Podcast Episodes

‘That’s Where I Grew Up’: The Wuhan Natives Organizing Aid From The Bay

Thousands of college graduates from Wuhan live in the Bay Area. Some of them have formed a non-profit to help their hometown fight the coronavirus.

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Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Reckoning With Sexual Assault at Berkeley High School

Why protesters at Berkeley High School say they're fed up with how their school responds to allegations of sexual assault.

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Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

The Story of Change in Oakland Through the Old Capwell Building

The building in Oakland now known as Uptown Station has a long history. And if you follow that history, you can see just how much the city has changed.

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Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

San Francisco’s Man-Made Taxi Medallion Crisis

In 2010, San Francisco started selling taxi medallions. Now, some drivers are in so much debt that the stress causes physical pain.

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Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

A Black Chef’s Dream of Returning to the Fillmore

Fernay McPherson has built up her business, piece by piece, for six years. Today, you can find Minnie Bell's Soul Movement at the Emeryville Public Market.

But Fernay's biggest professional dream is…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

‘Fui Muy Afortunado’: How One Asylum-Seeker Made It to the Bay Area

It’s been about one year since the Trump administration changed how seeking asylum works at the U.S-Mexico border. The so-called “Remain in Mexico” policy means that tens of thousands of migrants fro…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

To Be Asian With a Face Mask During the Coronavirus Outbreak

When Santa Clara University's provost sent an email reminding people to be aware of their racial biases around the coronavirus, Sherry Wang, a professor in the school's Department of Counseling Psych…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Why One of California’s Biggest Housing Bills Failed

SB 50 would have made big changes to the way housing in California gets built. So why did it fail?

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Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

The ‘Casual Corruption’ of San Francisco’s Mohammed Nuru

Mohammed Nuru has been in San Francisco city government for a long time. He was appointed to the Public Works department in 2000 by then-Mayor Willie Brown and eventually became the director of that …

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Is Your Food Delivery Order Legit?

What happens when food delivery apps add local restaurants without the owners' permission?

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Published on 5 years, 11 months ago