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Are Democratic Socialists a Thing Now? Aug 03, 2018

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Some people in the Bay Area paid hundreds of dollars to see a speech by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new liberal Democratic star from New York. She stumped in the Mission to raise money for her Congressional campaign, and also to rally what some are calling a movement of Democratic Socialists.
Guest: Julian Mark, reporter for Mission Local

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How a Schoolteacher’s Letter Led to the Creation of Schulz’s ‘Franklin’ Character Aug 01, 2018

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This week, the first black "Peanuts" cartoon character turns 50, marking the first time that Charlie Brown and Franklin met. It all started with a schoolteacher and mother of three who wrote a letter to Charles Schulz. She encouraged him to let black students see themselves in the comic strip. He hesitated at first but then relented.
Guest: Cesar Gallegos, former archivist for the Charles M. Schulz Museum

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The Conflicted Capitalist: Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Jul 30, 2018

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Can big tech companies call themselves progressive? One of Silicon Valley's biggest CEOs says he has identified as progressive. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he felt conflicted once about whether to charge people to use the company's platform. His answer has something to do with Walt Disney, Bob Dylan and Steve Jobs.
Guest: Sam Harnett, KQED Silicon Valley reporter

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The Orwellian Take on San Francisco’s Informal ‘Caste’ System Jul 27, 2018

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Do you work in tech? Have you bought a home recently? Use Uber? Postmates? And you live in San Francisco? Well then, you might be part of the so-called Outer Party, one of the four informal "castes" in San Francisco that a Wired writer believes makes up the City by the Bay. It's similar to Orwell's 1984, but the modern-day techie version.
Guest: Antonio García Martínez, author of "Chaos Monkeys"

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How Bay Area Activists Harness the Power of White Privilege in Border Protests Jul 25, 2018

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No one knows how to run a protest like Bay Area activists. In fact, faith leaders and Black Lives Matter activists from the Bay brought their strategies to the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego to protest family separation at a detention facility for parents who've had their children taken from them. One recent protest highlighted a surprising tactical twist: how to use white people and their privilege to sway more people to join their resistance.
Guest: John Sepulvado, host of KQED's The California Report

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Fire Clean-Up Mostly Done, but Now It’s Time to Fix Some Mistakes Jul 23, 2018

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It cost $1.3 billion for the federal government to clean up after the fires that devastated Northern California last October. Through the process, one worker died, others were injured, and many homeowners still have giant holes where their houses used to be. A KQED investigation shows how contractors were encouraged to move quickly and neglected safety. And now, the government needs to create a new program to refill holes that were over-dug in the process.
Guest: Sukey Lewis, KQED criminal justice reporter

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Oakland Is Having a Moment at the Movies Jul 20, 2018

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Oakland is having a moment on the big screen. This weekend Blindspotting will be released, the third movie this year featuring the city that is drawing national attention. It follows the releases of Black Panther and Sorry to Bother You earlier in 2018. All can be traced back to the legacy and richness of black culture in The Town.
Guest: Sandhya Dirks, KQED race and equity reporter.

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A Bay Area Newspaper Publisher Uses the N-Word and Then Steps Down Jul 18, 2018

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A journalist at the East Bay Express wrote about Napa’s BottleRock music festival and criticized it for being by and for white people. Then the paper's publisher took down the stories and used the N-word in a meeting. Today, the story of Express reporter Azucena Rasilla and what led publisher Steve Buel to step down.
Guest: Sara Hossaini, KQED reporter

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Raising Sam: A Story of Seizures, Marijuana and American Health Care Jul 16, 2018

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Sam Vogelstein was having as many as 100 seizures a day. His parents tried more than 20 different medications. Then they stumbled on research showing the benefits of a marijuana-based drug. After trying to buy and make the CBD (cannabidiol) drug underground they eventually got into a clinical trial that has stopped Sam’s seizures.
Guest: Lesley McClurg, KQED science reporter

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East Palo Alto: Bank Desert Jul 12, 2018

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There are no banks in East Palo Alto – a city surrounded by some of the wealthiest communities in the Bay Area. There is one lone ATM, though. We’ll take you there and meet some people who say being ignored by banks is a long-standing problem in this historically black and brown neighborhood, even as it gentrifies.
Guest: Tonya Mosley, KQED's Silicon Valley Bureau Chief.

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