Podcast Episodes

40 Years on, How Does Proposition 13 Impact the California Dream?

How has the controversial law - which essentially locks in a homeowner's property tax to the year they bought their home - affected four different Oa…

7 years, 9 months ago

She Strived to Be the Perfect Mom, and Landed in the Psych Ward

Motherhood was going great for Lisa Abramson, until the walls started talking to her. But being in the hospital made her feel more crazy.

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7 years, 9 months ago

Families Pulling Together to Confront Life’s Obstacles

'Surrogate Family’ Supports Migrant Mom, How Did Raymond Mata in a Mass Grave, Attack of the Nutria, Saying Goodbye to Paradise.

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7 years, 9 months ago

17andMe

Daley Dunham was a junior at UC Berkeley when he decided to donate sperm. He likened it to donating blood — an opportunity to do something good for a…

7 years, 10 months ago

Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search for Family From Jonestown and Beyond

Forty years ago, preacher Jim Jones ordered hundreds of his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch. One man unravels the tangled family history that …

7 years, 10 months ago

Veterans Day Special: Californians and The Vietnam War

‘The Green Machine’, ‘Ode to a Vietnam Vet’

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7 years, 10 months ago

Women Finding Their Political Voice

First Time Candidates Reflect on ‘The Long Run’, Millennial and Retiree Candidates Swap Advice, Hotel Workers Push for ‘Panic Buttons’, Golden State …

7 years, 10 months ago

Spooky Tales of Ghosts and California History

The Ghost of Mary Pleasant, Haunted Lighthouse, Fishy Origins of Cioppino, An Orphan’s California Dream

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7 years, 11 months ago

SPECIAL: Her Double Life

A San Jose woman wonders if it's time to tell the truth.

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7 years, 11 months ago

One Year After Firestorm, Some Scars, Some Hope

Caregivers Save Lives But Lose Everything, KPFZ: Lake County’s Wildfire Lifeline, ‘A Little Broken,’ Fire Baby Turns One

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7 years, 11 months ago