Our New Co-Host Checks in With Local Creators and Change Makers About What Makes the Bay Special

KQED's Forum

KQED

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The Bay Area has recently been presented more as a bundle of problems than the generative, fascinating place that it’s been for decades. What are creators in the Bay Area thinking about the future of our cities? How might it change to be a better place for more of our residents? And what could Forum’s role be in building this community? These are some of the questions that Alexis Madrigal, Forum’s new host for the show’s first hour, will be asking of his guests. Spotlighting figures whose work on issues of economic justice, climate, design, and culture are driving innovation in the region, we’ll also be hearing from our Bay Area audience about what you want to hear. To begin, Forum co-host Mina Kim will turn the tables and interview Alexis about how he sees the Bay. What are your questions for Forum’s newest moderator? How should we cover the Bay Area? Who — or what — makes the it special to you? And what are the questions that intrigue and confound you about this region we call home? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.6	From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal, and this is my first day on the air here as the permanent host of the 9 a.m. hour.
1:07.8	Today I'll be joined by Mina Kim to talk about our plans for the show, and then I'll
1:11.4	open a discussion with some of the most thoughtful people in the Bay Area about what makes this
1:15.4	place special and what questions we should be asking about the state of the region and the world.
1:20.6	That's next on Forum, right after the news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:49.8	And I'm Mina Kim, and I can't believe it's finally happening. Alexis Madrigal's first day as the permanent 9 a.m. host a forum. The next chapter has begun, Alexis.
2:03.6	Oh my gosh. It feels so good to be here, and I'm in the studio in the new building too, on Mariposa.
2:08.6	Right. And I cannot see you because I am so broadcasting out of my home studio, but I can tell you that I never could have imagined when you were a guest on the show recently
2:18.7	with me talking about your COVID tracking project and that important and really incredible
2:24.4	data gap that it filled that I would be lucky enough to soon call you co-host.
2:29.3	It's really a trip.
2:30.3	Yeah.
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