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THE INTERSECTION
by David Boyer
Exploring our changing cities. One street corner at a time. This season we are going to Burning Man. From KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco.Find us online at www.theintersection.fm and on Twitter @IntersectionFM
Episodes
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SHARING STORIES: Meet Marie Harvey
Marie Harvey and her cat Mel were living in an unhealthy situation. Season of Sharing Fund helped them move into a new apartment thanks to rental deposit assistance. Marie was a pre-school before a series of back injuries left her in excuciating pain. She's making progress with her recovery in…
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SHARING STORIES: Meet Olivia Alatorre
She lost her stomach to cancer. Season of Sharing Fund made sure she could stay in her home. Olivia Alatorre worked hard to take care of her family for 40 years, but was diagnosed with stomach cancer soon after she retired. She couldn't eat, lost 125 pounds and her medical bills piled up as she...
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SHARING STORIES: Meet Troy at the SF-Marin Food Bank
Troy advocates for for people like himself, who struggle to put food on the table. As food insecurity grows, Season of Sharing Fund donates more than $2 million each year to food banks in the Bay Area, which pays for more than four million meals. Currently, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank has a...
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SHARING STORIES: Meet the Ramirez Family
Their daughter was born three months early. Season of Sharing Fund got them back on their feet. Jaime and Alejandra Ramirez's daughter Maria was born prematurely at 26 weeks and she had to stay in the hospital for over a year. During that time, Jaime's work dried up, the family depleted all of...
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Ready for Season 02 of SHARING STORIES?
Over the course of Season 02 of this series, we are going to introduce you to a few of the folks who've recently received one-time support from Season of Sharing Fund. If you want to hear more profiles of help and hope, or if you want to find out how you can help neighbors in crisis, go to...
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SHARING STORIES: What to do with a Magic Wand?
Over the course of this season of SHARING STORIES, you to got meet a few folks who've recently received one-time support from Season of Sharing Fund — and a couple who help make it happen. In this final episdoe, we end on a hopeful note. I asked many of the people who were profiled: what would…
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SHARING STORIES: Meet Michael Sharpe
Season of Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind — and dignity — to widower Michael Sharpe as he coped with the death of his wife. A couple of years after his wife Kimberly died, Michael Sharpe still keeps her clothes in the drawers and closets of his small Novato apartment. When Kimberly was first...
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SHARING STORIES: Meet Jose Guevara
Season of Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind to Jose Guevara while he focused on his daughter's health. Jose is the proud papa of five, including Patti, 14, Richard, 13, and Emiliee, 5. Patti Guevara's pain started two years ago — in her back and her knees. Doctors brushed off her father's...
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SHARING STORIES: Meet Kevin, Laurel and Susan
Did you know it costs upwards of $50,000 to help one person find stable housing after they lose their home? Meanwhile, it takes just a couple thousand to help someone deal with an unexpected financial emergency and stay in their home. That is where the Season of Sharing Fund comes in. Started in...
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SHARING STORIES: Meet Marlus Stewart
Season of Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind to retired nonprofit leader Marlus Stewart. Asking for help wasn't supposed to be part of Stewart's story. She was the helper. But in 2019, the unimaginable happened. Stewart's son, her only child, died of suicide at age 50. The grief was unbearable...
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SHARING STORIES: Meet Keoni Washington
Season of Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind to aspiring boxing champ Keoni Washington, who became parent and breadwinner to his brothers after their mother passed away early in the pandemic. We meet him at the East Bay apartment he shares with three of his brothers. Keoni received rental...
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Introducing SHARING STORIES: Profiles of Help + Hope
It's been awhile since I've dropped an episode, but I hope to revisit THE INTERSECTION in the New Year. In the meantime, I wanted to share a project I've been working on called SHARING STORIES. It's a series of portraits of people in the Bay Area who have received one-time emergency rental...
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Update: BURNING MAN confronts GLOBAL ISSUES
As the media portrays 2023's Burning Man as a hellscape, THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man revists the work of a group of Burners at the 2019 event. They felt that the overwhelmingly white community wasn't living up to its self-proclaimed principle of Radical Inclusion. Find out what has changed…
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S03 E09 - BLACK LIVES MATTER meets BLACK ROCK CITY
One of the principles guiding Burning Man is "Radical Inclusion." Basically, all are welcome. But, the temporary city that Burners build in Nevada's Black Rock Desert has never been racially diverse. Just 1% of Black Rock City self-identifies as Black. In this episode of THE INTERSECTION at…
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S03 E08 - PRESENT meets PAST at Burning Man
Burning Man is known for a lot of things: The art. The parties. The wooden man that's set on ablaze every year. But most Burners don't know much about the history of the land or its original inhabitants: the Pyramid Lake Paiutes In this episode of THE INTERSECTION, reporter Lucy Kang explores the...
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S03 E07 - REVELRY meets REVERENCE at Burning Man
Deep in the Black Rock Desert, way beyond the theme camps and the effigy that gives Burning Man its name, there's another elaborate wooden structure: it blends art and architecture, inside and out. And, arguably, it's the sacred and spiritual center of the event. Burners simply call it "The...
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S03 E06 - DESERT meets DEFAULT at Burning Man
Burning Man is known for its massive, Instagram-friendly art installations that are a stark contrast to the beige, desert backdrop. There are also many smaller projects, labors of love that can easily get lost. In this installment, THE INTERSECTION discovers one of them. To the naked eye, it…
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VIDEO / S03 E04 - WILL meets WAY at Burning Man
What's it like to be in a wheelchair or have mobility issues on the playa? Photojournalist Morgan Lieberman spent the week with Rat Lady and Mobility Camp. And if you haven't listened to the full episode, consider this a teaser. Donate: paypal.me/THEINTERSECTION // Hear more…
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S03 E05 - PARTY meets PRAYER at Burning Man
Burning Man is pagan at its core with a hell-ish aesthetic. It's understandable that many evangelical leaders condemn the event. But why do so many devout Christians attend each year? And what do they do once they're there? We meet the priests and apostles of Religous AF camp, who are on a…
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VIDEO / S03 E02 - ART meets MOTION at Burning Man
From our family to yours: a bonus video that adds visuals to the Episode 02 about a family of first-time art-car makers at Burning Man. Turns out, the ups and downs of Eileen the Pearl Peacock were photo-documented by one of the makers — Robin Damore — who is also a portrait artist. Enjoy! And if...
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S03 E04 - WILL meets WAY at Burning Man
Burning Man is guided by the so-called "10 Princples," one of which is radical inclusion. What does that mean for people with disabilities? Especially at an event that spans seven-square miles of cracked desert, and the most common forms of transit are biking and walking. We meet a Burner with...
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S03 E03 - CHAOS meets CONTROL at Burning Man
1996 was a turning point for Burning Man. It was also the last year co-founder John Law attended. Two people were run over in their tents. And another person died in a head-on collision right before the gates opened. The next year, organizers tried to tame the chaos with a bunch of new rules and…
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S03 E02 - ART meets MOTION at Burning Man
We begin where art meets motion. Burning Man hasn't officially started but there's plenty going on: Camps are being set up, art is being erected and a family of first-time art car makers is hustling to finish up their vehicle. But they can't actually drive it until it's approved by the DMV. As in...
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S03 E01 - PAVEMENT meets PLAYA at Burning Man
Host David Boyer has been going to Burning Man since 1996. This time, he's heading back with a mission: to capture the event before it's over or loses all connection to its origins. In this episode, we enter the temporary city and are welcomed by a man in a He-Man™ merkin — the first many of…
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PROLOGUE - S03 - BURNING MAN meets THE INTERSECTION
The city is temporary and the intersections are conceptual. We are heading to Burning Man — deep in the Nevada desert. Are you ready for a new season of THE INTERSECTION? NStarting October 28, we'll meet a desert filled with artists and activists, creatives and kooks. New episodes every Monday.…
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S02 E08 - The Future of Googleville
What will Googleville look like in 2030? And why did it take almost a decade for Mountain View's city council to decide? In the season finale, we explore how a city crafts a plan for the future while dealing with a housing shortage, a transportation crisis—and the demands of one of the powerful...
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S02 E07 - You Don't Fight Googzilla
When Google bought the land under the Sports Page Bar, the property tax skyrocked from less than $10K to more than $100K. And, technically, it's the bar owner's responsibity. What happens next just may shape the future of Googleville. In this episode, hear what it's like to negotiate with one of...
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S02 E06 - Is this Mountain View or Googleville?
Google accounts for 1 in 5 jobs and owns more land than anyone else. So, is Mountain View a new version of the old company town? In this episode we talk to locals, experts, journalists and officials about the rise of Google—and what would happen to the town if the company falls. Donate:...
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S02 - HOLIDAY SPECIAL 02 - Marlena's at Hayes & Octavia (2013)
We'll head back to Googleville in the New Year. But first, THE INTERSECTION has a gift for you. It's the story of a San Francisco drag bar known for two things: owner Marlena (a.k.a. Gary) and her Christmas display of 1400 Santas. That is, until the bar closed in 2013. We captured the final days…
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S02 - HOLIDAY SPECIAL 01 - A Look Back at 3rd & Jerrold in Bayview
This week, while you're buzzing all over the country, THE INTERSECTION is digging into our archive and presenting the story of a corner that originally aired on KALW in 2014. It's about 3rd & Jerrold in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. The corner is home to a Black Baptist church, a...
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S02 E05 - Homeless in Googleville
Home, Sweet...RV? More than 100 Mountain View residents are living in their vehicles. Meet three of them, who are parked just steps away from our corner: a Google engineer in a deluxe RV parked on campus, an older Google shuttle driver in a leaky trailer on the street, and a guy living in a van...
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S02 E04 - The Sea Also Rises...in Googleville
Global warming may have some hyper-local consequences at our intersection. Journalist Kevin Stark writes about the impact of climate change on the San Francisco Bay, especially low-lying areas in Silicon Valley that are being developed as land becomes scarcer and more valuable. He explains why...
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S02 E03 - Don't Call it a Trailer Park
It's Googleville's only housing. And it's a mobile home park built 50 years ago. Here, Googlers live alongside their blue-collar neighbors, new immigrants and seniors on fixed incomes. But when rent increases and a greedy owner threaten their quirky utopia, the residents of Santiago Villa Mobile...
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S02 - VIDEO - Tour THE INTERSECTION
We're trying something a little different this week: In addition to a new episode, we've created a video tour of the neighborhood around North Shoreline Boulevard and Space Park Way. And it's all done using Google Maps. Give a look and a listen. And let us know what you think on Twitter at...
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S02 E02 - Before it was Googleville
a.k.a. The twisted history of this corner. Before it was Silicon Valley, this area was known as the Valley of Heart's Delight. The farms eventually gave way to nondescript office parks. And on this corner, the office park will soon be replaced by Google's answer to Apple's spaceship headquarters....
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S02 E01- Getting to Googleville
We're spending this season at North Shoreline Boulevard and Space Park Way in the middle of Google's HQ in Mountain View. But first we have to get there. Over the course of this season, we'll break down how history, culture, money and politics come together—and apart—at this one dot on the map....
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PREVIEW - S02 - Welcome to Googleville
Googleville awaits. This season, we're heading to a corner in the middle of Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley: North Shoreline Blvd & Space Park Way. Starting November 7, we'll connect the dots between the past, present and future of this intersection. In the meantime, subscribe:...
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Haight & Ashbury (1967)
Many assume the Summer of Love was the pinnacle of the Hippie movement. But the reality is a lot more complicated. KALW and THE INTERSECTION's David Boyer dug into the archives of the 1960s and the memories of folks who were there. The goal: To separate the history and myths around the Summer of...
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S01 E06 - Coda - Magic Wand
"What would you do with a magic wand on this corner?" In the last of episode of the season, we ask folks passing through Golden Gate Ave and Leavenworth in SF's Tenderloin to imagine what can be... Want to hear more? Subscribe to the podcast at http://apple.co/1R6qNXL
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S01 E05 - Change
The G word. Gentrification. This week, we look at change on the corner of Golden Gate Avenue and Leavenworth Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin. And we hear why the Tenderloin will never be the next Mission. Want to hear more? Subscribe to the podcast at http://apple.co/1R6qNXL
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S01 - Sound Portrait - Carolynn
Meet Carolynn, a 69-year-old, who is just one of the more than 4000 senior citizens living in the Tenderloin. We're met a lot of amazing people at the corner of Golden Gate and Leavenworth. Before we release the last two episodes of the season, we want to introduce you to some more of them in…
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S01 E04 - Drugs
There's an open-air drug market on the corner. This episode of THE INTERSECTION looks at it from many different perspectives: the dealers, the police, the neighbors, the addicts. Find out why the dealers are there and how the community responds to the drug dealing on their doorsteps. It's another...
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S01 E03 - Labor
"It's the home of the American Dream...right here on the corner of Golden Gate and Leavenworth." The hospitality union has been here for 40 years. And in the poorest neighborhood in San Francisco, UNITE HERE remains a sign of hope and possibility for the Tenderloin's new immigrants and working...
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S01 E02 - Family
Most people don't think of kids when they think of San Francisco's Tenderloin. But there are more than 3000 children in the neighborhood. This episode of THE INTERSECTION explores what it's like to grow up here and to raise kids. You'll meet the Pirring family and their daughter Britney, who goes...
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S01 E01 - Home
Welcome to THE INTERSECTION and to the corner of Golden Gate Ave and Leavenworth St in the Tenderloin. While the neighborhood has the highest density of kids and seniors in San Francisco, it's associated more with its many homeless residents. We'll hear from a woman who sleeps in a tent—and...
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PREVIEW - S01 - The Tenderloin
Check out a 3-minute teaser for THE INTERSECTION — a new podcast from David Boyer and KALW. The podcast launches Thursday, January 14. But you can subscribe now on iTunes at http://apple.co/1R6qNXL
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Exploring our changing cities. One street corner at a time. This season we are going to Burning Man. From KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco.Find us online at www.theintersection.fm and on Twitter @IntersectionFM
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David Boyer
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