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Bay Curious KQED
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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.
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How Activists Stopped Developers From Filling in the Bay
In the early 1960s, cities around the San Francisco Bay Area proposed plans to fill in the bay waters and expand. At the time, there was no regional agency looking at what all those projects together would do to the bay as whole. That's where three Berkeley women stepped in to save the bay.
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EXHIBIT: Voices For the Environment: A Century of Bay Area Activism
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This story was adapted from the Voices for the Environment podcast. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Sasha Khokha, Dan Brekke, Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family. -
Why the Name Brotherhood Way in SF?
Which came first: the churches or the street named Brotherhood Way? That's what Bay Curious listener Noor Moughamian wants to know. She attends the KZV Armenian School located on the San Francisco street and has always wondered about the origin of the name.
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Which Came First, San Francisco's Brotherhood Way Or The Churches On It?
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This story was reported by Katherine Monahan. This episode of Bay Curious was made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Xorje Oliveras, Bianca Taylor, Paul Lancour, Katie Fruit, Jasmine Garnett, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family. -
Is the Water in the Bay Getting Greener?
Bay Curious listener Justin Hartung grew up here, and remembers the waters of the bay being more blue than they are today. He wonders: Is the bay getting greener? Bay Curious producer Amanda Font gives us the answer, and takes us into the science behind it.
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Feel Like the SF Bay Used to Be Bluer? You're Not Imagining It
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This story was reported by Amanda Font. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, and Christopher Beale. Additional support from César Saldaña, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family. -
Ever Seen A Koi Fish on the Sidewalk?
There's a hidden meaning behind the koi fish stencils, which can be found all over the Bay Area, and in some other cities too. In this episode, reporter Tamuna Chkareuli introduces us to artist Jeremy Novy's, the artist behind the koi, and we learn how to decode the hidden message within each design.
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Web post: Ever Seen A Koi Fish on the Sidewalk? Artist Explains Hidden Meaning
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This story was reported by Tamuna Chkareuli. This episode of Bay Curious was made by Olivia Allen-Price, Tamuna Chkareul, Pauline Bartolone, Katrina Schwartz and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Xorje Oliveras, Paul Lancour, Katie Fruit, Lusen Mendel, Jasmine Garnett, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family. -
The Homes BART Tore Apart
Back in the early 1960’s, when BART was just a sketch on a map, planners with the young transit agency had a task in front of them. BART had to acquire some 2,200 parcels of land in order to build the future transportation system in the Bay Area. In this week's episode, Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman explores what happened next, and how decades later, memories of the homes and communities that were destroyed remain strong.
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When BART Was Built, People — and Houses — Had to Go
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This story was reported by Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman. This episode of Bay Curious was made by Katrina Schwartz, Olivia Allen-Price, Pauline Bartolone and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Tamuna Chkareuli, Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family. -
History of Sutro Baths
The ruins of Sutro Baths, at the far western edge of San Francisco, are mysterious. Clearly something big used to stand here. Today we take you back in time to what visiting this grand swimming facility would have been like.
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Inside Sutro Baths, San Francisco's Once Grand Bathing Palace
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Come satiate your curiosity!
Bay Curious answers the most wacky, inspiring, and heartfelt questions about the Bay Area! Their most recent episode about Brotherhood way talks about the origins of Brotherhood Way — why and how the religious institutions came to be. If you ever pondered about why something exists in the Bay Area, you’d be happily surprised that Bay Curious covered it. If they haven’t, the BC team typically responds to emails from listeners and really is attuned to what the community is interested in — so make sure you share your questions! There are countless amazing episodes about nature, history, art and Bay Area figures — there’s probably something for everyone. This is my FAVORITE podcast for the past few years and I hope it will become yours too!
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I love all your podcasts. Your condensed, but you pack a lot of important information into all your shows. It’s great for people like me who are curious, but don’t have a lot of time to invest. Keep up the great work!!! Love you guys!!
Love it! Keep it up!
I absolutely love this podcast. It’s just the right amount of mystery and interesting things so that I can fall asleep to it! Olivia is amazing, and all of these episodes are so interesting to listen to in the car too. Keep it up!!!