Rightnowish

by KQED
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Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.

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Recent Episodes
  • Rightnowish’s Grand Finale: Words of Wisdom from Timothy B.
    Jul 18, 2024 – 21:30
  • Building a Native Arts and Culture Space From the Ground Up
    Jul 11, 2024 – 20:23
  • ‘All The Nights We Got to Dance’ is a Tribute to Queer Nightlife in SF
    Jun 27, 2024 – 23:10
  • Loove Moore the 'Out Here Specialist' Leads by Example
    Jun 20, 2024 – 20:48
  • Tomas Moniz’s New Book Is an Ode to Friendship in the Bay Area
    Jun 13, 2024 – 19:04
  • Jazz Meets Hip Hop in Bassist Giulio Xavier Cetto’s World
    Jun 6, 2024 – 21:49
  • Miguel “Bounce” Perez’s Culture Flows Through His Ink
    May 30, 2024 – 21:21
  • When the Youth Speak, Mush Lee Listens
    May 23, 2024 – 17:29
  • One Time for Public Media Podcasts
    May 13, 2024 – 03:36
  • ‘Ear Hustle’ Introduces Us to Seniors in the California Institution for Women
    May 9, 2024 – 26:29
  • D Sharp: The DJ with Four NBA Championship Rings
    May 2, 2024 – 21:00
  • nic feliciano Is Blessed With The ‘Curse of an Overactive Creative Mind’
    Apr 25, 2024 – 24:03
  • Deep Sea Fishing, Filipino Roots & Belonging “Where We Are”
    Apr 18, 2024 – 24:41
  • The Chronic Pain Of White Supremacy
    Apr 11, 2024 – 27:23
  • Rightnowish Presents: Immigrantly’s Conversation with Musician Meklit Hadero
    Apr 4, 2024 – 45:29
  • Zoë Boston, the Artistic Alchemist
    Mar 28, 2024 – 18:19
  • Mamas for a Free Palestine: Safety Doesn't Come From Bombs
    Mar 23, 2024 – 21:03
  • Sabreena Haque on Marking Transitional Milestones with Henna
    Mar 21, 2024 – 18:27
  • Michelle Cruz Gonzales of Spitboy is Punk AF and Lived to Teach About It
    Mar 7, 2024 – 23:54
  • George Crampton Glassanos has Pendletons, Paint and Passion
    Feb 29, 2024 – 25:51
  • Learn to Merge: Northern California Freeways & Culture
    Feb 22, 2024 – 14:41
  • Six Decades of Painting Black History
    Feb 15, 2024 – 22:10
  • Tommy Guerrero Creates Lo-fi 'Music From the Earth'
    Feb 8, 2024 – 25:08
  • The ‘Qing’ of Queens
    Feb 1, 2024 – 27:09
  • Underground Rap, Playa Sh*t, Political Joints: Equipto has Bars
    Jan 25, 2024 – 21:47
  • Rob Woods Knows You Are Worthy
    Jan 18, 2024 – 22:42
  • From Buskin’ on BART to Teaching Turfin’
    Jan 11, 2024 – 21:17
  • Boots Riley is Directing the Future
    Jan 4, 2024 – 25:20
  • 'Indigenizing' San Francisco (Yelamu): The Cultural District Honoring Native History
    Nov 30, 2023 – 28:11
  • The Coolest Place on Earth: The Public Library
    Nov 16, 2023 – 23:31
  • Music in the Key of Fatherhood
    Nov 9, 2023 – 15:06
  • Wives Angelica Medina and Jahaira Fajardo Share Culture Through Dance
    Nov 2, 2023 – 25:30
  • Meet the Emo Drag King Who's Bending the Gender Binary
    Oct 26, 2023 – 23:19
  • The Hip-Hop Photojournalist Who Makes Guests Feel At Home
    Oct 19, 2023 – 23:03
  • Hyphy Kids Got Trauma Pt 4, "My Generation's Report Card"
    Oct 12, 2023 – 24:56
  • Hyphy Kids Got Trauma Pt 3, "From DVDs to MTV"
    Oct 5, 2023 – 30:28
  • Hyphy Kids Got Trauma Pt 2, "We Dance Different"
    Sep 28, 2023 – 27:26
  • Hyphy Kids Got Trauma Pt 1, “In the Building”
    Sep 21, 2023 – 25:57
  • Rightnowish Presents 'Hyphy Kids Got Trauma'
    Sep 14, 2023 – 04:14
  • Rightnowish Presents Ritually Podcast: 'A Feminist Call to Prayer'
    Sep 5, 2023 – 35:04
  • Adorned: Host Marisol Medina-Cadena Exits Her Flop Era
    Sep 1, 2023 – 23:06
  • Adorned: Chelsea Macalino-Calalay Makes the Bling of Your Dreams
    Aug 25, 2023 – 24:52
  • Adorned: Florist Jessica Cotrim on Letting Our Intuition Bloom
    Aug 18, 2023 – 24:01
  • Adorned: Sophia Mitty Stitches Her Pride for the 415
    Aug 11, 2023 – 23:27
  • Adorned: Perfumer Mauricio Garcia Puts the Aroma of The Bay in a Bottle
    Aug 4, 2023 – 24:59
  • Pocho Poet Josiah Luis Alderete Speaks Fire In The Mission
    Jul 28, 2023 – 22:47
  • The SOL Affirmations Podcast Talks The Gift of Impermanence
    Jul 21, 2023 – 38:13
  • Liner Notes: Flutist and Vocalist Elena Pinderhughes is Limitless
    Jul 7, 2023 – 19:42
  • Liner Notes: Big Vibin' with Bassist Giulio Xavier Cetto
    Jun 30, 2023 – 23:06
  • Liner Notes: Dr. Angela Wellman and Music Of The Highest Order
    Jun 23, 2023 – 19:38
Recent Reviews
  • silly_goose!
    miss this podcast
    this was a gem of a podcast from our local pub radio gone too soon. really highlighted the real bay area ethos
  • no seeds no stems
    Please don’t go!
    I love this podcast. It introduces me to people I want to know and communities I want to be a part of. It makes me proud to be an oakland native, and it encourages me want to explore the whole Bay Area. It inspires me to do more in my life and introduces me to programs and resources that will benefit my children. Please keep in going.
  • alixeleonorev
    addicting, educational, just the best
    I'm one of those people who usually find podcasts a bit annoying but I've been binging this for the past three days. A must listen if you live in the Bay Area. Every episode is real, enlightening, and lifts the voices of those who make Oakland and its surroundings the amazing cultural haven that it is. Thank you Pendarvis Harshaw for this show.
  • Aïdah
    Thank you @ogpenn
    Pendarvis is a master storyteller. His thoughts flow naturally, and his gift is a blessing to the Bay Area. May we continue to support his work and keep his voice lifted.
  • working girl in the city
    a delight!
    loved the show before and the content is still great and fresh and different during covid times
  • schtimpy27
    Always interesting
    The range of guests and stories is always interesting. People I’d never have heard heard from anywhere else get to share stories and I love each one.
  • DanielWGreen
    Great all around.
    Good guests/topics you might not hear elsewhere and the host gives awesome perspective. Give this show a try!
  • Stylzswim
    Great show
    I love Pen’s style and have learned so much in such a short time from listening to these episodes. Highly recommend!
  • farmerviv
    Love this show!
    Each story is an amazing vignette into the lives in the east bay. Makes me feel all warm inside and just in love with my neighbors.
  • wunderchica
    Compassion and curiosity
    I love how the host Pendarvis Harshaw brings both compassion and curiosity to his reporting. Each of these stories comes from the heart and shines light on people doing creative and uplifting work for Oakland. Every time I listen I feel the love.
  • Frebelcator
    Changing the narrative
    I appreciate Right Now-ish for telling the untold stories of Oakland and the Bay. There’s so much history, arts, and culture that we have to be proud of. Much love from fellow podcast producer at the Young and the Woke.
  • ashleyt945
    Awesome
    Every episode makes me smile, makes me think, and makes me see something new about the place where I grew up. I look forward to every episode! ❤️
  • Thatguythereyeshim
    Delight
    Every podcast a little window to something happening right now (ish) that I should know
  • DNA &273
    Fresh look at Arts and Culture
    Have enjoyed every episode so far. It’s exposing me to new and old Arts and culture. Love it!
  • Daniel E (yes, that Daniel E)
    Still new, but I’m loving it so far!
    This show is killing it right out the (golden) gate- with such talented people behind it I guess that’s no surprise. An extremely high quality show, from concept to research to execution. Looking forward to seeing where they go from here!
  • Raster Systeme
    Been waiting for this!
    Been living in Oakland for almost two decades and seen the changes that has transpired over that time. It’s so good to hear stories and voices that reflect the recent past to right now-ish. I heard about Pendarvis on the podcast East Bay Yesterday talking about his book OG Told Me. Can’t wait for more.
  • makfan
    Great Start
    The first episode was really good. FInd out about a talented person who could have easily been lost in the system, but thanks to some determined parenting is making art today. There are many untold stories of people who make the Bay Area the diverse, interesting place that it is. I look forward to more excellence in this series.
  • Juney BZzz
    Revealing the beautiful EXISTING culture underneath the overpowering gentrification...
    While The NY Times focuses on the aesthetically pleasing highlights of Oakland, many of which just appeared in the recent years, Pen provides insight into those who are FROM HERE from here to demonstrate that Oakland and its natives BEEN amazing. One of the greatest storytellers of the Town. 🙏🏾🙌🏾
  • Keepin' It 100%
    Town Business
    This will be an important artifact of who and what we are doing in the Bay Area by someone from here. There's always been diamonds here who have never been covered. Now there is an new outlet with fresh perspective which is sorely needed.
  • Justin Richmond
    Can’t wait for this pod to start dropping
    Pendarvis is that guy - pumped for this. Hit em with the 1, 2 my guy - 👊🏾👊🏾
  • Tonithy
    Something Like a Gift, Definitely Presentish
    Saw a preview episode live. It was moving, informative and entertaining! Well presented and produced. Lots of big characters and stories. Beautiful slices of life!
  • sf bender
    sounds so good
    this is a sweet sounding tour of my home area. content blew me away and the editing is tight as can be. cant wait for more.
  • Zeyoncée
    It’s what we need right now(wish)
    So happy this local news show is getting expanded into a podcast format, these stories are much bigger than just a couple minutes.
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