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Just over a year ago, Uncuffed producer Tommy “Shakur” Ross walked out of the gates of San Quentin State Prison in a new fitted suit. He had been incarcerated for almost 37 years. Since getting out, he’s been to Norway, bought a new car, and started teaching audio storytelling to other formerly incarcerated people. We’ll hear from Shakur and his students in this Uncuffed special.
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Eirinie Carson lives in Petaluma. Her book, The Dead Are Gods it is a love letter and a time capsule about a sudden death. It came out on April 11th, 2023.
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River towns in India are often temple towns and come with their own rituals. But Sandip Roy visits Jabalpur which comes with boatmen who talk in rhyme.

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One year after getting out of prison, an Uncuffed producer reflects on his freedom. We hear stories from formerly incarcerated voices. Plus, three local writers talk activism.
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We talk to a pop-punk artist about their creative process. Then, hear from students fighting for an anthropology library. And, meet a veteran caring for other vets at the end of their lives.
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UC Berkeley's Anthropology Library, the only anthropology library at a US public university, has been closed for about a year. Administration has faced opposition. Protesters have been occupying the space around the clock to keep it open as a circulating library.
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The Bay Area is home to many eclectic musicians. Sometimes their work can’t fit into one category. This is the case for Richmond singer Marcos Molinar. He's the lead vocalist of the pop-punk band 2morrows June.
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Jenny Qi is a Chinese-American poet living in San Francisco. Her book of poetry "Focal Point" was published in 2021 by STB.
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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao on Wednesday said that following the arrest Sunday of nine juveniles for nearly three dozen robberies, the city will provide resources and deliver consequences to youth committing crimes in Oakland.
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Disabled students across the University of California are facing long wait times and staffing shortages as they seek accommodations from their universities' disability services.
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After the Taliban takeover, thousands of desperate Afghans have taken an arduous and perilous journey through central America to reach the US.
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In the first quarter of this year, 268 people have died from accidental overdoses, according to the medical examiner. What explains San Francisco's worsening drug crisis?
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Today is Paper Airplane Day!
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How can movies, paintings, and poems help us address the climate crisis?
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A Tuesday report indicates that San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, or HSH, is actively working to close the shelter location known as "Site F," even though three weeks ago the board unanimously adopted a resolution urging the city to keep the site open.
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