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Cities should be fun and full of life! Join Ben Bleiman and Sharky Laguana as they interview local politicians and celebrities about the nitty gritty of San Francisco politics, policy, and nightlife. If you are curious how city government works, or wonder if we'll ever be allowed to have fun again, this is the show for you.
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CITY VISIONS has a new name and look.Introducing the new STATE OF THE BAY.Every Monday at 6 p.m., beginning March 15.We’ve always been more than just “The City.” We talk about the entire Bay Area and its connections to California, and beyond. And as our show turns 30 years old, we figured it was the perfect time to pick a name that reflects who we are and what we do.We’ll keep bringing you live and local conversations with diverse voices. We’ll talk about where we live and what matters most. ...
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Dossiers of loathsome figures possessed by nationalist brainrot.
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New Twist in Engardio Recall Effort / Arts Orgs Reel From NEA Grant Cancellations / Gilded Age SF
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55:07New Twist in Engardio Recall Effort / Arts Orgs Reel From NEA Grant Cancellations / Gilded Age SFBy D Minor
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Bonnie Tsui on Muscle as a Physical, Personal and Cultural Force
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19:44Bonnie Tsui sits down with host Grace Won to discuss her book "On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters.”By Chris Nooney
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Butterflies Back in Presidio/ Fair Housing in Bay Area/ Travel Tips with Matt Kepnes
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55:17State of the Bay celebrates butterflies back in the Presidio, examines fair housing in the Bay area, and talks about budget travel.By Katie Colley, D Minor
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Assemblymember Buffy Wicks/SF Degree Program in Psychedelics/Vaudeville trailblazer Bert Williams
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54:44State of the Bay sits down with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, dives into the nation's first college degree program in psychedelics, and explores a new exhibit celebrating Vaudeville star Bert Williams.By Anne Harper, D Minor
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Oakland Mayor-Elect Barbara Lee’s Plan for First 100 Days / Trump’s Attack on CA Climate Protections / Author Bonnie Tsui’s 'On Muscle'
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55:55State of the Bay discusses Oakland Mayor-elect Barbara Lee’s 100-day plan, dives into the Trump administration’s challenges to California’s climate policies, and hears from local author Bonnie Tsui’s about her book "On Muscle."
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SF's "Family Zoning" Plan / Impact of Tariffs on Local Businesses / Bay Area Dance Week
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55:27State of the Bay discusses Mayor Lurie's new "family zoning" plan, delves into the effect of tariffs on Bay Area businesses and learns about Bay Area dance week.By Chris Nooney
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Lurie's First 100 Days: A Media Roundtable Hosted by Manny Yekutiel
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53:24Manny Yekutiel sits down with Joe Eskenazi of Mission Local, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez of the SF Standard, and JD Morris of the San Francisco Chronicle to discuss Mayor Daniel Lurie's start.
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San Quentin Revamp / SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su / BART Speedrunning
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55:51State of the Bay discusses plans to turn San Quentin into Scandinavian-style rehab center, sits down with SFUSD Superintendent Dr. Maria Su and gets tips from BART speedrunnersBy Chris Nooney
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Local LGBTQ Community Reacts to Trump Actions / SF Supervisor Stephen Sherrill / Chris Edell's Marathon Odyssey
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59:46We'll sit down with new Supervisor Stephen Sherrill, discuss how the local LGBTQ community is responding to actions by the Trump administration and meet a man who ran 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days.
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Mayor Daniel Lurie on Homelessness/Treating Long COVID/CubaCaribe Festival
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55:12State of the Bay talks to Mayor Daniel Lurie about his new plan to tackle homelessness, explores life with long COVID, and spotlights CubaCaribe's vibrant dance festival.By Anne Harper
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SF Supervisor Chyanne Chen/ Secret Agreements for Bad Cops/ The Last Game
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55:46We talk to two award winning journalists who uncovered the practice of bad cops hiding their misbehavior, hear from new Supervisor Chyanne Chen and talk to the director of The Last GameBy Katie Colley
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Journalist Kevin Fagan on 'The Lost and the Found' / Dr. Bryant Lin's Lessons on Lung Cancer
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53:23State of the Bay offers a compassionate look at homelessness with longtime San Francisco Chronicle journalist Kevin Fagan and examines Stanford Medicine’s Dr. Bryant Lin’s shift from researching lung cancer to confronting his own terminal diagnosis.
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Latest DC Politics/ Community College Funding Shortfall/ Jeopardy Champ Amy Schneider
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54:48State of the Bay explores the latest news from The Hill, digs into the impact of budget shortfalls for our local community colleges and talks to Jeopardy champ Amy Schneider.By Katie Colley
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Supervisor Bilal Mahmood / Bay Area Cities Look to Interim Housing / Author Ruth Whippman
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55:45We'll meet SF Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, discuss whether interim housing can help solve the homelessness crisis and meet BoyMom author Ruth Whippman.By Chris Nooney
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Recorded before the inauguration sieg heil, we discussed the world’s most successful capitalist, America’s fascist shadow president, Elon Musk. AIPAC Zombies explores figures in American culture who have been possessed by Zionist brainrot.By Toshio Meronek, Mama Ganuush
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Hedge funder Bill Ackman and former MIT professor Neri Oxman were part of Jeffrey Epstein’s clique before they aimed their sights on US colleges and pro-Palestine protesters.By Toshio Meronek, Mama Ganuush
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SF's Asian Americans Shift Right? / UCSF Docs Navigate Funding Uncertainty / The Human-Dog Bond
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55:21Rose Pak Democratic Club ends its long affiliation with the SF Democratic Party; UCSF scientists and docs navigate funding uncertainty; New documentary Underdogs
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Emmanuel Yekutiel started his career as a pinkwashing fellow at the Zionist group StandWithUs, and has plans to make the state of California into an Israeli colony. Related Sad Francisco episodes: The Boycott of Manny’s “Social Justice Cafe” with Deeg (Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism) https://episodes.fm/1653309103/episode/OTExOGQwNDctNDFkOS00…
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Demystifying DeepSeek / Immigration Realities in the Bay / A Caregiver’s Journey
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54:27State of the Bay unpacks the buzz around DeepSeek, delves into Trump’s new immigration policies and their impact on theBay, and speaks with the author of The Phenom’s Wife.
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AIPAC Zombies explores figures in American culture who have been possessed by Zionist brainrot. Legacy media continues to throw money at the projects of prolific joke plagiarist Amy Schumer. Chuck Schumer’s younger cousin has a victim complex that only got worse after October 2023.By Toshio Meronek, Mama Ganuush
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AIPAC Zombies explores figures in American culture who have been possessed by Zionist brainrot. When he's not rewriting Tupac lyrics or sucking up to Peter Thiel, techbro Garry Tan is hanging out with the likes of Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation, coming up with ways to roll back civil rights in America. Garry welcomed 2025 by announcing he…
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AIPAC Zombies explores figures in American culture who have been possessed by Zionist brainrot. Sarah McBride is the first trans person in Congress. Unfortunately, she's also the first Zionist trans person in Congress: her campaign was funded by AIPAC money, and supported by the pro-Israel Biden dynasty in Delaware.…
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Ben & Sharky meet with San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee Chair (wow what a mouthful!) and Mayoral Transition Advisor Nancy Tung. We discuss the then-upcoming Mayoral appointments (which, thanks to a grumpy SD disk, took a week to post so those appointments have now been made) as well as the then-upcoming Board of Supervisors electio…
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AIPAC Zombies explores figures in American culture who have been possessed by Zionist brainrot. In this episode, we dig into the Zionism of Bravo TV producer Andy Cohen (The Real Housewives; Vanderpump Rules; New Year's Eve Live on CNN).By Mama Ganuush, Toshio Meronek
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New Berkeley Mayor Adina Ishii Takes Our Questions and Yours / New CA Laws to Follow Now / SF Poet Laureate Genny Lim
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54:22Meet new Berkeley Mayor Adina Ishii, Sophia Bollag on new laws Californians must follow now, San Francisco's new poet laureate Genny LimBy Wendy Holcombe, D Minor
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Social Media Warning Labels? / Oakland Update / The Great Dickens Christmas Fair
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55:20State of the Bay explores California’s AB 56, hears the latest on Oakland’s mayoral turmoil and budget crisis, and catches a glimpse of the Bay Area’s Great Dickens Christmas Fair.By Kendra Klang, D Minor
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Happy Ending to Family's Housing Struggle / Future of Reproductive Rights in California with Assm Bonta / Yolanda Renee King
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54:29State of the Bay shares a heartwarming story about a family who finally finds housing, explores the future of reproductive rights, and hears from Yolanda Renee King.By Katie Colley
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Tumlin on New Parking Rules / Best Bay Area Restaurants / "Third Ear" Listening
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51:29SFMTA Head Jeff Tumlin on new California parking rules, Chronicle Restaurant Critic MacKenzie Chung Fegan on Bay Area restaurants, and "third ear" listening.
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Bet you were just DYING to listen to us talk about four of the FIFTEEN ballot propositions on the ballot this November. If that's the case then today is your lucky day! Ben, Manny(!!!!), and Sharky come out of hiatus (and some of us came out of their shirts) to bring you this scintalicious propoalicious chit chat to brighten your week with…
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Within minutes of the debate beginning last Thursday, texts and calls were being fielded across the Democratic apparatus asking one very big question: Should Biden stay in the race? The past few days have seen an eruption of chatter around that question, with folks from every end of the political spectrum weighing in on what should be done. What ki…
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