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Refugees, swindlers, visionaries, entrepreneurs chasing fast money—these are the historic roots of Oakland, California.  The city has long been home for people building new lives and imagining even better ones.  But dreams that have been deferred also haunt this place, in its empty post-boom skyscrapers, its infamous homicide rates and deep budget cuts.  In the face of entrenched problems, Oakland answers back with diverse, revolutionary solutions.  In this episode, SOTRU looks at the costs and rewards for people dreaming big in Oakland.    

NPR’s Scott Simon reports on the world’s top news, features and entertainment to your Saturday morning. 

The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.

This week, the new culture of surveillance. Kurt Andersen talks to technologist and philosopher Jaron Lanier about why we have to watch the watchers. An artist meticulously tracks government spy satellites crossing the night sky. A computer scientist explains what goes into building a facial recognition system. And sitting silently ...

Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.

Humorous, heartbreaking and true stories told live on stage. No script. No props. Just a microphone, a spotlight and room full of strangers.

Listen to highlights from the 2009 Bang on a Can Marathon. Hear music by Andy Akiho and the Foundry Steel Pan Ensemble, Matthew McBane and Build, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen and the choir Ars Nova, and more.