KALW

StationAccount image

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: PRX default Series image
 
0 Pieces

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: May 31, 2007
Series image
356 Pieces

Context, culture and connection from around the Bay Area.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Jan 04, 2011
Caption: PRX default Series image
16 Pieces

Stories of emerging musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area -- in their own words and music. Produced by KALW.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: May 20, 2014
Caption: Student teacher Diana Arbas in her classroom.
2 Pieces

Diana Arbas is a student teacher at Oakland High School, and this is Diana’s radio diary of her first year of teaching.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Oct 09, 2013
Caption: PRX default Series image
13 Pieces

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.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Mar 25, 2015
Series image
5 Pieces

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.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Mar 24, 2018
Caption: PRX default Series image
2 Pieces

The Litography Project is an interactive and evolving map that honors the Bay Area’s literary past, present, and future.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Nov 28, 2014
Caption: PRX default Series image
10 Pieces

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.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2014
Caption: PRX default Series image
0 Pieces

Stories of leading women working in STEM industries in the Bay Area. Produced by KALW.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: May 20, 2014
Series image
2 Pieces

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.

  • From: KALW
  • Updated: Apr 15, 2024

Latest Pieces

Caption: "I Hotel" by Karen Tei Yamashita
The eviction of the residents of San Francisco’s International Hotel took place the night of August 4th, 1977, but the drama played out throughout ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:15
Piece image
Eating and drinking in a library are always forbidden – and with good reason. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn a lot about eating and drinking...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
Caption: From the NowRoz Festival, Credit: http://www.littlekabul.com/littlekabul_history#Next
As U.S. journalists and photographers venture into war-torn countries like Afghanistan, scores of people from there try to get out. The largest Afg...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Oakland resident Jeff Greenwald has set foot in over 90 countries, give or take. Greenwald, a self-described “career traveler,” says that traveling...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Gregory Bartlett and Corinn Flaherty., Credit: Photo courtesy of StoryCorps.
Corinn Flaherty and Gregory Bartlett are best friends. And like many best friends, they share a similar sensibility about life. Though Gregory live...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Salinas, California is an agricultural town of about 150,000 people – mostly Latino, located just about in the middle of the state. Law enforcement...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:26
Caption: Section 8 Housing in Oakland., Credit: ourtesy of the Oakland Housing Authority
Recently, Oakland’s Housing Authority opened the waitlist for a special type of Section 8 vouchers for the first time in five years. These coveted ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
Caption: elva Davis (right) interviewing Coretta Scott King., Credit: Courtesy of Belva Davis
In 1964, the Republican Party was holding its convention in San Francisco. Barry Goldwater was running for president. President Johnson had recentl...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Clemens. Photo by Albert Bigelow Paine (1906), courtesy of the Mark Twain Project.
David Ross tells the tale of Mark Twain in this original documentary.

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 23:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Feature on Human Trafficking and the International Sex Trade

  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 13:00