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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 Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpoints.Want to call/submit your comments during our live Forum program Mon-Fri, 9am-11am? We'd love to...
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Daisy Hernández Rethinks Citizenship and the Meaning of Belonging
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Are Democrats Well-Positioned for the Midterms?
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‘The Yips’ Are Real and They Can Happen to Anyone
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You Say You Don’t Have a Favorite Child. But Do You?
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Do You Love Nintendo?
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Documentary Filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir on Seeking Justice Through ‘The Perfect Nei...
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Concerns Build for Election Interference in Midterms
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BART Proposes Station Closures and Fare Hikes to Deal with Massive Budget Shortf...
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Inside Animal Testing Labs With Larry Carbone
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How ‘Tiny Gardens Everywhere’ Can Sustain Us
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Conservative Media's Expanding Influence
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It's Elon Musk's World. We're Just Living In It.
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Looking for a Valentine? You May Need Better Dating Skills
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Kaiser Permanente Strike Enters Third Week as Talks Stall
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How the Reopening of SF’s Castro Theater Could Revitalize Nightlife
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Ray Madoff on 'How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy'
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Mother Jones Marks 50 Years of Holding the Powerful Accountable
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A Hate Murder in Orange County Exposes Growth of Neo-Nazism
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Why Are Oakland Rents Suddenly So Much Cheaper Than SF’s?
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You Can Get a Prenup for Your Labubu Collection. Should You?
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A Public Defender’s Blueprint For How To Fix Our Criminal Justice System
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CA Chocolatiers Adapt to Climate Change
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How Bad Bunny Fuses Activism and Global Superstardom
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UCSF's Dr. Bob Wachter on AI's Healthcare Transformation
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Iran and US Tensions Escalate
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Federal Agents Deploy High Tech to Track Protesters
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SF Public School Teachers Ready for First Strike Since 1979
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Yewande Komolafe on Disability, Cooking and the Restorative Power of a Good Meal
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George Saunders Takes on Mortality, Morality and Climate, Comically, in New Nove...
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Historian Jarvis Givens on Who Made Black History
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Hearing Aids Work. So Why Don’t More People Wear Them?
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How Do You Friction-Maxx?
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Are Social Media Companies Responsible for Screen Addiction in Kids?
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How Prop 50 and Governor’s Race Are Shaping Early Midterm Projections
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Are We 'Overinvested' in Our Kids?
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What's the Endgame in DHS Brutality?
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China’s Push for Renewable Energy is Good for the Planet, but Maybe Not for the...
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California ER Doctors Reflect on ‘The Pitt’ Effect
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What Should Replace San Francisco Centre?
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With Rare Candor, FBI Employees Sound Alarms about Kash Patel’s Leadership
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Heather Cox Richardson on Trump's Impact on Democracy
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Philosopher C. Thi Nguyen on Freeing Ourselves from Metrics
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Meklit Hadero Reimagines Ethiopian Folk Songs: Live in Studio
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Orphaned Ukrainian Children Navigate Loss and Recovery Amid War
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Could Greenland Become the 51st State?
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Should California Impose a Tax on Billionaires?
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What the Closure of California College of the Arts and Vanderbilt Expansion Mean...
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How Much Do You Wanna Bet…On The News?
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‘When Trees Testify’ They Tell the Story of Black American History
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California’s Iranian Diaspora Despairs Over Brutal Crackdown
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