Hoover-Foster Stories, Vol. 1
BBQ, books, and big banks
Latest Episodes
“We’re no longer afraid to be Black”
Before the Panthers, this group was the vanguard
“We’re uncovering a lost civilization”
A look at the New Deal’s local legacy
BART, bathhouses & beyond
The friendship behind “The Cruising Diaries”
“We were here before California was a state”
Talking Latino history with Jose Rivera
“It was like a carnival”
The betrayal of Oakland’s 1946 General Strike
Goodbye, Telegraph Avenue
An audio time capsule of the past decade
“We’re not selling a neighborhood”
A new guidebook spotlights landmarks of conflict and resilience
“A home burned every 11 seconds”
A deadly tragedy that could happen again
“They insist on being here”
Oakland’s official bird refuses to be moved