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The History of a House in Four Mishaps Nov 16, 2020

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We walk past dozens of houses, every day, and never realize that the people who have occupied them over the years were chock full of hopes, dreams, tragedies, dramas. That the people who occupy them, now and then, are each the center of their own human drama. This is true of every single house, and this is true of every single person. It's good to be reminded. We so often don't see each other. And so this is the story of one house, as told through four mishaps, from the 1890s through the 1940s, with a reminder that every person, and every house, has context.

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The Sign Series: Flowers Aug 24, 2020

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The story of a Japanese American family, and a little something called vitreous marble (with a million flowers, a baby-judging contest, and some 1930s cops who learned yawara-jitsu on the off-chance they would stop beating people upside the head thrown in for good measure)

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That Time JFK Came to Town Jul 17, 2020

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People tend to remember that time John F. Kennedy paid a visit to Dallas in 1963. But that quick visit, the speeches he gave (and didn't give), the crowds, even the convertible shared with a state governor - all of that was par for the course for this particular president. He visited many towns in nearly the same way. But in March of 1962, when he visited Alameda, CA, it turns out he was gearing up for a slightly more memorable week.

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The Flu: Conclusion (Part 4 of 4) Jun 24, 2020

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Not all stories have happy endings. People die, people split up, kids don’t go to college after all, women’s social clubs come to a quiet end. The good news is that the flu pandemic ended, never to return…Oh wait. Nevermind. At least I met some nice people at a church. The conclusion of our four-part series on the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Dr. Arthur Shirmer Hieronymus, and the Ladies Adelphian Hall.

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The Flu: The Doctor (Part 3 of 4) Jun 24, 2020

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We like our heroes to be straight out of the comic books: flawless, noble, and generally great. But sometimes really good things are accomplished by people who are kind of jerks. Alameda was lucky enough to have one such jerk, at just the right time. Meet Arthur Shirmer Hieronymus, aka Motorcycle Mike, aka your favorite High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons, aka Alameda’s City Physician during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

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The Flu: A Sidenote about Masks (Part 2 of 4) Jun 03, 2020

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An extended sidenote episode about mask-wearing (and non-mask-wearing) in the Bay Area during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Flu: The Adelphian Club (Part 1 of 4) May 20, 2020

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A Hospital that Was Never Meant to be a Hospital. A women's clubhouse inadvertently becomes a hospital during the 1918 Spanish Flu. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Crash Apr 27, 2020

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A 1973 plane crash, at the former Tahoe Apartments, re-examined.

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Spite House Apr 12, 2020

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Spite House re-examined.

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