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Zephyra and the Whisper, by Jasmin BauomyProduced for Audio Flux Circuit 02: Listening WithZephyra, the jinn of the wind, collects all thoughts and sounds she finds. Then, she comes across a whisper that surprises her. Links:Read about Circuit 02:…

Breath, by Bianca Giaever. Produced for Audio Flux Circuit 02: Listening With. Bianca is driven crazy by the sound of her boyfriend breathing.

Here comes Season 2, featuring fluxworks from Circuit 02: Listening With! Big thanks to our Season 2 lead sponsor Hindenburg.

In our final episode of season one, Circuit 01 creative partner, Wendy MacNaughton, shares a historical adventure (true story!), and leads a fantastical 3-minute drawing exercise during the episode. Grab your favorite marker and get ready… to draw.…

Promo with teaser clips for Audio Flux premier at Tribeca (podcast pre-roll)

A new documentary from filmmaker Jon Else examines the harsh realities for women and people of color during California’s famed Gold Rush through the lens of an opera centering on the only woman to be lynched in state history.

Field reporting & producing scenes and interviews at an event on behalf of journalist Sonia Paul for a podcast on Hindu caste in America.

In the wilderness of Mineral King, a glacial valley in Sequoia National Park, lie untold stories of women miners who thwarted Gold Rush-era laws and voted in local elections decades before women could vote for U.S. president.

I produced this story for KQED's The California Report Magazine radio show. It's the final segment in this show: https://www.kqed.org/news/12000884/harpist-destiny-muhammad-the-loveable-yet-annoying-bishop-pine-visiting-one-of-the-last-ca-grizzlies…

Author Satsuki Ina talks about her new book and discusses her parents' love story during the incarceration of Japanese Americans and her work as a trauma therapist.

Hana Vu is ready to bring her songs about grief and getting older to a hometown crowd in Los Angeles.

To mark Father's Day, we asked listeners to call in and share the sounds that remind them of their fathers and grandfathers.

'You've got to learn the history — and if you really want to get down into the details, it'll really make your bones sort of chill,’ Noah Williams said, talking about the history of water rights in the Owens Valley.

Beth Rodden is known for her historic rock climbing career in Yosemite and around the world, but lesser known is her battle with PTSD, an eating disorder and crippling anxiety. She chronicles it all in her new memoir.

The film details the fight between a longstanding black neighborhood and Palm Springs to remove a row of trees that has effectively hidden the community from view.

Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. When Oscar season rolls around, everyone’s trying to catch up on the blockbuster films. But there’s rarely buzz about the short films, especially

Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast. In many California cities, freeways and sprawl are just a fact of life. They’re baked into the design of much of the state. But how did we get

California had the driest January through March on record. This contributed to higher water use in the early part of 2022 compared to this time two years ago. But California water users have done a good job correcting course, especially here in the

Hundreds of Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers – who represent the support staff at two dozen SRO hotels – are striking today to press demands for a new contract and better working conditions.

The City of Oakland is in the midst of a planned cleanup at the Wood Street homeless encampment, located between West Grand and 26th Street in West Oakland.