Unpacked

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Why do we make New Year’s Resolutions?

You’ll discover that this tradition has evolved over time. In this episode, Christopher Beale and Josh Taylor dive into the history of New Year’s resolutions, A…

An Unpacked bonus featuring an announcement about the future of the podcast, and Christopher is at California's Great America with a short story about how the pandemic changed one person's approach t…

Unpacked will return! In the meantime check out episode one of Christopher Beale's new podcast Stereotypes - Straight Talk from Queer Voices. Listen and subscribe!

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Everyone’s coming out is differen…

Last weekend - San Francisco’s LGBTQIA community gathered to mourn with the Asian community, to speak and - in San Francisco’s long tradition of activism...to march.

"Enough is Enough!" - Micha…

The Glass Fire - which as of writing this has burned more than 60,000 acres near California’s wine country - is displacing entire communities. Whole families forced out of their homes with no i…

From Lake Berryessa in California to Big Fish Lake in Minnesota - two big fish stories, 3 acts, 30 minutes.

Click here for a written transcript of the episode.

Act 1 - The First Attempt   An educatio…

After two nights of demonstrations against police brutality that ended in riots and looting - Oakland protesters took to the streets Sunday to take back the narrative, Black Lives Matter.

Special tha…

The story of a San Francisco man recovering from a confirmed case of COVID-19.

"My heart starts beating so fast Wednesday night. Really, Really, Really fast. I get this numbness all over my body. My …

The Zayner family’s house is one of those spaces where people are always coming and going on the weekends. Come as you are...B.Y.O.B and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. With a pool in the backyard for epic…

This morning was so unusual I had to share it with you. I witnessed a crime here in Oakland and it shook me.

"I just witnessed my first crime in Oakland, like right in front of me, I saw it. I tried …

Meet Adam Green, an Oakland High School teacher who, thanks to coronavirus, has a unique problem. How do you teach music to 140 students...from home?

SOURCES: NBC Bay Area San Francisco Chronicle

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Coronavirus is changing everything here in California. Our jobs. Our commutes. Our religious and social practices. Social isolation will probably be the phrase that defines 2020, and we’re only…

Would you move across the state for something you really wanted, and really believed in? What if if came with a 3 hour commute...each way? Plus - a brief history of migration and gentrification, from…

On this episode of Unpacked, the true story of a trip to London, and Oxford. When Amanda finds herself spending the night in a centuries old house, she alone has an encounter with the spirit world th…

Bret Iwan and Kory answer your questions as we bring Unpacked presents: Bret, Mickey & Walt to a close!

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To see photos of Bret's house, follow his design business on Instagram, @BungalowModern. You …

Bret Iwan spends a decade establishing himself as the voice of Mickey Mouse! But, finds himself in a creative rut, when an old hobby from his childhood sparks creativity and dreams of the future!

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