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Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra talks with local journalists about what’s happening in the greatest region in the country. It’s the context and analysis you need to make sense of the news, with help from the people who know it best. New episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.

The Sacred History of Indian and Mortar Rocks in Berkeley

21 mins; November 29, 2024

Reflecting on the Fight for Marriage Equality

18 mins; November 27, 2024

Want Fresh Local Crab for Thanksgiving? You'll Have to Get It Yourself

21 mins; November 25, 2024

Prop Fest Roundup!

27 mins; November 22, 2024

SF Muni Could Face Devastating Cuts

21 mins; November 20, 2024

Omar Torres Resigns From San José City Council, Is Arrested

24 mins; November 18, 2024

Oakland Has Recalled Mayor Sheng Thao. Now What?

21 mins; November 15, 2024

Attorney General Rob Bonta on Fighting Trump 2.0

23 mins; November 13, 2024

Daniel Lurie Is San Francisco's Next Mayor

19 mins; November 11, 2024

The Bay Area Reacts to Trump’s Win

15 mins; November 08, 2024

Behind the Scenes on Election Day

25 mins; November 06, 2024

Why Many Eligible Voters in Jail Can’t Cast a Ballot

18 mins; November 04, 2024

Santa Clara County Is About to Elect Its First Vietnamese American Supervisor

26 mins; November 01, 2024

SF Mayoral Race Update, Hotel Worker Strike, and Oil Industry Campaign Spending in…Belmont?

26 mins; October 30, 2024

How Local Churches Are Becoming Hubs for Climate Solutions

19 mins; October 28, 2024

Could the Oakland Hills Burn Again?

15 mins; October 25, 2024

SF School Closures Are on Pause – For Now

22 mins; October 23, 2024

Sonoma County's Measure J Could Reshape Farming

22 mins; October 21, 2024

An Evening at San Jose’s Story Road Night Market

19 mins; October 18, 2024

Two Big Recall Elections in the East Bay

29 mins; October 16, 2024

Close All Tabs: The Evolution of Online Campaigning

39 mins; October 14, 2024

$100 Million Is Coming to Deep East Oakland

21 mins; October 11, 2024

Explaining Ranked Choice Voting

23 mins; October 09, 2024

'It's Been a Year. This Must End.'

12 mins; October 07, 2024

Prop. 36: Increase Penalties for Certain Theft and Drug Crimes

30 mins; October 04, 2024

Prop. 35: Changes to the MCO Tax for Medi-Cal Funding

16 mins; October 03, 2024

Prop. 34: Prescription Drug Spending (But Also...Rent Control?)

22 mins; October 02, 2024

Prop. 33: Removing Limits on Local Rent Control

23 mins; October 01, 2024

Prop. 32: Raising the Minimum Wage to $18 an Hour

20 mins; September 30, 2024

The A’s Last Game in Oakland

25 mins; September 27, 2024

Prop. 6: Abolishing Involuntary Servitude in Prisons

15 mins; September 27, 2024

Prop. 5: Should It Be Easier to Pass Local Bonds for Affordable Housing and Infrastructure?

22 mins; September 26, 2024

Prop. 4: A $10 Billion Bond to Address Climate Change

17 mins; September 25, 2024

Prop. 3: Enshrining the Right to Marry for Same-Sex Couples

23 mins; September 24, 2024

Prop. 2: A $10 Billion Bond to Repair School Facilities

16 mins; September 23, 2024

KQED Live: San Francisco Mayoral Debate

62 hours 20 mins; September 20, 2024

‘It’s Just Killing Me’: The Palestinian Americans Trying to Get Family Out of Gaza

19 mins; September 18, 2024

The Oakland Coliseum Has Been Sold. What Now?

18 mins; September 16, 2024

SF Mayoral Candidates Court Chinese American Voters

26 mins; September 13, 2024

Inside a Community For Farmworkers and Low-Income Families Near Half Moon Bay

14 mins; September 11, 2024

The Golden Gate Bridge’s Suicide Prevention Net

18 mins; September 09, 2024

‘Right to Repair’ Communities Help Consumers Fix Their Own Stuff

20 mins; September 06, 2024

Child Care Relief Is Finally Coming to Alameda County

15 mins; September 04, 2024

How Scarlot Harlot Fought for Sex Worker Rights in SF

26 mins; September 02, 2024

The Bay’s August News Roundup

25 mins; August 30, 2024

In Oakland and Berkeley, 16 and 17-Year Olds Can Now Vote for School Board

19 mins; August 28, 2024

California Forever Pulls Ballot Measure to Build New City in Solano County — For Now

19 mins; August 26, 2024

How the Black Panthers Changed American Schools

31 mins; August 23, 2024

Richmond’s $550 Million Deal with Chevron

21 mins; August 21, 2024

California Democrats Flock to Chicago for DNC

16 mins; August 19, 2024

Are We Ready for More EVs?

21 mins; August 16, 2024

Bay Area Schools Face Sea Level Rise Threat

23 mins; August 14, 2024

Once-Rising Star in SF Politics Charged with Sexual Assault

28 mins; August 12, 2024

South Bay Doctor Returns to Gaza

25 mins; August 09, 2024

SF Promises ‘Very Aggressive’ Homeless Sweeps

19 mins; August 07, 2024

How Bay Area Politics Shaped Kamala Harris

16 mins; August 05, 2024

Why Millbrae Voters Recalled 2 City Councilmembers

26 mins; August 02, 2024

Bay Area Reactions to Biden Dropping Out

12 mins; July 22, 2024

It's Time For Our July Break

1 min; July 01, 2024

FBI Raids Home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, a State Budget Deal, and Wildfire Season

23 mins; June 28, 2024

A Bay Farewell to the Rightnowish Podcast

24 mins; June 26, 2024

‘This is Where My People Are’: A Queer Person’s Journey to the Bay

20 mins; June 24, 2024

A Tribute to Willie Mays, the ‘Say Hey Kid’

13 mins; June 21, 2024

In Sunol, A School Board Recall Divides the Town

21 mins; June 19, 2024

San Francisco’s First Mayoral Debate

30 mins; June 17, 2024

A Conversation With Banko Brown’s Chosen Family

24 mins; June 14, 2024

For High Schoolers in the South Bay, Silicon Valley Looms

19 mins; June 12, 2024

Inside Sutro Baths In Its Prime

22 mins; June 10, 2024

What Should We Do About AI?

18 mins; June 07, 2024

Applying For Student Aid Was Supposed to Be Easier This Year. It Wasn’t

19 mins; June 05, 2024

Advocates Protest Planned Closure of East San Jose Trauma Center

18 mins; June 03, 2024

A Chevron Tax(?), More Farmworker Housing, and Berkeley’s Baby Falcons. Plus, a Visiting Journalist From the Republic of Georgia

26 mins; May 31, 2024

A Morning with BART’s Crisis Intervention Specialists

23 mins; May 29, 2024

D Sharp: The DJ Behind the Warriors Games

18 mins; May 27, 2024

Fate of Uber, Lyft Workers’ Benefits Now Up to the State Supreme Court

28 mins; May 24, 2024

How SF Hopes to Make This Critical Opioid Addiction Treatment More Available

17 mins; May 22, 2024

Silicon Valley’s Deep Ties With Israel

20 mins; May 20, 2024

Displacing People for “Progress": The Origins of BART

20 mins; May 17, 2024

'I Am Still Haunted': Women Accuse Rising SF Political Star of Rape and Abuse

27 mins; May 15, 2024

Naatak Theatre, A Staple of Indian American Life in the South Bay

18 mins; May 13, 2024

Berkeley Schools Chief Testifies Before Congress on Antisemitism

22 mins; May 10, 2024

Billionaire-Backed Bid for New Solano County City Inches Closer to the Ballot

21 mins; May 08, 2024

How The Bay Gets Made

5 mins; May 06, 2024

The Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Encampments

29 mins; May 03, 2024

Nursing Home Staff Shortages Leave Patients Waiting in Hospitals

25 mins; May 01, 2024

April News Roundup: Berkeley’s Newest Councilmember, Reviewing Death Row Sentences, and Pandas in S.F.

17 mins; April 29, 2024

The Bay Area’s Stakes in SCOTUS Homelessness Case

24 mins; April 26, 2024

Silicon Valley House Seat Race Gets a Recount

19 mins; April 24, 2024

Why Renaming Oakland’s Airport is a Big Deal

15 mins; April 22, 2024

Half Moon Bay is Making Progress on Farmworker Housing

19 mins; April 19, 2024

Feds Shut Down Infamous Women's Prison in Dublin

18 mins; April 17, 2024

How Aaron Peskin Shakes Up S.F.’s Mayoral Race

24 mins; April 15, 2024

Poetry in Service of Politics: A Conversation with Darius Simspon

22 mins; April 12, 2024

A’s to Play Their Next Season in Sacramento

21 mins; April 10, 2024

Why are There So Few School Buses in California?

22 mins; April 08, 2024

Hope and Loss in Gaza: A Bay Area Doctor Reflects on His Aid Mission

26 mins; April 05, 2024

A Toxic Dust Threatens Salmon. Can We Do Something About It?

17 mins; April 03, 2024

Oakland’s Queer Nightlife Renaissance is Here

15 mins; April 01, 2024

March News Roundup: Street Spirit Lives On, MACRO Oakland, and Aaron Peskin for SF Mayor?

20 mins; March 29, 2024

Babies With Developmental Delays Are Entitled to Care. Many Aren’t Getting It

22 mins; March 27, 2024

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