Binah

Novelist Salman Rushdie talks about his life in hiding in the aftermath of the fatwa issued against him in 1989.

Musician Taj Mahal talks to rock music journalist Ben Fong-Torres and performs songs from his extraordinary career.

Culinary historian and chef Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage of two of the most distinctive culinary cultures in the world today: the foods and traditions of the African Atlantic and the global Jewish diaspora.

Rabbi Batshir Torchio of the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Aleksandra Makuch of the Taube Center for Jewish Life & Learning in Warsaw, and Marta Saracyn of the JCC in Warsaw report on the Ukrainian aid response in Poland.

Crystal Wahpepah of Wahpepah’s Kitchen and Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino of Café Ohlone talk about Native American cuisine and reflect on the future of Indigenous cultures and identities.

Activist Cleve Jones talks about his four decades in the center of movements for AIDS, LGBTQ, and labor rights. His memoir is, When We Rise.

Blondie’s Deborah Harry and Chris Stein share stories of their astonishing musical career, including touring San Francisco in early years.

San Francisco writer Rebecca Solnit explores people’s capacity to rise to major disasters with creativity and courage.

Nadine Epstein shares stories of Jewish women from biblical to modern times, selected in collaboration with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Today’s edition of Binah features an unaired interview with comedian, actor, and television host Bob Saget, who died in January at the age of 65.