Crosscurrents

Immigration Stories: Cynthia Garcia; Neighborhood Postcard: Ingleside; Cleaning in the Rain; Neighborhood Postcard: The Sunset; A Kickstarter for your electricity bill; and local singer Maya Dorn.

Biohacking project is a glowing controversy; an exhibit examines the social evolution of mental health; chess on Market; and local band the Mobius Trio.

Another report from San Quentin: Troy's Tears; the Church of St. John Coltrane, and local musicians Soul Power.

Electricity choices, what that could look like; What happens when a singer becomes a yoga teacher?; and a project that's promoting healthy food in SF's Bayview neighborhood.To subscribe to the Crosscurrents podcast in iTunes, clickhere. To use another podcasting tool, clickhere.

A Crosscurrents radio show about the radio. With special guest Ira Glass! Radio Havana in the Mission District, the first bilingual station in the U.S.: KBBF, and Morse Code.

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 special hour-long edition of Crosscurrents featuring co-host Nancy Mullane, author of Life After Murder. An inmate invests and teaches finance behind bars; after 15 years of false starts, Oakland puts hope into a new community policing plan; a psychiatrist recalls the chaos of CA Prison Facilities; and Audiograph's Sound of the Week revealed!

A special getting to know the people in your neighborhood edition of Crosscurrents, featuring special guest co-host, columnist Gary Kamiya: Trees take root in the Tenderloin; Keeping memories of Chinatown alive – and kicking! Lit Slam brings poetry slam to the page; and Hear Here: Meet DaJuan Simpson.

An olive branch for SF's street food scene; behind the scenes of the 2012 Napa grape harvest; Immigration stories: Mahade Wanjihar and Leslie Spillane; and local band Dirty Cello.

Making sense of immigration bureaucracy, comedians in Golden Gate Park, California's official state song, LAST week's audio graph answer, and local musician Monica Pasqual.