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Storied: San Francisco

Nov 30, 2017

For Part 2 of Jim Murphy's Storied: San Francisco podcast, he talks about his brush with little-known acts such as Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company, how he just missed getting a deferment from the Vietnam War, and what it was like to come back home from the war. He ended up going to school...


Nov 28, 2017

Jim Murphy is a fourth-generation San Franciscan whose family originally arrived in the city in the 1850s in covered wagons. For this episode of Storied: San Francisco, hear Jim talk about the early days of Muni's "Man of the Month" program, life in and around Upper Noe Valley Playground, a.k.a., Day Street Park, and...


Nov 21, 2017

For many of us in San Francisco and the Bay Area, the presidential election of 2016 was a deeply disturbing and even traumatic event. It wasn't any different for Cynthia and Jeremy Pollock, longtime members of the San Francisco League of Pissed-Off Voters.

On this episode of Storied: San Francisco, Cynthia and...


Nov 14, 2017

Pizzaiola Laura Meyer loves to bake and she loves to compete. The winner of several domestic and international (think Italy) pizza contests, she has squared off against and prevailed over men many years her elder, and she has the trophies to prove it. But she's also a very chill and humble champ.

On this episode of...


Nov 7, 2017

When the pager went off inviting him to visit one more death scene, a warning from Medical Examiner's Office investigators came with it. Peter decided he was up for it. It was a short walk from his home, after all. But what he ended up seeing changed the course of his career in journalism.

This episode of Storied: San...