On this episode, reporters Holly Burns, Mel Velasquez and Bella Arnold transport you from the Bay to LA with a musical soundtrack that is sexy, sweet, and strange - in that order. First, Mel introduces us to Seref Haqol who’s responsible for giving the SF-based band Uncle Chris its sultry saxophone vibes. Next, Holly follows around a musician who has been gigging around the Bay and building community since the bicentennial. Finally, Bella profiles Mac Sabbath, the Black Sabbath cover band that dresses up as McDonald’s characters, to better understand the world of bizarro parody cover bands.

A transcript for this episode can be found at the link below:
https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/radio/show/the-saxophonist-the-mentor-and-the-mcdonalds-metal-heads/

THE SAXOPHONIST, THE MENTOR, AND THE McDONALDS METAL HEADS

The Body Collector

Six months into the Hamas-Israel war, local and global voices contend with its consequences. Our reporters bring stories of a contentious protest at UC Berkeley, the mental health impact on Palestinian students, Taiwan's conflicting view on Israel and Palestine, and how the war is influencing the 2024 local and presidential elections.

This is a recording of North Gate Radio that was broadcast live on KALX radio station, 90.7FM

Anchors: Simmerdeep Kaur, Fernando Andrade
Newscaster: Audy McAfee
Reporters: Simmerdeep Kaur, Hussain Khan, Amaray Alvarez, I-Yun Chan, Mitzi Pérez-Caro
Executive Producer: I-Yun Chan
Producers: Audy McAfee, Amaray Alvarez, Negar Ajayebi
Director: Mitzi Pérez-Caro
Faculty Advisor: Queena Kim
Engineer: Rick Johnson

A transcript of this show can be found at the link below.

https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/radio/show/the-ripples-of-gaza/

The Ripples of Gaza

On this episode of The Foggy Economy we are taking a look at the newest cookie places on Telegraph, Insomnia and Crumbl cookies. Join host Hannah Kaminker as she uncovers the history of chain restaurants in Berkeley and talks to students about their preferences for a post study snack.

Sound credit: Slowtown, Doug Organ

Cookie Clash: Crumbl vs. Insomnia

A multi-episode series focused on the discussion of shared and intertwined experiences that various cultural first-generation students have undergone. This series highlights the impacts of their experiences that helped prove the continuation of developing and changing one's identities. This is an original series created by Roco Ramon Contreras.

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First-Generation Students' Perspectives

Vincent Medina, co-founder of the campus's 'ottoy initiative and an East Bay Ohlone cultural leader, says "xučyun ruwway" and explains its meaning.

Transcript:

xučyun ruwway (HOOCH-yoon ROO-why). xučyun ruwway (HOOCH-yoon ROO-why). xučyun is the name of a region in our East Bay Ohlone homeland that includes Berkeley and Albany. ruwway is the name for house or home in our Chochenyo language.

Read the story on Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/04/22/new-uc-berkeley-housing-complex-to-be-called-xucyun-ruwway-honoring-ohlone-people

xučyun ruwway: Vincent Medina on how to say it and what it means

Stories of change from KALX: cyberbullying moves online, California goes green, and an incarcerated artist starts a new life. Plus, you’ll hear about a team of Berkeley students helping shield nonprofits from cyberattacks and a research scientist exploring the impact of sonar on dolphins.

This is a recording of North Gate Radio that was broadcast live on KALX radio station, 90.7FM.

Anchors: Julia Haney and Aisha Natalia Wallace-Palomares
Newscaster: Simmerdeep Kaur
Reporters: Simmerdeep Kaur, Julia Haney, Aisha Natalia Wallace-Palomares, Kelechukwu Ogu, and Royvi Hernandez
Executive Producer: Simmerdeep Kaur
Producer: Hussain Khan
Director: Royvi Hernandez
Faculty Advisor: Queena Kim
Engineer: Rick Johnson

A Transcript for this episode is below. 

 https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/radio/show/wired-for-change/

Wired for change

Thanks to a collaboration with UC Berkeley's Disabled Students' Program, nearly indecipherable slave ship logs are being digitized so that Will Carter, who has dyslexia, can listen to and study them.

Read the story on news.berkeley.edu.

Listen to screen reader audio of a slave ship logbook entry

Noah Whiteman, an associate professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley, has always known how to survive. He moved to Sax-Zim, a rural area in Minnesota, when he was 11 and spent the next seven years learning to fish and hunt with his naturalist dad and hiding that he was gay. When a boy he'd been friends with started to bully him at every chance he got, Noah knew it was time to get out. 

See photos and read a Q&A with Noah Whiteman on Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/07/03/podcast-growing-up-gay-in-rural-minnesota
Photo by Jennifer Bollmer

34: A biology prof on growing up gay in rural Minnesota

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34: A biology prof on growing up gay in rural Minnesota

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