KALW

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KALW is rooted in the Bay Area and inspired by the world. We create and curate programming that is informative, innovative, inclusive, and entertaining. We nurture new and underrepresented voices. Our goal is to engage the individual and strengthen the connections between us.


With its diverse leadership and staff, and the voices of the communities we serve, KALW Public Media is on a mission to inspire audiences and tell the human story in all its breadth and richness. Justice, equity, and community creation are at the heart of everything KALW does.
The station is shaping public media’s future by building upon its legacy for innovation and what’s next, as well as by training, nurturing and amplifying local voices and makers. The station will continue to seek out and showcase the best from around the globe, and serve as an essential and trusted source for news, music, culture, podcasting and digital media.

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  • Updated: May 31, 2007
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Context, culture and connection from around the Bay Area.

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  • Updated: Jan 04, 2011
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Stories of emerging musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area -- in their own words and music. Produced by KALW.

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  • Updated: May 20, 2014
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom.
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Diana Arbas is a student teacher at Oakland High School, and this is Diana’s radio diary of her first year of teaching.

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  • Updated: Oct 09, 2013
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KALW has partnered with radio producers inside California's oldest prison to bring you the San Quentin Prison Report, a series of stories focusing on the experiences of these men, written and produced by those living inside the prison's walls.

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  • Updated: Mar 25, 2015
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The Sights & Sounds of Bayview is a radio series featuring stories about the remarkable people who live, work, and make a positive impact in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood. This series was produced by KALW 91.7FM's storytelling project 'Hear Here', in partnership with the San Francisco Arts Commission.

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  • Updated: Mar 24, 2018
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The Litography Project is an interactive and evolving map that honors the Bay Area’s literary past, present, and future.

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  • Updated: Nov 28, 2014
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The Spiritual Edge is a radio and web project from KALW Public Radio in San Francisco that will explore the innovative American spirit through the lens of spirituality and religion.

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  • Updated: Dec 29, 2014
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Stories of leading women working in STEM industries in the Bay Area. Produced by KALW.

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  • Updated: May 20, 2014
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A good story has the power to make you listen deeply, tuning your ear to something beyond yourself. The Emergence Magazine Listening Hour is a new special series exploring the timeless connections between ecology, culture, and spirituality. Featuring interviews, narrated essays, poems, and immersive audio experiences from the world’s leading ecological thinkers, writers and artists, it brings you stories that illuminate pathways back to connection with the living world. 12 episodes / New episodes drop every Monday, beginning April 22.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2024

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One of the areas hit hardest by state budget cuts is California’s judicial branch. Governor Jerry Brown and the Legislature cut $350 million from t...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:56
Caption: Xenopus, or the African clawed frog, can be found in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
Science loves a frog. And why not? They're easily disassembled, they produce large numbers of transparent embryos, and they walk goofy. But our ...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
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Caption: Jeff Chen, founder of Pick up America speaks with volunteers cleaning up the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline., Credit: Laura Flynn
Pick up America is the nation’s first coast-to-coast litter pick up. KALW's Laura Flynn met the clean up volunteers when they arrived in San Franci...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
Caption: Inmate Johnny Ames demonstrates his welding skills., Credit: Kyung-Jin Lee
After decades of neglect, prison rehabilitation programs are seeing a resurgence, despite some hiccups. For California, this emphasis on rehabilita...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 2
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From Santa Monica to Seattle, several cities on the West Coast have enacted sit/lie laws. San Francisco began enforcing its Sit/Lie Ordinance in Ma...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
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There are many ways to support your candidates- or propositions-of-choice before voting on November 6. You can obviously give your time, by volunte...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
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Tiki, Hula Girl, Tagalong, Smokey, Bambi and Blondie, Dumbo, Koko, Pudin Dandridge, and Hollywood are some of the names inscribed across the grave ...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
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Caption: Democrat Eric Swalwell is challenging Democrat incumbent Pete Stark in the race to represent California's 15th Congressional District.
For the past 39 years, the California’s 15th Congressional District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by 81-year-old Pete S...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
Caption: Neptune Society Columbarium, San Francisco
Oh, how the residents of San Francisco love their city! So often they’ll say, “We never plan to leave here. Never!” That’s a great sentiment, but t...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: Sonja Trauss is running as a write-in candidate for the BART board in her district., Credit: Courtesy of http://www.district7.trauss.com/#!voting/c1u32
If you’ve got a mailbox, chances are that at this point in the election season, it’s stuffed with campaign literature. You might be so sick of it t...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:37