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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As Students Struggle With Anxiety, a California...
Some schools are teaching kids how to deal with the physical and mental impacts of anxiety.
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The Cave Woman of India: Tracing My Scars as an...
In this personal story, KQED's Sandhya Dirks takes us back to her mother's India -- to a tell a story about inherited trauma, mental illness, and South Asian history.
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A Road Trip to Some of California’s Hidden Gems
This summer, forget the tourist traps and come along with us on a sonic journey to explore some of California’s out-of-the-way, cool spots that make this place we call home so unique.
28 min
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Missing and Homeless: How a Woman’s Search for ...
Robin Burton may never find her mother, but she’s made quite a few friends during her search. That's because she launched a Facebook group called 'Missing & Homeless' that now has more than 63,000 members.
28 min
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An Unlikely Suspect: On the Trail of a Northern...
It took two years to track down the Capay Valley arsonist. He was convicted of 12 counts of arson, but he's suspected of setting 152 fires over the course of 18 years.
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She Strived to Be the Perfect Mom and Landed in...
Motherhood was going great for Lisa Abramson, until the walls started talking to her. But she said being in the hospital made her feel more crazy.
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Golden State Plate – The Backstory Behind Calif...
Pricey and Potent Pisco Punch, The Birth of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, The Complex Origin of Fortune Cookies, The Ranch Behind Hidden Valley Ranch
28 min
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Challenging Inequality in One of California’s M...
Taking on Big Oil; World’s First LGBTQ Mariachi; Coffee Co-Op; Activist Caregiver
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A History of Queer California
Trans Man Finds Refuge in Small Town Cafe; Selling Flowers Through the AIDS Crisis; Compton Cafeteria: CA’s Stonewall; Why Harvey Milk Still Matters to Young People
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The California Story Behind the Mai Tai and the...
An Island Drink with California Roots, Podcast Connects Filipino Diaspora, The Humble Burger That Fueled the Big Dam, UC Degree For Late Chicano Activist
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A Father’s Day Tribute to California Dads
Letters to My Father in Prison, Sounds of My Father, A Father’s Day Haircut With a Weed-Whacker
28 min
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Golden Years in the Golden State: Meet 6 Califo...
Today we’ll meet six seniors: a student, a volunteer, a farmer, someone looking for a job, a woman about town, and man whose daughter is his caretaker.
28 min
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Throwback! Celebrating California’s Analog Age
Video Store Survives Netflix, Last Roller Rink Organist, Typewriter Poet, Fleetwood Macrame, Ferris Bueller Revisited
28 min
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‘I’m Trapped’: Who Do You Call for Help When Yo...
When Your Abuser Is a Cop, He Designs Products With His Ears, Sounds of My Father
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A Beauty Queen Who Fights Mental Health Stigma,...
How Water Shaped the California Dream; This Boom Town Boomed Best When You Boomed With It; An Advice Show for POCs; A Surprising Beauty Queen
28 min
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Difficult Choices Around Motherhood
Faith in Her Child Despite What the Docs Said, Dominatrix Mom, Mothering in the Shadow of Big Oil, A Song for Grandma
29 min
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High School Students Take Over the Airwaves
Pregnant at 15, Pressured to be Polite, Always Tired, Embracing 'Body Positivity', 'My Natural Hair Journey', Living In Two Worlds, Cooking With Kenny
28 min
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From the Origin of the Fortune Cookie to Making...
Fortune Cookie Mystery, Blind in California, Sexual Assault in Yoga, Shooting for a College Degree
28 min
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‘It’s So Important to Be Heard:’ Californians L...
Navigating High School as a Deaf 16-Year-Old; My Sister Can’t Speak, But She Makes Herself Heard; What It Means to ‘Edit Out’ a Disability; Ski School for All
28 min
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This Is the Coachella Most Californians Don’t See
For many Californians, their only reference point for the Coachella Valley is the annual music festival which kicks off this week. But there are other sides to Coachella — the ones locals see.
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Meth Mania: From Biker Gangs to the Psych Ward,...
Methamphetamine is back in California. This time around, it's sending more and more people to the hospital, to rehab and to the morgue. Learn about one woman's two-decade battle with meth, from when biker gangs helped the drug take root in California t...
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Fresno Police Corruption: How a Top Cop Went Fr...
It’s one of the biggest police corruption scandals in modern California history, and one you probably didn’t hear about if you live outside the Central Valley. And it wasn’t an isolated incident.
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Running for City Council, as a Teen Mom
Persian New Year from Afar; Remembering the King of Surf Guitar; Golden State Plate: Santa Maria BBQ; Letter to my California Dreamer: Palo Alto in the '70s
28 min
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From Ferlinghetti to Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
How a Janitor Invented a Bestselling Junk Food; Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100; Artists Reimagine 'Valley Girl'; A Letter From Charles Schulz, 50 years later
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Migrant Teens: Figuring Out Life in California
Reuniting with Mom (and missing Grandma); High School at age 20?; Kids send Postcards to other Kids in Detention; Conditions for Migrant Kids in Custody; From England’s Green Hills to California’s Deserts
28 min