One Planet The new Monday series from Your Call p. 7 Why we chose 1A Join Joshua Johnson for conversations about a changing America p.5 Shostakovich! Robert Greenberg unpacks the controversial Russian genius p. 4 GM Matt Martin: Change p. 3 Lots of ideas to listen to on Sunday morning p.9 The new team at Philosophy Talk p. 8 An interview with Inflection Point host Lauren Schiller p. 6 Fall 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, Nikki Bengal, Susan Bergman, Laura Bernabei, Christopher Boehm, Karl Bouldin, Robbie Brandwynne, Karen Brehm, Nathan Brennan, Diane Brett, Joshua Brody, Marie Camp, Jessica Chylik, Linda Clever, Susan Colowick, Peter Conheim, Keith Dabney, Carolyn Deacy, Roger Donaldson, Louis Dorsey, James Coy Driscoll, Laura Drossman, Kai Dwyer, Linda Eby, Eleanor Eliott, 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, Franzi Latko, Claire LaVaute, Joseph Lepera, Margaret Levitt, Fred Lipschultz, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, William Maggs, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Ann Maley, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, John MacDevitt, Robert McCloud, Michael McGinley, Sylvie Merlin, Matt Miller, Susan Miller, Linda Morine, Reba Myall- Martin, John Navas, Brian Neilson, Antonio Nierras, Laura Niespolo,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, Angelo Sphere, Kevin Stamm, Tim Sullivan, Flora Summers, Bian Tan, Howard Tharsing, Madelon Thompson, 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 Ben Trefny, News Director Eli Wirtschafter, Reporter William Helgeson, Jen Chien, Managing Editor Lee Romney, Reporter Operations Manager Hana Baba, Host/Reporter W. Kamau Bell, Host Phil Hartman, Engineering Jeremy Dalmas, Producer Max Jacobs, Producer Annette Bistrup, Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Producer Phil Surkis, Producer Development Director Angela Johnston, Producer Becca Hoekstra, Producer Truc Nguyen, Membership Jackie Sojico, Producer Maia Harris, Producer Chris Hambrick, Membership Jenee Darden, Producer Eric Jansen, Announcer Olga Volodina, Membership Judy Silber, Producer Shipra Shukla, Program Lisa Morehouse, Editor Debi Kennedy, Announcer Information Andrew Stelzer, Editor Damien Minor, Announcer Ashleyanne Krigbaum, Raquel Maria Dillon, Editor Colin Peden, Announcer Announcer Josh Wilson, Digital Editor Bob Sommer, Announcer David Latulippe, Announcer James Rowlands, News Engineer Kevin Vance, Announcer JoAnn Mar, Announcer Hannah Kingsley-Ma, Producer Eric Wayne, Announcer Rose Aguilar, Host Liza Veale, Producer Jeanne Marie Acceturo, Malihe Razazan, Sr. Producer Holly McDede, Reporter 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: Joshua Johnson (Credit: WAMU), Dmitri Shostakovich in 1950 (Credit: Deutsche Fotothek), A depiction of the velocities of Antarctic ice streams as they move toward the ocean (Credit: NASA/JPL). 2 Change In November 2001, When I started here, we when I first came to KALW, were simply trying to prove the world was in turmoil. that KALW matters, that we The show I’d been hired were capable of doing im- to produce had launched portant work on the radio just a week after the 9/11 and in the community. We attacks. Its host Laura have done that. Flanders was broadcast- Now, KALW needs a ing from her apartment in leader who will be strategic New York, just blocks from about growth, ensuring that ground zero. it’s sustainable as well as It was the right show for dynamic. It needs someone the moment. And it hap- who will get out of the sta- pened because a change- tion and in to the commu- maker was running KALW. nity, building relationships and bringing Nicole Sawaya became GM in March in resources that will make it possible for 2001, with a determination to make the station to move to the next stage in things happen at what had been a rela- its development. tively quiet public radio station. As much as I love KALW and cherish Within a year, she launched Working the people it has brought into my life, I Assets Radio, which became Your Call. know I am not that leader. I came to this She partnered with Sandy Close at New station as a producer, and I remain more America Media to create Upfront – which a maker than a builder. brought Holly Kernan to KALW as its At this point in its history, the station producer and Sandip Roy as its host. needs a builder to make it strong and And she answered a letter that came lead it forward. So I am going to step over the transom from public radio aside and make way for a new GM. wannabe Roman Mars. I am committed to seeing this process Nicole started something at KALW, through and doing everything I can to and when I took the reins in 2006, she get someone great to take my place. left me with some principles: Take risks And I will be here to give them all the and support talented people. Create support and knowledge I can during the partnerships and minimize hierarchy. transition. And speak directly to the listeners. If you care about KALW, I encourage I have done my best to stick to those you to increase your engagement with principles, and KALW has continued to the station in the months ahead. be an engine for original programming Listen to a new program, or subscribe – 99% Invisible, Binah, Crosscurrents, to the podcast of one you love. Connect Dispatches from Kolkata, Fog City Blues, with a programmer or reporter whose Explorations in Music, Kamau Right work you value. Make a special contri- Now!, Sights & Sounds, Dying to Talk, bution, or consider putting the station Inflection Point, The Stoop . the list in your estate plans. And if you know truly goes on. someone – in public media or beyond – The life of the station has also trans- who you think could be the great next formed. When I arrived, KALW was a leader of this station, please let them quiet place to work. Now it’s bustling know about this opportunity. with reporters, producers, trainees in In our current time of turmoil, the our Audio Academy, and an active corps importance of independent, creative, of regular volunteers in our front office. community-based media just keeps I am incredibly proud of how the sta- growing. Let’s keep it strong at KALW. tion has grown. I’m also acutely aware that with that growth, the role of the Sincerely, station’s leader has to change. Matt Martin, GM 3 Explorations In Music Shostakovich ~ Part 1 Mondays at 9pm Dmitri Shostakovich was one of the 20th century’s most gifted composers, but he lived in constant fear of the totalitarian Soviet regime. Join Dr. Robert Greenberg and the Alexander String Quartet for the twelfth season of “Explorations,“ with KALW’s David Latulippe as your broadcast host. “When he died in Moscow on December 9, 1975, he was hailed as a ‘hero of the people,’” says Professor Greenberg. “But we know him as a survivor, a witness, and an artist who spoke for all of humanity.” October 2: String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49 (1938) October 9: String Quartet No. 2 Deutsche Fotothek photo in A Major Op. 68 (1944) Dmitri Shostakovich October 16: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73 (1946) October 23: String Quartet No. 4 in D Major, Op. 83 (1949) October 30: String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op.