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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 hear from you! Please dial 866.SF.FORUM or (866) 733-6786 or email [email protected], tweet, or post on Facebook.

Fewer Friends, More Pressure: The State of ‘American Men’

54 mins; April 03, 2026

Why We’re Headed Back to the Moon For the First Time in Half a Century

54 mins; April 03, 2026

Planning to Vote By Mail This November? What Californians Need to Know

54 mins; April 02, 2026

San Francisco Has Tried to Make its Streets Safer for Pedestrians – Has it Worked?

54 mins; April 02, 2026

In New Book, Sen. Cory Booker Urges Americans to Take a 'Stand'

54 mins; April 01, 2026

A Close Look at the Earth's Tiniest, and its Most Vast, Wonders

54 mins; April 01, 2026

How Can Climate Entertainment Help Us Talk About Climate Change?

52 mins; March 31, 2026

Campus Closures and Teacher Layoffs: Bay Area Public Schools In Crisis

52 mins; March 31, 2026

Addictive Social Media is Harmful to Youth, Jury Says

52 mins; March 30, 2026

U.S. Readying Ground Troops For Iran War

52 mins; March 30, 2026

Dialing Up 150 Years on the Phone

52 mins; March 27, 2026

How the Labradoodle Unleashed An Industry

52 mins; March 27, 2026

David George Haskell on 'How Flowers Made Our World'

52 mins; March 26, 2026

Car and Gas Prices Are Shooting Up. How Will Drivers Respond?

54 mins; March 26, 2026

Is Another ‘Great Recession’ on the Horizon?

52 mins; March 25, 2026

Social Media and AI Disrupt, Distort Iran War Coverage

54 mins; March 25, 2026

What Would Escalation in Iran Look Like?

52 mins; March 24, 2026

San Francisco Has A Lot of Commissions. Should We Keep Them?

52 mins; March 24, 2026

Tahoe Resorts Shut Down a Month Early

49 mins; March 23, 2026

Trump Limits Pathways to Legal Status for Immigrants

52 mins; March 23, 2026

California Confronts the Cesar Chavez Allegations

54 mins; March 20, 2026

How Food Delivery Apps Are Changing the Way We Eat In – And Out

52 mins; March 20, 2026

What Do Rising Gas Prices Mean for Californians?

52 mins; March 19, 2026

Fighting for Internet Privacy in an Increasingly Surveilled World

54 mins; March 19, 2026

Do Airlines Care About Basic Economy Passengers?

52 mins; March 18, 2026

Celebrating the ‘Unsung Heroines’ of the Bay Area

54 mins; March 18, 2026

Ibram X. Kendi Chronicles Impact and Spread of ‘Great Replacement Theory'

52 mins; March 17, 2026

What's Behind the Great Crime Decline?

54 mins; March 17, 2026

Should Californians Have to Show ID to Vote?

54 mins; March 16, 2026

We’re in for a Major Heat Wave

54 mins; March 16, 2026

The First-Ever Casting Director Oscar Goes To...And ‘Pope of Trash' John Waters on the Power of Weird Queer Cinema

55 mins; March 13, 2026

Did Your Great Resignation Career Change Work Out?

54 mins; March 13, 2026

The World Cup Heads to California

54 mins; March 12, 2026

Local Businesses Were Hit Hard by Tariffs. Now They Want A Refund.

54 mins; March 12, 2026

How to Keep Track of all the Corruption Concerns of Trump 2.0

54 mins; March 11, 2026

Child Sex Trafficking is a Big Problem in the Bay Area. How Can We Stop It?

54 mins; March 11, 2026

Anthropic-Pentagon Clash Spotlights Role of AI in War

54 mins; March 10, 2026

In Second Week, Iran War Expands Through Region

54 mins; March 10, 2026

Why Is California's Cannabis Black Market Still So Strong?

54 mins; March 09, 2026

Bay Area Legends: Celebrating the Trailblazing Life of the Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin

54 mins; March 09, 2026

Unpacking the Latest Developments in Iran

54 mins; March 06, 2026

Local YA Novels Tell San Francisco Stories

54 mins; March 06, 2026

Ranchers vs. Wolves: Navigating a Controversial Comeback

54 mins; March 05, 2026

Understanding the Sierra Avalanche Tragedy

54 mins; March 05, 2026

ICE Looks to Expand Detention Centers – Including in California

54 mins; March 04, 2026

How Do You Get By In the Pricey Bay Area?

54 mins; March 04, 2026

Why Are American Kids Such Picky Eaters?

54 mins; March 03, 2026

What Does It Take to Be a ‘Good Woman’?

54 mins; March 03, 2026

The Vast Reach of Jeffrey Epstein's Network

54 mins; March 02, 2026

US and Israel Bomb Iran, Kill Khamenei. What Comes Next?

54 mins; March 02, 2026

Who Runs the World? Fanfiction Writers!

54 mins; February 27, 2026

Real Life Couple Jimmy Smits and Wanda De Jesús, Play Husband and Wife in Berkeley Rep’s ‘All My Sons’

54 mins; February 27, 2026

Ethical Questions Arise from CA’s Commercial Surrogacy Industry

54 mins; February 26, 2026

AI is Changing Fast. How Are You Using It Now?

54 mins; February 26, 2026

Michael Pollan Explores Labyrinth of Consciousness in 'A World Appears'

55 mins; February 25, 2026

Mexico Braces for More Violence After Killing of Cartel Leader

54 mins; February 25, 2026

California Businesses Thrown Into Uncertainty Again After Supreme Court Blocks Trump Tariffs

54 mins; February 25, 2026

Pilot of Experimental Aircraft Asks ‘Why Fly?”

54 mins; February 25, 2026

Daisy Hernández Rethinks Citizenship and the Meaning of Belonging

54 mins; February 23, 2026

Are Democrats Well-Positioned for the Midterms?

54 mins; February 23, 2026

‘The Yips’ Are Real and They Can Happen to Anyone

54 mins; February 20, 2026

You Say You Don’t Have a Favorite Child. But Do You?

54 mins; February 20, 2026

Do You <3 Nintendo?

54 mins; February 19, 2026

Documentary Filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir on Seeking Justice Through ‘The Perfect Neighbor’

54 mins; February 19, 2026

We unpack what we might see come November and how election officials are preparing.

54 mins; February 18, 2026

BART Proposes Station Closures and Fare Hikes to Deal with Massive Budget Shortfall

54 mins; February 18, 2026

Inside Animal Testing Labs With Larry Carbone

54 mins; February 17, 2026

How ‘Tiny Gardens Everywhere’ Can Sustain Us

54 mins; February 17, 2026

Conservative Media's Expanding Influence

54 mins; February 16, 2026

It's Elon Musk's World. We're Just Living In It.

54 mins; February 13, 2026

Looking for a Valentine? You May Need Better Dating Skills

54 mins; February 13, 2026

Kaiser Permanente Strike Enters Third Week as Talks Stall

54 mins; February 12, 2026

How the Reopening of SF’s Castro Theater Could Revitalize Nightlife

54 mins; February 12, 2026

Ray Madoff on 'How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy'

54 mins; February 11, 2026

Mother Jones Marks 50 Years of Holding the Powerful Accountable

54 mins; February 11, 2026

A Hate Murder in Orange County Exposes Growth of Neo-Nazism

54 mins; February 10, 2026

Why Are Oakland Rents Suddenly So Much Cheaper Than SF’s?

54 mins; February 10, 2026

You Can Get a Prenup for Your Labubu Collection. Should You?

54 mins; February 09, 2026

A Public Defender’s Blueprint For How To Fix Our Criminal Justice System

54 mins; February 09, 2026

CA Chocolatiers Adapt to Climate Change

54 mins; February 06, 2026

How Bad Bunny Fuses Activism and Global Superstardom

54 mins; February 06, 2026

UCSF's Dr. Bob Wachter on AI's Healthcare Transformation

54 mins; February 05, 2026

Iran and US Tensions Escalate

54 mins; February 05, 2026

Federal Agents Deploy High Tech to Track Protesters

54 mins; February 04, 2026

SF Public School Teachers Ready for First Strike Since 1979

54 mins; February 04, 2026

Yewande Komolafe on Disability, Cooking and the Restorative Power of a Good Meal

54 mins; February 03, 2026

George Saunders Takes on Mortality, Morality and Climate, Comically, in New Novel ‘Vigil’

54 mins; February 03, 2026

Historian Jarvis Givens on Who Made Black History

54 mins; February 02, 2026

Hearing Aids Work. So Why Don’t More People Wear Them?

54 mins; February 02, 2026

How Do You Friction-Maxx?

54 mins; January 30, 2026

Are Social Media Companies Responsible for Screen Addiction in Kids?

54 mins; January 30, 2026

How Prop 50 and Governor’s Race Are Shaping Early Midterm Projections

54 mins; January 29, 2026

Are We 'Overinvested' in Our Kids?

54 mins; January 29, 2026

What's the Endgame in DHS Brutality?

54 mins; January 28, 2026

China’s Push for Renewable Energy is Good for the Planet, but Maybe Not for the U.S.

54 mins; January 28, 2026

California ER Doctors Reflect on ‘The Pitt’ Effect

54 mins; January 27, 2026

What Should Replace San Francisco Centre?

54 mins; January 27, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson on Trump's Impact on Democracy

54 mins; January 26, 2026

With Rare Candor, FBI Employees Sound Alarms about Kash Patel’s Leadership

54 mins; January 26, 2026

Meklit Hadero Reimagines Ethiopian Folk Songs: Live in Studio

54 mins; January 23, 2026

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