S2E29, Part 1: Margaret Casey and the Panhandle Saxophone (San Francisco Houseboats Series)
The theft of a Picasso in Australia. Getting framed by an old teacher. Cocaine shipments from South America. San Francisco cults in the 1970s. And someone playing the saxophone in the Panhandle on a ...
18 Jun 201917min
S2E28, Part 2: Ron Turner on Founding Last Gasp Publishing
Originally known as "Last Gasp Eco-Funnies," the publishing company that Ron Turner and others founded celebrates 50 years next April. In this podcast, Ron talks about starting Last Gasp with Slow Dea...
13 Jun 201932min
S2E28, Part 1: Ron Turner on Growing Up in the Central Valley
Before he moved to the Bay Area in the late-1960s, Ron Turner spent his life in the San Joaquin Valley of California. In this podcast, he talks about various experiences he had around the valley, incl...
11 Jun 201927min
S2E27, Part 2: Rosie Ortiz on Her Journey with La Cocina (Part of Our La Cocina Series)
La Cocina serves as a resource for women of color and lower-income women who want to start a food business. Rosie Ortiz sure could cook, but she needed to learn business and other kitchen skills she d...
6 Jun 201910min
S2E27, Part 1: Rosie Ortiz on Growing Up in the Mission and Teaching Herself to Cook (Part of Our La Cocina Series)
Born and raised in the Mission District, Rosie Ortiz learned to cook by watching her mother. In this podcast, Rosie, the owner of Mission Boricua, talks about San Francisco back in the day. She says t...
4 Jun 201912min
S2E26, Part 2: Ginny Stearns and Bob Isaacson on the Future of Mission Creek Living (Part of Our San Francisco Houseboats Series)
No living situation is permanent, especially in San Francisco. The residents of the houseboats on Mission Creek, which are nestled amid one of the hottest areas of development in the city, are always ...
30 Mai 201918min
S2E26, Part 1: Bob Isaacson and Ginny Stearns on Protecting Mission Creek (Part of our San Francisco Houseboats Series)
Before there was the ballpark where the Giants play ... before the elevated I-280 freeway ... before most of the northeastern half of what we call the Mission District ... before the Gold Rush, there ...
28 Mai 201918min
S2E25, Part 2: Bernadine Sewell on Running a Restaurant
Bernadine Sewell (aka, Pinky Winchester) opened her restaurant, Pinky and Red's, last summer in the UC Berkeley Student Union building. It was the culmination of a long journey—she and her daughter (...
23 Mai 201912min
