East Bay Yesterday

East Bay Yesterday

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East Bay history podcast that gathers, shares & celebrate stories from Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

Recent Episodes

  • Fighting fascism can be fun: La Peña celebrates 50 years of creative struggle

    1 week ago
  • “Respect the patch”: How Oakland’s oldest Black motorcycle club survived more than 60 years

    4 weeks ago
  • “Not on the wealth corridor”: Why older neighborhoods get left behind

    2 months ago
  • Industry makes and breaks the Bay Area: A crash course with Richard Walker

    3 months ago
  • People of the Pacific Circuit: Oakland’s place in the global economy

    4 months ago
  • “Crockett became Italy”: How a sugar factory created an immigrant enclave

    4 months ago
  • “A town in the middle of a city”: Live from Jingletown with the Co-Founders crew

    5 months ago
  • Punks on film: How Murray Bowles captured “the physical expression of drama”

    6 months ago
  • A century of mysteries: Exploring the Fox Theater’s hazy history

    6 months ago
  • Freight trains, plants, and a vanishing world: Joey Santore on industry and ecology

    7 months ago