Contact Rightnowish
Want to talk to us? Email us at rightnowish@kqed.org or leave a voicemail at 415-553-2803.
Thank you
Rightnowish is funded in part by a grant from Akonadi Foundation, supporting the development of powerful social change movements to eliminate structural racism.
The Team

Host / Producer
Pendarvis is a journalist from Oakland, California and the host of Rightnowish. He's a graduate of Howard University's School of Communications and UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. He is the director of the documentary film, TDK: The Dream Kontinues. And the author of OG Told Me, a coming of age memoir about Harshaw's upbringing in Oakland. He currently works as a freelance writer for a number of outlets, and contributes weekly columns to KQED Arts. @OGpenn

Producer
Ashleyanne Krigbaum is the producer of Rightnowish. She has also made podcasts for Noise Pop, Salon, and award-winning audio tours for SFMOMA, Smithsonian, De Young, and more. From 2015-2018, she was an announcer and local host of NPR's All Things Considered at KALW. When she's not making podcasts, she's DJing with vinyl at dance parties around the Bay Area. @wambamash

Editor
Jessica makes podcasts shine. At KQED she edits Rightnowish and produces Bay Curious. She also edits Uncuffed, a show made by men incarcerated in California State Prisons. In 2017, she co-hosted and produced a podcast for SFMOMA. She's a podcast consultant, teaches podcast workshops, and is newly obsessed with plants. @jessicazyp