Hi, I'm Jen Cheyenne, Director of Podcasts at KQED Public Media, where this podcast gets made.

You may have heard that Congress recently voted to eliminate funding to NPR, PBS, and all their

member stations, which includes KQED.

For us specifically, this means a loss of $8 million per year for at least the next two

years. This is a huge setback. But it's not the end for public media or KQED. We are now,

more than ever, dedicated to our mission of bringing you the best in news, information, culture, and storytelling,

in helping you understand your world, your neighbors, and the things that connect us,

not the things that divide us.

We're still here, and we're still relying on you to help us keep the public in public media.

If you're with us, please give now at donate.kwed.org slash podcasts. That's donate.kwedd.org slash podcasts. Thank you.

Hey, it's Glenn Washington, the host of Snap Judgment podcast.

At Snap, we tell cinematic stories that let you feel what it's like inside someone else's skin,

stories that let you walk in someone else's footsteps, storytelling like you've never heard.

The highs, the lows, the joys, the pain, the twist, the turns, the laugh, the life.

Snap Judgment drops each and every week.

Listen wherever you get your podcast.

From KQED.

Fremont is the fourth largest town in the Bay Area, but it doesn't always get the love it deserves.

It's a quiet place, but has a thriving tech industry, an incredibly diverse population, and played an important role in the early silent film industry.

It's also home to one of the largest Afghan populations in the country, a fact that often

shows up in pop culture.

Are you, do you live in Fremont?

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