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.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

When Cassandra Dallett moved to San Francisco in the mid-1980s, she hit the ground running ...

Welcome to Season 3 of Storied: San Francisco! It's good to be back at it, capturing the spirit of the people still here making this city one hell of a special place. Cassandra is the perfect person to get us started.

In this podcast, Cassandra talks about her early life in New England and what drew here to San Francisco as a teenager. She takes us through adventures in a flat at Haight and Fillmore that sounds like something right out of Tales of the City. She started going to shows all over town, but the Mab in North Beach had the strongest attraction for her and her young punk rocker friends.

Today, Cassandra lives in Oakland and is an award-nominated poet with her own podcast and book club. She'll be reading her poetry live tonight at our Season 3 kickoff event--Love Letters to the City.

Check back Thursday for Part 2, when Cassandra will tell stories of some of the colorful characters she met when she enrolled in high school in SF.

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

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

In this last podcast of Season 2, Chloe Jackman talks about various office and service jobs she had before she was inspired and able to pursue her photography full-time. She also talks about the realities of being a working artist in San Francisco, especially when it comes to renting.

If you missed Part 1, please go back and listen.

Michelle and Jeff will be taking a few weeks off as they prepare for Season 3. We'll be running some favorite episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 in the meantime. Season 3 will launch on Jan. 11, 2020 with a party and art opening in SoMA. Please save that date and stay tuned to Twitter and Instagram for more info coming out over the next several weeks.

We recorded this podcast at Chloe's studio in the Inner Richmond in October 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Chloe Jackman grew up all over San Francisco.

In this podcast, she takes us on a journey through several different neighborhoods she lived in and schools she went to. After high school, she lived in Santa Barbara long enough to graduate and realized how good we have it here in the Bay.

Check back Thursday for Part 2, our final podcast of Season 2.

We recorded this podcast at Chloe's studio in the Inner Richmond in October 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Brian Goggin created Defenestration in 1995. The idea originated when Brian was working with an artist in Paris, and it came to life on the corner of Sixth and Howard in San Francisco. In this podcast, Brian shares the story of how the full-building work of art came to be. He also talks about his large-scale work, currently up on Ninth Street between Mission and Market, called Caruso's Dream.

More on that below, but before we get there, please watch this video from the opening of Defenestration:

You might have seen several pianos suspended on the side of a building on Ninth Street in South of Market. Collectively, they're called "Caruso's Dream." And yes, Brian created this art, also. In the podcast, he tells a fascinating story of pianos, sinkholes, the 1906 earthquake, and why he named the piece what he named it.

If you're within a block or so of the piece, between 4:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. every day, tune your radio to 90.9 FM to hear Caruso's singing along with the light show emanating from the suspended pianos. Bravo!

Brian ends the podcast describing a couple of projects he's currently working on.

We recorded this podcast at Brian's studio at Project Artaud in the Mission in September and October 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Brian Goggin moved to San Francisco from Davis, California, in 1988. His first visits to the city came as a kid when his parents enrolled him in a class at the SFMoMA where he studied animation and sculpture.

In this episode, Brian reflects on his childhood, arriving in San Francisco, why he left and what it was like to return, his early art explorations, and how he began to fuse his interests of literature, painting, and performance into his three-dimensional art.

Check back Thursday for Part 2, when Brian will tell us all about two of his more prominent sculpture projects in San Francisco.

We recorded this podcast at Brian's studio in Project Artaud in the Mission in September and October 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

In this podcast, Dara charts her path from educational work to going back to grad school for non-profit program management. That led her to helping start The Dinner Party, a non-profit with the goal of bringing people who are experiencing loss together over potluck dinners. That served as a segue to Reimagine: End of Life, a festival that kicks off this week with 250+ events all over the city and Bay Area.

Dara also talks about the roots of one of her newest gigs: stand-up comedy. Her upcoming shows, both part of Reimagine, include Good Grief on Oct. 29 at Punchline (after the show, Bitch Talk Podcast will host a live Q&A with some of the featured comedians), and a Halloween show at Cal Academy of Sciences called Ghost Stories. Please visit those links for tickets and more info.

Our contribution to Reimagine this year is a show called "Is San Francisco Dying?" We ask you to ponder that question by hearing 20 diverse San Franciscans share stories of their lives here. Their photos (by Michelle) are on the wall for you to get to know them better. And we're inviting you to share your own memories with the community by writing them down and locating your stories somewhere on our giant map of San Francisco.

If you missed Part 1 of Dara's podcast, please go back and listen.

We recorded this podcast at The Laundry in September 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

These days, Dara Kosberg is the program director for the non-profit Reimagine: End of Life, a 10-day gathering with more than 250 events all over SF and the Bay Area that explore topics around death, dying, grief, and living life to the fullest. But her journey to San Francisco was no straight line.

In this podcast, Dara talks about her life in Massachusetts and New Orleans before moving here in 2003. It involves ruby slippers and being an extra in a Ben Stiller movie, among other things.

Check back Thursday for Part 2, when Dara will go into more depth about her work with end-of-life issues.

We recorded this podcast at The Laundry in September 2019.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

In this episode, Chris talks about "making" photographs with Polaroid cameras. He explains his method of shooting pictures then leaving his photos to marinate, as it were, in various mixtures of bleach, whiskey, and whatever other liquids he can think of.

He goes on to share aspects of his work at SFMoMA, which further satisfies many of his artistic expressions.

If you missed Part 1, please go back and listen.

We recorded this podcast at John Collins in September 2019.