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.
Refugee Café, Viet Nguyen on why Refugees are Threatening. Holocaust Survivor’s Roommate? The Granddaughter of Nazis, Syrian Family Puts Down Roots in Oakland
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Camels, Tamales, and Rainbow Girls
Elaborate Christmas Display by a Non-Christian, Giving Back With a Tamalada, Turning Up the Politics by Turning Off the Amps
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San Francisco’s Changing Skyline and the Centra...
Public Art You Can’t Avoid Seeing, They Went from Immigrants to 'Burrito Royalty,' #USToo: Assault in the Jehovah’s Witness Church, Tiny Bookstore With Big Appetite for Old Cookbooks.
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Controversial Discipline Practices, School for Autistic Kids Post-Wildfire, A Teacher’s #MeToo Story, Sphinx Buried in Sand Dunes
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Helping the Homeless, By Living With them, A Reporter and A Politician Share Loss, Giant Tree Stump Takes the Opera Stage, Bumpass Hell
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My 'Family-Esque' You know the saying, “You can’t choose your family but you can choose your friends?” Well, for Bianca Taylor, her friends have become her family, literally. She tells us how her unconventional family was transformed by an unexpected ...
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From the King of Opera to the Tiny (Lava-Free) ...
A Human Library, 'California Typewriter,' an Ode to Analogue, Placido Domingo’s 50-Year Run in L.A., Winery Faces Life After Fire, A Visit to Volcano, Calif.
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Your State, Your Stories – Welcome to the Calif...
From Aptos, California to ZZYZX (Population 1), it's a weekly California road trip for your ears, and your imagination. - Cattle ranching moms. Homeless college students. Young mariachis. They’re all Californians, and we’ve got their stories.
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Meet Flipper’s Ted Falconi, Vietnam Vet and Punk Rock Legend Flipper may not be the best-known band from Oakland, but after more than 40 years, it’s definitely one of punk’s most influential. It has inspired scores of musicians like Kurt Cobain and Mo...
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Sound Guru Bernie Krause’s Beloved ‘Wild Sanctuary’ Destroyed by Fire Last month's fires in Northern California destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. But we also lost some key cultural landmarks. One of those places was an inspiration to artist...
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The Water Belongs to Everyone, and This Blind Kayaker Will Prove It We start our show with a man on a mythological mission. His name is Ahmet Ustunel. He lives in San Francisco, and he has a dream. He wants to return to his homeland of Turkey and take...
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Voices From the Fires The wildfires that roared through Wine Country will rank among the deadliest and most destructive in California history. But many Californians are already jumping in, doing what they can now to support the recovery.
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Voices from Fire-Ravaged Northern California In Northern California, the week began with a sudden onslaught of flames whipped up by the wind. Multiple wildfires erupted across wine country. Homes, businesses and entire towns have been burned to the gr...
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A Week After a Massacre, Life Goes on in Vegas More than half the victims of this week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas were from California. Many Southern Californians, especially, have a deep connection to Las Vegas,
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On this special edition of The California Report Magazine, we go back in time to look at the Vietnam War and how it shaped the lives of some Californians. This week we’re in San Diego, home to the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton.
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Bridging the Political Divide, One Dinner at a Time Many of us are taught not to talk politics at the dinner table -- especially if your guests fall on different sides of the political spectrum. But as Bianca Taylor tells us,
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For Isolated Trinity County Residents, One Man Is Their Food Lifeline Trinity County is one of those places that doesn’t get in the news too often, unless it’s wildfire season like it is now. It’s a remote,
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Oakland Residents Say Tent Encampments Threatening Neighborhoods In many California cities, homelessness has reached a boiling point. There's not enough housing or space. And tent encampments are cropping up in neighborhoods where they’re not always w...
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At the California Museum’s New ‘Unity Center,’ Conversations Trump Confrontations This week the California Museum in Sacramento is celebrating a new exhibit called the Unity Center, and it’s opening the same weekend far-right rallies in Northern Calif...