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S7. Special Episode: Rachel Skelly CAST Jewelry - SF Magazine Style Issue
Our guest is on the cover of San Francisco Magazine’s STYLE issue this week— and for a good reason. Rachel Skelly is the Creative Director and visionary behind CAST Jewelry, a fine jewelry company with a mission to revolutionize the jewelry shopping experience.

S6 Ep.08: Lina Ghanem~Saba Grocers Initiative, Oakland
Lina Ghanem is the Founder and Director of Saba Grocers Initiative, a non-profit that sources fresh produce from marginalized farmers in Northern California and delivers it to underserved neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area. Funded by the State of California Soda Tax, the initiative partners with African American and Arab immigrant corner store owners to provide affordable fresh produce to their communities, countering the prevalence of unhealthy items like cigarettes, alcohol, chips, and soda.

Special Episode: Joe Goode ~ Joe Goode Performance Group
This week we’re breaking from our Health, Wellness, Food, and Drink Series to present a captivating special episode with Joe Goode—an exceptional choreographer, educator, writer, director, and actor. He is also a revered master teacher whose summer workshops and teaching residencies attract artists worldwide. Joe is the Founder of Joe Goode Performance Group, a critically acclaimed, globally touring dance and theater company.

Health & Wellness Series: Dr. Brad Jacobs & Blue Wave Medicine, Sausalito
We close our series on Health, Wellness, Food, and Drink very fittingly with Dr. Brad Jacobs, an MD, integrative and functional medicine doctor, and Founder of BlueWave Medicine. He is a renowned leader in the fields of integrative medicine and corporate health and is

Hooman Khalili and the Iran Woman’s Mural Project
Hooman Khalili, an artist, filmmaker, and former radio talk show host from the Bay Area, is creating murals in Israel to support Iranian women as they protest the violence and arrests that they are facing by their government.

Health & Wellness: David Moreno of MorYoga, Sausalito
More yoga, please! Moryoga is the hub for all things yoga by David Moreno, the internationally renowned yoga professional with over three decades of teaching experience. David offers

Ben Davis of Illuminate and the City of Awe ~ SF Mag
Ben Davis is the CEO and Founder of Illuminate, a non-profit that illuminates the San Francisco Bay Area with light-based public art. Established in 2011, Illuminate first collaborated with artist Leo Villareal to create The Bay Lights, a 1.8-mile-wide light sculpture on the Bay Bridge.

Mental Health: Zak Williams & Dr. Raghu Appasani with Guest Host Andrej Hostynek
ZAK WILLIAMS:
Zak Williams is the Co-Founder and CEO of the mental health company Prepare Your Mind (PYM), which he established with his wife Olivia June Williams. When Zak lost his father, Robin Williams, to suicide, his own mental health struggles went into overdrive. The work Zak and

Food & Wine: Chef Mourad Lahou, SF Mag cover star
Chef Mourad Lahlou is an award-winning chef, restaurant owner, cookbook author and winner of Food Network’s 2009 Iron Chef America. Hailing from Morocco, Mourad’s cuisine is inspired by his mother’s traditional Moroccan recipes and his

Josh Donald and Bernal Cutlery
Josh Donald is the Owner and Co-Founder of Bernal Cutlery, a specialty knife store and service shop in San Francisco’s Mission District. Josh and his wife Kelly Kozak started out sharpening knives in the back of an apartment as a way for the new, broke parents to make ends meet. Today, they have a dedicated crew of unique and knife-savvy individuals with a beautiful store front.

Queen of the OG’s Amelia Ashley Ward and her son Evan Ward and the History of the Sun Reporter
This week we wrap up our OG’s and Young Guns Series with Amelia Ashley-Ward and Evan Ward, Owners and Publishers of Northern California’s oldest Black newspaper, the Sun-Reporter.

The Art of Filmmaking with Osinachi Ibe, Sophia Constantinou and Sam Ball
This episode of our OGs and Young Guns Series features three incredibly driven and culturally-minded filmmakers: Sophie Constantinou, Sam Ball, and Osinachi Ibe.

Nia McAllister and Tureeda Mikell at MOAd
In this unique episode of our OG’s and Young Guns Series, we invited renowned poets Nia McAllister and Tureeda Mikell to BTFR to interview… each other! about their experiences as literary artists.

Quentin & Eddy Navia of Pena Pachamama!
Peña Pachamama was recently deemed a San Francisco Legacy Restaurant– and for a very good reason. For 25 years, founders Quentin and Eddy Navia have cultivated this Bolivian vegan restaurant, bar and performance space into a

Anna Chiu & Valerie Santillo KAMPERETT
San Francisco residents Anna Chiu and Valerie Santillo are fashion designers, business partners and close friends. Together they started KAMPERETT, a womenswear label whose name is an inspired blend of their mothers’ maiden names. They focus on designing elegant yet effortlessly chic pieces for

Home and Design with Bob Buckter aka Dr. Color
In 1960’s San Francisco, the “Color Movement” swept across the city’s architectural landscape. Victorians and Edwardians were painted in bright fanciful colors as an homage to the psychedelic colorscape of the LSD experience. Inspired by this, architectural color designer Bob Buckter, aka Dr. Color, carried this movement into the 70’s and on. As his style transformed over

Matt Hollis Principal MH Architects
Matt Hollis is the Principal and Lead Architect at MH Architects. This San Francisco Native got his start in design as early as childhood, learning building from his father and graphic design and illustration from his mother. Having also lived abroad in Japan, Hollis developed a

Tracy, Kelly and Jonathan Dearman
We kick off our Home and Design Series with siblings Tracy, Kelly and Johnathan Dearman– titans of the San Francisco Bay Area real estate scene. The Dearman Real Estate Group was founded by Johnathan, though the origins of his family’s business go back to the 1950’s when his grandmother, Bertha Flemming, provided real estate services throughout the

Kathy Fang Chef, and Restaurant Owner and TV Personality
Kathy Fang is a renowned Contemporary Chef, On-Air Personality, and a San Francisco native. Kathy’s passion for cooking began as a child in her family’s popular SF restaurant House of Nanking, where her father taught her how to cook. As an adult, Kathy and her father opened Fang Restaurant with Kahty herself as Chef.

Introducing Namesake Cheesecake and Cherith Spicer and Guest Host Laura Rose Happy Holidays !
As always, we end our series with a bit of food! This week we sat down with Cherith Spencer, baker and owner of Namesake Cheesecake in Menlo Park. Her business started when she was given singular access to the secret cheesecake recipe of a dear family friend