Rightnowish
Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.
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Big Love: Much Love for the African Diaspora
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Big Love: A New Kind of Tough Love
Krea Gomez is redefining tough love with support and patience.
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Big Love: Shroomin' and Shmopin' to Happiness
How to ooze love the hippie way
11 min
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Big Love: Practicing Self-Love in Community
The best love starts with self-love.
16 min
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Tracing Frida and Diego's Footsteps in the Bay
San Francisco gave Frida and Diego a platform to create and thrive in the 1930s and 1940s but the couple also gave the region a lasting blueprint for creativity.
20 min
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Using an Upright Bass to Break Through The Boys...
Caroline Chung on how she's navigated the “boy’s club” of jazz
11 min
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Releasing Pain Through Underwater Photography
A Majestic Lens into Underwater Photography with Erena Shimoda
11 min
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Getting a New Routine in the New Year
11 min
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Breaking Isolation and Building Bridges
A personal audio essay on building bridges from Pendarvis Harsahaw.
10 min
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On the Frontlines of Indigenous Activism
Oakland's Marty Aranaydo Takes Direct Action to Support His People
11 min
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Revisiting Oakland's Roller Skating Country Singer
With her country music career on the move as well as the popularity of roller skates. It's time for us to check in with Miko Marks.
12 min
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Friends, Feelings, and Food this Thanksgiving
A conversation with the Rightnowish host, producer and editor.
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The 1Up Crew Teaches the Art of Dance Battles
Tarik Rollerson on how to keep the momentum and create stories through dance.
14 min
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Startup Dreams, Hip Hop and Theater Meet in a N...
How theater is being used to try to bridge the perceived divisions in Silicon Valley.
14 min
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Rapping About The WWII Black Shipyard Workers i...
12 min
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Bay Area Ghostwriter Behind Hip Hop's Biggest N...
A Ghostwriting Singer Looks to Take the Spotlight
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Overcoming Re-Entry and Taking on the Industry ...
Evelyn LaChapelle went from 5 years in prison for cannabis to launching a cannabis business.
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Say Aye Aye for the Bay With Oakland Rapper Cap...
The ups and downs of a rap star on the rise, who happens to be my former student.
10 min
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A ‘Dynamite’ Young Boxer From Hayward With Olym...
"Dynamite" Daisy Bamberger has big dreams in the boxing ring.
10 min
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Good Vibes and Soulful Feels in a New Album for...
Xiomara talks about the influences that shaped her album and her artistry.
15 min
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2000 Degrees: Glassblowing in the Bayview
Nathan Watson and Public Glass are using fire to build community.
15 min
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Pressing On with Press-On Nail Art During The P...
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On Hiero Day, Tajai Massey Says Culture Needs P...
Arts and culture need space to thrive. Who knows that better than a rapper slash architect?
12 min
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Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith Is Imagining The Future ...
The muralist behind some of Oakland's largest new pieces of public artwork talks bringing murals into the digital world with augmented reality and NFTs.
11 min
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How the Art of Fatherhood Informs the Craft of ...
Working from home while taking care of your kids doesn't make this poet a "stay-at-home dad."
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