Can we learn to look at the world and see its goodness, rather than mosquitoes, cancer, and endless wars?

On this week's episode of "Sights + Sounds Picks," storyteller and author Ben Tucker gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.

In this episode of Revisiting The Gay Life, we relive the early, uncertain days of what will eventually be called HIV/AIDS with one of the first people to come out publicly as having the disease: Bobbi Campbell.

Last month Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent a memo to UC Berkeley that impacted thousands of their students here on visas. ICE sent a warning to the school letting it know that it risked losing government approval to take foreign students, if it did not close a temporary work authorization program called Course Credit Curricular Practical Training, or CPT.

On today’s show, “Star Trek” has turned 60. We’re boldly going where no public radio show has gone before and talk about how a couple who lived in Oakland, are a big reason why “Star Trek” has lasted six decades. Then, a roundtable discussion about the franchise with authors Mike Chen, Angela Dalton, and documentarian Rahkii “Hyp” Holman.

 What's the lesson from the 2024 election? While Republicans steadily cut taxes on the rich, allowing inequality to skyrocket, many Democrats abandoned the working class.

From our friends at Uncuffed, we're sharing an episode that’s all about sports, play, and the joys of competition. We’ve got stories from the track and the chess board. Plus, life lessons from a boxing ring.

Today is Teddy Bear Day!

Sandip attends a festival honoring a long dead Bollywood star and discovers why Uttam Kumar still commands attention.