Today our theme is "Tomorrow." Not tomorrow as in Friday, but more like the future in general. We’ll learn about a shop that’s giving inventors the tools to create tomorrow’s great inventions. We’ll also hear from an ambitious New Zealander who’s making futuristic travel happen today. There are some people who know tomorrow’s news before anyone else. Our reporter follows around the guys who deliver the newspaper right to your doorstep. All this and more on North Gate Radio.
Today our theme is "Over and Under." Parts of the Bay Area that aren’t at eye level. For this week’s show, most of our reporters go under. We’ll follow the trail of a real estate broker who got in over his head, and the people who went under because of it. We’ll talk about why black environmentalists fly under the radar, and meet a straight-A student who has to lay low. Since all our reporters went under, your hosts decided to go over. Hear what our anchors, Linsay and Noah found out about rock-climbers and overtone singing, all coming up on North Gate Radio.
Today's show is about Risky Business. We'll be talking with people in dicey lines of work, and learning about the chances they’re taking to pay the bills. We’ll visit an East Oakland gas station, where refugee employees are faced with the tough reality of life in America. We’ll sneak a peek into the risqué world of a professional dominatrix. And we'll dig through the challenges of urban recycling in hard economic times.
Today’s theme is immersion. We’ll be hearing about what it’s like to surround yourself in a completely different environment – no matter what the cost. We’ll take the plunge into the icy-cold waters of San Francisco Bay with the swimmers who risk it all to get to The Rock. We’ll meet two Americans who have dedicated their lives to the Hare Krishna religious movement. And we’ll hear about the challenges of Bhutanese and Iraqi refugees trying to make a new life in America.
Today's show is about Movement. We’ll hear from one Berkeley student who’s going the extra mile – well, more like fifty extra miles. And as the car sharing movement picks up speed, we’ll find out about some of its growing pains. We’ll also learn about the benefits of laughter yoga from its giddy practitioners. That and much more, this week, on North Gate Radio!
Today's show is about being green. We'll talk about green jobs, green fuel and lack of green - - money, that is - - being put into higher education this year. We'll also go lawn bowling and grave digging.
Today's show is about living, working and experiencing life on the egde. We'll meet a professional forager whose new wild-foods cooperative is the first of its kind. We’ll hear about struggling Central Valley farmers and the communities that depend on them. And we’ll explore the rise of Bollywood and go digging in the neighbors’ trash.
This week’s show takes a look at issues affecting schools.
Anchor Lygia Navarro talks to a UC Berkeley student who served in Iraq. Emily Taguchi looks at a Palo Alto high school that is graduating the majority of its students despite neighborhood crime. Charla Bear checks the scene when a gubernatorial candidate comes to campus. Anchor Kara Andrade talks to students who are suing their own university over tuition costs. Shelly Meron reports on a fight heating up between university developers and the surrounding community. Nicole Dawley studies a class trying to recreate a historic Oakland neighborhood.
This show was produced by Joe Mullin. The engineer was Ki-Min Sung. George Lewinski was the advisor.
