Rachel Dovey is a freelance writer from Santa Rosa.
By Rachel Dovey
'Spotify for Libraries': Public Libraries Edge Toward Music Streaming Services
Petaluma Arts Center Displays a Different Side of Degas
A Transgender Mission on the Bilingual Airwaves
Player sponsored by
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_10975645": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_10975645",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "10975645",
"found": true
},
"parent": 10975096,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-400x225.jpg",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 225
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-960x540.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 540
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN.jpg",
"width": 1100,
"height": 619
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-800x450.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-75x75.jpg",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/LibraryMAIN-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1443068311,
"modified": 1443068430,
"caption": "Some library streaming services have artists from Universal Music Group; others have artists from Sony Music -- but none have the entire industry's catalog, going against the all-access nature of the public library.",
"description": "Some library streaming services have artists from Universal Music Group; others have artists from Sony Music -- but none have the entire industry's catalog, going against the all-access nature of the public library.",
"title": "LibraryMAIN",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_10798826": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_10798826",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "10798826",
"found": true
},
"parent": 10789692,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover-400x225.jpg",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 225
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 450
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover-800x450.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover-75x75.jpg",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/artscenterCover-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1435216051,
"modified": 1435216084,
"caption": "Petaluma Arts Center",
"description": null,
"title": "artscenterCover",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"arts_10751503": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "arts_10751503",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "10751503",
"found": true
},
"parent": 10751501,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--1024x576.jpg",
"width": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--400x267.jpg",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 267
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--960x640.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 640
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai-.jpg",
"width": 1024,
"height": 683
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--800x534.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 534
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--75x75.jpg",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/Kiyai--128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1434011380,
"modified": 1434345276,
"caption": "Kaiya Kramer at KBBF's studios, where she broadcasts conversation, music and news about transgender issues to a rural, billingual audience weekly. (Photo: Jeffery Newbury)",
"description": null,
"title": "Kiyai",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"rdovey": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "3246",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "3246",
"found": true
},
"name": "Rachel Dovey",
"firstName": "Rachel",
"lastName": "Dovey",
"slug": "rdovey",
"email": "rachel.dovey@gmail.com",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": "Rachel Dovey is a freelance writer from Santa Rosa.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ec7d795ea95a6d144a9fcac2b548db38?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Rachel Dovey | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ec7d795ea95a6d144a9fcac2b548db38?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ec7d795ea95a6d144a9fcac2b548db38?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/rdovey"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"author_rdovey": {
"type": "pages",
"id": "3246",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "3246",
"score": 6.9269037,
"site": "authors"
},
"name": "Rachel Dovey",
"firstName": "Rachel",
"lastName": "Dovey",
"slug": "rdovey",
"email": "rachel.dovey@gmail.com",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": "Rachel Dovey is a freelance writer from Santa Rosa.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ec7d795ea95a6d144a9fcac2b548db38?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
}
],
"headData": {},
"isLoading": false,
"hasAllInfo": true,
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/staff-member",
"attrs": {
"author": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "3246",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "3246",
"score": 6.9269037
},
"name": "Rachel Dovey",
"firstName": "Rachel",
"lastName": "Dovey",
"slug": "rdovey",
"email": "rachel.dovey@gmail.com",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": "[Circular]",
"title": null,
"bio": "Rachel Dovey is a freelance writer from Santa Rosa.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ec7d795ea95a6d144a9fcac2b548db38?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": "[Circular]",
"headData": {
"title": "Rachel Dovey | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ec7d795ea95a6d144a9fcac2b548db38?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ec7d795ea95a6d144a9fcac2b548db38?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/rdovey",
"hasAllInfo": true
}
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"query": "posts?author=3246&authorName=Rachel Dovey",
"title": "By Rachel Dovey",
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"className": "wp-block--nomargintop",
"seeMore": true
}
}
]
}
},
"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_10975096": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_10975096",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "10975096",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1443279620000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts"
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1443279620,
"format": "standard",
"title": "'Spotify for Libraries': Public Libraries Edge Toward Music Streaming Services",
"headTitle": "‘Spotify for Libraries’: Public Libraries Edge Toward Music Streaming Services | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/Soundscan/nielsen-2014-year-end-music-report-us.pdf\">more people stream and fewer buy\u003c/a>, Netflix-like subscriptions look like the\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/06/apple_music_launches_you_might_never_buy_a_song_again.html\"> reasonable bet\u003c/a> for tomorrow’s music marketplace — a way for suppliers to mimic Spotify without going the freemium route. Apple Music, set to \u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2015/06/how-to-turn-off-auto-renewal-for-apple-music/\">begin charging users\u003c/a> September 30, is often lauded as \u003ca href=\"http://finance.yahoo.com/news/music-industry-watching-closely-as-apple-music-free-trials-expire-182736963.html\">the brave initiator\u003c/a> of this potential future, but well outside Cupertino, a smaller company has spent the past five years pioneering a similar model in one of the last places you’d expect: The public library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service is called Freegal, and in August the Watsonville Public Library \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/general-news/20150817/coast-lines-aug-18-2015-library-offers-digital-music-from-its-website\">opened an account\u003c/a>. As long as the branch pays an annual fee, patrons can stream \u003ca href=\"http://libraryideas.freegalmusic.com/questions\">thousands of artists\u003c/a> from nearly 30,000 labels, many under Sony Music’s large umbrella. Cardholders can log in from anywhere — they don’t need to be inside the library — and they’re allowed up to three hours of streaming per day and three free downloads per week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to offer patrons a way to access music online, so that they could freely and legally listen,” says Heather Geddes, Principal Librarian of Public Services in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s not alone. In the Bay Area, both the Santa Clara County Library District and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.smcl.org/en/content/freegal-music\">San Mateo County Library\u003c/a> offer the service. They’re joined by 5,000 others in 20 countries, according to Brian Downing, CEO of Library Ideas LLC (which owns Freegal).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company’s reach makes sense: Libraries have long offered physical CDs, cassettes and LPs — why not switch to a listening format that, \u003ca href=\"http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2015-08-25/how-we-listen-music\">for better or worse\u003c/a>, matches the consumption patterns of those kids and their darn iPhones? But not every library supports streaming services. Because the institution’s historic mission has been about providing free, open access to information, the costs and exclusive label contracts that come with companies like Freegal have some librarians opting out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Houghton is one of them. In 2011 she published an entry to her popular Librarian in Black blog titled “Just say no to Freegal.” Now the Director of San Rafael Public Library, Houghton says she still stands by that post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since [streaming has] become more prevalent on the consumer market, libraries have wanted to provide those services to our users,” she says. “Unfortunately, very few digital providers will actually license their content to libraries, so the selection is pretty slim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her issues with Freegal are twofold. First, the cost — Houghton says the last quote her library received was about $20,000 annually, which would have been half of its digital operating budget. According to Downing, a library’s annual fee depends on several factors, including population served and number of cardholders, and can range from several hundred to six figures a year. Watsonville’s fee is significantly less than the sum Houghton quotes, running at about $4,000 a year, according to Library Director Carol Heitzig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Houghton also takes issue with the company’s business model which, she says, doesn’t mesh with the way libraries have traditionally operated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way public libraries have worked, and been able to be a very good return on investment, is that we buy something once and then multiple people get to use it — whether that’s a book that we loan out ten times or a computer that 20 different people can use throughout the day,” she says. “With services like this, what the library is doing is paying for a piece of content for our patrons to use permanently, so it’s not the same kind of multiplying effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geddes, however, argues that while issues of lending and ownership aren’t as clear-cut with digital products, services like Freegal are still an important part of the library’s evolving mission. Aside from music streaming, she says, Watsonville offers online classes — publicly subsidized sessions that patrons don’t exactly check out and then give back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you transition to online, from eBooks to music streaming, you just see a variety of products that are a little bit different,” she says. “[Libraries] are feeling them out and trying to offer the services that meet the needs of our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Freegal isn’t the only company of its kind. Hoopla, offered by San Francisco Public Library, San Jose Public Library and several others throughout the Bay Area, serves 816 libraries across North America. Its pricing structure differs from Freegal’s — libraries only pay for content that patrons borrow, with fees ranging $.99 to $2 a pop for albums, eBooks and DVDs. According to Passion Hemphill, PR representative for the company, many libraries cap the number of borrows each patron is entitled to. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The services are similar in one respect: Both pay artists — though neither Hemphill nor Downing would specify a percentage. According to Hemphill, artists receive mechanical, PRO and label royalties through Hoopla.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We make agreements with labels, and those agreements are confidential,” Downing says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">A scroll through Hoopla’s \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://www.hoopladigital.com/home\">website\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> reveals an extensive catalog, including the Weeknd, Lana Del Rey and Rihanna, with content partners \u003ca href=\"http://library.hoopladigital.com/whats-new/2014/8/multiple-vendors-offering-content-on-hoopla\">ranging\u003c/a> from Universal Music and Warner Music to Chicago-based indie label Alligator Records. Freegal, however, doesn’t just have the wider circulation — it also has Sony. Downing wouldn’t confirm that Freegal’s contract with the publishing giant is exclusive, but he did write in an email: “[Y]ou won’t find Sony Music in any other service.” A search for “Beyoncé” in Hoopla’s database, for example, \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?q=beyonce&offset=0\">brings up\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> an eBook biography and a smooth jazz tribute to the pop star.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10975646\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/SoCoInline-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Physical CD racks at the Sonoma County Library, where Collections Manager David Dodd says he's waiting for streaming services for public libraries to improve before adopting one for patrons' use.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10975646\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/SoCoInline-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/SoCoInline.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Physical CD racks at the Sonoma County Library, where Collections Manager David Dodd says he’s waiting for streaming services for public libraries to improve before adopting one for patrons’ use. \u003ccite>(Rachel Dovey/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But while Freegal \u003ca href=\"http://www.freegalmusic.com/search?q=beyonce&type=all\">offers\u003c/a> everything from “Crazy in Love” to the self-titled \u003cem>Beyoncé\u003c/em>, its catalog lacks many artists signed to Universal subsidiaries. \u003cem>Beauty Behind the Madness\u003c/em>, the Weeknd’s newest release, is one of the first featured albums on Hoopla’s site. But run a search for “the Weeknd” through Freegal, and you’ll come up \u003ca href=\"http://www.freegalmusic.com/search?type=album&q=the+weeknd&fq=facets\">empty-handed\u003c/a> save for some Juicy J and Travis Scott features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that — the fact that artists are siphoned into different services according to their label — frustrates David Dodd, Collections Manager for the Sonoma County Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We no longer have access to a full marketplace of materials,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Library doesn’t yet subscribe to a streaming service, though Dodd says it’s considering various vendors. But in some ways, he, too, finds the available models incongruous with the library’s historic goal of free, wide-ranging public access. One reason is that with limited funds, few libraries can purchase all the services they would need to make up a well-rounded digital catalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like publishers are running scared and labels are running scared,” he says. “Of course creatives and publishers have a right to make money off their works, but the public library has long been a model for how to make sure that it’s not just the wealthy who can afford that music and art.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything is available on the web,” he adds. “But not everything is freely available on the web.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1333,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 24
},
"modified": 1705046288,
"excerpt": "While some Bay Area libraries now offer patrons the ability to stream music for free, record label contracts and operating costs have created a less-than-ideal upgrade to the digital era.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "While some Bay Area libraries now offer patrons the ability to stream music for free, record label contracts and operating costs have created a less-than-ideal upgrade to the digital era.",
"title": "'Spotify for Libraries': Public Libraries Edge Toward Music Streaming Services | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "'Spotify for Libraries': Public Libraries Edge Toward Music Streaming Services",
"datePublished": "2015-09-26T08:00:20-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-11T23:58:08-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "spotify-libraries-music-streaming",
"status": "publish",
"sticky": false,
"path": "/arts/10975096/spotify-libraries-music-streaming",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/Soundscan/nielsen-2014-year-end-music-report-us.pdf\">more people stream and fewer buy\u003c/a>, Netflix-like subscriptions look like the\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/06/apple_music_launches_you_might_never_buy_a_song_again.html\"> reasonable bet\u003c/a> for tomorrow’s music marketplace — a way for suppliers to mimic Spotify without going the freemium route. Apple Music, set to \u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2015/06/how-to-turn-off-auto-renewal-for-apple-music/\">begin charging users\u003c/a> September 30, is often lauded as \u003ca href=\"http://finance.yahoo.com/news/music-industry-watching-closely-as-apple-music-free-trials-expire-182736963.html\">the brave initiator\u003c/a> of this potential future, but well outside Cupertino, a smaller company has spent the past five years pioneering a similar model in one of the last places you’d expect: The public library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service is called Freegal, and in August the Watsonville Public Library \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/general-news/20150817/coast-lines-aug-18-2015-library-offers-digital-music-from-its-website\">opened an account\u003c/a>. As long as the branch pays an annual fee, patrons can stream \u003ca href=\"http://libraryideas.freegalmusic.com/questions\">thousands of artists\u003c/a> from nearly 30,000 labels, many under Sony Music’s large umbrella. Cardholders can log in from anywhere — they don’t need to be inside the library — and they’re allowed up to three hours of streaming per day and three free downloads per week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to offer patrons a way to access music online, so that they could freely and legally listen,” says Heather Geddes, Principal Librarian of Public Services in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s not alone. In the Bay Area, both the Santa Clara County Library District and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.smcl.org/en/content/freegal-music\">San Mateo County Library\u003c/a> offer the service. They’re joined by 5,000 others in 20 countries, according to Brian Downing, CEO of Library Ideas LLC (which owns Freegal).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company’s reach makes sense: Libraries have long offered physical CDs, cassettes and LPs — why not switch to a listening format that, \u003ca href=\"http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2015-08-25/how-we-listen-music\">for better or worse\u003c/a>, matches the consumption patterns of those kids and their darn iPhones? But not every library supports streaming services. Because the institution’s historic mission has been about providing free, open access to information, the costs and exclusive label contracts that come with companies like Freegal have some librarians opting out.\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>Sarah Houghton is one of them. In 2011 she published an entry to her popular Librarian in Black blog titled “Just say no to Freegal.” Now the Director of San Rafael Public Library, Houghton says she still stands by that post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since [streaming has] become more prevalent on the consumer market, libraries have wanted to provide those services to our users,” she says. “Unfortunately, very few digital providers will actually license their content to libraries, so the selection is pretty slim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her issues with Freegal are twofold. First, the cost — Houghton says the last quote her library received was about $20,000 annually, which would have been half of its digital operating budget. According to Downing, a library’s annual fee depends on several factors, including population served and number of cardholders, and can range from several hundred to six figures a year. Watsonville’s fee is significantly less than the sum Houghton quotes, running at about $4,000 a year, according to Library Director Carol Heitzig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Houghton also takes issue with the company’s business model which, she says, doesn’t mesh with the way libraries have traditionally operated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way public libraries have worked, and been able to be a very good return on investment, is that we buy something once and then multiple people get to use it — whether that’s a book that we loan out ten times or a computer that 20 different people can use throughout the day,” she says. “With services like this, what the library is doing is paying for a piece of content for our patrons to use permanently, so it’s not the same kind of multiplying effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geddes, however, argues that while issues of lending and ownership aren’t as clear-cut with digital products, services like Freegal are still an important part of the library’s evolving mission. Aside from music streaming, she says, Watsonville offers online classes — publicly subsidized sessions that patrons don’t exactly check out and then give back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you transition to online, from eBooks to music streaming, you just see a variety of products that are a little bit different,” she says. “[Libraries] are feeling them out and trying to offer the services that meet the needs of our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Freegal isn’t the only company of its kind. Hoopla, offered by San Francisco Public Library, San Jose Public Library and several others throughout the Bay Area, serves 816 libraries across North America. Its pricing structure differs from Freegal’s — libraries only pay for content that patrons borrow, with fees ranging $.99 to $2 a pop for albums, eBooks and DVDs. According to Passion Hemphill, PR representative for the company, many libraries cap the number of borrows each patron is entitled to. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The services are similar in one respect: Both pay artists — though neither Hemphill nor Downing would specify a percentage. According to Hemphill, artists receive mechanical, PRO and label royalties through Hoopla.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We make agreements with labels, and those agreements are confidential,” Downing says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">A scroll through Hoopla’s \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://www.hoopladigital.com/home\">website\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> reveals an extensive catalog, including the Weeknd, Lana Del Rey and Rihanna, with content partners \u003ca href=\"http://library.hoopladigital.com/whats-new/2014/8/multiple-vendors-offering-content-on-hoopla\">ranging\u003c/a> from Universal Music and Warner Music to Chicago-based indie label Alligator Records. Freegal, however, doesn’t just have the wider circulation — it also has Sony. Downing wouldn’t confirm that Freegal’s contract with the publishing giant is exclusive, but he did write in an email: “[Y]ou won’t find Sony Music in any other service.” A search for “Beyoncé” in Hoopla’s database, for example, \u003c/span>\u003ca style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https://www.hoopladigital.com/search?q=beyonce&offset=0\">brings up\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> an eBook biography and a smooth jazz tribute to the pop star.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10975646\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/SoCoInline-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Physical CD racks at the Sonoma County Library, where Collections Manager David Dodd says he's waiting for streaming services for public libraries to improve before adopting one for patrons' use.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10975646\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/SoCoInline-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/09/SoCoInline.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Physical CD racks at the Sonoma County Library, where Collections Manager David Dodd says he’s waiting for streaming services for public libraries to improve before adopting one for patrons’ use. \u003ccite>(Rachel Dovey/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But while Freegal \u003ca href=\"http://www.freegalmusic.com/search?q=beyonce&type=all\">offers\u003c/a> everything from “Crazy in Love” to the self-titled \u003cem>Beyoncé\u003c/em>, its catalog lacks many artists signed to Universal subsidiaries. \u003cem>Beauty Behind the Madness\u003c/em>, the Weeknd’s newest release, is one of the first featured albums on Hoopla’s site. But run a search for “the Weeknd” through Freegal, and you’ll come up \u003ca href=\"http://www.freegalmusic.com/search?type=album&q=the+weeknd&fq=facets\">empty-handed\u003c/a> save for some Juicy J and Travis Scott features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that — the fact that artists are siphoned into different services according to their label — frustrates David Dodd, Collections Manager for the Sonoma County Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We no longer have access to a full marketplace of materials,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Library doesn’t yet subscribe to a streaming service, though Dodd says it’s considering various vendors. But in some ways, he, too, finds the available models incongruous with the library’s historic goal of free, wide-ranging public access. One reason is that with limited funds, few libraries can purchase all the services they would need to make up a well-rounded digital catalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like publishers are running scared and labels are running scared,” he says. “Of course creatives and publishers have a right to make money off their works, but the public library has long been a model for how to make sure that it’s not just the wealthy who can afford that music and art.”\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>“Everything is available on the web,” he adds. “But not everything is freely available on the web.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/10975096/spotify-libraries-music-streaming",
"authors": [
"3246"
],
"categories": [
"arts_69"
],
"tags": [
"arts_1118",
"arts_746",
"arts_596"
],
"featImg": "arts_10975645",
"label": "arts"
},
"arts_10789692": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_10789692",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "10789692",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1435258829000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts"
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1435258829,
"format": "standard",
"title": "Petaluma Arts Center Displays a Different Side of Degas",
"headTitle": "Petaluma Arts Center Displays a Different Side of Degas | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>When a colleague first suggested the Petaluma Arts Center host the works of Edgar Degas, the museum’s executive director Val Richman didn’t take him seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just laughed,” she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told me this story while standing in a small gallery hung with blue-matted, gold-framed originals from the French Impressionist — the result of good timing, personal connections and a sizable donor list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approach the museum from the south, and you’ll see a banner advertising the show in one of the Arts Center windows. It’s a definite contrast. Tucked between Traxx Bar & Grill and an industrial lot full of dump trucks, the terra-cotta colored building — a converted train depot — is pretty, but you wouldn’t expect it to hold the works of an artist also displayed at the Louvre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10798828\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 426px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10798828\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/12_Mlle-Dembrowska-21-e1435216367216.jpg\" alt=\"Edgar Degas, 'Mlle Dembrowska.' (Courtesy of Petaluma Arts Center)\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edgar Degas, ‘Mlle Dembrowska.’ (Courtesy of Petaluma Arts Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thematically, though, the display works well with its unexpected surroundings. Known best for his ballerinas, Degas was an exacting chronicler of physical exertion stretched to its limit, from nudes holding angular poses to taut-muscled dancers striking sharp arabesques.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this exhibit of drawings, photographs and monotypes showcases lesser-known work, including self-portraits and renderings of Degas’ family and housekeeper. Along with undersung pieces by big-name contemporaries — Paul Cézanne, Mary Cassatt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — the Arts Center collection provides a softer, more warts-and-all look at the artist’s 19th-century Parisian circle, trading full forms for facial close-ups and poised ballerinas for frank depictions of what happened as they aged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collection belongs to \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R907241030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Flynn Johnson\u003c/a>, the now-retired curator in charge of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. And there’s actually a simple reason it’s not your typical arrangement of dancers and equine sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is an assemblage by a scholar acquired on a scholar’s income,” he writes in the exhibit’s accompanying booklet. “From the beginning I was aware that many important Degas works were simply beyond my means.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also a testament to Flynn Johnson’s atypical taste. At a preview before opening weekend, the retired curator lead a tour explaining how he managed to buy each piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10789839\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10789839 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-1180x835.jpg\" alt=\"Edgar Degas, 'Plough Horse.' (Courtesy of the Petaluma Arts Center)\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-1180x835.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-400x283.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-800x566.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-960x679.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edgar Degas, ‘Plough Horse.’ (Courtesy of the Petaluma Arts Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People ask ‘How can you afford a horse?’” he said, stopping in front of an exquisite black-and-white drawing. “But it’s a Clydesdale. A lot of the snobby art collectors only want a racehorse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same theme holds for other works — some of the female models are either middle-aged or have facial blemishes, thereby lowering their value. One Degas, Flynn Johnson’s first, is a small, black-and-white monotype of two trees. Monotypes were unfashionable among collectors when he bought it, he explains, and landscapes typically aren’t associated with Degas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything about the work I acquired in 1973 from David Tunick, a New York dealer, was wrong — except its beauty,” he writes in the exhibit’s booklet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Degas’ more well-known work often appears to objectify its young and mostly female subjects. But \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Ayrton/e/B00JN537SU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some critics\u003c/a> argue that the sexually ambiguous artist was less voyeur and more anthropologist, chronicling but not fetishizing the pretty brutalities of 19th-century ballet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This small exhibit in Petaluma’s converted train depot helps build the latter case with nary a ballerina in sight. Through his drawings’ sharp lines, subtle shadows and precise details (a horse’s sleek mane; a child’s hard gaze), Degas practices a nearly pathological form of perfectionism. Standing close and squinting at his careful strokes on \u003cem>Mlle Dembrowska\u003c/em>, you start to get a feeling for who he was — an intimacy likely lost across the Louvre’s velvet ropes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of the Petaluma Arts Center, Executive Director Richman concludes: “We feel like we’re this jewel that not enough people are aware of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this exhibit’s fresh angle on a fascinating artist is any indication of things to come, she’s absolutely right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist\u003c/em> runs through July 26, 2015 at the Petaluma Arts Center in Petaluma. For more information, visit \u003ca href=\"https://petalumaartscenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petalumaartscenter.org.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 771,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 19
},
"modified": 1705046892,
"excerpt": "A fresh angle on a fascinating artist and his circle puts a North Bay arts center on the map.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "A fresh angle on a fascinating artist and his circle puts a North Bay arts center on the map.",
"title": "Petaluma Arts Center Displays a Different Side of Degas | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Petaluma Arts Center Displays a Different Side of Degas",
"datePublished": "2015-06-25T12:00:29-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-12T00:08:12-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "petaluma-arts-center-displays-a-different-side-of-degas",
"status": "publish",
"sticky": false,
"path": "/arts/10789692/petaluma-arts-center-displays-a-different-side-of-degas",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When a colleague first suggested the Petaluma Arts Center host the works of Edgar Degas, the museum’s executive director Val Richman didn’t take him seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just laughed,” she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told me this story while standing in a small gallery hung with blue-matted, gold-framed originals from the French Impressionist — the result of good timing, personal connections and a sizable donor list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approach the museum from the south, and you’ll see a banner advertising the show in one of the Arts Center windows. It’s a definite contrast. Tucked between Traxx Bar & Grill and an industrial lot full of dump trucks, the terra-cotta colored building — a converted train depot — is pretty, but you wouldn’t expect it to hold the works of an artist also displayed at the Louvre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10798828\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 426px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10798828\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/12_Mlle-Dembrowska-21-e1435216367216.jpg\" alt=\"Edgar Degas, 'Mlle Dembrowska.' (Courtesy of Petaluma Arts Center)\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edgar Degas, ‘Mlle Dembrowska.’ (Courtesy of Petaluma Arts Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thematically, though, the display works well with its unexpected surroundings. Known best for his ballerinas, Degas was an exacting chronicler of physical exertion stretched to its limit, from nudes holding angular poses to taut-muscled dancers striking sharp arabesques.\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>But this exhibit of drawings, photographs and monotypes showcases lesser-known work, including self-portraits and renderings of Degas’ family and housekeeper. Along with undersung pieces by big-name contemporaries — Paul Cézanne, Mary Cassatt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — the Arts Center collection provides a softer, more warts-and-all look at the artist’s 19th-century Parisian circle, trading full forms for facial close-ups and poised ballerinas for frank depictions of what happened as they aged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collection belongs to \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R907241030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Flynn Johnson\u003c/a>, the now-retired curator in charge of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. And there’s actually a simple reason it’s not your typical arrangement of dancers and equine sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is an assemblage by a scholar acquired on a scholar’s income,” he writes in the exhibit’s accompanying booklet. “From the beginning I was aware that many important Degas works were simply beyond my means.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s also a testament to Flynn Johnson’s atypical taste. At a preview before opening weekend, the retired curator lead a tour explaining how he managed to buy each piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10789839\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10789839 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-1180x835.jpg\" alt=\"Edgar Degas, 'Plough Horse.' (Courtesy of the Petaluma Arts Center)\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-1180x835.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-400x283.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-800x566.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/15_Plough-Horse2-960x679.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edgar Degas, ‘Plough Horse.’ (Courtesy of the Petaluma Arts Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People ask ‘How can you afford a horse?’” he said, stopping in front of an exquisite black-and-white drawing. “But it’s a Clydesdale. A lot of the snobby art collectors only want a racehorse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same theme holds for other works — some of the female models are either middle-aged or have facial blemishes, thereby lowering their value. One Degas, Flynn Johnson’s first, is a small, black-and-white monotype of two trees. Monotypes were unfashionable among collectors when he bought it, he explains, and landscapes typically aren’t associated with Degas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything about the work I acquired in 1973 from David Tunick, a New York dealer, was wrong — except its beauty,” he writes in the exhibit’s booklet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Degas’ more well-known work often appears to objectify its young and mostly female subjects. But \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Ayrton/e/B00JN537SU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some critics\u003c/a> argue that the sexually ambiguous artist was less voyeur and more anthropologist, chronicling but not fetishizing the pretty brutalities of 19th-century ballet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This small exhibit in Petaluma’s converted train depot helps build the latter case with nary a ballerina in sight. Through his drawings’ sharp lines, subtle shadows and precise details (a horse’s sleek mane; a child’s hard gaze), Degas practices a nearly pathological form of perfectionism. Standing close and squinting at his careful strokes on \u003cem>Mlle Dembrowska\u003c/em>, you start to get a feeling for who he was — an intimacy likely lost across the Louvre’s velvet ropes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking of the Petaluma Arts Center, Executive Director Richman concludes: “We feel like we’re this jewel that not enough people are aware of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this exhibit’s fresh angle on a fascinating artist is any indication of things to come, she’s absolutely right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist\u003c/em> runs through July 26, 2015 at the Petaluma Arts Center in Petaluma. For more information, visit \u003ca href=\"https://petalumaartscenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petalumaartscenter.org.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/10789692/petaluma-arts-center-displays-a-different-side-of-degas",
"authors": [
"3246"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1"
],
"tags": [
"arts_596"
],
"featImg": "arts_10798826",
"label": "arts"
},
"arts_10751501": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "arts_10751501",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "10751501",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1434380441000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "a-transgender-mission-on-the-bilingual-airwaves",
"title": "A Transgender Mission on the Bilingual Airwaves",
"publishDate": 1434380441,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "A Transgender Mission on the Bilingual Airwaves | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"site": "arts"
},
"content": "\u003cp>When Kaiya Kramer, host of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Queer Life\u003c/a>\u003c/em> radio show on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kbbf-fm.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KBBF-FM\u003c/a>, uses the word “awesome,” she actually means it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am in awe,” she tells on-air guest Shanna Butler, referring to the Sonoma County psychotherapist’s work with LGBTQ communities. “The word ‘awesome’ totally is appropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the kind of subtle-but-witty cliché-buster that I hear repeatedly from Kramer, who continuously re-evaluates and subverts those pesky things called words. From a muggy, shed-sized recording studio in KBBF’s Santa Rosa headquarters, the 25-year-old transgender woman turns a simple observation about the weather into a \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> reference (“winter is coming”); discusses the pejorative history and subsequent reclamation of the label “queer;” opines that pansexual “sounds like you’re worshipping the god Pan;” and leads a nuanced conversation about the term \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cisgender\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Terminology and labels do change over time, as does language,” she says at one point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her show, which celebrates its first anniversary in August, is a frank exploration of those changes — and the cultural shifts that guide them. Broadcast by a bilingual Spanish-English station (\u003ca href=\"http://www.kbbf-fm.org/aboutUs.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the nation’s first, actually\u003c/a>), \u003cem>The Queer Life\u003c/em> combines interviews, music from LGBTQ-identifying artists, and news; it features episodes with sardonic titles like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkktCVJRoPM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What if You Could See Every Transgender Person Naked\u003c/a>?” and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErsxF_O4pJ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calling in Gay to Work\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kramer’s voice is probably new for some of KBBF’s listenership, which Director of Programming Josué López characterizes as primarily conservative, both socially and religiously. Broadcast from \u003ca href=\"http://www.kbbf-fm.org/aboutUs.htm\">an antenna\u003c/a> atop Mt. St. Helena, KBBF reaches 18 Northern California counties, including parts of the rural, right-leaning Central Valley between Chico and Lodi.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n“We don’t get too much exposure to this particular world. Kaiya’s at the forefront of this change that’s happening, and it’s amazing.”\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Josué López, KBBF Program Director\u003c/cite> \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But despite often-heavy subject matter (\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipf4CTY4fR0\">police brutality\u003c/a>; hate crimes; \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org\">Indiana\u003c/a>) it’s also a weekly dose of Kramer’s unflinching humor, full of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFXqTNJXMls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Family Guy\u003c/em> clips\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2015/05/why-do-cats-purr/?mbid=synd_digg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cat science\u003c/a>, well-placed drum rolls and sarcastic slow claps. And it’s a forum for new music from artists like \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org/page/3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yui Karlberg\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScOYxh_Yeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alyssa Hailey\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org/ep-43-aristo-techno-house-music/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aristo\u003c/a>, making for an eclectic mix of echoing-vocals-and-ambient synths, unapologetically Top 40-style pop and made-for-the-dance floor crescendos — all of it, as Kramer says, “turned up to 11.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, it’s a weekly dose of Kramer herself, who, on this particular Friday evening, wears a casual combo of jeans, flip-flops and a tank-top. When on air, she navigates the mixing board with second nature-speed and (even after her guest has left) gesticulates like she’s conversing over coffee — not addressing listeners she can’t see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we speak after the show, Kramer clarifies that she does, in fact, view it as a conversation. And she doesn’t want her voice to dominate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just about me; it’s not just about LGBT; it’s not just about trans people,” she says. “It’s about cisgender people, straight people, gay people, lesbian people. It’s about all of us understanding each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she acknowledges that her perspective, that of trans woman of color (she’s Thai) is both important and, too often, excluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have access to the Internet, cable, the grid or, hell, a neighbor with a solar-powered generator, you probably know about \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/caitlyn-jenner-bruce-cover-annie-leibovitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlyn Jenner’s Twitter-breaking \u003cem>Vanity Fair\u003c/em> debut\u003c/a> earlier this month. But despite Jenner’s high-profile revelation; despite the president’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/01/20/state_of_the_union_obama_includes_transgender_and_bisexual_in_the_2015_address.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-ever inclusion\u003c/a> of the word “transgender” in a State of the Union address last January, and even despite \u003cem>Orange is the New Black\u003c/em> and the incredible Laverne Cox, transgender women and men still lack a statistically representative media voice. One of Kramer’s “drum rolls” on the night I sit in responds to the fact that a trans actress (Jamie Clayton) was cast to play a trans character (Nomi Marks) \u003ca href=\"http://www.inquisitr.com/2153226/netflixs-sense8-gains-approval-from-the-transgender-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Netflix original \u003cem>Sense8\u003c/em> \u003c/a>— a still-rare occurrence in Hollywood, where \u003ca href=\"http://www.bustle.com/articles/25344-laverne-cox-on-the-casting-of-cisgender-actors-in-transgender-roles-why-it-probably-wont-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cis men usually take such roles\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s hardly the most urgent issue facing the trans community. Transgender men and women make up about .3 percent of the U.S. adult population, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/upshot/the-search-for-the-best-estimate-of-the-transgender-population.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the most frequently cited numbers\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://transequality.org/issues/resources/national-transgender-discrimination-survey-full-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More than half\u003c/a> experience serious discrimination, from job loss to eviction, sexual assault and incarceration, according to another study. Latino, black, multi-racial and American Indian trans people report \u003ca href=\"http://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/NTDS_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">higher rates\u003c/a> of those same life-changing acts. And all of that info comes from small samples; because large, publicly funded surveys are still check-the-box binary, \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/22/the-state-of-transgender-america-massive-discrimination-little-data/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good national data just doesn’t exist\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n“Of 138 people polled and asked ‘have you attempted suicide,’ it was 70 percent.”\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Kaiya Kramer\u003c/cite> \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, somewhere around \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/28/local/la-me-ln-suicide-attempts-alarming-transgender-20140127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">40 percent\u003c/a> of the trans population reports at least one suicide attempt (\u003ca href=\"http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nine times\u003c/a> the national average). According to Kramer, that number is higher locally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her show, she shares a figure from her support group, made up exclusively of transgender people from the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of 138 people polled and asked, ‘Have you attempted suicide?’ It was 70 percent,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Sutter, co-facilitator of Transgender North Bay, says the local percentage is actually around 80 percent, with some attempts stretching back to early childhood. A transgender woman herself, Sutter says she tried to kill herself when she was only seven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Kramer, that devastating reality frames \u003cem>The Queer Life\u003c/em>, despite its lighter side (and dramatic house music segues). She brings it up again on the Tuesday following her show, sitting around a conference table with López and Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation Vice President David Janda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve asked the three of them about their vision for KBBF, and how Kramer’s show fits in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to make it conversational and informational and educational,” she says. “And I want it to happen in a subversive way, like if someone’s talking and they’re like ‘Oh, Caitlyn Jenner, did you about that? Wow he looks…’ You know, misgendering and stuff like that, I want somebody to be like ‘Oh, I heard on the radio that [a lot of] transgender people commit suicide.’ I want this to be a small domino effect, planting the seed of understanding in the listeners’ minds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to López, KBBF’s bilingual reach makes it the perfect platform for this kind of matter-of-fact subversion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a Spanish-speaking, bilingual, immigrant — all of that stuff — community, we don’t get too much exposure to this particular world,” he says. “Kaiya’s at the forefront of this change that’s happening, and it’s amazing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Janda, who recruited Kramer for \u003cem>The Queer Life\u003c/em> when she was just a station volunteer answering phones, adds that he already sees changes percolating throughout KBBF’s listenership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The station, founded by activists and students in 1973, has remained a voice for Santa Rosa’s Latino community over the last four decades. But through its new location, tucked between the local carpenters’ labor center and the freeway in the largely Latino, unincorporated neighborhood of Roseland, Janda says the conference room where we sit has become a kind of neighborhood living room. People drop off veggies to share, kids hang out after school and local gatherings take place (Board President Alicia Sánchez later tells me she once turned down a request to hold a wake here, coffin and all). Overall, Janda says that he’s seeing the community gravitate toward more movement-building and activism. Part of the reason: A black-framed photo that greets KBBF visitors as they walk in the door. The photo memorializes \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/04/01/andy-lopezs-memory-honored-with-fundraising-for-music-programs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Lopez\u003c/a>, an unarmed 13-year-old Cook Middle School student shot and killed by a Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputy in 2013 while holding a toy gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think a sleeping giant in Sonoma County has awaken, and I don’t think its going back to sleep any time soon,” he says, describing a collection of forums and roundtable discussions the station hosted soon after Lopez was killed. After hearing story after story about racial profiling and police brutality, Janda says he’s watched the community organize. And though Kramer’s show illuminates voices that have historically been marginalized due to their gender and/or sexual identity (sometimes along with their language or race), Janda sees it as a continuation of KBBF’s social justice work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a long time when the station just became a jukebox,” he says. “But in recent years folks like Kaiya and Edgar [Avila, host of \u003ca href=\"http://www.kbbf-fm.org/records/Radiolandia082014.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Broken Record Show\u003c/a>] and others are not just cultivating a culture of service receivers, but are empowering a culture of activism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, as Kramer explores on Friday night, not everyone feels the same way about trans womens’ increasing visibility. Mike Huckabee had some truly hateful things to say \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/politics/mike-huckabee-transgender-caitlyn-jenner/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier this year\u003c/a>, and Kramer plays his February speech — followed, you guessed it, by the appropriate slow clap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But from that hot broadcast room, so close to the freeway that Janda jokes you can hear it on-air, Kramer answers back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a ‘social experiment,’” she says, quoting the Republican presidential hopeful. “Trans people have been around since the dawn of man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately she laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pun intended,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘The Queer Life’ airs on KBBF 89.1 FM from 6-8PM on Fridays, and 9-11am on Tuesdays. The show’s Website, \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheQueerLife.org\u003c/a>, streams two podcasts: La Shaguita’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org/category/lesbihonest/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lesbi Honest\u003c/a> and Maddy Love’s \u003ca href=\"http://ife.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trans Atheist Podcast\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "From KBBF-FM's small studio in Santa Rosa, 25-year-old Kaiya Kramer broadcasts weekly transgender news, music and conversation to a bilingual, mostly rural audience.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726788440,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 34,
"wordCount": 1777
},
"headData": {
"title": "A Transgender Mission on the Bilingual Airwaves | KQED",
"description": "From KBBF-FM's small studio in Santa Rosa, 25-year-old Kaiya Kramer broadcasts weekly transgender news, music and conversation to a bilingual, mostly rural audience.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "A Transgender Mission on the Bilingual Airwaves",
"datePublished": "2015-06-15T08:00:41-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-19T16:27:20-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"sticky": false,
"path": "/arts/10751501/a-transgender-mission-on-the-bilingual-airwaves",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Kaiya Kramer, host of \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Queer Life\u003c/a>\u003c/em> radio show on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kbbf-fm.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KBBF-FM\u003c/a>, uses the word “awesome,” she actually means it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am in awe,” she tells on-air guest Shanna Butler, referring to the Sonoma County psychotherapist’s work with LGBTQ communities. “The word ‘awesome’ totally is appropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the kind of subtle-but-witty cliché-buster that I hear repeatedly from Kramer, who continuously re-evaluates and subverts those pesky things called words. From a muggy, shed-sized recording studio in KBBF’s Santa Rosa headquarters, the 25-year-old transgender woman turns a simple observation about the weather into a \u003cem>Game of Thrones\u003c/em> reference (“winter is coming”); discusses the pejorative history and subsequent reclamation of the label “queer;” opines that pansexual “sounds like you’re worshipping the god Pan;” and leads a nuanced conversation about the term \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cisgender\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Terminology and labels do change over time, as does language,” she says at one point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her show, which celebrates its first anniversary in August, is a frank exploration of those changes — and the cultural shifts that guide them. Broadcast by a bilingual Spanish-English station (\u003ca href=\"http://www.kbbf-fm.org/aboutUs.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the nation’s first, actually\u003c/a>), \u003cem>The Queer Life\u003c/em> combines interviews, music from LGBTQ-identifying artists, and news; it features episodes with sardonic titles like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkktCVJRoPM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What if You Could See Every Transgender Person Naked\u003c/a>?” and “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErsxF_O4pJ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calling in Gay to Work\u003c/a>.”\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>Kramer’s voice is probably new for some of KBBF’s listenership, which Director of Programming Josué López characterizes as primarily conservative, both socially and religiously. Broadcast from \u003ca href=\"http://www.kbbf-fm.org/aboutUs.htm\">an antenna\u003c/a> atop Mt. St. Helena, KBBF reaches 18 Northern California counties, including parts of the rural, right-leaning Central Valley between Chico and Lodi.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n“We don’t get too much exposure to this particular world. Kaiya’s at the forefront of this change that’s happening, and it’s amazing.”\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Josué López, KBBF Program Director\u003c/cite> \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But despite often-heavy subject matter (\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipf4CTY4fR0\">police brutality\u003c/a>; hate crimes; \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org\">Indiana\u003c/a>) it’s also a weekly dose of Kramer’s unflinching humor, full of \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFXqTNJXMls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Family Guy\u003c/em> clips\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2015/05/why-do-cats-purr/?mbid=synd_digg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cat science\u003c/a>, well-placed drum rolls and sarcastic slow claps. And it’s a forum for new music from artists like \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org/page/3/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yui Karlberg\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uScOYxh_Yeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alyssa Hailey\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org/ep-43-aristo-techno-house-music/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aristo\u003c/a>, making for an eclectic mix of echoing-vocals-and-ambient synths, unapologetically Top 40-style pop and made-for-the-dance floor crescendos — all of it, as Kramer says, “turned up to 11.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, it’s a weekly dose of Kramer herself, who, on this particular Friday evening, wears a casual combo of jeans, flip-flops and a tank-top. When on air, she navigates the mixing board with second nature-speed and (even after her guest has left) gesticulates like she’s conversing over coffee — not addressing listeners she can’t see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we speak after the show, Kramer clarifies that she does, in fact, view it as a conversation. And she doesn’t want her voice to dominate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just about me; it’s not just about LGBT; it’s not just about trans people,” she says. “It’s about cisgender people, straight people, gay people, lesbian people. It’s about all of us understanding each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she acknowledges that her perspective, that of trans woman of color (she’s Thai) is both important and, too often, excluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have access to the Internet, cable, the grid or, hell, a neighbor with a solar-powered generator, you probably know about \u003ca href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/caitlyn-jenner-bruce-cover-annie-leibovitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caitlyn Jenner’s Twitter-breaking \u003cem>Vanity Fair\u003c/em> debut\u003c/a> earlier this month. But despite Jenner’s high-profile revelation; despite the president’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/01/20/state_of_the_union_obama_includes_transgender_and_bisexual_in_the_2015_address.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-ever inclusion\u003c/a> of the word “transgender” in a State of the Union address last January, and even despite \u003cem>Orange is the New Black\u003c/em> and the incredible Laverne Cox, transgender women and men still lack a statistically representative media voice. One of Kramer’s “drum rolls” on the night I sit in responds to the fact that a trans actress (Jamie Clayton) was cast to play a trans character (Nomi Marks) \u003ca href=\"http://www.inquisitr.com/2153226/netflixs-sense8-gains-approval-from-the-transgender-community/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Netflix original \u003cem>Sense8\u003c/em> \u003c/a>— a still-rare occurrence in Hollywood, where \u003ca href=\"http://www.bustle.com/articles/25344-laverne-cox-on-the-casting-of-cisgender-actors-in-transgender-roles-why-it-probably-wont-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cis men usually take such roles\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s hardly the most urgent issue facing the trans community. Transgender men and women make up about .3 percent of the U.S. adult population, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/09/upshot/the-search-for-the-best-estimate-of-the-transgender-population.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the most frequently cited numbers\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://transequality.org/issues/resources/national-transgender-discrimination-survey-full-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More than half\u003c/a> experience serious discrimination, from job loss to eviction, sexual assault and incarceration, according to another study. Latino, black, multi-racial and American Indian trans people report \u003ca href=\"http://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/resources/NTDS_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">higher rates\u003c/a> of those same life-changing acts. And all of that info comes from small samples; because large, publicly funded surveys are still check-the-box binary, \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/22/the-state-of-transgender-america-massive-discrimination-little-data/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good national data just doesn’t exist\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n“Of 138 people polled and asked ‘have you attempted suicide,’ it was 70 percent.”\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Kaiya Kramer\u003c/cite> \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, somewhere around \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/28/local/la-me-ln-suicide-attempts-alarming-transgender-20140127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">40 percent\u003c/a> of the trans population reports at least one suicide attempt (\u003ca href=\"http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nine times\u003c/a> the national average). According to Kramer, that number is higher locally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her show, she shares a figure from her support group, made up exclusively of transgender people from the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of 138 people polled and asked, ‘Have you attempted suicide?’ It was 70 percent,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Sutter, co-facilitator of Transgender North Bay, says the local percentage is actually around 80 percent, with some attempts stretching back to early childhood. A transgender woman herself, Sutter says she tried to kill herself when she was only seven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Kramer, that devastating reality frames \u003cem>The Queer Life\u003c/em>, despite its lighter side (and dramatic house music segues). She brings it up again on the Tuesday following her show, sitting around a conference table with López and Bilingual Broadcasting Foundation Vice President David Janda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve asked the three of them about their vision for KBBF, and how Kramer’s show fits in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to make it conversational and informational and educational,” she says. “And I want it to happen in a subversive way, like if someone’s talking and they’re like ‘Oh, Caitlyn Jenner, did you about that? Wow he looks…’ You know, misgendering and stuff like that, I want somebody to be like ‘Oh, I heard on the radio that [a lot of] transgender people commit suicide.’ I want this to be a small domino effect, planting the seed of understanding in the listeners’ minds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to López, KBBF’s bilingual reach makes it the perfect platform for this kind of matter-of-fact subversion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a Spanish-speaking, bilingual, immigrant — all of that stuff — community, we don’t get too much exposure to this particular world,” he says. “Kaiya’s at the forefront of this change that’s happening, and it’s amazing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Janda, who recruited Kramer for \u003cem>The Queer Life\u003c/em> when she was just a station volunteer answering phones, adds that he already sees changes percolating throughout KBBF’s listenership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The station, founded by activists and students in 1973, has remained a voice for Santa Rosa’s Latino community over the last four decades. But through its new location, tucked between the local carpenters’ labor center and the freeway in the largely Latino, unincorporated neighborhood of Roseland, Janda says the conference room where we sit has become a kind of neighborhood living room. People drop off veggies to share, kids hang out after school and local gatherings take place (Board President Alicia Sánchez later tells me she once turned down a request to hold a wake here, coffin and all). Overall, Janda says that he’s seeing the community gravitate toward more movement-building and activism. Part of the reason: A black-framed photo that greets KBBF visitors as they walk in the door. The photo memorializes \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/04/01/andy-lopezs-memory-honored-with-fundraising-for-music-programs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Lopez\u003c/a>, an unarmed 13-year-old Cook Middle School student shot and killed by a Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputy in 2013 while holding a toy gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think a sleeping giant in Sonoma County has awaken, and I don’t think its going back to sleep any time soon,” he says, describing a collection of forums and roundtable discussions the station hosted soon after Lopez was killed. After hearing story after story about racial profiling and police brutality, Janda says he’s watched the community organize. And though Kramer’s show illuminates voices that have historically been marginalized due to their gender and/or sexual identity (sometimes along with their language or race), Janda sees it as a continuation of KBBF’s social justice work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a long time when the station just became a jukebox,” he says. “But in recent years folks like Kaiya and Edgar [Avila, host of \u003ca href=\"http://www.kbbf-fm.org/records/Radiolandia082014.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Broken Record Show\u003c/a>] and others are not just cultivating a culture of service receivers, but are empowering a culture of activism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, as Kramer explores on Friday night, not everyone feels the same way about trans womens’ increasing visibility. Mike Huckabee had some truly hateful things to say \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/02/politics/mike-huckabee-transgender-caitlyn-jenner/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier this year\u003c/a>, and Kramer plays his February speech — followed, you guessed it, by the appropriate slow clap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But from that hot broadcast room, so close to the freeway that Janda jokes you can hear it on-air, Kramer answers back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a ‘social experiment,’” she says, quoting the Republican presidential hopeful. “Trans people have been around since the dawn of man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately she laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pun intended,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \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>‘The Queer Life’ airs on KBBF 89.1 FM from 6-8PM on Fridays, and 9-11am on Tuesdays. The show’s Website, \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheQueerLife.org\u003c/a>, streams two podcasts: La Shaguita’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.thequeerlife.org/category/lesbihonest/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lesbi Honest\u003c/a> and Maddy Love’s \u003ca href=\"http://ife.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trans Atheist Podcast\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/arts/10751501/a-transgender-mission-on-the-bilingual-airwaves",
"authors": [
"3246"
],
"categories": [
"arts_1"
],
"tags": [
"arts_596"
],
"featImg": "arts_10751503",
"label": "arts"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"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": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts?author=3246&authorName=Rachel Dovey": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 0,
"size": 9
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 3,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 3,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"arts_10975096",
"arts_10789692",
"arts_10751501"
],
"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_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_1118": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_1118",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "1118",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "featured Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1135,
"slug": "featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/featured"
},
"arts_746": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_746",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "746",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "news",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "news Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 764,
"slug": "news-2",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/news-2"
},
"arts_596": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts_596",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "arts",
"id": "596",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "ntv",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "ntv Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 602,
"slug": "ntv",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/arts/tag/ntv"
},
"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"
}
},
"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
}
}
