Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

P. Segal wants San Francisco to be a city full of culture again.

In this episode, P. charts her return to the city after college and a trip to Europe. She ran in art and intellectual circles in North Beach until her eviction from a place she lived there. She found an enormous house in the Western Addition and soon joined the Cacophony Society. Later, she opened Cafe Proust down the street.

These days, P. is working to establish a non-profit called Art House that would secure affordable housing for artists in San Francisco.
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We recorded this podcast at P.'s home in the Western Addition in February 2020.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

When she was a teenager, P. Segal was held by her father under what she calls "house arrest."

In this podcast, P. talks about her Sicilian roots, her many warm memories of growing up in San Francisco, leaving for college in Los Angeles, and her eventual return to the city.

We recorded this podcast at P.'s home in the Western Addition in February 2020.

Photo by Jeff Hunt

In his book, San Francisco: Year Zero, Lincoln Mitchell ties together threads of the Giants, punk rock, and the political upheaval that hit the city in November 1978.

In this podcast, Lincoln talks at some length about those three topics: baseball, counterculture, and the assassinations and their aftermath of Harvey Milk and George Moscone.

If you missed Part 1, please go back and check that out.

We recorded this podcast at Blue Danube in the Inner Richmond in January 2020.

Photo by Jeff Hunt

Lincoln Mitchell's family came to San Francisco from New York City in the 1970s.

In this podcast, Lincoln talks about growing up in the city and being a fan of the Yankees and the Giants. He discusses how he came to love baseball, his family's and his own sense of politics, schools he went to here, and both the differences and similarities between New York and our city.
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We recorded this podcast at Blue Danube in the Inner Richmond in January 2020.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

There's the wrong way to move into a neighborhood, and then there's the Social Study.

In this podcast, Social Study owner and operator Harmony Fraga shares the story of opening her day and evening lounge in the Fillmore, picking up where she left off in Part 1 (please listen if you haven't already). She talks about the history she's learned of the neighborhood and, specifically, the spot her business occupies today. And she ends the episode reflecting on what the Social Study means to her.

We recorded this podcast at The Social Study in January 2020.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Harmony Fraga grew up mostly in the East Bay, with San Francisco always just a scenic drive over the Bay Bridge.

In this podcast, Harmony, who today owns and operates the Social Study in the Fillmore, talks about her early life, schools she went to, graduation and spending more and more time in the city, and eventually moving over after getting her first job here. That job lead to another, and then to her first business—a day and evening lounge in a neighborhood and city that needed something exactly like that.

We recorded this podcast at The Social Study in January 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Bob Buckter's painting and color consulting business is responsible for the look and feel of more than 17,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco.

In this podcast, Bob picks up where he left off in Part 1. He talks about the early years of his painting business, the Colorist Movement, the history and meaning of the term "painted ladies," his brief early retirement, a failed marriage, the recent gray/blue (or what we call BORING) trend, and what he's up to next. Actually, that last link, to Annie Vainshtein's SF Chronicle article from October 2019, has some great history of Victorians and Edwardians in San Francisco. Check it out.

We recorded this podcast at Bob's home near Potrero Hill in January 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Some of us talk about making the world a better place. Bob Buckter, aka Dr. Color, has spent the last 50 years doing just that.

In this podcast, Bob, a born-and-raised San Franciscan, reflects on his childhood in the Excelsior and Outer Sunset Districts.

Check back Thursday for Part 2, when Bob will talk about how he got started painting historic Victorian houses, among other things.

We recorded this podcast at Bob's home near Potrero Hill in January 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

For 15 years, starting on the day he moved to the Mission, Sam was Jeff's corner-store guy. In this podcast, Sam talks about his move to the U.S. from Jordan as a teenager. He and his brother Joe ended up in Daly City, where Sam finished high school. Shortly after that, Sam had the opportunity to own a store on Mission just south of Army Street.

Then in the late-'80s, he bought Golden Eagle Market on Valencia at 20th St., where he still works today. He talks about how the neighborhood, and especially that corner, has evolved over the years.

​We recorded this podcast at Golden Eagle Market in December 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

​In Part 1, Cassandra Dallett took us on one helluva ride, from Haight and Fillmore and over to North Beach and shows at the Mab.

In this podcast, she tells the story of enrolling in school and making some unlikely friends, a few relationships she had back in the late-'80s, and some friends from back east she bumped into here in San Francisco. She closes the show out talking about her journey as a writer.

We recorded this podcast at Cassandra's home in Oakland in December 2019.