| 1. |
Welcome to the Bay Curious Podcast |
Nov. 2, 2016 |
| 2. |
Why Are Ships Buried Under San Francisco? |
Nov. 4, 2016 |
| 3. |
Why Are BART Trains So Loud? |
Nov. 10, 2016 |
| 4. |
The Origins of ‘Hella’ |
Nov. 17, 2016 |
| 5. |
Where Did The Word ‘Hella’ Come From? |
Nov. 17, 2016 |
| 6. |
Where Did the Wild Parrots of San Francisco Come From? |
Nov. 24, 2016 |
| 7. |
Did the Emptying of Mental Hospitals Contribute to Homelessness? |
Dec. 8, 2016 |
| 8. |
What Happens to San Francisco’s Recycling Once It Leaves the Curb? |
Dec. 15, 2016 |
| 9. |
How Much Truth Is There to Those ‘Speed Enforced by Aircraft’ Signs? |
Dec. 22, 2016 |
| 10. |
There’s a Secret Message to Decode in San Jose |
Dec. 28, 2016 |
| 11. |
Does San Jose Deserve the Nickname ‘Man Jose’? |
Dec. 29, 2016 |
| 12. |
Sutro Tower: The Origins of an ‘Eyesore’ |
Jan. 5, 2017 |
| 13. |
Why Aren’t There Any Strip Clubs in the East Bay? |
Jan. 12, 2017 |
| 14. |
For Whom The Foghorn Blows |
Jan. 19, 2017 |
| 15. |
Ode to the Foghorn: The Sound of the Sea |
Jan. 19, 2017 |
| 16. |
Is Air Quality in the Bay Area Getting Worse? |
Jan. 26, 2017 |
| 17. |
For Sale: San Francisco Air |
Jan. 26, 2017 |
| 18. |
Why Does San Jose Have So Many Urban Islands? |
Feb. 2, 2017 |
| 19. |
How Many Are Being Displaced by Gentrification in Oakland? |
Feb. 9, 2017 |
| 20. |
Why is Marin County So White? |
Feb. 16, 2017 |
| 21. |
This Lumberjack Frat Once Had the Coolest Clubhouse in S.F. |
Feb. 23, 2017 |
| 22. |
Why Do Some Hate the Nickname ‘Frisco’? |
March 2, 2017 |
| 23. |
How Does Rain Create More Potholes? |
March 9, 2017 |
| 24. |
What’s That Thing Off 280? The Flintstone House |
March 16, 2017 |
| 25. |
What Would It Take to Make Lake Merritt Swimmable? |
March 23, 2017 |
| 26. |
It’s a Mushroom Bonanza This Year! What’s the Deal? |
March 30, 2017 |
| 27. |
These Colorful Dots Are For Your Health |
April 6, 2017 |
| 28. |
Why Do Giants Fans Hate the Wave? Oakland Started It. |
April 13, 2017 |
| 29. |
What Makes San Francisco Sourdough Unique? |
April 20, 2017 |
| 30. |
Who’s Behind the Colorful Lights at San Francisco City Hall? |
April 27, 2017 |
| 31. |
It’s-It! The San Francisco Treat That Sparked a Cult Following |
May 4, 2017 |
| 32. |
Can’t Get That Camping Spot? It Could Be Bots |
May 11, 2017 |
| 33. |
Are Plastic Bag Bans Actually Helping the Environment? |
May 18, 2017 |
| 34. |
You Live in S.F. and Your Home Was Built in 1906: True or False? |
May 25, 2017 |
| 35. |
What Dinosaurs Roamed the Bay Area? |
June 1, 2017 |
| 36. |
What’s With the Bison in Golden Gate Park? |
June 8, 2017 |
| 37. |
What Would Really Happen if a Tsunami Hit the Bay Area? |
June 15, 2017 |
| 38. |
Homelessness: You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers |
June 22, 2017 |
| 39. |
Living Without a Home in San Francisco: 3 stories and 4 questions |
June 22, 2017 |
| 40. |
Why the ‘O’ in San Francisco’s Airport Code, SFO? |
June 29, 2017 |
| 41. |
What Is the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Why Is It in San Jose? |
July 13, 2017 |
| 42. |
The Island Ghost Town in the Middle of San Francisco Bay |
July 20, 2017 |
| 43. |
The Mesmerizing Machine That Makes Your Golden Gate Bridge Drive Less Terrifying |
July 27, 2017 |
| 44. |
Mountain Lions: Real Threat to Bay Area Hikers? |
Aug. 3, 2017 |
| 45. |
What Gets Shipped Through the Port of Oakland? |
Aug. 10, 2017 |
| 46. |
Rusty Navy: The Bay Area’s ‘Mothball Fleet’ Enters a New Era |
Aug. 17, 2017 |
| 47. |
The History of Nudity in San Francisco Uncovered |
Aug. 24, 2017 |
| 48. |
Parking After the Street Sweeper Passes: Legal or Not? |
Aug. 31, 2017 |
| 49. |
History of the Berkeley Pier: A Ferry Tale |
Sept. 14, 2017 |
| 50. |
Quake Prep: BART’s Tunnel Plan and the Muni Bus That Could Save You |
Sept. 21, 2017 |
| 51. |
Their Country Hated Them, But They Fought for It Anyway |
Sept. 28, 2017 |
| 52. |
How San Francisco’s Drag Royalty Does Good, While Looking Fierce |
Oct. 5, 2017 |
| 53. |
What are the Mysterious Brick Circles in San Francisco Intersections? |
Oct. 12, 2017 |
| 54. |
Wildfires: You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers |
Oct. 20, 2017 |
| 55. |
Why Are There So Many Dead People in Colma? And So Few in San Francisco? |
Oct. 26, 2017 |
| 56. |
El Camino Not-So-Real: The True Story of the ‘Ancient Road’ |
Nov. 2, 2017 |
| 57. |
Bay Curious Lightning Round: Inspiration for AT-ATs, the ‘Tenderloin’ and Popeye’s Voice |
Nov. 9, 2017 |
| 58. |
Why Are There Rainbows on the Tunnel Between S.F. and Marin? (Plus Bonus Anniversary Questions) |
Nov. 9, 2017 |
| 59. |
The True History of Irish Coffee and Its San Francisco Origins |
Nov. 16, 2017 |
| 60. |
The Buried Ships of San Francisco |
Nov. 23, 2017 |
| 61. |
Can You Go To Jail For Picking California’s State Flower? |
Nov. 30, 2017 |
| 62. |
Is the Castro Getting Less Gay? |
Dec. 6, 2017 |
| 63. |
What Are Those Weird, Pink Ponds in San Francisco Bay? |
Dec. 14, 2017 |
| 64. |
Everything You Want to Know About Legal Weed in California |
Dec. 21, 2017 |
| 65. |
How Joseph Eichler Introduced Stylish Housing for the Masses |
Jan. 3, 2018 |
| 66. |
Why a Tire Shop Built ‘The City’s Biggest Fortune Cookie’ |
Jan. 18, 2018 |
| 67. |
Unwrapping the Bay Area Origins of the Fortune Cookie |
Jan. 18, 2018 |
| 68. |
The Beautiful Bay Bridge Frank Lloyd Wright Never Got to Build |
Jan. 25, 2018 |
| 69. |
Eucalyptus: How California’s Most Hated Tree Took Root |
Feb. 1, 2018 |
| 70. |
San Francisco Was Once Aglow With Neon |
Feb. 8, 2018 |
| 71. |
Car Break-Ins Are Up in San Francisco. What’s Being Done? |
Feb. 15, 2018 |
| 72. |
The Sculpture Wonderland That Once Delighted I-80 Drivers |
Feb. 22, 2018 |
| 73. |
America’s Emperor, San Francisco’s Treasure: Who Was Emperor Norton? |
March 1, 2018 |
| 74. |
Why Are People Convinced This California Ghost Town Is Cursed? |
March 8, 2018 |
| 75. |
How Oakland Became a Gnome-Man’s Land |
March 15, 2018 |
| 76. |
Name That Team! How the Sharks and the Golden State Warriors Got Their Names |
March 22, 2018 |
| 77. |
How Worried Should You Be About Shark Attacks on the California Coast? |
March 29, 2018 |
| 78. |
Oil Beneath San Mateo County? You Betcha |
April 5, 2018 |
| 79. |
Have Ride-Hailing Apps Made Traffic Worse? |
April 12, 2018 |
| 80. |
420 Started in the Bay Area. Meet the Guys Who Invented It |
April 19, 2018 |
| 81. |
Does Anyone Play Polo at the Golden Gate Park Polo Field Anymore? |
April 26, 2018 |
| 82. |
Why Hasn’t the Tenderloin Gentrified Like the Rest of San Francisco? |
May 3, 2018 |
| 83. |
This S.F. Fortress Is Full of Money That Will Never Be Spent |
May 10, 2018 |
| 84. |
Spinning Rims, Spinning Cars: the History of the Oakland Sideshow |
May 17, 2018 |
| 85. |
Are There Really More Dogs Than Children in S.F.? |
May 24, 2018 |
| 86. |
The Serpent Statue in San Jose That People Think Is Something Else |
June 7, 2018 |
| 87. |
The Forgotten Men of the Point Reyes Life Saving Service |
June 14, 2018 |
| 88. |
The Origins of Bay Area Place Names |
June 21, 2018 |
| 89. |
Is Rent Control Working and Should We Have More or Less of It? |
June 28, 2018 |
| 90. |
Cracking the Bizarre Urban Legend of Alameda’s Little People Houses |
July 5, 2018 |
| 91. |
Hetch Hetchy Water’s Epic Journey, From Mountains to Tap |
July 12, 2018 |
| 92. |
Why Is Lane Splitting Only Legal in California? And Is it Safe? |
July 19, 2018 |
| 93. |
Why So Windy? Why So Foggy? And What’s With Karl? |
July 26, 2018 |
| 94. |
Is Ultimate Frisbee the Golf of Silicon Valley? |
Aug. 16, 2018 |
| 95. |
Palms, Prophecy … and Permits? How Fortunetelling Works in the Bay |
Aug. 22, 2018 |
| 96. |
Who’s Behind the Knitted Animals in San Francisco’s Civic Center? |
Aug. 23, 2018 |
| 97. |
The Mystery of the ‘East Bay Walls’ |
Aug. 30, 2018 |
| 98. |
How Do You Define the ‘Bay Area’? |
Sept. 6, 2018 |
| 99. |
Could Creating One Bay Area City Solve the Housing Crisis? |
Sept. 13, 2018 |
| 100. |
The Story Behind Belmont’s Painted Fire Hydrants |
Sept. 20, 2018 |
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