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.

Series

Caption: Sandip at the Grand Hotel in Nainital.
453 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

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you’ve ridden on BART lately, you might have seen a photograph of a blue and white beach umbrella standing at the edge of a green farmer’s field. ...

Bought by American Voices


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
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San Francisco’s Bhi Bhiman set out from his home in St. Louis in pursuit of the mecca of classic rock and roll – a city where Jefferson Airplane st...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Oakland has the 5th busiest port in the country. According to the Port of Oakland they support between 50,000 and 73,000 jobs in Northern Californi...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 12:33
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After a series of earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio last week, some observers are pointing to an unusual culprit. Yesterday seismologist John Armbr...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 08:28
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California is facing a $13 billion budget shortfall over the next year and a half, and it’s safe to say that the pain will be felt across public se...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 2
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In October, President Obama declared that a major chapter in American military history was about to come to a close... PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I c...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
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In some ways, he’s famous: The anthropology department building at UC Berkeley is named for Alfred Kroeber, the scholar who worked closely with Ish...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 10:03
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The Berkeley theater company Shotgun Players started performing twenty years ago in the basement of a Berkeley pizzeria. Now it’s got its own build...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:30
Caption: “Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club” by Kathy Sloane is published by Indiana University Press.
It was a special time for jazz in the Bay Area. For most of the ‘70s and the early ‘80s, a small club called Keystone Korner presented a dazzling a...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
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When it comes to poverty in California, it boils down to some pretty startling numbers: Last year, six million people in the state were officially ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:35