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Q'ed Up

A weekly podcast that delivers the best Bay Area news stories from KQED News directly to your ears. There’s a lot of news happening, and it can be easy to tune out or miss what’s going on outside of W... Read more

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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

21mins

Ranked #2

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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

24mins

Ranked #3

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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

22mins

Ranked #4

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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

5mins

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Ranked #5

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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

39mins

Ranked #6

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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

25mins

Ranked #7

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‘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

8mins

Ranked #8

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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

17mins

Ranked #9

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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

6mins

Ranked #10

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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

11mins

Ranked #11

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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

5mins

Ranked #12

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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

14mins

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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

8mins

Ranked #14

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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

5mins

Ranked #15

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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

10mins

Ranked #16

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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

13mins

Ranked #17

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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

18mins

Ranked #18

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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

9mins

Ranked #19

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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

12mins

Ranked #20

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#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

10mins

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