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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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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

Canadian author Margaret Atwood doesn't like being called a soothsayer. "Anyone who says they can predict the future is... not telling the truth," she says. 

But like it or not, it's a label she's been given since the revival of her 33-year-old dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" was made into a popular Hulu TV series that aired just months after the election of Donald Trump as president. The story is set in near-future New England in a totalitarian and theocratic state that has overthrown the U.S. government. Because of low reproduction rates, certain fertile women are forced to become Handmaids to bear children for elite couples.

As part of On the Same Page, a program of UC Berkeley's College of Letter and Science, all 8,800 incoming students got a copy of the novel to read over the summer, so when they arrived on campus, they would have something in common to talk about — socially, in classes and at events designed to explore the book's themes.

Berkeley News sat down with Margaret Atwood for a few minutes before her appearance on campus last week to talk about her book's recent revival and how — in her view, and that of many of the book's fans — the Trump presidency is bringing the U.S. a step closer to becoming her fictional Republic of Gilead.

See photos and read the transcript on Berkeley News: https://news.berkeley.edu/2018/08/28/podcast-margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-on-the-same-page
Photo by Peg Skorpinski

38: Margaret Atwood: 'Things can change a lot faster than you think'

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38: Margaret Atwood: 'Things can change a lot faster than you think'

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