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.

  • From: KALW
  • 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.

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  • Updated: Apr 15, 2024

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Right now, about 1% of the adult population in the U.S. is in prison or jail. The vast majority, 95%, will not spend the rest of their lives locked...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:57
Caption: Students in Art Vistas at Eastin Elementary. , Credit: Hana Baba
While budget cuts in Brisbane schools mean larger class sizes or pink slips for some teachers, in many schools they also translate into eliminating...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
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As the school year draws to and end around the Bay, school districts are struggling with finances. Take Brisbane. It’s a small district – only two ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:49
Caption: College of Alameda staff congratulate graduates of Violence Prevention Initative Certificate Program., Credit: Nicole Jones
Shrinking school budgets and cuts to classes and staff are serious problems that will need answering, but it's gradution season, and that's cause f...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
Caption: Ken Kirkland in his garage, where he produces homemade biodiesel from restaurant-used vegetable oil., Credit: Photo by Roisin Hunt
Gas prices have been dropping over the last few weeks, but a gallon of unleaded recently ran around $4.50 in San Francisco. Some people have resort...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rebecca Burgess has pledged to wear clothes made completely within 150 miles from her home
Few of us know exactly what goes into making our clothes – the chemicals, fibers, and dyes. But one Bay Area woman is determined to take localism t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 06:37
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Caption: Fisherman Joe MacEnulty unloads salmon from the Melissa Jo at Pillar Point Harbor in Princeton-by-the-Sea. , Credit: Matthew Sumner
This spring marks the first time in three years that fishermen have been able to land Sacramento River Chinook since salmon populations crashed in ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 07:13
Caption: U Agga Nya Na, an activist monk who led an uprising against the Burmese military regime., Credit: Robert Fuller
Last November, hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco to protest the Burmese election. According to the U.S. Census, there are more than 9,0...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: Small business owner and Peruvian immigrant Jessica Ortega qualified for a car loan after joining a cesta lending circle
Since the banking crisis of 2008, major lenders have become much more cautious about giving out loans. That’s left many people who have low or no c...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
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Caption: For his album “Floating World, Volume One,” musician Aaron Novik composed songs based on writings of Adobe Books patrons
A lot of people these days hold down multiple jobs just to make ends meet. San Francisco resident Aaron Novik is a musician, a composer, an illustr...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:50