the work we do in the KALW housing/homelessness, justice, and news department than I am right now. transportation. Here are a few recent I’ve been here since examples of how that’s paid off: the news department was created in 2004 with some grant money and a vision for public interest journal- ism. The staff was tiny: just a couple part time producers making stories for KALW’s broadcast of Morning Edition. My first piece had me traveling around Northern Cali- fornia investigating how Walmart affected local Rhea and Joel St. Julien (from Liza Veale’s series on sustain- economies. (The corpora- able affordable housing) tion had recently started underwriting NPR programming, and • Energy/environment reporter Angela we wanted to investigate their claims.) It Johnston teamed up with transporta- was a statement piece, establishing our tion reporter Eli Wirtschafter to make voice as an independent news source for a documentary examining California’s the San Francisco Bay Area. High Speed Rail project Fast forward. We’ve grown. A lot. • Cost-of-living reporter Jeremy Dal- mas produced a documentary about We’ve won many reporting honors (in- warehouse living and events regula- cluding three national awards last year). tion that aired on the three-month We’ve forced changes in how institutions anniversary of the Ghost Ship fire operate (such as how the Oakland Police • Housing/homelessness reporter Liza Department measures 911 response Veale aired a three-part series exam- time). And we’ve become a nationally ining sustainable affordable housing renowned hub for both our journalism solutions around the Bay Area training programs and our community outreach initiatives. Breaking news Our mission is to create joyful, infor- Going deeper into coverage areas enables us to be much more responsive mative media to bridge the economic, as news breaks around the Bay Area. cultural, and social divides in our com- This has become more important than munity. To those ends, I want to update ever in 2017. You may have noticed our you on some meaningful adjustments in nightly Crosscurrents broadcast has this last tumultuous year.
6 Angela Johnston on the scene (from Angela Johnston and Eli Wirtschafter’s documentary on High Speed Rail) more frequently covered immediately election coverage than we ever had relevant news stories in recent months. before. We’ve also ramped up our news provi- • We’re currently training people who sion through Facebook, started running live in East Oakland and Richmond live video feeds of Your Call, and we’re how to make radio stories about their testing different newswire service op- neighborhoods as part of our Sights tions with a goal of providing you with & Sounds project. And we’re excited more regional news and information to be working with our fourth Audio around the clock. Academy class, giving an in-depth au- dio journalism education to Bay Area Community Engagement While we adhere to strict journalistic residents. Through these projects, principles in our work, we realize that we’re able to tell insightful stories faith in journalism has faltered. We’ve that bring the entire Bay Area closer determined that one of the best ways to together. build trust with our audience is to work Extraordinary work directly with our audience. KALW News As real journalism is challenged by has done that in several ways: haphazard tweets and baseless accusa- • Our Hey Area project invites you to tions, and as funding for fundamental ask questions about the Bay Area, services like the Corporation for Public and we work with you to find the Broadcasting is threatened, we are answers. Questions like, “Will riding resolute. KALW will be a trustworthy, BART damage my hearing?” or “Why independent voice dedicated to provid- do so many people living on side- ing the most important public interest walks now have tents?” We recently journalism possible. We appreciate your launched Hey Area Shorts to deliver support in that work, and we always more answers faster. Please partici- welcome your input about what you’re pate at kalw.org! interested in hearing and what we can • We engaged dozens of listeners to do better. I invite you to reach out to me help with our November election at [email protected] and let me know what coverage, asking what information you like and don’t like. you wanted reported and how. You With your help, we will continue to wanted it quick and concise, and we fulfill our mission to provide what this responded with daily election briefs: region, the nation, and the world need short reports that explained mea- right now: fair, accurate, comprehensive, sures, said who was for and against true stories that help us understand them, and noted large funders. KALW what’s going on. learned a lot, this year, in providing Thanks for helping us make that hap- much more, and more meaningful, pen.
7 Berkeley Symphony Broadcasts KALW continues its broadcast partnership with the Berkeley Symphony by pre- senting the entire 2016-17 season during the month of May, hosted by David Latulippe. With Music Director Joana Carneiro on a maternity leave of absence (triplets born in February!), guest conductors Edwin Outwater, Elim Chan, and Christian Reif stepped up to the Zellerbach Hall podium.
Monday, May 1, 2017 at 9pm “Romance” (10/13/16 concert) Edwin Outwater, guest conductor Paul Dresher: Crazy Eights & Fractured Symmetries (Berkeley Symphony commission, World Premiere) Erich Korngold: Violin Concerto Philippe Quint, violin Paul Dresher Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka photo by Andre Constantini Monday, May 8, 2017 at 9pm “Reverence” (12/8/16 concert) Elim Chan, guest conductor James MacMillan: Symphony No. 4 (U.S. Premiere, Co-Commission with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major Elim Chan Shai Wosner, piano photo by Lau Kwok Kei Monday, May 15, 2017 at 9pm “Relevance” (1/26/17 concert) Christian Reif, guest conductor Mason Bates: Cello Concerto (Bay Area Premiere) Joshua Roman, cello Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat Major
Monday, May 22, 2017 at 9pm Mason Bates photo by Ryan Close “Remembrance” (5/4/17 concert) Christian Reif, guest conductor Shostakovich: Symphony No.13, “Babi Yar” Denis Sedov, bass soloist Marika Kuzma, chorusmaster Men’s Chorus, to include: Alumni of the Chamber Chorus of the University of California Alumni of the Pacific Boychoir Academy Marika Kuzma Members of the St. John of San Francisco photo by Lisa Keating Russian Orthodox Chorale
8 Changes for Spring On Point, Afropop Worldwide join KALW’s program roster With the coming of spring, we’re making some significant changes to our program schedule to address your need for diverse perspectives and sources of information in this tumultuous time. The BBC’s World Have Your Say is going out of production, so we are taking the opportunity to bring on one of the strongest daily national politics and current affairs programs in public radio: On Point with Tom Ashbrook from WBUR in Boston. It’s a truly national Tom Ashbrook, host of On Point. conversation, with voices from the mid- Source with Christopher Lydon, will dle of the country as well as the coasts, move to Sundays at 4pm, replacing the and will air on KALW Monday through TED Radio Hour. Thursday at 11am. Evenings Monday through Thursday, Reveal from the Center for Investiga- we’re going to be giving more prominent tive Reporting, which has aired Mondays placement to two programs that are at 11am, will move to noon. And Open unique to KALW in the Bay Area: We’re bringing back the 8pm rebroadcast of Your Call, and moving As It Happens from the CBC to 6 o’clock on weekdays, in place of the current rebroadcast of Fresh Air. Weeknights at 11pm, we’ll bring you storytelling, science, and music – the Living American Composers series from WFMT in Chicago (Monday), our home- grown podcast showcase The Spot and the BBC’s Discovery (Tuesday), as well Georges Collinet, host of Afropop as Sound Opinions (Wednesday) and Worldwide. Afropop Worldwide (Thursday).
The Your Call team: Laura Flynn, Rose Aguilar, and Malihe Razazan
9 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Public Radio Remix Midnight– BBC World Service Overnight — For detailed listings, visit: bbc.co.uk/worldservice Midnight– 5 am PRX 5 am Humankind NPR’s Morning Edition from National Public Radio (starts at 5 am) 6 am TUC Radio 6 am 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 10 am
Work with On Point with Tom Ashbrook Inflection Point Snap Judgment 11 am Marty Nemko 11 am
Harry Shearer’s Philosophy Talk This American Life Reveal 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 & Open Source with 4:45pm features: Tuesday/FSFSF, with Nato Green Wednesday/Sandip Roy’s “Dispatch from Kolkata” Bob Campbell 4 pm Christopher Lydon 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 As It Happens from the CBC with the Marketplace Tech Report at 6:01 CBC’s Day 6 The Moth Radio Hour 6 pm S.F. School Board meetings on Tuesdays 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/13, 6/20 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
8 pm Revolutions Per Minute Your Call (Rebroadcast of 10am show) Fascinatin’ Rhythm 8 pm with Sarah Cahill Santa Fe In Deep with Africamix 9 pm Chamber Festival Angie Coiro Fog City Blues Tangents 9 pm with L. A. with with Emmanuel Nado & Theatre Works Devon Strolovitch Dore Stein 10 pm Record Shelf Radiolab Edwin Okong'o 10 pm Music From The Hearts of Space Living American The Spot Music From Sound Opinions Afropop Worldwide 11 pm Composers BBC Discovery 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 of the day, mixing about design, architecture & the 99% interviews with cover- invisible activity that shapes our world. age in an informative Created and hosted by Roman Mars, Ira and often irrever- Glass calls the show “completely wonder- ent style. Hosted by ful and entertaining and beautifully pro- Carol Off and Jeff duced”. 99percentinvisible.org (Friday at Douglas. Includes the 7:44am & 4:45pm, Saturday at 8:35am) Marketplace Tech Report at the top of the hour. cbc.ca/ Jeff Douglas and AFRICAMIX Musical gems from asithappens Carol Off. Africa and the African diaspora that will (NEW TIME: Mon-Thurs at 6pm) stimulate your senses. Alternating hosts Emmanuel Nado and Edwin Okong’o offer BBC NEWS Current news and BBC pro- vintage and contemporary sounds from gramming from London. bbc.com. Abidjan to Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, (Mon–Sat Midnight–5am, Weekdays at 2pm, Latin America and beyond! Interviews Mon–Wed at 5:30pm.) with local artists, touring African enter- tainers and in studio live performances BERKELEY SYMPHONY KALW con- are also part of the mix. tinues its broadcast partnership with the www.kalwafricamix.blogspot.com Berkeley Symphony by presenting the (Thursday 9pm–11pm) entire 2016-17 season during the month of May, hosted by David Latulippe. See full listings of programs and performers on AFROPOP WORLDWIDE The Peabody page 8. (Monday in May 9pm – 11pm) Award-winning program dedicated to music from Africa and the African diaspora, hosted From amoebas by Georges Collinet. Afropop.org (NEW ON BIG PICTURE SCIENCE to zebras, the science of what makes life KALW: Thursday at 11pm) possible. Produced at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED NPR’s sig- bigpicturescience.org (Tuesday at 1pm) nature afternoon news program features the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful com- BINAH The best of arts & ideas, authors mentaries, insightful features on both the & personalities, produced in collaboration quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, with the Jewish Community Center of music and entertainment. npr.org San Francisco. 4/6 The Executive Order (Weekdays from 3–5pm) on Immigration: A Community Forum featuring Madihha Ahussain, Muslim Advocates; Jonathan Blazer, ACLU; Grisel ALTERNATIVE RADIO Progressive schol- Ruiz, Immigrant Legal Resource Center; ars and thinkers share their views. 4/10 Arun and Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Lehrhaus Gandhi on Gandhian non-violence today; Judaica; moderated by Peter Waldman, 4/17 Geoffrey Stone on the fight for free Bloomberg News; 4/13 Dr. Craig Packer, speech on campus; 4/24 David Korten on the world’s leading expert on lion con- toward an ecological civilization; 5/1 Eqbal Ahmad on terrorism, theirs and ours. servation, talks about his new book, Lions alternativeradio.org (Monday at 1pm) in the Balance; 4/20 Gloria Steinem in conversation with Jada Pinkett-Smith; 4/27 Ariel Levy discusses her new mem- ALT.LATINO NPR’s weekly leap into Latin oir, The Rules Do Not Apply; 5/4 David alternative music and rock en Español, host- Mandel takes us inside the TV comedy ed by Felix Contreras and Jasmin Garsd. show Veep; 5/11 Hida Viloria, the first npr.org/blogs/altlatino openly intersex person invited to speak at (Sunday at 2:30pm) the United Nations; 5/18 Character actor Stephen Tobolowsky shares stories about AS IT HAPPENS The international news life and the entertainment industry; 5/25 magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting Ronald Leopold, Executive Director of Corporation that probes the major stories the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam on
12 Available on KALW’s Local Music Player KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org/subscribe the moral dilemmas of Anne Frank as an BLUES POWER HOUR: Now available icon; 6/1 Mary Gaitskill discusses her lat- on the Local Music Player at kalw.org, and, est book Somebody With a Little Hammer; on occasion in place of Fog City Blues on 6/8 Mayim Bialik on what it means to Wednesday evenings. Keep up with Mark grow from a girl to a woman biologically, through the Blues Power Hour program psychologically and sociologically; 6/15 page on kalw.org, and at bluespower.com. Peter Hook, musician and co-founder of the seminal bands Joy Division and New BULLSEYE Host Jesse Thorn mixes it up Order; 6/22 Psychotherapist Esther Perel with personalities from the world of enter- talks about the shifted paradigm of our tainment & the arts. maximumfun.org approach to modern relationships; 6/29 (Saturday at 10am) Alan Alda, draws on acting, improvisation, science and storytelling, to reveal what it Hosts Joseph Pace and means to be a true communicator in every CITY VISIONS aspect of our lives. (Thursday at Noon) Ethan Elkind explores Bay Area issues. To participate, call (415) 841-4134 or email [email protected] or tweet us @cityvisionsKALW. (Monday at 7pm)
COUNTERSPIN An examination of the week’s news and that which masquerades as news. fair.org (Friday at 7:30pm)
CROSSCURRENTS The evening news- magazine from KALW News featuring in-depth reporting that provides context, Hida Viloria, on Binah May 11th. culture, and connections to communities around the Bay Area. kalw.org BLUEGRASS SIGNAL Traditional (Monday–Thursday at 5pm) and contemporary bluegrass and old time music, often thematically-based DAY 6 From the CBC in Toronto, host Brent and always including a calendar of area Bambury offers a different perspective on events. Produced and hosted by Peter the biggest stories of the week, and some Thompson and many associates. 4/8 you might have missed: technology, poli- Newly Discovered Bill Monroe, The tics, arts, pop culture, and big ideas. Day 6 Complete 1950-51 recordings; 4/15 Tax will give you something to think about, talk Day somehow inspires drinking songs; about, and maybe even to laugh about. 4/22 Happy Birthday Pat Enright: An www.cbc.ca/day6. (Friday at 6pm) overview of this singer’s music with the Nashville Bluegrass Band, Soggy Bottom Boys, Dreadful Snakes, Tasty Licks; 4/29 DISPATCH FROM KOLKATA Writer Your Rambling Letters: Looking back to Sandip Roy offers commentary and a a time before tweeting, texting, email, weekly audio postcard “from the new or even the home telephone, when India”. (Wednesday at 7:44am & 4:45pm) lonesome heartaches came by mail; 5/6 Waitin’ for the Hard Times to Go; 5/13 A DYING TO TALK Conversations aimed Mother’s Smile: A tribute to mothers in at transforming the taboos around death bluegrass for this Mother’s Day Weekend; 5/ 20 Fiddlekids live in the KALW stu- and dying, hosted by palliative care spe- dio; 5/27 Gearing Up For Grass Valley; cialist Dr. Dawn Gross. See full listing of 6/3 The Waters Murmured a Tune; 6/10 programs on p.4. Messing with Time: A birthday salute to the late, great guitarist Clarence White; FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM Songs from the 6/17 Hicks With Sticks; 6/24 500 Spring Great American Songbook, interwoven with Street: Bluegrass songs of incarceration. commentary from host Michael Lasser. (Saturday 6:30-8pm) wxxi.org/rhythm (Friday at 8pm) shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 13 Royal Jelly Jive, performing on Fog City Blues in KALW’s renovated Studio A.
FOG CITY BLUES Host Devon days.”; 6/3 San Francisco Free Folk Strolovitch brings you blues from the Bay Festival Preview: Pete and Jeremy from Area and beyond. fogcityblues.com the SF Folk Music Club will talk about the (Wednesday 9–11pm) upcoming festival on June 10th at Everett Middle School; 6/10 Words on Birds: Eagles and hawks and crows and mag- FOLK MUSIC & BEYOND Hosts pies and cranes from Donovan, the band JoAnn Mar and Bob Campbell present Magpie, Still on the Hill, the Battlefield the best in live and recorded contem- Band, and Dougie MacLean; 6/17 Sandy’s porary folk, traditional, and original Gumbo: Guest host Sandy Miranda music from America, England, Ireland, shares her musical stew with us; 6/24 Scotland, and other parts of the world. Potpourri: A wide-ranging mix to close 4/8 Ballads: Child ballads and more out the quarter. narratives from the tradition; 4/15 New kalwfolk.org (Saturday 3-5pm) and Recent Releases: The latest by blues singer Ruthie Foster, old-time fid- FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this weekday dler Rayna Gellert, Rhiannon Giddens, magazine of contemporary arts and issues. Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser & cellist freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am) Natalie Haas, Alison Krauss, The Stray Birds, and banjo master Noam Pikelny; FSFSF A weekly serving of Bay Area 4/22 Earth Day: Evocations of the natural comedy dished up by San Francisco’s own world and calls to rally to the defense of Nato Green. (Tuesday at 4:45pm) natural beings; 4/29 May Day: Beltane, Walpurgisnacht, all manner of celebra- tions of the blooming, buzzing confusion; HUMANKIND Voices of hope and human- 5/6 Rattling The Old Tin Cup: One of the ity, produced by David Freudberg. From two times during the year when we come following an urban naturalist in Oregon to to you for your support to help keep learning how to age gracefully, Humankind music on the air; 5/13 Dark Folk and Dark offers sound portraits of people making Americana; 5/20 Continental: Music from a difference in their communities and the France, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, world. humanmedia.org (Sunday at 6am) the Czech Republic, Greece, and Bosnia; 5/27 The Stray Birds Live: NPR Music IN DEEP WITH ANGIE COIRO calls this trio “one of the most promis- Angie Coiro is one of the Bay Area’s most ing bands on the folk music circuit these engaged and skillful interviewers. Angie
14 and her guests dive into conversations into what Kamau calls “a three-ring circus that matter, casting a sharp, inquisitive of relevance.” (Thursday at 7pm May 18th eye on America’s cultural underpinnings: & June 15th) politics, art, and society. (Mondays at 9pm) L. A. THEATRE WORKS Compelling Stories. Inspiring Playwrights. Headline INFLECTION POINT With more Actors. 4/7 California Suite by Neil Simon; women in leadership than ever before, 4/14 The Misanthrope by Moliére; 4/21 there’s no question our society is poised Kindertransport; 4/28 Together Tonight: for great change. In every episode, host Hamilton, Jefferson, Burr, by Norman Corwin; Lauren Schiller talks with the women who 5/5 Shadowlands by William Nicholson; are changing the status quo. 5/12 “Awake and Sing!” by Clifford Odets; (Friday at 11am) 5/19 The Assembled Parties by Richard Greenberg; 5/26 She Stoops to Conquer by INFORUM From the Commonwealth Oliver Goldsmith; 6/2 The Cocktail Hour by Club, programs recorded exclusively for A.R. Gurney; 6/9 Sight Unseen by Donald KALW that provide a forum for young Margulies; 6/16 Midsummer Night’s Dream people to access the best informed, most by William Shakespeare; 6/23 Jefferson’s involved, and brightest minds — be they Garden by Timberlake Wertenbaker.s. politicians, business gurus, thought lead- (Friday 9pm–11pm) ers, trendsetters or culture-jammers. LATINO USA Host Maria Hinojosa (Tuesday at 7pm) brings depth of experience, on-the- ground connections, and knowledge of INVISIBILIA NPR’s program that explores current and emerging issues impacting Latinos and other people of color. the unseen forces that shape human behav- latinousa.org (Friday at 1pm) ior. Hosted by Alix Spiegel, Lulu Miller, and Hanna Rosin. (Friday at 12pm in June.) LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly con- frontation over politics, policy and popular JIM HIGHTOWER A two minute shot culture with panelists from various political across the bow aimed at corporate and perspectives, including Robert Scheer on political corruption, heard exclusively in San the left, Rich Lowry on the right, and Josh Francisco on KALW. Barro in the center. kcrw.com (Friday at 7pm) (Monday and Tuesday at 7:30am) LE SHOW A weekly, hour-long romp KAMAU RIGHT NOW! The radical through the worlds of media, politics, new live talk show from comedian W. sports and show business, leavened with Kamau Bell that transforms the political an eclectic mix of mysterious music, host- and cultural conversation of the moment ed by Harry Shearer. harryshearer.com (Sunday at Noon)
W. Kamau Bell, on stage at The Nourse Theater with guest Malkia Cyril. shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 15 LIVING AMERICAN COMPOSERS: tal, and spiritual well being of humanity and NEW MUSIC FROM BOWLING the planet. newdimensions.org GREEN As part of the Bowling Green (Sunday at 7am) University’s contemporary music program, you can hear one hour of music devoted ON POINT From WBUR in Boston, Tom to living composers and their works. The Ashbrook hosts a daily show that seeks to show is produced by WGTE radio in Toledo, create a different kind of conversation about Ohio. wgte.org/newmusic (NEW ON KALW: the country and the world we live in. wbur. Monday at 11pm) org/onpoint (NEW ON KALW: Monday – Thursday at 11am) MINDS OVER MATTER Dana Rodriguez, and a rotating crew of pan- KALW’s weekly radio elists that includes The San Francisco OPEN AIR magazine of “most things (culturally) Chronicle’s Leah Garchik, and writer Gerry Nachman challenge each other considered” hosted by David Latulippe. and KALW’s audience on the Bay Area’s Interviews and live musical performances favorite quiz show. Celebrating its 20th from those involved in the Bay Area per- year on KALW. Call-in phone: (415) 841- forming arts scene. Recent guests have 4134. (Sunday at 7pm) included Michael Feinstein, Ben Vereen, Frank Sinatra, Jr., and a panoply of local musicians, actors, and choreographers, MORNING EDITION NPR’s signa- with frequent in-studio performances. ture morning show, with news updates from the BBC at the top of each hour. Regular contributor Peter Robinson The SFUSD school lunch menu at 6:49, offers suggestions and reviews of Bay and a daily almanac at 5:49 and 8:49. Area cultural happenings. All shows are Plus commentaries from Jim Hightower archived at kalw.org. (Thursday at 1pm) on Mondays and Tuesdays at 7:30, Crosscurrents Morning Report daily at 8:51, Sandip Roy’s Report from Kolkata on OPEN SOURCE Arts, ideas and politics Wednesdays at 7:44, World According to with Christopher Lydon. radiopensource.org Sound Fridays at 7:30 and Roman Mars’ (NEW TIME: Sunday at 4pm) 99% Invisible on Fridays at 7:44. npr.org (Weekdays 5–9am) THE MOTH RADIO HOUR Unscripted stories told live onstage, without props or notes — listeners are drawn to the stories, like moths to a flame. (Sunday at 6pm)
MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS New and unusual music by innovative compos- ers and performers around the world, brought to you by the staff at Other Minds in San Francisco. otherminds.org/mfom (Friday at 11pm) Mary McGrath and Christopher Lydon, executive producer and host of Open MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF Source. SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted by Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless A PATCHWORK QUILT Acoustic, world of space, ambient and contempla- Celtic, singer-songwriter, American tra- tive music. www.hos.com ditional, world musics, and a little bit of (Sunday 10pm–Midnight) everything else. Some of the week’s news in song. New recordings. Old friends. NEW DIMENSIONS A weekly dialogue Folks playing in town, some live in the that gives reasons for embracing hopeful- studio. Kevin Vance is host. ness regarding contemporary problems, (Saturday at 5pm) with perspectives relative to physical, men-
16 PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford Investigative Reporting and PRX. Philosophers John Perry and Ken Taylor revealradio.org. interview guest experts and respond (NEW TIME: Monday at 12pm) to questions from listeners. Philosophy Talk questions everything…except your intelligence. 4/9 Captivity; 4/16 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE Sarah Cahill’s weekly program of new Remixing Reality: Art and Literature in and classical music. Interviews and the 21st Century; 4/23 Philosophy of music from a broad range of internation- Lived Experience: Phenomenology is the ally acclaimed and local contemporary philosophical study of experience and composers and musicians, with previews consciousness; 4/30 Machiavelli; 5/7 The of Bay Area concerts. sarahcahill.com Limits of Medical Consent: In our health- (Sunday 8–10pm) care system, parents normally make medical decisions for their kids because, we think, children are not competent SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD to make such decisions for themselves. MEETINGS Live gavel-to-gavel broad- Similarly, we permit doctors to violate or cast of the San Francisco Unified School defer consent for mentally incompetent District board meetings from 555 Franklin adults; 5/14 Should Beliefs Aim at Truth: Street in San Francisco. While the Board If beliefs can be described as having a is in closed session, educator Carol Kocivar goal or purpose, then surely that is some- presents an interview feature, “Looking thing like aiming at the truth; 5/21 Babies at Education.” www.sfusd.edu (Tuesday at and the Birth of Morality: Doing the right 6pm, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/13, 6/20) thing is often an extremely difficult task. Yet psychological research indicates that infants as young as 21 months old have a SANTA FE CHAMBER MUSIC crude sense of what is right and wrong; FESTIVAL Since it was founded in 1972, 5/28 Nonhuman Rights: Human rights the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival has are enjoyed by simply because they’re become one of the world’s preeminent music human. But what about other animals, festivals. The Festival showcases distin- like monkeys, elephants, and dolphins?; guished musicians, along with emerging tal- 6/4 Queerness: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, ent, during its 6-week season. santafecham- Transgender, Transsexual…; 6/11 Second- bermusic.com/radio (Monday at 9pm in April Guessing Ourselves: We like to think of & June) ourselves as self-aware, reflective beings, but we’re usually overconfident in the SELECTED SHORTS Celebrity read- accuracy of our own beliefs; 6/18 Jürgen ers from stage and screen, recorded at Habermas and the philosophy of democ- Symphony Space in NYC. 4/9 Kathryn racy; 6/25 The philosophical summer Erbe performs La Sainte-Vierge by Daphne reading list. philosophytalk.org (Sunday du Maurier, and Paul Giamatti performs at 10am, rebroadcast Tuesday at Noon) Pilgrimage to Earth, by Robert Sheckley; 4/16 Selections from The Best of the Harvard Lampoon, including works by RADIOLAB The curious minds of Jad Jonathan Adler, Patricia Marx, BJ Novak, and Abumrad and Robert Krulwich explore the Paul Simms, Readers include Wyatt Cenac, boundaries that blur science, philosophy, Richard Masur, and Alysia Reiner; 4/23 Isaiah and human experience. radiolab.org. Sheffer reads Mortals, by Tobias Wolff, and (Tuesday at 10pm) Marsha Stephanie Blake reads Edwidge Danticat’s Reading Lessons; 4/30 The Proxy RECORD SHELF Jim Svejda reviews com- Marriage, by Maile Meloy, read by Patricia pact discs and explores classical music. Kalember, and The Worm in the Apple, by kusc.org. (Monday at 10pm) John Cheever, read by Anne Meara; 5/7 Guest host Sonia Manzano presents sto- REVEAL The Peabody Award-winning ries about uncharted territories; 5/14 Jane investigative journalism program for Kaczmarek, Rene Auberjonois, and Zach public radio, produced by The Center for Grenier read Margaret Atwood’s There Was Once; Jane Kaczmarek reads Tove Jansson’s
shaded boxes indicate locally-produced programming 17 A Leading Role; and Michael Shannon reads THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK Host Smith Henderson’s Treasure State. selected- Fiona Ritchie with well-established and shorts.org (Sunday at 5pm) newly emerging artists that explore Celtic roots in Europe and North America. 4/8 SIGHTS & SOUNDS Your weekly The Great Tapestry: Follow the great musi- guide to the Bay Area arts scene through cal migration from Scotland, through Ulster the eyes and ears of local artists. Every to Appalachia; 4/15 Common Currency: week, host Jen Chien speaks with a Instrumental links and song streams that different local artist about upcoming connect musical traditions across miles and local arts events. (Thursday at 7:44am & oceans; 4/22 Spring Sounds; 4/29 Singer/ 4:45pm) Songwriters: An abundance of songwrit- ing talent on this week’s show takes us on a tour around the landscapes that inspire SNAP JUDGMENT Host Glynn their music; 5/6 Bridges: Music marks the Washington explores decisions that landmarks that span our landscapes and is define lives, taking listeners on an addic- its own bridge across time and place; 4/13 tive narrative that walks a mile in some- Celtic Piano: In the right hands, the driving one else’s shoes — a rhythmic blend of rhythms of fiddle music and the ornamenta- drama, humor, music, and personality. tion of Celtic pipes and harp will all dance Produced in Oakland, distributed nation- freely on piano keys. Join us for a trip to the wide by WNYC. snapjudgment.org heart of the Celtic piano music. (Saturday at 11am and Wednesday at 1pm) thistleradio.com (Saturday at 2pm)
THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme SOUND OPINIONS Smart and spirited each week with contributions from a vari- discussions about a wide range of popular ety of writers and performers, hosted by music, from cutting-edge underground Ira Glass. thislife.org (Sunday at 1pm and rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B, elec- Wednesday at Noon) tronica, and worldbeat. Hosted by music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot from the studios of WBEZ in Chicago. THIS WAY OUT LGBT stories and news soundopinions.org (Sunday at 3pm & NEW from around the corner and around the TIME: Wednesday at 11pm) world, produced by Greg Gordon in Los Angeles. thiswayout.org (Thursday at 5:30pm) THE SPOT A half-hour of the best podcasts from public radio’s most innova- tive producers. Curated and hosted by TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE Ashleyanne Krigbaum. (Sunday at 2pm & An audio magazine that offers a fresh per- NEW TIME: Tuesday at 11pm) spective on the cultural topics that shape today’s headlines. ttbook.org (Sunday 8–10am) TANGENTS An unusually diverse, genre-bending program hosted by Dore TUC RADIO (Time of Useful Stein that explores the bridges connect- Consciousness) Probing reports on the ing various styles of music, from world impact of big corporations on society. and roots to creative jazz hybrids. tucradio.org (Sunday at 6:30am) tangents.com (Saturday 8pm–Midnight) WAIT WAIT ... DON’T TELL ME NPR’s weekly hour-long quiz program, hosted THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW Peter Sagal. Test your knowledge against A weekly high-energy discussion of political, some of the best and brightest in news and cultural, and global issues of particular rel- entertainment while figuring out what’s real evance to African Americans. news and what’s made up. (Saturday at 9am) tavissmileyradio.com (Friday at Noon)
18 Produced by Sam Harnett and Chris Hoff WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and at the studios of KALW. theworld NPR wrap up the week’s events — plus accordingtosound.org (Friday at 7:30am) arts and newsmakers interviews. npr.org (Saturday 6–9am) WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY An interac- WEST COAST LIVE! San Francisco’s tive program on key issues in the news with “live radio program to the world” hosted a worldwide audience. To participate in the by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike live webcast at bbc.com at 7am, call 011 44 Greensill. Two hours of conversation, 20 70 83 72 72 or email worldhaveyoursay@ performance, and play, broadcast live bbc.com. worldhaveyoursay.com from locations around the Bay Area. (Tuesday–Thursday at 11am, tape delayed) Tickets online at wcl.org (Saturday at Noon) WRITER’S ALMANAC Garrison Keillor’s daily digest of all things literary. writersalmanac.com (Weekdays at 9:01am) WORK WITH MARTY NEMKO Career coach Marty Nemko talks with listeners about work issues, from finding YOUR CALL Politics and culture, the perfect job to networking, and dialogue and debate, hosted by Rose regularly offers “3 minute workovers.” Aguilar. To participate, call (415) 841-4134. Guests have included Alan Dershowitz, yourcallradio.org (Weekdays at 10am. Cokie Roberts, Jack Welch, Suze Orman, Rebroadcast Monday–Thursday at 8pm, Robert Reich, and Obama strategist Friday at 5pm) Robert Cialdini. And his wife, Barbara Nemko, comes in periodically to give him a hard time. martynemko.com YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS San Mateo (Sunday at 11am) Deputy District Attorney Chuck Finney talks with listeners about legal and con- sumer problems. Call in your questions to WORLD ACCORDING TO SOUND Chuck and his team of guest attorneys: The miniature radio show that tells the (415) 841-4134. (Wednesday at 7pm) stories of rare and remarkable sounds.
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