The California Report Magazine

The California Report Magazine

Hosted by Sasha Khokha · KQED

4.6from 149 ratings

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67Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
461
Episodes
146
Transcribed
149
Ratings
Weekly
Cadence
2017
First episode

About The California Report Magazine

Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.

Publisher
KQED
Category
news
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
11 Nov 2017
Latest episode
30 Oct 2026
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Latest episodes

146 of 461 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Ghosts and Glamour Take the Stage This Halloween

  2. 23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    LAN Parties Make a Comeback; What's the 'Most Important Statewide Race?'

  3. 16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    What Happened to the Quantified Self Movement?

Inside a recent episode

Ghosts and Glamour Take the Stage This Halloween

Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But that's the tea. And they started their collective, Masala Mahal. Mahal is palace, okay? We are queens, not peasants. It was a rebellious response to feeling cast aside by their culture, even by other South Asian gay men. Once your number is done, once you're done as a drag queen and you get off stage, they just have the nastiest look on their faces. They look at me like an untouchable. They also felt rejected by mainstream drag culture. They see drag as distinct, often rooted in South Asian cultural celebrations and Bollywood. The number Jason and Raj are practicing today is a song from the iconic 2002 Bollywood epic, Devdas. […]

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Who has been a guest on The California Report Magazine

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Zoë Ferrigno
  • Jason Sharma
  • Raj Krishna
  • Srishti Prabha
  • Guy Marzorati

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.6 / 5
137 ratings
Spotify
4.7 / 5
12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

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Engagement
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Who hosts The California Report Magazine?

Sasha Khokha host the show. Published by KQED.

How often do new episodes come out?

The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.

Does The California Report Magazine take guests?

Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.

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