East Bay Yesterday

117 Episodes

1. What happened to “America’s most-read woman”? Rediscovering Elsie Robinson

   Published: 11/2/2022
2. “It’s okay to talk about sex toys”: Nenna Joiner digs deep into pleasures of the past

   Published: 9/30/2022
3. Nurses, Novelists, Politicians, and Punks: Miriam Klein Stahl’s “Hella Feminist” portraits

   Published: 9/7/2022
4. “What made Julia Morgan different?”: Exploring the early years of a superstar architect

   Published: 8/13/2022
5. “If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with”: When Ronald Reagan sent troops into Berkeley

   Published: 8/4/2022
6. “They’re scared of this book”: Oakland history under attack

   Published: 6/24/2022
7. “Oakland isn’t a bad place”: Ed Howard’s lifelong mission to uplift The Town

   Published: 6/4/2022
8. How to not pay rent: Long-term squatter Violet Thorns on “the art of becoming untouchable”

   Published: 5/6/2022
9. “They wouldn’t sell us rice”: A Filipina elder’s memories of survival and song

   Published: 4/20/2022
10. From playgrounds to the pros: The rise (and fall?) of Oakland as a sports mecca

    Published: 3/28/2022
11. “They were real macks”: How the Ward Brothers inspired a cult classic

    Published: 3/11/2022
12. “A new Pacific frontier”: The beginnings of Berkeley

    Published: 2/9/2022
13. "He stole the town": Oakland's founding father was a villain

    Published: 1/27/2022
14. “Black Art was her language”: Searching for the mother of a movement

    Published: 1/12/2022
15. "More than just the 1960s": Following the footsteps of rock & roll legends

    Published: 11/22/2021
16. “The porters were fed up”: C.L. Dellums and the rise of America’s first Black union

    Published: 11/3/2021
17. “Like a neon space carnival”: The trippy memories of a 90’s “Raver Girl”

    Published: 10/12/2021
18. “There’s no reason to be San Francisco”: The mixed legacy of Oakland’s ambition

    Published: 9/22/2021
19. “It was my whole universe”: William Gee Wong on growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown

    Published: 9/8/2021
20. “Dear Brown Eyes”: How a stash of old letters helped heal a family

    Published: 7/28/2021