Stories from San Francisco and Beyond

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Veteran radio reporter/storyteller Peter Finch and his friends hit the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area (and beyond) looking for interesting stories to tell.

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    • Jun 1, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 110 EPISODES


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    Beautiful Princess (Episode 154)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 24:00


    “The Beautiful Princess Of Never Come True” is a great song with a cool title, and a sweet origin story.

    Chucklehead (Episode 153)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 5:01


    A man from the UK flies to San Francisco on the spur of the moment to attend a house concert. This is why.

    Gallop Girls (Episode 152)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 17:20


    Many thanks to our favorite gallop girl, author of "A Damn Fine Hand," and Executive Director of Square Peg Foundation.

    Wendy Tokuda

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2022 6:51


    On the 80th anniversary of the Japanese internment order, we look back at one family's experience.

    Surf Iconoclast (Episode 151)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 4:05


    Thoughts on crowded pandemic surf spots and his "Eco Warrior" surfboard from Surf_Iconoclast Mike Wallace.

    Big Ol' Baptist, Big Ol' Gay (Episode 150)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 3:23


    A life lived in two halves.

    Alcatraz Bounce Back (Episode 149)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2021 6:30


    One of San Francisco's most popular attractions slowly emerges from the pandemic.

    Second Chance (Episode 148)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 14:30


    Why Dave's Killer Bread hires people who've served time, and what that has lead to.

    Dead Sound Guy (Episode 147)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 5:23


    Long time Grateful Dead Engineer Dan Healy talks about one of the things that made the band's shows special.

    Really? Spicoli? (Episode 146)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 4:57


    Surfers unite to save the oceans.

    Aaah! Alcatraz (Bill Baker)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 6:34


    Former Alcatraz inmate Bill Baker shares a story from his time on “The Rock.”

    Home Baked (Episode 145)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 4:34


    As a kid she helped her mom deliver pot brownies to guys with AIDS.

    Working for the Mouse (Episode 144)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 19:55


    What happens when a young man realizes his childhood dream of working at Disneyland.

    Poltzy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2020 4:08


    Because today would have been opening day…

    Rocky Raccoon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 3:17


    The critter must have thought it was 4:20.

    RIP Mal Sharpe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 59:55


    Here's a tribute to our dear friend Mal Sharpe. He died Tuesday, March 10th, at the age of 83.

    Feminist Pinball (Episode 143)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 3:37


    Long a male-dominated activity, more women appear to be playing pinball.

    Scamming the Scammers (Episode 142)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 5:14


    Turns out it's a YouTube genre. Hackers messing with scammers.

    Wendy Tokuda (Episode 141)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 6:01


    We went to talk to long time Bay Area anchorwoman Wendy Tokuda about her parents having met at a Japanese Internment camp, and then the interview took an unexpected turn.

    Movie Star (Episode 140)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 3:41


    One of the stars of a major motion picture has found a higher calling in the Bay Area.

    Altamont Anniversary

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2019 58:03


    Friday, December 6th was the 50th anniversary of one of the darkest days in Rock and Roll history. (This episode is a repeat from when this was a bi-weekly long form podcast).

    Aaah Alcatraz-Yvonne Oakes (Episode 139)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2019 4:44


    This week marks the 50th anniversary of the American Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island, so we thought we'd revisit this tragic tale. We originally released it as part of our "Aaah Alcatraz" podcast series.

    Dustin & Phillip's Excellent Adventure (Episode 138)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 12:35


    It took them eight months, but holy moly, they walked from New York to San Francisco.

    Hardly Strictly Neighbors (Episode 137)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 3:22


    What it's like when tens of thousands of music fans converge on your neighborhood.

    Dave Morey's World of Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 5:27


    Some thoughts on the medium from San Francisco radio god Dave Morey.

    Keeping The Local Paper Local (Episode 135)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 2:43


    Locals chip in to keep their small town paper in local.

    Radio Day '19 (Episode 134)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 47:36


    Veteran Bay Area radio personalities re-create a 1946 broadcast of Sam Spade and "The Blood Money Caper."

    KFOG-The Glory Years (Episode 133)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 69:36


    Thanks to the California Historical Radio Society, we are able to share with you the panel discussion from a recent luncheon honoring KFOG as the Legendary Radio Station Of The Year. The station was honored for the "Foghead" years of the 80s, 90s, and beyond.

    Falsely Accused (Episode 132)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2019 3:43


    He spent nine years in prison for two violent sexual assaults. He didn't do it.

    Not A Child Bride (Episode 131)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2019 6:05


    Not a child bride. Nope. She's going to be a civil engineer.

    RIP Howard Mackey

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 5:34


    FOFF (Friend of the Finch Files) Pat Mackey lost his dad recently. In tribute to the late Howard Mackey, we repost this piece we did about the time he and his wife Barbara packed up their boys and unwittingly took them to one of the most violence rock concerts of all time.

    Kevin The Book Guy (Episode 129)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 4:08


    An owner of a beloved indie bookstore in San Francisco reinvents himself.

    To Infinity And Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2019 4:52


    Back on New Years Eve, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft passed Ultima Thule beyond Pluto. It the most distant world to every experience a fly by. It was a bonus for New Horizons which had already accomplished its main mission, which was to visit Pluto. Quite an accomplishment for a mission that appeared dead in the water several times. Here we revisit a piece we did with the authors of a book on New Horizons.

    Bazaar 2.0 (Episode 128)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 3:22


    San Francisco's beloved Bazaar Cafe carries on with new owners.

    F-Tinder (Episode 127)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 3:39


    He moved to San Francisco four years ago and proceeded to go on 120 Tinder dates in two years. This is his story. (Warning: There are some "F-Bombs" in this that have not been bleeped).

    Speakeasy SF (Episode 126)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 3:51


    We return to 1920’s San Francisco as we continue our visit to the Speakeasy.

    Sketchfest @ Speakeasy (Episode 125)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2019 4:09


    Looking for a fun, quirky comedic experience in San Francisco this month, here you go.

    Food Runners (Episode 124)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2019 5:48


    Feel the warmth, as indy musicians in San Francisco gathered over the holidays to raise money for a good cause.

    Being Herb Caen (Episode 123)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2018 6:26


    This is the story of a man who tweets as the late San Francisco newspaper columnist Herb Caen (@HerbCaenDaily). The kicker? He's in Alabama.

    Grinch '18

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 37:42


    Peter has a cold and sounds horrible, we've decided to revisit this sweet episode from last December.

    Dorothy Took Toto (Episode 122)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 4:46


    This time around, we offer up a plan for pet owners when disaster strikes. (Timely for us here in Northern California).

    Scary Stories 2 (Episode 121)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2018 50:21


    Oh man. Peter has some creative friends.

    Birdman Bats (Episode 120)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 5:19


    Not your father's baseball bat.

    Beth & Her Daughters (Episode 119)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2018 4:13


    A mother advises her daughters on how to handle unwelcome (and welcome) advances.

    Et Tu #MeToo Tiny Tim? (Episode 118)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 5:56


    Do you remember Tiny Tim? Beth sure does.

    Sam's Buck Wild Job (Episode 117)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 3:52


    They paid her to watch disturbing videos. (Note: while the content is not graphic, there is one obscenity, and this episode is not appropriate for children).

    Rocky Raccoon (Episode 116)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2018 3:38


    This is a short story about a marijuana-stealin' raccoon.

    Comedy Day '18 (Episode 115)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 3:59


    Four years after his death, the folks with Comedy Day keep on keeping on without their friend and benefactor Robin Williams.

    Bye Bye Bazaar (Episode 114)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2018 58:36


    We switch back to the long-form format in this episode to pay homage to the Bazaar Cafe. Owners Les and Makiko are retiring after 20 wonderful years running this very special venue.

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    SHEBUILDS (Episode 113)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2018 5:36


    Three things you'll learn from this episode:1. Once a year, a team of all-female volunteers fix up a home, shelter, or schools in one of San Francisco's low-income neighborhoods.2. There are lots of opportunities these days for women who'd like to work in construction.3. Construction dudes are cool with working with women (even if they're agnostic vegans).

    PianoFight! (Episode 112)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2018 6:01


    We pay a visit to a wonderful indy arts venue located in San Francisco's nitty gritty Tenderloin district.

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