Andrew Bracken
Producer, KPBS Midday EditionAndrew Bracken is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. He is also the producer and host for the KPBS podcast series "My First Day" and "San Diego Conversations," a collaboration with KPBS and the National Conflict Resolution Center.
His documentary web series "Facing North," about the multi-dimensional relationship between San Diego and Tijuana, was released digitally on PBS in 2017. A recipient of the San Diego Foundation’s Creative Catalyst fellowship, Bracken has received support for his work from Latino Public Broadcasting, KPBS, and the Berlinale Talent Campus. His short film "Facing North" explored border identity in the San Diego-Tijuana region and won a San Diego Film Award in 2017.
During his infrequent free time, he likes to play drums in and around San Diego.
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KPBS Midday EditionWe hear from Sarah McCammon about her new book, "The Exvangelicals," and her life journey after leaving the evangelical church. -
KPBS Midday Edition takes a look at how traumatic brain injuries are affecting our veterans and active military. Then, we turn to the lives of military families in San Diego and findings from Blue Star's Military Family Lifestyle Survey. -
Reading to children has many benefits for their intellectual and emotional development. -
Also on Roundtable, we hear about one woman's tragic story highlighting a mental health care system still in need of fixing. -
New research finds sitting for long hours increases the risk of death. -
High-speed rail is coming to California, but not yet to San Diego. We take a look at the decades-long effort to bring high-speed rail to California, and San Diego's role in it. Plus, workplaces have changed a lot since 2020, and so has the language we use around them.
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Emergency crews and authorities are cleaning up the wreckage and damage Tuesday caused by a small plane crash in Santee.
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