- 3,601
- Episodes
- 1,384
- Transcribed
- 840
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 13M
- YouTube views
About KQED's Forum
Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpoints. Want to call/submit your comments during our live Forum program Mon-Fri, 9am-11am? We'd love to hear from you! Please dial 866.SF.FORUM or (866) 733-6786 or email forum@kqed.org, tweet, or post on Facebook.
- Publisher
- KQED
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Jun 2020
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
1,384 of 3,601 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
What’s a Fictional Love Story You’ll Never Forget?
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What’s a Fictional Love Story You’ll Never Forget?
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It has to be that romantic attachment. And it functions that way in a lot of the stories. It's people making decisions that are not You know, fully rational, even a marriage plot, which you're you're trying to marry rich, you know, it wouldn't be much of a story if it was just about, you know, a legal contract. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on KQED's Forum
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Emma Sarappo
- Boris Kachka
- Nicole Dennis-Benn
- David Sanger
- Christopher Gardner
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 13,021,115
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 734 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 106 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 97 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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