Crosscurrents

Bike, Train or Automobile? Three reporters race through morning commute; ROCK program gives Visitacion Valley kids options after school; Hear Here goes to ROCK; plus local band Misisipi Mike and the Midnight Gamblers.

Russia's annexation of the Crimea and what local Russians and Ukrainians think about it. Plus local musicians Earl Thomas & the Blues Ambassadors.

Not a Genuine Black Man: Interview with Brian Copeland; Tuning into the history of Aladdin Radio Repair; and local group Jinx Jones and The King Tones.

San Francisco drug users bring harm reduction to the streets; meet the most influential, unknown man of the 20th Century: Philo T. Farnsworth; American Jerusalem: Documentary spotlights Jewish history in San Francisco; plus The Bay Area Brass Band.

Reasons why SF landlords don't rent their units,competing interests in mid-Market redevelopment, the uniqueness of Twin Peaks, and local musicians Trio 180.

Welcome to Audiograph – the Bay Area’s sonic signature. Each week, we play you a sound recorded somewhere in the Bay Area, and ask you to tell us what it is, and where we recorded it. We reveal the story behind our mystery sounds every Thursday on Crosscurrents.

An alternative economy: the Sharing Economy. We look at the Karma Kitchen, using time as a literal currency, and talk to Neal Gorenflo. Plus local musicians The SF Gay Men's Chorus.

Dog show! Breeders, handlers, owners, haters in San Francisco...they're all here. We visit the Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show at the Cow Palace, the SPCA and ACC animal shelters, the booming dog economy. We hear from a psychologist on the dog-human relationship, and from a person who can't stand canines and the whole dog culture.

A pre-school where everything is taught in Farsi, a dance company in Oakland for the disabled, this weeks Audiograph game answer, and local musician Eve Decker.

A show on homelessness: Using a public bus as a hotel, San Francisco's solutions to homelessness, providing showers for those who don't have them, and local musicians Spider Heart.