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
Mitchell's Ice Cream, Part 1 (S6E13)
This oh-so-San Francisco story begins with two brothers and a dairy farm at Noe and 29th Street. Larry Mitchell and his older brother Jack opened Mitchell's Ice Cream in 1953. Five years earlier, …
00:22:33 |
Tue 09 Apr 2024
Photographer Chloe Sherman, Part 2 (S6E12)
In Part 2, we hear about Chloe's first photo show, which took place at The Bearded Lady. Chloe describes The Bearded Lady as a hub, a place to do and get everything you could possibly need. It and th…
00:37:59 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
Photographer Chloe Sherman, Part 1 (S6E12)
Chloe Sherman's eyes are intense, but not the way you might think.
Chloe, who's been taking photographs since she was young, was born in New York City. Her mom and her mom's mom were both New Yorke…00:30:57 |
Tue 26 Mar 2024
Mark DeVito and Standard Deviant Brewing, Part 2 (S6E11)
In Part 2, we pick up right where we left off in Part 1. Mark was walking around the Mission taking down numbers of places with "for rent" signs. A resident in one of those spots leaned out the windo…
00:36:21 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Mark DeVito and Standard Deviant Brewing, Part 1 (S6E11)
Mark DeVito, co-owner and COO of Standard Deviant Brewing, wouldn't last a day in a police lineup. But it might not be his curly handlebar mustache that gave him away. Mark has an outsize personality…
00:37:28 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
Doug Styles, Denise Coleman, and Huckleberry Youth, Part 2 (S6E10)
In Part 2, we really get into the meat of what Huckleberry Youth is and how it got started. You know, I keep finding out ways in which our city pioneered things for the nation. I recently saw the upc…
00:36:27 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Denise Coleman, Doug Styles, and Huckleberry Youth, Part 1 (S6E10)
Huckleberry Youth, the non-profit providing care and housing for underserved youth, celebrated 50 years back in 2017. In Part 1 of this episode, we meet Huckleberry consultant/advisor Denise Coleman …
00:36:37 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Lester Raww and Anita Beshirs, Part 2 (S6E9)
We begin Part 2 where we left off in Part 1. Anita had been away from their Arkansas college town and missed Lester. Upon her return, she went to see him and they soon shared their first kiss. Soon…
00:54:17 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Anita Beshirs and Lester Raww, Part 1 (S6E9)
Anita Beshirs was born in Batesville, Mississippi, because the small Southern town her family lived in didn't have a hospital. Welcome to our Valentine's 2024 episode all about Anita and her husban…
00:46:55 |
Tue 13 Feb 2024
Vandor Hill of Whack Donuts (S6 Bonus)
Something awesome happened near the Embarcadero.
In Season 4 of this show, back in 2022, we featured SF born-and-raised vegan donut maker Vandor Hill. His pop-up (at the time), Whack Donuts, was ga…
00:20:55 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
Artist Melan Allen, Part 2 (S6E8)
Part 2 begins with how Melan thinks of herself as an artist. "Art is therapy," she says. It's how she knows herself. "If I cannot create, I cannot be myself." She's been creative her whole life. Sh…
00:24:53 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Artist Melan Allen, Part 1 (S6E8)
Melan Allen is a third-generation San Franciscan. In this episode, we get to know this born-and-raised food artist whom I met last summer at Fillmore Jazz Festival.
Melan's grandparents moved here in…00:26:31 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Katie Conry and the Tenderloin Museum, Part 2 (S6E7)
Part 2 is a deep-dive into the history of the Tenderloin, which we began toward the end of Part 1. Katie digs into the infamous Compton's Cafeteria Riot and shares the background and what lead to tha…
00:30:37 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Katie Conry and the Tenderloin Museum, Part 1 (S6E7)
In Part 1, we get to know Tenderloin Museum's executive director, Katie Conry. She's originally from Oceanside, California, just outside of LA, where her parents are from. They were both teachers but…
00:31:12 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar, Part 2 (S6E6)
We begin Part 2 with my asking the question everyone wants to know: Is "Meredith Edgar" her real name or a stage name? You'll have to listen in to find out. Then she shares the various day jobs she…
00:36:09 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar, Part 1 (S6E6)
Discovering Meredith Edgar is one of my best memories of 2023. In Part 1 of this episode, get to know this singer/songwriter who was born in San Francisco. Her parents had been here a while, but so…
00:31:13 |
Tue 02 Jan 2024
Wrapping Up 2023
Join in as Jeff talks about ...
- Our brand-new-ass Storied: SF hoodies! For a limited time, grab a hoodie at pre-sale prices (a $40 donation'll do it). Let us know your size (we have XS through XXL u…
00:23:17 |
Thu 28 Dec 2023
Bill English, Susi Damilano, and San Francisco Playhouse, Part 2 (S6E5)
We begin Part 2 with talk of how Bill and Susi’s love of the work needed to get SF Playhouse started really helped them overcome any fear that might’ve hindered them. Their first brick-and-mortar spo…
00:38:17 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Susi Damilano, Bill English, and San Francisco Playhouse, Part 1 (S6E5)
Susi Damilano was born in Germany and raised in the South Bay. Many of her German aunts married US servicemen, but Susi's mom married a German man and the family soon moved to Silicon Valley.
Susi …
00:25:16 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Rudy Corpuz and United Playaz, Part 2 (S6E4)
In Part 2, Rudy picks up where he left off in Part 1, talking about the origin of United Playaz and a race riot at Balboa High School back in 1994.
Rudy gathered those students who'd been involved …
00:26:37 |
Tue 12 Dec 2023
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