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Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alex
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Forum From the Archives: Travel Writer Pico Iyer Celebrates the Joys of Sitting Still
After his California home burned in a wildfire, accl...
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Feb 17 2025 53m
Forum from the Archives: What Does Wilderness Mean in our Modern World?
A century ago, the United States designated its firs...
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Feb 17 2025 58m
Rachel Syme Teaches You How to Write a Memorable Letter
New Yorker writer Rachel Syme loves letters — their ...
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Feb 14 2025 57m
Behind the Scenes with the San Francisco Opera
We pull back the curtain on the San Francisco Opera ...
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Feb 14 2025 57m
Kurt Gray Explores the Psychology of Outrage
What is outrage, and what triggers it in us? When so...
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Feb 13 2025 57m
The Opposition Playbook: What Would an Effective Resistance to Trump Look Like?
In the midst of President Trump’s rapid fire, sweepi...
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Feb 13 2025 57m
What Do You Love About Being Single?
Journalist Nicola Slawson has been single for more t...
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Feb 12 2025 57m
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie Takes Your Questions
During his campaign for San Francisco mayor, Daniel ...
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Feb 12 2025 57m
Juvenile Incarceration Declined by 77%. Did Public Policy Do Something Right?
Between 2000 and 2020, the number of young people in...
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Feb 11 2025 57m
OMB Director and Project 2025 Architect Russell Vought Halts CFPB Funding
Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vou...
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Feb 11 2025 57m
Will Courts be a Check and Balance on Donald Trump?
President Trump’s executive orders are testing the l...
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Feb 10 2025 57m
USAID Closure Puts “Millions of Lives at Risk,” Humanitarian Groups Warn
President Trump on Friday called for the closure of ...
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Feb 10 2025 57m
Incarcerated Women Firefighters Spotlighted in “Fire Escape” Podcast
“Fire Escape,” a new podcast from Snap Judgment and ...
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Feb 7 2025 57m
The Future of Dietary Supplements Under Trump’s FDA
Dietary supplements like those for weight loss and m...
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Feb 7 2025 57m
What Sonoma State’s Massive Budget Cuts Mean for the University’s Future
Facing a $24 million deficit, Sonoma State Universit...
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Feb 6 2025 57m
David Graham on Trump’s 'Strategy Behind the Chaos'
As Donald Trump makes provocative foreign policy sta...
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Feb 6 2025 53m
Ukrainian Artists on Their Oscar-Nominated Documentary 'Porcelain War'
The 2025 Academy Award-nominated documentary “Porcel...
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Feb 5 2025 57m
Trump Ignites Trade Wars with China, Backs Down on Canada, Mexico
A 10% tariff on Chinese goods went into effect on Tu...
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Feb 5 2025 57m
Key Trump Nominees Await Confirmation After Bruising Hearings
Three of President Trump’s most contested nominees —...
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Feb 4 2025 57m
Lauren Markham on Reckoning with Future Loss from Climate Change
With an unprecedented phenomenon like climate change...
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Feb 4 2025 57m
How Fraud, Greed and Negligence Have Stymied Alzheimer’s Research and Progress Toward a Cure
Nearly seven million Americans, about one in nine pe...
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Feb 3 2025 59m
Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Business Raises Ethics Alarms
Donald Trump was once a cryptocurrency skeptic, sayi...
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Feb 3 2025 58m
Rick Steves Reflects on a Life of Travel
Rick Steves is one of the most trusted sources for A...
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Jan 31 2025 57m
Star On the Rise: August Lee Stevens Performs Live In Studio
Hercules native August Lee Stevens dropped her debut...
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Jan 31 2025 57m
Fake Pharmaceuticals Laced with Fentanyl Are a Global Health Crisis
Counterfeit pharmaceutical pills laced with drugs li...
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Jan 30 2025 1h