Ep. 17, Part 2: Amanda Guest's Life-Changing All-Nighter in San Francisco
Falling in love with San Francisco is like a snowflake. Whether you're born here or become a transplant, we all find our own way to the heart of the city. For BFF.fm founder Amanda Guest, it was no di...
15 Feb 201820min
Ep. 17, Part 1: Amanda Guest's Early Trips to San Francisco
BFF.fm founder Amanda Guest first visited San Francisco as a kid with her family from Massachusetts. Her first trip here as adult was in 2007, when she came as part of the Game Developers Conference. ...
13 Feb 201814min
Ep. 16, Part 2: Ryan Akerberg's Window-Cleaning Company
Ryan Akerberg had been in San Francisco for only a couple of weeks when his friend from Boulder, Colorado, tapped him on the shoulder in a cafe. That random meeting eventually resulted in Ryan's ownin...
8 Feb 201825min
Ep. 16, Part 1: Ryan Akerberg's First Jobs in San Francisco
Ryan Akerberg moved to San Francisco 12 years ago from Colorado, and Iowa before that. Like many of us, he arrived without a job or a plan to make the gobs of money that are required for city living. ...
6 Feb 201811min
Ep. 15: Broke-Ass Stuart's San Francisco Adventures
Broke-Ass Stuart does and has done a lot of things. He moved to San Francisco in 2003 and started his website, Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website, in 2004. He's had a national TV show, hosted a talk s...
30 Jan 201816min
Ep. 14, Part 2: H.P. Mendoza's Mission Arcade
H.P. Mendoza makes music and movies. He's quite good at doing both. But video games are another love of his. Several years ago, he started an arcade. That's right, a video game arcade. In this podcast...
25 Jan 20189min
Ep. 14, Part 1: H.P. Mendoza's Dad, the Pac-Man King
H.P. Mendoza, director of Colma: The Musical, I Am a Ghost, and the upcoming Bitter Melon, loves video games. In addition to music and movies, they are a prominent fixture in his life. In this episode...
23 Jan 201811min
Ep. 13, Part 3: Kevin Fagan's Song for Jill May
It's fair to say that homelessness is Kevin Fagan's favorite beat. The veteran SF Chronicle reporter was the only beat reporter in the U.S. covering homelessness full-time from 2003 to 2006. It was du...
18 Jan 20188min
