Storied: San Francisco

A weekly podcast about the artists, activists, and small businesses that make San Francisco so special.

Episodes

Nathan Tan, Part 1 (S6E14)

April 23, 2024 • 31 mins

In Part 1, meet and get to know Nathan, who today owns and operates New Skool Clothing and Accessories.

Nathan's parents are both from Myanmar, but fled their home country during years of political upheaval. They landed in England, where his mom's mom already lived and where Nathan was born in the early Seventies. He, his older sister,...

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SFFILM's Anne Lai (S6 Bonus)

April 19, 2024 • 23 mins

In this bonus episode, meet SFFILM Executive Director Anne Lai. Learn all about Anne's upbringing, what drew her to California, her stint with the Sundance Institute, and her arrival in 2020 in San Francisco at the famed San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM).

Anne will walk listeners through the history of this 67-year-old festival, the oldest such ev...

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Mitchell's Ice Cream, Part 2 (S6E13)

April 16, 2024 • 24 mins

Part 2 is the story of how open-mindedness met opportunity. It's also an explanation for how an ice cream store opened by someone named Mitchell came to carry several flavors familiar to both the Filipino- and the Latin-American community.

Brian shares the story: The Asian flavors started around 1965 when a customer and friend of Larry...

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Mitchell's Ice Cream, Part 1 (S6E13)

April 9, 2024 • 22 mins

This oh-so-San Francisco story begins with two brothers and a dairy farm at Noe and 29th Street.

Larry Mitchell and his older brother Jack opened Mitchell's Ice Cream in 1953. Five years earlier, the building that now houses the well-known ice cream shop was going to be torn down for the widening of San Jose Avenue. The Mitchell famil...

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Photographer Chloe Sherman, Part 2 (S6E12)

April 2, 2024 • 37 mins

In Part 2, we hear about Chloe's first photo show, which took place at The Bearded Lady. Chloe describes The Bearded Lady as a hub, a place to do and get everything you could possibly need. It and the Kiki Gallery next door were both on 14th Street near Guerrero.

Another queer artist, Cathy, liked Chloe's show and suggested that she go...

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Photographer Chloe Sherman, Part 1 (S6E12)

March 26, 2024 • 30 mins

Chloe Sherman's eyes are intense, but not the way you might think.

Chloe, who's been taking photographs since she was young, was born in New York City. Her mom and her mom's mom were both New Yorkers, and her dad was from Chicago, with his family going back generations there. When she in was grade school, the family moved to Chicago, where Chloe ...

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Mark DeVito and Standard Deviant Brewing, Part 2 (S6E11)

March 19, 2024 • 36 mins

In Part 2, we pick up right where we left off in Part 1. Mark was walking around the Mission taking down numbers of places with "for rent" signs. A resident in one of those spots leaned out the window and invited Mark in to see the place. Mark reveals that he and his wife still live in that same apartment 20 years later.

Paul Dua...

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Mark DeVito and Standard Deviant Brewing, Part 1 (S6E11)

March 12, 2024 • 37 mins

Mark DeVito, co-owner and COO of Standard Deviant Brewing, wouldn't last a day in a police lineup. But it might not be his curly handlebar mustache that gave him away. Mark has an outsize personality, to put it mildly. And back in December, I sat down with him and one of the SDB dogs, Beans, at the Mission brewery for what turned out to be quite the wild ride of a recording.

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Doug Styles, Denise Coleman, and Huckleberry Youth, Part 2 (S6E10)

March 5, 2024 • 36 mins

In Part 2, we really get into the meat of what Huckleberry Youth is and how it got started. You know, I keep finding out ways in which our city pioneered things for the nation. I recently saw the upcoming Carol Doda documentary and learned that she was the first topless dancer in the US. And in this episode, we hear from Doug and Denise something very important that Huckleberry Youth did be...

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Denise Coleman, Doug Styles, and Huckleberry Youth, Part 1 (S6E10)

February 27, 2024 • 36 mins

Huckleberry Youth, the non-profit providing care and housing for underserved youth, celebrated 50 years back in 2017. In Part 1 of this episode, we meet Huckleberry consultant/advisor Denise Coleman and the organization's CEO/executive director, Doug Styles.

Denise was born at what is now Kaiser's French Campus on Geary. Denise, who is...

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Lester Raww and Anita Beshirs, Part 2 (S6E9)

February 20, 2024 • 54 mins

We begin Part 2 where we left off in Part 1. Anita had been away from their Arkansas college town and missed Lester. Upon her return, she went to see him and they soon shared their first kiss.

Soon after that day, Anita had a pregnancy scare, and so Lester asked her, "Would you marry me if you are...

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Anita Beshirs and Lester Raww, Part 1 (S6E9)

February 13, 2024 • 46 mins

Anita Beshirs was born in Batesville, Mississippi, because the small Southern town her family lived in didn't have a hospital.

Welcome to our Valentine's 2024 episode all about Anita and her husband, Lester Raww. In Part 1, we'll get to know Lester and Anita through the stories of their childhood and early adult years.

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Vandor Hill of Whack Donuts (S6 Bonus)

February 8, 2024 • 20 mins

Something awesome happened near the Embarcadero.

In Season 4 of this show, back in 2022, we featured SF born-and-raised vegan donut maker Vandor Hill. His pop-up (at the time), Whack Donuts, was gaining some new fans and new spots for him to sell his delicious sweet treats.

But now ..

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Artist Melan Allen, Part 2 (S6E8)

February 6, 2024 • 24 mins

Part 2 begins with how Melan thinks of herself as an artist. "Art is therapy," she says. It's how she knows herself. "If I cannot create, I cannot be myself."

She's been creative her whole life. She wanted to be a tap danc...

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Artist Melan Allen, Part 1 (S6E8)

January 30, 2024 • 26 mins

Melan Allen is a third-generation San Franciscan. In this episode, we get to know this born-and-raised food artist whom I met last summer at Fillmore Jazz Festival.

Melan's grandparents moved here in the Sixties and lived in San Francisco until the 2000s. Her mom's mom came to SF fro...

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Katie Conry and the Tenderloin Museum, Part 2 (S6E7)

January 23, 2024 • 30 mins

Part 2 is a deep-dive into the history of the Tenderloin, which we began toward the end of Part 1. Katie digs into the infamous Compton's Cafeteria Riot and shares the background and what lead to that fateful event.

After the moral crusaders successfully passed new laws essentially controlling the...

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Katie Conry and the Tenderloin Museum, Part 1 (S6E7)

January 16, 2024 • 31 mins

In Part 1, we get to know Tenderloin Museum's executive director, Katie Conry. She's originally from Oceanside, California, just outside of LA, where her parents are from. They were both teachers but were priced out of the big city, a situation all too familiar around here.

Katie left ...

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Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar, Part 2 (S6E6)

January 9, 2024 • 36 mins

We begin Part 2 with my asking the question everyone wants to know: Is "Meredith Edgar" her real name or a stage name? You'll have to listen in to find out.

Then she shares the various day jobs she's had over the years, some worse than others. She worked a little retail, then

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Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar, Part 1 (S6E6)

January 2, 2024 • 31 mins

Discovering Meredith Edgar is one of my best memories of 2023.

In Part 1 of this episode, get to know this singer/songwriter who was born in San Francisco. Her parents had been here a while, but soon after giving birth to Meredith, the family moved around a bit, first to the South, then to the Northeast, and finally, back to the South ...

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Wrapping Up 2023

December 28, 2023 • 23 mins

Join in as Jeff talks about ...

Our brand-new-ass Storied: SF hoodies! For a limited time, grab a hoodie at pre-sale prices (a $40 donation'll do it). Let us know your size (we have XS through XXL unisex) and address, and we'll send back our fleece-lined love and appreciation! Venmo

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Storied: San Francisco

Episodes

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Mitchell's Ice Cream, Part 2 (S6E13)

Mitchell's Ice Cream, Part 1 (S6E13)

Photographer Chloe Sherman, Part 2 (S6E12)

Photographer Chloe Sherman, Part 1 (S6E12)

Mark DeVito and Standard Deviant Brewing, Part 2 (S6E11)

Mark DeVito and Standard Deviant Brewing, Part 1 (S6E11)

Doug Styles, Denise Coleman, and Huckleberry Youth, Part 2 (S6E10)

Denise Coleman, Doug Styles, and Huckleberry Youth, Part 1 (S6E10)

Lester Raww and Anita Beshirs, Part 2 (S6E9)

Anita Beshirs and Lester Raww, Part 1 (S6E9)

Vandor Hill of Whack Donuts (S6 Bonus)

Artist Melan Allen, Part 2 (S6E8)

Artist Melan Allen, Part 1 (S6E8)

Katie Conry and the Tenderloin Museum, Part 2 (S6E7)

Katie Conry and the Tenderloin Museum, Part 1 (S6E7)

Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar, Part 2 (S6E6)

Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar, Part 1 (S6E6)

Wrapping Up 2023

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