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KQED's Forum — 208 episodes

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Have You Navigated a ‘Quiet Divorce?’

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Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio on Why Feeling is the Key to Consciousness

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Orville Schell’s 30-Year Secret: Exposing China’s Secret Prisons

4

Economists Make the Case For and Against California’s Billionaire Tax

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Legendary Musician Joan Baez Joins Us in Studio

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25 Years Later, 9/11 is Shifting From a Memory Into a History Lesson

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After Fleeing Taliban, Four Women Rebuild in the U.S.

8

Claudia Rankine on the Friendships That Unsettle and Sustain Us

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What ‘Never Trumper’ Sarah Longwell Learned From Voters

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SF Renters Face Buyout Offers and Evictions as AI Boom Sends Prices Soaring

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Why Schools are Changing Their Tune on Screens

12

Trump Administration Scrambles to Expand Immigration Detention Centers

13

Forum From The Archives: Inside Silicon Valley's Race to Build a Home Robot

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Forum From the Archives: Are We in a New Gold Rush?

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Forum From The Archives: M. Gessen Reckons with Familial Crime and Punishment

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Concerts, Art, and Festivals Not to Miss in the Bay This Fall

17

Can Anyone Solve America’s $40 Trillion Debt Problem?

18

In Daniel Mason’s Comic Novel ‘Country People,’ California Collides with New England

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Rozina Ali Traces Islamophobia’s Long Shadow

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Can the Trump Administration Allow Private Development in Yosemite?

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Who Should Pay When Utilities Companies Start a Fire?

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What Does Bay Area Democratic Socialism Look Like?

23

What’s Driving the Anti-Sunscreen Movement?

24

The Long Reach of the “Marinaissance”

25

The Iran War at Six Months: Has the U.S. Already Lost?

26

What Are the Objects That Define the Bay Area?

27

How Will Meta’s Landmark Settlement Change Social Media?

28

Trump Trade War with Canada Pits the U.S. Against a Once-Staunch Ally

29

Remembering Dolly Parton

30

Historian Jill Lepore Warns Against Letting Robots Take Over Our Democracy

31

The Hidden Psychology Behind Procrastination

32

KQED Investigates Botched Clipper 2.0 Launch

33

Should You Rethink How Much You’re Drinking?

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Why California is Rethinking its Nuclear Exit

35

Are Health Trackers Making Us Obsessed?

36

Nina LaCour Weaves an Intimate Story of the Great Migration to California in Novel 'Meet Me in the Garden'

37

The USS Abraham Lincoln and the Toll of the Iran War

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ICE Airport Arrests Attract Legal Outcry

39

NPR’s Allison Aubrey on Reinventing Life After 50

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Should San Francisco Create a Public Bank?

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Is California Ready for `The Big One?’

42

Rep. Jared Huffman Warns about the Power of Christian Nationalism in Congress

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Artificial Stone Containing Silica is Killing Workers. Will California Ban It?

44

Dorothy Lazard on the Ambitious Mission of Libraries and the People that Make them Function

45

Why We Can’t Stop Reading Thrillers

46

Where Do You Go to Find Your People?

47

Why The Onion Took Over Infowars

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Federal Sex Education Cuts and Abstinence-Only Policies Spark Debate Over Teen Health and Fertility

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What’s Going on at the Department of Homeland Security?

50

How Prepared Are We for Cyberattacks on Cities, Water Systems?

51

The California Cities Beefing With Fast Food Drive-Thrus

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The Alarming Rise of Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults

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Annie Jacobsen’s Doomsday Biological War Scenario

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Chang-rae Lee's Novel, 'A Tender Age' Is A Personal Story

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Julian Shapiro-Barnum on ‘How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up’

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Oakland High Students on the Value of ‘Cross-Cultural Medicine’

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Why Danny McBride Makes Fun of American Men

58

From Cash Checks to Shelter Mandates, The South Bay Is Betting Big on Homelessness Solutions

59

How Tariffs, Wildfire and Climate Change Threaten California Wine

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Flipping the Switch: What Will it Take for California to Meet Its 100% Green Energy Goal?

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‘Skill Nostalgia’ and the Appeal of Craftsmanship

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Trump Administration Backs Off Regulating Environmental Toxins Despite MAHA Demands

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Why Don’t Americans Trust the News?

64

Former Google Employee Recounts Path From Enchantment to Disillusionment in ‘Don’t Be Evil’

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More California Kids Are Getting Hurt on E-Bikes, Study Finds

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What’s on Your Summer Reading List?

67

Global Dissidents Give Lessons In Courage

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‘American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez’ Documentary Gives A Chicano Icon His Due

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The Challenges and Dangers Security Guards Face

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‘Backrooms’ Director Kane Parsons on Why San Jose is a Rich Setting for Horror

71

Inside America's Largest ICE Camp

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Senator Alex Padilla on Confronting Presidential Corruption and ICE

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Who Pays for San Francisco?

74

Have We Reached the End of Reading?

75

Investigation Shows SFPD Closes Rape Cases at Half the National Rate

76

Inside Silicon Valley's Race to Build a Home Robot

77

A Woman Finds Healing and Beauty by Walking Every Street in Santa Cruz County

78

Why Everyone Should Take a Sabbatical

79

Historian Stephanie Coontz on the Myth of Traditional Marriage

80

How CDC Cuts Have Slowed the Cyclospora Response

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With FEMA Cuts, Is There a New Disaster Relief Economy?

82

Iran Conflict Raises Prospect of Forever War

83

How the U.S. Auto Industry Is Losing the EV Race

84

Novelist Karen Tei Yamashita on the Relevance of Japanese Internment Today

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Drones, Plate Readers, and AI Facial Recognition: The Surveillance Technology Watching the Bay Area

86

The Battle for the Future of Burning Man

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A Historian Grapples with ‘How We Disappear’ After We Die

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Should the UCs Reinstate the SAT?

89

Peptides: Miracle Molecules or Marketing Hype?

90

Why California Wants to Block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

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What Does the Federal Housing Bill Mean for the Bay Area?

92

The Fallout From The Supreme Court’s TPS Ruling

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California Has Extreme Income Inequality. Why Do We Treat It As Normal?

94

John Green and Daniel Alarcón Break Down the 2026 World Cup

95

The Ukraine War Is in Its Fifth Year. Is Peace Possible?

96

Translating ‘The Odyssey’ for a Modern Audience

97

Mildred Howard on Making Art of and for the Bay Area

98

Is the Left Having a Tea Party Moment?

99

Ian Bogost on Finding Gratification in ‘The Small Stuff’

100

Our Food System Depends on Domesticated Bees. Can They Survive Industrial Agriculture?

101

Blockbuster Supreme Court Term Delivers for Trump on Immigration, Presidential Power

102

Trump Takes Aim at the California Coastal Commission

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Stacey Abrams on How to Restore American Democracy

104

Harsh Medicine: Fixing Science’s Gender Gap

105

What’s a Voicemail You’ll Never Delete?

106

Forum from the Archives: Ben Rhodes on the Speeches That Shaped America

107

Forum from the Archives: La Doña Presents Her New Album, 'Corrientes'

108

Forum from the Archives: California ER Doctors Reflect on ‘The Pitt’ Effect

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Forum from the Archives: Stage Diving into Sonoma County’s Early Punk Scene

110

Forum from the Archives: Michael Pollan Explores Labyrinth of Consciousness in 'A World Appears'

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Forum from the Archives: Meklit Hadero Reimagines Ethiopian Folk Songs

112

Forum from the Archives: Have We Learned How to Talk About GLP1s?

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Forum from the Archives: Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus on How She Makes Her Signature Sounds

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Forum from the Archives: Ranchers vs. Wolves: Navigating a Controversial Comeback

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Forum from the Archives: Mariachi San Jose Performs Live in Studio

116

Why Pete Hegseth is Blocking Black Officer Promotions

117

'Toy Story 5' Goes to Infinity and Beyond as Its Toys Confront Technology

118

Four's a Crowd: Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton on 'The Invite'

119

As the U.S. Nears 250 Years, What Was Happening in the Bay Area?

120

America’s Complicated History at 250

121

SF Giants Pride Night Fallout Amplifies

122

Looking to Avoid Yosemite Crowds? Check Out These Alternate Hikes, Campsites and Destinations

123

U.S. Lifts Oil Sanctions on Iran as Fragile Peace Deal Terms Negotiated

124

Katherine Dunn on ‘How GPS Shaped the Modern World’

125

Bay Area Communities Resist Data Center Boom

126

Forum From The Archives: Ibram X. Kendi Chronicles Impact and Spread of 'Great Replacement Theory'

127

Forum from the Archives: Poet Kevin Young Explores History and Loss in His Newest Collection, "Night Watch"

128

A 900-Mile Swim Along California’s Coast

129

Jonathan Weber’s 'City on the Edge' Chronicles Decades-Long Battles Over Tech, Politics and the Soul of San Francisco

130

Climate Change is Unleashing New and Deadly Microbes

131

Cigarettes Are Cool Again and Health Advocates are Worried

132

In a World Run by Algorithms, Hollywood Fights for Its Soul

133

In “I Love Boosters,” it’s Boots Riley’s World

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Why Religion is Having a Moment

135

Ben Lerner Explores Fiction and Tech in Novel ‘Transcription'

136

Deb Haaland on the Future of Native Leadership

137

Olé, Olé, Olé! Expat Communities Celebrate World Cup Teams Playing in the Bay Area

138

What Our Faces Reveal About Us

139

What AI's Huge IPOs Will Mean for Housing Affordability in the Bay Area

140

Ben Rhodes on the Speeches That Shaped America

141

Trump Administration Shovels $75 million into Controversial Oakland Coal Terminal

142

Can College Survive Artificial Intelligence?

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Pulitzer Prize Winner Andrew Sean Greer on His Latest Novel ‘Villa Coco’

144

‘Liar's Kingdom:’ Andrew Weissmann on Democracy and Deception

145

Zinzi Clemmons on the Complicated Notion of ‘Freedom’

146

Waymo’s Growing Pains

147

A History of LGBTQ Music from 1969-2000

148

What Have We Learned From 10 Years of Medical Aid in Dying in CA?

149

Dave Eggers Centers Artists in New Novel ‘Contrapposto’ and His Initiative to Preserve the Bay’s Art Scene

150

Unpacking the 2026 California Primary

151

911 ... Please Hold

152

Why Pope Leo Wants to ‘Disarm’ A.I.

153

High School Grads on Navigating a Changing World

154

The Trump Administration Turns Its Sights On Legal Immigrants

155

What the Massive Medicaid Cuts Mean for Your Health Care

156

The Stanford Pipeline That Turns College Students Into Silicon Valley Elites

157

Are We in a New Gold Rush?

158

What the Colorado River Drought Means for California

159

After a Year as Oakland's Mayor, Barbara Lee Looks to 'Finish the Job'

160

What Communities Lose When America Abandons the 'Common Good'

161

California's Primary is June 2. Do You Know What's on Your Ballot?

162

Ahead of America’s 250th, a ‘Declaration of Interdependence'

163

Facing Headwinds, Bay Area Museums Adapt

164

Forum from the Archives: What Does It Take to Be a ‘Good Woman’?

165

Forum From The Archives: When The World Expects Hate, A Palestinian and An Israeli Choose Peace

166

Inside Trump's Pardon Economy

167

This Year’s College Grads Have A Tricky Road Ahead

168

Still Undecided in California Governor's Primary? Here's Where the Race Stands

169

Bay Area Director Yoav Potash on the Enduring Weight of the Holocaust in Poland

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How San Diego is Responding After Mosque Shooting

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DACA’s Future Uncertain as Delays Disrupt Lives, Raise Fears of Deportation

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What Hantavirus Teaches Us About the State of Outbreak Response

173

The Child of Revolutionaries, Running From the FBI

174

A Family Divided By Cuba’s Revolution

175

Can the Federal Reserve Retain Its Independence in the Trump Era?

176

How to Get Better at Accepting – Even Appreciating – Uncertainty

177

La Doña Presents Her New Album, 'Corrientes' Live in Studio

178

A 'Monster' El Niño Is Brewing in the Pacific

179

How Plastic Took Over the World – And How Big Oil is Betting on It

180

The Hidden World of Forced Arbitration

181

Republicans Are Winning the Redistricting War

182

The `Blood Populism’ Driving Political Violence in America

183

Project Homekey Is CA’s Ambitious Plan to House Homeless People. Is it Working?

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U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Tested as Tensions Rise in Persian Gulf

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Mac Barnett on How Kids Can Teach Us to Be Better Readers

186

How Did You Find Your Life’s Work?

187

Tracy Clark-Flory’s “My Mother’s Daughter” Tells the Story of Finding Her Long-Lost Sister

188

We're Living Online. Our Bodies Are Paying the Price

189

Low-Income Adults with Disabilities Stand to Lose SSI Benefits Under Proposed Trump Administration Rule

190

Could a ‘Plastic Detox’ Help With Health and Fertility?

191

What Did Mapping The Genome Get Us?

192

When Will Alternative Meats Go Mainstream?

193

Mary Cain Was A Running Prodigy, Until Abuse Derailed Her Career

194

What Animal Caregiving Reveals About Us

195

Court Battle Over Abortion Access Returns to Center Stage

196

It’s Not Personal: When Rejection Gets Political

197

Stage Diving into Sonoma County’s Early Punk Scene

198

Scammers Pretended To Be Forum's Mina Kim. Here's Why

199

Trump’s War in Iran Nears Critical Deadline

200

Roundup: The Controversial Weedkiller Sprayed Throughout California Forests

201

When Your Devices Fritz And Your Digital Life Is Lost. What Next?

202

Have We Learned How to Talk About GLP1s?

203

How ‘Muskism’ is Reshaping America

204

Forum from the Archives: Vallejo’s Breakout Star LaRussell Performs In Studio

205

President Biden Withdraws from Presidential Race, Endorses Kamala Harris

206

The Year in Movies

207

Forum from the Archives: U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on Elevating and Promoting Poetry When America Needs Healing

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Forum From the Archives: Chef Bryant Terry Curates a Feast of Food and Self-Discovery in ‘Black Food’