Ann Smith
@annsmithsf.bsky.social
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Poetry • Philosophy • Literature • Music
Poetry • Philosophy • Literature • Music
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W.S. Merwin with a beautiful
poem for the day that it is.
poem for the day that it is.
January 1, 2026 at 10:24 AM
W.S. Merwin with a beautiful
poem for the day that it is.
poem for the day that it is.
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December 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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3 days off and then we start the last volume of #rachelcusktogether !
December 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
3 days off and then we start the last volume of #rachelcusktogether !
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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thehill.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @wired.com's @mollytaft.com and @capitalandmain.bsky.social's @aaroncantu.bsky.social about what data center growth means for the environment — and for ratepayers — and how we're responding.
❓Have you been impacted by data center growth? What are your concerns?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @wired.com's @mollytaft.com and @capitalandmain.bsky.social's @aaroncantu.bsky.social about what data center growth means for the environment — and for ratepayers — and how we're responding.
❓Have you been impacted by data center growth? What are your concerns?
📻 Listen:
California’s AI Data Centers Taking Growing Environmental Toll | KQED
We talk about what data center growth means for the environment — and for ratepayers — and how lawmakers and communities are responding.
www.kqed.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @wired.com's @mollytaft.com and @capitalandmain.bsky.social's @aaroncantu.bsky.social about what data center growth means for the environment — and for ratepayers — and how we're responding.
❓Have you been impacted by data center growth? What are your concerns?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @wired.com's @mollytaft.com and @capitalandmain.bsky.social's @aaroncantu.bsky.social about what data center growth means for the environment — and for ratepayers — and how we're responding.
❓Have you been impacted by data center growth? What are your concerns?
📻 Listen:
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to journalist, José "Caya" Cayasso, immigration law historian, Dr. Yael Schacher, immigration attorney, Nicole Gorney, and Russian whistleblower, German, about third-country removals.
❓What questions do you have about these deportation policies?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to journalist, José "Caya" Cayasso, immigration law historian, Dr. Yael Schacher, immigration attorney, Nicole Gorney, and Russian whistleblower, German, about third-country removals.
❓What questions do you have about these deportation policies?
📻 Listen:
KQED Radio - Tune in Live Radio | KQED
Stay connected and informed by tuning into KQED's radio for engaging news, captivating stories, and thought-provoking conversations.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to journalist, José "Caya" Cayasso, immigration law historian, Dr. Yael Schacher, immigration attorney, Nicole Gorney, and Russian whistleblower, German, about third-country removals.
❓What questions do you have about these deportation policies?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to journalist, José "Caya" Cayasso, immigration law historian, Dr. Yael Schacher, immigration attorney, Nicole Gorney, and Russian whistleblower, German, about third-country removals.
❓What questions do you have about these deportation policies?
📻 Listen:
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week 12 of #rachelcusktogether
starts tomorrow!
starts tomorrow!
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
week 12 of #rachelcusktogether
starts tomorrow!
starts tomorrow!
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @corinnepurtill.bsky.social, Lisa Morgan, @drjessicaphd.bsky.social and Neal Tricarico about advances in suicide prevention in autistic and neurodivergent people.
❓Are you autistic or neurodivergent? Is a loved one? Is what you’re hearing resonating?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @corinnepurtill.bsky.social, Lisa Morgan, @drjessicaphd.bsky.social and Neal Tricarico about advances in suicide prevention in autistic and neurodivergent people.
❓Are you autistic or neurodivergent? Is a loved one? Is what you’re hearing resonating?
📻 Listen:
New Research Tackles Heightened Risk of Suicide for Autistic Kids | KQED
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the U.S. for kids aged 10 to 18. And autistic youth are more likely to think about and die from suicide, and at earlier ages, than their neurotypical peers.…
buff.ly
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @corinnepurtill.bsky.social, Lisa Morgan, @drjessicaphd.bsky.social and Neal Tricarico about advances in suicide prevention in autistic and neurodivergent people.
❓Are you autistic or neurodivergent? Is a loved one? Is what you’re hearing resonating?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @corinnepurtill.bsky.social, Lisa Morgan, @drjessicaphd.bsky.social and Neal Tricarico about advances in suicide prevention in autistic and neurodivergent people.
❓Are you autistic or neurodivergent? Is a loved one? Is what you’re hearing resonating?
📻 Listen:
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @washingtonpost.com's Naftali Bendavid and Northwestern University's Jessica Winegar about what's driving Trump's makeover of the White House.
❓How do you interpret Trump's visual choices?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @washingtonpost.com's Naftali Bendavid and Northwestern University's Jessica Winegar about what's driving Trump's makeover of the White House.
❓How do you interpret Trump's visual choices?
📻 Listen:
What’s Behind President Trump’s Aesthetic? | KQED
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?
www.kqed.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @washingtonpost.com's Naftali Bendavid and Northwestern University's Jessica Winegar about what's driving Trump's makeover of the White House.
❓How do you interpret Trump's visual choices?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @washingtonpost.com's Naftali Bendavid and Northwestern University's Jessica Winegar about what's driving Trump's makeover of the White House.
❓How do you interpret Trump's visual choices?
📻 Listen:
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🎙️ON AIR:
We’re talking to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist @lajourno.bsky.social, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
❓How do you want the state to address this?
📻 Listen:
We’re talking to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist @lajourno.bsky.social, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
❓How do you want the state to address this?
📻 Listen:
Investigation: Lax State Oversight Endangers California’s Child Farmworkers | KQED
We talk to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Robert J. Lopez, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We’re talking to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist @lajourno.bsky.social, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
❓How do you want the state to address this?
📻 Listen:
We’re talking to Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist @lajourno.bsky.social, who interviewed 61 child farmworkers in California, about his reporting and the state’s response.
❓How do you want the state to address this?
📻 Listen:
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December 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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week 10 of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow!
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
week 10 of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow!
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“The idea that caregiving access will not take a hit seems either naïve or intentionally obtuse — especially for seniors hoping to age at home,” writes Michelle Cottle.
Opinion | America’s Caregivers Are in Crisis
Caregivers are at the brink of despair.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“The idea that caregiving access will not take a hit seems either naïve or intentionally obtuse — especially for seniors hoping to age at home,” writes Michelle Cottle.
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w e e k 9 o f #rachelcusktogether
starts tomorrow!
happy any-excuse-for-overeating-and-families-gathering in advance!
starts tomorrow!
happy any-excuse-for-overeating-and-families-gathering in advance!
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
w e e k 9 o f #rachelcusktogether
starts tomorrow!
happy any-excuse-for-overeating-and-families-gathering in advance!
starts tomorrow!
happy any-excuse-for-overeating-and-families-gathering in advance!
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @economist.com's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, @politico.com's @cvonka.bsky.social and @nrdc.org CEO @manishbapna.bsky.social about how climate advocacy is weathering Trump's presidency.
❓How would you like to see U.S. leadership address climate change?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @economist.com's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, @politico.com's @cvonka.bsky.social and @nrdc.org CEO @manishbapna.bsky.social about how climate advocacy is weathering Trump's presidency.
❓How would you like to see U.S. leadership address climate change?
📻 Listen:
How is Climate Advocacy Weathering Trump? | KQED
We take stock of how climate advocacy is weathering the abdication of U.S. leadership.
www.kqed.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @economist.com's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, @politico.com's @cvonka.bsky.social and @nrdc.org CEO @manishbapna.bsky.social about how climate advocacy is weathering Trump's presidency.
❓How would you like to see U.S. leadership address climate change?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @economist.com's Vijay Vaitheeswaran, @politico.com's @cvonka.bsky.social and @nrdc.org CEO @manishbapna.bsky.social about how climate advocacy is weathering Trump's presidency.
❓How would you like to see U.S. leadership address climate change?
📻 Listen:
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week 8 of #rachelcusktogether starts tmw!
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
week 8 of #rachelcusktogether starts tmw!
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social's Shira Maguen, filmmaker Stephen Olsson and decorated Vietnam War veteran Levie Isaacks about reckoning with PTSD and moral injury, and what it looks like to heal.
❓How has PTSD impacted your life or the lives of those you love?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social's Shira Maguen, filmmaker Stephen Olsson and decorated Vietnam War veteran Levie Isaacks about reckoning with PTSD and moral injury, and what it looks like to heal.
❓How has PTSD impacted your life or the lives of those you love?
📻 Listen:
Veterans’ PTSD and Moral Injury Centered in Documentary ‘Healing a Soldier's Heart’ | KQED
The new documentary “Healing a Soldier's Heart” follows four veterans reckoning with PTSD and with moral injury – the psychological harm we experience when we violate our moral code. We talk with the…
www.kqed.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social's Shira Maguen, filmmaker Stephen Olsson and decorated Vietnam War veteran Levie Isaacks about reckoning with PTSD and moral injury, and what it looks like to heal.
❓How has PTSD impacted your life or the lives of those you love?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social's Shira Maguen, filmmaker Stephen Olsson and decorated Vietnam War veteran Levie Isaacks about reckoning with PTSD and moral injury, and what it looks like to heal.
❓How has PTSD impacted your life or the lives of those you love?
📻 Listen:
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i lost track of days, not for the last time. here's the corrected week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
i lost track of days, not for the last time. here's the corrected week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
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tmw we start TRANSIT!
week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
tmw we start TRANSIT!
week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
week 7 of #rachelcusktogether
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're speaking with KQED's April Dembosk,
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Dr. Mariana Socal and @healthaccess.bsky.social's Chris Noble about CalRx.
❓ Do you or does a loved one use insulin? Will CalRx Insulin affect you?
📻 Listen:
We're speaking with KQED's April Dembosk,
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Dr. Mariana Socal and @healthaccess.bsky.social's Chris Noble about CalRx.
❓ Do you or does a loved one use insulin? Will CalRx Insulin affect you?
📻 Listen:
CalRx to Offer Cheap Insulin, and Other Prescription Drugs Could Be Next | KQED
We’ll talk about CalRx, and whether it could ease the prescription drug affordability crisis and bolster
the supply of crucial medications.
www.kqed.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're speaking with KQED's April Dembosk,
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Dr. Mariana Socal and @healthaccess.bsky.social's Chris Noble about CalRx.
❓ Do you or does a loved one use insulin? Will CalRx Insulin affect you?
📻 Listen:
We're speaking with KQED's April Dembosk,
@johnshopkinssph.bsky.social's Dr. Mariana Socal and @healthaccess.bsky.social's Chris Noble about CalRx.
❓ Do you or does a loved one use insulin? Will CalRx Insulin affect you?
📻 Listen:
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JUST IN: California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
California voters OK new congressional lines, boosting Democrats ahead of midterms
California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
JUST IN: California voters have approved a ballot measure to redraw the state's congressional map to favor Democrats, marking the party's biggest victory to date in a national battle over redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to journalist and expert on conspiracy theories @rothschildmd.bsky.social about the Eaton Fire, and why conspiracy theories spread when major disasters strike.
❓Have you ever found yourself struggling to tell fact from fiction during a traumatic event?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to journalist and expert on conspiracy theories @rothschildmd.bsky.social about the Eaton Fire, and why conspiracy theories spread when major disasters strike.
❓Have you ever found yourself struggling to tell fact from fiction during a traumatic event?
📻 Listen:
Conspiracy Theory Expert Experiences Eaton Fire Disinformation Firsthand | KQED
We talk to journalist Mike Rothschild about why his community was vulnerable to disinformation about the causes of and responses to the Eaton fire — and why conspiracy theories spread when major…
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🎙️ON AIR:
We're talking to journalist and expert on conspiracy theories @rothschildmd.bsky.social about the Eaton Fire, and why conspiracy theories spread when major disasters strike.
❓Have you ever found yourself struggling to tell fact from fiction during a traumatic event?
📻 Listen:
We're talking to journalist and expert on conspiracy theories @rothschildmd.bsky.social about the Eaton Fire, and why conspiracy theories spread when major disasters strike.
❓Have you ever found yourself struggling to tell fact from fiction during a traumatic event?
📻 Listen:
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last week (week 6) of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow!
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
last week (week 6) of #rachelcusktogether starts tomorrow!