Bay Curious
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Bay Curious is a show about your questions and the adventures you find when you go looking for the answers. Join host Olivia Allen-Price to explore all aspects of the San Francisco Bay Area from the debate over "Frisco", to the dinosaurs that once roamed California, to the causes of homelessness. Whether you lived here your whole life, or just arrived, Bay Curious will deepen your..
Bay Curious
6d ago
Listener Allison Pennell recently saw a museum booklet featuring archival photos of Black residents watching the fire that consumed the city after the 1906. It got her wondering how this specific community fared after the quake, especially given the entrenched racism of the time.
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Stunning Archival Photos Of the 1906 Earthquake And Fire
tanea lunsford lynx's We Were Here project
Entire set of Afro-American Oral Histories, Pre-WWII
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Bay Curious
2w ago
Depending on whom you ask, eucalyptus trees are either an icon in California or a fire-prone scourge. In today's episode, reporter Daniel Potter takes us on a journey through how this non-native tree came to the state. We'll learn why it was planted in such large numbers in the first place. Then we explore why some Eucalyptus groves have become a concerning wildfire threat.
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Eucalyptus: How California's Most Hated Tree Took Root
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2w ago
Bay Curious listener Lorraine Page likes to comb the Pescadero beaches for treasures in her spare time. She used to find abalone shells often, but says in the last ten years she hasn't seen any. She wants to know: what happened to all the abalone?
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Climate Change-Induced Heatwaves Are Decimating California's Kelp and Abalone
Bay Curious Podcast Garage Event April 11
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Bay Curious
3w ago
Bay Curious listener Jules Winters has great memories of riding the school bus as a kid in suburban Philadelphia. When she moved to the Bay Area, she immediately noticed there weren't as many of those big yellow buses taking kids to school. She wants to know why.
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Why Doesn't California Have More School Buses?
How the San Francisco School Lottery Works, And How It Doesn't
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Bay Curious
1M ago
Love it or hate, drag is a hot topic of conversation now. And you really can’t understand how we got to this point nationally without heading to San Francisco. Today we’re taking a crash course through decades of drag herstory to better understand it’s larger impact on San Francisco, and the country.
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How SF's Drag Queens Shaped the City (and the World)
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Bay Curious
1M ago
On Interstate 280, just south of the Sand Hill Road exit, near Stanford, there is this overpass that crosses over a long, skinny building. Bay Curious listener Eric Nelson has wondered what that building is for years. Turns out, scientists are unraveling the mysteries of the universe inside SLAC. We take you on a tour.
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe Inside SLAC
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Bay Curious
1M ago
Ever wonder why it can be so hard to fix your own appliances, laptops and other gadgets? Well, you're not alone. And there's a reason why so many things head to the landfill these days, rather than getting fixed. Bay Area "Fix It" advocates are taking matters into their own hands, while they wait for state laws to catch up.
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Bay Area's 'Fix It' Culture Thrives Amid State's Forthcoming Right to Repair Law
March 14 Sustainable Fashion Event: Mend, Fix, Style
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1M ago
Hike near Leona Heights in Oakland, and you might come across vibrant graffiti art painted on the concrete remnants of an old conveyor tram that transported rock down the hill. This week on the show, reporter Katherine Monahan reveals the history of this place, and talks to artists who have transformed it into an art gallery hidden in the woods.
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Web story: Hidden in the Oakland Hills Is An Outdoor Gallery of Murals
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Bay Curious
2M ago
It's a three-part transit lightning round! First we look at if aggressive driving has gotten worse in recent years. Then we take a trip on the San Francisco Water Taxi, and discover a low-cost way to get out on the San Francisco Bay. Finally, we crunch on the numbers on if the SMART Train in Sonoma and Marin is easing traffic along the 101 corridor. Buckle up, the answers are coming fast and furious this week.
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Is the SMART Train Easing Highway 101 Traffic in Marin and Sonoma?
Scooting Along the San Francisco Bay Front in a Water Taxi
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Bay Curious
2M ago
When listener Beth Caissie moved to San Francisco she'd heard of Ghirardelli Chocolate, but she was surprised there were so many other fabulous chocolate shops around. She wondered if the lineage stretches all the way back to the Gold Rush. It does! And because high quality chocolate was produced here, innovative chocolate makers from all over the world have put their own cultural twist on the sweet treat.
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From Ghirardelli to Socola: Unwrapping S.F's Chocolate History
Why Burlingame Smells Like Chocolate
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