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06/15/2026

KALW's new podcast Freedom Needs a Soundtrack is featured in Rolling Stone!

"In 1996, the Tibetan Freedom Concert turned an underreported human rights struggle into a global cultural moment. Thirty years later, a new podcast is revisiting how it all came together — and what it set in motion. Launching June 15, Freedom Needs a Soundtrack is a six-part narrative series that revisits the genesis, impact, and legacy of the Tibetan Freedom Concert."

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tibetan-freedom-concert-podcast-adam-yauch-activist-legacy-1235577151/

Listen to the first episode now at KALW.org.

‘Freedom Needs a Soundtrack,’ a new podcast about the Tibetan Freedom Concert, revisits how Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch turned music into activism.

06/15/2026

Live now on Your Call's One Planet series, former NOAA Chief Scientist Craig McLean joins us to discuss the Trump administration's assault on science and ocean research.

These assaults come as El Niño returns. This time, scientists warn it could push the planet into uncharted territory.

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Scientists are sounding the alarm after the Trump administration said it plans to dismantle a deep-sea observation system that provides critical data on ocean health.

06/13/2026

Gender is a controversial topic these days, but people can’t seem to agree about what gender is. Is it an inner identity, a biological fact, or an oppressive system? Should we respect it or resist it? Should it even be a thing? Josh and guest-host Blakey Vermeule question gender with regular co-host Ray Briggs, co-author of What Even Is Gender?

Tune into Philosophy Talk () Sundays at 11am on 91.7FM or kalw.org.

Content & Copy: Devon Strolovitch ()

06/12/2026

From nature getaways to enriching cultural experiences, KALW's Most Best Bay Area celebrates all the amazing people, places, and things our region has to offer.

You can listen to our weekly collection of community-curated recommendations Fridays at 7:44am and 2:44pm.

Check out our our Most Best Bay Area recommendations at https://www.kalw.org/most-best and submit your own Most Best for us to highlight on-air and online!

06/11/2026

A bill that would allow immigrants to sue Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is moving through the state legislature.

06/11/2026

Santa Clara County and the state of California filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to block the construction of an ICE facility near Gilroy.

Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti says federal officials haven't given the county any information about their plans.

06/11/2026

Caltrain's Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board has approved a plan to deal with projected budget deficits, if a regional ballot measure for additional funding fails.

06/11/2026

Live now on Your Call, we continue our US at 250: A Native Perspective series with Kerri Malloy, assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at San José State University and program coordinator for Native American and Indigenous Studies.

As the United States prepares to mark 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, how should historians, institutions, and the media discuss this country's past honestly, especially in relation to Native nations, settler colonialism, Christian nationalism, historical whitewashing, and the political uses of national mythmaking?

Join us.

Professor Kerri Malloy (Yurok/Karuk) will discuss federal and state policies that were designed to erase Indigenous history, culture, and sovereignty.

06/11/2026

Give it up for our latest Uncuffed graduates! The Uncuffed Playlist “DJ” class is taught at CSP-Solano, and we recently got to celebrate more than 20 students who have completed the program! The event inside Solano also recognized the most recent graduates of the Uncuffed Storytelling program. Keep an eye on your feed because you’ll get to hear their work soon!

06/10/2026

Phyllis Lyon was a le***an activist and trailblazer for gay rights. Phyllis passed away in 2020 from natural causes at the age of 95. In her final years, a community of le***an, q***r and trans people supported her with kindness and deceit.

This story originally aired in June 2020. It aired most recently in the June 2, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.

San Francisco icon Phyllis Lyon was a le***an activist and trailblazer for gay rights. In her final years, a community of people supported her without her knowing.