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• Remembering Those We Lost in 2025

  Diane Keaton. Jane Goodall. Belva Davis. Ozzy Osbourne. Brian Wilson. Sly Stone. David Lynch. We lost cultural luminaries, larger-than-life personalities and loved ones in 2025. We’ll celebrate their legacies and hear how they changed lives and communities for the better. And we want to hear from you: Who did you mourn this year — and what did they give you? Guests: Chloe Veltman, correspondent, NPR's Culture Desk Meaghan Mitchell, arts and culture journalist; her piece of KQED Arts is," Belva Davis Showed Me I Belong in Journalism" Dave Schilling, contributing writer, LA Times Image - author, "Horror's New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Best Bay Area Music of 2025 With Special Live in Studio Performances

  We’ll look back at KQED’s Best Bay Area Albums of 2025 with our music writers. This year’s list of favorites includes local musicians putting out original hip-hop, punk, salsa, spiritual jazz and rock. We’ll hear live in studio performances from musicians that made the list – Oakland hip-hop artist Jamel Griot and instrumental band Arts and Crafts – and we’ll  talk about the local musicians topping your playlists. Guests: Nastia Voynovskaya, editor and reporter, KQED Arts Pendarvis "Pen" Harshaw, columnist, KQED Arts Jamel Griot, hip hop and soul artist Jeff Klein, drummer, Arts and Crafts Noam Teyssier, guitarist, Arts and Crafts Nadia Aquil, bassist, Arts and Crafts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• What’s Behind President Trump’s Aesthetic?

  The White House says it’s submitting plans this month for its 90,000 square-foot gold-studded ballroom which will be bigger than the White House while Democrats call for inquiries into the funding of the project. Meanwhile, the Oval Office gleams with gold adornments, and an executive order decrees classical architecture for all federal buildings. Design historians say Trump is reshaping America’s visual identity in his own image, breaking with centuries of presidential restraint. We take a look at what’s driving the makeover, and we want to hear from you: How do you interpret Trump’s visual choices? Guests: Naftali Bendavid, senior national political correspondent, The Washington Post Jessica Winegar, professor, Northwestern University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Fatal UCSF Stabbing Heightens Concerns About Health Worker Safety

  The killing of Alberto Rangel, a 51-year-old social worker at San Francisco General Hospital, has left colleagues grieving and questioning whether his death could have been prevented. Rangel was stabbed by a patient who authorities say had made multiple threats for weeks. Incidents of workplace violence in healthcare facilities have been on the rise for more than a decade nationwide, prompting hospitals and medical offices to adopt stricter safety protocols. But are they working? We’ll talk about workplace violence against health care workers and what employers are doing – and failing to do – to protect them. Guests: Annie Vainshtein, reporter, San Francisco Chronicle Dani Golomb, psychiatrist; Golomb was attacked by a patient in 2020 during her medical residency at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco Dan Russell, president, University Professional and Technical Employees Al'ai Alvarez, clinical professor of emergency medicine, Stanford University Cammie Chaumont Menendez, research epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Calls Escalate for Release of Caribbean Boat Strike Video

  Lawmakers are demanding that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth release video of the September strike that killed two survivors of a U.S. attack on their boat in the Caribbean. That strike, which the Pentagon says targeted drug traffickers, has prompted war crime accusations. But since then, the U.S. has launched more than 20 strikes in the region, killing more than 80 people. We talk about the impact and legality of the attacks along with other controversies at the Pentagon — and the political implications for Hegseth. Guests: Julian Barnes, intelligence and national security reporter, New York Times Tess Bridgeman, co-editor-in-chief, Just Security - former special assistant to the President and deputy legal adviser to the National Security Council under President Obama Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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