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.

  • From: KALW
  • 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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Caption: Local singer-songwriter Kelly McFarling
Local musician Kelly McFarling wrote her song “Atlanta” as an ode to her hometown, but she didn’t write it – or any other song, as a matter of fact...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 09:40
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A local art and theater group the We Players has also been in residence on Alcatraz for the past three years. Their work is designed to spark discu...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
Caption: Arthur Boone is a recycling educator and consultant
Californians do a pretty good job thinking twice before throwing things away ... we divert more than 60% of our waste away from landfills. But what...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 06:46
Caption: Emily DeCory’s family was one of many Laguna tribe families that moved to Richmond, California, to work on the railroad.
The Bay Area has historically been a population magnet, but few have arrived here to find that their new homes would be train boxcars – still on th...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 07:40
Caption: SFWA weaver Aiko Kobayashi Gray at the American Craft Week Celebration. , Credit: Photo courtesy of the SF Women Artists Gallery
If you’ve ever been to Ghirardelli Square, then you’ve probably seen the mermaid fountain that’s right in the middle. Would you have guessed it was...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Karen Anne Light and Edna Barron attempt to put on a mimed performance of Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland”
Some stories pop up time and time again, in books, movies, and cartoons. Like the one about a little girl who discovered a very colorful world... ...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
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Caption: Market Street, c. 1940 (Photo: Shaping San Francisco)
Market Street is one of the oldest streets in San Francisco. And in some places, it can seem like the busiest, the loudest, the dirtiest... RICK R...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:17
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If you take a look at the list of contributors to the San Francisco-based novel, No Rest for the Dead, it reads like a mystery writers’ hall of fam...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:14
Caption: Pop-up bookstore Scanners is oepn through November at the Mina Dresden Gallery in San Francisco
The current state of our economy is getting everyone to think more creatively. For business owners, this means finding ways to cut costs, and in Sa...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:22
Caption: Entrepreneur Eri Gentry left her job in finance to build a community laboratory in her garage.
A study released earlier this year showed that the U.S. is on its way to a major shortage of science talent; about 1% of American students score ab...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 08:25