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S8 Ep 3 Special Episode San Francisco Magazine Adrian Burrell  Media Artist Storyteller
Culture, History, Season 8 Susan Brown Culture, History, Season 8 Susan Brown

S8 Ep 3 Special Episode San Francisco Magazine Adrian Burrell Media Artist Storyteller

Adrian Burrell is a rising media artist, storyteller, and writer. His upcoming book, Sugarcane, and Lightning, is a visual story of his family’s journey from Louisiana to Oakland, CA during the Great Migration. Using photography, film, installation, and experimental media, Burrell’s work delves into issues of race, class, and intergenerational dynamics through collective storytelling.

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S7 Ep 6 Sam’s Grill  an old school San Francisco Restaurant  with owner Peter Quartaroli
Culture, History, Season 7 Susan Brown Culture, History, Season 7 Susan Brown

S7 Ep 6 Sam’s Grill an old school San Francisco Restaurant with owner Peter Quartaroli

Peter Quartaroli is the proud owner of the classic San Francisco seafood restaurant Sam’s Grill. Founded in 1867 by Irishman and oyster farmer Michael Bolan Moraghan, Sam's Grill is the fifth oldest restaurant in the country. Originally called “M. B. Moraghan’s,” the restaurant featured a classic San Francisco menu with Moraghan’s oysters as its headliner. It was later renamed Sam's Grill by owner Sam Zenovich, a change that has endured for over 100 years. Sam’s Grill has always maintained its beloved seafood specialty despite its

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S7 Ep 5 Exploring the Neighborhood with Shon Buford and Michie Wong of the San Francisco Fire Department
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S7 Ep 5 Exploring the Neighborhood with Shon Buford and Michie Wong of the San Francisco Fire Department

Have you ever wanted to know what being a firefighter is like? In this week’s episode, we learn about the San Francisco Fire Department from two delightful, socially dedicated firefighters: Michie Wong and Shon Buford.

A retired fire marshal, Michie took SFFD to a new level of security and sustainability. With keen expertise in code interpretation and intracity collaboration, Michie's work was a beacon for urban accessibility and safety.

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S7 Ep.4 Exploring the Neighborhood Chief Joanne Hayes-White & Chief Greg Suhr
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S7 Ep.4 Exploring the Neighborhood Chief Joanne Hayes-White & Chief Greg Suhr

This week, we explore the esteemed lives and careers of Joanne Hayes-White and Greg Suhr, two San Francisco natives and long-time friends with deep and impactful commitment to their communities. Joanne, the first female and longest-serving Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department, championed diversity and inclusion by notably increasing the representation of women and minorities in her department. She values motherhood as her greatest life accomplishment.

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S7 Special Episode: SF Magazine’s Cover Star~Doug Dolton
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S7 Special Episode: SF Magazine’s Cover Star~Doug Dolton

Doug Dalton is the Co-Founder and Co-Owner of FutureBars, a venture that has restored 12 of San Francisco’s historic bars, making them into some of the top venues for the city’s vibrant cocktail culture. With locations like Bourbon and Branch, a Prohibition Era speakeasy turned password-required bar & lounge with its very own cocktail class, Doug beautifully captures the spirit of each sophisticated thematic bar experience through a love of history and entertainment.

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S7 Ep.03: Exploring the Neighborhood Valerie & Greg Landau ~ Noe Valley & the Mission
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S7 Ep.03: Exploring the Neighborhood Valerie & Greg Landau ~ Noe Valley & the Mission

This week, we interviewed the quintessential San Francisco sibling duo, Greg and Valerie Landau. Greg is a music and video producer, educator, and historian with 8 Grammy-nominated albums. Valerie, a Harvard-trained expert, specializes in innovative teaching and AI-infused education tools. Their lives were shaped by the influential 1960s and 70s in San Francisco as they grew up in The Mission District and Noe Valley.

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S7 Ep.01: Exploring the Neighborhood~ Tribute to Anne  Collins, April 1923-August 2023
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S7 Ep.01: Exploring the Neighborhood~ Tribute to Anne Collins, April 1923-August 2023

Have you ever wondered what it was like to grow up in the 1920's?

Our guest this week knows, as she was born in 1923! Anne Marie Bosque Collins was a mother of nine children, an SFUSD primary grade teacher, and a San Francisco Native.

Anne’s childhood days were spent in the avenues of the Sunset/Parkside District where

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S6 Ep.08: Lina Ghanem~Saba Grocers Initiative, Oakland
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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.

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Special Episode: Joe Goode ~ Joe Goode Performance Group
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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.

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Josh Donald and Bernal Cutlery
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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.

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