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Civic is a news podcast hosted by San Francisco Public Press & KSFP, Mel Baker. It has 579 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

Civic is the flagship audio program from the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit news institution, covering important local issues and the unique experiences of living and working in San Francisco. The radio program airs Tuesdays and Thursdays on KSFP -LP 102.5 FM in San Francisco.

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Civic Presents - Rival San Francisco Chinatown Clubs Hold Congressional Candidate Forum

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Civic Special - Crossing State Lines for Abortion Access

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Who Decides? Trans Youth, Federal Power and the Battle Over Care

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Civic Special - Local experts illuminate candidate races and expected measures on city ballots in June and November

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Civic Special - Formerly Incarcerated Performers Headline Berkeley Rep’s Mainstage

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A Return to Harm? LGBTQ Youth Conversion Therapy Supreme Court Considers Upending Protections

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Civic Special - San Francisco “Family Zoning” Housing Plan

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Broke-Ass Stuart, Pioneer Offline-Online Influencer, Looks Back at 20 Years of Love, Death and Dive Bars.

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Why Are So Many Older Adults Unhoused, and What Can You Do About It?

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How Federal Cuts Threaten Research and Lives

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What Medicaid Cuts Mean for San Francisco

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Social Security Under Strain

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The Silent Killer — Chronic Hepatitis B Threatens the Health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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Sidelined After Service: What Federal Cuts Mean for Veterans

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How Do We Respond to Attacks on Public Media, DEI and Democracy?

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Progress or Political Theater? Factions Disagree on How to Clean Up San Francisco Street Conditions

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Journalists Are Fighting Back Against Investors Dismantling Newspapers Around the Country

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Thousands Across Bay Area Are Mobilizing Against Mass Deportation

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RE-RELEASE: Ukrainians in SF Are Anxious and Angry

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A New Aggressive Anti-Abortion Group Was Founded in San Francisco

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Thank you for listening 2024

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LGBTQ Latin Americans Offer Safety From Hostile Substance Use Recovery Groups

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Why the Navy Conducted Radiation Experiments on Humans - Exposed episode 2

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A Community of Color Contends With the Navy’s Toxic Legacy - Exposed episode 1

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Special Civic episodes coming Monday

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Latinx in SF Use Tech for Post-COVID Trauma Recovery

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Should SF’s Great Highway Be a Park or a Roadway?

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Proposition G: Making Housing Truly Affordable for Seniors in San Francisco

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Bonus: San Francisco Propositions November 2024

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Commission Impossible: San Francisco Governance on the Ballot

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Overdose Prevention Centers Save Lives, But Is SF Listening?

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Fighting Secrecy in Local Government

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Is San Francisco a Sanctuary When You Don’t Have Housing?

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Unheard: The Plight of Maya Struggling with Addiction in SF

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Forgetting the Lessons and Losses of Covid

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Group Helps Asian American Communities Feel Safe

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Civic Roundtable: Three San Francisco Reporters Talk About Covering Drug Use and Overdoses

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What You Might Find on Your San Francisco Ballot: Party County Central Committees

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Proposition F: Tying Cash Welfare to Drug Screening

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Making Sense of Voting on Judges in San Francisco

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FIXED: The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6

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The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6

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The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5

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The War on Drugs Revisited: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 4

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Criminalizing Drug Use: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 3

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How Drug Addiction and Homelessness Connect: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2

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The Origins of Rampant Opioid Addiction: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 1

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Update: Maya and Sebastian

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Why Black San Franciscans Are Fighting for Reparations

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Report Card: SF and Winter Storms

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