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On Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at Winona State University, Charles McDew, former chairman of The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (from 19...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender seniors are much more likely than their straight counterparts to be alone and isolated as they age. Housing ...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this edition we explore the literaty genre or the memoir.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Susan Manheimer and David Onek in studio.
In Episode #16, Susan Manheimer, San Mateo Police Chief and California Police Chiefs Association President, discusses why she became a police offic...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 30:48
Caption: Laurie Robinson.
In Episode #14, Laurie Robinson, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice, discusses bridgin...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 32:32
Caption: Anthony Batts and David Onek in studio.
In Episode #12, Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts discusses his goals as Oakland's new Chief, the importance of working with the community, his ef...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 30:09
Caption: Frank Zimring and David Onek.
In Episode #11, Frank Zimring, Professor at Berkeley Law School, discusses New York City's remarkable crime decline in the past twenty years, the r...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 30:10
Caption: Mimi Silbert and David Onek in studio.
In Episode #10, Mimi Silbert, President and CEO of the Delancey Street Foundation, discusses the unique Delancey Street rehabilitation model, the s...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 36:12
Caption: Jean Woodford and David Onek.
In Episode #9, Jeanne Woodford, former Warden of San Quentin State Prison and former Acting Secretary of the California Department of Corrections a...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 30:22
Caption: George Gascon and David Onek.
In Episode #7, San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon discusses putting ethics at the forefront of police training, what he learned from Chief Bi...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 37:15
Caption: Mark Leno and David Onek
In Episode #6, Senator Mark Leno, Chair of the California Senate Public Safety Committee, discusses politicians' fear of being labeled "soft on cri...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 35:47
Caption: David Onek and Sunny Schwartz in studio.
In Episode #5, Sunny Schwartz, author of "Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 36:35
Caption: Bill Bratton
In Episode #4, Bill Bratton, former Los Angeles Police Chief and former New York Police Commissioner, discusses the importance of working with the ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 37:51
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In Episode #3, Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, discusses the Department’s new parole polici...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:21
Caption: Dr. Joe Marshall and David Onek in studio.
In Episode #2, Dr. Joe Marshall, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Omega Boys Club in San Francisco, discusses the program’s 150 college gra...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 30:43
Caption: David Onek and Gil Kerlikowske in studio.
In Episode #1, Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (the White House "Drug Czar"), discusses ending the "War on ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:03
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Join the Koch brothers for all their zany adventures in this upcoming series. Laverne & Shirley redux.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
Caption: The kitchen at Occupy Oakland is open to all and staffed by volunteers. , Credit: Photo by Jaime Omar Yassin (hyphenatedrepublic.com)
The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to develop in cities around the country and here all around the Bay. Early this morning, San Jose police ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 10:17
Caption: Hallway in the SHU at Pelican Bay State Prison. , Credit: Rina Palta
When Rafael Losno was growing up, he attended Catholic school in Oakland. He spoke three languages. He played sports and had a girlfriend. And he f...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 01:40
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A local art and theater group the We Players has also been in residence on Alcatraz for the past three years. Their work is designed to spark discu...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
Caption: SF county inmate Michael Steele, Credit: SF Public Defender’s Office
California has what one might call a pressing problem when it comes to its prison system. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed a lower court’s ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:02
Caption: Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions threaten the nation's coastal towns, Credit: Jan Sturmann
The San Francisco Bay is a place of beauty and biological diversity. But sea level rise and extreme weather will change human life along its coastl...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Caption: Steve Mello is a farmer on Tyler Island in the San Francisco Bay Delta, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Rising waters threaten the lands of a farmer and of a developer, yet they and their families dismiss all warnings of danger. Why are so many of us ...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
Caption: Chuey Cazares and his family live in the tiny coastal town of Alviso at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Adapting to climate change will be a messy and painful business. And in the short term there will be winners and losers. Chuey Cazarez’s family is ...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Caption: Crockett Grabbe, Credit: Lisa Scheps
Crockett has a PhD in Applied Physics from Caltech and was a research scientist at the University of Iowa for almost 30 years. In his professional ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:27