photo: Julie Caine The View from KALW San Francisco, as seen from Burton High School, home to KALW’s studios. Hear the new season of Radiolab Tuesday at 10pm Stories from Latin America & around the Bay Area (see p. 5) (see p. 7) July/August/September 2012 KALW: By and for the community . COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS AIA, San Francisco • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeley Symphony Orchestra • Burton High School • Center for Architecture and Design • Global Exchange • INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • LitQuake • Mills College • New America Media • Oakland Asian Cultural Center • Other Minds • outLoud • Radio Ambulante • San Francisco Conservatory of Music • SF Performances • StoryCorps • Youth Radio FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS The Cow Hollow Foundation • Craigslist Fund • The Friedman Family Foundation • Ira & Leonore Gershwin Trusts • Rosenberg Foundation • The Walter and Elise Haas Fund • The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation KALW VOLUNTEER PRODUCERS Rose Arrieta, Wendy Baker, Sarag Bernard, Zoe Brezsny, Susie Britton, Sarah Cahill, Bob Campbell, Jayme Catsouphes, Leila Day, Lisa Denenmark, Julia Dewitt, Fatima Duran, Matt Fidler, Chuck Finney, Bryan Flaig, Irene Florez, Richard Friedman, Emily Gadek, Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Mwende Hahesy, Carolina Hidalgo, Eric Jansen, Monica Jensen, Nathanael Johnson, Angela Johnston, Jordan Katz, Carol Kocivar, Artjoms Konohovs, Ashleyanne Krigbaum, Tajha Lanier, David Latulippe, JoAnn Mar, Martin MacClain, Holly McDede, Lauren Meltzer, Charlie Mintz, Sandy Miranda, Emmanuel Nado, Mark Naftalin, Marty Nemko, Nina Nicole, Edwin Okong’o, Kevin Oliver, Joseph Pace, Marilyn Pittman, Lisa Ratner, Mary Rees, Dana Rodriguez, David Ross, Steven Short, Judy Silber, Isaac Silk, Antoinette Siu, Dore Stein, Devon Strolovitch, Katie Styer, Niels Swinkels, Peter Thompson, Victoria Thorp, Kevin Vance, Chloe Veltman, David Waldorf, Mariel Waloff, Melanie Young KALW VOLUNTEERS Daniel Aarons, Susan Aberg, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Leon Bayer, Laura Bernabei, Bruce Bernstein, Marc Branco, Robbie Brandwynne, Diane Brett, Andrew Broderick, Joshua Brody, Ronald Chase, Valeri Clarke, Linda Clever, Peter Conheim, Carolyn Deacy, James Coy Driscoll, Doug Dyment, Jim & Joy Esser, Steve Fankuchen, Peter Fortune, Janet Lee Frankel, Nina Frankel, Dave Gomberg, Ashley Gould, Jo Gray, Terence Groepner, Paula Groves, Stefan Gruenwedel, Ted Guggenheim, Dan Gunning, Roger Hall, Ian Hardcastle, Jeffrey Hayden, Donna Heatherington, Christine Holdrup, Kent Howard, Judge Eugene Hyman, Lynn Jefferson, Jenny Jens, Kathleen Kaplan, Brenda Kett, Lou Kipilman, I. 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Klein, Sarah Kulberg, Joseph Lepera, Fred Lipshultz, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, Colleen McAvoy, Michael McGinley, Yasmine Mehmet, Fred & Cheryl Merrick, Antonio Nierras, Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, Art Persyko, Catherine Raye- Wong, Peter Robinson, Ronald Rohde, Rick Rose, Marti Roush, Maureen Russell, Bryan Schwartz, Marc Seidenfeld, Mo Shooer, Kevin Stamm, John Sullivan, Bian Tan, Ann Temple, Yuyu Thein, Sal Timpano, Coban Tun, David Vartanoff, Sheila Walsh, Charlie Wegerle, Harry Weller, Patrick Wheeler, Marianne Wiener, Steve Wilcott, Greg Wynn OUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Superintendent: Carlos Garcia • Board of Commissioners: Sandra Lee Fewer, Kim-Shree Maufus, Hydra Mendoza, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Jill Wynns, Norman Yee • Director, Office of Public Outreach and Communications: Gentle Blythe KALW Personnel Matt Martin, General Manager Martina Castro, Managing Nancy Mullane, Reporter William Helgeson, News Editor Rose Aguilar, Host Operations Manager Audrey Dilling, Producer Malihe Razazan, Producer David Latulippe, Administration Chris Hoff, News Engineer Ali Budner, Producer Phil Hartman, Engineering Erica Mu, News Tech Support Annette Bistrup, Membership Seth Samuel, News Engineer Part-time announcers Emily Algire, Membership Hana Baba, Host/Reporter Eric Jansen Joe Burke, Announcer Casey Miner, Reporter/Editor Debi Kennedy Alan Farley, Senior Announcer Julie Caine, Reporter David Latulippe JoAnn Mar, Announcer Jennifer Chien, Reporter Bob Sommer Holly Kernan, News Director Nicole Jones, Reporter Kevin Vance Ben Trefny, Executive News Editor Kyung-Jin Lee, 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 For general comments, membership inquiries, and non-profit Public Service Announcement requests, use the following email address: [email protected] © Contents KALW KALW program guide edited by Matt Martin and David Latulippe, 869-M designed by Georgette Petropoulos, Howard Quinn Company 2 Manager’s Notes KALW is a creative community enter- ship drives. Not to prise. Its vitality comes from the people who mention phe- decide to actively participate in Local Public nomenal people Radio. like Brenda Kett, First and foremost, that means our Michael McGinley, listener-supporters. And because of the gen- Doug Dyment, erosity of more than 11,000 active members, Jack Major, Horace the station is building a financial reserve and Marks . able to look to the future. The problem But another important measure of com- is, once I start this munity participation in KALW can be found list, it’s very hard in the fine print on the page opposite this to stop. There are one: The growing list of names identified as just so many people who give of themselves “Volunteers” and Volunteer Producers”. to this station, and who define its character with their generosity, warmth and humor. As a listener, you probably recognize the contributions made by volunteer hosts like And it’s when we do something special, Marilyn Pittman, Kevin Vance, Marty Nemko, like hosting Tavis Smiley & Cornel West at Edwin Okong’o and Dana Rodriguez, whose The Paramount, that the expanding base voices and knowledge make KALW a lot of KALW volunteers comes into relief. We more interesting to listen to. And if you tune could never have committed to such a huge in to Crosscurrents and hear all those names undertaking without knowing we’d have doz- in “the team” at the end of each broadcast, ens of volunteers to join the effort – greeting you may have some sense of how crucial people in the lobby, helping coordinate with volunteers are to KALW News. our partners, and organizing our meet and greet with local civic and community leaders. But unless you spend your days around the station, you may not understand the However you choose to participate in extent to which its day-to-day operations KALW – and it may simply be reading this depend on people who give their time and guide and learning more about the station’s energy to KALW. diverse programming – thank you. And if you’d like to be more actively involved in People like Toni Lozica and Tom Mason, Local Public Radio, please feel free to get in (see p. 6) who’ve been showing up to work at touch. the station every week for decades, and who Sincerely, package and mail nearly every thank you gift. Or Marti Roush, who quietly ensures that people who support this station are properly thanked. Or Donna Heatherington, who’s made it her personal mission to build posi- Matt Martin tive relationships with local businesses that General Manager donate food and drink during our member- [email protected] Have you seen our new bike stickers around town? Want a bumper sticker? Yours for the asking! Share your KALW pride… call 415-841-4121 or ask for one (or 2!) by email: [email protected] 3 Smiley & West at the Paramount Nearly 2,000 people from around the Bay Area came to the Paramount Theatre in Oakland on April 28th to hear Tavis Smiley & Cornel West talk about their book The Rich & the Rest of Us and the impact of rising poverty and inequal- ity on our democracy. KALW’s Rose Aguilar introduced Tavis & Dr. West, and led a lively audience Q&A session. Before and after the discussion, audience members had an opportunity to interact with KALW’s community partners: Alameda County Food Bank, ACCE (Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment), Causa Justa/Just Cause, Center for Urban Schools and Part- nerships at Mills College, EARN (Earned Assets Resource Network), East Bay Community Foundation, EBASE (East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy), East Oakland Community Project, Ella Baker Center, Family Independence Initiative, PICO California (People Improving Communities through Organizing), San Francisco Food Bank, United Way Bay Area, The Unity Council, Urban Habitat, Women’s Economic Agenda Project, and Youth Radio. Thanks to those organizations for mak- ing the night successful and valuable, and to KALW volunteer Rob Guettler, who captured some of the special moments of the evening on camera. KALW’s Malihe Razazan, Rose Aguilar, and Holly Kernan A DVD of the event is available for a contribution to KALW at kalw.org, or via our Membership Department at 500 Mansell Street, San Francisco, CA 94134. An audience member learns about EBASE. 4 ThisLatin American Life: Radio Ambulante^ On the Move Radio Ambulante is a new can delight in the details, the Spanish-language radio pro- humor, the particularities of gram showcasing compelling speech, of dialects. Some- human stories from around thing is always lost in transla- Latin America