Podcast Episodes

Bay Curious Presents: The Speaker

Nancy Pelosi is many things: Trailblazer. Lightning rod. First woman Speaker of the House. Mom of five. To some, she’s an out-of-touch elitist, to ot…

7 hours ago

The Best Scary Movies Set in the Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area isn't as popular of a filming location as Los Angeles or Vancouver, Canada, but there are some very creepy films that use …

2 days, 7 hours ago

The Forgotten Chinese Flower Growers in the S.F. Bay Area

For much of the 20th century, swaths of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties were home to seas of chrysanthemums, asters and irises. About 200 acres o…

1 week, 2 days ago

The Island Lighthouse Turned Romantic B&B

Just off San Pablo Point, near the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, there's a tiny spec of an island with a beautiful Victorian-era building on it. East B…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Why So Many Golf Courses in Public Parks?

Bay Curious listener Mary Newsom went on a lot of walks during the coronavirus pandemic. While hiking in the Oakland and Berkeley hills, she noticed …

4 weeks, 2 days ago

Why Flock License Plate Readers Are So Controversial

Many Bay Area cities from Oakland to San Francisco have contracts with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that offers license plate readers that yi…

1 month ago

Belay On! Outdoor Rock Climbing in San Francisco

In the heart of San Francisco, near the Castro Theater and Corona Heights, there's a rock wall with a striking appearance. Listener Ravi Bhoraskar st…

1 month, 1 week ago

A Long-Awaited Refresh for S.F.'s Trash Cans

San Francisco’s trash cans have problems. From debris littering the streets around them, to the — more often than not — broken recycling compartments…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Welcome to Anchorage 9: Where Ships Park

Stephanie Rolfs, like many Bay Area residents, has spent a lot of time looking out over the bay, watching as ships come and go. The cargo ships in pa…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Got Existential Questions About AI? Try “Life, Automated”

Olivia shares the trailer for a new show.

"Life, Automated" explores how to live, work, and make decisions in a world increasingly shaped by machines…

1 month, 4 weeks ago