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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Rapper Champ Green Isn’t Stingy with the Rhythm...
You can't ignore it. The elephant in the room is love.
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Jada Imani on Vibing with Hawaiian Frogs and Ri...
Neo-soul and hip-hop artist Jada Imani talks astrology, 'high vibration clapbacks' and how music was her access to culture when she was a small girl in a small town.
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Soul Work and That ‘Bay Area Bounce’ with Artis...
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Nappy Nina on Becoming the Rap Bill Nye and Mis...
Nappy Nina is a dope lyricist with sultry-jazzy deliveries over Boom-Bap beats.
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Dale and Sunny: An East Oaklander and His Horse
Dale Johnson is an African American man from East Oakland who fell in love with some polo boots, and the sport of polo too.
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Breena Nuñez on Zines and Feeling Seen as an Af...
Through illustrations, Breena Nuñez draws the connection between African ancestry and Central American nationality.
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The Road to Reparations Through Black Genealogy
Young genealogist Alex Trapps-Chabala is filling a hole in the African American story
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The Parallel Lives of One Community Organizer a...
Community centers, community cleanups and Vincent Williams III's commitment to community empowerment.
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Family, Eritrea, and Berkeley at the Heart of “...
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Essential Work: Designing the End to Mass Incar...
Imagine if America simply didn't build more prisons, and instead designed places to restore justice.
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Election Anxiety? Laughter Gets Us Through with...
Need a laugh? Need some Joy? Step into the world of comic Luna Malbroux.
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Hunger Strikes, Prayer Dances and Protests: A P...
Denis Ivan Perez Bravo takes photos from the front lines of protests, and sometimes he even crosses that line.
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These Community Aunties Want Legendary Black Cr...
Tayleur and Maud created a collective to shine light on Black artists in the Bay Area; and it's all about relationships.
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Cat Brooks on Refunding the Community
Cat Brooks wants people dealing with mental health moments to get care, not cops.
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Yanni Will Eat You Up and Make You Love Yourself
Yanni Brump went from shy to center stage, and picked up many lessons on self-love along the way.
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The Townfolk Project, Documenting Oakland’s Com...
The Townfolk Project aims to document longtime residents of Oakland—and what the city means to them.
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The Abolitionist Fighting Sex Trafficking with ...
"You're not forgotten. You're not alone."
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The East Bay Poet Bringing Cheesecake to Your Door
Former race car driver, DJ and poet Victor Harris Jr. loves seeing the expression on peoples' faces when he delivers his cheesecakes.
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The Queen of Vinyl and the Ears of Rightnowish
Today, we hear from the person who knows the sounds of the Bay like no one else.
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Sometimes, It Takes Time
Erina Alejo, the Third-Generation Renter
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Quarterback Josh Johnson Explains There’s More ...
NFL Quarterback Josh Johnson is invested in the world of online streaming, and is a co-founder of the Ultimate Gaming League
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How This National Policy Leader Got Politicized...
Tracey L. Ross of PolicyLink is prepared for the 2020 election, as well as the 2022 mid-term and beyond.
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Sowing Seeds of Social Justice in Fruitvale
East Oakland's Michael Muscadine shows the value in planting seeds in the same place you can trace your roots.
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Keeping Yourself and Your Culture Healthy Durin...
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'Paint Us in a Beautiful Light': Photographing ...
Oakland's Amir Abdul-Shakur captures photos of Black joy, it's his way of combatting oppression.
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