Episode 90

05.06.22

How to not pay rent

Long-term squatter Violet Thorns on “the art of becoming untouchable”

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 89

04.20.22

“They wouldn’t sell us rice”

A Filipina elder’s memories of survival and song

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 88

03.28.22

From playgrounds to the pros

The rise (and fall?) of Oakland as a sports mecca

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 87

03.11.22

“They were real macks”

How the Ward Brothers inspired a cult classic

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 85

01.27.22

“He stole the town”

Oakland's founding father was a villain

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 84

01.12.22

“Black Art was her language”

Searching for the mother of a movement

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 83

11.22.21

“More than just the 1960s”

Following the footsteps of rock & roll legends

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 82

11.03.21

“The porters were fed up”

C.L. Dellums and the rise of America’s first Black union

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 81

10.12.21

“Like a neon space carnival”

The trippy memories of a 90’s “Raver Girl”

Topics: Housing, Oakland

Episode 80

09.22.21

“There’s no reason to be San Francisco”

The mixed legacy of Oakland’s ambition

Topics: Housing, Oakland