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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151 Pieces

New for 2023! A five part 6 minute mini-series for Women's History Month. 2015-2020: A weekly, one-hour show about how women rise up.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Feb 22, 2023
Caption: Sandip at the Grand Hotel in Nainital.
460 Pieces

Award winning writer, radio host, NPR contributor and novelist Sandip Roy brings his wit and insight to these personal audio diaries from his new life in his old home, India.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: May 18, 2015
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Exploring the art of singing with arts journalist Chloe Veltman

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Jan 28, 2011
Caption: Rose Aguilar, Credit: Laura Flynn
9 Pieces

Diverse perspectives on media and the week's news.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Jan 17, 2017

Latest Pieces

Caption: Downtown Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, a place known for innovations in juvenile justice, Credit: Rina Palta
California’s attorney general says the state has a correctional crisis. KAMALA HARRIS: We have a prison system right now that is accommodating twi...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:44
Caption: Harmeet Dhillon is the chairwoman of San Francisco’s Republican Party.
San Francisco’s Republican Party has a new chair, and it’s not your average Republican. Let’s take some demographical statistics of GOP supporters....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brian Perkins with San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Credit: Photo courtesy StoryCorps
San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier has lived quite an eventful life. But arguably the most remarkable event happened during her time spent as a ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
Caption: Extreme cyclists gather before the race, Credit: Dara Kerr
Cutting your gas bill, your carbon footprint, or your waistline: these are some of the reasons to bike more. And in San Francisco, biking has incre...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Reporter Casey Miner rented her car out to a stranger through one of the city's personal carsharing companies., Credit: Casey Miner
Three new companies in the Bay Area are trying to match unused cars with people who can use them – it’s called carsharing. So you, with that car in...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 10:05
Caption: Flickr photo by Angelo DeSantis. http://www.flickr.com/photos/angeloangelo/4107790533/
Keith Raskin has been driving a taxi in San Francisco for 31 years, but now, with the down economy, he says it's harder than ever to earn a living ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 04:02
Caption: Harmeet Dhillon is the chairwoman of San Francisco’s Republican Party.
San Francisco’s Republican Party has a new chair, and it’s not your average Republican. Let’s take some demographical statistics of GOP supporters....

  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:54
Caption: hough he died in 1961, author Dashiell Hammett's manuscripts are still being discovered.
What do the city of San Francisco, a long lost manuscript, and a Mediterranean bird of prey have in common? Well, they’re all part of the legend of...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Measure Y is a Violence Prevention initiative designed to provide easily accessible services to Oakland residents.
In Oakland, there are many strategies at play in the struggle to stem violent crime, which has actually decreased in recent years, though it’s stil...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
Caption: Civic Center in orange lights for World Series, Credit: Martina Castro
This is the story of the underdog team that was always pushing the envelope when it came to fashion, to nicknames and to hairstyles … on their face...

Bought by North State Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1