Crosscurrents

Crosscurrents looks at different issues in homelessness in San Francisco: the lack of public showers and bathrooms, Mother Brown's in Bayview, foraging for free food, and local musicians The Ives Quartet.

Landfill expansion pits Marin environmentalists against the nation's largest waste company; One man’s trash is another's recycling; The state of media: an interview with Al Jazeera America international correspondent Sebastian Walker; and local band Whiskerman.

Closing San Francisco's parks at night, a San Quentin Prison report on self-help groups inside prison, a Hear Here on the power of helping, the second installment of Highland Hospital Storycorps, and local musicians The Temescal String Quartet.

Driverless cars, taking the ferry to work, this week's Audiograph answer, and local musicians Sage.

A hyper-local news organization in Berkeley, the origins of the name "Berkeley," the first in a series of stories on Oakland's Highland hospital, and local musicians Orquesta Borinquen.

Dancing with the ladies in line; a conversation with Saudi Arabia's first female movie director; and Bay Area Beats: Musical Art Quintet.

The San Quentin Prison Report: Getting out of gang life; The Sights and Sounds of Bayview: POWER; Remembering Alan Farley; and local band the DU UY Quintet.To subscribe to the Crosscurrents podcast in iTunes, clickhere. To use another podcasting tool, clickhere.

Wearable technology, comedian Don Reed, this week's Audiograph answer, Lou "the Glue" Marcelli, and local musician Antwon.

The Google Bus Show! San Francisco has a parallel, private transit system: how is the city dealing with it? They take up MUNI bus stops and back up traffic as these private busses stop seemingly wherever they like in the cty; but then they get tons of commuters out of their cars and into mass transit. Are these symbols of the Bay Area's Tech Boom and gentrification of San Francisco something to be feared or embraced?

Welcome to Camp Sweeney; Old Skool Cafe addresses new school problems; StoryCorps: When Laurie Brookner first met her daughter; and local band Akron Engine.