Seth Samuel
By Seth Samuel on Feb 2 2012 - 10:55am
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By Seth and Molly Samuel on Oct 31 2011 - 4:29pm
HARRY HOUDINI: Ladies and gentlemen: introducing my original invention, the water torture cell...
That’s Harry Houdini, in 1914, describing the water torture cell, in which he emerges from an upside-down dunk tank imprisonment. A new exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco...
By Seth Samuel on Oct 31 2011 - 4:06pm
Halloween is a day of magic and mystery, so Joe Pon of Misdirections Magic Shop in San Francisco has this trick to share...
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JOE PON: Okay Seth, I am going to try and attempt a trick over the radio. You’re going to be the eyes and ears of the...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 12 2011 - 4:49pm
KALW originally aired this documentary on the 8th anniversary of the Iraq War. We republish it today in remembrance of the veterans and civilians whose lives were forever changed in the aftermath of 9/11.
HOLLY KERNAN: It was March 19, 2003:
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: My fellow citizens, at this...
By Martina Castro on Aug 9 2011 - 3:30pm
So far in KALW News’ series of conversations about sound, we’ve taken you to the planetarium of the California Academy of Sciences, and to the unique San Francisco sound theater called Audium.
For this segment of “Audiophiles,“ where we talk with the most creative minds working in sound, we want...
By Seth and Molly Samuel on Jun 30 2011 - 4:07pm
Consider a snail without a shell. Is it still a snail?
I think its a slug. Luckily, this isn’t a quiz ... it’s from a new art installation at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco – an exhibit that’s all about questions.
Brother/sister reporting team Seth and Molly Samuel went...
By Casey Miner on May 31 2011 - 4:49pm
Melissa Fay Greene, mother of Crosscurrents engineer extraordinaire Seth Samuel, has written a memoir about raising four lovely children – then deciding to adopt five more. Though Seth suggested the book be titled "We're Not a Youth Group, Dammit," she in fact chose to call it, "No Biking in the...
By Crosscurrents Producer on May 5 2011 - 5:02pm
Bruce Stephan is probably the luckiest San Franciscan alive. He happened to be driving across the Bay Bridge on October 17, 1989, the very moment the Loma Prieta earthquake snapped the upper deck.
As if that weren't enough, fast forward barely a dozen years, to September 11, 2001: Stephan was in...
By Crosscurrents Producer on May 5 2011 - 12:36pm
A few months ago, Bruce Stephan spoke with his wife, Joan Stephan, in the StoryCorps booth at SF's Contemporary Jewish Museum about what it was like to potentially be the luckiest man in San Francisco. He earned this title by surviving the collapse of the Bay Bridge during the 1989 earthquake...
By Seth Samuel on Feb 4 2010 - 1:17pm
The metronome is a humble device. Musicians have been using them since Galileo introduced the concept in 17th century England. Beethoven was the first composer to write the precise number of beats per minute for his music into the score, only possible thanks to the handy musician's tool. But...
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