San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack
Stories unearthed from the history of San Francisco, the "city that knows how".
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 98
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2009
#18: Firebelle Lil — Elizabeth “Lillie” Coit
Elizabeth “Lillie” Hitchcock Coit was one of the prototypically colorful characters of San Francisco history.
A daughter of high society, she was a tomboy who developed an unusual obsession with fi…
00:12:53 |
Fri 22 Jul 2005
#17: The San Francisco “Conversation”
Everybody’s having it. at home, at work, on the bus… everywhere in San Francisco the same question… and what are we asking each other about?
“Sooo…. how much rent are YOU paying?”
We don’t normall…
00:11:36 |
Fri 15 Jul 2005
#16: San Francisco Pyramid
What is that THING looming above the San Francisco skyline? Almost a thousand feet tall, covered in stone, with a bright red beacon at the top… okay, I guess even though we’re not in Egypt or Central…
00:09:25 |
Sat 09 Jul 2005
#15: The Golden Gate Bridge and Suicide
The Golden Gate Bridge is the no. 1 suicide landmark in the world. It opened proudly in 1937, but less than two years — and 11 jumpers later — a local newspaper reported that the California Highway P…
00:10:43 |
Sat 02 Jul 2005
#14: The Golden Fire Hydrant of San Francisco
The “fact” that San Francisco was completely destroyed by the Great Earthquake of 1906 is widely known, of course — but less well known is the actual fact that it was the subsequent fire, raging for …
00:06:39 |
Sat 25 Jun 2005
#13: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
I can clearly remember the first time I saw the wild parrots of San Francisco flying through the air over my neighborhood. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Or my ears, for that matter…their voices sound l…
00:06:03 |
Sun 19 Jun 2005
#12: San Francisco Blue Jeans
Well, I always thought that I knew the story of Levi’s jeans, how the Bavarian Levi Strauss showed up in Gold Rush San Francisco with a ton of heavy canvas for tent-making, met a miner who needed a p…
00:08:21 |
Wed 15 Jun 2005
#11: Straight Razor Morning
A nightmare week of computer mayhem and chaos has stimulated the nostalgic, anti-digital-technology side of my brain, and inspired me to talk about my newest old-school adoption: the straight razor!
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00:07:48 |
Sun 12 Jun 2005
#10: The Ruination of Fatty Arbuckle
think celebrity trials and sensationalist journalism were born yesterday? think again. the ongoing trial of michael jackson has put me in mind of the murder trial of international celebrity fatty arb…
00:07:47 |
Mon 06 Jun 2005
#9: Schadenfreude and San Francisco High Society
“Schadenfreude” is a lovely German word that means “the joy we take in observing the misfortunes of others” — more or less — and that’s what today’s podcast is all about.
“Oh The Glory of It All” is…
00:06:05 |
Sat 04 Jun 2005
#8: Corpseflower at San Francisco Conservatory
What a day! Computer problems got you down? I can personally recommend a trip to visit the super-stinky corpseflower to put things in perspective! It only blooms for a day or two, but the scent of ro…
00:06:35 |
Thu 02 Jun 2005
#7: San Francisco Shanghai
Oh, for the life of a sailor in Gold-Rush San Francisco! Those hard-luck men and boys were lucky enough to witness the birth of a brand new wild west verb up close and personally: Shanghai!
Well, ma…
00:04:43 |
Fri 27 May 2005
#6: Where’s The Food?
So that’s what San Francisco is missing — good street food! We’ve got some of the greatest restaurants in the world, but for a cheap, greasy meal on the sidewalk, there’s a serious void to be filled.…
00:05:36 |
Wed 25 May 2005
#5: San Francisco Fireworks – On The Air
Fireworks over San Francisco Bay make me feel like a kid again! the annual waterfront “Kaboom” celebration and a little Bay Area radio history.
Take a look at the KFOG website for pictures and video…
00:08:12 |
Mon 23 May 2005
#4: Steam Beer – The Authentic San Francisco Style
Tonight’s podcast features a special method of German homework avoidance: brew up a batch of beer, breathe in the delicious aroma of malt and hops, and ruminate over the history of America’s first au…
00:07:14 |
Sat 21 May 2005
#3: Street Flowers
Spinning junk into art — is a smile returning to the face of San Francisco?
I haven’t been carrying my digital camera, just got a couple of shots today. This kind of ephemeral street art tends to …
00:04:40 |
Wed 18 May 2005
#2: Dogs In The Pharoah
San Francisco memories of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”, Egyptian architecture, and a dog lovin’ apartment building.
00:04:01 |
Tue 17 May 2005
Sparkletack #1
podcast the first...thoughts on the venerated san francisco tradition of "sidewalk recycling", and i don't mean cans and bottles!
00:04:43 |
Sun 15 May 2005
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