Community Culture: Finding Childlike Joy and Giving Back to the Community

It’s pretty stressful out there right now, so this week, our reporters went to find out what people do when they are not spiraling about the current state of affairs. They discovered that they collect cute little figurines in the form of ‘Blind Boxes’, they form new women’s elite rugby teams and they wrestle each other to the sound of jazz music at Oakland’s own Queer Fight Night. In Albany, there is a new mayor who is prioritizing healing on the local level and the non-profit, Meals on Wheels, is fighting to keep funding to provide much-needed food and human connection to seniors. This is a recording of North Gate Radio that was broadcast live on KALX radio station, 90.7FM. Aa full transcript for this episode can be found at https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/radio/show/community-culture/