Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKatherine Dunn on ‘How GPS Shaped the Modern World’
We rely on the Global Positioning System for so much — mapping our commutes, tracking our runs, hailing ride shares, matching with dates and more — t…
3 weeks ago
Bay Area Communities Resist Data Center Boom
Communities across the Bay Area, including Gilroy, Oakley and Pittsburg, are pushing back on new data centers in their cities. Data centers, which ho…
3 weeks ago
Forum From The Archives: Ibram X. Kendi Chronicles Impact and Spread of 'Great Replacement Theory'
Historian Ibram X. Kendi says that in order to understand the rise of authoritarianism, we need to understand great replacement theory. It’s the raci…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Forum from the Archives: Poet Kevin Young Explores History and Loss in His Newest Collection, "Night Watch"
New Yorker magazine poetry editor Kevin Young has called poetry "the most efficient mode of time travel." In his new volume of poems "Night Watch,” Y…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
A 900-Mile Swim Along California’s Coast
Ultra-endurance athlete Catherine Breed has accomplished many physical feats — including a record-breaking swim across Lake Tahoe—but her latest chal…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Jonathan Weber’s 'City on the Edge' Chronicles Decades-Long Battles Over Tech, Politics and the Soul of San Francisco
Journalist Jonathan Weber has had a front row seat to San Francisco’s many rises and falls as the nation’s tech capital since the early 1990s. His ne…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Climate Change is Unleashing New and Deadly Microbes
We tend to focus on how climate change affects coral reefs, sea turtles and polar bears on melting ice. But we rarely focus on how climate change is …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Cigarettes Are Cool Again and Health Advocates are Worried
Cigarettes are cool again…especially with GenZ. Despite decades of anti-smoking campaigns, you’re likely to see more young people smoking in films, a…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
In a World Run by Algorithms, Hollywood Fights for Its Soul
It’s no longer news that Hollywood studios are using artificial intelligence in editing, animation, visual effects and more. But last week “Dreams of…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
In “I Love Boosters,” it’s Boots Riley’s World
Oakland filmmaker, rapper and activist Boots Riley’s new film ‘I Love Boosters’ is a surreal crime comedy that follows three women who shoplift cloth…
3 weeks, 6 days ago