Storied: San Francisco
A weekly podcast about the artists, activists, and small businesses that make San Francisco so special.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 548
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
S2E43, Part 1: Bowen Dwelle on His Youth in San Francisco
Bowen Dwelle is a San Francisco native writer, athlete, and life coach in-training.
In this podcast, Bowen talks about his paper route near the house he grew up in on Liberty Hill, being a young entr…
S2E42, Part 2: Taler Nicols on Her Tattooing Career
Taler Nicols wanted to paint.
In this podcast, Taler begins by rattling off bars and restaurants in San Francisco that she used to frequent. She then talks of leaving a job she'd been at for a decade…
S2E42, Part 1: Taler Nicols on Growing up in North Beach
Taler Nicols is a fifth-generation San Franciscan. Her family here dates back to Potrero Hill when it was called Goat Hill.
In this podcast, Taler, who is a tattooer now, talks about growing up in ba…
S2E41, Part 2: Sherri Franklin on Founding Muttville
Sherri Franklin loves animals.
This episode, she starts off talking about Heidi—an eight-year-old Bassett hound who inspired Sherri to do something about senior dog care. And so, she founded Muttvile…
S2E41, Part 1: Sherri Franklin on Finding Her Calling
How do you go from being a successful hair stylist who uprooted herself to move to the Bay Area to founding a senior dog rescue non-profit? That's the story of Muttville Founder and CEO Sherri Frankl…
S2E40, Part 2: Danny Macchiarini on His Jewelry and Sculpture
This podcast picks up right where Part 1 left off: With Danny Mac telling us about Emperor Norton's dogs, Bummer and Lazarus, as well as Norton's currency system.
Danny goes on to talk about growing …
S2E40, Part 1: Danny Macchiarini on His Dad: Peter Macchiarini
Macchiarini Creative Designs has been in North Beach since 1948. Today, it enjoys legacy business status.
In this podcast, the studio's owner, Danny Mac as he's known to his friends and loved ones, …
S2E39, Part 2: Susan Goldstein and the San Francisco Archives
What if, in the early days of your new job, you were tasked with these two things: 1. Moving a fabled city's collection of thousands of historical records (official papers, photos, ephemera, etc.) to…
S2E39, Part 1: Susan Goldstein's Evolution as an Archivist
San Francisco city archivist Susan Goldstein was drawn to history from a young age. She left her childhood home in Southern California to go to college out east. After a stint in Phoenix, she went to…
S2E38, Part 2: Uncle Damien on Finding Inspiration
Uncle Damien is doing his part to make a positive difference in the world.
In this podcast, Uncle Damien (Damien Posey) talks about Uncle Damien Speaks, his motivational speaking work. He found inspi…
S2E38, Part 1: Uncle Damien' Storied Youth
Motivational speaker Uncle Damien went through a lot to get here.
In this podcast, Damien Posey, who was born and raised in San Francisco, talks about the journey that got him to where he is today. I…
Bonus Episode: Patrick O'Malley's Songs
Patrick played some songs for us when we recorded. Three of those songs are featured here (the fourth appears at the end of Part 2). Patrick's album Welcome to the End of the Empire, is available fr…
S2E37, Part 2: Patrick O'Malley on Housing, Public Transit, and His Music
For Patrick O'Malley, music and politics evolved side-by-side.
In this podcast, Patrick talks about how he came to understand housing policy, both in San Francisco and statewide in California, throug…
S2E37, Part 1: Patrick O'Malley on His Political Awakening in San Francisco
Patrick O'Malley started playing guitar at an early age. But it wasn't until his time in Santa Barbara that his music took on a new meaning for him—one of political activism.
In this podcast, Patrick…
S2E36, Part 2: Penelope Houston on Archiving the SF Punk Scene
In this podcast, Avengers vocalist Penelope Houston talks about the legendary Sex Pistols show at Winterland that the Avengers opened. It's a story that includes Sid Vicious ODing (but surviving) at …
S2E36, Part 1: Penelope Houston's Days in the Early SF Punk Scene
Penelope Houston's family moved around the country quite a bit when she was a kid, eventually settling up in Washington state long enough for her to go to high school. She came to San Francisco to go…
S2E35 Ken Walton on Founding StreetFoto San Francisco
Ken Walton grew up in Sacramento always considering San Francisco a special place. He got inspired to do street photography after watching a documentary about Vivian Maier. In 2016, he founded Stree…
S2E34, Part 2: Elly Simmons on Specs 12 Adler Museum and Café
Specs is special. In a city with a history of providing safe harbor (literally and figuratively) to so many over the years, the bar encompasses the spirit of San Francisco perfectly.
In this podcast,…
S2E34, Part 1: Specs Co-Owner Elly Simmons on How Her Parents Met
North Beach is still alive. And one of its best and longest-lasting watering holes, Specs, is still a San Francisco treasure.
In this podcast, the current co-owner of the bar, Elly Simmons, tells the…
S2E33, Part 2: William Rhodes on Juke City and Threaded Memories
In this podcast, artist William Rhodes talks about the 3.9 Art Collective and how it influenced his latest show, Threaded Memories. The exhibition, up at the African-American Art and Culture Complex …