The California Report Magazine
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Getting Inside the Political Mind of Jerry Brown
How do you tell the story of Jerry Brown’s political career? You start by sitting down with the former California governor for over 40 hours of interviews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Cave Woman of India: Tracing My Scars as an Immigrant’s Daughter
Most children of immigrant parents know what it's like to walk between two worlds. In this week's episode, Sandhya Dirks takes us back with her to her mother's India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transgender Opera Singers Take Enormous Risks to Live Authentically
Elliot Franks, Lucia Lucas and Breanna Sinclairé are transgender opera singers navigating an industry that has been slow to evolve with the times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Barbed Wire at the Border Brings Back Memories of Internment – and the Unexpected Impact of Legalized Marijuana
Memories of Internment; Childcare Saves a Family; The Fight Over Police Use of Deadly Force; Legal Cannabis' Impact on Farming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Living In and Out of the Box
A Fantasy World Made of Cardboard Boxes; Bringing up Baby in a Tiny House; What Box Do you Check?; Transgender Prisoners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Hidden History of Slavery in California
An Afro-Diasporic Remix of The Nutcracker; The Ghost of Mary Ellen Pleasant; A Slave Auction in Los Angeles?; Indigenous Red Market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How One Woman’s Search for Her Homeless Mother Became a Mission to Help Others
Robin Burton started out trying to find her mom. But the search morphed into something else: a mission to help other people who are homeless and missing too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search for Family From Jonestown and Beyond
Forty-one years ago this week, more than 900 people died in a mass suicide in Jonestown, a remote settlement in South America. This documentary follows a Bay Area man who unravels the tangled family history that binds him to that tragedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Is the California Dream, and Is it Still Alive?
Prison-to-College Pipeline, Prop 13’s Impact on the CA Dream, Letter to My CA Dreamer, a Dream Shaped By Water Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Living Through Wildfire and Facing a New Normal
A Mind Scarred by Wildfire, Survivors Struggle to Find Housing, Radio Station Relays Fire Info in Indigenous Languages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Thin Place
A paramedic and ER nurse from Northern California may himself be a conduit between the living and the dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A ‘Nest’ for Migrant Kids at the Border – and an Unusual High School Reunion
Tijuana’s First Early Childhood Education Center…Affiliated With a Migrant Shelter, Fictional Podcast ‘Moonface’ Explores Being Korean and Queer, Alums of Iranian Jewish School Reunite 40 Years Later Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Special Ed for California’s Black Students Was Supposed to Be Fixed by This Landmark Case. It Wasn’t
A landmark ruling in 1977 changed special education for black students in California. But many educators, black parents and advocates say plenty remains broken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
These Five People Challenge the Notion of Blindness as a Deficit
The world of mollusk, a master in tinkering, guitarist Ioana Gandrabur, an architect who listens to buildings and designing how products sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Blind Beekeeper Relies on Sound to Keep Her Hives Happy
It has been almost 30 years since Aerial Gilbert lost her sight. In that time she’s relearned just about everything she used to do before going blind — and she did it through the power of sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Heat Threatens California’s Most Vulnerable
Climate change is making it hotter everywhere in California. And heat can be a sneaky threat to our health and safety. It’s getting more dangerous, and deadly - even in parts of California you wouldn’t expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Spicing Up Seniors’ Sex Lives – and Getting a Second Chance at the California Dream
Author and Dance Teacher’s Mission to Redefine Aging, Rocky Road Ice Cream’s Bumpy History, Singer Mike Marshall’s Second Chance, Letter to My California Dreamer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Three Transgender Opera Singers on the Risks They Took to Live Authentically
Elliot Franks, Lucia Lucas and Breanna Sinclairé have taken enormous risks to live their most authentic lives. And they’ve navigated an industry that has been slow to evolve with the times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Vallejo in the Spotlight After Fatal Police Shootings
Police shootings of Black and Latino men have sparked protests across California and the nation. The East Bay city of Vallejo is also grappling with officer-involved shootings. Community members there are asking for accountability, and demanding answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Ode to the Tumbleweeds and Driveway Barbeques of Riverside
Young Central Valley Mariachi Heads to Harvard; Finding Love After Alzheimer’s; Susan Straight’s “In the Country of Women”; Letter to My Dreamer: Lake County Farm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As Students Struggle With Anxiety, a California School Tries to Help
Some schools are teaching kids how to deal with the physical and mental impacts of anxiety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Cave Woman of India: Tracing My Scars as an Immigrant’s Daughter
In this personal story, KQED's Sandhya Dirks takes us back to her mother's India -- to a tell a story about inherited trauma, mental illness, and South Asian history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Road Trip to Some of California’s Hidden Gems
This summer, forget the tourist traps and come along with us on a sonic journey to explore some of California’s out-of-the-way, cool spots that make this place we call home so unique. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Missing and Homeless: How a Woman’s Search for Her Mother Became a Mission to Help Others
Robin Burton may never find her mother, but she’s made quite a few friends during her search. That's because she launched a Facebook group called 'Missing & Homeless' that now has more than 63,000 members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
An Unlikely Suspect: On the Trail of a Northern California Serial Arsonist
It took two years to track down the Capay Valley arsonist. He was convicted of 12 counts of arson, but he's suspected of setting 152 fires over the course of 18 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
She Strived to Be the Perfect Mom and Landed in the Psych Ward
Motherhood was going great for Lisa Abramson, until the walls started talking to her. But she said being in the hospital made her feel more crazy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Golden State Plate – The Backstory Behind California-Born Food and Drinks
Pricey and Potent Pisco Punch, The Birth of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, The Complex Origin of Fortune Cookies, The Ranch Behind Hidden Valley Ranch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Challenging Inequality in One of California’s Most Divided Cities
Taking on Big Oil; World’s First LGBTQ Mariachi; Coffee Co-Op; Activist Caregiver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A History of Queer California
Trans Man Finds Refuge in Small Town Cafe; Selling Flowers Through the AIDS Crisis; Compton Cafeteria: CA’s Stonewall; Why Harvey Milk Still Matters to Young People Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The California Story Behind the Mai Tai and the Damburger
An Island Drink with California Roots, Podcast Connects Filipino Diaspora, The Humble Burger That Fueled the Big Dam, UC Degree For Late Chicano Activist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Father’s Day Tribute to California Dads
Letters to My Father in Prison, Sounds of My Father, A Father’s Day Haircut With a Weed-Whacker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Golden Years in the Golden State: Meet 6 California Seniors
Today we’ll meet six seniors: a student, a volunteer, a farmer, someone looking for a job, a woman about town, and man whose daughter is his caretaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Throwback! Celebrating California’s Analog Age
Video Store Survives Netflix, Last Roller Rink Organist, Typewriter Poet, Fleetwood Macrame, Ferris Bueller Revisited Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
‘I’m Trapped’: Who Do You Call for Help When Your Abuser Is a Cop?
When Your Abuser Is a Cop, He Designs Products With His Ears, Sounds of My Father Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Beauty Queen Who Fights Mental Health Stigma, and a Dream Shaped by Water
How Water Shaped the California Dream; This Boom Town Boomed Best When You Boomed With It; An Advice Show for POCs; A Surprising Beauty Queen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Difficult Choices Around Motherhood
Faith in Her Child Despite What the Docs Said, Dominatrix Mom, Mothering in the Shadow of Big Oil, A Song for Grandma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
High School Students Take Over the Airwaves
Pregnant at 15, Pressured to be Polite, Always Tired, Embracing 'Body Positivity', 'My Natural Hair Journey', Living In Two Worlds, Cooking With Kenny Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From the Origin of the Fortune Cookie to Making Community College Applications Mandatory
Fortune Cookie Mystery, Blind in California, Sexual Assault in Yoga, Shooting for a College Degree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
‘It’s So Important to Be Heard:’ Californians Living With Disabilities
Navigating High School as a Deaf 16-Year-Old; My Sister Can’t Speak, But She Makes Herself Heard; What It Means to ‘Edit Out’ a Disability; Ski School for All Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This Is the Coachella Most Californians Don’t See
For many Californians, their only reference point for the Coachella Valley is the annual music festival which kicks off this week. But there are other sides to Coachella — the ones locals see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meth Mania: From Biker Gangs to the Psych Ward, How Speed Came of Age in California
Methamphetamine is back in California. This time around, it's sending more and more people to the hospital, to rehab and to the morgue. Learn about one woman's two-decade battle with meth, from when biker gangs helped the drug take root in California to today’s deadly epidemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fresno Police Corruption: How a Top Cop Went From Hero to Federal Prison
It’s one of the biggest police corruption scandals in modern California history, and one you probably didn’t hear about if you live outside the Central Valley. And it wasn’t an isolated incident. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Running for City Council, as a Teen Mom
Persian New Year from Afar; Remembering the King of Surf Guitar; Golden State Plate: Santa Maria BBQ; Letter to my California Dreamer: Palo Alto in the '70s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Ferlinghetti to Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
How a Janitor Invented a Bestselling Junk Food; Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100; Artists Reimagine 'Valley Girl'; A Letter From Charles Schulz, 50 years later Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Migrant Teens: Figuring Out Life in California
Reuniting with Mom (and missing Grandma); High School at age 20?; Kids send Postcards to other Kids in Detention; Conditions for Migrant Kids in Custody; From England’s Green Hills to California’s Deserts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On The Trail of a Serial Arsonist in California
Most wildfires ignite by accident. But some are set on purpose - and arsonists are very hard to catch. We find out how investigators caught one of them. It took two years and dozens of people to track him down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How ‘Okies’ Reshaped the Golden State
When Black Farmworkers Picked California's Crops; Letter to My Dust Bowl Grandparents; When Bakersfield was the Center of the Country Music Universe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your California Breakup Playlist
Living With the Ex; Genetically Sensitive to Rejection?; Stories of Last Kisses; Listeners' Favorite Breakup Songs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Love, California Style
93-Year-Old DJ Still Connects Lovers Over the Airwaves, Cold Water Romance, Love Worth Fighting For Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
40 Percent of Kids in This School District Are Homeless
Spike in Homeless Kids on Central Coast; Busting Homeless Myths; A Letter to A Revolutionary Dreamer; What Makes Your Salad Taste Like California? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices