

Outside Lands San Francisco
Western Neighborhoods Project
Nicole Meldahl and a rotating cast of hosts from the Western Neighborhoods Project (outsidelands.org / OpenSFHistory.org) share San Francisco west side neighborhood history with humor, a real fact or two, and much-better-informed occasional guests.
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Dec 2, 2024 • 1h 16min
545: Legion at 100 w/ Isabella Lores-Chavez
Join Nicole and Isabella Lores-Chavez, the Associate Curator of European Paintings at the Legion of Honor, as they walk around and discuss the “Legion At 100” exhibit commemorating the museum’s centennial anniversary!

Nov 16, 2024 • 1h 6min
544: Fat Boy BBQ
Join Nicole and Chelsea as they discuss the fascinating history of Fat Boy BBQ, a long-gone Bay Area icon with a personal connection.

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Nov 2, 2024 • 53min
543: Gold Rush Legacies in the Outside Lands
Join Nicole and Drew as they look at the legacies of the Gold Rush in the Outside Lands, and share insights from a recent event with the Clement Street Art Walk.

Oct 18, 2024 • 54min
542: The Wreck of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro
Peter Hartlaub from the San Francisco Chronicle joins Nicole Meldahl to talk about the wreck of the SS City of Rio de Janeiro, the deadliest shipwreck at the Golden Gate.

Oct 5, 2024 • 1h 15min
541: USF Mens College Part 3
Nicole Meldahl and Drew Moss head back to their alma mater, the University of San Francisco, for the final installment of this comprehensive campus history from 1906 until 1978.

Sep 22, 2024 • 39min
540: USF Mens College Part 2
Nicole Meldahl and Drew Moss continue this now three-part series on the University of San Francisco, covering its time as St. Ignatius College at Hayes and Van Ness until something happened in 1906...

Sep 11, 2024 • 32min
407R: Sears Store at Masonic (repodcast)
Revisit the Sears Store at Geary and Masonic with this classic episode.

Aug 24, 2024 • 57min
539: USF Men's College Part 1
In Part 1 of a two-part episode, Nicole and Drew dig into the history of St. Ignatius Academy, which later became the University of San Francisco.

Aug 10, 2024 • 48min
538: Spreckels Lake
Nicole and Drew are at Spreckels Lake where they chat with San Francisco Model Yacht Club Commodore Rob Weaver and dive into the origins of a favorite Golden Gate Park feature.

Jul 27, 2024 • 1h 3min
537: Fashioning San Francisco
Nicole sits down with Laura Camerlengo, the curator in charge of costume and textile arts for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, to talk about the city's unique fashion history and the current deYoung exhibition, "Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style."


