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Armed Asian Women, Filling The Shoes of a Mom Lost to COVID, Space Force for CA Teens
For some Asian women who were on the fence about buying guns for protection, the racist violence of the past year pushed them over the edge. Reporter…
5 years, 3 months ago
Teens Say #MeToo, Good News For Trans Asylum Seeker, Mourning Two Pandemics
When most schools across California shut down last year, teenagers were stuck at home. For some, that meant months alone to reflect on experiences of…
5 years, 3 months ago
‘On Our Watch’ Podcast Examines the Shadow World of Police Discipline
This week we bring you an excerpt from a new investigative reporting podcast produced by KQED and NPR. After a new state law unsealed dozens of inter…
5 years, 4 months ago
Quest for a Hollywood Star, Traveling Violinists Bring Joy, & California's 'Top Chef'
Arnett Moore is launching a one-man campaign: to get his aunt, actress Juanita Moore, a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Juanita receiv…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Year of Singing Dangerously
COVID-19 devastated California’s arts and culture world. But the blow to singers across the state has been particularly harsh, and not just financial…
5 years, 4 months ago
Immediate Jeopardy: Death and Neglect in California Nursing Homes
Families put their loved ones in nursing homes because they think they’ll receive better care. They assume someone will keep an eye out. But that’s n…
5 years, 4 months ago
Diary of a Contact Tracer + Youth Takeover
Even though many of us might feel like we’ve got more of a handle on the coronavirus pandemic now, we will all be marked by it forever—especially tho…
5 years, 5 months ago
Aarti Shahani's 'Art of Power' + Remembering a Mom, ER Worker, and Mentor to Native Youth
So much of what our country is wrestling with right now are questions about power. How do we hold people in power accountable? How can people who hav…
5 years, 5 months ago
'I Lost My Brother to COVID in San Quentin' + Trading in Desks for Tree Stumps
We’ve been asking our listeners to tell us about loved ones they’ve lost. This week, we bring you the first in a series of stories to remember them. …
5 years, 5 months ago
‘A Butterfly With My Wings Cut Off’: A Transgender Asylum Seeker’s Quest to Come to California
This week, we bring you a documentary we first aired in December that generated a lot of response from our listeners, changing life for the person at…
5 years, 5 months ago