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10 hours ago | kvpr.org | Manoush Zomorodi |Rachel White |Sanaz Meshkinpour

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode "How taking a second look can change your everything"At an early age, Tavares Strachan noticed there was a lot missing from his family's encyclopedia. Today, the artist searches for lost stories to include in his own Encyclopedia of Invisibility. About Tavares Strachan Tavares Strachan is a conceptual artist from the Bahamas.

10 hours ago | kvpr.org | Manoush Zomorodi |Katie Monteleone |Sanaz Meshkinpour

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode "How taking a second look can change your everything"In communist Poland, the radio gave Agnieszka Pilat's family hope. Now, as an artist and techno-optimist, she hopes her portraits of robots and machines will change minds about the future of tech. About Agnieszka Pilat Agnieszka Pilat is a Polish-born artist whose work focuses on the intersection of technology and art. She is known for her unique series of technology portraits.

10 hours ago | kvpr.org | Manoush Zomorodi |Fiona Geiran |Sanaz Meshkinpour

Part 4 of the TED Radio Hour episode "How taking a second look can change your everything"When fame left him feeling empty, singer-songwriter Mike Posner set out to look for happiness. His plan: walk across America. What he didn't plan for: a venomous snake. About Mike PosnerMike Posner is a singer-songwriter with five studio albums. His pop single "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2017 Grammys.

2 days ago | kvpr.org | Sophie Austin

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday that California must change its policies allowing transgender girls to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. The U.S. Department of Education said it determined California's education department and governing body for high school sports are violating Title IX, a federal law banning sex discrimination in education.

2 days ago | kvpr.org | Joe Moore

You can’t tell the story of Kern County in the 20th century without the oil industry. But, the region’s history with petroleum is much, much older. Today on KVPR’s Central Valley Roots, how the Yokuts were the county’s first petroleum pioneers. In places like the Yokuts village of Wogitu, near present day McKittrick, natural oil seeps brought something called asphaltum to the surface. It’s basically oil that has hardened after it’s been exposed to air.