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California Sun Podcast

May 29, 2019

Mark Arax, a long-time California journalist, talks about the epic history of water in the Golden State. His new book, "The Dreamt Land," is a real-life "Chinatown," examining the water wars fought between farmers, activists, corporations, and governments. The story of the movement of water in California appears as a...


May 23, 2019

Robin Williams’ story is woven into the fabric of both the Bay Area and Hollywood. His drive for success and fame, coupled with always wanting to show us a piece of ourselves, is a very California story — especially as told by N.Y. Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, whose book "Robin," is just out in paperback.


May 16, 2019

When Roy Choi was growing up in Southern California, he led a double life around food. What was in his refrigerator at home was not what he wanted to be seen eating in the school lunchroom. It gave him insights about the ways food was really about culture, and about how, later in life, he might use his culinary skills...


May 7, 2019

David Talbot has never been accused of being shy about his views. The founder of Salon and longtime voice for so-called San Francisco values now sees his adopted home as a tale of two cities. In his best selling book "Season of the Witch," he celebrated the “flowers in your hair” culture that brought a...


May 1, 2019

Leslie Berlin wrote the book on Silicon Valley. The Project Historian for the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford, she has profiled microchip discoverer Robert Noyce, and her book "Troublemakers," about Silicon Valley in the 1970s, has been called a “landmark event.” Berlin takes us back to the ’70s, when...