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San Francisco People
by Frank Garza
Frank Garza interviews people from San Francisco about their lives, careers, and what they love most about the city.
Episodes
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#25 - 1 Year Anniversary Show with Rob Hunter
Rob Hunter is back to help me celebrate a very special show. It's the 25th episode and 1 year anniversary of San Francisco People. Rob was my first guest back on episode 1. On today's show, Rob catches us up on the past year. Then, I answer some of the most common questions I get asked about San...
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#24 - Daisy Barringer's Rocky Relationship With The 49ers
Daisy Barringer is a freelance writer who loves the 49ers. Well......most of the time she loves them. They can also make her quite mad. You can follow along with @Daisy every Sunday on Twitter as she shares most of her thoughts during the game. That's how I found her. And I'm glad I did. Reading...
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#23 - Broke-Ass Stuart is Running for Mayor
Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart, is a travel writer, TV host, and poet. His work has been published in Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveler, 7x7, and he's hosted a travel show on IFC. Stuart's website, brokeassstuart.com, has become one of the premiere arts and culture destinations for San...
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#22 - Marcia Gagliardi is Telling SF Where to Eat
Marcia Gagliardi is a restaurant columnist who writes the popular newsletter, Tablehopper. In the weekly newsletter, Marcia gives the scoop on new restaurant and bar openings, chef moves, and various other food and wine events in San Francisco. On today's show, Marcia shares her journey to…
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#21 - Lark Miller on Personal Fitness and Life Coaching
Lark Miller is a personal fitness trainer and founder of Infinite Fitness in downtown SF. He grew up in a small town in Massachusetts and competed at a high level in cross country skiing, mountain biking, and cycling. Lark spent some time as a life coach but found his true calling as a personal...
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#20 - Greg Dewar Wants Your Muni Ride to be More Enjoyable
Greg Dewar is the author of a local blog, The N-Judah Chronicles. It all started 10 years ago, when he sent an email to a few friends about all the things that went wrong on his Muni ride that day. The email got forwarded, continued getting forwarded, and eventually went viral. From there, Greg...
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#19 - Alexandra Kostoulas is Teaching the City's Next Great Writers
Alexandra Kostoulas is an award-winning writer who teaches creative writing in the City. She’s been teaching the Jack Grapes’ Method Writing Program for a number of years. This program helps students find what’s called their “Deep Voice” and she explains more about this on the show. Alexandra has...
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#18 - Sarah Cooper is Helping You Appear Smart in Meetings
Sarah Cooper has some tricks to help you appear smart in meetings. She posted these tricks on Medium last year and the post went viral with 3 million views. With the success of the post, Sarah launched her own satirical blog called the Cooper Review. The Cooper Review features weekly original...
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#17 - Brianna Haag and Mr. Marina are Fighting Cancer
Brianna Haag is the founder of The Mr. Marina Competition and she does it all in the name of charity. In 2008, Brianna found out her Dad had been diagnosed with leukemia. She made the decision to do something about it. Brianna connected with the local chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society...
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#16 - Travis Sigley Just Wants to Cuddle
Travis Sigley is the founder of Cuddle Therapy. If you are in need of some cuddling and willing to pay a fee, this is the service for you. The idea for a professional cuddling service came to Travis when he was a stripper in the City. He noticed that most people were not in the club for sexual...
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#15 - Eric Waisman Wants You to Feel Less Socially Awkward
Eric Waisman is the founder of Jaunty, an organization that educates people on social intelligence and people skills. Eric's goal is to teach people to talk to anyone, anytime, and anywhere. He was born in San Francisco but grew up most of his life in Marin County. His parents are from Israel and...
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#14 - Ronnie Goodman is Homeless but he's not Hopeless
Ronnie Goodman is a homeless artist who received a lot of attention recently for running the San Francisco Half Marathon. His story has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Today Show, and he was trailed by ESPN film crews during the run. Ronnie has been through many challenges in…
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Episode 13: Fayette Fox Interview
Fayette Fox recently published her first novel, "The Deception Artist". The book is literary fiction about childhood and make-believe, truth, and lies. It's told through the eyes of an eight-year old girl named Ivy who has a vivid imagination and tells lies so that people will like her. Ivy is...
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Episode 12: Jake Levitas Interview
Jake Levitas is trying to make San Francisco a better place for everyone. He's an urban planner and specializes in a concept called urban prototyping. A few years ago, Jake gave a TedX talk on the subject called "The Revolution will be Prototyped". Jake helps organize urban prototyping festivals...
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Episode 11: Meghan Arnold Interview
Meghan Arnold is the author of a local blog, Brew to Bay. The blog originally started when Meghan moved from Milwaukee to San Francisco and she wanted to chronicle her transition. My favorite part of Brew to Bay is Meghan's alternative to New Year's resolutions. This year, she calls it the 35 by...
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Episode 10: Bonnie Grant Interview
From patent law to Austin to Tinder, Bonnie Grant and I talk about it all on episode 10! As a patent attorney, Bonnie has worked on a variety of interesting cases including new zipper designs and a Nike versus Adidas battle. She has also successfully defended clients against notorious patent...
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Episode 9: Nathan Amy Interview
Nathan Amy brought a gym to the beach. In fact, he can bring a gym anywhere in San Francisco. With his new fitness company Kokoda, Nathan uses a mobile fitness truck to bring a gym to you. The truck is loaded up with tons of fitness equipment. Nathan can pull in to any location, unload his...
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Episode 8: Megan Mokri Interview
Megan Mokri is reinventing the weeknight meal in the suburbs. In September 2014, Megan and her husband Lee launched 180Eats. 180Eats delivers simple, healthy meals "on demand" to homes in Marin County. In the short time since the company launched, they have delivered over 3,000 meals. One of…
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Episode 7: Blind Wine Tasting with Pete Passaris
In episode 7, Sommelier Pete Passaris put his skills to the test in a blind wine tasting. The rules were simple. I picked out 4 red wines and poured them for Pete. Pete knew nothing about these wines. They could be from anywhere in the world, any grape varietal, and cost anywhere from $2 to $200....
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Episode 6: Supervisor Mark Farrell Interview
In this episode, I went down to City Hall and interviewed Supervisor Mark Farrell who represents District 2 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Farrell is a native San Franciscan and he absolutely loves this City! He talked about what it was like growing up here including his...
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Episode 5: Kimberly Gomes Interview
Kimberly Gomes is a local freelance writer who has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle and The Bold Italic. I came across one of her articles in The Bold Italic called “A Guide to SF’s Shittiest Streets”. Yep, it’s about poop. In fact, the article details which blocks in San Francisco...
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Episode 4: 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake Story
Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco. How much do you know about the events from October 17, 1989? Until digging into the story, I didn't realize just how close we were to losing the Marina district that day. On today's episode, I talk with three...
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Episode 3: Helena Zaludova Interview
When it comes to the San Francisco real estate market, you should listen to what Helena Zaludova has to say. With over 10 years of experience, she has become one of the top real estate agents in The City. Last year, Helena closed 18 transactions with a total value of $35 million. This puts her in...
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Episode 2: Heather McGough Interview
Heather McGough is a person that takes big ideas and turns them into reality. Heather is the successful founder of Urbanity Events, an event production company specializing in tech and startup conferences, speaker series, and launch parties in the Bay Area and beyond. She's also had a big impact…
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Episode 1: Rob Hunter Interview
Rob Hunter is a co-founder of Focused Apps whose popular Hit Tennis series has been downloaded by 35 million people. Rob and I talk about his journey from struggling app writer to successful entrepreneur and what he loves about San Francisco.
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Frank Garza interviews people from San Francisco about their lives, careers, and what they love most about the city.
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