Books for all: Medicine for Nightmares opens in the heart of the Mission
Based on the belief that literature can heal, Josiah Luis Alderete and his partners opened a new bookstore in the heart of the Mission District this past November. They call it Medicine for Nightmares...
View ArticleMeet Oakland's First Poet Laureate: Dr. Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga
Today, the Oakland based Kenneth Rainin Foundation announced this year’s group of fellows. One of them is Dr. Ayodele “WordSlanger” Nzinga. Today, we bring you our piece from 2021 about her appointment...
View ArticleDr. Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga / Medicine for Nightmares / New Arrivals
The Kenneth Rainin Foundation just announced this year's fellows. Today, we meet one of them, Dr. Ayodele “WordSlanger” Nzinga. Then, we visit a bookstore that’s founded on a mission to serve the...
View ArticleSights and Sounds: Ben Mulholland
On this week's episode of "Sights & Sounds," filmmaker Ben Mulholland gives his arts and culture suggestions happening in the Bay Area.
View ArticleBay Area booksellers talk book recs ahead of Indie Bookstore Day
On the next edition of Your Call, we're gearing up for Independent Bookstore Day, the biggest bookstore celebration of the year.
View ArticleCIVIC: Forgetting the Lessons and Losses of Covid
The third of three investigative stories airing this week from CIVIC, a podcast produced by SF Public Press.
View ArticlePrice recall supporters hold rally, demand election date
Supporters of the effort to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price are taking every opportunity to pressure the county Board of Supervisors to call a special election as soon as possible.
View ArticleShould 16-year olds have the right to vote in SF?
A previously unsuccessful effort to lower the voting age to 16 in the city of San Francisco is once again underway -- led mainly by youth who aim to increase civic engagement and representation.
View ArticleNancy's mom and dad
We finish airing a month of stories from Nancy, a groundbreaking LGBTQ podcast from WNYC that ended in 2020.
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