Outside Lands San Francisco
Summary: Nicole Meldahl and a rotating cast of hosts from the Western Neighborhoods Project (outsidelands.org / OpenSFHistory.org) share San Francisco west side neighborhood history with humor, a real fact or two, and much-better-informed occasional guests.
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Podcasts:
Arnold and Nicole dive into a short history of The Ave Bar and its building, one of Ingleside's oldest businesses.
Did you known that a huge cultural event got its start right here on the West side at Baker Beach? Nicole and Arnold investigate the origins of Burning Man.
Ever wonder how the sausage gets made? We give you another peek behind the curtains as Nicole interviews key contributors, Laura Macias and Nicole Smahlik.
One of the Library's many branches is tucked into a quiet residential neighborhood. Nicole & Arnold look into the story behind the Anza Branch Library.
As the Golden Gate Bridge turns 86, we look back to this classic podcast about it that we did when it turned 80.
We sit down with photographer Michael Jang before a live podcast audience to talk his career, life in the Richmond District, and wheat paste.
William Hammond Hall and John McLaren are the names that come to mind when talking about how Golden Gate Park was created, but let us introduce you to the Quigleys, who were in charge of much of the construction in this classic episode.
Nicole & Arnold visit 834 Irving Street to look back at the fascinating people and their businesses there from its early days as a grocery store to today's Blackthorn Tavern.
Academy Head Librarian Rebekah Kim again joins Nicole & Arnold to finish the lengthy history of the California Academy of Sciences.
It is one of San Francisco's oldest institutions. Nicole & Arnold reveal the long history of the California Academy of Sciences with its head librarian, Rebekah Kim.
Today's Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences features the latest state-of-the-art digital technology. But when the Morrison Planetarium was built in 1952, it featured an optical star projector.
Did you know there was a cartoonist collective in the Sunset? Nicole talks with Kevin Brady about growing up in San Francisco and how he got started in art.
Did you know that Craigslist, the classified ad website, got its start on the West side? Nicole talks with Craigslist founder Craig Newmark about how it all happened.
USF sits atop Lone Mountain now, but Nicole & Arnold tell the story of the first school there, the ground-breaking San Francisco College for Women.
Judi Leff & Joseph Amster join Nicole & Arnold to explore the fascinating histories of some San Francisco animals.
