The California Report Magazine

The California Report Magazine

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Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.

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Today Palm Springs is known for mid-century modern architecture and queer-friendly culture. But a new documentary on PBS's Independent Lens explores the history of racist housing practices in the city that effectively hid a black neigborhood behind a wall of trees. “Racist Trees” covers the fight to remove those trees decades after they were planted, and asks the question: 'Who takes responsibility for the wrongdoing of the past?' Directors Sara Newens and Mina T. Son join Sasha Khokha to talk about the film. Plus we visit San Francisco's Prelinger Library, a treasure trove of ephemera from books of soil samples to zines. In the 1990s, libraries started to become digital and began clearing out their catalogs. A network of like-minded librarians brought the “discards” to Rick and Megan Prelinger’s attention. The husband and wife, already collectors of print and text items, opened their library in 2004 and say 'it's available to any and everyone who believes our past can pave a path to a better future.'

Previous episodes

  • 469 - 'Racist Trees' Uncovers Little Known History of Palm Springs' Black Community 
    Fri, 22 Mar 2024
  • 468 - The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Japanese-American Story of Love, Imprisonment and Protest 
    Fri, 15 Mar 2024
  • 467 - Oscar-Nominated Shorts Tell Joyful California Stories 
    Sat, 09 Mar 2024
  • 466 - On Our Watch: A Whistleblower at California’s Most Violent Prison 
    Sat, 02 Mar 2024
  • 465 - How the Freeway System Shaped California 
    Sat, 24 Feb 2024
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