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The View from KALW
San Francisco, as seen from Burton High School, home to KALW’s studios.
Hear the new season of Radiolab
Tuesday at 10pm
Stories from
Latin America
& around the
Bay Area
(see p. 5) (see p. 7)
photo: Julie Caine
July/August/September 2012

KALW program guide edited by Matt Martin and David Latulippe,
designed by Georgette Petropoulos, Howard Quinn Company
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KALW: By and for the community . . .
COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERS
AIA, San Francisco • Association for Continuing Education • Berkeley Symphony Orchestra •
Burton High School • Center for Architecture and Design • Global Exchange • INFORUM at The
Commonwealth Club • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • LitQuake • Mills College •
New America Media • Oakland Asian Cultural Center • Other Minds • outLoud • Radio Ambulante •
San Francisco Conservatory of Music • SF Performances • StoryCorps • Youth Radio
FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS
The Cow Hollow Foundation • Craigslist Fund • The Friedman Family Foundation • Ira & Leonore Gershwin
Trusts • Rosenberg Foundation • The Walter and Elise Haas Fund • The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation
KALW VOLUNTEER PRODUCERS
Rose Arrieta, Wendy Baker, Sarag Bernard, Zoe Brezsny, Susie Britton, Sarah Cahill, Bob Campbell,
Jayme Catsouphes, Leila Day, Lisa Denenmark, Julia Dewitt, Fatima Duran, Matt Fidler, Chuck Finney,
Bryan Flaig, Irene Florez, Richard Friedman, Emily Gadek, Ninna Gaensler-Debs, Mwende Hahesy,
Carolina Hidalgo, Eric Jansen, Monica Jensen, Nathanael Johnson, Angela Johnston, Jordan Katz, Carol
Kocivar, Artjoms Konohovs, Ashleyanne Krigbaum, Tajha Lanier, David Latulippe, JoAnn Mar, Martin
MacClain, Holly McDede, Lauren Meltzer, Charlie Mintz, Sandy Miranda, Emmanuel Nado, Mark Naftalin,
Marty Nemko, Nina Nicole, Edwin Okong’o, Kevin Oliver, Joseph Pace, Marilyn Pittman, Lisa Ratner,
Mary Rees, Dana Rodriguez, David Ross, Steven Short, Judy Silber, Isaac Silk, Antoinette Siu, Dore Stein,
Devon Strolovitch, Katie Styer, Niels Swinkels, Peter Thompson, Victoria Thorp, Kevin Vance, Chloe
Veltman, David Waldorf, Mariel Waloff, Melanie Young
KALW VOLUNTEERS
Daniel Aarons, Susan Aberg, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Leon Bayer, Laura
Bernabei, Bruce Bernstein, Marc Branco, Robbie Brandwynne, Diane Brett, Andrew Broderick, Joshua
Brody, Ronald Chase, Valeri Clarke, Linda Clever, Peter Conheim, Carolyn Deacy, James Coy Driscoll,
Doug Dyment, Jim & Joy Esser, Steve Fankuchen, Peter Fortune, Janet Lee Frankel, Nina Frankel,
Dave Gomberg, Ashley Gould, Jo Gray, Terence Groepner, Paula Groves, Stefan Gruenwedel, Ted
Guggenheim, Dan Gunning, Roger Hall, Ian Hardcastle, Jeffrey Hayden, Donna Heatherington, Christine
Holdrup, Kent Howard, Judge Eugene Hyman, Lynn Jefferson, Jenny Jens, Kathleen Kaplan, Brenda Kett,
Lou Kipilman, I. W. Klein, Sarah Kulberg, Joseph Lepera, Fred Lipshultz, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum, Jennifer
Mahoney, Jack Major, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, Colleen McAvoy, Michael McGinley, Yasmine Mehmet,
Fred & Cheryl Merrick, Antonio Nierras, Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, Art Persyko, Catherine Raye-
Wong, Peter Robinson, Ronald Rohde, Rick Rose, Marti Roush, Maureen Russell, Bryan Schwartz, Marc
Seidenfeld, Mo Shooer, Kevin Stamm, John Sullivan, Bian Tan, Ann Temple, Yuyu Thein, Sal Timpano,
Coban Tun, David Vartanoff, Sheila Walsh, Charlie Wegerle, Harry Weller, Patrick Wheeler, Marianne
Wiener, Steve Wilcott, Greg Wynn
OUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Superintendent: Carlos Garcia • Board of Commissioners: Sandra Lee Fewer, Kim-Shree Maufus,
Hydra Mendoza, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Jill Wynns, Norman Yee • Director, Office of Public
Outreach and Communications: Gentle Blythe
KALW PERSONNEL
Matt Martin, General Manager
William Helgeson,
Operations Manager
David Latulippe, Administration
Phil Hartman, Engineering
Annette Bistrup, Membership
Emily Algire, Membership
Joe Burke, Announcer
Alan Farley, Senior Announcer
JoAnn Mar, Announcer
Holly Kernan, News Director
Ben Trefny, Executive News Editor
Martina Castro, Managing
News Editor
Audrey Dilling, Producer
Chris Hoff, News Engineer
Erica Mu, News Tech Support
Seth Samuel, News Engineer
Hana Baba, Host/Reporter
Casey Miner, Reporter/Editor
Julie Caine, Reporter
Jennifer Chien, Reporter
Nicole Jones, Reporter
Kyung-Jin Lee, Reporter
Nancy Mullane, Reporter
Rose Aguilar, Host
Malihe Razazan, Producer
Ali Budner, Producer
Part-time announcers
Eric Jansen
Debi Kennedy
David Latulippe
Bob Sommer
Kevin Vance
Eric Wayne
ABOUT KALW
KALW is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District, broadcasting since
September 1, 1941 — the oldest FM signal west of the Mississippi.
Mailing address:
KALW Radio Offices: (415) 841-4121
500 Mansell Street Fax: (415) 841-4125
San Francisco, CA 94134 Studio Line: (415) 841-4134
For general comments, membership inquiries, and non-profit Public Service Announcement requests,
use the following email address: kalw@kalw.org © Contents KALW
869-M

KALW is a creative community enterprise.
Its vitality comes from the people who
decide to actively participate in Local Public
Radio.
First and foremost, that means our
listener-supporters. And because of the generosity
of more than 11,000 active members,
the station is building a financial reserve and
able to look to the future.
But another important measure of community
participation in KALW can be found
in the fine print on the page opposite this
one: The growing list of names identified as
“Volunteers” and Volunteer Producers”.
As a listener, you probably recognize the
contributions made by volunteer hosts like
Marilyn Pittman, Kevin Vance, Marty Nemko,
Edwin Okong’o and Dana Rodriguez, whose
voices and knowledge make KALW a lot
more interesting to listen to. And if you tune
in to Crosscurrents and hear all those names
in “the team” at the end of each broadcast,
you may have some sense of how crucial
volunteers are to KALW News.
But unless you spend your days around
the station, you may not understand the
extent to which its day-to-day operations
depend on people who give their time and
energy to KALW.
People like Toni Lozica and Tom Mason,
(see p. 6) who’ve been showing up to work at
the station every week for decades, and who
package and mail nearly every thank you gift.
Or Marti Roush, who quietly ensures that
people who support this station are properly
thanked. Or Donna Heatherington, who’s
made it her personal mission to build positive
relationships with local businesses that
donate food and drink during our member-
Manager’s Notes
ship drives. Not to
mention phenomenal
people
like Brenda Kett,
Michael McGinley,
Doug Dyment,
Jack Major, Horace
Marks . . .
The problem
is, once I start this
list, it’s very hard
to stop. There are
just so many people who give of themselves
to this station, and who define its character
with their generosity, warmth and humor.
And it’s when we do something special,
like hosting Tavis Smiley & Cornel West at
The Paramount, that the expanding base
of KALW volunteers comes into relief. We
could never have committed to such a huge
undertaking without knowing we’d have dozens
of volunteers to join the effort – greeting
people in the lobby, helping coordinate with
our partners, and organizing our meet and
greet with local civic and community leaders.
However you choose to participate in
KALW – and it may simply be reading this
guide and learning more about the station’s
diverse programming – thank you. And if
you’d like to be more actively involved in
Local Public Radio, please feel free to get in
touch.
Sincerely,
Matt Martin
General Manager
matt@kalw.org
Have you seen our new bike stickers around town?
Want a bumper sticker?
Yours for the asking!
Share your KALW pride…
call 415-841-4121
or ask for one (or 2!) by
email: kalw@kalw.org
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Nearly 2,000 people from around the Bay Area came
to the Paramount Theatre in Oakland on April 28th to hear
Tavis Smiley & Cornel West talk about their book The Rich &
the Rest of Us and the impact of rising poverty and inequality
on our democracy. KALW’s Rose Aguilar introduced Tavis
& Dr. West, and led a lively audience Q&A session.
Before and after the discussion, audience members had an opportunity to interact with
KALW’s community partners: Alameda County Food Bank, ACCE (Alliance of Californians for
Community Empowerment), Causa Justa/Just Cause, Center for Urban Schools and Partnerships
at Mills College, EARN (Earned Assets Resource Network), East Bay Community
Foundation, EBASE (East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy), East Oakland Community
Project, Ella Baker Center, Family Independence Initiative, PICO California (People Improving
Communities through Organizing), San Francisco Food Bank, United Way Bay Area, The Unity
Council, Urban Habitat, Women’s Economic Agenda Project, and Youth Radio.
Thanks to those organizations for making
the night successful and valuable, and to
KALW volunteer Rob Guettler, who captured
some of the special moments of the evening
on camera.
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Smiley & West at the Paramount
An audience member learns about EBASE.
KALW’s Malihe Razazan, Rose
Aguilar, and Holly Kernan
A DVD of the event is available
for a contribution to KALW at
kalw.org, or via our Membership
Department at 500 Mansell
Street, San Francisco, CA 94134.

Radio Ambulante is a new
Spanish-language radio program
showcasing compelling
human stories from around
Latin America and the United
States. It’s the first program
of its kind in Spanish – and it’s
based at KALW.
Latin
^
Daniel Alarcón started Radio
Ambulante with Carolina
Guerrero, Annie Correal, and
KALW’s Martina Castro. He’s
the author of the novel Lost
Daniel Alarcón
City Radio, and the following
is adapted from an interview he did with
Nancy Smith of the on-line literary magazine
The Rumpus.
Why did you decide to start
Radio Ambulante?
In late 2007, I was asked by the BBC to
host a documentary about Andean migration
to Lima. Naturally, I was intrigued. I
come from a radio family, had just published
a novel about radio, and the opportunity
seemed frankly too good to be true. They
sent a great producer from London who took
care of the recording, and left me to do the
interviews and the narration.
It was amazing. We spent ten days
recording, and I loved every minute of it. But
then the audio was mixed down and edited in
London, and when the final piece was aired,
I felt a lot of the most interesting voices had
been left out. We’d done interviews in both
Spanish and English, and the English speakers
got more time. This makes sense—of
course the BBC couldn’t have 45 minutes of
voiceovers on the air—it’s just how do you
tell the story of Latin American migration
without Spanish speakers? That experience
left me thinking about the need for a Spanish
language space to tell Latin American
stories.
One of your goals is to “tell stories that
can only be told in Spanish.” What does
this mean for you?
I’m referring to stories that are by and
for Latin Americans, where a certain amount
of cultural fluency is expected, where we
This American Life:
Radio Ambulante On the Move
can delight in the details, the
humor, the particularities of
speech, of dialects. Something
is always lost in translation;
a Radio Ambulante story
looks at Latin America from
the inside.
A lot of attention has been
paid in Latin America to the
new generation of nonfiction
writers, authors like Julio
Villanueva Chang, Diego
Osorno, Cristóbal Peña, Gabriela
Wiener, Leila Guerriero,
Cristian Alarcón, among others. We want to
have these immensely gifted journalists—men
and women who’ve already revitalized the
long-form narrative—we want them to tell
their stories in sound.
Because Radio Ambulante covers
stories from all over Latin America and
the United States, I wonder if you see
any regional differences in the kinds of
stories you produce?
We begin from the premise that the United
States, with 55 million Spanish speakers,
is a Latin American country. And to be quite
honest, those cultural differences you’re talking
about are part of what I find so exciting
about this project. I want to hear the diverse
accents of Spanish as it is spoken across the
Americas. I want to hear those stories that
challenge and complicate accepted notions
of what Latin America is. We’re working on
pieces about the Jewish community in Guatemala,
about Mexico City’s best gay soccer
team, about a Colombian shaman caught
up in a scandal because he couldn’t make it
stop raining. The stories we’re looking for are
both very specific and completely universal.
Of course there will be cultural differences
between a story from say, Cuba and a story
from Bolivia, but that’s fine. In fact, it’s wonderful.
Hear Radio Ambulante
stories and subscribe
to the podcast at
radioambulante.org.
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Bay Area Pioneers
(Monday, July 2 at 7pm & Tuesday, July 3 at 9pm)
In an era where the most talked about people tend to be
the young movers and shakers of the moment, it is easy to
forget the pioneers who set the stage for the innovators of
today.
Host Lauren Meltzer takes listeners back in time to listen
to the stories of three Bay Area pioneers whose initiatives
and actions influenced the cultural, technological, and environmental
landscape of the Bay Area:
• Julius Blank – one of the founders of Silicon Valley
• Sylvia McLaughlin – instrumental in keeping San Francisco Bay from being developed into
waterfront property
• Frank Jackson (pictured with Lauren Meltzer) – pioneer and legend of the Fillmore jazz era
Play the Match Game for KALW!
Company matching gifts are an easy way to double or even triple your donation to KALW.
Last year, our matching gift income increased by 57%! We are so grateful to the many listeners
who asked their employer to match their own direct donation. Ask your HR department
if your workplace has a matching gift program in place…it’s an easy way to help make great
radio! The following companies and foundations made employee matching gifts to KALW
during the past year:
• Abbott Laboratories • Adobe Systems • AMD • Ameriprise Financial • American Express • AMGEN
• Apple • Applied Materials • Bank of America • Becton Dickinson • BITE Communications • Black
Rock • Charles Schwab Foundation • ChevronTexaco • Chubb & Son, Inc. • Clorox Company • College
Access Foundation of CA • Craigslist • Dodge & Cox • ExxonMobil • GAP • Genentech • GOOGLE •
Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation • Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • Hewlett Packard Company
• IBM • Intuit • John Wiley & Sons • Johnson & Johnson • Jones Lang LaSalle • Juniper Networks
• Kaiser Permanente • KLA Tencor • KT Foundation • Lam Research Corporation • Levi Strauss
Foundation • LexisNexis • McKesson Corporation • Microsoft • Moody’s Foundation • Morrison &
Foerster Foundation • Motorola Mobility Foundation • MRW & Associates • Oracle Corporation •
Pacific Foundation Services • Parnassus Investments • Salesforce.com • SAP • Symantec • Tellabs • TE
Connectivity • TYCO Electronics • VISA • Wells Fargo • William & Flora Hewlett Foundation • Yahoo!
Volunteer Profile – The Dynamic Duo of Tom & Toni
When did you start volunteering for KALW? Tom Mason: “I found KALW on the dial by
chance in 1988 and have been listening ever since. The first pledge drive I volunteered for
was in the aftermath of the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, where we had phones set up
in the McConnell High School gym! I’ve been helping out on the phones and in other ways
ever since.” Toni Lozica: “I started listening to KALW at Tom’s suggestion. When I retired
several years ago, I decided to help out as a volunteer as well. In addition to helping doing
data entry during the pledge drives, I mail out the thank-you gifts and help out with the
monthly mailings of renewal letters.”
What’s your favorite program on KALW? Tom: “I start each weekday with Joe Burke
and Morning Edition at 5am. Toni: “Fresh Air, Whad’ya Know, and Binah are my favorites!”
What keeps you coming back? “The volunteers are a great group of friendly and dedicated
people. Their enthusiastic support of the station’s progressive agenda makes it a
pleasure to be around them. We both want to support this true community asset.”

In April, KALW’s community storytelling
project Hear Here did its first pop-up recording
session at the Golden Gate Branch of
the Oakland Public Library. Underneath the
stomping feet of children’s story hour going
on upstairs, local residents shared their stories
with Hear Here producers on the theme
of Work. Since then, Hear Here has popped
up in the San Francisco library system at the
Main and Ortega branches – and has moved
on to the theme of Eat.
Xiao Juan Shu told her story of reconnecting
with her mother’s love through the
pleasure of simple Chinese cooking.
Xiao Juan Shu
Oakland native Ramona Nunez shared
her desire to pursue her passion for Afro-
Haitian dance and her dream of becoming a
doctor: “I mean, why can’t I do both?”
Baker Ryan Marcus Lee explained how to
make the perfect loaf of bread – and why it
matters to him: “There’s this kind of connection
that’s formed with our ancestors in the
process… In this day and age when bread
production has become so commercialized
Ramona Nunez
and to try and experiment with doing it the
way our ancestors do it really forms a connection.”
Tune into Crosscurrents on KALW at 5pm
during the week of July 23rd to hear stories
Hear Here has collected so far. That’s also
when you can learn details on the launch
party for the project’s new mobile recording
booth! It’s part public art installation and
part recording space and is coming to a San
Francisco or Oakland park near you!
Ryan Marcus Lee
Here are a few of the places where Hear Here will be popping up –
e-mail hearhereradio@gmail.com to sign up to tell your story.
• Tuesday, July 17, Oakland Public Library, 81st Ave. Branch (12:30–4:30pm)
• Thursday, July 26, San Francisco Public Library, Visitacion Valley Branch (2–6pm)
• Wednesday, August 15, San Francisco Public Library, Western Addition (1–4pm)
• Saturday, August 25, Oakland Public Library, 81st Ave. Branch (12–4pm)
• Saturday, September 22nd, Oakland Public Library, Cesar Chavez Branch (1:30–4:30pm)
• Saturday, October 20, Oakland Public Library, Cesar Chavez Branch (1:30–5:30pm)
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Midnight–
5 am
6 am
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Public Radio Remix
PRX
Humankind
TUC Radio
BBC World Service Overnight — For detailed listings, visit: bbc.co.uk/worldservice
NPR’s Morning Edition from National Public Radio (starts at 5 am)
KALW host: Joe Burke
Includes BBC World News live from London on the hour, a Daily Almanac at 5:49 & 8:49,
SF school lunch menus at 6:49, and Jim Hightower commentary at 7:49.
On Fridays at 7:34: 99% Invisible, with Roman Mars.
The Forum BBC
NPR’s
Weekend Edition
7 am New Dimensions 7 am
8 am
9 am
10 am
11 am
noon
To The Best
Of Our Knowledge
Philosophy Talk �
Work with
Marty Nemko �
Harry Shearer’s
Le Show
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
with Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac at 9:01 am
with Scott Simon
Midnight–
5 am
8 =new program or time
� KALW podcast available � Available on KALW Local Music Player
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6 am
8 am
Car Talk 9 am
10 am
Your Call with host Rose Aguilar.
Join the conversation at 415-841-4134 or 866-798-TALK �Rebroadcast Mon-Thurs at 11pm, Friday at 5pm
West Coast Live
BBC’s World Have Your Say
with
Sedge Thomson� 11 am
The State We’re In
(Radio Netherlands)
Philosophy Talk
(Rebroadcast)
This American Life
(Rebroadcast)
1 pm This American Life Alternative Radio Big Picture Science Snap Judgment
2 pm Sound Opinions BBC’s Newshour
Binah � The Tavis Smiley Show
Michael Feldman’s
Whad’Ya Know?
noon
Open Air
with Alan Farley � Smiley & West 1 pm
Thistle & Shamrock
with Fiona Ritchie
3 pm Snap Judgment NPR’s All Things Considered
KALW Host: Alan Farley
Folk Music & Beyond
with JoAnn Mar,
3 pm
4 pm Bullseye BBC News update at 4:01, and Roman Mars’ 99% Invisible on Fridays at 4:45.
Bob Campbell, &
Sandy Miranda � 4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
Selected Shorts
New Letters on the Air
Book Talk �
Fresh Air
Crosscurrents from KALW News �
BBC Business Daily
S.F. School Board meetings
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
(8/14, 8/28, 9/11, 9/25)
Your Call �
Media Roundtable
(Rebroadcast)
CBC’s Day 6
with Brent Bambury
A Patchwork Quilt
with
Kevin Vance �
Bluegrass Signal
7 pm Minds Over Matter� City Visions �
INFORUM from the
Commonwealth Club
Your Legal Rights
with Chuck Finney �
OUT in the Bay �
This Way Out
Left, Right & Center
CounterSpin
with
Peter Thompson �
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm
11 pm
Then & Now
with
Sarah Cahill �
Music From The
Hearts of Space
Spoleto Chamber Music
My Favorite Things
Record Shelf
with Jim Svejda
CBC’s As It Happens with Carol Off and Jeff Douglas
Includes the Marketplace Tech Report at 8:30
KALW Multi-purpose
Room Fog City Blues
Radiolab
with
Devon Strolovitch �
Your Call �
(Rebroadcast of 10am show)
Africa Mix
with
Emmanuel Nado &
Edwin Okong'o �
My Word!
My Music
2 pm
5 pm
6 pm
7 pm
Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Tangents 9 pm
VoiceBox
with Chloe Veltman �
Music From
Other Minds �
with
Dore Stein �
8 pm
10 pm
11 pm

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AFRICA MIX Musical gems from Africa
and the African diaspora that will stimulate
your senses. Alternating hosts Emmanuel
Nado and Edwin Okong’o offer vintage
and contemporary sounds from Abidjan to
Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Latin America
and beyond! Interviews with local artists,
touring African entertainers and in studio
live performances are also part of the
mix. www.kalwafricamix.blogspot.com
(Thursday 9pm-11pm) �
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED NPR’s signature
afternoon news program features the
biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries,
insightful features on both the
quirky and the mainstream in arts and life,
music and entertainment. Includes BBC news
headlines at 4:01pm and Roman Mars’ 99%
Invisible on Fridays at 4:45.
(Weekdays from 3-5pm.)
ALTERNATIVE RADIO Progressive
scholars and thinkers share their
views, produced by David Barsamian.
www.alternativeradio.org (Monday at 1pm)
AS IT HAPPENS The international news
magazine from the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation that probes the major stories
of the day, mixing interviews with coverage
in an informative and often irreverent
style. Hosted by Carol Off and Jeff Douglas.
www.cbc.ca/asithappens (Mon-Thurs at 8pm)
BBC NEWS Current news from London and
BBC programming. (Mon-Sat Midnight-5am,
Weekdays at 2pm, Mon-Thurs at 5:30pm.)
BERKELEY SYMPHONY KALW continues
its exclusive broadcast partnership
with the Berkeley Symphony for a broadcast
of their 4/26/12 concert in Zellerbach
Hall, entitled “A Hungarian Excursion”.
Guest Conductor Edwin Outwater, with
soprano soloist Jessica Rivera and the
San Francisco Girls Chorus present
the World Premiere of Gabriela Lena
Frank’s Holy Sisters. Also on the program:
Kodály’s Dances of Galánta and Bartók’s
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta.
Alan Farley hosts, with intermission interview
features.
(Sunday, September 16 at 4pm.)
programming A to Z
BINAH The best of arts & ideas, authors
& personalities, produced in collaboration
with the Jewish Community Center of San
Francisco. 7/5 Robert Reich; 7/12 Edmund
de Waal – Art, War & Family; 7/19 Inside
Scientology with Janet Reitman; 7/26 Taj
Mahal in conversation with Ben Fong-
Torres; 8/2 Shalom Auslander; 8/9 The
Madoff Scandal with Diana Henriques;
8/16 Nicole Krauss; 8/23 Changing Lives
Through Design with IDEO’s Fred Dust;
8/30 U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine;
9/6 The Bedtime Struggle with Adam
Mansbach; 9/13 David Simon – The Wire &
Treme; 9/20 What Can’t Money Buy with
Michael Sandel; 9/27 The Science of Food
& Cooking with Harold McGee
(Thursday at Noon.) �
BIG PICTURE SCIENCE From amoebas
to zebras, the science of what makes
life possible. Produced at the SETI
Institute in Mountain View, California.
(Tuesday at 1pm)
BLUEGRASS SIGNAL Host Peter
Thompson presents traditional and contemporary
bluegrass music in thematically-based
programs that also include
the area’s most complete calendar of
events. In July & August, Peter will offer
live recordings of a variety of bluegrass
and old time musicians: 7/7 The Stanley
Brothers, Roscoe Holcomb, Cousin
Emmy, and the New Lost City Ramblers
(Germany ’66); 7/14 Doc & Merle Watson
(NY ‘70);7/21 Mac Martin & the Dixie
Travelers (Pittsburgh ‘71) and J.D. Crowe
& the New South (Japan ‘75); 7/28 Old
& In the Way (San Francisco ‘73) and
Good Ol’ Persons (Holland and Canada,
‘85-91); 8/4 Musical previews of next
weekend’s annual Good Old Fashioned
Bluegrass Festival; 8/11 New releases
and reissues; 8/18 Johnson Mountain
Boys (Redwood Estates ‘87) and Hot Rize
(Kansas ‘86); 8/25 A variety of contemporary
bands that performed live in the
Musicians Against Childhood Cancer
concerts (‘06-11); 9/1 Songs about messages
and messengers; 9/8 Musical previews
of next weekend’s annual Berkeley
Old Time Music Convention; 9/15 & 22
Special music for KALW Fall Membership
Drive; 9/29 New releases and reissues.
(Saturday 6:30-8pm) �
�Available on KALW’s Local Music Player � KALW podcast available at www.kalw.org

BLUES POWER HOUR: Now available
on the Local Music Player at kalw.org. Keep
up with Mark through the Blues Power Hour
program page on kalw.org, and at
bluespower.com.
BOOK TALK Alan Farley talks with
authors of our time. Recent guests have
included novelists Lesley Tenorio, Mac
Barnett and John Irving, mystery writers
Cara Black and Anne Perry, and science
journalist Jonah Lehrer.
(Sunday at 6:30pm) �
BULLSEYE Host Jesse Thorn mixes it up
with personalities from the world of entertainment
& the arts. www.maximumfun.org
(Sunday at 4pm)
CITY VISIONS Hosts Lauren Meltzer and
Joseph Pace explore Bay Area issues.
To participate, call (415) 841-4134 or
email feedback@cityvisionsradio.com
www.cityvisionsradio.com.
(Monday at 7pm) �
COUNTERSPIN An examination of the
week’s news and that which masquerades
as news. www.fair.org (Friday at 7:30pm)
CROSSCURRENTS The evening
newsmagazine from KALW News
featuring in-depth reporting that
provides context, culture, and
connections to communities around the
Bay Area. www.kalwnews.org
(Monday-Thursday at 5pm) �
DAY 6 From the CBC in Toronto, host Brent
Bambury offers a different perspective on
the biggest stories of the week, and some
you might have missed: technology, politics,
arts, pop culture, and big ideas. Day 6
will give you something to think about, talk
about, and maybe even to laugh about.
www.cbc.ca/day6. Friday at 6pm.)
FASCINATIN’ RHYTHM Songs from
the Great American Songbook, hosted
by Michael Lasser. www.wxxi.org/rhythm
(Friday at 10pm)
FOG CITY BLUES Host Devon
Strolovitch brings you blues from the Bay
Area and beyond www.fogcityblues.com
(Wednesday 9-11pm) �
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FOLK MUSIC AND BEYOND Hosts
JoAnn Mar, Bob Campbell, and Sandy
Miranda present the best in live and
recorded contemporary folk, traditional,
and original music from America, England,
Ireland, Scotland, and other parts of the
world. Upcoming highlights: 7/7 Sandy
Miranda talks with Hawaiian author
Wayne Moniz; 7/14 Woody Guthrie’s
100th: a two-hour special on the life and
times of Woody Guthrie hosted by Nick
Spitzer; 7/21 New and Recent Releases;
7/28 Californians – Varied offerings from
around the state, including Ayla Nereo,
Irish traditional music from Three Mile
Stone, Molly’s Revenge; and Balkan and
Asia Minor styles from Agapi Mou, Eliyahu
and the Qadim Ensemble; Mexican and
Chicano forms from Los Cenzontles and
Quetzal; and more; 8/4 David Francey
Live In Concert, recorded in Berkeley
with guitarist Mark Westerberg; 8/11
Sandy’s Gumbo; 8/18 Odds, Ends, &
Leftovers; 8/25 Polyglots – Singers and
musicians at home in more than one language
and musical style, including Moira
Smiley and VOCO, Marta Topferova, and
Susan McKeown; 9/1 Songs for Labor
Day; 9/8 & 15 Special Music for our Fall
Membership Drive; 9/22 Ballads and
Narratives; 9/29 From The Archives:
Encore broadcasts of interviews with
Judy Collins and the late Liam Clancy.
www.kalwfolk.org (Saturday 3-5pm)�
THE FORUM: A WORLD OF IDEAS
BBC correspondent Bridget Kendall
hosts a weekly discussion where intellectuals,
authors, scientists and power
brokers from around the world meet and
challenge one another about big ideas.
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/
(Now Saturday at 5am)
FRESH AIR Terry Gross hosts this weekday
magazine of contemporary arts and issues.
www.freshair.com (Weekdays at 9am & 6pm)
HUMANKIND Voices of hope and humanity,
produced by David Freudberg. From
following an urban naturalist in Oregon to
learning how to age gracefully, Humankind
offers sound portraits of people making
a difference in their communities and the
world. (New on KALW! Sunday at 6am.)
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I LOVE TO RHYME Alan Farley continues
his exploration of the lyrics of
Ira Gershwin with Gershwin biographer
Philip Furia. For these broadcasts, they
sample “The Firebrand of Florence,”
which Ira Gershwin created with Kurt
Weill, plus a look at the songs in the film,
“The Shocking Miss Pilgrim.” (Thursday,
8/31 & 9/7 at 10pm) �
INFORUM From the Commonwealth
Club, programs recorded exclusively for
KALW that provide a forum for young
people to access the best informed, most
involved, and brightest minds — be they
politicians, business gurus, thought leaders,
trendsetters or culture-jammers.
(Tuesday at 7pm)
JIM HIGHTOWER A two minute shot
across the bow aimed at corporate and
political corruption, heard exclusively in San
Francisco on KALW. (Weekdays at 7:49am)
LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER A weekly confrontation
over politics, policy and popular
culture hosted by Matthew Miller panelists
from various political perspectives, including
Robert Scheer on the left. www.kcrw.com
(Friday at 7pm)
LE SHOW A weekly, hour-long romp
through the worlds of media, politics, sports
and show business, leavened with an eclectic
mix of mysterious music, hosted by Harry
Shearer. www.harryshearer.com
(Sunday at Noon)
MINDS OVER MATTER Dana
Rodriguez, The San Francisco Chronicle’s
Leah Garchik, and author Gerry Nachman
challenge each other and KALW’s audience
on the Bay Area’s favorite quiz show.
Call-in phone: (415) 841-4134.
(Sunday at 7pm) �
MORNING EDITION NPR’s signature
morning show, with news updates from the
BBC at the top of each hour. Local host Joe
Burke offers today’s school lunch menu at
6:49, and a daily almanac at 5:49 and 8:49.
Plus daily commentaries from Jim Hightower
at 7:49, and KALW News’ Morning Reports
Tues.–Fri. at 8:51.www.npr.org
(Weekdays 5-9am)
programming A to Z
MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS New
and unusual music produced by Other
Minds in San Francisco. Program details
at otherminds.org/mfom
(Friday at 11pm) �
MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF
SPACE Slow music for fast times hosted by
Stephen Hill, bringing you the timeless world
of space, ambient and contemplative music.
www.hos.com (Sunday 10pm-Midnight)
MY FAVORITE THINGS Host Alan Farley
returns for the month of September with
a roster of guests who share their favorite
music: 9/3 Playwright and actor Michael
Gene Sullivan, 9/10 Amos Yang, Assistant
Principal Cellist, SF Symphony; 9/17 Rob
Melrose, Artistic Director, Cutting Ball
Theatre; 9/24 Rene Mandel, Executive
Director, Berkeley Symphony
(Monday at 9pm in September) �
MY WORD! & MY MUSIC From the
BBC archives, panelists explore the English
language as it is written, spoken, and sung.
Between “Word” and “Music” KALW’s Alan
Farley presents a weekly Noël Coward musical
Entr’acte. (Friday at 8pm)
NEW DIMENSIONS A weekly dialogue
that gives reasons for embracing hopefulness
regarding contemporary problems, with
perspectives relative to physical, mental, and
spiritual well being of humanity and the planet.
www.newdimensions.org (Sunday at 7am)
NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR Angela
Elam hosts this series of conversations with
great established and emerging writers of
poetry, fiction, drama and creative non-fiction.
www.newletters.org (Sunday at 6pm)
OPEN AIR Host Alan Farley presents
the performing artists and writers who
create our contemporary culture and arts.
Recent guests have included humorist Will
Durst, conductors Stephane Deneve, Jane
Glover, and David Robertson, baritones
Brian Mulligan and Nathan Gunn, composer
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and violinist
Hilary Hahn. (Thursday at 1pm)�
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OUT IN THE BAY Gay radio for San
Francisco and beyond, hosted by Eric
Jansen and Marilyn Pittman. www.
outinthebay.com (Thursday at 7pm) �
A PATCHWORK QUILT Kevin Vance
presents a program of Celtic and other
traditional music, American roots, singers
and songwriters, interpreters, and instrumentalists.
kevin_vance@yahoo.com
(Saturday 5-6:30pm) �
PHILOSOPHY TALK Stanford philosophers
John Perry and Ken Taylor
interview guest experts and respond
to questions from listeners. Philosophy
Talk questions everything...except your
intelligence. Upcoming highlights: 7/1 & 3
Identities Lost & Found in a Global Age;
7/8 & 10 Hypocrisy; 7/15 & 17 The Movie
Show; 7/22 & 24 Gut Feelings; 7/29 & 31
Humanism; 8/5 & 7 Self-Deception; 8/12
& 14 Neuroscience and the Law; 8/19 & 21
The Moral Costs of Climate Change; 8/26
& 28 The Nature of Wilderness; 9/2 & 4
Philosophy For The Young: Corrupting
or Empowering?; 9/9 & 11 Loyalty; 9/16 &
18 Why Be Moral?; 9/23 & 25 Economics:
Cult or Science?; 9/30 & 10/2 Regulating
Bodies. www.philosophytalk.org
(Sunday at 10am, rebroadcast Tuesday
at Noon) �
RADIOLAB The curious minds of Jad
Abumrad and Robert Krulwich continue their
sonic explorations, where sound illuminates
ideas, and the boundaries blur between science,
philosophy, and human experience.
7/3 Talking to Machines; 7/10 Games; 7/17
Loops; 7/24 Patient Zero; 7/31 The Bad Show;
8/7 Where Am I?; 8/14 Race; 8/21 Parasites;
8/28 Morality; 9/4 Limits; 9/11 Zoos; 9/18
Emergence; 9/25 Falling. (Tuesdays at 9pm)
RECORD SHELF Jim Svejda reviews
compact discs and explores classical music.
Upcoming highlights: 7/2 Historic recordings
by John Ireland; 7/9 & 16 ‘The Heavy Metal
Violinist’ Rachel Barton Pine; 7/23 A Buyer’s
Guide to the American Concerto; 7/30
& 8/6 Recordings of the tragically shortlived
French violinist, Ginette Neveu; 8/13
Awadagin Pratt; 8/20 A comparative survey
of the recordings of Benjamin Britten’s
Sinfonia da Requiem; 8/27 Brazilian soprano
Bidu Sayao; 9/3 Historic recordings by the
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English composer York Bowen. Remainder
of schedule unavailable at press time.
www.kusc.org (Monday at 11pm)
SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL BOARD
MEETINGS Live gavel-to-gavel broadcast
of the San Francisco Unified School
District board meetings from 555 Franklin
Street in San Francisco. While the Board
is in closed session, educator Carol
Kocivar presents an interview feature,
“Looking at Education.” www.sfusd.edu
(Tuesdays, 8/14, 8/28, 9/11, 9/26 at 6pm)
SELECTED SHORTS Celebrity readers
from stage and screen, recorded at
Symphony Space in NYC. 7/1 Ardour –
Jonathan Keats (Lili Taylor), Little Pot – Ilya
Kaminsky (Sonia Manzano), Blue Bearded
Lover – Joyce Carol Oates (Betsy Lippitt),
Relic – Robert Olen Butler (Ron Nakahara),
The Porcelain Man – Richard Kennedy
(Estelle Parsons); 7/8 Neighbors – Julia
Alvarez (Joanna Gleason), Flight Patterns
– Sherman Alexie (B.D. Wong); 8/15 Safari
– Jennifer Egan (Hope Davis); 7/22 Liliana
– Maile Meloy (James Naughton), Going to
the Dogs – Richard Ford (Isaiah Sheffer);
7/29 Porte Cochere – Peter Taylor (Leonard
Nimoy), Enough – Alice McDermott (Fionnula
Flanagan); 8/5 Ever After – Kim Addonizio,
(Christine Ebersole) Boys – Rick Moody (B.D.
Wong), The Fortunes of Madame Organza
– Natalie Babbitt (Janel Maloney); 8/12 The
Shape of the Sword – Jorge Luis Borges
(Charles Keating), On the Honeymoon –
Javier Marias (Ivan Hernandez), William
Burns – Roberto Bolano (Michael Stuhlbarg);
8/19 Free Fruit for Young Widows – Nathan
Englander (Michael Cerveris), (She Owns)
Every Thing – Anne Enright, (Mary-Louise
Parker) The Writers’ Model – Molly Giles
(Blair Brown), 8/26 I Am Not a Jew – John
Biguenet (Denis O’Hare), Everything in this
Country Must – Colum McCann (Amy Ryan),
Flying – Stephen Dixon (Thomas Gibson); 9/2
The Deal – Mike Birbiglia (Mike Birbiglia),
Seeing the World – Louis Robinson, (Thomas
Gibson); 9/9 Claire of the Sea Light (Anika
Noni Rose) and New York Day Woman
(Laurine Towler) – Edwidge Danticat; 9/16
(pre-empted for Berkeley Symphony broadcast),
9/23 A Prayer – Paul Simms (Chip
Zien), Lamentations of the Father – Ian
Frazier (Isaiah Sheffer), The Storm – Jules
Verne (Tony Roberts), Robbed – Ellen Currie
(Christina Pickles) (Sunday at 5pm)
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SMILEY & WEST An energetic radio
fusion of thought provoking, intelligent and
stimulating dialogue on every subject from
news and politics to entertainment and culture,
with Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West.
(Friday at 1pm)
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SNAP JUDGMENT Host Glynn
Washington explores decisions that
define lives, taking listeners on an addictive
narrative that walks a mile in someone
else’s shoes — a rhythmic blend of
drama, humor, music, and personality.
Produced in Oakland, distributed nationwide
by NPR and PRX.
(Sunday at 3pm, Wednesday at 1pm)
SOUND OPINIONS Smart and spirited
discussions about a wide range of popular
music, from cutting-edge underground
rock and hip-hop, to classic rock, R&B,
electronica, and worldbeat. Hosted by
music critics Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot
from the studios of WBEZ in Chicago.
www.soundopinions.org (Sunday at 2pm)
SPOLETO CHAMBER MUSIC
FESTIVAL Host Miles Hoffman with concerts
from the Spoleto Festival USA. Artistic
director and first violinist in the St. Lawrence
String Quartet Geoff Nuttall provides lively
commentary from the stage of the historic
Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, South
Carolina. (Monday at 9pm.)
THE STATE WE’RE IN Radio Netherlands
host Jonathan Groubert presents stories
from all over the world, with a
special focus on human rights issues.
www.radionetherlands.nl
(Monday at Noon)
TANGENTS An unusually diverse,
genre-bending program hosted by Dore
Stein that explores the bridges connecting
various styles of music, from
world and roots to creative jazz hybrids.
www.tangents.com
(Saturday 8pm-Midnight) �
THE TAVIS SMILEY SHOW
A weekly high-energy discussion of
political, cultural, and global issues of particular
relevance to African Americans.
www.tavistalks.org (Friday at Noon)
programming A to Z
THEN AND NOW Host Sarah Cahill
presents two hours of new and classical
music, with local composer interviews
and previews of upcoming concerts.
www.sarahcahill.com (Sunday 8-10pm)�
THE THISTLE & SHAMROCK
Host Fiona Ritchie with well-established
and newly emerging artists that explore
Celtic roots in Europe and North America.
www.thistleradio.com (Saturday at 2pm)
THIS AMERICAN LIFE A different theme
each week with contributions from a variety
of writers and performers, hosted by Ira
Glass. www.thislife.org
(Sunday at 1pm and Wednesday at noon)
THIS WAY OUT LGBT stories and news
from around the corner and around the
world, produced by Greg Gordon in Los
Angeles. www.qrd.org (Thursday at 7:30pm)
TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE
An audio magazine that offers a fresh perspective
on the cultural topics that shape
today’s headlines. www.ttbook.org
(Sunday 8-10am)
TUC RADIO (Time of Useful
Consciousness) Probing reports on the
impact of big corporations on society.
www.tucradio.org (Sunday at 6:30am)
VOICEBOX The best of the vocal music
scene from the Bay Area and beyond,
hosted by Chloe Veltman. The art of
singing is explored with musicians who
love vocal music and provide focused,
contextual reflection about their passion.
Upcoming hightlights: 7/6 Young Voices:
Bob Geary, shares the music of youth
choirs participating in this year’s Golden
Gate International Children’s and Youth
Choral Festival; 7/13 Woodie’s Way: Peter
Glazer, professor of Performance Studies
at the UC Berkeley, shares his thoughts
on the seminal American folk artist;
7/20 Bay Area Vocal Music Showcase,
with Therese Davis; 7/27 Harmonic
Landscapes: Chloe, Erika and Rachel
Tietjen of the T Sisters, with vocalist
Melody Walker, talk about how voices
can create lush harmonic vistas; 8/3
Beyond Cultural Borders: an exploration
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of the triumphs and challenges of singing
the repertoire of other cultures;
8/10 Helene Whitson, director of the
Bay Area Choral Music Archive, shares
some of the global choral music scene’s
most difficult-to-come-by recordings;
8/17 Singing and The Brain; 8/24 Vocal
Music from the Library of Congress; 8/31
& 9/7 (pre-empted for “I Love to Rhyme:
The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin”); 9/14 Tim
Harrington and Paul Wright of the vocal
and guitar/cello duo Paul Heights talk
about the street music scene in Boston;
9/21 Voices from Ethiopia; 9/28 Holy
Singing Holograms!: Cliff Nass, a technology
and communications professor at
Stanford University discusses the latest
developments in voice synthesis technology.
www.voicebox-media.org
(Friday at 10pm)�
WEEKEND EDITION Scott Simon and
NPR wrap up the week’s events – plus arts
and newsmakers interviews. www.npr.org
(Saturday 6-9am)
WEST COAST LIVE! San Francisco’s
“live radio program to the world” hosted
by Sedge Thomson with pianist Mike
Greensill. Two hours of conversation,
performance, and play, broadcast live
from locations around the Bay Area.
Tickets online at www.wcl.org
(Saturday 10am-Noon) �
WHAD’YA KNOW? A two-hour comedy/
quiz show hosted by Michael Feldman, “the
sage of Wisconsin.” www.notmuch.org
(Saturday Noon-2pm)
WORK WITH MARTY NEMKO Career
coach Marty Nemko talks with listeners
about work issues, from fi nding the
perfect job to networking, and regularly
offers “3 minute workovers.” Guests have
included F. Lee Bailey, Studs Terkel, Noam
Chomsky, Alan Dershowitz, Cokie Roberts,
Jack Welch, Suze Orman, Willie Brown,
and Robert Reich. And his wife, Barbara
Nemko, comes in periodically to give him a
hard time. www.martynemko.com
(Sunday at 11am) �
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WORLD HAVE YOUR SAY An interactive
program on key issues in the news
with a worldwide audience, hosted by Ros
Atkins. To participate in the live webcast
at bbc.com at 10am, call 011 44 20 70 83 72
72 or email worldhaveyoursay@bbc.com.
www.worldhaveyoursay.com
(Weekdays at 11am, taped delayed)
WRITER’S ALMANAC Garrison
Keillor’s daily digest of all things literary.
www.writersalmanac.com
(Weekdays at 9:01am)
YOUR CALL Politics and culture,
dialogue and debate, hosted by Rose
Aguilar. To participate, call (415) 841-4134.
www.yourcallradio.org (Weekdays at 10am.
Rebroadcast Monday-Thursday at 11pm,
Friday at 5pm) �
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS San Mateo
Deputy District Attorney Chuck Finney
talks with listeners about legal and consumer
problems. Call in your questions to
Chuck and his team of guest attorneys:
(415) 841-4134. (Wednesday at 7pm) �
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