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Storied: San Francisco

Dec 17, 2024

This bonus episode is presented in collaboration with the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund.

Season of Sharing Fund gave some peace of mind to aspiring boxing champ Keoni Washington, who became parent and breadwinner to his brothers after their mother passed  away early in the pandemic. We meet him at the East Bay...


Dec 10, 2024

In Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1. Allegra was bartending at Second City in Chicago. The day of her graduation ceremony, at Columbia College Chicago, she packed up all her belongings and drove to LA with a friend.
 
Allegra really wanted to be in California. Not yet totally sure about what she was gonna...


Dec 3, 2024

Allegra Madsen has a Polaroid photo of her birth.

In this episode, meet and get to know Allegra. Today, she's the executive director of Frameline film fest, the biggest LGBTQIA+ movie event in the world. She might disagree, but Allegra is a big deal.

(Quick side note: As we kicked off our recording, Allegra expertly...


Nov 21, 2024

Jacob Rosenberg had a front-row seat to some rad SF/Bay Area history.

In this bonus episode, the filmmaker/storyteller shares some of that history, especially as it relates to his upcoming book, Right Before My Eyes. Jacob was born and raised in Palo Alto. He grew up in the Seventies and Eighties. His parents moved...


Nov 19, 2024

In Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1, with Nicole's move to New York. She didn't necessarily have a plan for this cross-country relocation, but she dove in head-first nonetheless.
 
Nicole of course turned to Craigslist to help her find a roommate. But she also hopped on FB Marketplace, which is where she...