Garment Workers Hanging By a Thread, and Creating a Black Feminist Utopia
Some garment workers in LA spend their days sewing masks and gowns for first responders. But many aren’t getting tested for COVID, much less going to the hospital if they get sick. Plus, we’ve brought you so many stories about struggling with the loss of hope, and how much work there’s left to do to really reckon with America’s racist history. But this week having a conversation with someone who creates art from a deep sense of hope, and whose work also focuses on Black joy. Cauleen Smith is an artist and filmmaker who still believes we all have the means to create utopia in our everyday lives. Her immersive installations are currently on display at SFMOMA and LACMA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
5 Feb 202130min
Partying During COVID, and Why Can't I Get The Shot?
We are almost reaching the year mark when it comes to how long many of us have been stuck inside at home. And if you live with roommates, that space can feel smaller and smaller as time goes on. But what happens when roommates have different ideas about what it means to be safe during COVID? That’s the question KQED’s Adhiti Bandlamudi has been wrestling with. She usually reports on Silicon Valley, but today she brings us a first-person account of what it’s like being a Millennial with roommates she never imagined she’d be stuck with in a pandemic. Plus, changes to the state's vaccine rollout, and a 9-year-old poet brings us a message of hope. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Jan 202130min
'Amazing Grace' and Seeing Myself in Kamala: Inauguration Strikes a Hopeful Note
In his inauguration speech, President Joe Biden called for bringing unity to what we all know is a deeply hurt, deeply divided country. Right after the president spoke, country music star Garth Brooks sang “Amazing Grace.” KQED’s Arts and Culture Reporter Chloe Veltman spoke to a number of California artists with strong ties to the song about its enduring power. Plus, we drop in on a family excitedly watching the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris with their two young daughters who see themselves in her. And we visit a school in Watts — Locke College Preparatory Academy — that has been looking for ways to empower students in the aftermath of the violence in Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Jan 202130min
'Kamala is My Fairy Godmother', Bridging a Language Divide, Remembering CA's Food Pioneers
The whole world will be watching next week as Kamala Harris is sworn in as our next Vice President. But there’s one person who will be tuning in who says he owes his life to her. Plus, the pandemic has been making things more challenging for schools that serve some of the newest Californians: Guatemalan immigrants who speak a Mayan language called Mam. And reporter Lisa Morehouse joins us to memorialize three Californians who passed away last year, each with a connection to agriculture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Jan 202130min
After a Week of Chaos, Hanging on to the Promise of Renewal
This week we bring you four stories; about hope, stewardship, compassion, and community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 Jan 202130min
The Health Care Workers, Teachers, Firefighters and Activists Who Inspired Us in 2020
2020 will forever be the year of COVID-19 – and wildfires, police shootings, school over Zoom. So much heartbreak. But all year long, there were people who stepped up, sacrificed so much and kept going. As we ring in a new year, we revisit some of our favorite stories about the people who inspired us in 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 Jan 202129min
From Jewish Mambo to 'Nimble' the Elf, Our Favorite Holiday Stories
The California Report is celebrating our 25th year on the air, so this holiday weekend, we’re digging into our archives to bring you some of our favorite stories from the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 Dec 202032min
A Fresh Look at the Donner Party
As we officially head into winter – and hopefully snowy weather in the Sierra Nevada – we bring you the tale of the Donner Party; the version you may not have heard before. You might be familiar with the ghoulish CliffsNotes version of this story: about a band of people traveling over the Sierra in covered wagons, trapped in the snow and forced to turn to cannibalism to survive. But behind the Donner Party legend, there’s another story: one about prejudice, injustice and murder. KQED reporter Carly Severn tells us what happened when those 81 people were stuck in the mountains back in 1846, and how this disaster came to represent everything California wanted to forget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Dec 202037min
