Producer for Bay Curious @KQED 🚀 Space enthusiast
Joined April 2015
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One of my earliest memories in S.F. was taking in the joy and skill on display at the roller rink in GGP every weekend. 🛼
That made working on this story with @afontradio SUCH a treat. Loved learning about the Godfather of Skate!
Read & Listen: kqed.org/news/11924576/wanna…
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The latest in our #California #HiddenGems series: @afontradio takes us on a #BigBear pirate ship tour that celebrates 80s cinema, bubble wrap + Bugs Bunny! @KQED #TheCaliforniaReport kqed.org/news/11919818/hidde…
Did you know the lowest note in the universe is a B-flat? Check out the first ep. of this awesome new mini-show I'm working on with @lowellr about sounds from outer space. ✨Audible Cosmos!✨ omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented…
#science #Space
Imagine an 11-year-old who’ll have the same kind of PTSD that soldiers returning from combat experience.
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Avoiding a debate on gun control because they know they’d have to admit they truly value personal power ten-fold more than human life makes them utterly malicious cowards.
BREAKING: Senate Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on gun measures after the deadly Texas school shooting. apne.ws/OnBCYHb
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It's out! Our Golden Gate Park series launched today with an episode about how the park was made — from desolate sand dunes to a verdant, tree-filled park.
Thanks @NostosNic and Christopher Pollock of
@RecParkSF for coming on the show.
kqed.org/news/11915008/golde…
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"Why are we here?" Sen. Murphy presses fellow senators in emotional speech after Texas elementary school shooting.
"I am here on this floor, to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues ... find a way to pass laws that make this less likely."
Amanda Font retweeted
On 4/20, @amayaedw5 and I were sent out to cover the festivities. I interviewed Mike “Big Mike” Barnes, a minor celebrity in the Bay Area cannabis scene. He used the n-word unprompted in our interview to the face of two Black journalists.
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kqed.org/arts/13913301/mike-… – at San Francisco, CA
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The supermassive #BlackHole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, Sagittarius A*, has been imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Chandra and many other telescopes observed Sagittarius A* simultaneously. Explore Sagittarius A* like never before: s.si.edu/OurSMBH ⚫
ALT A composite image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Pointing to the middle of the main image is an inset image of the region around the "event horizon," the boundary of the black hole from which nothing can escape. In the main image, golden orange specks of light and tendrils of neon purple and blue clouds are set against a black background. The oranges and purples were captured in infrared light by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The blues represent data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. At the heart of the main image are several bright white dots, including one that contains the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*. Emerging from this bright white dot is an inset image, housed at our upper right. This image is from the Event Horizon Telescope. It shows a bright, orange ring with three golden yellow spots and a red aura... More at: https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2022/sgra/
Amanda Font retweeted
The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito and obtained by POLITICO.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito writes. politico.com/news/2022/05/02…
Our creep towards a dystopian future has become a full on sprint the last few years. And while infuriating, this is not the least bit surprising. politi.co/3kBd26K
Learn a little about fireballs💥(very bright meteors), and hear @NASA's CNEOS data turned into music, in this cool segment I made with @lowellr. omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented…
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Using fireball data from CNEOS (@NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies) @afontradio and I created a data rich soundtrack to highlight this month's upcoming Lyrids meteor shower (April 16 to April 25).
For @kqednews & @NPRone
omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented…
Incredibly cool sonification of exoplanet discovery by @NASA! youtu.be/yv4DbU1CWAY
This was such an exciting night, and what a delightful surprise when Luna came up on stage to thunderous applause! 👏👏👏
@Lareinaluna31 finally made it to SF! Thanks to a storytelling show w Back Pocket Media @local_lives. I shared part of my @KQED documentary about her on stage, starting w how she never could have a public quinceañera as a trans woman in Guatemala.
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There’s a very fine line between drinking enough coffee so I don’t get a headache, and getting a headache because I drank too much coffee.
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Congrats to this whole amazing team <3
Our show won 2 @SPJ_NorCal awards! 🎉
🌟My doc w @ESMcIntyre: trans asylum seeker @Lareinaluna31's journey
🌟@christinenguyen's story: AAPI women buying guns
@mauleonsf @afontradio @RobSSound @brendan_willard @SRacho @KQED #TheCaliforniaReport Magazine bit.ly/3AHlvfX
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