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📻 KQED's daily news call-in program, 9-11 AM on 88.5FM.
🎙️ Co-hosted by Alexis Madrigal (9-10 AM hour) and Mina Kim (10-11 AM hour).
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📍 San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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🎙️ON AIR:

We're talking to @dominicpettman.bsky.social and Lizzie Post, co-host of the “Awesome Etiquette” podcast about how tech has made ghosting more socially acceptable.

❓Have you ever been ghosted? Or ghosted someone?

📻 Listen:
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November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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🎙️ON AIR:

We're talking to @sangernyt.bsky.social, White House and national security correspondent for @nytimes.com, about Trump's erratic foreign policy.

❓What are your questions?

📻 Listen:
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October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🎙️ON AIR:

We're talking with Boris Kachka, @emmasarappo.bsky.social, and Maya Chung about their choices for the 65 “essential” children’s books list from @theatlantic.com.

❓What's your essential children's book?

📻 Listen:
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October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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California is not on track to meet its ambitious goal to build 2.5 million homes by 2030.

@kqednews.kqed.org housing reporter Adhiti Bandlamudi explains what’s driving housing development in different parts of the Bay Area.

Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/kqednews
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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We loved hearing your stories about the aunties and tias in your life, and what you love about being an auntie. 💞

Listen to @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social's conversation with @kristinawong.bsky.social, community organizer Jocelyn Jackson & professor Kareem Khubchandani wherever you get your podcasts.
White text on a dark blue background reads "My partner and I are aunties to many family and chosen family niblings and it is one of the great joys of our lives. I hope as they grow up and head out into the world, they know how deeply we love them and will always be there for them. My personal favorite thing about being an auntie is having art making and art viewing adventures. Forum listener on Discord.” White text on a dark blue background reads, "I wanted to talk about my Aunt Linda, my only aunt. She was born in 1950, a breach birth - and she was developmentally disabled for her short life (she died at age 40). But she was the sweetest, kindest person in my entire family. She was savant-like in that she would finish my Oma's sentences, always remembering the name of someone, or their address or phone number or how old they were. In a quite chaotic family, she taught me a lot about patience and calm. Scott, Forum listener." White text on a dark blue background reads, "I’d like to shout out my Titi Carmen, my grandmother’s sister. She had a pregnancy early in her marriage that did not go well and wasn’t able to have children after that. She was a close aunt to my mother and her brother, and a second grandmother to me and my sisters. We lived within walking distance from her, so we spent a lot of time over at her place. She was the one who taught us things like how to play cards and told us all the funny stories of her and my grandmother’s childhood. Adriana, Forum listener.” White text on a dark blue background reads, "It's crucial to have tías who model different womanhood from your mother. My tías are fun - smoking weed, laughing uproariously, making me special cookies I mentioned once loving, painting murals, shopping with my sister. Now, my sister is the ultimate fun tía to my children- famous and glamorous to many as La Doña, but she was my firstborn's first babysitter when she was right out of college, and now a reason for absolute excitement, joy, and reverence in both my kids whom she both spoils and sets straight. Rene, Forum listener."
September 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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🎙️ON AIR:

We're talking to @sfchronicle.com former urban design critic John King, @sfport.bsky.social's executive director Elaine Forbes, captain Sal Alioto and captain Sarah Bates about plans for Fisherman's Wharf's future.

❓What do you think about this concept for a renovated Fisherman's Wharf?
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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✨ Children's Fairyland in Oakland is celebrating 75 years of magic! 🎉

The storybook theme park was the first of its kind in the country, and even inspired parts of Disneyland's design.

🏰 What's your favorite memory or aspect of Fairyland?
A photo of the open gates of Children's Fairyland theme park. Colorful, blocky letters spell out "Children's Fairyland" on a wide white banner that arches over purple doors. Through the doors there is a bright yellow structure and a yellow dragon head.
August 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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On Tuesday Aug. 26 at 10AM, we're talking about roommates, and we want to hear your roommate stories - the good and the bad.
Dark blue text on a cream background reads: Do you live with roommates? What do you love (or dislike) about it? Have you had a difficult roommate situation? What was the problem? How did you resolve it? Do you need advice on a tricky roommate situation? What do you want to ask an expert? In a smaller font below, it reads Email: Forum@kqed.org. Leave us a voicemail: 415-553-3300.
August 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Today on #CaliforniaPublicRadioDay, we’re celebrating the hard work of stations across the state - and we couldn’t do it without you!

Thank you for tuning in every day! If Forum helps you stay connected and informed, consider making a donation today at donate.kqed.org/california
August 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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THU at 9AM with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social:

Author Brontez Purnell, writer and artist Rel Robinson and author Rita Bullwinkel join to talk about the mundane and meaningful ephemera collected in your notes app.
August 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Public radio is your source for news, music and entertainment without commercial influence. It’s by the people for the people, and we’re asking you to help keep this tradition alive on California Public Radio Day tomorrow at a time when we need your help the most.

Give at donate.kqed.org/california
August 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Here's a look at what Forum read in July. What was your favorite read of the month? #booksky?
August 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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What's your offline dating story? Were you introduced to your partner through friends or family? Or maybe you're the matchmaker?

Fri at 9AM PST, we're talking with @allieevolpe.bsky.social about how couples are meeting (or not). Tell us:
A graphic reads: "Are you swearing off on dating apps and asking friends and family to set you up? How is it going?" Below that, in smaller text: "Share your dating experiences! Email: forum@kqed.org Leave us a voicemail: 415.553.3300. Comment below." In the upper left, a graphic of a man in a suit and tie looks at a tablet or paper, his hand raised to his face. A question mark is next to his face.
August 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Listen back to one of our most memorable caller moments from July. #liveradio
August 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Do you love mariachi music? Mariachi San Jose is making their debut at Fiesta del Mariachi today in San Jose.
July 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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MON at 9AM:

Writer @shteyngart.bsky.social joins us to discuss his new novel, "Vera, or Faith," and navigating complicated families and a dystopian America.

❓ Have you read Gary Shteyngart's new book?
❓ What are your questions for Gary Shteyngart?

Read more: buff.ly/wJC7Hex
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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We asked Forum listeners to share their reactions to the funding cuts to public media. 🗣️ Here are some comments they shared.

What was your reaction to the funding cuts?
July 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The Matrix. Point Break. John Wick.

Keanu Reeves is one of Hollywood’s most beloved action stars. Pop culture writer @sezindevikoehler.bsky.social joins to talk about Reeves’ career… and how he became the internet’s boyfriend.

❓ What does Keanu mean to you?
July 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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WED at 9AM:

We're speaking with writer, historian and activist @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social about her essays and the importance of persevering, even when it doesn’t feel good.

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June 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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🚒 TUES at 10AM:

We're speaking with author and former wildland firefighter, Jordan Thomas, about what it is like to battle uncontainable destruction and the deeper roots of the crisis.

❓What questions do you have about what it’s like to be a wildland firefighter? buff.ly/XIUCte3
June 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Have a great weekend!
June 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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📣 Forum is on YouTube!

Join @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social and @mina-kim.bsky.social in the studio and watch full Forum episodes on the KQED News YouTube channel.

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May 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Broadcasting live from East Oakland.
May 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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📖 THURS at 10AM PST:

We're speaking with @michaelluo.bsky.social about his new history book, “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America.”

📻 Listen: buff.ly/g26vo5g
May 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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🧠 THURS at 9AM PST:

We're speaking with author @jonathanhirsch.bsky.social about his audio memoir, “The Mind is Burning: Losing My Father to a Cult and Dementia”

📻 Listen: buff.ly/V6Z0M0s
May 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM