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Danish Kurani lives in Mountain View. His book, 'The Spaces that Make Us,' came out in February 2026. -
Ooishi Yoshio 1982/Flickr Creative CommonsToday is International Ramen Day! -
Today's poem is a sweet ode to the music producer D’Angelo that Gabe read aloud on the corner of the Mission's 24th and Treat street. -
WikiCommons user: Corey Agopian/WikiCommons / Creative CommonsThere’s a world of sound that doesn’t really exist anymore, and there’s a recording made on the water’s edge in San Francisco over 40 years old that captures one corner of that world. Thousands of people have found this recording, and are listening to it, to the sounds of the past.
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Today is Peach Pie Day! -
Philosophy TalkThe mind-bending novelist was born August 24, 1899. -
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Bay MadeThis week, we are proud to share conversations recorded live at KALW’s community events space in downtown San Francisco as part of KALW’s BOUNCE, chronicling women’s professional sports in and around the Bay. Season 3 of BOUNCE just kicked off, which seems like a good time to revisit some of our favorite conversations from Season 2. -
On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," Cape & Cowl Comics Owner Eitan Manhoff gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
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CrosscurrentsToday, we hear from three very different fans and athletes as they reflect on 30 years of the WNBA. Plus, the Valkyries are back in the playoffs! -
Queer Power HourThis episode of REVISITING THE GAY LIFE features a 1971 conversation from Radio Free Lesbian between a lesbian daughter and her mother, who came out of the closet later in life.This limited series tries to make sense of the years between the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS by digging into the archive of a gay radio show that was hosted by Randy Alfred from 1979 to 1984. -
Oakland poet James Cagney talks about his latest book "Ghetto Koans: A Personal Archive," with KALW's Jeneé Darden at Books Inc. Alameda. In these poems, James let's readers see life in the inner city through his poetic lens. Then, we re-air an interview where James discusses Black manhood and loneliness. -
Trump claims America’s affordability crisis is a “con job.” Baloney.
