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Season 1.5, Episode 3 Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 11:51
Caption: Daniel J. Jones and Scott Z. Burns, San Francisco, CA 10/10/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Scott Z. Burns and Daniel J. Jones talk blueprints, editing, and the crisis of accountability.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2019
  • Length: 18:19
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Kimberly Reed talks connecting dots, testing systems, and fundamental fairness.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 24:28
Caption: Gianfranco Rosi, San Francisco, CA 10/13/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Gianfranco Rosi talks metaphors, human rights, and being deliberately non-political.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 31:01
Caption: Alan Snitow & Deborah Kaufman, San Francisco, CA 10/21/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow talk definitions, tipping points, and the balance of power.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 21:23
Caption: Dee Hibbert-Jones & Nomi Talisman, San Francisco, CA 12/28/15, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman talk distance, authenticity, and having a free hand.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:56
Caption: The new Muni map, created by Jay Primus and David Wiggins, Credit: SFMTA
When city planner Jay Primus first moved out to San Francisco’s Richmond district, he made an easy mistake: he hopped onto the 2 Clement to make hi...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:06
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The main prayer hall at Gurdwara Sahib Fremont, the Fremont Sikh temple, is a cavernous room. A beautiful marble center aisle leads to an altar, wh...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:22
Caption: Monte Rio Volunteer Fire Chief Steve Baxman ready for action, Credit: Rhian Miller
In Monte Rio, a rural community on the Russian River a few miles south of Guerneville, volunteer Fire Chief Steve Baxman is on-call 24 hours a day....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
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We all have people in our lives who exist on the periphery of our everyday routines--people like the bus driver who takes us to work, or the cashie...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rosie the Riveter smiles out from the side of a trashcan decorated by Daud Abdullah in front of Richmond’s City Hall., Credit: Sukey Lewis
Mosaic artist Daud Abdullah up-cycles pieces of trashed pottery, tile, mirror, and glass to make public art on garbage cans in Oakland and Richmond.

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jesse Moss, San Francisco, CA 10/26/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jesse Moss talks recapturing cinematic freedom, finding common ground, and surrendering to the moment.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 16:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kevin Gordon, San Francisco, CA 6/6/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Kevin Gordon talks risk, impatience, and why form must follow function.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 12:49
Caption: Tia Lessin & Carl Deal, Credit: Andrea Chase
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin talk loopholes, dark money, and unexpected ironies.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 25:20
Caption: Rob Reiner, San Francisco, CA 6/20/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rob Reiner talks redefining conservative, continuing education, and looking someone in the eye.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 11:41
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I met Ben Rivers in 2011. Though only 41 years old, he had Parkinson’s disease for 10 years. At that point in time, most any kind of movement was h...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:44
Caption: Michael Santos speaks on his experiences
At 49 years of age, Michael Santos is getting his first taste of college. He's walking through the main quad at San Francisco State, beaming like a...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 09:35
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Martha Shane and Lana Wilson talk fear, safety, and putting people before politics.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2013
  • Length: 13:41
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Soup kitchens in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District feed thousands of homeless and low-income people every day. These free meal sites serve as a v...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 17:19
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This week on War News Radio, “Peace News in Wartime”, we discuss the role of Morocco in the Arab Spring. Then, we learn about the process of establ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Caption: Peter Nicks, San Francisco, CA 10/9/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Peter Nicks talks access, compassion, and letting the audience think for itself.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 21:01
Caption: Werner Herzog, San Francisco, CA 11/5/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Werner Herzog on respect, justice, and the Culture of Death.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 12:52
Caption: Adisa Banjoko (left) is the founder of the Hip Hop Chess Federation., Credit: Nina Parks
In another story KALW brought you the story of the so-called Chess Cinderella, Dyhemia Young. The foster child won a college scholarship at a prest...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
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One of California’s greatest assets is its natural environment. Nearly every landscape imaginable is within a day’s trip from here. To the east you...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: An Afghan security man asks local people to get out of the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009., Credit: (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Features on the war in Afghanistan.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56