Ranked #1
Katherine Eban on the "Bottle of Lies" in our Pill Cabinets
Katherine Eban on the "Bottle of Lies" in our Pill Cabinets
When you’re getting ready to buy most anything -- from a car to a new phone -- you’re likely to think long and hard abou... Read more
8 Jun 2019
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27mins
Ranked #2
Looking Back on a Decade of Bay Area News
Looking Back on a Decade of Bay Area News
In just a few short days we’re going to reach the close of another decade, and here in the Bay Area an awful lot has hap... Read more
27 Dec 2019
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27mins
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Ranked #3
Why Are so Many Students Dropping out of College?
Why Are so Many Students Dropping out of College?
That acceptance letter into college, it's supposed to be a passport to the American dream, but for too many students it’... Read more
25 Oct 2019
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27mins
Ranked #4
Emily Bazelon Probes the Roots of Mass Incarceration in "Charged"
Emily Bazelon Probes the Roots of Mass Incarceration in "Charged"
How just is the criminal justice system? With U.S. crime rates continuing a decades-long decline but incarceration rates... Read more
10 May 2019
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31mins
Ranked #5
Liberal Late Night, Conservative Talks Shows and America's Divided Politics
Liberal Late Night, Conservative Talks Shows and America's Divided Politics
We hear a lot about the liberal and conservative media echo chambers, and it’s true: If you spend a day soaking up the n... Read more
2 Aug 2019
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31mins
Ranked #6
What Does the Coronavirus Mean for the Bay Area?
What Does the Coronavirus Mean for the Bay Area?
Since the coronavirus first began spreading through Wuhan, China, late last year, we’ve been bombarded with nonstop repo... Read more
15 Feb 2020
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27mins
Ranked #7
Protecting Our Hearing in a Deafening World
Protecting Our Hearing in a Deafening World
The screech of the BART train, the din of restaurant conversations, the rumble pop of rock concerts: We take all this no... Read more
29 Nov 2019
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Ranked #8
Reviving America's Civic Culture with Citizen University
Reviving America's Civic Culture with Citizen University
In these fractured and fractious times it can sometimes be difficult to see past the political chasms that divide us; ha... Read more
5 Jul 2019
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27mins
Ranked #9
50 Years after Apollo Landing, Moon Mysteries Linger
50 Years after Apollo Landing, Moon Mysteries Linger
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, the first time humankind stepped foot on the moon. Eve... Read more
20 Jul 2019
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27mins
Ranked #10
Does the Bay Area Have Too Many Tech Jobs?
Does the Bay Area Have Too Many Tech Jobs?
Here in the Bay Area it’s boom times for the tech sector. In fact, much of the region has added tens of thousands of tec... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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27mins
Ranked #11
Vivian Ho Chronicles “America’s Lost Street Kids”
Vivian Ho Chronicles “America’s Lost Street Kids”
The double murder of Audrey Carey and Steve Carter captivated the Bay Area back in 2015 after it was found that the crim... Read more
30 Aug 2019
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30mins
Ranked #12
Bay Area Daily Life Taking Heavy Plastic Toll on Bay Waters: Study
Bay Area Daily Life Taking Heavy Plastic Toll on Bay Waters: Study
There’s more than just water and fish out there in the San Francisco Bay, and a new study shows it’s not all pretty. A t... Read more
12 Oct 2019
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28mins
Ranked #13
30 Years after Disaster, Reflecting on Loma Prieta
30 Years after Disaster, Reflecting on Loma Prieta
To mark the 30-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake KCBS Radio hosted an hour-long broadcast of retrospective ... Read more
19 Oct 2019
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Ranked #14
Broken Systems: When Homelessness and Criminal Justice Collide
Broken Systems: When Homelessness and Criminal Justice Collide
What happens when the criminal justice system and the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis collide? It’s a question that KCBS ... Read more
13 Dec 2019
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Ranked #15
When Holiday Shopping Goes Digital, What Gets Left Behind?
When Holiday Shopping Goes Digital, What Gets Left Behind?
We’re in the thick of the holiday shopping season, and this year shoppers are spending in record numbers. But more and m... Read more
7 Dec 2019
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Ranked #16
The Car-Free Revolution Comes to Market Street
The Car-Free Revolution Comes to Market Street
It was a big week for one of San Francisco’s busiest streets: On Wednesday much of Market Street -- a thoroughfare cutti... Read more
1 Feb 2020
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31mins
Ranked #17
Power Shutoffs, Evacuations the New Normal? Maybe.
Power Shutoffs, Evacuations the New Normal? Maybe.
It’s been quite a week and a half for the Bay Area: It began with strong, dangerous winds storms; those led to massive p... Read more
2 Nov 2019
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31mins
Ranked #18
Defending Press Freedoms in the Twitter Age
Defending Press Freedoms in the Twitter Age
Journalism is one of those weird professions that technically anyone can just go out and do: Especially in the age of tw... Read more
31 May 2019
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27mins
Ranked #19
Who Has the Power over War?
Who Has the Power over War?
The framers put it right there in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution: Congress is the branch of government that ha... Read more
26 Jul 2019
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27mins
Ranked #20
Jane Ran. Jane Won. Now, What's Next?
Jane Ran. Jane Won. Now, What's Next?
During the 2018 midterms women ran in record numbers then won in record numbers, securing more than 100 seats in Congres... Read more
28 Sep 2019
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27mins