The California Report Magazine

Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.

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40 Percent of Kids in This School District Are ...
Spike in Homeless Kids on Central Coast; Busting Homeless Myths; A Letter to A Revolutionary Dreamer; What Makes Your Salad Taste Like California?
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From a Gold Rush Cocktail to a Trans Trucker’s ...
Golden State Plate: The Story of Pisco Punch; Trans Trucker Finds his California Dream; A Mom’s Journey to Accepting Her Transgender Child, At Age 4; California Therapists Volunteer To Help Immigrants Coming out of Detention
28 min
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All About the Family Biz
The Evolution of Casa Sanchez, Prather Ranch Cows, Frank Fat's Restaurant, Taxi Medallions Take Toll, Letter to My CA Dreamer
28 min
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It Started With Oscar Grant: A Police Shooting ...
Ten years after an unarmed black man was shot and killed by a white police officer as he lay face-down on a train platform, we explore how Oscar Grant’s death galvanized a new generation of activists, and helped spark a sustained call for change.
28 min
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Golden State Plate: Food History Made in Califo...
Hear some of the most appetizing stories from our Golden State Plate series, where we explore the history of some of the iconic food and drink born right here.
28 min
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A Ghost, a Songwriter, a Student and a Teacher:...
A jailhouse songwriter's deep friendship with Johnny Cash. How a crusading heroine became a demon in Victorian San Francisco. LuPaulette Taylor on her nearly five-decade career at a West Oakland school. Two teens from Menlo-Atherton High on their child...
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A Musical Journey with California-Grown Artists...
Female DJs Find Empowerment in Oakland, Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore Intertwine Their Musical Roots, New Book Celebrates the Work of Los Lobos, ‘The Soul Chance’ Goes Analog to Capture Retro Reggae Sound.
28 min
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40 Years on, How Does Proposition 13 Impact the...
How has the controversial law - which essentially locks in a homeowner's property tax to the year they bought their home - affected four different Oakland residents? Reporter Vanessa Rancaño invited them over to find out.
28 min
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She Strived to Be the Perfect Mom, and Landed i...
Motherhood was going great for Lisa Abramson, until the walls started talking to her. But being in the hospital made her feel more crazy.
28 min
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Families Pulling Together to Confront Life’s Ob...
'Surrogate Family’ Supports Migrant Mom, How Did Raymond Mata in a Mass Grave, Attack of the Nutria, Saying Goodbye to Paradise.
28 min
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17andMe
Daley Dunham was a junior at UC Berkeley when he decided to donate sperm. He likened it to donating blood — an opportunity to do something good for a person in need. Except when you donate blood, you don’t get a tidal wave of children crashing into you...
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Do You Really Want to Know? One Man’s Search fo...
Forty years ago, preacher Jim Jones ordered hundreds of his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch. One man unravels the tangled family history that binds him to that tragedy.
28 min
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Veterans Day Special: Californians and The Viet...
‘The Green Machine’, ‘Ode to a Vietnam Vet’
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Women Finding Their Political Voice
First Time Candidates Reflect on ‘The Long Run’, Millennial and Retiree Candidates Swap Advice, Hotel Workers Push for ‘Panic Buttons’, Golden State Plate: The Martini Story, Straight Up, With a Twist
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Spooky Tales of Ghosts and California History
The Ghost of Mary Pleasant, Haunted Lighthouse, Fishy Origins of Cioppino, An Orphan’s California Dream
28 min
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SPECIAL: Her Double Life
A San Jose woman wonders if it's time to tell the truth.
28 min
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One Year After Firestorm, Some Scars, Some Hope
Caregivers Save Lives But Lose Everything, KPFZ: Lake County’s Wildfire Lifeline, ‘A Little Broken,’ Fire Baby Turns One
28 min
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Ballet Star Moves Past Pain for a New Stage: Sc...
Miko Fogarty left her dream dance job with a top company after just one year. Two years later, she’s on her way to becoming a doctor - and overcoming alleged sexual abuse at the hands of her former coach.
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First-Time Women Candidates React to Kavanaugh ...
Aisha’s Wahab’s ‘Long Run,’ Terisa Siagatonu’s Moment on Earth, My Carbon Footprint, A Writer’s CA Dream, Alice Coltrane’s ‘Spiritual Eternal’
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Life Inside Tijuana’s Migrant Center
Reporter’s Notebook from Tijuana, The French Dip’s Roots, Seeking a Seat on the School Board, Cannabis Meds at School, The Forest Transforms Me
28 min
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Golden State Plate: Iconic California Recipes
Green Goddess Dressing, Poetry of Climate Change, California’s Original Detention Center, A Granddaughter’s Message to “Ojiichan,” Sign Wars on the Campaign Trail
28 min
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#MeToo Unmasks the Open Secret of Sexual Abuse ...
Yoga community struggles to rein in sexual misconduct, abuse in its ranks; How wildfire increases poverty; 92-year old artist says planet Earth is ‘screwed’
28 min
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Rethinking Masculinity… At Summer Camp
Sons & Brothers Camp, Betty Valencia’s ‘Long Run’, The (W)hole Story on Mt. Shasta, Lured From Germany By SF ‘Sound’
28 min
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Childhood Trauma Can Mean Early Death. This Cal...
Science shows childhood trauma leads to poorer health later in life, mentally and physically. But there are ways to intervene that can heal the wounds of the past for a parent, and safeguard a daughter’s future.
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Fleeing Conflict, and Finding Self
Illegal Love in Uganda, The Damaging Effects of ‘White Voice,’ One ‘Lost Boy’s’ Journey Out of Sudan
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