window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={
"attachmentsReducer": {
"audio_0": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_0",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_1": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_1",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_2": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_2",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_3": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_3",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_4": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_4",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"
}
}
},
"placeholder": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "placeholder",
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"height": 512,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"small": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 32,
"height": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 50,
"height": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 64,
"height": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 96,
"height": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
}
},
"arts_13894363": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13894363",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13894363",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13894362,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-160x90.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-scaled-e1616434530715.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1080
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-2048x1152.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1152
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-1020x574.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 574
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-1536x864.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 864
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-1920x1080.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1080
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-800x450.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/geniusaretha_ep306_101920_028_r_wide-222230fb1171bd9ea5b635333b793b38b6134331-768x432.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 432
}
},
"publishDate": 1616434175,
"modified": 1616434603,
"caption": "Courtney B. Vance, left, as C.L. Franklin, with Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin, in a scene from the miniseries 'Genius: Aretha' set at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church.",
"description": "Courtney B. Vance, left, as C.L. Franklin, with Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin, in a scene from the miniseries 'Genius: Aretha' set at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church.",
"title": "Courtney B. Vance, left, as C.L. Franklin, with Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin, in a scene from the miniseries 'Genius: Aretha' set at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church.",
"credit": "National Geographic/Richard DuCree",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "Courtney B. Vance, left, as C.L. Franklin, with Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin, in a scene from the miniseries 'Genius: Aretha' set at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13894065": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13894065",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13894065",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13894064,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-160x90.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-scaled-e1615919492966.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1080
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-2048x1152.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1152
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-1020x574.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 574
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-1536x864.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 864
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-1920x1080.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1080
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-800x450.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/bachelor-2-_wide-5f8c2ef23026f549c5471b0fcc0c45b81e79b0bc-768x432.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 432
}
},
"publishDate": 1615918752,
"modified": 1615919557,
"caption": "On Monday's 'After the Final Rose' special, 'Bachelor' Matt James revealed why he broke things off with Rachael Kirkconnel after photos of her at an Antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media.",
"description": "On Monday's 'After the Final Rose' special, 'Bachelor' Matt James revealed why he broke things off with Rachael Kirkconnel after photos of her at an Antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media.",
"title": "On Monday's 'After the Final Rose' special, 'Bachelor' Matt James revealed why he broke things off with Rachael Kirkconnel after photos of her at an Antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media.",
"credit": "Craig Sjodin/ABC",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "On Monday's 'After the Final Rose' special, 'Bachelor' Matt James revealed why he broke things off with Rachael Kirkconnel after photos of her at an Antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13894009": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13894009",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13894009",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13894007,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-5_slide-f027dc177586fe5fea045c1b920094b773be8ba0-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-5_slide-f027dc177586fe5fea045c1b920094b773be8ba0-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-5_slide-f027dc177586fe5fea045c1b920094b773be8ba0-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-5_slide-f027dc177586fe5fea045c1b920094b773be8ba0.jpg",
"width": 1498,
"height": 999
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-5_slide-f027dc177586fe5fea045c1b920094b773be8ba0-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-5_slide-f027dc177586fe5fea045c1b920094b773be8ba0-800x534.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 534
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-5_slide-f027dc177586fe5fea045c1b920094b773be8ba0-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 512
}
},
"publishDate": 1615835607,
"modified": 1615836485,
"caption": "Symphony Clarke, known as the Thrift Guru on social media, says one way to give clothes a fresh feel is by revamping them—cutting them up or adding some new details.",
"description": "Symphony Clarke, known as the Thrift Guru on social media, says one way to give clothes a fresh feel is by revamping them—cutting them up or adding some new details.",
"title": "Symphony Clarke, known as the Thrift Guru on social media, says one way to give clothes a fresh feel is by revamping them—cutting them up or adding some new details.",
"credit": "Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "A shirt laid out with the sleeves cut off. Symphony Clarke, known as the Thrift Guru on social media, says one way to give clothes a fresh feel is by revamping them—cutting them up or adding some new details.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893916": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893916",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893916",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893889,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-scaled-e1615512829649.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-2048x1365.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1365
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1024
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/GettyImages-1306554024-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 512
}
},
"publishDate": 1615512763,
"modified": 1615513007,
"caption": "Posters requesting information are seen near Clapham Common in London, during an investigation into the disappearance of Sarah Everard who went missing March 3.",
"description": "Posters requesting information are seen near Clapham Common in London, during an investigation into the disappearance of Sarah Everard who went missing March 3.",
"title": "Posters requesting information are seen near Clapham Common in London, during an investigation into the disappearance of Sarah Everard who went missing March 3.",
"credit": "Leon Neal/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "Posters requesting information are seen near Clapham Common in London, during an investigation into the disappearance of Sarah Everard who went missing March 3.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893838": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893838",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893838",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893837,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/ac-microtransactions_wide-0fafa13b098a6658facfb1b3ad972868609898a6-1038x576.png",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/ac-microtransactions_wide-0fafa13b098a6658facfb1b3ad972868609898a6-160x90.png",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 90
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/ac-microtransactions_wide-0fafa13b098a6658facfb1b3ad972868609898a6-672x372.png",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/ac-microtransactions_wide-0fafa13b098a6658facfb1b3ad972868609898a6.png",
"width": 1917,
"height": 1078
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/ac-microtransactions_wide-0fafa13b098a6658facfb1b3ad972868609898a6-1020x574.png",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 574
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/ac-microtransactions_wide-0fafa13b098a6658facfb1b3ad972868609898a6-1536x864.png",
"width": 1536,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 864
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/ac-microtransactions_wide-0fafa13b098a6658facfb1b3ad972868609898a6-800x450.png",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 450
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/ac-microtransactions_wide-0fafa13b098a6658facfb1b3ad972868609898a6-768x432.png",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 432
}
},
"publishDate": 1615486928,
"modified": 1615487811,
"caption": "One of the suits of armor available in 'Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'—if you're willing to pay real money.",
"description": "One of the suits of armor available in 'Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'—if you're willing to pay real money.",
"title": "One of the suits of armor available in 'Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'—if you're willing to pay real money.",
"credit": "Screenshot by Elijah Smith/Ubisoft",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "One of the suits of armor available in 'Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'—if you're willing to pay real money.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893782": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893782",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893782",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893767,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-160x99.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 99
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-scaled-e1615404312531.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1188
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-2048x1267.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1267
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-1020x631.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 631
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-1536x951.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 951
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-1920x1188.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1188
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-800x495.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 495
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Tech-Park-768x475.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 475
}
},
"publishDate": 1615404023,
"modified": 1615404529,
"caption": "Comedian Alexis Gay in her viral 'Every single park hang in San Francisco' video.",
"description": "Comedian Alexis Gay in her viral 'Every single park hang in San Francisco' video.",
"title": "Comedian Alexis Gay in her viral 'Every single park hang in San Francisco' video.",
"credit": "Twitter/@yayalexisgay",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "Comedian Alexis Gay in her viral 'Every single park hang in San Francisco' video.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893456": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893456",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893456",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893455,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/tenzin-56317439eb2a67b44a8c0bbbf9a1bdba65a667cb-876x576.png",
"width": 876,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/tenzin-56317439eb2a67b44a8c0bbbf9a1bdba65a667cb-160x120.png",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 120
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/tenzin-56317439eb2a67b44a8c0bbbf9a1bdba65a667cb-672x372.png",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/tenzin-56317439eb2a67b44a8c0bbbf9a1bdba65a667cb.png",
"width": 876,
"height": 657
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/tenzin-56317439eb2a67b44a8c0bbbf9a1bdba65a667cb-800x600.png",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 600
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/tenzin-56317439eb2a67b44a8c0bbbf9a1bdba65a667cb-768x576.png",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 576
}
},
"publishDate": 1614626173,
"modified": 1614626884,
"caption": "Tenzin Kalsang's story times in Tibetan and English were originally held at the Williamsburg branch of the Brooklyn Public Library system, but have since moved online.",
"description": "Tenzin Kalsang's story times in Tibetan and English were originally held at the Williamsburg branch of the Brooklyn Public Library system, but have since moved online.",
"title": "Tenzin Kalsang's story times in Tibetan and English were originally held at the Williamsburg branch of the Brooklyn Public Library system, but have since moved online.",
"credit": "Brooklyn Public Library's Facebook page",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "Tenzin Kalsang holds a book up to the camera as she reads to children in Tibetan and English.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893447": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893447",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893447",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893446,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-160x120.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 120
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-scaled-e1614594982380.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1439
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-2048x1535.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1535
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-1020x765.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 765
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-1536x1151.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1151
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-1920x1439.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1439
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-800x600.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 600
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1304623431-2d3862334453f74e933055ead4ecb601345faad2-768x576.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
}
},
"publishDate": 1614594331,
"modified": 1614595021,
"caption": "Technical difficulties and an overall uninspired program were the themes of this year's Golden Globes, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.",
"description": "Technical difficulties and an overall uninspired program were the themes of this year's Golden Globes, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.",
"title": "Technical difficulties and an overall uninspired program were the themes of this year's Golden Globes, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "Technical difficulties and an overall uninspired program were the themes of this year's Golden Globes, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893416": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893416",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893416",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893411,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-10.48.35-AM-1038x576.png",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-10.48.35-AM-160x90.png",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 90
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-10.48.35-AM-672x372.png",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-10.48.35-AM.png",
"width": 1363,
"height": 768
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-10.48.35-AM-1020x575.png",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 575
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-10.48.35-AM-800x451.png",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 451
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-26-at-10.48.35-AM-768x433.png",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 433
}
},
"publishDate": 1614365679,
"modified": 1614365750,
"caption": "James Corden and Prince Harry enjoy afternoon tea on an open-top bus in Los Angeles.",
"description": "James Corden and Prince Harry enjoy afternoon tea on an open-top bus in Los Angeles.",
"title": "James Corden and Prince Harry enjoy afternoon tea on an open-top bus in Los Angeles.",
"credit": "YouTube/ The Late Late Show With James Corden",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "James Corden and Prince Harry enjoy afternoon tea on an open-top bus in Los Angeles.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893331": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893331",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893331",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893259,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-160x99.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 99
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-scaled-e1614281942379.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1188
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-2048x1267.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1267
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-1020x631.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 631
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-1536x951.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 951
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-1920x1188.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1188
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-800x495.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 495
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Bunny-Billi-Bastian-768x475.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 475
}
},
"publishDate": 1614281830,
"modified": 1614281965,
"caption": "(L-R) Bunny (@whataboutbunny), Billi (@billispeaks) and Bastian (@bastianandbrews).",
"description": "(L-R) Bunny (@whataboutbunny), Billi (@billispeaks) and Bastian (@bastianandbrews).",
"title": "(L-R) Bunny (@whataboutbunny), Billi (@billispeaks) and Bastian (@bastianandbrews).",
"credit": "Instagram",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "(L-R) Bunny (@whataboutbunny), Billi (@billispeaks) and Bastian (@bastianandbrews).",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893191": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893191",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893191",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893190,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/sml101a_0360r2_wide-798515410a15b8d45b4773a8f6d6f2e33a089b10-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/sml101a_0360r2_wide-798515410a15b8d45b4773a8f6d6f2e33a089b10-160x90.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/sml101a_0360r2_wide-798515410a15b8d45b4773a8f6d6f2e33a089b10-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/sml101a_0360r2_wide-798515410a15b8d45b4773a8f6d6f2e33a089b10.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 675
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/sml101a_0360r2_wide-798515410a15b8d45b4773a8f6d6f2e33a089b10-1020x574.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 574
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/sml101a_0360r2_wide-798515410a15b8d45b4773a8f6d6f2e33a089b10-800x450.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/sml101a_0360r2_wide-798515410a15b8d45b4773a8f6d6f2e33a089b10-768x432.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 432
}
},
"publishDate": 1614127583,
"modified": 1614128525,
"caption": "Clark Kent has a tense moment with his son Jordan in the CW's new 'Superman & Lois.'",
"description": "Clark Kent has a tense moment with his son Jordan in the CW's new 'Superman & Lois.'",
"title": "Clark Kent has a tense moment with his son Jordan in the CW's new 'Superman & Lois.'",
"credit": "Dean Buscher/The CW",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "Clark Kent has a tense moment with his son Jordan in the CW's new 'Superman & Lois.'",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_13893078": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_13893078",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893078",
"found": true
},
"parent": 13893077,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-160x120.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 120
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-scaled-e1614024274472.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1440
},
"2048x2048": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-2048x1536.jpg",
"width": 2048,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1536
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-1020x765.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 765
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-1536x1152.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1152
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-1920x1440.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1440
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-800x600.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 600
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/gettyimages-1231068191-67ce1952b82151f32f1cfc384a64aad2973e6765-768x576.jpg",
"width": 768,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
}
},
"publishDate": 1614021548,
"modified": 1614024317,
"caption": "Bachelor host Chris Harrison, above right, has temporarily stepped away from the show following controversial remarks involving race. The franchise's current season features Matt James, top left, as the show's first male Black lead.",
"description": "Bachelor host Chris Harrison, above right, has temporarily stepped away from the show following controversial remarks involving race. The franchise's current season features Matt James, top left, as the show's first male Black lead.",
"title": "Bachelor host Chris Harrison, above right, has temporarily stepped away from the show following controversial remarks involving race. The franchise's current season features Matt James, top left, as the show's first male Black lead.",
"credit": "Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"altTag": "Bachelor host Chris Harrison, above right, has temporarily stepped away from the show following controversial remarks involving race. The franchise's current season features Matt James, top left, as the show's first male Black lead.",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"byline_arts_13894362": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_arts_13894362",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_arts_13894362",
"name": "Eric Deggans",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_arts_13894064": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_arts_13894064",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_arts_13894064",
"name": "Eric Deggans",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_arts_13894007": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_arts_13894007",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_arts_13894007",
"name": "Elise Hu",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_arts_13893837": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_arts_13893837",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_arts_13893837",
"name": "Keller Gordon",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_arts_13893455": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_arts_13893455",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_arts_13893455",
"name": "Sally Herships",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_arts_13893446": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_arts_13893446",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_arts_13893446",
"name": "Aisha Harris",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_arts_13893190": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_arts_13893190",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_arts_13893190",
"name": "Eric Deggans",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_arts_13893077": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_arts_13893077",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_arts_13893077",
"name": "Kalyani Saxena",
"isLoading": false
},
"ralexandra": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11242",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11242",
"found": true
},
"name": "Rae Alexandra",
"firstName": "Rae",
"lastName": "Alexandra",
"slug": "ralexandra",
"email": "ralexandra@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "Reporter/Producer",
"bio": "Rae Alexandra is a Reporter/Producer for KQED Arts & Culture, and the creator/author of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/program/rebel-girls-from-bay-area-history\">Rebel Girls From Bay Area History\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bizarrebayarea\">Bizarre Bay Area\u003c/a> series. Her debut book, \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/politics-current-events-history/unsung-heroines35-women-who-changed/\">Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area\u003c/a> was published by City Lights in March 2026. In 2023, Rae was awarded an SPJ Excellence in Journalism Award for Arts & Culture. Rae was born and raised in Wales and subsequently — even after two decades in Northern California — still uses phrases that regularly baffle her coworkers.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edfee8176c80cc0a382b051190f5341997df378a934a5774dcb0977732dfd401?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "pop",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "bayareabites",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Rae Alexandra | KQED",
"description": "Reporter/Producer",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edfee8176c80cc0a382b051190f5341997df378a934a5774dcb0977732dfd401?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edfee8176c80cc0a382b051190f5341997df378a934a5774dcb0977732dfd401?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/ralexandra"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"arts_category_popculture": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_75",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "75",
"score": 14.408306
},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Pop Culture",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Pop Culture Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 76,
"slug": "popculture",
"isLoading": false,
"title": "Pop Culture",
"pageMeta": {
"site": "arts",
"WpPageTemplate": "page-topic-editorial",
"currentPage": 115
},
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"query": "posts/arts?category=popculture",
"seeMore": false,
"paginated": true,
"page": 115
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/ad"
}
]
}
},
"pfsSessionReducer": {},
"postsReducer": {
"stream_live": {
"type": "live",
"id": "stream_live",
"audioUrl": "https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio",
"title": "Live Stream",
"excerpt": "Live Stream information currently unavailable.",
"link": "/radio",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "KQED Live",
"link": "/"
}
},
"stream_kqedNewscast": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stream_kqedNewscast",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1",
"title": "KQED Newscast",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "88.5 FM",
"link": "/"
}
},
"arts_13894362": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13894362",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13894362",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1616435004000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 137
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1616435004,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Cynthia Erivo Shines as Aretha Franklin in New Miniseries, 'Genius: Aretha'",
"headTitle": "Cynthia Erivo Shines as Aretha Franklin in New Miniseries, ‘Genius: Aretha’ | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>Soul legend \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/15662553/aretha-franklin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aretha Franklin\u003c/a> received the television-miniseries treatment with \u003cem>Genius: Aretha\u003c/em>, a project that works best when it lets her music do the talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cynthia Erivo plays Aretha who, moments into the start of \u003cem>Genius\u003c/em>, makes it clear that they found the right woman for this job. Recreating the tumultuous life of Aretha Franklin requires more, however, than just singing her classic hits with power and excitement. It requires revisiting a life filled with trauma and challenges, as foreshadowed by journalists questioning Franklin on who “calls the shots,” her father or her husband, at a press conference (to which she responds, “I think you’ve all been reading a few too many gossip columns”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She learns to free herself from the men in her life determined to dominate her, beginning with her father, renowned Baptist preacher and civil rights activist the Rev. C.L. Franklin. Courtney B. Vance is magnetic as the elder Franklin, a preacher who, one character says, “loved Sunday morning \u003cem>and\u003c/em> Saturday night.” In one scene, he’s urging a tween-age Aretha to sing at a house party before \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/15196957/art-tatum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art Tatum\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/15404991/dinah-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dinah Washington\u003c/a>. But the Rev. Franklin is also shown as a compulsive womanizer, confronted by his girlfriend—who Aretha had grown to love, hoping she would become her stepmom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fight over infidelity followed by violence is a cycle we see repeated with Aretha and her husband Ted, after he ruins a recording session by fighting in the studio. “You were supposed to be good as gold,” Aretha says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjw3-JMm5Sc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite crackling performances from Erivo, Vance and the actress who plays young Aretha, Shaian Jordan, \u003cem>Genius: Aretha\u003c/em> too often unfolds like a predictable biopic burdened by ham-handed storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the third installment of National Geographic’s \u003cem>Genius\u003c/em> anthology series, but the first about a woman or a non-white person, following seasons on Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso. So, some may be disappointed in how it presents a succession of Black men who take advantage of Franklin, from her philandering father, to her philandering husband, to a man who left her pregnant at age 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best moments involve showing how Franklin transitioned from gospel star to soul diva. That includes a scene where producer, songwriter and performer Curtis Mayfield urges her to channel her tribulations into her vocals in the studio: “You move people; you take the heaviness of life and you make it beautiful. We need \u003cem>that\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aretha sings again, but this time pouring herself out over a swaying track called “Something He Can Feel.” If more moments in \u003cem>Genius: Aretha\u003c/em> matched this one, it would truly be the triumph Erivo and the Queen of Soul deserve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Genius: Aretha\u003cem> debuts this Sunday, March 21, on the National Geographic channel.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Aretha+Franklin+Shines+In%2C+And+Despite%2C+The+New+Miniseries%2C+%27Genius%3A+Aretha%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 494,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 11
},
"modified": 1705019311,
"excerpt": "Debuting this Sunday on National Geographic, 'Genius: Aretha' is a biopic that looks at the Queen of Soul's life.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Debuting this Sunday on National Geographic, 'Genius: Aretha' is a biopic that looks at the Queen of Soul's life.",
"title": "Cynthia Erivo Shines as Aretha Franklin in New Miniseries, 'Genius: Aretha' | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Cynthia Erivo Shines as Aretha Franklin in New Miniseries, 'Genius: Aretha'",
"datePublished": "2021-03-22T10:43:24-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:28:31-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "cynthia-erivo-shines-as-aretha-franklin-in-new-miniseries-genius-aretha",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=979056315&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"templateType": "standard",
"nprStoryDate": "Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:06:00 -0400",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:24:40 -0400",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/979056315/national-geographic-honors-aretha-franklin-in-new-miniseries?ft=nprml&f=979056315",
"nprAudio": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2021/03/20210319_me_national_geographic_honors_aretha_franklin_in_new_miniseries.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1138&d=211&p=3&story=979056315&ft=nprml&f=979056315",
"nprImageAgency": "National Geographic/Richard DuCree",
"nprAudioM3u": "http://api.npr.org/m3u/1979056338-0f9a10.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1138&d=211&p=3&story=979056315&ft=nprml&f=979056315",
"nprStoryId": "979056315",
"nprByline": "Eric Deggans",
"sticky": false,
"nprImageCredit": "Richard DuCree",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:23:00 -0400",
"path": "/arts/13894362/cynthia-erivo-shines-as-aretha-franklin-in-new-miniseries-genius-aretha",
"audioUrl": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2021/03/20210319_me_national_geographic_honors_aretha_franklin_in_new_miniseries.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1138&d=211&p=3&story=979056315&ft=nprml&f=979056315",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Soul legend \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/15662553/aretha-franklin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aretha Franklin\u003c/a> received the television-miniseries treatment with \u003cem>Genius: Aretha\u003c/em>, a project that works best when it lets her music do the talking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cynthia Erivo plays Aretha who, moments into the start of \u003cem>Genius\u003c/em>, makes it clear that they found the right woman for this job. Recreating the tumultuous life of Aretha Franklin requires more, however, than just singing her classic hits with power and excitement. It requires revisiting a life filled with trauma and challenges, as foreshadowed by journalists questioning Franklin on who “calls the shots,” her father or her husband, at a press conference (to which she responds, “I think you’ve all been reading a few too many gossip columns”).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She learns to free herself from the men in her life determined to dominate her, beginning with her father, renowned Baptist preacher and civil rights activist the Rev. C.L. Franklin. Courtney B. Vance is magnetic as the elder Franklin, a preacher who, one character says, “loved Sunday morning \u003cem>and\u003c/em> Saturday night.” In one scene, he’s urging a tween-age Aretha to sing at a house party before \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/15196957/art-tatum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art Tatum\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/artists/15404991/dinah-washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dinah Washington\u003c/a>. But the Rev. Franklin is also shown as a compulsive womanizer, confronted by his girlfriend—who Aretha had grown to love, hoping she would become her stepmom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fight over infidelity followed by violence is a cycle we see repeated with Aretha and her husband Ted, after he ruins a recording session by fighting in the studio. “You were supposed to be good as gold,” Aretha says.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/qjw3-JMm5Sc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/qjw3-JMm5Sc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite crackling performances from Erivo, Vance and the actress who plays young Aretha, Shaian Jordan, \u003cem>Genius: Aretha\u003c/em> too often unfolds like a predictable biopic burdened by ham-handed storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the third installment of National Geographic’s \u003cem>Genius\u003c/em> anthology series, but the first about a woman or a non-white person, following seasons on Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso. So, some may be disappointed in how it presents a succession of Black men who take advantage of Franklin, from her philandering father, to her philandering husband, to a man who left her pregnant at age 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best moments involve showing how Franklin transitioned from gospel star to soul diva. That includes a scene where producer, songwriter and performer Curtis Mayfield urges her to channel her tribulations into her vocals in the studio: “You move people; you take the heaviness of life and you make it beautiful. We need \u003cem>that\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aretha sings again, but this time pouring herself out over a swaying track called “Something He Can Feel.” If more moments in \u003cem>Genius: Aretha\u003c/em> matched this one, it would truly be the triumph Erivo and the Queen of Soul deserve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Genius: Aretha\u003cem> debuts this Sunday, March 21, on the National Geographic channel.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Aretha+Franklin+Shines+In%2C+And+Despite%2C+The+New+Miniseries%2C+%27Genius%3A+Aretha%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13894362/cynthia-erivo-shines-as-aretha-franklin-in-new-miniseries-genius-aretha",
"authors": [
"byline_arts_13894362"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_69",
"arts_75",
"arts_990"
],
"tags": [
"arts_5470",
"arts_7970",
"arts_12702"
],
"affiliates": [
"arts_137"
],
"featImg": "arts_13894363",
"label": "arts_137"
},
"arts_13894064": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13894064",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13894064",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1615919869000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 137
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1615919869,
"format": "standard",
"title": "'The Bachelor's Cluelessness About Race Comes to a Head in Season Finale",
"headTitle": "‘The Bachelor’s Cluelessness About Race Comes to a Head in Season Finale | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>It’s a safe bet this wasn’t the conversation producers of \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> expected would cap Matt James’ season when they named him as the unscripted dating show’s first Black star.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the tense, emotional exchange Monday night between James and former girlfriend Rachael Kirkconnell—where he revealed why he broke off their relationship after photos of her at an Antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media—is the kind of conversation about race and white cluelessness that \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> has been avoiding for far too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rachael might not understand what it means to be Black in America,” James told host Emmanuel Acho during the show’s \u003cem>After the Final Rose\u003c/em> special Monday, dropping a line that felt like the understatement of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the show’s refusal to appreciate what it means to be Black on \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> is what made this moment. [aside postid='pop_27797']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It led producers to stumble into a roiling, race-centered controversy that has sidelined the show’s longtime host Chris Harrison, obliterated the storybook romance set up by months of pre-taped episodes, and forced the white woman James selected from a field of nearly 40 contestants to tearfully explain herself on national television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see someone who was living in this ignorance, without thinking who it might be hurting,” Kirkconnell said, looking at a photo of herself hanging with friends at that fraternity party in 2018, decked out in frilly dresses, celebrating the spectacle of a bygone era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civil rights activists have criticized these kinds of parties for many years, noting that they elevate the beauty of the Old South’s plantations while erasing their roots in the bondage and brutal oppression of Black slaves. It’s similar to the denialism among some who seek to honor symbols of the Confederacy while downplaying or ignoring its role in fighting to maintain slavery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kirkconnell admitted as much on Monday, noting some supporters told her they didn’t think attending such parties were racist because they personally were not racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did get a lot of people saying, ‘This is normal where I grew up,'” she said. “People need to realize that just saying ‘This is normal where I came from’ … that doesn’t make it right. That doesn’t make it okay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> stumbled into this mess because the show has refused to face how deeply centered on white culture the whole enterprise truly is—naming James as its first Black star in 25 seasons, after years of criticism for the omission. It has seemingly shown little regard for the extra pressure non-white people face in trying to compete on the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worst of all, the show seems to have no clue how deeply embedded racism is in the fabric of American life—and how dating, especially across racial lines, can bring out those issues in ways that are explosive and damaging if not handled well. [aside postid='arts_13893077']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acho, a former pro football linebacker who wrote the book and hosts a webcast called \u003cem>Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man\u003c/em>, led Monday’s discussion with the deft charm of a man used to untangling complex racial dynamics for clueless white people. He explained thorny concepts and sympathized with James, who spoke about the extra burden of avoiding stereotypes while starring on the show. (“It’s just what we’re conditioned to do as Black men,” James said. “Making people comfortable with your Blackness.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acho stepped up when longtime host Chris Harrison announced he would step away from the program—a move which came after Harrison tried to defend Kirkconnell by suggesting Antebellum parties weren’t considered offensive in 2018, criticizing the “woke police” for targeting her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a clumsy attempt at damage control that only made the controversy worse. Now Harrison’s future with the franchise is in doubt—he won’t be hosting the next two seasons of \u003cem>The Bachelorette\u003c/em> airing this summer and fall—even as his dismissive attitude seemed completely in tune with how producers have shrugged off past criticisms regarding race on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Lindsay, who became the first Black woman to star in the spin off series \u003cem>The Bachelorette \u003c/em>in 2017, found her season marred by the antics of a white man who antagonized many of the show’s Black male contestants and had a history of inflammatory social media posts. Lindsay, who was interviewing Harrison for the TV show \u003cem>Extra\u003c/em> when he dropped his “woke police” comments, \u003ca href=\"https://extratv.com/2021/02/15/rachel-lindsay-reacts-to-chris-harrison-stepping-aside-after-her-headline-making-interview/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has emerged as a consistent critic\u003c/a> of the franchise’s handling of race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why doesn’t the show do a better job of screening its white contestants’ backgrounds? And why did it take so long for the show to name a Black man to star in \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> in the first place? These are questions that are tough to answer for another reason; the show’s producers don’t talk openly about what they do or why they do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James has perfected the show’s style of speaking in vague platitudes. So it was tough to discern from his answers Monday exactly what happened between him and Kirkconnell when the pictures surfaced; they both implied that she didn’t take the controversy seriously enough at first. [aside postid='pop_104953']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was in the context of you not fully understanding my Blackness … and what it would mean for our kids when I saw these things floating around the internet,” James told Kirkconnell about his decision to end their relationship. “I didn’t sign up to have this conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may also be part of the problem. Because \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> is basically a princess fantasy—a soap opera featuring non-actors centered on a hunky guy choosing a romantic partner in the most idealized settings possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But talking about and understanding how race works in America is the opposite of fantasy. It’s a difficult, challenging process, which often requires facing uncomfortable truths. And James admitted \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/matt-james-opens-final-rose-special-76484182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in an interview on ABC’s \u003cem>Good Morning America\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Tuesday that he didn’t discuss race or the challenge of dating across racial lines with Kirkconnell before the controversy emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tough to know whether a franchise as manipulative and problematic as \u003cem>The Bachelor/Bachelorette\u003c/em> can ever correct itself enough to consistently handle racial issues well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with another Black woman scheduled to star in a future season of \u003cem>The Bachelorette\u003c/em>—Michelle Young, the runner-up in James’ season, \u003ca href=\"https://abc.com/shows/the-bachelorette/news/updates/whos-the-next-bachelorette-2021-two-seasons-katie-thurston-summer-michelle-young-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was announced as star of the show’s 18th season Monday\u003c/a>—ABC’s high-profile franchise better raise its game in a hurry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or it won’t be long before another season goes down in flames, felled by its ignorance of race in a world which will no longer tolerate white cluelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27The+Bachelor%27s+Cluelessness+About+Race+Comes+To+A+Head+In+Season+Finale&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1208,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 25
},
"modified": 1705019346,
"excerpt": "The first Black 'Bachelor' broke things off with the show's winner after photos of her at an Antebellum South party surfaced.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The first Black 'Bachelor' broke things off with the show's winner after photos of her at an Antebellum South party surfaced.",
"title": "'The Bachelor's Cluelessness About Race Comes to a Head in Season Finale | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "'The Bachelor's Cluelessness About Race Comes to a Head in Season Finale",
"datePublished": "2021-03-16T11:37:49-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:29:06-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "the-bachelors-cluelessness-about-race-comes-to-a-head-in-season-finale",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=977841254&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"templateType": "standard",
"nprStoryDate": "Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:00:22 -0400",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:00:22 -0400",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2021/03/16/977841254/the-bachelors-cluelessness-about-race-comes-to-a-head-in-season-finale?ft=nprml&f=977841254",
"nprImageAgency": "ABC",
"nprStoryId": "977841254",
"nprByline": "Eric Deggans",
"sticky": false,
"nprImageCredit": "Craig Sjodin",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:00:00 -0400",
"path": "/arts/13894064/the-bachelors-cluelessness-about-race-comes-to-a-head-in-season-finale",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s a safe bet this wasn’t the conversation producers of \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> expected would cap Matt James’ season when they named him as the unscripted dating show’s first Black star.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the tense, emotional exchange Monday night between James and former girlfriend Rachael Kirkconnell—where he revealed why he broke off their relationship after photos of her at an Antebellum South-themed party surfaced on social media—is the kind of conversation about race and white cluelessness that \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> has been avoiding for far too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rachael might not understand what it means to be Black in America,” James told host Emmanuel Acho during the show’s \u003cem>After the Final Rose\u003c/em> special Monday, dropping a line that felt like the understatement of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the show’s refusal to appreciate what it means to be Black on \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> is what made this moment. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_27797",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It led producers to stumble into a roiling, race-centered controversy that has sidelined the show’s longtime host Chris Harrison, obliterated the storybook romance set up by months of pre-taped episodes, and forced the white woman James selected from a field of nearly 40 contestants to tearfully explain herself on national television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see someone who was living in this ignorance, without thinking who it might be hurting,” Kirkconnell said, looking at a photo of herself hanging with friends at that fraternity party in 2018, decked out in frilly dresses, celebrating the spectacle of a bygone era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civil rights activists have criticized these kinds of parties for many years, noting that they elevate the beauty of the Old South’s plantations while erasing their roots in the bondage and brutal oppression of Black slaves. It’s similar to the denialism among some who seek to honor symbols of the Confederacy while downplaying or ignoring its role in fighting to maintain slavery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kirkconnell admitted as much on Monday, noting some supporters told her they didn’t think attending such parties were racist because they personally were not racist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did get a lot of people saying, ‘This is normal where I grew up,'” she said. “People need to realize that just saying ‘This is normal where I came from’ … that doesn’t make it right. That doesn’t make it okay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> stumbled into this mess because the show has refused to face how deeply centered on white culture the whole enterprise truly is—naming James as its first Black star in 25 seasons, after years of criticism for the omission. It has seemingly shown little regard for the extra pressure non-white people face in trying to compete on the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worst of all, the show seems to have no clue how deeply embedded racism is in the fabric of American life—and how dating, especially across racial lines, can bring out those issues in ways that are explosive and damaging if not handled well. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "arts_13893077",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acho, a former pro football linebacker who wrote the book and hosts a webcast called \u003cem>Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man\u003c/em>, led Monday’s discussion with the deft charm of a man used to untangling complex racial dynamics for clueless white people. He explained thorny concepts and sympathized with James, who spoke about the extra burden of avoiding stereotypes while starring on the show. (“It’s just what we’re conditioned to do as Black men,” James said. “Making people comfortable with your Blackness.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acho stepped up when longtime host Chris Harrison announced he would step away from the program—a move which came after Harrison tried to defend Kirkconnell by suggesting Antebellum parties weren’t considered offensive in 2018, criticizing the “woke police” for targeting her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a clumsy attempt at damage control that only made the controversy worse. Now Harrison’s future with the franchise is in doubt—he won’t be hosting the next two seasons of \u003cem>The Bachelorette\u003c/em> airing this summer and fall—even as his dismissive attitude seemed completely in tune with how producers have shrugged off past criticisms regarding race on the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Lindsay, who became the first Black woman to star in the spin off series \u003cem>The Bachelorette \u003c/em>in 2017, found her season marred by the antics of a white man who antagonized many of the show’s Black male contestants and had a history of inflammatory social media posts. Lindsay, who was interviewing Harrison for the TV show \u003cem>Extra\u003c/em> when he dropped his “woke police” comments, \u003ca href=\"https://extratv.com/2021/02/15/rachel-lindsay-reacts-to-chris-harrison-stepping-aside-after-her-headline-making-interview/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has emerged as a consistent critic\u003c/a> of the franchise’s handling of race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why doesn’t the show do a better job of screening its white contestants’ backgrounds? And why did it take so long for the show to name a Black man to star in \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> in the first place? These are questions that are tough to answer for another reason; the show’s producers don’t talk openly about what they do or why they do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James has perfected the show’s style of speaking in vague platitudes. So it was tough to discern from his answers Monday exactly what happened between him and Kirkconnell when the pictures surfaced; they both implied that she didn’t take the controversy seriously enough at first. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_104953",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was in the context of you not fully understanding my Blackness … and what it would mean for our kids when I saw these things floating around the internet,” James told Kirkconnell about his decision to end their relationship. “I didn’t sign up to have this conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may also be part of the problem. Because \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> is basically a princess fantasy—a soap opera featuring non-actors centered on a hunky guy choosing a romantic partner in the most idealized settings possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But talking about and understanding how race works in America is the opposite of fantasy. It’s a difficult, challenging process, which often requires facing uncomfortable truths. And James admitted \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/matt-james-opens-final-rose-special-76484182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in an interview on ABC’s \u003cem>Good Morning America\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Tuesday that he didn’t discuss race or the challenge of dating across racial lines with Kirkconnell before the controversy emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tough to know whether a franchise as manipulative and problematic as \u003cem>The Bachelor/Bachelorette\u003c/em> can ever correct itself enough to consistently handle racial issues well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with another Black woman scheduled to star in a future season of \u003cem>The Bachelorette\u003c/em>—Michelle Young, the runner-up in James’ season, \u003ca href=\"https://abc.com/shows/the-bachelorette/news/updates/whos-the-next-bachelorette-2021-two-seasons-katie-thurston-summer-michelle-young-fall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was announced as star of the show’s 18th season Monday\u003c/a>—ABC’s high-profile franchise better raise its game in a hurry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or it won’t be long before another season goes down in flames, felled by its ignorance of race in a world which will no longer tolerate white cluelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27The+Bachelor%27s+Cluelessness+About+Race+Comes+To+A+Head+In+Season+Finale&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13894064/the-bachelors-cluelessness-about-race-comes-to-a-head-in-season-finale",
"authors": [
"byline_arts_13894064"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_75",
"arts_990"
],
"tags": [
"arts_9268"
],
"affiliates": [
"arts_137"
],
"featImg": "arts_13894065",
"label": "arts_137"
},
"arts_13894007": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13894007",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13894007",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1615836629000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 137
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1615836629,
"format": "standard",
"title": "5 Tips to Ditch Fast Fashion and Cultivate a Sustainable Closet",
"headTitle": "5 Tips to Ditch Fast Fashion and Cultivate a Sustainable Closet | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>When fashionable clothes can be so cheap, it can be easy to fill up virtual shopping carts just for the rush of the purchase. But this attitude of excess has led to mass over-production and a clothing waste crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, any item of clothing that you get rid of is going to end up in the landfill because the technological solutions just really aren’t at scale yet to do something different with it,” says Elizabeth Cline, author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.elizabethclinebooks.com/the-conscious-closet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/A-New-Textiles-Economy_Summary-of-Findings_Updated_1-12-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1% of all clothing\u003c/a> material is ever recycled back into new clothes. And of the clothes we donate to charity, only a fraction gets resold in stores. Much of what doesn’t sell gets shipped in bulk and \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/06/the-salvation-army-and-goodwill-inside-the-places-your-clothes-go-when-you-donate-them.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sold internationally\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs of fast fashion are huge to the environment and to the people making clothes. Each year the fashion industry consumes approximately \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0039-9).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">79 trillion liters of water and then throws out 92 million tons of waste. \u003c/a>To make clothes so quickly and affordably, factory workers are often underpaid and operate in unsafe working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can make us feel powerless, as individuals, to do something about it. But there are ways to shop smarter and to curate a more eco-and ethically conscious closet. Here are some takeaways the experts recommend:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. Don’t think of your clothes as disposable.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13894014 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-12.17.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"774\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-12.17.57-PM.png 774w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-12.17.57-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-12.17.57-PM-768x508.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Symphony Clarke, known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thethriftguru/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thrift Guru\u003c/a> on social media, has noticed that a lot of her peers feel pressure to keep up with trends online. Some even feel like they can’t post a picture in the same outfit twice. “That’s the lifespan of their clothing. Once a picture is taken, it’s done,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To abandon that attitude of excess, change your mindset! Buy with the notion that what you purchase should stay with you. Clarke recommends a 30-wear test: When shopping, ask yourself if you’d wear that item 30 times or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other way to extend the lifespan of your clothing is with a little more TLC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Taking care of clothes…I think it can feed the soul. It’s just a very good life skill to have,” says Cline. (We have a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/12/17/789172148/how-do-i-get-this-out-your-guide-to-stain-removal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Life Kit episode all about getting stains out\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7l2FAIjccU\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. Revamp or “thrift flip” your clothing and accessories.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Clarke established her own personal style by revamping—taking something old and changing it up. She gives clothes a fresh feel by cutting them up or adding some new details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Go in your closet and say, hey, how can I switch up this old crewneck or this old hoodie that I had? Maybe I could cut it and crop it [into] a whole different item,” Clarke suggests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch YouTuber \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTeNpbcaDZWZiCPziLWkOYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nava Rose\u003c/a>‘s revamps or search YouTube or TikTok for thrift revamps or thrift flips. One useful hashtag to search is #DIYnosew—so that no sewing is required.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. Get rid of your clothing responsibly.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13894010 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marie Kondo’s popular approach was to throw out that which no longer brought us joy. But be intentional about how you donate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has a much, much higher chance of finding a second life [by] finding another person who’s excited to wear it,” Cline says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, you could organize a clothing swap with friends or sell your unneeded items on resale sites like \u003ca href=\"https://www.thredup.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ThredUp\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://poshmark.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poshmark\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.depop.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Depop \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.therealreal.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Real Real\u003c/a>. To attract buyers, Clarke recommends modeling your clothes instead of taking a picture on the floor, so shoppers can see what it looks like on. Good lighting and ironed clothes can also boost your sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. Buy second-hand when you’re in the mood for something “new.”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13894008 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic means many people avoid extra in-person shopping, thrifting online is more and more widespread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t have to have the hassle of going into the thrift store and feeling overwhelmed,” Clarke says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can buy on the same sites people sell their clothes. Apps like \u003ca href=\"https://www.depop.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Depop \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://poshmark.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poshmark\u003c/a> let you search for specific items.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. Get educated.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13894011 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn to look out for greenwashing and campaigns for a fairer, more sustainable fashion industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Greenwashing is when companies either intentionally mislead consumers or just oversell and embellish the efforts they’re making to be more sustainable,” Cline explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To learn more, she recommends a site called \u003ca href=\"https://goodonyou.eco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good On You\u003c/a> and a nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://remake.world/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remake\u003c/a>. Remake’s \u003ca href=\"https://remake.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-Remake-Transparency-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transparency reports\u003c/a> give brands sustainability scores. And once you’re educated, consider getting more involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t forget that the problems in the fashion industry are systemic and that we have to have systemic solutions to these issues as well,” Cline says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PayUp Fashion, a campaign Cline co-founded, pushes against exploitative practices in the fashion industry. It’s supporting \u003ca href=\"https://payupfashion.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-californias-landmark-garment-worker-protect-act/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s Garment Worker Protection Act\u003c/a>, which will hold fashion brands legally and financially accountable for what happens in their garment factories. A reminder there’s strength in numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the ultimate intersectional issue. It is the combination of race and gender and class and exploitation that [cuts] so many different ways,” Cline says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the potential for change is possible. It could lead us to a fashion future that’s better for workers, the planet, and potentially even your wardrobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Symphony Clarke runs her own \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shopthriftguru.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>revamped clothing website\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. You can also find her on \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thethriftguru/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Instagram\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@thethriftguru?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>TikTok\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQuCnD-n9aNpVs4KN5V-0g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>YouTube\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Elizabeth L. Cline is the co-founder of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://payupfashion.com/the-problem/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>PayUp Fashion\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and author of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.elizabethclinebooks.com/overdressed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion\u003c/a> \u003cem>(2012) and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.elizabethclinebooks.com/the-conscious-closet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good\u003c/a>\u003cem> (2019).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The podcast version of this story was produced by Fiona Geiran.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>We’d love to hear from you. Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For more Life Kit, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/newsletter/life-kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>subscribe to our newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=5+Tips+To+Ditch+Fast+Fashion+And+Cultivate+A+Sustainable+Closet&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1039,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 36
},
"modified": 1705019352,
"excerpt": "Fast fashion takes a toll on the environment and on workers. Here's how you can build a closet with a better impact.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Fast fashion takes a toll on the environment and on workers. Here's how you can build a closet with a better impact.",
"title": "5 Tips to Ditch Fast Fashion and Cultivate a Sustainable Closet | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "5 Tips to Ditch Fast Fashion and Cultivate a Sustainable Closet",
"datePublished": "2021-03-15T12:30:29-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:29:12-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "5-tips-to-ditch-fast-fashion-and-cultivate-a-sustainable-closet",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=975728474&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"templateType": "standard",
"nprStoryDate": "Sun, 14 Mar 2021 07:00:57 -0400",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:48:55 -0400",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2021/03/14/975728474/5-tips-to-ditch-fast-fashion-and-cultivate-a-sustainable-closet?ft=nprml&f=975728474",
"nprAudio": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/lifekit/2021/03/20210308_lifekit_how_to_cultivate_a_sustainable_closet__-_final.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1008&aggIds=676529561&d=883&story=975728474&ft=nprml&f=975728474",
"nprImageAgency": "Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR",
"nprAudioM3u": "http://api.npr.org/m3u/1976513000-890857.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1008&aggIds=676529561&d=883&story=975728474&ft=nprml&f=975728474",
"nprStoryId": "975728474",
"nprByline": "Elise Hu",
"sticky": false,
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Sun, 14 Mar 2021 13:48:00 -0400",
"path": "/arts/13894007/5-tips-to-ditch-fast-fashion-and-cultivate-a-sustainable-closet",
"audioUrl": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/lifekit/2021/03/20210308_lifekit_how_to_cultivate_a_sustainable_closet__-_final.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1008&aggIds=676529561&d=883&story=975728474&ft=nprml&f=975728474",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When fashionable clothes can be so cheap, it can be easy to fill up virtual shopping carts just for the rush of the purchase. But this attitude of excess has led to mass over-production and a clothing waste crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, any item of clothing that you get rid of is going to end up in the landfill because the technological solutions just really aren’t at scale yet to do something different with it,” says Elizabeth Cline, author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.elizabethclinebooks.com/the-conscious-closet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/A-New-Textiles-Economy_Summary-of-Findings_Updated_1-12-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1% of all clothing\u003c/a> material is ever recycled back into new clothes. And of the clothes we donate to charity, only a fraction gets resold in stores. Much of what doesn’t sell gets shipped in bulk and \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/06/the-salvation-army-and-goodwill-inside-the-places-your-clothes-go-when-you-donate-them.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sold internationally\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs of fast fashion are huge to the environment and to the people making clothes. Each year the fashion industry consumes approximately \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0039-9).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">79 trillion liters of water and then throws out 92 million tons of waste. \u003c/a>To make clothes so quickly and affordably, factory workers are often underpaid and operate in unsafe working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can make us feel powerless, as individuals, to do something about it. But there are ways to shop smarter and to curate a more eco-and ethically conscious closet. Here are some takeaways the experts recommend:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. Don’t think of your clothes as disposable.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13894014 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-12.17.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"774\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-12.17.57-PM.png 774w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-12.17.57-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-15-at-12.17.57-PM-768x508.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Symphony Clarke, known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thethriftguru/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thrift Guru\u003c/a> on social media, has noticed that a lot of her peers feel pressure to keep up with trends online. Some even feel like they can’t post a picture in the same outfit twice. “That’s the lifespan of their clothing. Once a picture is taken, it’s done,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To abandon that attitude of excess, change your mindset! Buy with the notion that what you purchase should stay with you. Clarke recommends a 30-wear test: When shopping, ask yourself if you’d wear that item 30 times or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other way to extend the lifespan of your clothing is with a little more TLC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Taking care of clothes…I think it can feed the soul. It’s just a very good life skill to have,” says Cline. (We have a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/12/17/789172148/how-do-i-get-this-out-your-guide-to-stain-removal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Life Kit episode all about getting stains out\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/H7l2FAIjccU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/H7l2FAIjccU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch3>2. Revamp or “thrift flip” your clothing and accessories.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Clarke established her own personal style by revamping—taking something old and changing it up. She gives clothes a fresh feel by cutting them up or adding some new details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Go in your closet and say, hey, how can I switch up this old crewneck or this old hoodie that I had? Maybe I could cut it and crop it [into] a whole different item,” Clarke suggests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch YouTuber \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTeNpbcaDZWZiCPziLWkOYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nava Rose\u003c/a>‘s revamps or search YouTube or TikTok for thrift revamps or thrift flips. One useful hashtag to search is #DIYnosew—so that no sewing is required.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. Get rid of your clothing responsibly.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13894010 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-7-copy_slide-3a7c1681ea5d7963f6e1e8fb107cf2d253b9ef93.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marie Kondo’s popular approach was to throw out that which no longer brought us joy. But be intentional about how you donate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has a much, much higher chance of finding a second life [by] finding another person who’s excited to wear it,” Cline says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, you could organize a clothing swap with friends or sell your unneeded items on resale sites like \u003ca href=\"https://www.thredup.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ThredUp\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://poshmark.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poshmark\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.depop.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Depop \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.therealreal.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Real Real\u003c/a>. To attract buyers, Clarke recommends modeling your clothes instead of taking a picture on the floor, so shoppers can see what it looks like on. Good lighting and ironed clothes can also boost your sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. Buy second-hand when you’re in the mood for something “new.”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13894008 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-6_slide-f23a9445f9e5536bb3a36aba3df105d972ae1aac.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic means many people avoid extra in-person shopping, thrifting online is more and more widespread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t have to have the hassle of going into the thrift store and feeling overwhelmed,” Clarke says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can buy on the same sites people sell their clothes. Apps like \u003ca href=\"https://www.depop.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Depop \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://poshmark.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poshmark\u003c/a> let you search for specific items.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. Get educated.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13894011 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/life-kit_clothes-1-9_slide-92a36e04650b501705b144382c128508fb81c4bb.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn to look out for greenwashing and campaigns for a fairer, more sustainable fashion industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Greenwashing is when companies either intentionally mislead consumers or just oversell and embellish the efforts they’re making to be more sustainable,” Cline explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To learn more, she recommends a site called \u003ca href=\"https://goodonyou.eco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good On You\u003c/a> and a nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://remake.world/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remake\u003c/a>. Remake’s \u003ca href=\"https://remake.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-Remake-Transparency-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transparency reports\u003c/a> give brands sustainability scores. And once you’re educated, consider getting more involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t forget that the problems in the fashion industry are systemic and that we have to have systemic solutions to these issues as well,” Cline says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PayUp Fashion, a campaign Cline co-founded, pushes against exploitative practices in the fashion industry. It’s supporting \u003ca href=\"https://payupfashion.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-californias-landmark-garment-worker-protect-act/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s Garment Worker Protection Act\u003c/a>, which will hold fashion brands legally and financially accountable for what happens in their garment factories. A reminder there’s strength in numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the ultimate intersectional issue. It is the combination of race and gender and class and exploitation that [cuts] so many different ways,” Cline says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the potential for change is possible. It could lead us to a fashion future that’s better for workers, the planet, and potentially even your wardrobe.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Symphony Clarke runs her own \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shopthriftguru.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>revamped clothing website\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. You can also find her on \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thethriftguru/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Instagram\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@thethriftguru?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>TikTok\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQuCnD-n9aNpVs4KN5V-0g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>YouTube\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Elizabeth L. Cline is the co-founder of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://payupfashion.com/the-problem/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>PayUp Fashion\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and author of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.elizabethclinebooks.com/overdressed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion\u003c/a> \u003cem>(2012) and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.elizabethclinebooks.com/the-conscious-closet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Conscious Closet: A Revolutionary Guide to Looking Good While Doing Good\u003c/a>\u003cem> (2019).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The podcast version of this story was produced by Fiona Geiran.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>We’d love to hear from you. Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at LifeKit@npr.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For more Life Kit, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/newsletter/life-kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>subscribe to our newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=5+Tips+To+Ditch+Fast+Fashion+And+Cultivate+A+Sustainable+Closet&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13894007/5-tips-to-ditch-fast-fashion-and-cultivate-a-sustainable-closet",
"authors": [
"byline_arts_13894007"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_76",
"arts_75"
],
"affiliates": [
"arts_137"
],
"featImg": "arts_13894009",
"label": "arts_137"
},
"arts_13893889": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893889",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893889",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1615572176000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1615572176,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Sarah Everard is Forcing Men to Reckon With Violence Against Women",
"headTitle": "Sarah Everard is Forcing Men to Reckon With Violence Against Women | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>Over the past 48 hours, an emotional outpouring has flooded Twitter, the likes of which has not been seen since the international \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MeToo uprising\u003c/a> of 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, British women have once again been sharing stories about assault, harassment and the ever-present fear that comes with moving through public spaces. And they’re doing it because of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976092455/disappearance-of-london-woman-walking-home-alone-sparks-grief-and-anger-across-u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Everard\u003c/a>—a 33-year-old woman who disappeared while walking home in South London on March 3. A police officer has since been arrested on suspicion of her murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple observers have noted that Everard met a violent end despite taking an abundance of precautions. The marketing executive left her friend’s house at an early hour, stuck to main roads and wore brightly-colored, sensible walking gear. Still, the human remains that police discovered a week later, 56 miles away in Kent, were identified as Sarah Everard on Friday morning. [aside postid='arts_13875149']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the United States, the case is a reminder to many of us of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13875149/amie-harwicks-death-is-a-confirmation-of-womens-worst-fears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amie Harwick\u003c/a>. The therapist was murdered in her Los Angeles home in February 2020, despite taking out multiple restraining orders against her ex-boyfriend. She’d spent her career counseling survivors of domestic violence and educating women about maintaining safe boundaries. Everard, like Harwick, did everything right. The fact that it wasn’t enough to keep her safe has left women across the UK reeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sky News journalist Kate McCann posted a thread on Twitter that captured the national mood. “We take the longer, better-lit route,” she wrote, “but still we make a plan. Keys gripped between fingers, we map the corner shops we could duck into en-route.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KateEMcCann/status/1369682523157102595\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KateEMcCann/status/1369682658662490117\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grief and outrage for Sarah Everard is now so widespread that when #NotAllMen started making ripples on Twitter yesterday, the hashtag was quickly \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/therealtomcee/status/1370101878290219008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hijacked\u003c/a> by people speaking out about gender-based violence. Among them was a surprising number of men. (It should not be surprising in 2021 when men publicly express their desire to stop women being frightened, hurt or killed, but somehow it still is.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Scroobiuspipyo/status/1370050861477416963\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/jayrayner1/status/1369591783051649026\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/AlfieIndra/status/1370108421404569600\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, a highly emotive clip from \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jQSqjYqPlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>X\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, an HBO special by Scottish comedian \u003ca href=\"https://danielsloss.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Sloss\u003c/a>, is being widely circulated. In the clip from his 2019 set, Sloss takes accountability for the fact that he never called out the sexist behavior of one of his male friends. That friend of eight years subsequently raped a woman Sloss was friends with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are monsters amongst us and they look like us,” Sloss says. “Don’t just sit back and think ‘Well, I’m not part of the problem. Therefore, I must be part of the solution.’ When one in ten men are shit and the other nine do nothing, they might as well not fucking be there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Femi_Sorry/status/1370013298968715270\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, this isn’t the first time men have shown support for women grappling with sexual violence. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/03/james-franco-accusers-me-too-bandwagon-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not all of them genuine\u003c/a>, unfortunately.) But there are signs—across the pond, at least—that a sea change might be occurring. [aside postid='arts_13890303']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 8, the UK edition of \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em> published an in-depth article about Britain’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gq-hype/article/domestic-abuse-lockdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">domestic abuse crisis\u003c/a>.” Not only was it an unlikely subject for a mainstream men’s magazine, it wasn’t afraid to lay the bulk of the responsibility for soaring rates of intimate partner violence squarely at the feet of men. The wider culture that perpetuates misogyny didn’t get off lightly either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, the story was exhaustive, featuring extensive statistics, interviews with survivors, a guide to \u003cem>all\u003c/em> behavior that should be acknowledged as abusive (including coercion), plus a list titled the “Eight Stages of Abuse.” George Chesterton’s essay even took the time to debunk old myths about violence against women, in particular the notion of “crimes of passion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The feature didn’t just feel unprecedented within the context of the genre of publication, it felt like a sliver of hope in a week when it was hard to muster any. Again: that men with a national platform are trying to teach other men how to not be abusive shouldn’t come as a surprise in 2021, but somehow it still does. And the reason for that is because, even post-#MeToo, there has remained a pervasive sense that sexual violence and harassment are women’s issues to be spoken about and handled by women. [aside postid='pop_105735']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Men—especially ones with public platforms (the ones who could reach the most people and do the most good)—often seem afraid of saying the wrong thing. Subsequently, they just don’t say anything at all. (Lest we forget that in 2018, even in the midst of the Harvey Weinstein/#MeToo firestorm, the majority of men wearing Time’s Up pins at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards avoided saying anything direct about harassment or assault.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make no mistake, male allies are what women need right now. It’s what we have needed forever, actually. So men: we’re not there to shut down the degrading conversations about us, but you are. And you’re not there when we’re being harassed because they don’t do that in front of you. (Women are safer traveling with a man, not just because of issues around physical strength, but also because harassers assume a man walking next to a woman has already staked his claim to her. And they accept that over a woman’s right to be left alone.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Women know that the type of men who abuse and harass women are the type of men who only listen to other men. So men, if you’re not doing it already, we need you to talk to one another. We need you to speak to the men who don’t view us as human enough to listen to. We need you to speak to the ones that feel entitled to our time. We need you to speak to the ones that think that yelling at us on the street is all in good fun. And we even need you to speak to the ones that seem kind of scared of us—because sometimes it’s them that end up being the most frightening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this week has taught us anything, it’s that feminist outrage can be a co-ed sport. And it’s one that we need to keep in season always and forever, moving forward, if anything is ever going to change. “There are very many good men out there,” \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/5159093/eve-ensler-men-need-to-join-the-fight-to-end-violence-against-women/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eve Ensler\u003c/a> noted during a 2018 video interview with \u003cem>Time\u003c/em>. “The problem is, any violence against women, standing up for women has not become their central issue. And when it does—when they say, ‘This will be my central issue’—the world will change.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1224,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 18
},
"modified": 1705019361,
"excerpt": "The disappearance of Sarah Everard in London has prompted outrage from women—and self-reflection in men.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The disappearance of Sarah Everard in London has prompted outrage from women—and self-reflection in men.",
"title": "Sarah Everard is Forcing Men to Reckon With Violence Against Women | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Sarah Everard is Forcing Men to Reckon With Violence Against Women",
"datePublished": "2021-03-12T10:02:56-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:29:21-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "sarah-everard-is-forcing-men-to-reckon-with-violence-against-women",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/artscommentary",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"sticky": false,
"source": "Commentary",
"path": "/arts/13893889/sarah-everard-is-forcing-men-to-reckon-with-violence-against-women",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Over the past 48 hours, an emotional outpouring has flooded Twitter, the likes of which has not been seen since the international \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MeToo uprising\u003c/a> of 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, British women have once again been sharing stories about assault, harassment and the ever-present fear that comes with moving through public spaces. And they’re doing it because of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/976092455/disappearance-of-london-woman-walking-home-alone-sparks-grief-and-anger-across-u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Everard\u003c/a>—a 33-year-old woman who disappeared while walking home in South London on March 3. A police officer has since been arrested on suspicion of her murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple observers have noted that Everard met a violent end despite taking an abundance of precautions. The marketing executive left her friend’s house at an early hour, stuck to main roads and wore brightly-colored, sensible walking gear. Still, the human remains that police discovered a week later, 56 miles away in Kent, were identified as Sarah Everard on Friday morning. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "arts_13875149",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the United States, the case is a reminder to many of us of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13875149/amie-harwicks-death-is-a-confirmation-of-womens-worst-fears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amie Harwick\u003c/a>. The therapist was murdered in her Los Angeles home in February 2020, despite taking out multiple restraining orders against her ex-boyfriend. She’d spent her career counseling survivors of domestic violence and educating women about maintaining safe boundaries. Everard, like Harwick, did everything right. The fact that it wasn’t enough to keep her safe has left women across the UK reeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sky News journalist Kate McCann posted a thread on Twitter that captured the national mood. “We take the longer, better-lit route,” she wrote, “but still we make a plan. Keys gripped between fingers, we map the corner shops we could duck into en-route.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "1369682523157102595"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "1369682658662490117"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The grief and outrage for Sarah Everard is now so widespread that when #NotAllMen started making ripples on Twitter yesterday, the hashtag was quickly \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/therealtomcee/status/1370101878290219008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hijacked\u003c/a> by people speaking out about gender-based violence. Among them was a surprising number of men. (It should not be surprising in 2021 when men publicly express their desire to stop women being frightened, hurt or killed, but somehow it still is.)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "1370050861477416963"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "1369591783051649026"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "1370108421404569600"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In addition, a highly emotive clip from \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jQSqjYqPlg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>X\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, an HBO special by Scottish comedian \u003ca href=\"https://danielsloss.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Sloss\u003c/a>, is being widely circulated. In the clip from his 2019 set, Sloss takes accountability for the fact that he never called out the sexist behavior of one of his male friends. That friend of eight years subsequently raped a woman Sloss was friends with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are monsters amongst us and they look like us,” Sloss says. “Don’t just sit back and think ‘Well, I’m not part of the problem. Therefore, I must be part of the solution.’ When one in ten men are shit and the other nine do nothing, they might as well not fucking be there.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "1370013298968715270"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Of course, this isn’t the first time men have shown support for women grappling with sexual violence. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/03/james-franco-accusers-me-too-bandwagon-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not all of them genuine\u003c/a>, unfortunately.) But there are signs—across the pond, at least—that a sea change might be occurring. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "arts_13890303",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 8, the UK edition of \u003cem>GQ\u003c/em> published an in-depth article about Britain’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/gq-hype/article/domestic-abuse-lockdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">domestic abuse crisis\u003c/a>.” Not only was it an unlikely subject for a mainstream men’s magazine, it wasn’t afraid to lay the bulk of the responsibility for soaring rates of intimate partner violence squarely at the feet of men. The wider culture that perpetuates misogyny didn’t get off lightly either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, the story was exhaustive, featuring extensive statistics, interviews with survivors, a guide to \u003cem>all\u003c/em> behavior that should be acknowledged as abusive (including coercion), plus a list titled the “Eight Stages of Abuse.” George Chesterton’s essay even took the time to debunk old myths about violence against women, in particular the notion of “crimes of passion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The feature didn’t just feel unprecedented within the context of the genre of publication, it felt like a sliver of hope in a week when it was hard to muster any. Again: that men with a national platform are trying to teach other men how to not be abusive shouldn’t come as a surprise in 2021, but somehow it still does. And the reason for that is because, even post-#MeToo, there has remained a pervasive sense that sexual violence and harassment are women’s issues to be spoken about and handled by women. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_105735",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Men—especially ones with public platforms (the ones who could reach the most people and do the most good)—often seem afraid of saying the wrong thing. Subsequently, they just don’t say anything at all. (Lest we forget that in 2018, even in the midst of the Harvey Weinstein/#MeToo firestorm, the majority of men wearing Time’s Up pins at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards avoided saying anything direct about harassment or assault.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make no mistake, male allies are what women need right now. It’s what we have needed forever, actually. So men: we’re not there to shut down the degrading conversations about us, but you are. And you’re not there when we’re being harassed because they don’t do that in front of you. (Women are safer traveling with a man, not just because of issues around physical strength, but also because harassers assume a man walking next to a woman has already staked his claim to her. And they accept that over a woman’s right to be left alone.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Women know that the type of men who abuse and harass women are the type of men who only listen to other men. So men, if you’re not doing it already, we need you to talk to one another. We need you to speak to the men who don’t view us as human enough to listen to. We need you to speak to the ones that feel entitled to our time. We need you to speak to the ones that think that yelling at us on the street is all in good fun. And we even need you to speak to the ones that seem kind of scared of us—because sometimes it’s them that end up being the most frightening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this week has taught us anything, it’s that feminist outrage can be a co-ed sport. And it’s one that we need to keep in season always and forever, moving forward, if anything is ever going to change. “There are very many good men out there,” \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/5159093/eve-ensler-men-need-to-join-the-fight-to-end-violence-against-women/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eve Ensler\u003c/a> noted during a 2018 video interview with \u003cem>Time\u003c/em>. “The problem is, any violence against women, standing up for women has not become their central issue. And when it does—when they say, ‘This will be my central issue’—the world will change.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893889/sarah-everard-is-forcing-men-to-reckon-with-violence-against-women",
"authors": [
"11242"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_2303",
"arts_75"
],
"tags": [
"arts_2798",
"arts_2767",
"arts_1962",
"arts_8350",
"arts_5237",
"arts_2462"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893916",
"label": "source_arts_13893889"
},
"arts_13893837": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893837",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893837",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1615488219000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 137
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1615488219,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Microtransactions are Great For Game Companies, Costly For Players",
"headTitle": "Microtransactions are Great For Game Companies, Costly For Players | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla\u003c/em>, the latest installment in Ubisoft’s \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed \u003c/em>franchise, came out in November 2020. Like most \u003cem>AC \u003c/em>games, it was highly anticipated; it sold more copies in its opening week than any other game in the series. Needless to say, fans were excited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, just over four months after its release, fans are castigating Ubisoft for including and leveraging overpriced, in-game purchases—more commonly called microtransactions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ve probably heard of microtransactions before, even if you’re not a hardcore gamer. Take a look at your phone’s app store, and almost all the games in there will have a little textbox that says “In-App Purchases.” [aside postid='pop_104193']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microtransactions come in all shapes and sizes. Most of the time they’re simply cosmetic, like buying a swanky set of rainbow armor for your avatar. Other times they affect actual gameplay; a player might buy an upgrade that puts them in a better position to beat an opponent online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to cosmetic in-game purchases, most players don’t seem to mind. Spending money simply to change how your character looks doesn’t affect gameplay itself, so why should it matter?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It matters to gamers like Filip Eriksson—one of those flabbergasted \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed \u003c/em>fans—who recently went viral on Reddit for posting about his frustration with the new \u003cem>AC \u003c/em>game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are now 9 armor sets in the microtransaction store—just as many as in the entire base game.” Eriksson said in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/lbsmi8/there_are_now_9_armor_sets_in_the/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post\u003c/a>. “Are we just gonna let this slide?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visuals are important to players. When they buy a game, they expect an escape, a journey into some unknown world filled with action and adventure. And the scenic terrains aren’t the only visuals that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The cosmetic part, for me, is something that’s pretty important,” Eriksson tells me. “I like customizing my character. The customization was a bit lacking [in \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla\u003c/em>] … which made it a bit sour when there was so much available in the microtransaction store.” [aside postid='pop_30073']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eriksson’s concerns come down to the price tag: Do players really want to pay more money—in this case around $20 for a set of armor—for in-game content when they’ve already spent $60 on the game itself?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Generally, in the past \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed \u003c/em>games, they drop a couple of expansions, too,” says Eriksson. “The last big season pass cost about $20. It included a new map, countless quests, and it costs around the same price” as just one of the new armor sets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To go by the replies on Eriksson’s original Reddit post, a lot of \u003cem>AC \u003c/em>fans feel similarly about Ubisoft’s microtransactions in the new game. One reply stuck out in particular:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is why I wait a year or so until it’s dirt cheap on Steam,” wrote /u/NoHelp_HelpDesk. “I’ll pay what I feel is an honest price if they’re going to nickel and dime me at every turn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Players just want the chance to customize the main character, Eivor, without feeling like they have to empty their wallets to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla\u003c/em>, we are continuing to work hard to create the best possible experience for players,” Ubisoft said in a statement. “That includes offering a wide array of both free and paid content, which is regularly updated, with the goal of enabling players to make Eivor’s story their own through personalization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microtransactions aren’t just about the cosmetic upgrades; often, they’re important to the actual gameplay. Dr. Ellen Evers, a marketing professor at the University of California, Berkeley who researches microtransactions, says that can take away a video game’s magic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Games in general, not just video games, have their own set of norms and rules that you’re supposed to follow,” says Evers. “It’s not against the law to steal money from the bank in \u003cem>Monopoly\u003c/em>, but clearly you’re violating the spirit of the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Evers, when a player spends money on in-game purchases, they stray from the game’s original purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The implicit assumption is that by playing the game and building up your character, you’re supposed to get better,” says Evers. “Microtransactions basically make the game easier. They violate those rules and norms that are part of the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some games have even become infamous for their “pay-to-win” use of microtransactions, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/star-wars-battlefront-2-microtransactions-outrage-2017-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Star Wars Battlefront II\u003c/em>\u003c/a> or the mobile game \u003cem>Clash of Clans\u003c/em>, where players could simply buy the most powerful upgrades and easily defeat their online opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certain microtransactions fall somewhere in between cosmetic enhancements and pay-to-win. The well-known mobile game \u003cem>Candy Crush Saga \u003c/em>encourages purchasing what we’ll call “status boosting” microtransactions, where your online ranking may be influenced by how much you’ve spent on the game. While these in-game purchases can’t give you an edge against an opponent (\u003cem>Candy Crush\u003c/em> is a single player game), they affect where you fall in the rankings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you play \u003cem>Candy Crush\u003c/em>, you can compare your ranking to other people,” says Evers. “And if your money gives you an edge [on the rankings] … that seems to be a situation where people get the most upset.” [aside postid='arts_13891275']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all in-game purchases are cause for concern. Downloadable content—or DLC for short—is a type of microtransaction that adds content to an existing game. A player can purchase new DLC to access more content after the game’s main story is complete, whether that’s a new storyline, map, characters or a mixture of all of it. “When you get DLC, you get something that’s more or less worth your money,” says Eriksson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s perhaps the most significant part. Too often major game developers overcharge for their extra content. Whether it’s a pay-to-win purchase or a basic cosmetic upgrade, a dedicated gamer could be throwing money into microtransactions that promise little in return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be unfair to say that all game developers are only trying to snatch our wallets; many creators offer free DLC knowing that their fans will return the favor with positive reviews and free advertising. Take games like the magnificent \u003cem>Hollow Knight\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Stardew Valley\u003c/em>: They offer their players hours of extra content for very little, even adding more free DLC after the initial purchase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for the developers that may be hesitant to give away content for cheap or even for free, prepare for some backlash from the all-powerful internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Keller Gordon is a columnist for \u003c/em>Join The Game\u003cem>\u003cem>. Find him on Twitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kelbot_\">@kelbot_\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Microtransactions+Are+Great+For+Game+Companies%2C+Less+Fun+For+Players&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1222,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 29
},
"modified": 1705019371,
"excerpt": "Gamers are hitting back against microtransactions in some of their favorite games, including 'Assassin's Creed Valhalla.'",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Gamers are hitting back against microtransactions in some of their favorite games, including 'Assassin's Creed Valhalla.'",
"title": "Microtransactions are Great For Game Companies, Costly For Players | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Microtransactions are Great For Game Companies, Costly For Players",
"datePublished": "2021-03-11T10:43:39-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:29:31-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "microtransactions-are-great-for-game-companies-costly-for-players",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=975765363&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"templateType": "standard",
"nprStoryDate": "Thu, 11 Mar 2021 07:00:00 -0500",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:02:41 -0500",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2021/03/11/975765363/microtransactions-are-great-for-game-companies-less-fun-for-players?ft=nprml&f=975765363",
"nprImageAgency": "Ubisoft",
"nprStoryId": "975765363",
"nprByline": "Keller Gordon",
"sticky": false,
"nprImageCredit": "Screenshot by Elijah Smith",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:02:00 -0500",
"path": "/arts/13893837/microtransactions-are-great-for-game-companies-costly-for-players",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla\u003c/em>, the latest installment in Ubisoft’s \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed \u003c/em>franchise, came out in November 2020. Like most \u003cem>AC \u003c/em>games, it was highly anticipated; it sold more copies in its opening week than any other game in the series. Needless to say, fans were excited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, just over four months after its release, fans are castigating Ubisoft for including and leveraging overpriced, in-game purchases—more commonly called microtransactions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ve probably heard of microtransactions before, even if you’re not a hardcore gamer. Take a look at your phone’s app store, and almost all the games in there will have a little textbox that says “In-App Purchases.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_104193",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microtransactions come in all shapes and sizes. Most of the time they’re simply cosmetic, like buying a swanky set of rainbow armor for your avatar. Other times they affect actual gameplay; a player might buy an upgrade that puts them in a better position to beat an opponent online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to cosmetic in-game purchases, most players don’t seem to mind. Spending money simply to change how your character looks doesn’t affect gameplay itself, so why should it matter?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It matters to gamers like Filip Eriksson—one of those flabbergasted \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed \u003c/em>fans—who recently went viral on Reddit for posting about his frustration with the new \u003cem>AC \u003c/em>game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are now 9 armor sets in the microtransaction store—just as many as in the entire base game.” Eriksson said in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/lbsmi8/there_are_now_9_armor_sets_in_the/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post\u003c/a>. “Are we just gonna let this slide?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Visuals are important to players. When they buy a game, they expect an escape, a journey into some unknown world filled with action and adventure. And the scenic terrains aren’t the only visuals that matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The cosmetic part, for me, is something that’s pretty important,” Eriksson tells me. “I like customizing my character. The customization was a bit lacking [in \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla\u003c/em>] … which made it a bit sour when there was so much available in the microtransaction store.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_30073",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eriksson’s concerns come down to the price tag: Do players really want to pay more money—in this case around $20 for a set of armor—for in-game content when they’ve already spent $60 on the game itself?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Generally, in the past \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed \u003c/em>games, they drop a couple of expansions, too,” says Eriksson. “The last big season pass cost about $20. It included a new map, countless quests, and it costs around the same price” as just one of the new armor sets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To go by the replies on Eriksson’s original Reddit post, a lot of \u003cem>AC \u003c/em>fans feel similarly about Ubisoft’s microtransactions in the new game. One reply stuck out in particular:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is why I wait a year or so until it’s dirt cheap on Steam,” wrote /u/NoHelp_HelpDesk. “I’ll pay what I feel is an honest price if they’re going to nickel and dime me at every turn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Players just want the chance to customize the main character, Eivor, without feeling like they have to empty their wallets to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In \u003cem>Assassin’s Creed Valhalla\u003c/em>, we are continuing to work hard to create the best possible experience for players,” Ubisoft said in a statement. “That includes offering a wide array of both free and paid content, which is regularly updated, with the goal of enabling players to make Eivor’s story their own through personalization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microtransactions aren’t just about the cosmetic upgrades; often, they’re important to the actual gameplay. Dr. Ellen Evers, a marketing professor at the University of California, Berkeley who researches microtransactions, says that can take away a video game’s magic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Games in general, not just video games, have their own set of norms and rules that you’re supposed to follow,” says Evers. “It’s not against the law to steal money from the bank in \u003cem>Monopoly\u003c/em>, but clearly you’re violating the spirit of the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Evers, when a player spends money on in-game purchases, they stray from the game’s original purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The implicit assumption is that by playing the game and building up your character, you’re supposed to get better,” says Evers. “Microtransactions basically make the game easier. They violate those rules and norms that are part of the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some games have even become infamous for their “pay-to-win” use of microtransactions, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/star-wars-battlefront-2-microtransactions-outrage-2017-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Star Wars Battlefront II\u003c/em>\u003c/a> or the mobile game \u003cem>Clash of Clans\u003c/em>, where players could simply buy the most powerful upgrades and easily defeat their online opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certain microtransactions fall somewhere in between cosmetic enhancements and pay-to-win. The well-known mobile game \u003cem>Candy Crush Saga \u003c/em>encourages purchasing what we’ll call “status boosting” microtransactions, where your online ranking may be influenced by how much you’ve spent on the game. While these in-game purchases can’t give you an edge against an opponent (\u003cem>Candy Crush\u003c/em> is a single player game), they affect where you fall in the rankings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you play \u003cem>Candy Crush\u003c/em>, you can compare your ranking to other people,” says Evers. “And if your money gives you an edge [on the rankings] … that seems to be a situation where people get the most upset.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "arts_13891275",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all in-game purchases are cause for concern. Downloadable content—or DLC for short—is a type of microtransaction that adds content to an existing game. A player can purchase new DLC to access more content after the game’s main story is complete, whether that’s a new storyline, map, characters or a mixture of all of it. “When you get DLC, you get something that’s more or less worth your money,” says Eriksson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s perhaps the most significant part. Too often major game developers overcharge for their extra content. Whether it’s a pay-to-win purchase or a basic cosmetic upgrade, a dedicated gamer could be throwing money into microtransactions that promise little in return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be unfair to say that all game developers are only trying to snatch our wallets; many creators offer free DLC knowing that their fans will return the favor with positive reviews and free advertising. Take games like the magnificent \u003cem>Hollow Knight\u003c/em> or \u003cem>Stardew Valley\u003c/em>: They offer their players hours of extra content for very little, even adding more free DLC after the initial purchase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for the developers that may be hesitant to give away content for cheap or even for free, prepare for some backlash from the all-powerful internet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Keller Gordon is a columnist for \u003c/em>Join The Game\u003cem>\u003cem>. Find him on Twitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kelbot_\">@kelbot_\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Microtransactions+Are+Great+For+Game+Companies%2C+Less+Fun+For+Players&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893837/microtransactions-are-great-for-game-companies-costly-for-players",
"authors": [
"byline_arts_13893837"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_75"
],
"tags": [
"arts_1270",
"arts_5132",
"arts_2305",
"arts_4149"
],
"affiliates": [
"arts_137"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893838",
"label": "arts_137"
},
"arts_13893767": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893767",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893767",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1615408520000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts"
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1615408520,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Watch: Comedian Captures ‘Every Single Park Hang in San Francisco’ in a Minute",
"headTitle": "Watch: Comedian Captures ‘Every Single Park Hang in San Francisco’ in a Minute | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco being San Francisco, hundreds of people who watch Alexis Gay’s take on the San Francisco “park hang” will vehemently object to its content. That’s primarily because the comedian focuses in on that side of San Francisco that so many city residents still try to ignore: tech and stuff that techies like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, Gay has garnered 1.5 million views in 24 hours for her one-minute video making fun of how un-fun certain park gatherings in the city have recently become. The techies will enjoy it because it’s about them. But who amongst the rest of us has not glanced over our shoulder to figure out who the hell is babbling about IPOs and angel investors on a sunny Sunday in the park?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gay—who hosts \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nontechnicalpod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Non-Technical\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a podcast in which she interviews tech people about non-tech (and often ridiculous) subjects—also includes more universal aspects of being outside in the Bay. Yes, it \u003cem>is\u003c/em> freezing and yes, that guy \u003cem>is\u003c/em> naked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enjoy!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/yayalexisgay/status/1369346460911734784\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 186,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 6
},
"modified": 1705019374,
"excerpt": "Alexis Gay, host of the ‘Non-Technical’ podcast, has gone viral with a video skewering techie park gatherings in the pandemic.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Alexis Gay, host of the ‘Non-Technical’ podcast, has gone viral with a video skewering techie park gatherings in the pandemic.",
"title": "Watch: Comedian Captures ‘Every Single Park Hang in San Francisco’ in a Minute | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Watch: Comedian Captures ‘Every Single Park Hang in San Francisco’ in a Minute",
"datePublished": "2021-03-10T12:35:20-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:29:34-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "watch-comedian-capture-every-single-park-hang-in-san-francisco-in-a-minute",
"status": "publish",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"sticky": false,
"path": "/arts/13893767/watch-comedian-capture-every-single-park-hang-in-san-francisco-in-a-minute",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco being San Francisco, hundreds of people who watch Alexis Gay’s take on the San Francisco “park hang” will vehemently object to its content. That’s primarily because the comedian focuses in on that side of San Francisco that so many city residents still try to ignore: tech and stuff that techies like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, Gay has garnered 1.5 million views in 24 hours for her one-minute video making fun of how un-fun certain park gatherings in the city have recently become. The techies will enjoy it because it’s about them. But who amongst the rest of us has not glanced over our shoulder to figure out who the hell is babbling about IPOs and angel investors on a sunny Sunday in the park?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gay—who hosts \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/nontechnicalpod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Non-Technical\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a podcast in which she interviews tech people about non-tech (and often ridiculous) subjects—also includes more universal aspects of being outside in the Bay. Yes, it \u003cem>is\u003c/em> freezing and yes, that guy \u003cem>is\u003c/em> naked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enjoy!\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "1369346460911734784"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893767/watch-comedian-capture-every-single-park-hang-in-san-francisco-in-a-minute",
"authors": [
"11242"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_75"
],
"tags": [
"arts_1146",
"arts_1935",
"arts_2391",
"arts_8491"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893782",
"label": "arts"
},
"arts_13893455": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893455",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893455",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1614627209000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 137
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1614627209,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Brooklyn Librarian Becomes Unlikely Star With Her Online Bilingual Story Time",
"headTitle": "Brooklyn Librarian Becomes Unlikely Star With Her Online Bilingual Story Time | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>When Brooklyn librarian Tenzin Kalsang’s story time for kids—in which she reads in both Tibetan and English—moved online last year, she was so nervous she couldn’t sleep the night before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like, oh, my goodness, how am I going to do this?” she said. “When I get shy, my face turns really red.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalsang was used to reading stories in person at the Brooklyn Public Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she did it. Kalsang set up a colorful corner of her apartment complete with potted plants and kid’s books like \u003cem>Llama Llama Red Pajama\u003c/em> open and on display. Just like they would be on library shelves. She then turned the camera on herself and streamed her stories live on Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hello, good morning everyone!” she greeted viewers as they logged on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her story times soon attracted viewers from around the world, from countries as far away as Australia and Switzerland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like almost everything these days, libraries are having to move their services online. Books can be reserved and picked up in person, movies streamed and other offerings like career counseling and ESL classes attended virtually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic hit, the Brooklyn Public Library has been offering a number of bilingual story times online including ones in Russian, Spanish and Chinese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kalsang’s have been a huge hit. One has been viewed twenty thousand times. That’s like selling out Madison Square Garden. For a library story time, that’s fall off your chair success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhUkPGFMJjE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Kalsang was right to be nervous the first time. She had a pretty tough audience to impress. Like Tsojung Yerutsang, a precocious 9-year-old with shoulder-length hair, a pink t-shirt with a heart and one dimple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, first I honestly thought it was for babies,” she said. And even if not, she worried it would be below her level, she said, “because you know, in like American reading levels, I’m very high. Like above my class, like not to brag or anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalsang’s bilingual story time has appealed especially to families like Tsojung’s, among the tens of thousands of refugees from Tibet who scattered around the globe following the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists say China is trying to destroy Tibetan culture and fear their language will be lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without language, culture cannot survive. I’m worried she will lose our culture,” Tsojung’s mother Tsering, a traditional Tibetan herbal healer, said about her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to teach her, but it’s not easy. She has to go to school. Everything is English, and her friends and everyone speak English.” Tibetans are a minority, her mother explains. She says even at the library, finding a book in Tibetan isn’t possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Tsojung—she says Kalsang’s story time has made her feel closer to Tibetan culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really like to watch her now. It’s very educational. She does, like one page in English. And then she reads the page again, in Tibetan. It’s really nice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalsang says bilingual story times signal to people that libraries celebrate diversity. And fourth-grader Tsojung agrees that’s an important goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone’s country should be remembered and shared to everyone, because then we can all be remembered,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893457\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-800x600.png\" alt=\"Tibetan-American Tsojung Yerutsang, 9, celebrating Tibetan New Year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-1020x765.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-768x576.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-1536x1152.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4.png 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tibetan-American Tsojung Yerutsang, 9, celebrating Tibetan New Year. \u003ccite>(Tsering Yerutsang)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Brooklyn+Librarian+Becomes+Unlikely+Star+With+Her+Bilingual+Story+Time+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 616,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 21
},
"modified": 1705019410,
"excerpt": "The pandemic has yielded a silver lining for the Brooklyn Public Library—Tenzin Kalsang's hugely popular Tibetan story time.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The pandemic has yielded a silver lining for the Brooklyn Public Library—Tenzin Kalsang's hugely popular Tibetan story time.",
"title": "Brooklyn Librarian Becomes Unlikely Star With Her Online Bilingual Story Time | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Brooklyn Librarian Becomes Unlikely Star With Her Online Bilingual Story Time",
"datePublished": "2021-03-01T11:33:29-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:30:10-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "brooklyn-librarian-becomes-unlikely-star-with-her-online-bilingual-story-time",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=971129095&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"templateType": "standard",
"nprStoryDate": "Sun, 28 Feb 2021 05:00:59 -0500",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:00:32 -0500",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/971129095/brooklyn-librarian-becomes-unlikely-star-with-her-bilingual-story-time?ft=nprml&f=971129095",
"nprImageAgency": "Screenshot",
"nprStoryId": "971129095",
"nprByline": "Sally Herships",
"sticky": false,
"nprImageCredit": "Brooklyn Public Library's Facebook Page",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0500",
"path": "/arts/13893455/brooklyn-librarian-becomes-unlikely-star-with-her-online-bilingual-story-time",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Brooklyn librarian Tenzin Kalsang’s story time for kids—in which she reads in both Tibetan and English—moved online last year, she was so nervous she couldn’t sleep the night before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like, oh, my goodness, how am I going to do this?” she said. “When I get shy, my face turns really red.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalsang was used to reading stories in person at the Brooklyn Public Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she did it. Kalsang set up a colorful corner of her apartment complete with potted plants and kid’s books like \u003cem>Llama Llama Red Pajama\u003c/em> open and on display. Just like they would be on library shelves. She then turned the camera on herself and streamed her stories live on Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hello, good morning everyone!” she greeted viewers as they logged on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her story times soon attracted viewers from around the world, from countries as far away as Australia and Switzerland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like almost everything these days, libraries are having to move their services online. Books can be reserved and picked up in person, movies streamed and other offerings like career counseling and ESL classes attended virtually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic hit, the Brooklyn Public Library has been offering a number of bilingual story times online including ones in Russian, Spanish and Chinese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kalsang’s have been a huge hit. One has been viewed twenty thousand times. That’s like selling out Madison Square Garden. For a library story time, that’s fall off your chair success.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/lhUkPGFMJjE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/lhUkPGFMJjE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Still, Kalsang was right to be nervous the first time. She had a pretty tough audience to impress. Like Tsojung Yerutsang, a precocious 9-year-old with shoulder-length hair, a pink t-shirt with a heart and one dimple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, first I honestly thought it was for babies,” she said. And even if not, she worried it would be below her level, she said, “because you know, in like American reading levels, I’m very high. Like above my class, like not to brag or anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalsang’s bilingual story time has appealed especially to families like Tsojung’s, among the tens of thousands of refugees from Tibet who scattered around the globe following the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists say China is trying to destroy Tibetan culture and fear their language will be lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without language, culture cannot survive. I’m worried she will lose our culture,” Tsojung’s mother Tsering, a traditional Tibetan herbal healer, said about her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to teach her, but it’s not easy. She has to go to school. Everything is English, and her friends and everyone speak English.” Tibetans are a minority, her mother explains. She says even at the library, finding a book in Tibetan isn’t possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Tsojung—she says Kalsang’s story time has made her feel closer to Tibetan culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really like to watch her now. It’s very educational. She does, like one page in English. And then she reads the page again, in Tibetan. It’s really nice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalsang says bilingual story times signal to people that libraries celebrate diversity. And fourth-grader Tsojung agrees that’s an important goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone’s country should be remembered and shared to everyone, because then we can all be remembered,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13893457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13893457\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-800x600.png\" alt=\"Tibetan-American Tsojung Yerutsang, 9, celebrating Tibetan New Year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-1020x765.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-768x576.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4-1536x1152.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/image-e6249f3f5632ec026005fd53a103351561acaed4.png 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tibetan-American Tsojung Yerutsang, 9, celebrating Tibetan New Year. \u003ccite>(Tsering Yerutsang)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Brooklyn+Librarian+Becomes+Unlikely+Star+With+Her+Bilingual+Story+Time+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893455/brooklyn-librarian-becomes-unlikely-star-with-her-online-bilingual-story-time",
"authors": [
"byline_arts_13893455"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_73",
"arts_75"
],
"tags": [
"arts_930",
"arts_10527"
],
"affiliates": [
"arts_137"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893456",
"label": "arts_137"
},
"arts_13893446": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893446",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893446",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1614595569000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 137
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1614595569,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Not Even Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Could Save This Year's Snoozy Golden Globes",
"headTitle": "Not Even Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Could Save This Year’s Snoozy Golden Globes | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>In any given year, awards-season viewers are doing some combination of reveling in the booze-filled loosie-goosey nature of the Golden Globes while bemoaning the ostensible arbitrariness of many of its nominees and winners. Do \u003cem>you \u003c/em>recall the movie \u003cem>Salmon Fishing in the Yemen\u003c/em>? (Three nods in 2012, including best picture.) And really, \u003cem>The Kominsky Method \u003c/em>beat out shows like \u003cem>Barry \u003c/em>and \u003cem>The Good Place\u003c/em> for best TV drama in 2019? How?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mood going into this year’s Globes ceremony was different, however, and not just because the producers had Covid-related logistics to work out for a mostly virtual event. Just a few days earlier, the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times \u003c/em>published \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021-who-are-the-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigations\u003c/a> looking into the inner workings of the mysterious Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization of 87 “journalists” who vote on the awards. Those exposés unveiled a number of details which suggest the Globes are more frivolous (and corrupt) than even the most cynical among us may have considered. Among the reveals: a number of HFPA members were fabulously flown in to France and wined and dined for a set visit to \u003cem>Emily in Paris\u003c/em>, the wildly popular but critically reviled show which received three head-scratching nominations. Also, there are currently zero Black members in the HFPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday night, the ceremony addressed the diversity PR nightmare head-on, first via the opening banter between returning co-hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who were broadcast from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and the Rainbow Room in New York City, respectively. Sprinkled in between jokes about the differences between movies and television and an acknowledgement of the pandemic first responders in the audience, were cracks about the HFPA’s membership (“around 90 international—no Black—journalists,” a couple of whom “might be ghosts”) and a more serious admission that worthy Black performances and creators were overlooked this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a bit later in the evening, three members of the HFPA emerged from obscurity to pledge that the organization felt bad about all the negative publicity and would commit to doing better about inclusion going forward. (There was no mention of whether or not all-expenses paid trips to fancy cities on a Hollywood studio’s dime was also being reconsidered.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the awards-giving kicked off, it was often a bumpy ride. While presenters appeared in person in either New York or L.A., nominees attended remotely from their respective homes. The potential for technical chaos was realized almost immediately, when Daniel Kaluuya, who won the first award of the night for his role as Fred Hampton in \u003cem>Judas and the Black Messiah\u003c/em>, couldn’t be heard while giving his acceptance speech. After a few moments, presenter Laura Dern noted the difficulties and attempted to quickly wrap up and move to the next segment; luckily, Kaluuya was able to jump back in, this time with sound in check, and deliver typically charming remarks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FgS6q-xSoY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were many more awkward sound-related issues, merely irritating and occasionally chaotic—was that acceptance speech where Catherine O’Hara, who took home an award for \u003cem>Schitt’s Creek\u003c/em>, kept being interrupted by her husband Bo Welch’s phone, a planned bit or a kerfluffle-turned-on-the-fly bit? I’m not sure, but whatever it was, it was a rare highlight in an otherwise dull night. The producers padded the run time with skits which, even in normal times, would feel forced—save for a perfectly weird skit involving Maya Rudolph and Kenan Thompson donning faux French accents, anything not directly related to the presentation of awards was superfluous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big winners of the night were a mixed bag of the surprising and predictable. \u003cem>Nomadland \u003c/em>won best motion picture, drama, and its director Chloe Zhao became the first Asian woman to win the best director award—and first woman since Barbra Streisand won for \u003cem>Yentl \u003c/em>nearly 40 years ago. Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous honor for \u003cem>Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom \u003c/em>in the best actor, drama category; his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward gave a stirring, heartbreaking speech on his behalf. Andra Day triumphed for her first feature starring role in \u003cem>The United States vs. Billie Holiday \u003c/em>in a stacked category that included Viola Davis and Frances McDormand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003cem>Emily In Paris \u003c/em>went home empty-handed—Netflix must be wondering, was that all-expenses paid set visit for all those HFPA members worth it after all?—crowd-pleaser \u003cem>The Queen’s Gambit\u003c/em> beat out Steve McQueen’s transformative\u003cem> Small Axe \u003c/em>for best limited series, drama. (Though John Boyega earned his first Globe win for his role in \u003cem>Red, White and Blue\u003c/em>, one of the films in \u003cem>Small Axe.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG58uqZPWsU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show was at its best when the veterans were involved. The 98-year-old Norman Lear was given the Carol Burnett Award for “outstanding contributions to television,” and, perhaps because it was coordinated ahead of time, the TV titan had by far the sharpest audio and visual set-up of all the remote celebrities. He kept his remarks short and sweet, proving yet again that he is a national treasure. Ditto Jane Fonda, who appeared in-person at the Rainbow Room to accept the other honorary award of the evening, the Cecil B. DeMille award. In one of the most riveting moments of the night, she gave a shout out to the recent works that inspired her, including \u003cem>Nomadland, Judas and the Black Messiah\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Minari\u003c/em> (which won after being controversially nominated in the Best Foreign Language category) and \u003cem>I May Destroy You\u003c/em> (which was notably shut out from any nominations despite its critical acclaim).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the one saving grace of this snooze fest was that it ended under three and a half hours. But considering how much time the producers had to execute a smooth and relatively painless event—and that they could have looked to last fall’s comparatively successful \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/09/21/915132850/the-emmys-pull-off-a-good-show-as-schitt-s-creek-and-watchmen-shine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtual Emmy Awards\u003c/a> for guidance—this year’s Golden Globes only further solidified the event’s irrelevance, for everyone to witness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27Nomadland%27+And+Chadwick+Boseman+Win+Big+During+A+Mostly+Snoozy+Golden+Globes&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1063,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 12
},
"modified": 1705019412,
"excerpt": "Technical difficulties made things awkward at Sunday night's virtual event. Thank goodness for Catherine O'Hara and Daniel Kaluuya.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Technical difficulties made things awkward at Sunday night's virtual event. Thank goodness for Catherine O'Hara and Daniel Kaluuya.",
"title": "Not Even Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Could Save This Year's Snoozy Golden Globes | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Not Even Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Could Save This Year's Snoozy Golden Globes",
"datePublished": "2021-03-01T02:46:09-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:30:12-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "not-even-amy-poehler-and-tina-fey-could-save-this-years-snoozy-golden-globes",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=972386301&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"templateType": "standard",
"nprStoryDate": "Sun, 28 Feb 2021 23:58:00 -0500",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:06:44 -0500",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/972386301/nomadland-and-chadwick-boseman-win-big-during-a-mostly-snoozy-golden-globes?ft=nprml&f=972386301",
"nprImageAgency": "Getty Images for Hollywood Foreign Press Association",
"nprStoryId": "972386301",
"nprByline": "Aisha Harris",
"sticky": false,
"nprImageCredit": "Kevin Mazur",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:06:00 -0500",
"path": "/arts/13893446/not-even-amy-poehler-and-tina-fey-could-save-this-years-snoozy-golden-globes",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In any given year, awards-season viewers are doing some combination of reveling in the booze-filled loosie-goosey nature of the Golden Globes while bemoaning the ostensible arbitrariness of many of its nominees and winners. Do \u003cem>you \u003c/em>recall the movie \u003cem>Salmon Fishing in the Yemen\u003c/em>? (Three nods in 2012, including best picture.) And really, \u003cem>The Kominsky Method \u003c/em>beat out shows like \u003cem>Barry \u003c/em>and \u003cem>The Good Place\u003c/em> for best TV drama in 2019? How?!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mood going into this year’s Globes ceremony was different, however, and not just because the producers had Covid-related logistics to work out for a mostly virtual event. Just a few days earlier, the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times \u003c/em>published \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021-who-are-the-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigations\u003c/a> looking into the inner workings of the mysterious Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an organization of 87 “journalists” who vote on the awards. Those exposés unveiled a number of details which suggest the Globes are more frivolous (and corrupt) than even the most cynical among us may have considered. Among the reveals: a number of HFPA members were fabulously flown in to France and wined and dined for a set visit to \u003cem>Emily in Paris\u003c/em>, the wildly popular but critically reviled show which received three head-scratching nominations. Also, there are currently zero Black members in the HFPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday night, the ceremony addressed the diversity PR nightmare head-on, first via the opening banter between returning co-hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, who were broadcast from the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and the Rainbow Room in New York City, respectively. Sprinkled in between jokes about the differences between movies and television and an acknowledgement of the pandemic first responders in the audience, were cracks about the HFPA’s membership (“around 90 international—no Black—journalists,” a couple of whom “might be ghosts”) and a more serious admission that worthy Black performances and creators were overlooked this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a bit later in the evening, three members of the HFPA emerged from obscurity to pledge that the organization felt bad about all the negative publicity and would commit to doing better about inclusion going forward. (There was no mention of whether or not all-expenses paid trips to fancy cities on a Hollywood studio’s dime was also being reconsidered.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the awards-giving kicked off, it was often a bumpy ride. While presenters appeared in person in either New York or L.A., nominees attended remotely from their respective homes. The potential for technical chaos was realized almost immediately, when Daniel Kaluuya, who won the first award of the night for his role as Fred Hampton in \u003cem>Judas and the Black Messiah\u003c/em>, couldn’t be heard while giving his acceptance speech. After a few moments, presenter Laura Dern noted the difficulties and attempted to quickly wrap up and move to the next segment; luckily, Kaluuya was able to jump back in, this time with sound in check, and deliver typically charming remarks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/4FgS6q-xSoY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/4FgS6q-xSoY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>There were many more awkward sound-related issues, merely irritating and occasionally chaotic—was that acceptance speech where Catherine O’Hara, who took home an award for \u003cem>Schitt’s Creek\u003c/em>, kept being interrupted by her husband Bo Welch’s phone, a planned bit or a kerfluffle-turned-on-the-fly bit? I’m not sure, but whatever it was, it was a rare highlight in an otherwise dull night. The producers padded the run time with skits which, even in normal times, would feel forced—save for a perfectly weird skit involving Maya Rudolph and Kenan Thompson donning faux French accents, anything not directly related to the presentation of awards was superfluous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The big winners of the night were a mixed bag of the surprising and predictable. \u003cem>Nomadland \u003c/em>won best motion picture, drama, and its director Chloe Zhao became the first Asian woman to win the best director award—and first woman since Barbra Streisand won for \u003cem>Yentl \u003c/em>nearly 40 years ago. Chadwick Boseman received a posthumous honor for \u003cem>Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom \u003c/em>in the best actor, drama category; his widow, Taylor Simone Ledward gave a stirring, heartbreaking speech on his behalf. Andra Day triumphed for her first feature starring role in \u003cem>The United States vs. Billie Holiday \u003c/em>in a stacked category that included Viola Davis and Frances McDormand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003cem>Emily In Paris \u003c/em>went home empty-handed—Netflix must be wondering, was that all-expenses paid set visit for all those HFPA members worth it after all?—crowd-pleaser \u003cem>The Queen’s Gambit\u003c/em> beat out Steve McQueen’s transformative\u003cem> Small Axe \u003c/em>for best limited series, drama. (Though John Boyega earned his first Globe win for his role in \u003cem>Red, White and Blue\u003c/em>, one of the films in \u003cem>Small Axe.\u003c/em>)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/VG58uqZPWsU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/VG58uqZPWsU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The show was at its best when the veterans were involved. The 98-year-old Norman Lear was given the Carol Burnett Award for “outstanding contributions to television,” and, perhaps because it was coordinated ahead of time, the TV titan had by far the sharpest audio and visual set-up of all the remote celebrities. He kept his remarks short and sweet, proving yet again that he is a national treasure. Ditto Jane Fonda, who appeared in-person at the Rainbow Room to accept the other honorary award of the evening, the Cecil B. DeMille award. In one of the most riveting moments of the night, she gave a shout out to the recent works that inspired her, including \u003cem>Nomadland, Judas and the Black Messiah\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Minari\u003c/em> (which won after being controversially nominated in the Best Foreign Language category) and \u003cem>I May Destroy You\u003c/em> (which was notably shut out from any nominations despite its critical acclaim).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the one saving grace of this snooze fest was that it ended under three and a half hours. But considering how much time the producers had to execute a smooth and relatively painless event—and that they could have looked to last fall’s comparatively successful \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/09/21/915132850/the-emmys-pull-off-a-good-show-as-schitt-s-creek-and-watchmen-shine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtual Emmy Awards\u003c/a> for guidance—this year’s Golden Globes only further solidified the event’s irrelevance, for everyone to witness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27Nomadland%27+And+Chadwick+Boseman+Win+Big+During+A+Mostly+Snoozy+Golden+Globes&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893446/not-even-amy-poehler-and-tina-fey-could-save-this-years-snoozy-golden-globes",
"authors": [
"byline_arts_13893446"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_74",
"arts_75",
"arts_990"
],
"tags": [
"arts_9943",
"arts_11327",
"arts_549",
"arts_10278",
"arts_977",
"arts_12322",
"arts_6174",
"arts_2388",
"arts_13605"
],
"affiliates": [
"arts_137"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893447",
"label": "arts_137"
},
"arts_13893411": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893411",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893411",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1614368281000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 140
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1614368281,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Watch: Prince Harry Makes Non-Royal Debut on 'James Corden'",
"headTitle": "Watch: Prince Harry Makes Non-Royal Debut on ‘James Corden’ | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>It’s been a weird year for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. First, they stunned Great Britain by “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13872986/prince-harrys-rejection-of-the-royal-lifestyle-is-only-his-latest-rebellious-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stepping back\u003c/a>” as senior members of the Royal Family. Then Harry’s grandma, Queen Elizabeth II, subsequently chucked a massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13873680/harry-and-meghan-look-super-happy-despite-the-queens-harsh-megxit-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proverbial middle finger\u003c/a> in their direction. Harry and Meghan have since moved from England to Canada, Canada to California, and announced both a \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-pregnant-expecting-second-child/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new baby\u003c/a> \u003cem>and\u003c/em> a controversial \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/business/media/harry-meghan-netflix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deal with Netflix\u003c/a>. [aside postid='pop_103656']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night—before Meghan and Harry’s much-anticipated Oprah interview hits CBS in March—Harry went a’roamin’ around Los Angeles with his pal James Corden on the \u003cem>Late Late Show\u003c/em>. (Remember that time Corden was invited to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/103656/i-stayed-up-all-night-to-watch-the-royal-wedding-so-you-didnt-have-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the star-studded royal wedding\u003c/a>? Yeah—he and Harry go way back.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 17-minute segment, Harry experiences his first open-top bus, uses the facilities at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13889483/lets-talk-about-that-reconciliation-during-the-fresh-prince-reunion-special\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\u003c/em>\u003c/a> mansion, talks some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">smack about the British press\u003c/a> (naturally), admits to watching \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13889201/season-4-of-the-crown-introduces-princess-diana-and-more-juicy-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Facetimes Meghan, and even completes a military assault course without getting his T-shirt muddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can watch Harry (or “Haz,” as his wife calls him) spill the tea both figuratively and literally in full below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oxlCKMlpZw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 216,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 6
},
"modified": 1705019415,
"excerpt": "It's Prince Harry's first TV interview (and assault course?) since stepping back from the Royal Family last year.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "It's Prince Harry's first TV interview (and assault course?) since stepping back from the Royal Family last year.",
"title": "Watch: Prince Harry Makes Non-Royal Debut on 'James Corden' | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Watch: Prince Harry Makes Non-Royal Debut on 'James Corden'",
"datePublished": "2021-02-26T11:38:01-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:30:15-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "watch-prince-harry-makes-non-royal-debut-on-james-corden",
"status": "publish",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"sticky": false,
"path": "/arts/13893411/watch-prince-harry-makes-non-royal-debut-on-james-corden",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s been a weird year for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. First, they stunned Great Britain by “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13872986/prince-harrys-rejection-of-the-royal-lifestyle-is-only-his-latest-rebellious-move\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stepping back\u003c/a>” as senior members of the Royal Family. Then Harry’s grandma, Queen Elizabeth II, subsequently chucked a massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13873680/harry-and-meghan-look-super-happy-despite-the-queens-harsh-megxit-terms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proverbial middle finger\u003c/a> in their direction. Harry and Meghan have since moved from England to Canada, Canada to California, and announced both a \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-pregnant-expecting-second-child/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new baby\u003c/a> \u003cem>and\u003c/em> a controversial \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/business/media/harry-meghan-netflix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deal with Netflix\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_103656",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night—before Meghan and Harry’s much-anticipated Oprah interview hits CBS in March—Harry went a’roamin’ around Los Angeles with his pal James Corden on the \u003cem>Late Late Show\u003c/em>. (Remember that time Corden was invited to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/103656/i-stayed-up-all-night-to-watch-the-royal-wedding-so-you-didnt-have-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the star-studded royal wedding\u003c/a>? Yeah—he and Harry go way back.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 17-minute segment, Harry experiences his first open-top bus, uses the facilities at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13889483/lets-talk-about-that-reconciliation-during-the-fresh-prince-reunion-special\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\u003c/em>\u003c/a> mansion, talks some \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13878920/meghan-and-harry-take-stonewalling-uk-tabloids-to-a-new-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">smack about the British press\u003c/a> (naturally), admits to watching \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13889201/season-4-of-the-crown-introduces-princess-diana-and-more-juicy-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Crown\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Facetimes Meghan, and even completes a military assault course without getting his T-shirt muddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can watch Harry (or “Haz,” as his wife calls him) spill the tea both figuratively and literally in full below.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/7oxlCKMlpZw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/7oxlCKMlpZw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893411/watch-prince-harry-makes-non-royal-debut-on-james-corden",
"authors": [
"11242"
],
"programs": [
"arts_140"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_968",
"arts_75"
],
"tags": [
"arts_8302",
"arts_13600",
"arts_4681",
"arts_8580",
"arts_8126"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893416",
"label": "arts_140"
},
"arts_13893259": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893259",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893259",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1614355270000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts"
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1614355270,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Get to Know TikTok's Talking Animals: Bunny, Billi, Bastian and Steve B",
"headTitle": "Get to Know TikTok’s Talking Animals: Bunny, Billi, Bastian and Steve B | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>We’ve all done it: put on a silly voice and talked on behalf of our pets. The fancy word for it is ventriloquating, and in 2019, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/12/why-do-people-make-voices-their-pets/603718/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Atlantic\u003c/em> talked to pet-owners\u003c/a> about why they did it. (“The voice I give my dog is somewhat sarcastic or critical,” one 31-year-old man admitted. “His most common phrase is ‘You son of a bitch.'”) Chances are, if you come across someone who doesn’t ventriloquate for their pets, that restraint is likely born from a wholehearted belief that their animal already \u003cem>is\u003c/em> talking. Like Kermit the cat, here:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-jj6Ik4QAc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a small but increasing number of pet owners, however, having a talking animal at home—one that speaks English, no less—is now an actual, bonafide reality. It all started a couple of years ago when \u003ca href=\"https://www.hungerforwords.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stella\u003c/a>, a Catahoula-Blue Heeler mix, was taught to communicate by her speech-language pathologist owner. Christina Hunger was inspired to give Stella a soundboard after teaching non-verbal children to communicate in similar ways. And the results were undeniably impressive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH2jg6Bsl9/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stella now has nearly 800,000 \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hunger4words/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram\u003c/a> followers, and Hunger’s first book, \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/319252-how-stella-learned-to-talk-the-groundbreaking-story-of-the-world-s-firs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World’s First Talking Dog\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, is due for release on May 4. But since Stella and Hunger first found internet fame, a number of other charismatic pets have gotten in on the act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13869528']First—and most famously—there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@whataboutbunny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bunny\u003c/a>, a Sheepadoodle with 5.4 million followers on TikTok whose education was directly inspired by Stella’s. The 18-month-old is full of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CJd9DHBBnd4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">love for her human mom\u003c/a> (artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcreativej.com/post/for-the-love-of-craft-alexis-devine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexis Devine\u003c/a>), obsessed with her human dad’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@whataboutbunny/video/6930056511024647429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pooping habits\u003c/a>, and frequently asks about her dog \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIV_GmqhT8E/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">friends\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@whataboutbunny/video/6932131332931849477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beacher\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CKJxvi7h5vz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tango and Selena\u003c/a>). At several points in her communication journey, Bunny has appeared to be grappling with serious philosophical issues, including figuring out \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CH-gTD4hDPl/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concepts of both time\u003c/a> and self:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CHk6GzyhReG/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, Bunny is just as adept at making fart jokes. (Farts, in Bunny speak, are “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CJJVpqsBEpq/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poop play\u003c/a>.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CKopgbNh6QR/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not quite as advanced, but just as stinkin’ cute, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bastianandbrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bastian\u003c/a>, the most food-obsessed talking pup in all the land. The terrier from New York has been learning to communicate since June 2020 and has garnered 86,400 followers on TikTok. But burgeoning fame is irrelevant to Bastian—all the rescue cares about is forcing his humans to get his dinner (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bastianandbrews/video/6928747203590671622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">breakfast\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bastianandbrews/video/6928135667818056965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">treats\u003c/a>) from the fridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CLfj4Ryps7f/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately for owner Joelle Andres, this demanding little pooch is impossible to say no to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CKm8lgHJxfP/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to the talking cats. \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kristiinawilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve B\u003c/a> is a New York rescue with 150,600 followers on TikTok who started using his soundboard at the ripe old age of 11. His animal behaviorist owner, Kristiina Wilson, says he picked it up very quickly, and that Steve’s favorite button is “\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kristiinawilson/video/6918031554329464070?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outside\u003c/a>.” But watching his antics, Steve’s greatest moments are often the ones where he’s saying “No.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CC7dmzQhDbz/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the ones where he’s using his soundboard for evil:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CIzkeyMhRlv/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steve’s not the only cat in the game. \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@billispeaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billi\u003c/a> has 328,800 followers on TikTok and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@billispeaks/video/6908486117302160645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">catnip button\u003c/a> to call her own. Billi mostly enjoys expressing \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@billispeaks/video/6909896971692150022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">love for her owner\u003c/a> Kendra, and asking for playtime. She even has \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@billispeaks/video/6896227363479194886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">specific buttons for specific toys\u003c/a>. But, like Bunny, Billi’s desire to learn and understand more about herself is fairly astonishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here she is asking where her ears, chin, and back are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CIL6Vq7g1B-/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here is Billi using that knowledge to get very specific pets:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CLh8yRUg3GB/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, UC San Diego and \u003ca href=\"https://fluent.pet/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fluent Pet\u003c/a> (the makers of the soundboards) launched a research project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.theycantalk.org/about/our-approach-to-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">They Can Talk\u003c/a>. And while it currently has 700 participants, including dogs, cats, pigs and horses, the team is still \u003ca href=\"https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/t4BU6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">looking for more\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re thinking of signing up for a soundboard of your own though, be prepared for the consequences. In addition to near-constant demands for food, scritches and “outside,” an ongoing theme for all of the animals is a general disdain for the music of their respective households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bastian, for example, is not an appreciator of Frank Sinatra:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpNdWcpbj_/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Steve didn’t enjoy Jennifer Lopez’s rousing rendition of “America the Beautiful” at President Biden’s inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSlnmiBRjk/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hell, Billi can’t even get on board with the \u003cem>Hamilton\u003c/em> soundtrack:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkwJzZgNAW/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s just no pleasing some people.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 849,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 20
},
"modified": 1705019418,
"excerpt": "Bunny, Billi and Bastian are just three of many animals learning to talk, inspired by a dog named Stella and her soundboard.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Bunny, Billi and Bastian are just three of many animals learning to talk, inspired by a dog named Stella and her soundboard.",
"title": "Get to Know TikTok's Talking Animals: Bunny, Billi, Bastian and Steve B | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Get to Know TikTok's Talking Animals: Bunny, Billi, Bastian and Steve B",
"datePublished": "2021-02-26T08:01:10-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:30:18-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "get-to-know-tiktoks-talking-animals-bunny-billi-bastian-and-steve-b",
"status": "publish",
"templateType": "standard",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"sticky": false,
"path": "/arts/13893259/get-to-know-tiktoks-talking-animals-bunny-billi-bastian-and-steve-b",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We’ve all done it: put on a silly voice and talked on behalf of our pets. The fancy word for it is ventriloquating, and in 2019, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/12/why-do-people-make-voices-their-pets/603718/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Atlantic\u003c/em> talked to pet-owners\u003c/a> about why they did it. (“The voice I give my dog is somewhat sarcastic or critical,” one 31-year-old man admitted. “His most common phrase is ‘You son of a bitch.'”) Chances are, if you come across someone who doesn’t ventriloquate for their pets, that restraint is likely born from a wholehearted belief that their animal already \u003cem>is\u003c/em> talking. Like Kermit the cat, here:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/N-jj6Ik4QAc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/N-jj6Ik4QAc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>For a small but increasing number of pet owners, however, having a talking animal at home—one that speaks English, no less—is now an actual, bonafide reality. It all started a couple of years ago when \u003ca href=\"https://www.hungerforwords.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stella\u003c/a>, a Catahoula-Blue Heeler mix, was taught to communicate by her speech-language pathologist owner. Christina Hunger was inspired to give Stella a soundboard after teaching non-verbal children to communicate in similar ways. And the results were undeniably impressive.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CLH2jg6Bsl9/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Stella now has nearly 800,000 \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hunger4words/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram\u003c/a> followers, and Hunger’s first book, \u003ca href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/319252-how-stella-learned-to-talk-the-groundbreaking-story-of-the-world-s-firs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World’s First Talking Dog\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, is due for release on May 4. But since Stella and Hunger first found internet fame, a number of other charismatic pets have gotten in on the act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "arts_13869528",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>First—and most famously—there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@whataboutbunny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bunny\u003c/a>, a Sheepadoodle with 5.4 million followers on TikTok whose education was directly inspired by Stella’s. The 18-month-old is full of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CJd9DHBBnd4/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">love for her human mom\u003c/a> (artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.mcreativej.com/post/for-the-love-of-craft-alexis-devine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexis Devine\u003c/a>), obsessed with her human dad’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@whataboutbunny/video/6930056511024647429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pooping habits\u003c/a>, and frequently asks about her dog \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CIV_GmqhT8E/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">friends\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@whataboutbunny/video/6932131332931849477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beacher\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CKJxvi7h5vz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tango and Selena\u003c/a>). At several points in her communication journey, Bunny has appeared to be grappling with serious philosophical issues, including figuring out \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CH-gTD4hDPl/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concepts of both time\u003c/a> and self:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CHk6GzyhReG/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Fortunately, Bunny is just as adept at making fart jokes. (Farts, in Bunny speak, are “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CJJVpqsBEpq/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poop play\u003c/a>.”)\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CKopgbNh6QR/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Not quite as advanced, but just as stinkin’ cute, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bastianandbrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bastian\u003c/a>, the most food-obsessed talking pup in all the land. The terrier from New York has been learning to communicate since June 2020 and has garnered 86,400 followers on TikTok. But burgeoning fame is irrelevant to Bastian—all the rescue cares about is forcing his humans to get his dinner (and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bastianandbrews/video/6928747203590671622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">breakfast\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@bastianandbrews/video/6928135667818056965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">treats\u003c/a>) from the fridge.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CLfj4Ryps7f/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Unfortunately for owner Joelle Andres, this demanding little pooch is impossible to say no to.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CKm8lgHJxfP/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Which brings us, appropriately enough, to the talking cats. \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kristiinawilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve B\u003c/a> is a New York rescue with 150,600 followers on TikTok who started using his soundboard at the ripe old age of 11. His animal behaviorist owner, Kristiina Wilson, says he picked it up very quickly, and that Steve’s favorite button is “\u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kristiinawilson/video/6918031554329464070?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outside\u003c/a>.” But watching his antics, Steve’s greatest moments are often the ones where he’s saying “No.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CC7dmzQhDbz/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>And the ones where he’s using his soundboard for evil:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CIzkeyMhRlv/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Steve’s not the only cat in the game. \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@billispeaks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billi\u003c/a> has 328,800 followers on TikTok and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@billispeaks/video/6908486117302160645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">catnip button\u003c/a> to call her own. Billi mostly enjoys expressing \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@billispeaks/video/6909896971692150022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">love for her owner\u003c/a> Kendra, and asking for playtime. She even has \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@billispeaks/video/6896227363479194886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">specific buttons for specific toys\u003c/a>. But, like Bunny, Billi’s desire to learn and understand more about herself is fairly astonishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here she is asking where her ears, chin, and back are:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CIL6Vq7g1B-/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>And here is Billi using that knowledge to get very specific pets:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CLh8yRUg3GB/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Last year, UC San Diego and \u003ca href=\"https://fluent.pet/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fluent Pet\u003c/a> (the makers of the soundboards) launched a research project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.theycantalk.org/about/our-approach-to-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">They Can Talk\u003c/a>. And while it currently has 700 participants, including dogs, cats, pigs and horses, the team is still \u003ca href=\"https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/t4BU6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">looking for more\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re thinking of signing up for a soundboard of your own though, be prepared for the consequences. In addition to near-constant demands for food, scritches and “outside,” an ongoing theme for all of the animals is a general disdain for the music of their respective households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bastian, for example, is not an appreciator of Frank Sinatra:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpNdWcpbj_/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>And Steve didn’t enjoy Jennifer Lopez’s rousing rendition of “America the Beautiful” at President Biden’s inauguration.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSlnmiBRjk/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hell, Billi can’t even get on board with the \u003cem>Hamilton\u003c/em> soundtrack:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "instagramLink",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"instagramUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkwJzZgNAW/"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s just no pleasing some people.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893259/get-to-know-tiktoks-talking-animals-bunny-billi-bastian-and-steve-b",
"authors": [
"11242"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_75"
],
"tags": [
"arts_8017",
"arts_8491"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893331",
"label": "arts"
},
"arts_13893190": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893190",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893190",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1614128702000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 137
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1614128702,
"format": "standard",
"title": "In 'Superman & Lois,' The Man Of Steel Faces His Biggest Challenge Yet: Fatherhood",
"headTitle": "In ‘Superman & Lois,’ The Man Of Steel Faces His Biggest Challenge Yet: Fatherhood | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>For comic book fans like me, Superman is the ultimate superhero—able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and stop a nuclear reactor from exploding by dumping a huge, melting block of ice on top of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on The CW’s new series \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman & Lois\u003c/em>, our hero’s alter ego Clark Kent is no match for his mopey teenage son, Jordan, struggling with social anxiety disorder and angry that his dad always seems to be elsewhere, chasing a story for \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The Daily Planet\u003c/em>. [aside postid='pop_4778']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one exchange, Jordan is playing a video game as a character who is beating up Superman—talk about repressed, unconscious rage—when Clark tries to apologize for missing yet another therapy appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“High school starts tomorrow,” Clark says, trying to commiserate. “I know freshman year was pretty tough for me. Did I ever tell you about the time I was the team manager of the football …?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yeah, everyone duct taped you to a tractor,” Jordan sniffs. “Life’s a little different in Smallville than it is in Metropolis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ouch. Felled by Rude Teenager Syndrome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This update of the Superman legend features characters from The CW’s superhero universe of shows spun off from \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Arrow—\u003c/em>like \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The Flash\u003c/em> and \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Supergirl\u003c/em>—called the “Arrowverse” in fanspeak. Here, Clark is married to Lois Lane and has twin teenage sons, named Jordan and Jonathan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the kids don’t know their dad is the world’s most powerful superhero. And even though Lois thinks fessing up may help Jordan with his anxiety issues, Clark doesn’t want to tell them—a position echoed by Lois’ dad, hard-charging Army general Sam Lane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xKLq97H-5A\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some Superman fans, this may sound like a trap worthy of Lex Luthor; the most legendary superhero in comics stuck with an overbearing father-in-law and a son who embodies every bratty teenager trope on television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman & Lois\u003c/em> actually weaves a compelling story from the efforts of the character to balance his responsibility to the world with the time and attention he owes his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many years ago, I read a quote from a science fiction writer who said that watching a superhuman man confront a problem is boring; he’s going to win. But watching a regular man confront a superhuman problem is where great drama lies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman & Lois\u003c/em> has it both ways—contrasting Superman’s struggle to beat a surprisingly powerful mystery villain with Clark Kent’s effort to connect with his family and handle a series of surprising losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After one such challenge—I won’t spoil exactly what—Superman prepares to fly off, once again, to catch the guy who is sabotaging nuclear power plants. Lois puts her foot down and tells him to stay for his family, only to get a lecture from Sam Lane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you wanted to get married … I tried warning you,” says Lane, played with appropriate gruffness by \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Nip/Tuck\u003c/em> alum Dylan Walsh. “You may have fallen in love with Clark Kent, but you married Superman. And Superman doesn’t get to have a normal life, no matter how much you want one for him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, it sounds a little soap opera-ish. But The CW and executive producer Greg Berlanti have excelled in bringing characters from the DC Comics universe to TV by playing up their humanity through family drama and focusing a little less on how well they punch out bad guys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That doesn’t mean they don’t make Superman look supercool in this series. In the show’s two-hour pilot, producers do an amazing job of depicting Superman’s powers, with special effects worthy of any big budget movie. [aside postid='pop_101544']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show snatches bits of inspiration from several iterations of the character, from Zack Snyder’s \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Man of Steel\u003c/em> to Bryan Singer’s \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman Returns\u003c/em> and, of course, Christopher Reeve’s classic performance in Richard Donner’s 1978 film, \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyler Hoechlin is particularly impressive as Clark/Superman, nailing the physicality of the Man of Steel while showing a geeky, good-humored appeal as Clark Kent. But the show’s writers will have to be careful about making sure Elizabeth Tulloch’s Lois Lane is more than the smart alecky wife who keeps spoiling Superman’s fun when he wants to go take on the bad guy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoechlin and Tulloch have an easy chemistry honed by years of playing these characters on The CW’s other superhero shows; a little reminiscent of Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher on the mid-1990s series \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tough to detail more about the plot without revealing key spoilers. But enough characters show up from the Superman universe that I’m eager to see the next episode—where learning to get along with his kids may be even more challenging for our hero than outracing a speeding bullet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was edited for radio and adapted for the Web by Petra Mayer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+%27Superman+%26+Lois%2C%27+The+Man+Of+Steel+Faces+His+Biggest+Challenge+Yet%3A+Fatherhood&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 907,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 23
},
"modified": 1705019435,
"excerpt": "A new TV series brings Superman (and Lois) back to the small screen—with a twist. This time, they're small-town parents.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "A new TV series brings Superman (and Lois) back to the small screen—with a twist. This time, they're small-town parents.",
"title": "In 'Superman & Lois,' The Man Of Steel Faces His Biggest Challenge Yet: Fatherhood | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "In 'Superman & Lois,' The Man Of Steel Faces His Biggest Challenge Yet: Fatherhood",
"datePublished": "2021-02-23T17:05:02-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:30:35-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "in-superman-lois-the-man-of-steel-faces-his-biggest-challenge-yet-fatherhood",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=969068962&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"templateType": "standard",
"nprStoryDate": "Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:14:00 -0500",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:51:33 -0500",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2021/02/23/969068962/in-superman-lois-the-man-of-steel-faces-his-biggest-challenge-yet-fatherhood?ft=nprml&f=969068962",
"nprAudio": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2021/02/20210223_atc_in_superman_lois_the_man_of_steel_faces_his_biggest_challenge_yet_fatherhood.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1163&d=215&p=2&story=969068962&ft=nprml&f=969068962",
"nprImageAgency": "The CW",
"nprAudioM3u": "http://api.npr.org/m3u/1970672348-77cb92.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1163&d=215&p=2&story=969068962&ft=nprml&f=969068962",
"nprStoryId": "969068962",
"nprByline": "Eric Deggans",
"sticky": false,
"nprImageCredit": "Dean Buscher",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:06:00 -0500",
"path": "/arts/13893190/in-superman-lois-the-man-of-steel-faces-his-biggest-challenge-yet-fatherhood",
"audioUrl": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2021/02/20210223_atc_in_superman_lois_the_man_of_steel_faces_his_biggest_challenge_yet_fatherhood.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1163&d=215&p=2&story=969068962&ft=nprml&f=969068962",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For comic book fans like me, Superman is the ultimate superhero—able to leap tall buildings in a single bound and stop a nuclear reactor from exploding by dumping a huge, melting block of ice on top of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on The CW’s new series \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman & Lois\u003c/em>, our hero’s alter ego Clark Kent is no match for his mopey teenage son, Jordan, struggling with social anxiety disorder and angry that his dad always seems to be elsewhere, chasing a story for \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The Daily Planet\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_4778",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one exchange, Jordan is playing a video game as a character who is beating up Superman—talk about repressed, unconscious rage—when Clark tries to apologize for missing yet another therapy appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“High school starts tomorrow,” Clark says, trying to commiserate. “I know freshman year was pretty tough for me. Did I ever tell you about the time I was the team manager of the football …?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yeah, everyone duct taped you to a tractor,” Jordan sniffs. “Life’s a little different in Smallville than it is in Metropolis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ouch. Felled by Rude Teenager Syndrome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This update of the Superman legend features characters from The CW’s superhero universe of shows spun off from \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Arrow—\u003c/em>like \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The Flash\u003c/em> and \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Supergirl\u003c/em>—called the “Arrowverse” in fanspeak. Here, Clark is married to Lois Lane and has twin teenage sons, named Jordan and Jonathan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the kids don’t know their dad is the world’s most powerful superhero. And even though Lois thinks fessing up may help Jordan with his anxiety issues, Clark doesn’t want to tell them—a position echoed by Lois’ dad, hard-charging Army general Sam Lane.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/7xKLq97H-5A'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/7xKLq97H-5A'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>To some Superman fans, this may sound like a trap worthy of Lex Luthor; the most legendary superhero in comics stuck with an overbearing father-in-law and a son who embodies every bratty teenager trope on television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman & Lois\u003c/em> actually weaves a compelling story from the efforts of the character to balance his responsibility to the world with the time and attention he owes his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many years ago, I read a quote from a science fiction writer who said that watching a superhuman man confront a problem is boring; he’s going to win. But watching a regular man confront a superhuman problem is where great drama lies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman & Lois\u003c/em> has it both ways—contrasting Superman’s struggle to beat a surprisingly powerful mystery villain with Clark Kent’s effort to connect with his family and handle a series of surprising losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After one such challenge—I won’t spoil exactly what—Superman prepares to fly off, once again, to catch the guy who is sabotaging nuclear power plants. Lois puts her foot down and tells him to stay for his family, only to get a lecture from Sam Lane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you wanted to get married … I tried warning you,” says Lane, played with appropriate gruffness by \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Nip/Tuck\u003c/em> alum Dylan Walsh. “You may have fallen in love with Clark Kent, but you married Superman. And Superman doesn’t get to have a normal life, no matter how much you want one for him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okay, it sounds a little soap opera-ish. But The CW and executive producer Greg Berlanti have excelled in bringing characters from the DC Comics universe to TV by playing up their humanity through family drama and focusing a little less on how well they punch out bad guys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That doesn’t mean they don’t make Superman look supercool in this series. In the show’s two-hour pilot, producers do an amazing job of depicting Superman’s powers, with special effects worthy of any big budget movie. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_101544",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show snatches bits of inspiration from several iterations of the character, from Zack Snyder’s \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Man of Steel\u003c/em> to Bryan Singer’s \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman Returns\u003c/em> and, of course, Christopher Reeve’s classic performance in Richard Donner’s 1978 film, \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Superman\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyler Hoechlin is particularly impressive as Clark/Superman, nailing the physicality of the Man of Steel while showing a geeky, good-humored appeal as Clark Kent. But the show’s writers will have to be careful about making sure Elizabeth Tulloch’s Lois Lane is more than the smart alecky wife who keeps spoiling Superman’s fun when he wants to go take on the bad guy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoechlin and Tulloch have an easy chemistry honed by years of playing these characters on The CW’s other superhero shows; a little reminiscent of Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher on the mid-1990s series \u003cem data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s tough to detail more about the plot without revealing key spoilers. But enough characters show up from the Superman universe that I’m eager to see the next episode—where learning to get along with his kids may be even more challenging for our hero than outracing a speeding bullet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was edited for radio and adapted for the Web by Petra Mayer\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+%27Superman+%26+Lois%2C%27+The+Man+Of+Steel+Faces+His+Biggest+Challenge+Yet%3A+Fatherhood&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893190/in-superman-lois-the-man-of-steel-faces-his-biggest-challenge-yet-fatherhood",
"authors": [
"byline_arts_13893190"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_75",
"arts_990"
],
"affiliates": [
"arts_137"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893191",
"label": "arts_137"
},
"arts_13893077": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_13893077",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13893077",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1614024582000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts",
"term": 137
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1614024582,
"format": "standard",
"title": "In a Season Highlighting Diversity, 'The Bachelor' Lands in Controversy Around Race",
"headTitle": "In a Season Highlighting Diversity, ‘The Bachelor’ Lands in Controversy Around Race | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>Controversy has once again come to \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For almost 20 years, the franchise’s producers have churned out love stories at a nearly break-neck pace on the show and its spinoffs, \u003cem>The Bachelorette\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Bachelor in Paradise\u003c/em>. The franchise’s record on diversity, however, has been notably slow. In 2012, two Black men who had auditioned for the show \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/10/16/162992776/a-judge-dismisses-the-bachelor-discrimination-lawsuit-but-not-its-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filed an unsuccessful class-action lawsuit\u003c/a> against it for racial discrimination. It took 15 years for the franchise to announce a Black lead, Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans and contestants alike hoped that the casting of Matt James last year as the first black man to star in \u003cem>The Bachelor \u003c/em>would represent a shift for the show. However, despite starting this season with the most diverse cast in the franchise’s history, the show is again facing criticism around race. [aside postid='pop_27797']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, photos emerged of contestant Rachael Kirkconnell wearing an antebellum-style plantation dress at an “Old-South” party in 2018. Other photos allegedly show her wearing Native American clothing as a costume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kirckconnell issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CLK5YDHHDQT/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an apology\u003c/a>, saying “my ignorance was racist,” but the controversy was further exacerbated when host Chris Harrison sat down with Lindsay for an interview with \u003cem>Extra\u003c/em>. During the interview, Harrison condemned the “woke police” and defended Kirkconnell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These girls got dressed up and went to a party and had a great time; they were 18 years old. Now, does that make it okay? I don’t know, Rachael, you tell me,” Harrison said. His remarks were met with condemnation from many former contestants. He has since apologized and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CLPmjrFgEv8/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> that he will temporarily be stepping away from the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Brandy Monk-Payton, a media and Black cultural studies scholar at Fordham University, the show’s most recent controversy is anything but surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The franchise has been critiqued at the level of diversity, equity and inclusion for at least a decade,” she tells Michel Martin in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/02/20/969800203/racism-controversy-rocks-bachelor-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an interview on \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Monk-Payton—who previously wrote about Lindsay’s role as the first Black \u003cem>Bachelorette—\u003c/em>the franchise’s problem with diversity is tied to a reluctance to make substantial production changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the franchise in general courts diversity. It goes to great lengths to promote itself as being more inclusive and equitable. They hire consultants, for example, but it does not fundamentally commit to a kind of long standing change in front of and behind the camera,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about diversity on \u003cem>The Bachelor \u003c/em>in 2011, series creator Mike Fleiss\u003ca href=\"https://ew.com/article/2011/03/15/the-bachelor-creator-ashley-h/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> said \u003c/a>in an interview with \u003cem>Entertainment Weekly \u003c/em>that people of color simply didn’t audition for the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really tried, but sometimes we feel guilty of tokenism. Oh, we have to wedge African-American chicks in there! We always want to cast for ethnic diversity, it’s just that for whatever reason, they don’t come forward. I wish they would,” Fleiss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monk-Payton argues that the franchise’s penchant for drama helps lay the groundwork for continuous controversy. [aside postid='pop_104953']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I also think that there is a little bit of a sense that there will be controversial characters and these cast members will express themselves or have behavior that will be on camera. And you can get a money shot. Like you can get, you know, a sort of dramatic scene. You can get a reveal or an exposure that is highly lucrative for the entire franchise in terms of audience attention,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the question of whether the show exploits stereotypes, Monk-Payton believes that \u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Bachelor\u003c/em>‘s traditional goal of engagement inhibits its ability to challenge negative attitudes or views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to put it into the context of it being a reality show. It attempts to have claims on certain forms of authenticity and truth that other fictional shows don’t. And so I think that it has tried to critique various stereotypical ideas around Black womanhood, femininity and masculinity. But there’s a way in which when it’s placed in this very conventional, traditional, hetero-normative idea of marriage, that it becomes incredibly hard to get out of those frameworks that are really constricting.” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monk-Payton, like many fans of color, has watched the show for years, despite the fact that she doesn’t see herself represented in its content. But she knows why she’ll continue to tune in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, as a Black woman who considers herself to be part of \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> Nation fandom, I’ve actually always had an ambivalent relationship to the franchise and its overwhelming whiteness. It is historically never spoken to me in terms of its representation of romance. And not only that, but also who gets to be an object of desire. And there is still something, however contrived, about the kind of fantasy of being romanced in a spectacular way that allures and also endures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+A+Season+Highlighting+Diversity%2C+%27The+Bachelor%27+Lands+In+Controversy+Around+Race&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 874,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 20
},
"modified": 1705019444,
"excerpt": "Brandy Monk-Payton, a media and Black cultural studies scholar, talks about the ABC franchise and its record on race.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Brandy Monk-Payton, a media and Black cultural studies scholar, talks about the ABC franchise and its record on race.",
"title": "In a Season Highlighting Diversity, 'The Bachelor' Lands in Controversy Around Race | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "In a Season Highlighting Diversity, 'The Bachelor' Lands in Controversy Around Race",
"datePublished": "2021-02-22T12:09:42-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T16:30:44-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "in-a-season-highlighting-diversity-the-bachelor-lands-in-controversy-around-race",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=969943721&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"templateType": "standard",
"nprStoryDate": "Sun, 21 Feb 2021 14:36:56 -0500",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Sun, 21 Feb 2021 14:43:46 -0500",
"featuredImageType": "standard",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2021/02/21/969943721/in-a-season-highlighting-diversity-the-bachelor-lands-in-controversy-around-race?ft=nprml&f=969943721",
"nprImageAgency": "ABC via Getty Images",
"nprStoryId": "969943721",
"nprByline": "Kalyani Saxena",
"sticky": false,
"nprImageCredit": "Craig Sjodin",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Sun, 21 Feb 2021 14:43:00 -0500",
"path": "/arts/13893077/in-a-season-highlighting-diversity-the-bachelor-lands-in-controversy-around-race",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Controversy has once again come to \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For almost 20 years, the franchise’s producers have churned out love stories at a nearly break-neck pace on the show and its spinoffs, \u003cem>The Bachelorette\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Bachelor in Paradise\u003c/em>. The franchise’s record on diversity, however, has been notably slow. In 2012, two Black men who had auditioned for the show \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2012/10/16/162992776/a-judge-dismisses-the-bachelor-discrimination-lawsuit-but-not-its-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filed an unsuccessful class-action lawsuit\u003c/a> against it for racial discrimination. It took 15 years for the franchise to announce a Black lead, Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans and contestants alike hoped that the casting of Matt James last year as the first black man to star in \u003cem>The Bachelor \u003c/em>would represent a shift for the show. However, despite starting this season with the most diverse cast in the franchise’s history, the show is again facing criticism around race. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_27797",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, photos emerged of contestant Rachael Kirkconnell wearing an antebellum-style plantation dress at an “Old-South” party in 2018. Other photos allegedly show her wearing Native American clothing as a costume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kirckconnell issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CLK5YDHHDQT/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an apology\u003c/a>, saying “my ignorance was racist,” but the controversy was further exacerbated when host Chris Harrison sat down with Lindsay for an interview with \u003cem>Extra\u003c/em>. During the interview, Harrison condemned the “woke police” and defended Kirkconnell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These girls got dressed up and went to a party and had a great time; they were 18 years old. Now, does that make it okay? I don’t know, Rachael, you tell me,” Harrison said. His remarks were met with condemnation from many former contestants. He has since apologized and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CLPmjrFgEv8/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced\u003c/a> that he will temporarily be stepping away from the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Brandy Monk-Payton, a media and Black cultural studies scholar at Fordham University, the show’s most recent controversy is anything but surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The franchise has been critiqued at the level of diversity, equity and inclusion for at least a decade,” she tells Michel Martin in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/02/20/969800203/racism-controversy-rocks-bachelor-nation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an interview on \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Monk-Payton—who previously wrote about Lindsay’s role as the first Black \u003cem>Bachelorette—\u003c/em>the franchise’s problem with diversity is tied to a reluctance to make substantial production changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the franchise in general courts diversity. It goes to great lengths to promote itself as being more inclusive and equitable. They hire consultants, for example, but it does not fundamentally commit to a kind of long standing change in front of and behind the camera,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about diversity on \u003cem>The Bachelor \u003c/em>in 2011, series creator Mike Fleiss\u003ca href=\"https://ew.com/article/2011/03/15/the-bachelor-creator-ashley-h/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> said \u003c/a>in an interview with \u003cem>Entertainment Weekly \u003c/em>that people of color simply didn’t audition for the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really tried, but sometimes we feel guilty of tokenism. Oh, we have to wedge African-American chicks in there! We always want to cast for ethnic diversity, it’s just that for whatever reason, they don’t come forward. I wish they would,” Fleiss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monk-Payton argues that the franchise’s penchant for drama helps lay the groundwork for continuous controversy. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "aside",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"postid": "pop_104953",
"label": ""
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I also think that there is a little bit of a sense that there will be controversial characters and these cast members will express themselves or have behavior that will be on camera. And you can get a money shot. Like you can get, you know, a sort of dramatic scene. You can get a reveal or an exposure that is highly lucrative for the entire franchise in terms of audience attention,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the question of whether the show exploits stereotypes, Monk-Payton believes that \u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Bachelor\u003c/em>‘s traditional goal of engagement inhibits its ability to challenge negative attitudes or views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to put it into the context of it being a reality show. It attempts to have claims on certain forms of authenticity and truth that other fictional shows don’t. And so I think that it has tried to critique various stereotypical ideas around Black womanhood, femininity and masculinity. But there’s a way in which when it’s placed in this very conventional, traditional, hetero-normative idea of marriage, that it becomes incredibly hard to get out of those frameworks that are really constricting.” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monk-Payton, like many fans of color, has watched the show for years, despite the fact that she doesn’t see herself represented in its content. But she knows why she’ll continue to tune in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, as a Black woman who considers herself to be part of \u003cem>The Bachelor\u003c/em> Nation fandom, I’ve actually always had an ambivalent relationship to the franchise and its overwhelming whiteness. It is historically never spoken to me in terms of its representation of romance. And not only that, but also who gets to be an object of desire. And there is still something, however contrived, about the kind of fantasy of being romanced in a spectacular way that allures and also endures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">\u003cem>Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+A+Season+Highlighting+Diversity%2C+%27The+Bachelor%27+Lands+In+Controversy+Around+Race&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/em>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/13893077/in-a-season-highlighting-diversity-the-bachelor-lands-in-controversy-around-race",
"authors": [
"byline_arts_13893077"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1",
"arts_75",
"arts_990"
],
"tags": [
"arts_8482",
"arts_5422",
"arts_9268"
],
"affiliates": [
"arts_137"
],
"featImg": "arts_13893078",
"label": "arts_137"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"radioSearchSegmentsReducer": {},
"programsReducer": {
"all-things-considered": {
"id": "all-things-considered",
"title": "All Things Considered",
"info": "Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/all-things-considered"
},
"american-suburb-podcast": {
"id": "american-suburb-podcast",
"title": "American Suburb: The Podcast",
"tagline": "The flip side of gentrification, told through one town",
"info": "Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 19
},
"link": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"
}
},
"baycurious": {
"id": "baycurious",
"title": "Bay Curious",
"tagline": "Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time",
"info": "KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Bay Curious",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/baycurious",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 3
},
"link": "/podcasts/baycurious",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9a90d476-aa04-455d-9a4c-0871ed6216d4/bay-curious",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"
}
},
"bbc-world-service": {
"id": "bbc-world-service",
"title": "BBC World Service",
"info": "The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "BBC World Service"
},
"link": "/radio/program/bbc-world-service",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/",
"rss": "https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"
}
},
"californiareport": {
"id": "californiareport",
"title": "The California Report",
"tagline": "California, day by day",
"info": "KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareport",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 8
},
"link": "/californiareport",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26099305-72af-4542-9dde-ac1807fe36d5/kqed-s-the-california-report",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"
}
},
"californiareportmagazine": {
"id": "californiareportmagazine",
"title": "The California Report Magazine",
"tagline": "Your state, your stories",
"info": "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.",
"airtime": "FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report Magazine",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareportmagazine",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 10
},
"link": "/californiareportmagazine",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"
}
},
"city-arts": {
"id": "city-arts",
"title": "City Arts & Lectures",
"info": "A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.cityarts.net/",
"airtime": "SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "City Arts & Lectures"
},
"link": "https://www.cityarts.net",
"subscribe": {
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/",
"rss": "https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"
}
},
"closealltabs": {
"id": "closealltabs",
"title": "Close All Tabs",
"tagline": "Your irreverent guide to the trends redefining our world",
"info": "Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAT_2_Tile-scaled.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Close All Tabs",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 1
},
"link": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close-all-tabs/id214663465",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC6993880386",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/92d9d4ac-67a3-4eed-b10a-fb45d45b1ef2/close-all-tabs",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6LAJFHnGK1pYXYzv6SIol6?si=deb0cae19813417c"
}
},
"code-switch-life-kit": {
"id": "code-switch-life-kit",
"title": "Code Switch / Life Kit",
"info": "\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />",
"airtime": "SUN 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"
}
},
"commonwealth-club": {
"id": "commonwealth-club",
"title": "Commonwealth Club of California Podcast",
"info": "The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.",
"airtime": "THU 10pm, FRI 1am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Commonwealth Club of California"
},
"link": "/radio/program/commonwealth-club",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"
}
},
"forum": {
"id": "forum",
"title": "Forum",
"tagline": "The conversation starts here",
"info": "KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/forum",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 9
},
"link": "/forum",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"
}
},
"freakonomics-radio": {
"id": "freakonomics-radio",
"title": "Freakonomics Radio",
"info": "Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://freakonomics.com/",
"airtime": "SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/freakonomics-radio",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"
}
},
"fresh-air": {
"id": "fresh-air",
"title": "Fresh Air",
"info": "Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/fresh-air",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"
}
},
"here-and-now": {
"id": "here-and-now",
"title": "Here & Now",
"info": "A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.",
"airtime": "MON-THU 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/here-and-now",
"subsdcribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hidden-brain": {
"id": "hidden-brain",
"title": "Hidden Brain",
"info": "Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain",
"airtime": "SUN 7pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "NPR"
},
"link": "/radio/program/hidden-brain",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"
}
},
"how-i-built-this": {
"id": "how-i-built-this",
"title": "How I Built This with Guy Raz",
"info": "Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this",
"airtime": "SUN 7:30pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/how-i-built-this",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hyphenacion": {
"id": "hyphenacion",
"title": "Hyphenación",
"tagline": "Where conversation and cultura meet",
"info": "What kind of no sabo word is Hyphenación? For us, it’s about living within a hyphenation. Like being a third-gen Mexican-American from the Texas border now living that Bay Area Chicano life. Like Xorje! Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to talk all about personal life choices: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyphenacion_FinalAssets_PodcastTile.png",
"imageAlt": "KQED Hyphenación",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 15
},
"link": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyphenaci%C3%B3n/id1191591838",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2p3Fifq96nw9BPcmFdIq0o?si=39209f7b25774f38",
"youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/c/kqedarts",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6c3dd23c-93fb-4aab-97ba-1725fa6315f1/hyphenaci%C3%B3n",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC2275451163"
}
},
"jerrybrown": {
"id": "jerrybrown",
"title": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"tagline": "Lessons from a lifetime in politics",
"info": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 18
},
"link": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/",
"tuneIn": "http://tun.in/pjGcK",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/44420f75-3b0e-4301-ab3b-16da6b09e543/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown"
}
},
"latino-usa": {
"id": "latino-usa",
"title": "Latino USA",
"airtime": "MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm",
"info": "Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://latinousa.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/latino-usa",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"
}
},
"marketplace": {
"id": "marketplace",
"title": "Marketplace",
"info": "Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.marketplace.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "American Public Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/marketplace",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/",
"rss": "https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"
}
},
"masters-of-scale": {
"id": "masters-of-scale",
"title": "Masters of Scale",
"info": "Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.",
"airtime": "Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://mastersofscale.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WaitWhat"
},
"link": "/radio/program/masters-of-scale",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "http://mastersofscale.app.link/",
"rss": "https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"
}
},
"mindshift": {
"id": "mindshift",
"title": "MindShift",
"tagline": "A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids",
"info": "The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/mindshift/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 12
},
"link": "/podcasts/mindshift",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"
}
},
"morning-edition": {
"id": "morning-edition",
"title": "Morning Edition",
"info": "\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3am-9am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/morning-edition"
},
"onourwatch": {
"id": "onourwatch",
"title": "On Our Watch",
"tagline": "Deeply-reported investigative journalism",
"info": "For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "On Our Watch from NPR and KQED",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 11
},
"link": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw",
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"
}
},
"on-the-media": {
"id": "on-the-media",
"title": "On The Media",
"info": "Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wnyc"
},
"link": "/radio/program/on-the-media",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"
}
},
"pbs-newshour": {
"id": "pbs-newshour",
"title": "PBS NewsHour",
"info": "Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "pbs"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pbs-newshour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/",
"rss": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"
}
},
"perspectives": {
"id": "perspectives",
"title": "Perspectives",
"tagline": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991",
"info": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Perspectives_Tile_Final.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Perspectives",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/perspectives/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 14
},
"link": "/perspectives",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"
}
},
"planet-money": {
"id": "planet-money",
"title": "Planet Money",
"info": "The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/sections/money/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/planet-money",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
}
},
"politicalbreakdown": {
"id": "politicalbreakdown",
"title": "Political Breakdown",
"tagline": "Politics from a personal perspective",
"info": "Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.",
"airtime": "THU 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Political Breakdown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 5
},
"link": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e0c2d153-ad36-4c8d-901d-f1da6a724824/political-breakdown",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"
}
},
"possible": {
"id": "possible",
"title": "Possible",
"info": "Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.possible.fm/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Possible"
},
"link": "/radio/program/possible",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"
}
},
"pri-the-world": {
"id": "pri-the-world",
"title": "PRI's The World: Latest Edition",
"info": "Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "PRI"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pri-the-world",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/",
"rss": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"
}
},
"radiolab": {
"id": "radiolab",
"title": "Radiolab",
"info": "A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.",
"airtime": "SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/radiolab",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/",
"rss": "https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"
}
},
"reveal": {
"id": "reveal",
"title": "Reveal",
"info": "Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.",
"airtime": "SAT 4pm-5pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/reveal",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/",
"rss": "http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"
}
},
"rightnowish": {
"id": "rightnowish",
"title": "Rightnowish",
"tagline": "Art is where you find it",
"info": "Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 16
},
"link": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"
}
},
"science-friday": {
"id": "science-friday",
"title": "Science Friday",
"info": "Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.",
"airtime": "FRI 11am-1pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/science-friday",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"
}
},
"snap-judgment": {
"id": "snap-judgment",
"title": "Snap Judgment",
"tagline": "Real stories with killer beats",
"info": "The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap's musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling... with a BEAT!! Snap first aired on public radio stations nationwide in July 2010. Today, Snap Judgment airs on over 450 public radio stations and is brought to the airwaves by KQED & PRX.",
"airtime": "SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snap-Judgment-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Snap Judgment",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 4
},
"link": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/449018144/snap-judgment",
"stitcher": "https://www.pandora.com/podcast/snap-judgment/PC:241?source=stitcher-sunset",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cct7ZWmxHNAtLgBTqjC5v",
"rss": "https://snap.feed.snapjudgment.org/"
}
},
"soldout": {
"id": "soldout",
"title": "SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America",
"tagline": "A new future for housing",
"info": "Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/soldout",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 13
},
"link": "/podcasts/soldout",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america",
"tunein": "https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/"
}
},
"spooked": {
"id": "spooked",
"title": "Spooked",
"tagline": "True-life supernatural stories",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spooked-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Spooked",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 7
},
"link": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooked/id1279361017",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/549547848/snap-judgment-presents-spooked",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/76571Rfl3m7PLJQZKQIGCT",
"rss": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/TBotaapn"
}
},
"tech-nation": {
"id": "tech-nation",
"title": "Tech Nation Radio Podcast",
"info": "Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.",
"airtime": "FRI 10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://technation.podomatic.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "Tech Nation Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tech-nation",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"
}
},
"ted-radio-hour": {
"id": "ted-radio-hour",
"title": "TED Radio Hour",
"info": "The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/ted-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"
}
},
"thebay": {
"id": "thebay",
"title": "The Bay",
"tagline": "Local news to keep you rooted",
"info": "Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Bay",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/thebay",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 2
},
"link": "/podcasts/thebay",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d800ea4c-7a2c-42f2-b861-edaf78a5db0b/the-bay",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"
}
},
"thelatest": {
"id": "thelatest",
"title": "The Latest",
"tagline": "Trusted local news in real time",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Latest-2025-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Latest",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/thelatest",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 6
},
"link": "/thelatest",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latest-from-kqed/id1197721799",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1257949365/the-latest-from-k-q-e-d",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5KIIXMgM9GTi5AepwOYvIZ?si=bd3053fec7244dba",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9137121918"
}
},
"theleap": {
"id": "theleap",
"title": "The Leap",
"tagline": "What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?",
"info": "Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Leap",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/theleap",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 17
},
"link": "/podcasts/theleap",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"
}
},
"the-moth-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-moth-radio-hour",
"title": "The Moth Radio Hour",
"info": "Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.",
"airtime": "SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://themoth.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "prx"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/",
"rss": "http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"
}
},
"the-new-yorker-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour",
"info": "The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.",
"airtime": "SAT 10am-11am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"
}
},
"the-sam-sanders-show": {
"id": "the-sam-sanders-show",
"title": "The Sam Sanders Show",
"info": "One of public radio's most dynamic voices, Sam Sanders helped launch The NPR Politics Podcast and hosted NPR's hit show It's Been A Minute. Now, the award-winning host returns with something brand new, The Sam Sanders Show. Every week, Sam Sanders and friends dig into the culture that shapes our lives: what's driving the biggest trends, how artists really think, and even the memes you can't stop scrolling past. Sam is beloved for his way of unpacking the world and bringing you up close to fresh currents and engaging conversations. The Sam Sanders Show is smart, funny and always a good time.",
"airtime": "FRI 12-1pm AND SAT 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Sam-Sanders-Show-Podcast-Tile-400x400-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "KCRW"
},
"link": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feed.cdnstream1.com/zjb/feed/download/ac/28/59/ac28594c-e1d0-4231-8728-61865cdc80e8.xml"
}
},
"the-splendid-table": {
"id": "the-splendid-table",
"title": "The Splendid Table",
"info": "\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.splendidtable.org/",
"airtime": "SUN 10-11 pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-splendid-table"
},
"this-american-life": {
"id": "this-american-life",
"title": "This American Life",
"info": "This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.",
"airtime": "SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wbez"
},
"link": "/radio/program/this-american-life",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"rss": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"
}
},
"tinydeskradio": {
"id": "tinydeskradio",
"title": "Tiny Desk Radio",
"info": "We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.",
"airtime": "SUN 8pm and SAT 9pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/300x300-For-Member-Station-Logo-Tiny-Desk-Radio-@2x.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-52030/tiny-desk-radio",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tinydeskradio",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-52030/rss.xml"
}
},
"wait-wait-dont-tell-me": {
"id": "wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"title": "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!",
"info": "Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.",
"airtime": "SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"
}
},
"weekend-edition-saturday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-saturday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Saturday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.",
"airtime": "SAT 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"
},
"weekend-edition-sunday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-sunday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Sunday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.",
"airtime": "SUN 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"
}
},
"racesReducer": {},
"racesGenElectionReducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026Reducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026PresidentialReducer": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts/arts?category=popculture": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 1368,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 12,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 2995,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"arts_13894362",
"arts_13894064",
"arts_13894007",
"arts_13893889",
"arts_13893837",
"arts_13893767",
"arts_13893455",
"arts_13893446",
"arts_13893411",
"arts_13893259",
"arts_13893190",
"arts_13893077"
],
"complete": true
}
},
"recallGuideReducer": {
"intros": {},
"policy": {},
"candidates": {}
},
"savedArticleReducer": {
"articles": [],
"status": {}
},
"newslettersReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"newsletters": {},
"isSubscribing": false,
"isUnsubscribing": false,
"subscribedNewsletters": {}
},
"termsReducer": {
"about": {
"name": "About",
"type": "terms",
"id": "about",
"slug": "about",
"link": "/about",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts": {
"name": "Arts & Culture",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"description": "KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts",
"slug": "arts",
"link": "/arts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"artschool": {
"name": "Art School",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "artschool",
"slug": "artschool",
"link": "/artschool",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareabites": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareabites",
"slug": "bayareabites",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareahiphop": {
"name": "Bay Area Hiphop",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareahiphop",
"slug": "bayareahiphop",
"link": "/bayareahiphop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"campaign21": {
"name": "Campaign 21",
"type": "terms",
"id": "campaign21",
"slug": "campaign21",
"link": "/campaign21",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"careers": {
"name": "Careers",
"type": "terms",
"id": "careers",
"slug": "careers",
"link": "/careers",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"checkplease": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "checkplease",
"slug": "checkplease",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"education": {
"name": "Education",
"grouping": [
"education"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "education",
"slug": "education",
"link": "/education",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"elections": {
"name": "Elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "elections",
"slug": "elections",
"link": "/elections",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"events": {
"name": "Events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "events",
"slug": "events",
"link": "/events",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"event": {
"name": "Event",
"alias": "events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "event",
"slug": "event",
"link": "/event",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"filmschoolshorts": {
"name": "Film School Shorts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "filmschoolshorts",
"slug": "filmschoolshorts",
"link": "/filmschoolshorts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"food": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "food",
"slug": "food",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"forum": {
"name": "Forum",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/forum?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "forum",
"slug": "forum",
"link": "/forum",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"futureofyou": {
"name": "Future of You",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "futureofyou",
"slug": "futureofyou",
"link": "/futureofyou",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"jpepinheart": {
"name": "KQED food",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/food,bayareabites,checkplease",
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "jpepinheart",
"slug": "jpepinheart",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"liveblog": {
"name": "Live Blog",
"type": "terms",
"id": "liveblog",
"slug": "liveblog",
"link": "/liveblog",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"livetv": {
"name": "Live TV",
"parent": "tv",
"type": "terms",
"id": "livetv",
"slug": "livetv",
"link": "/livetv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"lowdown": {
"name": "The Lowdown",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/lowdown?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "lowdown",
"slug": "lowdown",
"link": "/lowdown",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"mindshift": {
"name": "Mindshift",
"parent": "news",
"description": "MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "mindshift",
"slug": "mindshift",
"link": "/mindshift",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news": {
"name": "News",
"grouping": [
"news",
"forum"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "news",
"slug": "news",
"link": "/news",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"newsletters": {
"name": "newsletters",
"type": "terms",
"id": "newsletters",
"slug": "newsletters",
"link": "/newsletters",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"perspectives": {
"name": "Perspectives",
"parent": "radio",
"type": "terms",
"id": "perspectives",
"slug": "perspectives",
"link": "/perspectives",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"podcasts": {
"name": "Podcasts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "podcasts",
"slug": "podcasts",
"link": "/podcasts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pop": {
"name": "Pop",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pop",
"slug": "pop",
"link": "/pop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pressroom": {
"name": "Pressroom",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pressroom",
"slug": "pressroom",
"link": "/pressroom",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"quest": {
"name": "Quest",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "quest",
"slug": "quest",
"link": "/quest",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"radio": {
"name": "Radio",
"grouping": [
"forum",
"perspectives"
],
"description": "Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "radio",
"slug": "radio",
"link": "/radio",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"root": {
"name": "KQED",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"imageWidth": 1200,
"imageHeight": 630,
"headData": {
"title": "KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California",
"description": "KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."
},
"type": "terms",
"id": "root",
"slug": "root",
"link": "/root",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"science": {
"name": "Science",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"description": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "science",
"slug": "science",
"link": "/science",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"stateofhealth": {
"name": "State of Health",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth",
"slug": "stateofhealth",
"link": "/stateofhealth",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"support": {
"name": "Support",
"type": "terms",
"id": "support",
"slug": "support",
"link": "/support",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"thedolist": {
"name": "The Do List",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "thedolist",
"slug": "thedolist",
"link": "/thedolist",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"trulyca": {
"name": "Truly CA",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "trulyca",
"slug": "trulyca",
"link": "/trulyca",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"tv": {
"name": "TV",
"type": "terms",
"id": "tv",
"slug": "tv",
"link": "/tv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"voterguide": {
"name": "Voter Guide",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "voterguide",
"slug": "voterguide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"guiaelectoral": {
"name": "Guia Electoral",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "guiaelectoral",
"slug": "guiaelectoral",
"link": "/guiaelectoral",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts_category_popculture": {
"isLoading": true
},
"arts_75": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_75",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "75",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Pop Culture",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Pop Culture Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 76,
"slug": "popculture",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/popculture"
},
"source_arts_13893889": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_arts_13893889",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "Commentary",
"link": "https://www.kqed.org/artscommentary",
"isLoading": false
},
"arts_1": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_1",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "1",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Arts",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Arts Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1,
"slug": "arts",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/arts"
},
"arts_69": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_69",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "69",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Music",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Music Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 70,
"slug": "music",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/music"
},
"arts_990": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_990",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "990",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "TV",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "TV Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1008,
"slug": "tv",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/tv"
},
"arts_5470": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_5470",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "5470",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "aretha franklin",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "aretha franklin Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5482,
"slug": "aretha-franklin",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/aretha-franklin"
},
"arts_7970": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_7970",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "7970",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "magazines",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "magazines Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 7982,
"slug": "magazines",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/magazines"
},
"arts_12702": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_12702",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "12702",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "NatGeo",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "NatGeo Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 12714,
"slug": "natgeo",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/natgeo"
},
"arts_137": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_137",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "137",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2014/04/logo-npr-lg1.png",
"name": "NPR",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "affiliate",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "NPR Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 138,
"slug": "npr",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/affiliate/npr"
},
"arts_9268": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_9268",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "9268",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "the bachelor",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "the bachelor Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 9280,
"slug": "the-bachelor",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/the-bachelor"
},
"arts_76": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_76",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "76",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Fashion/Design",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Fashion/Design Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 77,
"slug": "design",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/design"
},
"arts_2303": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_2303",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "2303",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Commentary",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Commentary Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2315,
"slug": "commentary",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/commentary"
},
"arts_2798": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_2798",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "2798",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "#MeToo",
"slug": "metoo",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "#MeToo | KQED Arts",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 2810,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/metoo"
},
"arts_2767": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_2767",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "2767",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "commentary",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "commentary Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2779,
"slug": "commentary",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/commentary"
},
"arts_1962": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_1962",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "1962",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "feminism",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "feminism Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1974,
"slug": "feminism",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/feminism"
},
"arts_8350": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_8350",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "8350",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "HBO",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "HBO Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8362,
"slug": "hbo",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/hbo"
},
"arts_5237": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_5237",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "5237",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "london",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "london Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5249,
"slug": "london",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/london"
},
"arts_2462": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_2462",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "2462",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "sexual assault",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "sexual assault Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2474,
"slug": "sexual-assault",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/sexual-assault"
},
"arts_1270": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_1270",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "1270",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Berkeley",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Berkeley Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1282,
"slug": "berkeley",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/berkeley"
},
"arts_5132": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_5132",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "5132",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "gaming",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "gaming Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5144,
"slug": "gaming",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/gaming"
},
"arts_2305": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_2305",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "2305",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "internet",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "internet Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2317,
"slug": "internet",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/internet"
},
"arts_4149": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_4149",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "4149",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "video games",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "video games Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4161,
"slug": "video-games",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/video-games"
},
"arts_1146": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_1146",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "1146",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Francisco",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Francisco Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 701,
"slug": "san-francisco",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/san-francisco"
},
"arts_1935": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_1935",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "1935",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "tech",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tech Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1947,
"slug": "tech",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/tech"
},
"arts_2391": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_2391",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "2391",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "the internet",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "the internet Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2403,
"slug": "the-internet",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/the-internet"
},
"arts_8491": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_8491",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "8491",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "viral video",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "viral video Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8503,
"slug": "viral-video",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/viral-video"
},
"arts_73": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_73",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "73",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Books",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Books Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 74,
"slug": "literature",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/literature"
},
"arts_930": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_930",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "930",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "kids",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "kids Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 948,
"slug": "kids",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/kids"
},
"arts_10527": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_10527",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "10527",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "kids books",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "kids books Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 10539,
"slug": "kids-books",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/kids-books"
},
"arts_74": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_74",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "74",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Movies",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Movies Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 75,
"slug": "movies",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/movies"
},
"arts_9943": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_9943",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "9943",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Awards",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Awards Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 9955,
"slug": "awards",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/awards"
},
"arts_11327": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_11327",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "11327",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Chadwick Boseman",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Chadwick Boseman Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 11339,
"slug": "chadwick-boseman",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/chadwick-boseman"
},
"arts_549": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_549",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "549",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "comedy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "comedy Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 550,
"slug": "comedy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/comedy"
},
"arts_10278": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_10278",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "10278",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "featured-arts",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "featured-arts Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 10290,
"slug": "featured-arts",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/featured-arts"
},
"arts_977": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_977",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "977",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Film",
"slug": "film",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Film Archives | KQED Arts",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 995,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/film"
},
"arts_12322": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_12322",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "12322",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "films",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "films Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 12334,
"slug": "films",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/films"
},
"arts_6174": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_6174",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "6174",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "golden globes",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "golden globes Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6186,
"slug": "golden-globes",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/golden-globes"
},
"arts_2388": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_2388",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "2388",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Jane Fonda",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Jane Fonda Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2400,
"slug": "jane-fonda",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/jane-fonda"
},
"arts_13605": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_13605",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13605",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Laura Dern",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Laura Dern Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 13617,
"slug": "laura-dern",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/laura-dern"
},
"arts_140": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_140",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "140",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "The Do List",
"slug": "the-do-list",
"taxonomy": "program",
"description": null,
"featImg": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/11/The-Do-LIst-logo-2014-horizontal-015.png",
"headData": {
"title": "The Do List Archives | KQED Arts",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 141,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/program/the-do-list"
},
"arts_968": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_968",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "968",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Comedy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Comedy Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 986,
"slug": "comedy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/category/comedy"
},
"arts_8302": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_8302",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "8302",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Great Britain",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Great Britain Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8314,
"slug": "great-britain",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/great-britain"
},
"arts_13600": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_13600",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "13600",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "James Corden",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "James Corden Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 13612,
"slug": "james-corden",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/james-corden"
},
"arts_4681": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_4681",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "4681",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "los angeles",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "los angeles Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4693,
"slug": "los-angeles",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/los-angeles"
},
"arts_8580": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_8580",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "8580",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Prince Harry",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Prince Harry Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8592,
"slug": "prince-harry",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/prince-harry"
},
"arts_8126": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_8126",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "8126",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "royal family",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "royal family Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8138,
"slug": "royal-family",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/royal-family"
},
"arts_8017": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_8017",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "8017",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "tiktok",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tiktok Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8029,
"slug": "tiktok",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/tiktok"
},
"arts_8482": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_8482",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "8482",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "ABC",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "ABC Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8494,
"slug": "abc",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/abc"
},
"arts_5422": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_5422",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "5422",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "television",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "television Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5434,
"slug": "television",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/television"
}
},
"userPermissionsReducer": {
"wpLoggedIn": false
},
"eventsReducer": {},
"fssReducer": {},
"tvDailyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer": {},
"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer": {},
"userAccountReducer": {
"user": {
"email": null,
"emailStatus": "EMAIL_UNVALIDATED",
"loggedStatus": "LOGGED_OUT",
"loggingChecked": false,
"articles": [],
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"phoneNumber": null,
"fetchingMembership": false,
"membershipError": false,
"memberships": [
{
"id": null,
"startDate": null,
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"familyNumber": null,
"memberNumber": null,
"memberSince": null,
"expirationDate": null,
"pfsEligible": false,
"isSustaining": false,
"membershipLevel": "Prospect",
"membershipStatus": "Non Member",
"lastGiftDate": null,
"renewalDate": null,
"lastDonationAmount": null
}
]
},
"authModal": {
"isOpen": false,
"view": "LANDING_VIEW"
},
"error": null
},
"youthMediaReducer": {},
"checkPleaseReducer": {
"filterData": {
"region": {
"key": "Restaurant Region",
"filters": [
"Any Region"
]
},
"cuisine": {
"key": "Restaurant Cuisine",
"filters": [
"Any Cuisine"
]
}
},
"restaurantDataById": {},
"restaurantIdsSorted": [],
"error": null
},
"userAgentReducer": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"isBot": true
},
"requestOutcomesReducer": {
"notFound": []
},
"navPromosReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": true,
"promos": {
"news": {
"name": "2026 Voter Guide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"imageURL": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Nav-News-Nov2026ElectionCoverage@2x-7bd4aad4.png",
"description": "Get informed in minutes with our Voter Guide for California’s November 3 election."
},
"podcasts-radio": {},
"video-tv": {},
"events": {},
"support": {}
}
}
}