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S3E35, Part 1: 111 Minna's Michelle Delaney and Alex Kivelstadt Sep 29, 2020

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Ready your SF bingo card: Michelle Delaney is a punk rock mom who runs an art gallery in The City.

In this podcast, we get to know Michelle and 111 Minna co-owner Alex Kivelstadt. The two talk about their lives leading up to the moment they purchased the art bar/cafe from its previous owner.

Check back Thursday for Part 2, when we'll hear the story of Michelle and Alex taking over 111 Minna, and what they've been doing with the place since shelter-in-place took effect in March this year.

Sadly, the gallery is still closed due to the COVID-19 restrictions. But they're still fundraising and doing virtual shows from time to time. Follow them on Twitter and Instagram or check their website for details.

We recorded this podcast at 111 Minna Gallery in September 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Special: The Stud and 48 Hills' Marke Bieschke Sep 28, 2020

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You got to know Marke Bieschke earlier this season (Part 1/Part 2). In this special episode, we catch up with him to hear what's gone on with 48 Hills and The Stud since the pandemic began. We also discuss Marke's book, Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protest in the United States, which was published over the summer. Find the book at your local indy bookstore.

If you want to support local, independent journalism, 48 Hills is among the best we have in The City. Visit their site for details.

We recorded this special episode in the Panhandle in September 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Special: Pop's Bar's Tom, Spike, and Charlie Sep 26, 2020

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This one is a little different from what we normally do, and what we've been doing during September. We haven't met Pop's Bar owners Tom or Spike, nor do we know bartender Charlie yet. But a mutual friend connected us and we couldn't pass up the chance to hear some history of the Mission drinking hole and also their experiences during the pandemic.

Spike (who also owns Madrone Art Bar) and Tom detail the history of Pop's. Then the two shift to discussing how they've managed the bar during quarantine. They end the episode discussing what they feel are inequities and other wrongs in how governments are responding when it comes to small businesses.

Pop's Bar is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays between 4 and 8 p.m. for social-distanced drinks and food. You can also support them by purchasing gift cards or donating to their Go Fund Me. Find more information at their website.

We recorded this special episode at Pop's Bar in September 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Special: Balboa Theater's Adam Bergeron Sep 25, 2020

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Catch up with Adam Bergeron, whom you met earlier this year (Part 1/Part 2). Adam fills us in on how the Balboa Theater has responded to the pandemic and shelter-in-place orders.

The Balboa Theater is open for "social distance popcorn pop-ups" every Friday and Saturday from 4–8 p.m. and Sundays from 2–6 p.m. Please visit their website for other ways to support them during the pandemic.

We recorded this special episode at the Balboa Theater in September 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

S3E34, Part 2: Bernal Beast's Steph Miller Sep 24, 2020

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Steph Miller got her first dog in New Orleans.

In this podcast, Steph picks up where she left off in Part 1. She returned home from New Orleans with her dog, Ruby, who joined two other dogs at Steph's parents' house. You could say that the pack ... got into some trouble. But luck related to Steph's adopting Ruby eventually led her to a career training and working with dogs.

She got a job at Mission Pet Hospital, and a vet there turned her on to a dog-training program at the SPCA. The rest is history.

Bernal Beast's shop is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. For info on their weekend puppy classes, follow them on Twitter and Instagram.

We recorded this podcast at Bernal Beast in August 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

S3E34, Part 1: Bernal Beast's Steph Miller Sep 22, 2020

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Steph Miller used to have dreams of playing professional baseball.

Her parents met out east, where they're from. But their families weren't so keen on their respective different backgrounds, so the young couple came to the West Coast. Steph's dad got a job in a San Francisco law firm while her mom taught French.

Steph talks about her childhood, and she and Jeff start to realize how much they have in common. She goes on to describe her life in Atherton in the 1980s, before tech really took over the Peninsula culture. She was a latchkey kid who played a lot of baseball.

She shares stories of her family dogs and going to Giants games at Candlestick Park. Then Steph ends this episode with a recount of her college days in New Orleans and eventual return to the Bay Area.

We're excited to announce the launch of the BFF.fm Podcast Network! Storied: SF joins a handful of excellent shows as inaugural podcasts. Please visit BFF.fm/podcasts to learn more.

We recorded this podcast at Bernal Beast in Bernal Heights in August 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Special: Babylon Burning's Mike Lynch Sep 21, 2020

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Catch up with Babylon Burning's Mike Lynch in this special episode.

Mike talks about adjusting his business in the face of a major downturn, with many of his usual clients pulling back on T-shirt orders. While he normally keeps his screenprinting shop open, literally, to the public, his doors have been mostly closed during the pandemic. And 63 Bluxome Gallery, which is part of Babylon Burning, has been closed as well.

While the gallery isn't open, you can buy various merch that they make over at their Big Cartel site.

We recorded this special episode at Babylon Burning in South of Market in September 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Special: Lingo's Dino Medardo Rosso Sep 18, 2020

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Catch up with Dino Medardo Rosso, whom we featured in Season 2, Episode 19 (Part 1/Part 2).

After losing a lot of his business when restaurants shut down in March, and then getting laid off from his teaching job, Dino made a critical change. Learn more in this podcast.

In addition to hiring Dino for language services, you can donate to his GoFundMe to help fund his new business/adventure.

We recorded this special episode over Zoom during quarantine in San Francisco in August 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

S3E33, Part 2: Code Tenderloin's Del Seymour Sep 17, 2020

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Del Seymour's arrival in San Francisco was one wild ride.

In this podcast, Del describes his literal first hours in The City. He touches on nearly two decades of drug addiction and sets the scene at a park in the Tenderloin where he was inspired to sober up a little more than a decade ago.

Around that time, he started Tenderloin Walking Tours, inspired in part by Del's time driving cabs in San Francisco. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they've shifted their focus to developing a virtual version of the tour, which they hope to have ready for folks soon. Please see a clip on our website.

Del also talks about launching Code Tenderloin, and lets us know ways to get involved. He ends this episode with his love letter, not to San Francisco, but to the Tenderloin.

We recorded this podcast on Zoom during quarantine in San Francisco in August 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

S3E33, Part 1: Tenderloin Walking Tours' Del Seymour Sep 15, 2020

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Del Seymour got interested in politics early in his life, in the 1960s in Chicago.

In this podcast, Del walks us through the early years of his life. He attended a Catholic school in Chicago and went to seminary to be a priest. But that didn't last long, and he soon joined the military as a medic.

After that, he moved to Los Angeles to get away from the snow and cold weather. Within his first year, he became a firefighter/paramedic with LAFD, one of the first several dozen in a program that was new at the time.

When he became a single parent, his sister in Oakland helped with his kids, and Del soon moved up to the Bay Area to be with them.

Del ends this episode with a strange twist, at least for this podcast.

Please join us Thursday for Part 2, when Del will describe his move to San Francisco and what he's done here since then, especially in and around the Tenderloin.

This podcast was produced in partnership with an exciting new project that launches today. It's called Represent Collaborative, and it's a storytelling platform that covers issues of racial and social justice.

We recorded this episode on Zoom during quarantine in San Francisco in August 2020.

Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

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