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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’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpo... more

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As protests against federal immigration agents’ use of deadly force in Minneapolis spread nationwide, privacy experts are raising alarms. Immigration agencies are using facial-recognition and other tools to identify immigrants – and to track American... more

Over the weekend, San Francisco’s public school teachers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. The dispute is centered on pay, health benefits, and support for special education, all at a time when the district has been facing financial headwin... more

New York Times cooking writer and columnist Yewande Komolafe has long loved the solitary, meditative act of crafting intricate meals and comfort foods in the kitchen. But after multiple amputations profoundly altered her body, Komolafe had to learn t... more

George Saunders is one of America’s most celebrated writers. His worlds and characters often live in a reality just beyond or behind our own, and his latest novel “Vigil,” is no exception. The novel opens with an angel falling to earth with the task ... more

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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
Sociologist and columnist for The Cut
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Episode: How Do You Friction-Maxx?
Stephen Council
Tech reporter for SFGATE
SFGATE
Episode: How Do You Friction-Maxx?
Mark Jacobson
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford, author of Still No Miracles Needed, How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air
Stanford University
Episode: China’s Push for Renewable Energy is Good for the Planet, but Maybe Not for the U.S.
Jeremy Wallace
Professor of China Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, writes the China Lab Newsletter
Johns Hopkins University
Episode: China’s Push for Renewable Energy is Good for the Planet, but Maybe Not for the U.S.
Jeffrey Gettleman
Global International Correspondent with The New York Times
The New York Times
Episode: Could Greenland Become the 51st State?
Eliot Cohen
Arleigh Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Episode: Could Greenland Become the 51st State?
Susan Glasser
Staff Writer with The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Episode: Could Greenland Become the 51st State?
Ryan Mac
Co-author of Character Limit, How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter
The New York Times
Episode: Should California Impose a Tax on Billionaires?
Suzanne Jimenez
Chief of Staff at SEIU United Healthcare Workers West
SEIU UHW
Episode: Should California Impose a Tax on Billionaires?

Hosts

Mina Kim
Host of Forum.
Alexis Madrigal
Host of Forum.

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 825 ratings
  • Ok when not discussing politics

    Great podcast with an array of good real life topics. The host and guest cover interesting subjects at depth. A narrative for leftist politics is deep with a little bit of an intrusive victim complex.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Aqui_16
    United States3 months ago
  • Please Alexis do not interrupt the guests while they were speaking

    Please do not interrupt the guest while they were speaking. You have them on because they have a level of knowledge that you do not have.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    boomer and proud of it
    United States5 months ago
  • Garbage

    I tried to listen to this and felt like I was getting dumber with every minute. Not worth the time. Hosts seem very low IQ.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    RA989
    United States6 months ago
  • g0dforbidi!!!

    what happened to asking follow up questions? are these hosts allergic to it?

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    silly_goose!
    United States8 months ago
  • State media with a pro-genocide slant

    Posing as a current events discussion show, Forum managed to studiously ignore the largest news story of 2023-present, the so called “Israel-Gaza war.” Zero Palestinian guests were ever asked onto the program, which instead took its cues from the editorial staff of neo-conservative magazine The Atlantic (that same publication that once sold us Bush’s Iraq War, and whose editor recently colluded with Trump’s state department in a private chat about bombing Yemen). When Forum finally began to addr... more

    Apple Podcasts
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    melodie-c
    United States10 months ago

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The podcast often offers insightful cultural observations and timely commentary that resonates with its audience.
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Listeners appreciate the diversity of topics and the respectful exploration of complex issues.
The hosts are praised for their ability to ask the right questions and create engaging dialogues.

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#124
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#135
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#173
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#249
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#250
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What's the Endgame in DHS Brutality?
Q: What do you think will make this violence stop?
Suggestions include rolling back Customs and Border Patrol funding and increasing oversight to prevent excessive use of force during immigration enforcement.
What's the Endgame in DHS Brutality?
Q: What do you think the administration's end game with the immigration raids are, these federal deployments in cities?
The administration seems to be using federal deployments to intimidate and control populations, particularly in blue states, leading to concerns about their implications for voter suppression during elections.
Heather Cox Richardson on Trump's Impact on Democracy
Q: What role do you think the Democrats play in the current political climate?
Richardson believes that while Democrats are the face of the organized opposition, it is really the American people pushing back against the Trump administration who are at the forefront of this political upheaval.
Heather Cox Richardson on Trump's Impact on Democracy
Q: How do you see the current political turmoil in the context of American history?
Richardson draws parallels between the current political strife and the 1850s and 1870s in American history, highlighting the ongoing struggle between democracy and autocracy and emphasizing the importance of community and civil resistance.
California ER Doctors Reflect on ‘The Pitt’ Effect
Q: Dr. Colwell, how accurate was it for a doctor to have a substance abuse issue?
It is far too accurate, and we've seen that some of our colleagues have chosen that way to decompress from the intensity of what we do every day.

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Recent guests on KQED's Forum include:

1. Kathryn Jezer-Morton
2. Stephen Council
3. Mark Jacobson
4. Jeremy Wallace
5. Jeffrey Gettleman
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7. Susan Glasser
8. Ryan Mac

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