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Synthetic Fuels and the 100% Renewable Grid

Listen here. Electricity grids can handle a lot of wind, solar and water resources. But what will help us get from 80% renewable energy to 100% renewable energy? The missing piece may be renewable synthetic fuels. “When we really want to decarbonize the whole electricity system, absolutely, synthetic fuels will play a key role,” says Matti Rautkivi, the director of business development and strategy at Wärtsilä. In this episode, produced in collaboration with Wärtsilä, we’re looking specifically at how to …

Puerto Rico’s public university system post-María

06/11/2019 03/05/2020 Audio / Investigative / PRI

Most college students in the US are making plans for the summer. For some of the many Puerto Rican college students who came to the mainland to continue their studies after Hurricane Maria roared through the island last September, this time of the year brings a more complex question — whether to stay or go back home.

Parenting from Prison

12/20/2017 03/05/2020 Audio / Investigative / RadioProject.org

When one or both parents are in prison the whole family is, in a way, also imprisoned. Family members are negatively affected in ways that worsen existing struggles and inequities. Today we’ll go to New York and New Hampshire to hear about programs for inmates and families that encourage rebuilding and maintaining relationships — despite being separated by prison.

Profile: Meklit Hadero & Zena Carlota

10/03/2017 03/05/2020 afropop.org / Arts / Audio

The San Francisco Bay Area is a unique cultural space that has given birth to some of the most iconic countercultural American music. It is a place where identities can be fluid and hyphenated, where new voices emerge to speak to their times. Two very different Bay Area artists, Meklit Hadero and Zena Carlota, use their music to explore what it means to live on two sides of a hyphen: African-American, black-artist, Ethiopian-American, female-musician, to name a few.

Mixtape: Cyndi Lauper

09/26/2017 03/05/2020 Arts / Audio / KALW

My Mixtape asks people from the Bay Area and beyond to contribute a song that is meaningful to them. For today’s installment, Truc Nguyen tells us why she chose this song by Cyndi Lauper.

Profile: Sean Kramer

07/25/2017 03/05/2020 Arts / Audio / KALW

In the Russian Orthodox Church, art is much more than just decoration. Small, elaborate paintings known as icons portray Christianity’s most famous persons, and are used as tools for prayer. Today, a number of artists who are neither Russian nor Russian Orthodox are nonetheless pushing the boundaries of this religious art form. Sean Kramer is one of them.

Indigenous Resistance

07/15/2017 03/05/2020 Audio / Investigative / RadioProject.org

On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll meet people challenging polluters in their own backyard. Not to push hazardous industries into another neighborhood. Instead they’re developing visionary solutions for a better life for all and for the future of the planet. From urban to rural communities, we’ll learn about indigenous-led efforts to protect public health and the environment for future generations.

Maine Retail post-Amazon

05/03/2017 03/05/2020 Audio / Investigative / MainePublic

Online shopping is hard to beat — price, selection, free shipping. That’s great for consumers, but very hard on local brick-and-mortar stores, and even on larger retail chains, who are closing their doors after years of operation. But some small retailers have found a way to not just survive but thrive in this new landscape.

Understanding SF’s parental leave policy

07/25/2016 03/05/2020 Audio / interview / KALW

Maria Su is the executive director of the San Francisco Department for Children Youth and Their Families. They work together with the city and community organizations to improve the life of kids and parents. Hear her speak about the new Paid Parental Leave Ordinance in San Francisco, and what it means for families in the city.

SF Parent Leave

07/25/2016 03/05/2020 Audio / Investigative / KALW

Title: Parents plan for paid family leave in San Francisco [ AUDIO / ARTICLE ] Rents and cost of living in the Bay Area are still on the rise, but San Francisco families will soon start seeing some relief: the city has a new family leave law that will come into effect in January of 2017. The law will guarantee parents six weeks off with full pay while they’re home with a new child. That’s a big departure from current …