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One PlanetThe new Monday seriesfrom Your Callp. 7Why we chose1AJoin Joshua Johnson forconversations about achanging Americap.5Shostakovich!Robert Greenberg unpacks thecontroversial Russian geniusp. 4GM Matt Martin: Change p. 3Lots of ideas to listen to on Sunday morning p.9The new team at Philosophy Talk p. 8An interview with Inflection Point host Lauren Schiller p. 6Fall 2017
KALW: By and for the community . . .COMMUNITY BROADCAST PARTNERSAmerica Scores Bay Area Association for Continuing Education Bay Area Book Festival Berkeleyside Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Burton High School Cabrillo Festival East Bay Express GlobalExchange INFORUM at The Commonwealth Club Jewish Community Center of San Francisco NewAmerica Media Other Minds outLoud Radio Radio Ambulante San Francisco Arts Commission SanFrancisco Conservatory of Music San Quentin Prison Radio SF Performances Stanford StorytellingProject StoryCorps Youth RadioKALW VOLUNTEER PRODUCERSShereen Adel, Josiah-Luis Alderete, Dennis Aman, Dan Becker, David Boyer, Susie Britton, SarahCahill, Bob Campbell, Lisa Cantrell, Bonnie Chan, Julie Dewitt, Ethan Elkind, Chuck Finney, RichardFriedman, Janos Gereben, Nato Green, Sadie Gribbon, Nicole Grigg, Dawn Gross, Anne Harper,Meradith Hoddinott, Wendy Holcombe, Jeremy Jue, Dianne Keogh, Kendra Klang, Carol Kocivar,Justine Lee, Martin MacClain, JoAnn Mar, Holly J. McDede, Greer McVay, Rhian Miller, Sandy Miranda,Helena Murphy, Emmanuel Nado, Marty Nemko, Erik Neumann, Chris Nooney, Edwin Okong’o, KevinOliver, Steve O’Neill, David Onek, Joseph Pace, Colin Peden, Stephanie Porcell, Peter Robinson, DanaRodriguez, Dean Schmidt, Raja Shah, Lezak Shallat, Steven Short, Kanwalroop Singh, Cari Spivack, DoreStein, Claire Stremple, Devon Strolovitch, Niels Swinkels, Beatrice Thomas, Peter Thompson, KevinVance, Boawen WangKALW VOLUNTEERSDaniel Aarons, Frank Adam, Bud Alderson, Jody Ames, Jean Amos, Judy Aune, Leon Bayer, BrendaBeebe, Nikki Bengal, Susan Bergman, Laura Bernabei, Christopher Boehm, Karl Bouldin, RobbieBrandwynne, Karen Brehm, Nathan Brennan, Diane Brett, Joshua Brody, Marie Camp, Jessica Chylik,Linda Clever, Susan Colowick, Peter Conheim, Keith Dabney, Carolyn Deacy, Roger Donaldson, LouisDorsey, James Coy Driscoll, Laura Drossman, Kai Dwyer, Linda Eby, Eleanor Eliott, Jim & Joy Esser,Peter Fortune, Nina Frankel, Stephen Gildersleeve, Helen Gilliland, Andrei Glase, Dave Gomberg, JoGray, Terence Groeper, Paula Groves, Ted Guggenheim, Daniel Gunning, Ian Hardcastle, Barbro Haves,Jeffrey Hayden, Eliza Hersh, Tom Herzfeld, Phil Heymann, Kent Howard, Clara Hsu, Susan Hughes, JudgeEugene Hyman, Didi Iseyama, Jenny Jens, Vicky Julian, Kathleen Kaplan, Brenda Kett, Lou Kipilman,Franzi Latko, Claire LaVaute, Joseph Lepera, Margaret Levitt, Fred Lipschultz, Toni Lozica, Diana Lum,William Maggs, Jennifer Mahoney, Jack Major, Ann Maley, Horace Marks, Tom Mason, John MacDevitt,Robert McCloud, Michael McGinley, Sylvie Merlin, Matt Miller, Susan Miller, Linda Morine, Reba MyallMartin, John Navas, Brian Neilson, Antonio Nierras, Laura Niespolo,Tim Olson, Alice O’Sullivan, ArtPersyko, Dale Pitman, Elise Phillips, Maria Politzer, Caterine Raye-Wong, Ronald Rohde, Marti Roush,John Roybal, Jaimie Sanford, Jean Schnall, Bill Schwalb, Ron Scudder, Marc Seidenfeld, Lezak Shallat,Steve Sherwood, Angelo Sphere, Kevin Stamm, Tim Sullivan, Flora Summers, Bian Tan, Howard Tharsing,Madelon Thompson, Sal Timpano, Rob Trelawney, Kathy Trewin, David Vartanoff, Charlie Wegerle, HarryWeller, Patrick Wheeler, Steve WilcottOUR LICENSEE, THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTSuperintendent: Vincent Matthews Board of Commissioners: Stevon Cook, Matt Haney,Hydra Mendoza-McDonell, Emily Murase, Rachel Norton, Mark Sanchez, Shamann Walton,Director, Office of Public Outreach and Communications: Gentle BlytheKALW PERSONNELMatt Martin, General ManagerBen Trefny, News DirectorEli Wirtschafter, ReporterWilliam Helgeson,Jen Chien, Managing EditorLee Romney, ReporterOperations ManagerHana Baba, Host/ReporterW. Kamau Bell, HostPhil Hartman, EngineeringJeremy Dalmas, ProducerMax Jacobs, ProducerAnnette Bistrup,Ninna Gaensler-Debs, ProducerPhil Surkis, ProducerDevelopment DirectorAngela Johnston, ProducerBecca Hoekstra, ProducerTruc Nguyen, MembershipJackie Sojico, ProducerMaia Harris, ProducerChris Hambrick, MembershipJenee Darden, ProducerEric Jansen, AnnouncerOlga Volodina, MembershipJudy Silber, ProducerDebi Kennedy, AnnouncerShipra Shukla, ProgramLisa Morehouse, EditorDamien Minor, AnnouncerInformationAndrew Stelzer, EditorColin Peden, AnnouncerAshleyanne Krigbaum,Raquel Maria Dillon, EditorBob Sommer, AnnouncerAnnouncerJosh Wilson, Digital EditorDavid Latulippe, AnnouncerJames Rowlands, News Engineer Kevin Vance, AnnouncerEric Wayne, AnnouncerJoAnn Mar, AnnouncerHannah Kingsley-Ma, ProducerJeanne Marie Acceturo,Rose Aguilar, HostLiza Veale, ProducerMalihe Razazan, Sr. ProducerHolly McDede, ReporterAnnouncerABOUT KALWKALW is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District, broadcasting sinceSeptember 1, 1941 — the oldest FM signal west of the Mississippi.Mailing address:KALW RadioOffices: (415) 841-4121500 Mansell StreetFax: (415) 841-4125San Francisco, CA 94134Studio Line: (415) 841-4134KALW program guide edited by Matt Martin, David Latulippe and Shipra Shukla,designed by Georgette Petropoulos. Contents KALWON THE COVER: Joshua Johnson (Credit: WAMU), Dmitri Shostakovich in 1950 (Credit: Deutsche Fotothek), Adepiction of the velocities of Antarctic ice streams as they move toward the ocean (Credit: NASA/JPL).2
ChangeIn November 2001,when I first came to KALW,the world was in turmoil.The show I’d been hiredto produce had launchedjust a week after the 9/11attacks. Its host LauraFlanders was broadcasting from her apartment inNew York, just blocks fromground zero.It was the right show forthe moment. And it happened because a changemaker was running KALW.Nicole Sawaya became GM in March2001, with a determination to makethings happen at what had been a relatively quiet public radio station.Within a year, she launched WorkingAssets Radio, which became Your Call.She partnered with Sandy Close at NewAmerica Media to create Upfront – whichbrought Holly Kernan to KALW as itsproducer and Sandip Roy as its host.And she answered a letter that cameover the transom from public radiowannabe Roman Mars.Nicole started something at KALW,and when I took the reins in 2006, sheleft me with some principles: Take risksand support talented people. Createpartnerships and minimize hierarchy.And speak directly to the listeners.I have done my best to stick to thoseprinciples, and KALW has continued tobe an engine for original programming– 99% Invisible, Binah, Crosscurrents,Dispatches from Kolkata, Fog City Blues,Explorations in Music, Kamau RightNow!, Sights & Sounds, Dying to Talk,Inflection Point, The Stoop . . . . the listtruly goes on.The life of the station has also transformed. When I arrived, KALW was aquiet place to work. Now it’s bustlingwith reporters, producers, trainees inour Audio Academy, and an active corpsof regular volunteers in our front office.I am incredibly proud of how the station has grown. I’m also acutely awarethat with that growth, the role of thestation’s leader has to change.When I started here, wewere simply trying to provethat KALW matters, that wewere capable of doing important work on the radioand in the community. Wehave done that.Now, KALW needs aleader who will be strategicabout growth, ensuring thatit’s sustainable as well asdynamic. It needs someonewho will get out of the station and in to the community, building relationships and bringingin resources that will make it possible forthe station to move to the next stage inits development.As much as I love KALW and cherishthe people it has brought into my life, Iknow I am not that leader. I came to thisstation as a producer, and I remain morea maker than a builder.At this point in its history, the stationneeds a builder to make it strong andlead it forward. So I am going to stepaside and make way for a new GM.I am committed to seeing this processthrough and doing everything I can toget someone great to take my place.And I will be here to give them all thesupport and knowledge I can during thetransition.If you care about KALW, I encourageyou to increase your engagement withthe station in the months ahead.Listen to a new program, or subscribeto the podcast of one you love. Connectwith a programmer or reporter whosework you value. Make a special contribution, or consider putting the stationin your estate plans. And if you knowsomeone – in public media or beyond –who you think could be the great nextleader of this station, please let themknow about this opportunity.In our current time of turmoil, theimportance of independent, creative,community-based media just keepsgrowing. Let’s keep it strong at KALW.Sincerely,Matt Martin, GM3
Explorations In MusicDmitri Shostakovich was one of the 20th century’smost gifted composers, but he lived in constant fearof the totalitarian Soviet regime. Join Dr. RobertGreenberg and the Alexander String Quartet for thetwelfth season of “Explorations,“ with KALW’s DavidLatulippe as your broadcast host.“When he died in Moscow on December 9, 1975, hewas hailed as a ‘hero of the people,’” says ProfessorGreenberg. “But we know him as a survivor, a witness,and an artist who spoke for all of humanity.”October 2:String Quartet No. 1in C Major, Op. 49 (1938)October 9:String Quartet No. 2Dmitri Shostakovichin A Major Op. 68 (1944)October 16: String Quartet No. 3in F Major, Op. 73 (1946)October 23: String Quartet No. 4in D Major, Op. 83 (1949)October 30: String Quartet No. 5in B-flat Major, Op. 92 (1952)November 6: String Quartet No. 6in G Major, Op. 101 (1956)November 13: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57(1940) with guest Roger WoodwardNovember 20: String Quartet No. 7The Alexander String Quartetin F-sharp minor, Op. 108 (1960)The Alexander String Quartet is Frederick Lifsitz, violin II,Paul Yarbrough, viola, Zakarias Grafilo, violin I, Sandy Wilson, celloThanks to the generous local businesses who contributed food,drink and inspiration to KALW’s staff and volunteers during ourMay and September fundraising campaigns. The next time youvisit them, please thank them for supporting Local Public Radio!Balompié Café Bi-Rite Market Canyon Market Casa Sanchez CheeseBoutique Destination Baking Company Dianda’s Italian Bakery El PorteñoFour Barrel Coffee Gabriele Muselli CateringGoat Hill Pizza Gott’s Roadside Hearth Coffee Hot SpudHouse of Bagels La Mediteranee Left Coast Catering Let’s Be FrankLRE Catering Lucca Ravioli Company Mission Pie Mitchell’s Ice CreamNoe Valley Bakery Nopalito Peasant Pies Café & Catering Pi Bar RestaurantPizzeria Delfina Rainbow Grocery Sibby’s Cupcakes Trader Joe’sVeritable Vegetable Zanze’s Cheesecake4Deutsche Fotothek photoShostakovich Part 1Mondays at 9pm
5 Reasons We Chose 1AJoin Joshua Johnson for conversationsabout a changing AmericaMonday to Friday at 11amIn April, KALW introduced On Pointwith Tom Ashbrook – one of the mostimportant and established shows in public radio – to our schedule. At the sametime, we kept a close ear on a new showlaunched at WAMU in Washington, DC:1A, with host Joshua Johnson.Based on what we heard, we’ve decided to make the switch to 1A weekdaysat 11am. Here are 5 reasons why:(1) 1A is a national conversation fromDC. Decisions made in Washingtondetermine the fates of millions of Americans and people around the world. Asa show based in the nation’s capital, 1Abrings politicians and policymakers intotheir studios for face-to-face conversation and direct questioning. We needthat now.(2) 1A allows fuller participation byKALW listeners. It’s a challenge forWest Coast listeners to participate innational talk shows based on the EastCoast because stations here air themtape-delayed. 1A counters this by making active use of an off-hours voicemail“inbox” where listeners can weigh in withquestions and comments for the nextday’s show anytime, making it possiblefor listeners here to have their voicesheard in the national conversation.(3) End-of-week international newsroundtable. On Fridays, 1A hosts aroundtable on global news of the weekwith journalists from American and foreign news outlets. It’s a strong complement to the global perspective KALWprovides from the BBC and CBC.(4) 1A lets the partisans speak. 1A iscomfortable letting people with strongopinions about issues come on the show,rather than depending on experts andjournalists as filters. That can be uncomfortable, but it’s also compelling.(5) Host Joshua Johnson. Joshua is afamiliar voice to Bay Area public radiolisteners from his time delivering morning news on KQED, and he maintainsclose connections to San Francisco. Thisis his first experience hosting a nationalshow, but less than a year in, he’s shownthe ability to interrogate people in power and show empathy when intervieweesspeak from personal experience. WAMUmade a great choice, and we thinkJoshua will connect with you.Your voice is a crucial part of 1A.Call anytime at (855) 236-1212Email 1A@wamu.orgTweet @1A5
How Women Rise UpInflection Point, KALW’s program featuring interviews with world-changing women,was chosen by PRX to be part of Project Catapult, an accelerator for public radiopodcasts, funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. We talked with Inflection Point’s creator and host Lauren Schiller about the Catapult process and how it’schanged the show — which you can now hear in its new half-hour edition, Wednesdaysat 5:30pm on KALW.Talk about Project Catapult and whatup each conversation in the woman’sown voice, narrated by me as the sort ofit made you think about and focus on.guide.Project Catapult uses a processThat was what seemed to really becalled design thinking that helped megrabbingour audience — hearing morethink about my show from the standpointinsight behindof my listeningthe women andaudience as well astheir personalthe larger trendsstories. Not justthat are informingthe work that theyour culture, to puthad done, but thethose two thingsjourney that ledtogether to comethem to the workup with a point ofthat they do.view that reflectsSometimeswhat my audiencewe’lldrop rightwill most careinto the middle ofWomen of Project Catapult, L-R: Joni Deutschabout in thesethe story, to im(West Virginia Public Broadcasting), Carolinetimes.mediately draw aChamberlin(KUOWSeattle),MareeaThomasWe got ner in to wantfeedback from aSeattle), Kameel Stanley (St. Louis Publicto hear more. Weseries of panelsBroadcasting) Kerri Hoffman (PRX), and Laurenwere able to provethat CatapultSchiller (KALW).that that couldassembled fromworkwhenIhadtheopportunitytodifferent areas of expertise withininterviewSabaahFolayan,whohadjustpodcasting. We would share “protofinishedadocumentarycalledWhosetypes” of the show with, say, a podcastStreets? about being inside the protestsproducer, a storytelling expert, and ain Ferguson.technical person who is responsible forShe describes the feeling of standingactually getting podcasts into the feed.inthestreet while these giant militarySo a different mix of people every singletrucksfull of armed policemen cametime was there to listen objectively anddownthestreet toward all of theseprovide feedback to the material that weunarmedcitizenswho were just tryingpresented.to make their voices heard. And it wasSo how did the show change basedsuch a dramatic moment that it was kindon the feedback you got?of like: This is this is exactly what we’retrying to do with each woman’s story.The show started as a straightforwardinterview format—where I as the hostThen what?would introduce the guest and why weAnd then when we get into thewere talking with her, and then we wouldconversationto understand how it was,go into the interview.in Sabaah’s case, that she was there, andAfter thinking about how podcasting,how she made the film. And this is partbut also radio, is such a great mediumtwo of what we were trying to do, to seefor the art of storytelling, we startedhow what she learned is something thatto think about it in terms of how to set6
OnePlanetClimate change is the issue of ourtime, and its emerging impacts are making us all aware of the interconnectedcrises facing humanity and the planet weshare.That’s why Your Call is launching a new series called One Planet. Every Monday, we’ll speak with authors, scientists, activists, journalists, and people living atthe frontier of the climate crisis.We’ll look at the many symptoms of earth out of balance, from sea level riseand intensified hurricanes to shrinking arable land and the new reality of climaterefugees.We’ll confront the role of human activity in the climate crisis, and the peopleand movements taking action to preserve a habitable planet.And we want you to join the conversation.Rose Aguilar & Malihe RazazanHost & Senior Producer, Your CallIf you have an idea for the One Planet series, please email us:feedback@yourcallradio.orgwe as listeners can take away and applyto our own lives.My goal with Inflection Point originallywas to get the history of my guest in 20minutes and to learn absolutely everything I possibly could about her in thatshort time. The Catapult process reallypushed me to be much more focusedabout why I’m interviewing each of thesewomen and what we came to was a focuson “how to” — how did she do it?At the beginning of the process,when my producer Eric Wayne and Iwent out and talked with women who wefelt were representative of our audiences, they all said they’re looking forinspiration—but they also want to knowwhat it means for them personally andhow they can use what they’ve just heardin some way to either be more of anactivist or advance their careers or evenfeel like they’ve got more something tangible to use in conversation when they’retrying to advance an argument.How did you sharpen your thinkingabout the culture now andwhere Inflection Point fits in?Since I was a little kid I’ve been awarewe’ve been on this march for equality — Iwas literally on a march for equality inthe 70s for the Equal Rights Amendment. And it hasn’t yet been passed. Andthen this January, while we were at thevery beginning of the Catapult process,the Women’s March happened. Millionsof women across the country were galvanized to make their voices heard. Andit really occurred to me that we as a asa gender but also as a human race havethe opportunity to collectively rise upand make our voices heard and that themore that we can learn from each otherand the more that we can recognize ourpower and have the tools to exercise ourpower, that the more that we can getcloser to the equality that we strive for.Was there another show inProject Catapult you particularlylearned from as it developed?Yes, it’s called Second Wave – it’s outof Seattle and Thanh Tan is the host.She had a personal quest. Thanh isVietnamese-American and her parentscame over from Vietnam during the war.She wants to understand the stories ofher family and other Vietnamese immigrants before they start passing awaybecause many of these people are nowin their 70s and 80s. And so she’s putcontinued on page 197
Changes at Philosophy TalkJohn Perry to be host emeritusNew co-hosts Debra Satz andJosh Landy join the teamIt’s time to make it official. After wellover 400 episodes, 13 and half years onthe air, and two years before that tryingto get on the air, John has decided totransition into a new role in order to allow him more time—both for himself andfor his academic pursuits. Henceforth,he will be our Host Emeritus. It’s beenquite a ride. Working with John over thecourse of all these years to create andperfect a new art form and to bring it toall of you has been one of the joys of mylife. I will really miss working w
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