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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...
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Can Anyone Solve America’s $40 Trillion Debt Problem?
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In Daniel Mason’s Comic Novel ‘Country People,’ California Collides with New Eng...
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Rozina Ali Traces Islamophobia’s Long Shadow
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Can the Trump Administration Allow Private Development in Yosemite?
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Who Should Pay When Utilities Companies Start a Fire?
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What Does Bay Area Democratic Socialism Look Like?
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What’s Driving the Anti-Sunscreen Movement?
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The Long Reach of the “Marinaissance”
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The Iran War at Six Months: Has the U.S. Already Lost?
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What Are the Objects That Define the Bay Area?
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How Will Meta’s Landmark Settlement Change Social Media?
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Trump Trade War with Canada Pits the U.S. Against a Once-Staunch Ally
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Remembering Dolly Parton
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Historian Jill Lepore Warns Against Letting Robots Take Over Our Democracy
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The Hidden Psychology Behind Procrastination
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KQED Investigates Botched Clipper 2.0 Launch
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Should You Rethink How Much You’re Drinking?
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Why California is Rethinking its Nuclear Exit
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Are Health Trackers Making Us Obsessed?
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Nina LaCour Weaves an Intimate Story of the Great Migration to California in Nov...
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The USS Abraham Lincoln and the Toll of the Iran War
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ICE Airport Arrests Attract Legal Outcry
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Should San Francisco Create a Public Bank?
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NPR’s Allison Aubrey on Reinventing Life After 50
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Is California Ready for `The Big One?’
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Rep. Jared Huffman Warns about the Power of Christian Nationalism in Congress
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Artificial Stone Containing Silica is Killing Workers. Will California Ban It?
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Dorothy Lazard on the Ambitious Mission of Libraries and the People that Make th...
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Why We Can’t Stop Reading Thrillers
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Where Do You Go to Find Your People?
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Why The Onion Took Over Infowars
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Federal Sex Education Cuts and Abstinence-Only Policies Spark Debate Over Teen H...
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What’s Going on at the Department of Homeland Security?
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How Prepared Are We for Cyberattacks on Cities, Water Systems?
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The California Cities Beefing With Fast Food Drive-Thrus
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The Alarming Rise of Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults
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Annie Jacobsen’s Doomsday Biological War Scenario
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Chang-rae Lee's Novel, 'A Tender Age' Is A Personal Story
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Julian Shapiro-Barnum on ‘How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up’
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Oakland High Students on the Value of ‘Cross-Cultural Medicine’
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Why Danny McBride Makes Fun of American Men
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From Cash Checks to Shelter Mandates, The South Bay Is Betting Big on Homelessne...
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How Tariffs, Wildfire and Climate Change Threaten California Wine
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Flipping the Switch: What Will it Take for California to Meet Its 100% Green Ene...
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‘Skill Nostalgia’ and the Appeal of Craftsmanship
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Trump Administration Backs Off Regulating Environmental Toxins Despite MAHA Dema...
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Why Don’t Americans Trust the News?
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Former Google Employee Recounts Path From Enchantment to Disillusionment in ‘Don...
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More California Kids Are Getting Hurt on E-Bikes, Study Finds
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What’s on Your Summer Reading List?
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