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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.

Forum From the Archives: Tiffany Haddish Wants to ‘Curse You With Joy’

57 mins; July 05, 2024

Forum From the Archives: 'Jazz Hero' Jesse 'Chuy' Varela on the History of Latin Jazz in the Bay Area and Beyond

57 mins; July 05, 2024

Forum From the Archives: Rebecca Boyle on How the Moon ‘Made Us Who We Are’

57 mins; July 04, 2024

Forum From the Archives: Berkeley Perfumer Mandy Aftel on the 'Curious and Wondrous World of Fragrance'

57 mins; July 04, 2024

Forum From the Archives: R.O. Kwon Mines Complexity of Desire, Both Romantic and Creative, in ‘Exhibit’

57 mins; July 03, 2024

Forum From the Archives: ‘Down Home Music’ Captures Arhoolie Records’ History in Photos

57 mins; July 03, 2024

Forum From the Archives: Electronic Music Composer Suzanne Ciani Celebrates Groundbreaking Career

57 mins; July 02, 2024

Forum From the Archives: Graphic Novelist Raina Telgemeier Taps into Adolescent Anxiety, Zeitgeist

57 mins; July 02, 2024

Forum From the Archives: Mark Mazzetti on ‘How Extremists Took Over Israel’

57 mins; July 01, 2024

Forum From the Archives: Carvell Wallace Journeys Through Loss and Reunion in Memoir ‘Another Word for Love’

57 mins; July 01, 2024

Biden and Trump Meet in High-Stakes Debate

57 mins; June 28, 2024

How Refrigeration Changed The World

43 mins; June 28, 2024

Supreme Court Rules Bans on Camping on Street Do Not Violate 8th Amendment

15 mins; June 28, 2024

Is No-Fault Divorce Under Threat?

57 mins; June 27, 2024

Bay Area Fisheries Working Against the Tide of Shortened or Canceled Seasons

57 mins; June 27, 2024

Emily Nussbaum Tells the True Story of Reality TV

55 mins; June 26, 2024

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Confronts Onslaught of Troubles

55 mins; June 26, 2024

What’s Inside Project 2025?

55 mins; June 25, 2024

A Sensitive Meathead’s Quest to Get ‘Swole’

55 mins; June 25, 2024

Khushbu Shah Reimagines Indian Cuisine for the American Diaspora

55 mins; June 24, 2024

Hot Summer Promises More Blazes This Wildfire Season

55 mins; June 24, 2024

Analyzing Immigration Rhetoric and Policy this Election Year

55 mins; June 21, 2024

Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Peers into the Teen Brain

55 mins; June 21, 2024

California’s New Ban on ‘Hidden Fees’ to Take Effect July 1

55 mins; June 20, 2024

Natalie Foster’s ‘The Guarantee’ Imagines An America Where Government Ensures Economic Stability for Everyone

55 mins; June 20, 2024

Dr. Fauci Reflects on a Life on the Frontlines of Public Health Crises

55 mins; June 19, 2024

Doing Democracy: Activists Look to State Courts and Constitutions to Expand Rights

55 mins; June 19, 2024

How Influencers and Algorithms Undermine Democracy — and How to Fight Back

55 mins; June 18, 2024

Bikes Stolen In the Bay Area Show Up On Global Blackmarket

55 mins; June 18, 2024

Neuroscientist Rahul Jandial Explains Why We Dream

55 mins; June 17, 2024

Annalee Newitz on How Stories are Weaponized

55 mins; June 17, 2024

Grace Jung’s ‘K-Drama School’ Unpacks a Pop Culture Phenomenon

55 mins; June 14, 2024

Slow Burn Podcast Excavates Bay Area LGBTQ History with ‘Gays Against Briggs’

55 mins; June 14, 2024

Music Critic Ann Powers on ‘Traveling’ on Singer-Songwriter Joni Mitchell’s Path

55 mins; June 13, 2024

The Global Battle to Control Food and Water Chronicled in Documentary ‘The Grab’

55 mins; June 13, 2024

National Academies Push for New Definition of Long COVID

55 mins; June 12, 2024

‘Father Time’ Explores How Parenthood Alters Men’s Brains and Bodies

55 mins; June 12, 2024

R.O. Kwon Mines Complexity of Desire, Both Romantic and Creative, in ‘Exhibit’

55 mins; June 11, 2024

Generative AI is Coming to California’s Public Sector. What Now?

55 mins; June 11, 2024

Supreme Court Set to Decide Landmark Cases Amid Ethics Controversies

55 mins; June 10, 2024

Robin Sloan’s Novel ‘Moonbound’ Expands Time, Space, and Technology

55 mins; June 10, 2024

The Tea Party is Dead (Again). What Will its Legacy Be?

55 mins; June 07, 2024

SF Opera’s ‘Innocence’ Reckons with the Long Reach and Lingering Effects of Gun Violence

55 mins; June 07, 2024

How to Raise Sons in ‘the Age of Impossible Masculinity’

55 mins; June 06, 2024

The Good, Bad and Annoying as Autonomous Vehicle Services Expand

55 mins; June 06, 2024

How Jazz Shaped the Civil Rights Movement

55 mins; June 05, 2024

What Billionaire Miriam Adelson’s Campaign Spending Could Mean for U.S. Policy in Israel

55 mins; June 05, 2024

School Board Politics Heat up in California

55 mins; June 04, 2024

Threats, Stalking and Harassment is the New Normal for Many Public Officials

55 mins; June 04, 2024

Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on How to ‘Say More’

55 mins; June 03, 2024

Ernesto Londoño’s ‘Trippy’ Takes a Journalistic, and Personal, Tour of Medicinal Psychedelics

55 mins; June 03, 2024

Former President Donald Trump Convicted in Hush Money Case

55 mins; May 31, 2024

Former President Trump is a Convicted Felon. Now What?

55 mins; May 31, 2024

Mark Mazzetti on ‘How Extremists Took Over Israel’

55 mins; May 30, 2024

Woof! Comedian Hannah Gadsby Punchlines Grief, The Apocalypse in New Show

55 mins; May 30, 2024

Sal Khan on 'How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)'

55 mins; May 29, 2024

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55 mins; May 29, 2024

Is California’s Wine Industry in Trouble?

55 mins; May 28, 2024

Blowing the Whistle on Medical Research

55 mins; May 28, 2024

Miranda July Wrestles with the Female Midlife Crisis in ‘All Fours’

55 mins; May 24, 2024

Rachel Khong’s Novel ‘Real Americans’ Questions the Limits of Identity

55 mins; May 24, 2024

‘My Octopus Teacher’ Filmmaker on Connecting to Our Wild Selves

55 mins; May 23, 2024

State Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Prop. 22 … and the Gig Economy

55 mins; May 23, 2024

Shefali Luthra on the ‘Undue Burden’ of Post-Roe Reproductive Care

55 mins; May 22, 2024

All You Can Eat: Yes, the Bay Area Does Have a Late Night Dining Scene

55 mins; May 22, 2024

Nicholas Kristof On Finding Hope Through Journalism

55 mins; May 21, 2024

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55 mins; May 21, 2024

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55 mins; May 20, 2024

The Long Troubled History of US Immigration Detention and the Case for Ending It

55 mins; May 20, 2024

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55 mins; May 17, 2024

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55 mins; May 17, 2024

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55 mins; May 16, 2024

Doing Democracy: Trump’s Rhetoric Raises Fears of an Authoritarian Second Term

55 mins; May 16, 2024

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55 mins; May 15, 2024

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In Transit: Amtrak's Future In California

55 mins; May 14, 2024

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55 mins; May 14, 2024

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55 mins; May 13, 2024

The Uncertain Future of Iconic, Battered, Highway 1

55 mins; May 13, 2024

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55 mins; May 10, 2024

Gary Shteyngart on a Lonely Week on the World’s Largest Cruise Ship

55 mins; May 10, 2024

Is Hollywood’s New ‘Magical, Colorblind Past’ a Good Thing?

55 mins; May 09, 2024

House GOP Targets Berkeley Schools in Antisemitism Hearing

55 mins; May 09, 2024

Illia Ponomarenko on Reporting From Ukraine’s Front Lines

55 mins; May 08, 2024

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55 mins; May 08, 2024

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55 mins; May 07, 2024

SFMOMA’s New Collaboration with Artists with Disabilities

55 mins; May 07, 2024

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55 mins; May 06, 2024

Will the U.S. Really Ban TikTok?

55 mins; May 06, 2024

California PUC Considers New Fixed Charge for Electricity

55 mins; May 03, 2024

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55 mins; May 03, 2024

Alice Wong Redefines ‘Disability Intimacy’ in New Anthology

55 mins; May 02, 2024

How a Massive California Prison Hunger Strike Overhauled Solitary Confinement

55 mins; May 02, 2024

How to Spend this Summer Camping California

55 mins; May 01, 2024

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55 mins; May 01, 2024

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What’s Next for Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests

55 mins; April 30, 2024

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55 mins; April 29, 2024

City Lights Chief Book Buyer Paul Yamazaki on a Half Century Spent “Reading the Room”

55 mins; April 29, 2024

NPR's Sarah McCammon on Leaving the Evangelical Church

55 mins; April 26, 2024

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