Santa Rosa Press Democrat podcasts
by The Press Democrat
Santa Rosa Press Democrat podcasts bring you into the life, times and many communities of California's North Bay region. "Overtime with Kerry Benefield" is a twice-monthly look at prep sports.In "Storybytes," Press Democrat reporters explore the news that affects us and the people we live with as neighbors, friends and strangers.
Episodes
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Culture Junkie: My "movie date" with Tommy Smothers
Petaluma Argus-Courier writer David Templeton recalls his chat with comedian Tom Smothers in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County back in 1999. Hear a bit of their conversation recorded at Third Street Aleworks.
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The low snarl of a Jaguar encounter
Sonoma Index Times reporter Chase Hunter shares the story of Sonoma's Bernie Krause, a 'soundscape' engineer whose describes in vivid detail his encounter with an exotic predator.
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Santa Rosa Mayor Natalie Rogers
Santa Rosa Mayor Natalie Rogers speaks during a Black History Month event organized by Petaluma Blacks for Community Development.
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"I think it's a fascinating time in our country." Post-election Analysis
Local analysis on election results in North Bay, California and national elections. Sonoma State political science professor David McCuan provides analysis on Tuesday's elections in this conversation with Press Democrat Deputy Editor Brett Wilkison and reporters Paulina Pineda and Phil Barber...
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Five years after Tubbs Fire, Mark West Springs neighbors forced to flee united by grief, change
Press Democrat reporters Mary Callahan and Kerry Benefield talk about the survivors' harrowing stories from the Mark West neighborhood during the Tubbs Fire in Sonoma County 2017 and how you move on from that. They talk about gaining trust as a reporter with people who have gone through the most...
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In His Own Words: The Night of the Tubbs Fire
Mike Harkins stayed behind as the flames approached his Coffey Park neighborhood and everyone else evacuated. Harkins knocked on doors to make sure people were awake, and leaving. He helped his elderly neighbor, a wheelchair user, into her van. When he wasn't hosing down his house and the houses…
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PDPreps Ep. 10
Football season is coming down to the wire. Press Democrat sportswriters Gus Morris and Kienan O'Doherty take a look at some big results from Friday Night Lights — including a surprise in our Game of the Week — and look ahead to the second-to-last week of the regular season, with league title…
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PD Preps 100 Yard Walk Ep. 9
100 yards with Casa Grande's Kodi Cornelius. The Gauchos lineman talks with The Press Democrat about this week's big rivalry game with Petaluma, the annual Egg Bowl.
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Generation Disaster
Sonoma County children who were in kindergarten when the 2017 wildfires blazed have barely known a school year without major disruptions, such as the pandemic and the wildfires. In our ongoing series, Press Democrat Deputy Editor Brett Wilkison and Senior Investigative Reporter Martin Espinoza…
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PDPreps
Press Democrat Sports Reporters Gus Morris and Kienan O'Doherty wrap up week eight in high school football while looking ahead to week nine in this episode of the PDPreps.
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PDPreps Podcast: Ep. 8
Press Democrat Sports Reporters Gus Morris and Kienan O'Doherty wrap up week seven in high school football while looking ahead to week eight in the eighth episode of the PDPreps podcast.
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Compounded Misery
Press Democrat staff writer Austin Murphy and deputy editor Brett Wilkison talk about the fire survivors victimized by bad contractors in the wake of the 2017 wildfires that swept through Sonoma County. Austin Murphy calls what the survivors have dealt with "a cosmic one-two punch."
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What's Wrong with the Fire Victim Trust?
The Press Democrat shares its October 2022 series marking 5 years since the 2017 wildfires. Those who lost everything say the deck was stacked against them from the start. In this episode, Press Democrat "In Your Corner" columnist Marisa Endicott and Press Democrat enterprise and investigative...
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The Press Democrat Podcast: A Walk in the Ashes
In this first of a series of podcasts throughout October 2022 to accompany reports in print and online, The Press Democrat examines five years since the 2017 wildfires. Deputy editor Brett Wilkison talks with senior reporter Phil Barber about the fires, what we've learned since, and views on how...
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Biteclub Podcast 4 : Agnolotti of Destiny
In this episode, Heather hits up the new Michael Mina restaurant and falls apart in front of the celeb chef as she tries the world's best pasta. Plus, The Block, big restaurant openings and closings and Michelin pulls its California stars, oh my!
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BiteClub: Flavor Bistro in Sebastopol – even the takeout will blow your mind
In this new episode Heather shares her lovely dining experience at the reopened Flavor Bistro, now in Sebastopol, with all the old favorites still there. She also talks about her vivid memories of the burned down high--end Napa restaurant Meadowood and where to find good takeout sushi, yes it…
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BiteClub: There is nothing like a good tamale
Check out our new BiteClub podcast, hosted by our food writer and SMI dining editor Heather Irwin. In the podcast, Heather is looking at the Sonoma County food scene, including unique stories about the servers, chefs, and restaurateurs who make it so special. New episodes drop every other week.
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BiteClub: Pandemic or not - new restaurants are still opening in Sonoma County
Check out our new BiteClub podcast, hosted by our food writer and SMI dining editor Heather Irwin. In the podcast, Heather is looking at the Sonoma County food scene, including unique stories about the servers, chefs, and restaurateurs who make it so special. New episodes drop every other week.
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Overtime: First time ever: Friday night football at Piner High School in Santa Rosa
The journey to bring lights to Piner High School's athletic fields has been decades-long. At 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, the Prospectors will host Novato High in Piner's first home night football game in school history. In the latest podcast episode of "Overtime with Kerry Benefield," we talk with…
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Local expert's take on World Cup 2018
Chris Ziemer is athletic director and girls' soccer coach at Sonoma Academy. He's also a lifelong fan of the game of soccer. As the World Cup unfolds in Russia, Ziemer shares his expertise on teams to be reckoned with and players to watch in the latest episode of the podcast "Overtime with Kerry...
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Overtime: Cloverdale senior on how football changed his life
Cloverdale High senior Ray Sayago knew little about football when he signed up to play for the Eagles his freshman year. In fact, on his first day of practice he put on his pads backwards. But the sport and the team experience made his high school journey more rewarding.
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Drinking Stories podcast: All you need to know about syrah
The "Drinking Stories" podcast is back. This episode features local vintner David Ramey, who opened his Ramey Wine Cellars in 1996 after helping put the Matanzas Creek and Chalk Hill wineries on the map. The varietal is gaining more attention, especially as it's a featured grape of the new…
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La Prensa Sonoma: Martha Toledo, cantante zapoteca de Oaxaca
Martha Toledo, cantante zapoteca de Oaxaca, nos habla de la cultura oaxaqueña en California y de la situación de la mujer en México. Además, nos canta a capela.
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Drinking stories: Why cabernet sauvignon is so popular - and so darn pricey
The "Drinking Stories" podcast continues its exploration of the different varietals around in Sonoma County with a discussion on cabernet sauvignon. Nate Weis of Silver Oak walks us through what makes this big, bold red so popular — and so darn pricey. Weis also talks about what consumers should...
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Overtime: Pressure? No, just great expectations. Cardinal Newman High School success coach talks strategy
The Cardinal Newman High School girls basketball squad won the Div. 4 CIF state title last season. They also return all five starters from that team. Pressure? No, just great expectations. We talk with coach Monica Mertle about focus, motivation and what comes next in this episode of "Overtime…
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Drinking stories: Why pinot noir is so special - even after Sideways
Given the wealth of talented winemakers around the area, we are starting a discussion of all the different varietals we have in Sonoma County. We are starting a series where we will have one winemaker talk about one specific variety of grape. First up is Alison Crowe, director of winemaking at...
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Overtime: "Our football program is solid" - Ed Conroy on leaving the Cougars
The more than three decade coaching career of Rancho Cotate's Ed Conroy is coming to a close, but not before his Cougars make a run at the Div. 3 North Coast Section football tournament. The Cougars earned the No. 3 seed and will host St. Mary's of Albany Friday night. Hear Conroy's take on that...
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Overtime: Analy QB's work behind the scene leads to glittering numbers
Jack Newman has a tough act to follow. His own. The Analy High School senior was last year's Press Democrat All-Empire Large School Offensive Player of the Year. So far this season, he is on pace to match those numbers for the Tigers who are 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the Sonoma County League. Hear...
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Overtime: How Santa Rosa got its first pump track
Three years in the making, the first pump track in Santa Rosa will be ready for bike enthusiasts to ride in the coming weeks thanks to the persistence of a few stalwart volunteers. Hear the story of how this bike course, now located in Northwest Community Park near Comstock Middle School, came to...
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Drinking Stories: Tony Magee: "Our job is to take over Heineken"
A year after his Lagunitas Brewing Co. announced a 50-50 partnership with Heineken International, the 56-year-old is brimming with ideas and plans to grow the business of craft beer both domestically and globally. In the latest "Drinking Stories" podcast, Bill Swindell sat down with Magee to talk...
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Overtime: From Gridiron To Cheer
El Molino High School senior Azur Ingrassia had been playing football since the seventh grade when a cyst on his pituitary gland forced him to undergo surgery and miss two months of his junior year. A return to football was out of the question. Today, Ingrassia is still on the sidelines…
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Overtime: Aimee Holland - From Tiny Orphan to Super Athlete
As a baby, Holland was found abandoned in a box on a street corner in China. After Annette and Jim Holland adopted her, she grew into a remarkable athlete first as a soccer player, and then, after a severe concussion, as a runner. And it is as a runner that Holland finds a unique way of saying...
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Drinking stories: Episode: 4 Hard cider (part 2)
With the apple harvest upon us in Sonoma County, we turn to the subject of hard cider in this edition of "Drinking Stories with Bill Swindell." Our guests are Darlene Hayes, author of the book "Cider Cocktails – Another Bite of the Apple," and Ellen Cavalli, co-owner of Tilted Shed Ciderworks in...
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Drinking Stories: Episode 3: Hard Cider ( part 1)
With the apple harvest upon us in Sonoma County, we turn to the subject of hard cider in this edition of "Drinking Stories with Bill Swindell." Our guests are Darlene Hayes, author of the book "Cider Cocktails – Another Bite of the Apple," and Ellen Cavalli, co-owner of Tilted Shed Ciderworks in...
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Drinking Stories: Episode 3: Amelia Ceja
Wine business reporter Bill Swindell interviews Amelia Moran Ceja, President of Ceja vineyards, about her impressive journey from growing up on a farm in Mexico, working in the vineyards as a 12 year-old in Napa to becoming the first woman Mexican-American Vineyard President in the country.
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Drinking Stories, Episode 2
Press Democrat Staff Writer Bill Swindell catches up with the people who run Hill Farmstead, Toppling Goliath, de Garde Brewing and Moonlight Brewing to get their thoughts on what to expect next in a craft beer industry that's seen a tremendous amount of growth and change.
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Drinking Stories, Episode 1
Bill Swindell interviews Kevin Sea of Santa Rosa Junior College about yeast, and the important role it plays in making that sauvignon blanc taste like passion fruit.
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Overtime: Brained
Prep sports columnist and Sonoma County native Kerry Benefield takes you inside, outside and upside prep sports and elsewhere in this twice-monthly Santa Rosa Press Democrat podcast. Put in some Overtime. In this episode, Benefield explores concussions in the beautiful game. She talks with…
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Storybytes: "The Boom"
A Santa Rosa Press Democrat podcast about the life and communities of California's North Bay region, and the friends, neighbors and strangers we live with. This episode spends a morning at Lita's Cafe, a popular, old fashioned Santa Rosa diner.
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Overtime with Kerry Benefield: What knife?
Prep sports columnist and Sonoma County native Kerry Benefield takes you inside, outside and upside prep sports and elsewhere in this twice-monthly Santa Rosa Press Democrat podcast. Put in some Overtime. In this episode, Benefield asks how three of the best high school cross country in the North...
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Storybytes: Fifty Years
A Santa Rosa Press Democrat podcast about the life and communities of California's North Bay region, and the friends, neighbors and strangers we live with. This episode follows a woman living out a dream she's held onto for 37 years.
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Overtime with Kerry Benefield. Welcome to the Time Machine
Prep sports columnist and Sonoma County native Kerry Benefield takes you inside, outside and upside prep sports and elsewhere in this twice-monthly Santa Rosa Press Democrat podcast. Put in some Overtime. In this episode, Benefield has an encounter with a baseball player she idolized as a child.
About this show
Santa Rosa Press Democrat podcasts bring you into the life, times and many communities of California's North Bay region. "Overtime with Kerry Benefield" is a twice-monthly look at prep sports.In "Storybytes," Press Democrat reporters explore the news that affects us and the people we live with as neighbors, friends and strangers.
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