Crosscurrents
by KALW
Latest episode
SHOW: Healing Through Movement and the Outdoors
SHOW: Healing Through Movement and the Outdoors
About this podcast
Crosscurrents is KALW Public Radio's award-winning news magazine, broadcasting in the Bay Area Mondays through Thursdays on 91.7 FM. We make joyful, informative stories that engage people across the economic, social, and cultural divides in our community.
Episodes
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- SHOW: Healing Through Movement and the Outdoors · 25 minToday, how healing can happen far beyond the walls of a therapist’s office. Then, what if your doctor prescribed you a walk in the park instead of a pill?
- Healing through movement, one climb at a time · 16 minHow healing can happen far beyond the walls of a therapist’s office. For Bay Area therapist Jay Louie, rock climbing can also be meditative.
- Prescription For Health: How Parks Can Replace Pills · 6 minWhat if your doctor prescribed you a walk in the park instead of a pill?
- SHOW: Celebrating Iconic San Francisco Institutions · 25 minWe go behind the scenes of the WNBA Championships and to the Valkyries parade. Then, we meet two cellists from the San Francisco Symphony.
- BOUNCE Ep. 15: The Golden State Valkyries are champions · 14 minWe go behind the scenes of the WNBA Championships and to the Valkyries parade.
- Sights + Sounds: Sarah Chong and David You from the San Francisco Symphony · 9 minWe meet two cellists that tell us what it’s like to be the newbies at the iconic San Francisco Symphony.
- Protecting the People Who Feed Us · 27 minToday, we hear about the invisible hazards immigrant farmworkers in Pajaro Valley face and what more can be done to safeguard them.
- A new view on farmworker health: How a scientist is using drones to study climate pollution · 16 minFarmworkers are exposed to lots of different kinds of pollution: from dust and pesticides, to the exhaust from equipment and wildfire smoke. In Santa Cruz County, one man is…
- What will it take to better protect California’s farmworkers? · 14 minFarm work is dangerous work. For California’s farmworkers, climate threats and social vulnerabilities make it especially hazardous.
- SHOW: Shooting for the Stars on Election Day · 27 minYoung Bay Area voters are heading to the polls, and they have a lot on their mind. Today we hear what the youth have to say, even the ones that can’t vote yet. Then after a busy…
- Q&A: The teenagers campaigning for congressional campaigns · 12 minToday, San Franciscans will finish deciding who their next representative in Congress will be. Among those watching the results closely will be some teenagers.
- Bay Poets: "This Tuesday I’m Voting for the Sun" by poet Andrew Paul Nelson · 2 minPoet Andrew Paul Nelson shares his uncertainty about the Elections in his poem called "This Tuesday I’m Voting for the Sun."
- City Star Parties provide a rare view in SF · 11 minAfter a busy election season we’ll show u where u can just relax, look to the sky and gaze at the stars.
- SHOW: California's 11th Congressional District and Oakland's District 2 Races · 27 minToday, Supervisor Connie Chan and State Senator Scott Wiener make their case. Then we learn more about the race for Oakland's District 2 City Council seat.
- KALW Live: Connie Chan and Scott Wiener debate · 17 minToday, Supervisor Connie Chan and State Senator Scott Wiener make their case. Then we learn more about the race for Oakland's District 2 City Council seat.
- The race for Oakland's District 2 City Council seat · 9 minTo understand this race and the current state of the neighborhood, Crosscurrents host Hana Baba spoke with Oaklandside reporter Roselyn Romero.
- SHOW: California's Insurance Commissioner's Race and Day of the Dead · 25 minWe dig into the California’s Insurance Commissioner's race, and why you should pay attention to it. Then, we visit a vibrant statue in Oakland that honors the Day of the Dead…
- California’s next insurance commissioner will have a big impact on your wallet · 23 minCalifornia's insurance commissioner regulates the largest property insurance market in the country. This year, the vote for who fills that job could have a huge impact on your…
- Sights + Sounds: La Catrina sculpture brings joy to the Fruitvale community · 7 minWe visit a vibrant statue in Oakland that honors the Day of the Dead.
- Bay Poets: 'Postcards from the Living' by Jenny Qi · 2 minJenny Qi is a Chinese-American poet living in San Francisco. She reads from her poem 'Postcards from the Living.'
