KQED's Forum

KQED

Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’...

Episodes

Should San Francisco Create a Public Bank?

NPR’s Allison Aubrey on Reinventing Life After 50

Is California Ready for `The Big One?’

Rep. Jared Huffman Warns about the Power of Christian Nationalism in Congress

Artificial Stone Containing Silica is Killing Workers. Will California Ban It?

Dorothy Lazard on the Ambitious Mission of Libraries and the People that Make them Function

Why We Can’t Stop Reading Thrillers

Where Do You Go to Find Your People?

Why The Onion Took Over Infowars

Federal Sex Education Cuts and Abstinence-Only Policies Spark Debate Over Teen Health and Fertility

What’s Going on at the Department of Homeland Security?

How Prepared Are We for Cyberattacks on Cities, Water Systems?

The California Cities Beefing With Fast Food Drive-Thrus

The Alarming Rise of Colorectal Cancer in Young Adults

Annie Jacobsen’s Doomsday Biological War Scenario

Chang-rae Lee's Novel, 'A Tender Age' Is A Personal Story

Julian Shapiro-Barnum on ‘How to Grow Up Without Becoming a Grown-Up’

Oakland High Students on the Value of ‘Cross-Cultural Medicine’

Why Danny McBride Makes Fun of American Men

From Cash Checks to Shelter Mandates, The South Bay Is Betting Big on Homelessness Solutions