East Bay Yesterday

116 Episodes

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

   Published: 4/4/2024
2. “Climbing was all I had”: A history of bouldering in the Berkeley Hills

   Published: 3/6/2024
3. “The streets have changed”: “Drug Lords of Oakland” author on the rise and fall of local kingpins

   Published: 2/9/2024
4. "Rotten City" no more: The history of a tiny town's transformation

   Published: 1/9/2024
5. “He was bringing people together”: Why was Dr. Marcus Foster murdered?

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

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

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

   Published: 9/7/2023
9. "End of the line": How we lost the Key System

   Published: 7/28/2023
10. Long Lost Puzzle: What happened to the grizzly bears and old growth redwoods?

    Published: 7/7/2023
11. “You get to play a game of detective”: Longtime librarian Dorothy Lazard uncovers a whole new world

    Published: 6/16/2023
12. A curious conversation: Myth-busting and more with Olivia Allen-Price

    Published: 6/1/2023
13. From volcanoes to potholes: Excavating stories below the soil with Andrew Alden

    Published: 5/17/2023
14. “Time is not money”: Challenging clocks, nostalgia, and more with Jenny Odell

    Published: 4/19/2023
15. "Who was Joaquin Miller?": Assessing the legacy and land of a controversial icon

    Published: 4/6/2023
16. "We were being erased": The woman who saved California’s Black history

    Published: 2/23/2023
17. “Is reform possible?”: Investigating Oakland’s dysfunctional police department

    Published: 1/26/2023
18. Saved from the wrecking ball: The resurrection of Oakland’s Paramount Theater

    Published: 1/4/2023
19. Rooted in Richmond: Touring a "cultural gold mine"

    Published: 12/8/2022
20. What happened to “America’s most-read woman”? Rediscovering Elsie Robinson

    Published: 11/2/2022