On this episode, six reporters trace how student activism in the Bay Area sparks movements for social change, nationally—and how each generation continues to reshape what’s possible. This episode moves across time and tactics, from the 1968 San Francisco State strike that birthed the nation’s first…

It’s a new year and North Gate Radio is asking what it would look like to level up our goals, not just for ourselves, but for our communities. In this hour-long episode, we’ll break down “Just Transition” — a roadmap built over decades to move from an extractive economy to one that regenerates resou…

The Bay Area has always known how to win — from the Giants’ World Series titles to the Warriors’ championships, the 49ers’ Super Bowl runs, and the Sharks keeping the ice alive. Now women’s sports are claiming that same City of Champions legacy, turning San Francisco — and the whole Bay — into a nat…

Dying often involves a set of choices, rituals, and conversations we tend to avoid until we can’t. In the Bay Area, people are confronting that reality head-on: talking openly in “death cafés”, seeking natural burials, flying loved ones home across borders to honor final wishes. On this episode of N…

North Gate Radio presents The Stakes Explained, a student-produced multi-media special from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism where professors, journalists, and community members unpack President Trump’s executive orders and actions to examine what’s at stake for democracy. Born out of She…

From the Bay to Bogotá, reporters dove deep into how communities are coming together in times of strife. In Oakland, statewide homelessness policy is shaping how advocates are organizing in the face of sweeps. Also, federal funding cuts are coming down hard on an LGBTQ center on the shores of Lake M…

It’s pretty stressful out there right now, so this week, our reporters went to find out what people do when they are not spiraling about the current state of affairs. They discovered that they collect cute little figurines in the form of ‘Blind Boxes’, they form new women’s elite rugby teams and the…

From public funding cuts to personal turning points, our reporters look to the margins for stories shaped by policy, protest and resilience. The California State Library is one of many libraries that had their federal funding terminated. Those with reading disabilities are among the most affected. A…

After Earth Day, our reporters take a look at the growing role of green technologies—from battery storage’s environmental risks to the rise of lab-grown meat. Under the second Trump administration, debates over energy innovation and sustainability have intensified, influencing policy and public perc…

If you’ve left home and can’t move back – where is home? What if you can return –  but your home, neighborhood, your entire city…was destroyed…then, where is home? What if your home  doesn’t resemble the one your parents remember…the language most people speak and the food they eat have changed – ar…