Ranked #1
2. American Suburb: Friday Night Lights
2. American Suburb: Friday Night Lights
Najee Harris is the country’s No. 1 high school football recruit. Principal Louie Rocha and the Antioch High School foot... Read more
8 Feb 2017
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21mins
Ranked #2
3. American Suburb: How to Survive an Exodus
3. American Suburb: How to Survive an Exodus
When African-Americans priced out of Bay Area cities like San Francisco, Fremont and Oakland move to suburban Antioch lo... Read more
15 Feb 2017
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24mins
Ranked #3
4. American Suburb: Make Great America Again
4. American Suburb: Make Great America Again
A small group of Muslim families were meeting out of garages before they purchased an old dentist office for their new m... Read more
22 Feb 2017
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22mins
Ranked #4
One School District, More Than 3,300 Homeless Students
One School District, More Than 3,300 Homeless Students
We talk a lot about the Bay Area’s housing and homelessness crises. But it might be even worse on the Central Coast, whi... Read more
13 Jan 2019
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5mins
Ranked #5
6. American Suburb: Reasonable Fear
6. American Suburb: Reasonable Fear
More African Americans are now living in suburbs than anywhere else. And some of the country’s most recent controversial... Read more
9 Mar 2017
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39mins
Ranked #6
Is This Deal Humane?
Is This Deal Humane?
In California, local jails get paid millions to house immigrants facing deportation. In some poor rural counties, it’s a... Read more
8 Aug 2017
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25mins
Ranked #7
‘These Are Nice Ghosts’: A California Ghost Story
‘These Are Nice Ghosts’: A California Ghost Story
In honor of Halloween, a ghost story. But here’s the twist: the ghosts that haunt the Point Sur Lighthouse don’t do it b... Read more
28 Oct 2018
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8mins
Ranked #8
7. American Suburb: The Field
7. American Suburb: The Field
Antioch residents are finding it hard to ignore the increasing number of destitute people living on the streets. Last ye... Read more
15 Mar 2017
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17mins
Ranked #9
Will Self-Driving Cars Put Us in Transportation Heaven or Hell?
Will Self-Driving Cars Put Us in Transportation Heaven or Hell?
Getting around in the Bay Area is a pain in the butt, especially for marginalized groups like those with low incomes, pe... Read more
3 Feb 2019
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6mins
Ranked #10
Ballet Star Miko Fogarty Moves from the Stage to the Science Lab
Ballet Star Miko Fogarty Moves from the Stage to the Science Lab
Miko Fogarty was a rising star in the ballet world. At 18, she left Northern California for the United Kingdom, where sh... Read more
7 Oct 2018
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11mins
Ranked #11
What Bugs Should You Eat if You’re Stranded in the Wilderness?
What Bugs Should You Eat if You’re Stranded in the Wilderness?
One of KQED reporter Hope McKenney’s greatest fears is eating bugs. Or should I say, it was eating bugs. She’s a seasone... Read more
30 Dec 2018
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5mins
Ranked #12
Looking for Family 40 Years After Jonestown, Pt. 1
Looking for Family 40 Years After Jonestown, Pt. 1
40 years ago this month, more than 900 people—mostly from the Bay Area—died in Jonestown, a remote settlement in the Sou... Read more
11 Nov 2018
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14mins
Ranked #13
Beef Is Much More Than ‘What’s for Dinner’ at This Siskiyou County Ranch
Beef Is Much More Than ‘What’s for Dinner’ at This Siskiyou County Ranch
WARNING: This episode contains scenes in a slaughterhouse and a description of a cow being broken down. Think a cow is o... Read more
20 Jan 2019
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8mins
Ranked #14
A Toast to Ghosts and a Good Glass of Wine
A Toast to Ghosts and a Good Glass of Wine
Sometimes the best way to get to know an artist is to explore the places that inspire them. For local theater artist Lis... Read more
27 Jan 2019
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5mins
Ranked #15
A Sampler Plate of Local Housing Measures
A Sampler Plate of Local Housing Measures
Election is just two days away and Q’ed Up is zooming in on important local measures across the Bay Area. Q’ed Up host R... Read more
3 Nov 2018
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10mins
Ranked #16
Looking for Family 40 Years After Jonestown, Pt. 2
Looking for Family 40 Years After Jonestown, Pt. 2
40 years today, more than 900 people—mostly from the Bay Area—died in Jonestown, a remote settlement in the South Americ... Read more
18 Nov 2018
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13mins
Ranked #17
The Push In Solution
The Push In Solution
When Michael Essien became an administrator at Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Middle School in San Francisco he saw ri... Read more
1 Sep 2017
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18mins
Ranked #18
A Super Commuter and a Pro Dog Walker: Stories From the Gig Economy
A Super Commuter and a Pro Dog Walker: Stories From the Gig Economy
Stay caught up with the best of KQED’s reporting each week by subscribing to the Q’ed Up podcast. The “gig economy” is c... Read more
2 Dec 2018
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9mins
Ranked #19
Death at City Hall: 40 Years After Harvey Milk and George Moscone
Death at City Hall: 40 Years After Harvey Milk and George Moscone
Stay caught up with the best of KQED’s reporting each week by subscribing to the Q’ed Up podcast. On Nov. 27, 1978, San ... Read more
25 Nov 2018
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12mins
Ranked #20
#RootedInOakland: A History of Baseball in the Town
#RootedInOakland: A History of Baseball in the Town
With the announcement of plans for a shiny, new waterfront ballpark, the future of the Oakland A’s in Oakland is as brig... Read more
23 Dec 2018
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10mins