Bay Curious

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 Oct 8, 2020

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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 understanding of this place you call home.

Episode Date
Where Are All the School Buses?
Mar 28, 2024
Queer, Fabulous and Proud: SF’s Drag History
Mar 21, 2024
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe at SLAC
Mar 14, 2024
Why Is It So Hard to Fix Our Own Stuff Now?
Mar 07, 2024
Hidden in the Oakland Hills Is An Outdoor Gallery of Murals
Feb 29, 2024
Has Aggressive Driving Gotten Worse? And Two Other Transit Qs
Feb 22, 2024
Unwrapping SF's Rich Chocolate History
Feb 15, 2024
Prop 1: Big Changes to Mental Health Funding
Feb 08, 2024
Why Piedmont Is A Separate City From Oakland
Feb 01, 2024
Squirrelmania!
Jan 25, 2024
The Hidden History of Fort Scott
Jan 18, 2024
Two Water Temples ... Why?!
Jan 11, 2024
San Francisco's Sliver of Alameda
Jan 04, 2024
Dialing POP-CORN
Dec 21, 2023
How Italians Were Treated As 'Enemy Aliens' During WWII
Dec 14, 2023
How Anchor Brewing Started the Craft Beer Craze
Dec 07, 2023
The Future of Fog
Nov 30, 2023
Rethinking San Jose's Urban Sprawl
Nov 16, 2023
The Poster Queen of the Fillmore
Nov 09, 2023
The Marijuana Minister of the Castro
Nov 02, 2023
The Demon of the Belfry
Oct 26, 2023
Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan
Oct 19, 2023
A Spooky Mansion & The Notorious Lone Tree
Oct 12, 2023
The House Sarah Winchester Built
Oct 05, 2023
Bay Curious Presents Spooked: Teacher's Pet
Sep 28, 2023
Is Our Bottle Recycling System Garbage?
Sep 21, 2023
The Burrito. The Myth. The Legend.
Sep 14, 2023
Why The Iconic Claremont Hotel Was Dry For So Long
Aug 31, 2023
The Original San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
Aug 24, 2023
‘Maison Bleue’: The S.F. Landmark You’ve Never Heard Of
Aug 17, 2023
The Rise and Fall of the 'Harlem of the West'
Aug 10, 2023
Can We Turn Ocean Waves into Energy?
Aug 03, 2023
Oppenheimer, UC Berkeley and the Atomic Bomb
Jul 27, 2023
What's Going on With Pro Women's Sports in the Bay Area?
Jul 20, 2023
Can Empty Offices Become Homes?
Jul 13, 2023
The Martini: A Story with a Twist
Jul 06, 2023
Mac Dre and Lyrics on Trial
Jun 29, 2023
Are the Redwoods Doing Okay?
Jun 22, 2023
Bay Curious Presents: A Book!
Jun 15, 2023
The Iron Horse Trail
Jun 08, 2023
Zero Emission Cars and a Golden Gate Lookalike
Jun 01, 2023
Bay to Breakers: Half Race, Half Party
May 25, 2023
Crows Everywhere!
May 18, 2023
Why Are Stores Locking Up Basic Necessities?
May 11, 2023
A History of Children's Fairyland
May 04, 2023
Real High Schoolers of the Bay Area
Apr 27, 2023
Is Picking California Poppies Illegal?
Apr 20, 2023
San Francisco's Little Slice of Paris
Apr 13, 2023
Our Night Skies Are Getting Brighter
Mar 30, 2023
Why Do People Fish off Hwy 101?
Mar 23, 2023
Farming in the Middle of a City
Mar 16, 2023
The Castro Theatre's Past and Future
Mar 09, 2023
Renaming a State Park
Mar 02, 2023
How San Francisco Got its Bike Lanes
Feb 23, 2023
The Boat-Shaped Building in Palo Alto
Feb 16, 2023
Runoff, Rivers and Rodents
Feb 09, 2023
Endless Winter: The Real Story of the Donner Party
Feb 02, 2023
This Old Bay Area House
Jan 26, 2023
Can Religious Groups Help Build Affordable Housing?
Jan 19, 2023
The East Bay Mystery Walls
Jan 12, 2023
Should There be Cattle in Point Reyes?
Jan 05, 2023
Ask Me Anything with the Bay Curious Team
Dec 15, 2022
Iconic Transamerica Pyramid
Dec 08, 2022
Homes for All: Richmond's 1950s Attempt at Integrated Housing
Dec 01, 2022
Why Doesn't BART Go More Places?
Nov 17, 2022
Intoxicating Beats: The Bay Area’s African Music Scene
Nov 10, 2022
Why A Lot of Plastic Isn't Getting Recycled
Nov 03, 2022
Did I Actually Contact a Dead Person? A Science Editor In Search of His Mother’s Ghost
Oct 27, 2022
When and Why the Bay Area Became So Liberal
Oct 20, 2022
Why Does the Bay Area Have So Many Microclimates?
Oct 13, 2022
Prop 31: Flavored Tobacco
Oct 06, 2022
Prop. 30: Taxes For Greener Transit
Oct 05, 2022
Prop. 29: Dialysis
Oct 04, 2022
Prop. 28: Arts Education Funding
Oct 03, 2022
Props. 26 & 27: Sports Betting
Sep 30, 2022
Prop 1: Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Sep 29, 2022
Wanna Try Roller Skating in San Francisco? Better Head to Church
Sep 22, 2022
Long Gone Amusement Parks That Captured Bay Area Hearts
Sep 15, 2022
Purissima: The Ghost Town Hidden Near Half Moon Bay
Sep 08, 2022
What Animals Lived in the Bay Area Before European Settlement?
Aug 25, 2022
The San Francisco Years of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Aug 18, 2022
The Story of Russell City, the Town that Lost the Blues
Aug 11, 2022
Labyrinths Everywhere! Why Are There So Many in the Bay Area?
Aug 04, 2022
The Story Behind Those Giant Paintings Off Central Valley Highways
Jul 28, 2022
The Farallon Islands: Nice Home For Birds, Less So for Humans
Jul 21, 2022
Why Were Many SF Hospitals Once Affiliated With Ethnic Groups?
Jul 14, 2022
The WWII Prison Camp in Pacifica That's Been Largely Erased
Jun 30, 2022
The Sizzler: The California Origin Story Behind One of India’s Flashiest Dishes
Jun 23, 2022
How San Francisco and Ed Hardy Gave Rise to the Custom Tattoo
Jun 16, 2022
Was Monterey Jack Cheese Created in Pacifica?
Jun 09, 2022
S.F.’s AIDS Memorial Grove is a Place Like No Other
Jun 03, 2022
Does Anyone Play Polo at the Golden Gate Park Polo Field Anymore?
Jun 02, 2022
Golden Gate Park's Windmills Were Essential, Then Abandoned for Decades.
Jun 01, 2022
The Complicated Origins of S.F.'s Beloved Japanese Tea Garden
May 31, 2022
Meet The Bison Herd of Golden Gate Park
May 30, 2022
Golden Gate Park Was Once Miles and Miles of Sand Dunes
May 26, 2022
This Bay Area Sex-Loving Commune Is Still Going Strong
May 12, 2022
Nope, The Stanford Dish Isn’t Listening For Aliens. It Was Built to Spy on Russia
May 05, 2022
Teens Take Us Inside Bay Area Sneaker Culture
Apr 28, 2022
For Many Tenants, Section 8 Is A Broken Promise. Can It Be Fixed?
Apr 21, 2022
West Oakland's 16th Street Station Was Once A Community Anchor
Apr 14, 2022
Why You Might See Wacky Art Cars Rolling Downhill in McLaren Park
Apr 07, 2022
What Makes a Street ‘Private’? And Why Does San Francisco Have So Many?
Mar 31, 2022
What Happened to the Ohlone Shellmounds?
Mar 24, 2022
Latinos in La Misión: A Story of Resistance and Community
Mar 17, 2022
What's It Like to Live on the Filbert Steps?
Mar 10, 2022
The Sordid Saga of San Francisco’s Trash Cans
Mar 03, 2022
Despite What You Learned, California Had Slavery. What Now?
Feb 17, 2022
When the Winter Olympics Came to Lake Tahoe
Feb 10, 2022
Bay Curious Presents: Berkeley's Rainbow Sign
Feb 03, 2022
Shipwrecked! How a 120-Year-Old Ship Ended up in the Martinez Mud
Jan 27, 2022
How You Can Responsibly Recycle Old Clothes
Jan 20, 2022
How You Can Help Save the Monarch Butterfly And Other Pollinators
Jan 13, 2022
$15,000 in Toll Penalties?! It Can Happen Faster Than You Think
Jan 06, 2022
Is There A San Francisco Accent?
Dec 16, 2021
How Black Shipyard Workers in Marin Helped Win World War II
Dec 09, 2021
Why So Many Driverless Cars in SF?
Dec 02, 2021
More Whales Are Washing Up Dead on Bay Area Beaches. Why?
Nov 18, 2021
Are S.F. Streets Really Named For Gold-Rush Era Sex Workers?
Nov 11, 2021
La Llorona, Legend and Protector, in the Streets of San Francisco
Nov 04, 2021
Listen If You Dare! Three Bay Area Ghost Stories
Oct 28, 2021
Deep in the Santa Cruz Redwoods, Your Mind Will Play Tricks On You
Oct 21, 2021
Meet the Bay Bridge Troll and the Broadway Tunnel Dragon
Oct 14, 2021
Why Are There So Many Graveyards in Colma?
Oct 07, 2021
Can Redwood City Really Boast “Climate Best By Government Test”?
Sep 30, 2021
There's a Castle in Pacifica?!
Sep 23, 2021
A Prison with Million Dollar Views? How San Quentin Came to Be
Sep 16, 2021
State of Drought 6: Big Solutions
Sep 03, 2021
State of Drought 5: Desalination, Water Recycling and More
Sep 02, 2021
State of Drought 4: Saving Water In Your Home
Sep 01, 2021
State of Drought 3: Are We in a Megadrought?
Aug 31, 2021
State of Drought 2: Where Our Water Comes From
Aug 27, 2021
State of Drought 1: Facing Our Hotter, Drier Future
Aug 26, 2021
The Story Behind the Bay Area's Favorite Sandwich Bread
Aug 19, 2021
Your Guide to the Gavin Newsom Recall Election
Aug 12, 2021
In Daly City, Filipino Culture Runs Deep
Aug 05, 2021
Daly City Is One of the Densest Cities in the Country. Why?
Jul 29, 2021
‘It’s Pure Energy’: How Hyphy Came to Define Bay Area Hip Hop
Jul 22, 2021
Who Were the First People to Live in the Bay Area?
Jul 15, 2021
What Questions Do You Have About the Drought?
Jul 08, 2021
Trucks are Banned on Oakland’s I-580. These Sixth Graders Wondered Why
Jul 01, 2021
Lightning Round! The Bay Area's Arts Innovators
Jun 24, 2021
San Jose Had 5 Chinatowns. Why Did They Vanish?
Jun 17, 2021
The Beautiful Bay Bridge Frank Lloyd Wright Never Got to Build
Jun 10, 2021
Wait. There's A Volcano in the East Bay Hills?
Jun 03, 2021
The True Story Behind the Myths and Mysteries of Searsville Lake
May 20, 2021
The Gold Rush Delicacy That Started A War: Eggs
May 13, 2021
The Origins of the Bay Area's Donut and Chinese Food Combo
May 06, 2021
Marin Was Once Armed With Nuclear Missiles, Luckily They Were Never Deployed
Apr 29, 2021
How Bay Area Homelessness Compares Globally
Apr 22, 2021
Crumbling Tunnels to Nowhere: The Story Behind Santa Cruz's Mountain Route
Apr 15, 2021
Lightning Round! Ch-ch-changes Around the Bay Area
Apr 08, 2021
Why There’s a Cross on San Francisco’s Highest Peak
Apr 01, 2021
The Wacky Lumberjack Frat Behind 'Hoo Hoo Way'
Mar 25, 2021
Your Stories From the Year of COVID
Mar 18, 2021
Why So Trashy? Your Highway Questions Answered
Mar 11, 2021
Will Oysters Ever Make a Comeback in the Bay?
Mar 04, 2021
What Would Happen If Chabot Dam in the East Bay Hills Broke Open?
Feb 25, 2021
The True History of Irish Coffee and Its San Francisco Origins
Feb 18, 2021
How COVID Could Change the Bay Area For All of Us
Feb 11, 2021
Why It's So Expensive To Build Housing In The Bay Area
Feb 04, 2021
Why California’s Vaccine Rollout Has Been Chaotic
Jan 28, 2021
Olivia's Having a Baby!
Jan 21, 2021
Calling For Time: Whatever Happened to POP-CORN?
Jan 14, 2021
Why Doesn't PG&E Bury the Power Lines to Prevent Wildfires?
Dec 17, 2020
What's the Best San Francisco Movie? A (Sorta) Heated Debate
Dec 10, 2020
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera’s Life in San Francisco
Dec 03, 2020
What's Special About San Francisco’s Sourdough?
Nov 26, 2020
How a Berkeley Police Chief Gave Rise to the Modern Force
Nov 19, 2020
What's Next For Incarcerated Firefighters In California?
Nov 12, 2020
How Ballots Get Counted in California
Nov 05, 2020
Part II: The Aftermath and Legacy of the Donner Party Saga
Oct 29, 2020
Part I: The Donner Party Story You Haven’t Heard Before
Oct 29, 2020
How The Official California Voter Guide Gets Made
Oct 22, 2020
Proposition 25: Cash Bail
Oct 16, 2020
Proposition 24: Consumer Privacy
Oct 15, 2020
Proposition 23: Dialysis Physicians
Oct 14, 2020
Proposition 22: App-Based Drivers
Oct 13, 2020
Proposition 21: Rent Control
Oct 12, 2020
Proposition 20: Criminal Sentencing and Parole
Oct 09, 2020
Proposition 19: Property Tax Transfers
Oct 08, 2020
Proposition 18: Youth Voting
Oct 07, 2020
Proposition 17: Voting While on Parole
Oct 06, 2020
Proposition 16: Affirmative Action
Oct 05, 2020
Proposition 15: Commercial Property Tax
Oct 02, 2020
Proposition 14: Stem Cell Research Bond
Oct 01, 2020
What Was the Bay Area Like During the Last Ice Age?
Sep 24, 2020
How the North Bay Became 'Wine Country'
Sep 17, 2020
Does the Golden Gate Bridge Howl?
Sep 10, 2020
Evacuation 101 And Why Wildfire Can't Defeat Those Redwoods
Sep 03, 2020
The Secret Lives of The Palace of Fine Arts Swans
Aug 27, 2020
When And Why Did the Bay Area Become So Liberal?
Aug 20, 2020
The Unassuming East Bay Beach Strewn With Ceramic Treasures
Aug 13, 2020
Getting Naked in San Francisco: A History
Aug 06, 2020
Ethnic Studies: Born in the Bay from History's Biggest Student Strike
Jul 30, 2020
Vegan Food is Big in S.F. — But Will the Scene Survive COVID-19?
Jul 23, 2020
How Love Inspired the Murphy Bed
Jul 16, 2020
Why Does The Bay Area Have So Many Microclimates?
Jul 09, 2020
A Long and Winding Journey For Some Drinking Water
Jul 02, 2020
Why San Francisco's Fillmore District Is No Longer the 'Harlem of the West'
Jun 25, 2020
The Bay Area’s Long Tradition of Celebrating Juneteenth
Jun 18, 2020
What History Teaches Us About How Protests Spark Change
Jun 11, 2020
Truth Be Told: Protesting For The Soul of America
Jun 04, 2020
The Little Known History of Japanese Internment on Angel Island
May 28, 2020
Where Everyone Gets a Slice of the Pie
May 21, 2020
How Rice-A-Roni Became The San Francisco Treat
May 14, 2020
No Prom. No Yearbook Signing. No Graduation Ceremony. It's High School in 2020.
May 07, 2020
What Help Is There for California’s Undocumented Immigrants?
May 05, 2020
For Love and Hair
Apr 30, 2020
Cleaner Air and Weirder Dreams — Such Is Life in April 2020
Apr 23, 2020
Did We Put the 'Bay' In Bay Windows?
Apr 16, 2020
Coronavirus: A Guide to Grocery Shopping
Apr 09, 2020
Just Don't Call Them Buffalo: Meet the Bison of Golden Gate Park
Apr 02, 2020
Does Mount Diablo Have the Biggest View in the World?
Mar 26, 2020
A Coronavirus Care Package: Care For Yourself, Others and Still Have Fun
Mar 19, 2020
Coronavirus in the Bay Area: Your Questions Answered
Mar 12, 2020
Why Highway 280 Has So Few Billboards
Mar 05, 2020
In A Changing City, How Does The Tenderloin Stay The Same?
Feb 27, 2020
Coyotes, They're Back and They're Thriving
Feb 20, 2020
Bay Area, I Love You
Feb 13, 2020
We Built This City on ... Water and Marsh?
Feb 06, 2020
You're Really, Really Curious About BART
Jan 30, 2020
Jerry Brown’s Impact on Oakland May Surprise You
Jan 23, 2020
What's The Real History of El Camino Real?
Jan 16, 2020
Why Do S.F.'s Crosswalks Play a Machine Gun Sound?
Jan 09, 2020
What Are Those Grids of Glass in the Sidewalk — And Why Are They Purple?
Jan 02, 2020
Rising Seas and Sinking Land: The Precarious Future of Treasure Island
Dec 19, 2019
Between Romance and War: the Making of Treasure Island
Dec 12, 2019
How Charlie Chaplin and Silent Films Flourished in the East Bay
Dec 05, 2019
A Look Back at the Occupation of Alcatraz, 50 Years Later
Nov 28, 2019
Why Is There A Texas Flag Outside S.F. City Hall? What is S.F.’s First Square?
Nov 21, 2019
Think the Bay Used to Be Bluer? You're Not Imagining It
Nov 14, 2019
It's Our Birthday! Come Behind the Scenes
Nov 07, 2019
Secret Tunnels Under San Francisco?
Oct 31, 2019
Why Can't You Swim in Most of the Bay Area Lakes?
Oct 24, 2019
How Rocky Road Ice Cream Got Its Start in Oakland
Oct 17, 2019
You Gotta Check Out These Offbeat Museums
Oct 10, 2019
Do Preserved Bodies Dwell in Lake Tahoe's Depths?! The Truth Behind Tahoe's Myths
Oct 03, 2019
Sutro Tower’s Journey From Eyesore to Icon
Sep 26, 2019
The State Capitol Almost Moved to Berkeley and All It Got Was This Sweet Bear Fountain
Sep 19, 2019
Oh, SFO: Why So Delayed? (And What’s With the “O”?)
Sep 12, 2019
How the Bay Area Came to be a Hub for Casual Style
Sep 05, 2019
Why Are There So Many Palm Trees in the Bay Area?
Aug 29, 2019
Think Bay Area Nightlife Ends Early? That Could Be About to Change
Aug 22, 2019
The Minister of Loneliness, Aristotle And How To Make That Awesome Person Your Friend
Aug 15, 2019
How To Find New Friends
Aug 08, 2019
Why Isn’t Local Seafood a Bigger Deal in the Bay Area?
Jul 19, 2019
Is Dutch Crunch Bread From the Bay Area?
Jul 18, 2019
What’s the Best Way to Get Rid of Your Old Clothes?
Jul 11, 2019
Yes, Your ‘Tropical’ Mai Tai Was Invented Here in Oakland
Jul 04, 2019
Lightning Round: Dead Whales, Expensive Gas and ‘Earthquake Weather’
Jun 22, 2019
California Sounds: What’s It Like to Navigate the Bay Area While Blind?
Jun 20, 2019
Marin Was Once Armed With Nuclear Missiles, Luckily They Were Never Deployed
Jun 13, 2019
Why Are There So Many Crows in the Bay Area?
Jun 06, 2019
Why Wild Turkeys Love the Bay Area’s Suburbs
May 23, 2019
The Not-So-Crystal Clean History of San Francisco’s Drinking Water
May 16, 2019
How Old Oakland’s Historic Buildings Survived Decay (and Demolition)
May 09, 2019
Meet Charley Parkhurst: The Gold Rush’s Fearless, Gender Non-Conforming Stagecoach Driver
Apr 25, 2019
From Arks to Anchor-Outs: The History of Waterfront Living on Richardson Bay
Apr 18, 2019
The Flying Aircraft Carrier That Once Called Moffett Field Home
Apr 11, 2019
Why is Piedmont a Separate City From Oakland?
Apr 04, 2019
Lightning Round: Where Kids Live, Palo Alto’s Two Downtowns and S.F.’s Weeping Women
Mar 28, 2019
Yabba Dabba Don’t? A Trip Inside the (Now) Controversial Flintstone House
Mar 21, 2019
How Bill Graham’s Nazi Escape Might Explain His Fillmore Apples
Mar 14, 2019
Know, Know, Know Your Boats, Drifting Through the Bay
Mar 07, 2019
This Pricey San Francisco Cocktail Was a Gold Rush Knockout
Feb 28, 2019
Are There Dinosaur Bones in UC Berkeley’s Campanile?
Feb 21, 2019
Is There a San Francisco Accent?
Jan 24, 2019
Mile Rocks: A Bay Area Lighthouse Unlike Any Other
Jan 18, 2019
From Aviators to Apps: The Evolution of Traffic Data
Jan 17, 2019
When Recycling Pays the Bills … and When It Doesn’t
Jan 10, 2019
Lightning Round: Brisbane’s Stars, Millbrae’s Sweet Smells and Red Rock Island
Dec 21, 2018
Stew on This: Cioppino Comes From San Francisco, Not Italy
Dec 20, 2018
How SantaCon Got Its Start in San Francisco Counterculture
Dec 06, 2018
Bike Theft: How It Works, and What Police Are Doing in San Francisco
Nov 29, 2018
Why Are San Francisco Houses So Close Together?
Nov 22, 2018
‘Frisco’: It’s Not Just for Tourists
Nov 15, 2018
There Were Once More Than 425 Shellmounds in the Bay Area. Where Did They Go?
Nov 08, 2018
Who Invented the Martini? A Bay Area Story, With a Twist
Nov 03, 2018
Why Is Part of Alameda Island in San Francisco?
Nov 01, 2018
Ghost of a Legend: How a San Francisco Civil Rights Icon Was Made a Monster
Oct 25, 2018
The San Francisco Origins of Green Goddess Dressing
Oct 18, 2018
Black Power, the 1968 Olympics and the San Jose State Students Who Shook the World
Oct 18, 2018
Should Californians Allow Rent Control to Expand? Proposition 10, Explained
Oct 12, 2018
Voting on EMT Breaks, Children’s Hospitals and Dialysis Profits. Propositions 4, 8 and 11 Explained
Oct 11, 2018
Should California Expand Tax Breaks for Older Homeowners? Propositions 5, 1 and 2, Explained
Oct 10, 2018
Voting on Daylight Saving Time, Animal Confinement and Water. Propositions 3, 7 and 12, Explained
Oct 09, 2018
What If Californians Repealed the Gas Tax? Proposition 6, Explained
Oct 08, 2018
This Is Only a Test: San Francisco’s Tuesday Noon Siren
Oct 04, 2018
S.F. School Lottery: Time For It To Go?
Sep 27, 2018
How the San Francisco School Lottery Works, And How It Doesn’t
Sep 27, 2018
The Story Behind Belmont’s Painted Fire Hydrants
Sep 20, 2018
Could Creating One Bay Area City Solve the Housing Crisis?
Sep 13, 2018
How Do You Define the ‘Bay Area’?
Sep 06, 2018
The Mystery of the ‘East Bay Walls’
Aug 30, 2018
Who’s Behind the Knitted Animals in San Francisco’s Civic Center?
Aug 23, 2018
Palms, Prophecy … and Permits? How Fortunetelling Works in the Bay
Aug 22, 2018
Is Ultimate Frisbee the Golf of Silicon Valley?
Aug 16, 2018
Why So Windy? Why So Foggy? And What’s With Karl?
Jul 26, 2018
Why Is Lane Splitting Only Legal in California? And Is it Safe?
Jul 19, 2018
Hetch Hetchy Water’s Epic Journey, From Mountains to Tap
Jul 12, 2018
Cracking the Bizarre Urban Legend of Alameda’s Little People Houses
Jul 05, 2018
Is Rent Control Working and Should We Have More or Less of It?
Jun 28, 2018
The Origins of Bay Area Place Names
Jun 21, 2018
The Forgotten Men of the Point Reyes Life Saving Service
Jun 14, 2018
The Serpent Statue in San Jose That People Think Is Something Else
Jun 07, 2018
Are There Really More Dogs Than Children in S.F.?
May 24, 2018
Spinning Rims, Spinning Cars: the History of the Oakland Sideshow
May 17, 2018
This S.F. Fortress Is Full of Money That Will Never Be Spent
May 10, 2018
Why Hasn’t the Tenderloin Gentrified Like the Rest of San Francisco?
May 03, 2018
Does Anyone Play Polo at the Golden Gate Park Polo Field Anymore?
Apr 26, 2018
420 Started in the Bay Area. Meet the Guys Who Invented It
Apr 19, 2018
Have Ride-Hailing Apps Made Traffic Worse?
Apr 12, 2018
Oil Beneath San Mateo County? You Betcha
Apr 05, 2018
How Worried Should You Be About Shark Attacks on the California Coast?
Mar 29, 2018
Name That Team! How the Sharks and the Golden State Warriors Got Their Names
Mar 22, 2018
How Oakland Became a Gnome-Man’s Land
Mar 15, 2018
Why Are People Convinced This California Ghost Town Is Cursed?
Mar 08, 2018
America’s Emperor, San Francisco’s Treasure: Who Was Emperor Norton?
Mar 01, 2018
The Sculpture Wonderland That Once Delighted I-80 Drivers
Feb 22, 2018
Car Break-Ins Are Up in San Francisco. What’s Being Done?
Feb 15, 2018
San Francisco Was Once Aglow With Neon
Feb 08, 2018
Eucalyptus: How California’s Most Hated Tree Took Root
Feb 01, 2018
The Beautiful Bay Bridge Frank Lloyd Wright Never Got to Build
Jan 25, 2018
Unwrapping the Bay Area Origins of the Fortune Cookie
Jan 18, 2018
Why a Tire Shop Built ‘The City’s Biggest Fortune Cookie’
Jan 18, 2018
How Joseph Eichler Introduced Stylish Housing for the Masses
Jan 03, 2018
Everything You Want to Know About Legal Weed in California
Dec 21, 2017
What Are Those Weird, Pink Ponds in San Francisco Bay?
Dec 14, 2017
Is the Castro Getting Less Gay?
Dec 06, 2017
Can You Go To Jail For Picking California’s State Flower?
Nov 30, 2017
The Buried Ships of San Francisco
Nov 23, 2017
The True History of Irish Coffee and Its San Francisco Origins
Nov 16, 2017
Why Are There Rainbows on the Tunnel Between S.F. and Marin? (Plus Bonus Anniversary Questions)
Nov 09, 2017
Bay Curious Lightning Round: Inspiration for AT-ATs, the ‘Tenderloin’ and Popeye’s Voice
Nov 09, 2017
El Camino Not-So-Real: The True Story of the ‘Ancient Road’
Nov 02, 2017
Why Are There So Many Dead People in Colma? And So Few in San Francisco?
Oct 26, 2017
Wildfires: You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers
Oct 20, 2017
What are the Mysterious Brick Circles in San Francisco Intersections?
Oct 12, 2017
How San Francisco’s Drag Royalty Does Good, While Looking Fierce
Oct 05, 2017
Their Country Hated Them, But They Fought for It Anyway
Sep 28, 2017
Quake Prep: BART’s Tunnel Plan and the Muni Bus That Could Save You
Sep 21, 2017
History of the Berkeley Pier: A Ferry Tale
Sep 14, 2017
Parking After the Street Sweeper Passes: Legal or Not?
Aug 31, 2017
The History of Nudity in San Francisco Uncovered
Aug 24, 2017
Rusty Navy: The Bay Area’s ‘Mothball Fleet’ Enters a New Era
Aug 17, 2017
What Gets Shipped Through the Port of Oakland?
Aug 10, 2017
Mountain Lions: Real Threat to Bay Area Hikers?
Aug 03, 2017
The Mesmerizing Machine That Makes Your Golden Gate Bridge Drive Less Terrifying
Jul 27, 2017
The Island Ghost Town in the Middle of San Francisco Bay
Jul 20, 2017
What Is the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Why Is It in San Jose?
Jul 13, 2017
Why the ‘O’ in San Francisco’s Airport Code, SFO?
Jun 29, 2017
Living Without a Home in San Francisco: 3 stories and 4 questions
Jun 22, 2017
Homelessness: You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers
Jun 22, 2017
What Would Really Happen if a Tsunami Hit the Bay Area?
Jun 15, 2017
What’s With the Bison in Golden Gate Park?
Jun 08, 2017
What Dinosaurs Roamed the Bay Area?
Jun 01, 2017
You Live in S.F. and Your Home Was Built in 1906: True or False?
May 25, 2017
Are Plastic Bag Bans Actually Helping the Environment?
May 18, 2017
Can’t Get That Camping Spot? It Could Be Bots
May 11, 2017
It’s-It! The San Francisco Treat That Sparked a Cult Following
May 04, 2017
Who’s Behind the Colorful Lights at San Francisco City Hall?
Apr 27, 2017
What Makes San Francisco Sourdough Unique?
Apr 20, 2017
Why Do Giants Fans Hate the Wave? Oakland Started It.
Apr 13, 2017
These Colorful Dots Are For Your Health
Apr 06, 2017
It’s a Mushroom Bonanza This Year! What’s the Deal?
Mar 30, 2017
What Would It Take to Make Lake Merritt Swimmable?
Mar 23, 2017
What’s That Thing Off 280? The Flintstone House
Mar 16, 2017
How Does Rain Create More Potholes?
Mar 09, 2017
Why Do Some Hate the Nickname ‘Frisco’?
Mar 02, 2017
This Lumberjack Frat Once Had the Coolest Clubhouse in S.F.
Feb 23, 2017
Why is Marin County So White?
Feb 16, 2017
How Many Are Being Displaced by Gentrification in Oakland?
Feb 09, 2017
Why Does San Jose Have So Many Urban Islands?
Feb 02, 2017
For Sale: San Francisco Air
Jan 26, 2017
Is Air Quality in the Bay Area Getting Worse?
Jan 26, 2017
Ode to the Foghorn: The Sound of the Sea
Jan 19, 2017
For Whom The Foghorn Blows
Jan 19, 2017
Why Aren’t There Any Strip Clubs in the East Bay?
Jan 12, 2017
Sutro Tower: The Origins of an ‘Eyesore’
Jan 05, 2017
Does San Jose Deserve the Nickname ‘Man Jose’?
Dec 29, 2016
There’s a Secret Message to Decode in San Jose
Dec 28, 2016
How Much Truth Is There to Those ‘Speed Enforced by Aircraft’ Signs?
Dec 22, 2016
What Happens to San Francisco’s Recycling Once It Leaves the Curb?
Dec 15, 2016
Did the Emptying of Mental Hospitals Contribute to Homelessness?
Dec 08, 2016
Where Did the Wild Parrots of San Francisco Come From?
Nov 24, 2016
Where Did The Word ‘Hella’ Come From?
Nov 17, 2016
The Origins of ‘Hella’
Nov 17, 2016
Why Are BART Trains So Loud?
Nov 10, 2016
Why Are Ships Buried Under San Francisco?
Nov 04, 2016
Welcome to the Bay Curious Podcast
Nov 02, 2016