Today's show is about evolution. We'll learn about how alligators are gentle lovers, while otters are aggressive mates. We'll also hear a special discussion about faith, brought on after Barack Obama's inauguration. We'll learn about new government laws regarding the future of television. We'll stop and take a look at the Mullet, and we'll try to talk about the evolution of the German language--in Switzerland.
This week’s show is about Cars. We'll talk about the people who can’t live without them and the people who might like to. We’ll follow a toll collector. We’ll also meet racing fanatics. And you'll hear from people who have anything but a mundane commute.
Today's show is about the four elements. We'll revisit the fire on Angel Island from October of last year. We'll also learn about the many different ways firefighters rely on water. We'll learn about the significance of fire in the Hindu religion. And we'll follow a group of die-hard kite-boarders.
This week’s show is about Makin' It. We'll talk about how small businesses and non-profits get creative to make it through tough situations. We’ll learn what it's like to clean up a crime scene. We’ll also learn how UC Berkeley plans to close its massive budget gap. You'll hear from recently vandalized store owners. And we take a look at non-profits as they prepare to receive $5 billion in federal stimulus funding.
This week’s show is about the Graveyard. We’ll visit a hospice center for pets. We’ll also hit the hoops with a basketball team facing more than just the challenges of a losing season.We’ll talk with Frank Gentle who works the graveyard shift. Gentle is an Alameda Coroner.
This week’s show is Outside the Box. We’ll find out about a new strategy for reversing high diabetes rates among Latino seniors—dance class. We’ll meet street performers whose work life is anything but mundane. We’ll also meet grilled cheese masters who are more cordon bleu than corner deli. You’ll hear from pit bull owners who say their dogs should be loved, not feared. And we have a story about an outdoor art piece that liberates the secrets of libraries, and we’ll talk to a guy whose career plan is to not to work one job, but fifty.
This week is our final show of the semester. We’ll revisit Stan, the man who just can’t stay out of the ER. We’ll go back to Glide Memorial Church, for a story about homelessness. We’ll look once more at the lawns of the future. We’ll take you back to election season, when Virginia was still a swing state. And we’ll follow along a bunch of actors as they reenact the last general strike in United States history.
This week’s show is about Risk. We have a report on local entrepreneurs who brave bad economic conditions to open their businesses. We’ll seek out opponents to play “Risk.” We’ll meet a professional gambler who plays poker online. We’ll travel to Beijing, where an illegal migrant has started a thriving trash collection business despite the risks involved. We’ll have a conversation with an economist about what risk actually is.
This week’s show is about Health. Lisa Pickoff-White talks to local businesses about health care ordinance in San Francisco. Julie Johnson reports on a special program to help victims of sensless violence. Vianna Davila visits UC Davis to follow a very special patient, and Kim Geiger has a conversation with one of Capitol Hill’s most powerful women in the ’90s.
This week’s show is about Home. Adithya Sambamurthy reports on a house-flipper who says this is best time to get rich off real estate. Lisa Pickoff-White speaks with homeless advocates at Glide Memorial Church. Julie Johnson talks to a woman who travels 40 miles each week to church. Vianna Davila visits a mobile home park, and Sierra Filucci has a conversation with a foster children’s advocate in San Francisco about what home really means.
