Bay Curious
A podcast by KQED - Thursdays
462 Episodes
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Why Hasn’t the Tenderloin Gentrified Like the Rest of San Francisco?
Published: 5/3/2018 -
Does Anyone Play Polo at the Golden Gate Park Polo Field Anymore?
Published: 4/26/2018 -
420 Started in the Bay Area. Meet the Guys Who Invented It
Published: 4/19/2018 -
Have Ride-Hailing Apps Made Traffic Worse?
Published: 4/12/2018 -
Oil Beneath San Mateo County? You Betcha
Published: 4/5/2018 -
How Worried Should You Be About Shark Attacks on the California Coast?
Published: 3/29/2018 -
Name That Team! How the Sharks and the Golden State Warriors Got Their Names
Published: 3/22/2018 -
How Oakland Became a Gnome-Man’s Land
Published: 3/15/2018 -
Why Are People Convinced This California Ghost Town Is Cursed?
Published: 3/8/2018 -
America’s Emperor, San Francisco’s Treasure: Who Was Emperor Norton?
Published: 3/1/2018 -
The Sculpture Wonderland That Once Delighted I-80 Drivers
Published: 2/22/2018 -
Car Break-Ins Are Up in San Francisco. What’s Being Done?
Published: 2/15/2018 -
San Francisco Was Once Aglow With Neon
Published: 2/8/2018 -
Eucalyptus: How California’s Most Hated Tree Took Root
Published: 2/1/2018 -
The Beautiful Bay Bridge Frank Lloyd Wright Never Got to Build
Published: 1/25/2018 -
Unwrapping the Bay Area Origins of the Fortune Cookie
Published: 1/18/2018 -
Why a Tire Shop Built ‘The City’s Biggest Fortune Cookie’
Published: 1/18/2018 -
How Joseph Eichler Introduced Stylish Housing for the Masses
Published: 1/3/2018 -
Everything You Want to Know About Legal Weed in California
Published: 12/21/2017 -
What Are Those Weird, Pink Ponds in San Francisco Bay?
Published: 12/14/2017
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.