East Bay Yesterday

136 Episodes

1. “The neighborhood time forgot”: A strange sliver of waterfront

   Published: 04/04/2024
2. “Climbing was all I had”: A history of bouldering in the Berkeley Hills

   Published: 06/03/2024
3. “The streets have changed”: “Drug Lords of Oakland” author on the rise and fall of local kingpins

   Published: 09/02/2024
4. "Rotten City" no more: The history of a tiny town's transformation

   Published: 09/01/2024
5. “He was bringing people together”: Why was Dr. Marcus Foster murdered?

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

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

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

   Published: 07/09/2023
9. "End of the line": How we lost the Key System

   Published: 28/07/2023
10. Long Lost Puzzle: What happened to the grizzly bears and old growth redwoods?

    Published: 07/07/2023
11. “You get to play a game of detective”: Longtime librarian Dorothy Lazard uncovers a whole new world

    Published: 16/06/2023
12. A curious conversation: Myth-busting and more with Olivia Allen-Price

    Published: 01/06/2023
13. From volcanoes to potholes: Excavating stories below the soil with Andrew Alden

    Published: 17/05/2023
14. “Time is not money”: Challenging clocks, nostalgia, and more with Jenny Odell

    Published: 19/04/2023
15. "Who was Joaquin Miller?": Assessing the legacy and land of a controversial icon

    Published: 06/04/2023
16. "We were being erased": The woman who saved California’s Black history

    Published: 23/02/2023
17. “Is reform possible?”: Investigating Oakland’s dysfunctional police department

    Published: 26/01/2023
18. Saved from the wrecking ball: The resurrection of Oakland’s Paramount Theater

    Published: 04/01/2023
19. Rooted in Richmond: Touring a "cultural gold mine"

    Published: 08/12/2022
20. What happened to “America’s most-read woman”? Rediscovering Elsie Robinson

    Published: 02/11/2022