East Bay Yesterday

133 Episodes

1. "Rotten City" no more: The history of a tiny town's transformation

   Published: 1/9/2024
2. “He was bringing people together”: Why was Dr. Marcus Foster murdered?

   Published: 11/17/2023
3. Unearthing “lives of the dead”: A tour of Oakland’s Mountain View Cemetery

   Published: 10/26/2023
4. Abortion, poetry, and stink-bombs: A different kind of “self-help” movement

   Published: 10/11/2023
5. Tales from the pit: Lessons from Berkeley’s landfill

   Published: 9/7/2023
6. "End of the line": How we lost the Key System

   Published: 7/28/2023
7. Long Lost Puzzle: What happened to the grizzly bears and old growth redwoods?

   Published: 7/7/2023
8. “You get to play a game of detective”: Longtime librarian Dorothy Lazard uncovers a whole new world

   Published: 6/16/2023
9. A curious conversation: Myth-busting and more with Olivia Allen-Price

   Published: 6/1/2023
10. From volcanoes to potholes: Excavating stories below the soil with Andrew Alden

    Published: 5/17/2023
11. “Time is not money”: Challenging clocks, nostalgia, and more with Jenny Odell

    Published: 4/19/2023
12. "Who was Joaquin Miller?": Assessing the legacy and land of a controversial icon

    Published: 4/6/2023
13. "We were being erased": The woman who saved California’s Black history

    Published: 2/23/2023
14. “Is reform possible?”: Investigating Oakland’s dysfunctional police department

    Published: 1/26/2023
15. Saved from the wrecking ball: The resurrection of Oakland’s Paramount Theater

    Published: 1/4/2023
16. Rooted in Richmond: Touring a "cultural gold mine"

    Published: 12/8/2022
17. What happened to “America’s most-read woman”? Rediscovering Elsie Robinson

    Published: 11/2/2022
18. “It’s okay to talk about sex toys”: Nenna Joiner digs deep into pleasures of the past

    Published: 9/30/2022
19. Nurses, Novelists, Politicians, and Punks: Miriam Klein Stahl’s “Hella Feminist” portraits

    Published: 9/7/2022
20. “What made Julia Morgan different?”: Exploring the early years of a superstar architect

    Published: 8/13/2022