All Episodes
The Finest — 41 episodes
Rugs, rituals and resilience: How artists are expanding the story of Iran beyond conflict
How streaming changed what we hear — and what musicians earn (May 2025)
Every object tells a story: The unseen craft of theatrical props
Dance or die — and the fight to be more than a headline
Scientists are still mapping plants. How the public is helping — with an app
The matcha boom: How a centuries-old tradition became a global craze
Unboxing hidden music history: Lou Curtiss' Whimsical Collection and vinyl's survival
Bonus: One of Their Own, a San Diego officer's death and the questions left behind
Topeka Clementine performs live at KPBS and talks cooking, art, viral moments and music as action
The art, the joy, the keeper: The hidden work behind Niki de Saint Phalle's beloved mosaic sculptures
From Seafood City to stardom: How Jessica Sanchez returned to 'America's Got Talent' 20 years later
'Made in a Home Kitchen': Raíz Chocolate turns Mexican tradition into a microenterprise
Risograph revival: How a forgotten printer built a global DIY art movement
The Finest: New season, new stories
A special episode where a superfan takes our survey — plus your chance to win a Finest T-shirt
The nation's largest book ban: Inside the fight to read in America's prisons
The lost composer: Alice Barnett and the paradox of fame and memory
The science of the supernatural: Psychics, cults and why we believe
Big guitars, bigger feelings: Slacker's San Diego story of growing pains and friendship
By 25, one San Diegan visited every country on Earth — here's what he found
Bonus: Soup dumplings, hidden trails, enemies-to-lovers and a viral clip — reflections from The Finest
More than a menu: How Mabel's Gone Fishing became a San Diego gathering place
From TV auctions to social media bidding: How the live shopping thrill lives on
Myth, post-truth and empathetic villains – from an ancient fantasy world to Kellyanne Conway: Live at the San Diego Book Festival
The story of Lucky Wong and his legendary one-man diner in San Diego
Blink-182, lucky breaks and the power of place
Romantasy rising: How a dismissed book genre became a publishing powerhouse
Bonus: Nortec Collective at 25 — a Port of Entry story
3 friends return to graffiti decades after a police sting shattered their world
A Kumeyaay comic book rewrites California's history and inspires a hopeful future
Chasing 100 birds in 1 day in America's Birdiest County: Inside the birding boom
Tiny Desk local listening party: The Neighborhood Kids and Aleah Discavage
Worn, painted, reimagined: The power and complexity of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Bonus: The team behind The Finest talks arts and culture
San Diego's last alt-weekly stops the presses, but it's not giving up yet
When better sleep silences a painter's muse — now what?
Spotify is changing, so one indie artist is advocating for fairness in a stream-heavy world
San Diego's poets laureate on being a 'government artist' and knocking poetry off its pedestal
Making it in music: How do you create a local music scene in a 'superstar economy'?
PARU Tea: How the viral matcha spot is transforming tea culture with love and purpose
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