We'll hear from activist Michelle MiJung Kim about her new book, The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change. Plus, we’ll get an update on a few of the more consequential bills crossing Governor Newsom's desk and learn about the upcoming women's marches for reproductive justice here in the Bay Area.

Co-hosts Ethan Elkind and Joseph Pace talk with Stanford's Dr. Newsha Ajami and California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot about ways to make the Bay Area more water resilient. Plus, we'll get an update on the Elizabeth Holmes trial, and we'll hear about the the fastest growing sport in the US - pickleball!

Should the recall system be reformed? Who will be the next San Francisco School Superintendent? And comedian Don Reed on his new show at the Marsh Theater Berkeley, "Going Out."

Co-hosts Grace Won and Ethan Elkind talk with SFMTA Executive Director Jeffrey Tumlin about all things MUNI. Then we'll explore how local Afghan communities are reacting to the Taliban takeover. Finally, co-host Joseph Pace gets a tour of the California Academy of Sciences with Elizabeth Babcock.

We'll talk to the authors of the new book, Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice, and get the latest on the Newsom recall effort with Jeremy B. White of Politico's California Playbook. And, Joseph will interview the creator of "The Lower Bottoms", a new podcast about a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood in West Oakland.

An update on Covid, a conversation with chef Dominique Crenn, and an exploration of San Francisco's Financial Justice Division

STATE OF THE BAY digs deep into Bay Area culture, news, and politics. And we invite you to join the conversation.THIS WEEK: We’ll be following the Bay Area athletes competing at the Olympics!PLUS: We’ll get the latest on the San Francisco School Board recall and how schools are preparing for the fall.AND . . . Grace Won interviews the director of PRAY AWAY, a new Netflix documentary about gay conversion therapy.We are live. And local. Every Monday night at 6. Right here on KALW - San Francisco (91.7 FM).

Hosts Grace Won and Joseph Pace discuss the Sunset district's affordable housing controversy with SF Chronicle's J.K. Dineen.Bay area author and gynecologist Dr. Jen Gunter offers facts and feminism in her new book The Menopause Manifesto. And, the Monterrubio brothers tell of their record breaking highlining across the Yosemite canyon.

Are you stressed out about climate change? You're not alone. We’ll talk with experts about how to cope with eco-anxiety. Plus, we’ll get latest on the Delta variant from the Chronicle's Erin Allday and UCSF's Dr. Peter Chin-Hong. And, Ethan Elkind takes us on a trip back to San Francisco's Barbary Coast.