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The Local Podcast

by The Local Podcast

A local Bay Area podcast

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Episodes

  1. The Tug Life | Alex Matsumoto & Brandon Bisk

    Cal Maritime seniors Alex Matsumoto and Brandon Bisk join Sam to explain tugboat work in Hawaii and San Francisco Bay. They discuss maritime training and licenses, pay and work schedules, offshore supply vessels, Bay pilots, food aboard, mental health at sea, local navigation, and rough weather....

  2. Laura Kretchmar and Todd Dietrich | The Local Podcast

    Laura Kretchmar, a founding educator at Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland, and Todd Dietrich, a union electrician, join Sam to talk about building a school, finding meaning in skilled work, and meeting on a Big Sur camping trip. Todd describes learning he had an acoustic neuroma on…

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  3. Christopher Reynolds: Landscape Design & Rewilding the Bay Area | The Local Podcast

    Landscape designer Christopher Reynolds talks about growing up in the Bay Area, finding his way from art and woodcraft into landscape design, and working in ecological restoration and rewilding. A conversation about design, place, and building a closer relationship with the natural world.

  4. PJ Greenbaum on Naval Nuclear Power, Service, and Responsibility | The Local Podcast

    Paul “PJ” Greenbaum is a naval officer and Naval ROTC instructor at UC Berkeley. Speaking only in his personal capacity, he joins Sam to trace his path from Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, through Princeton's Naval ROTC program, time in China and Japan, and service aboard a destroyer and a...

  5. Arnold Gray: 15 Years Driving the 38 Geary | The Local Podcast

    Arnold Gray joins The Local Podcast to talk about 15 years driving San Francisco’s 38 Geary, growing up in the East Bay, rowing at UCSB, and the people he met along the way. A conversation about public service, patience, family, and treating every rider with dignity.

  6. Ty Simpson-Kane & Garrett Schmidt: A Life Around Surfing | The Local Podcast

    Ty Simpson-Kane and Garrett Schmidt talk surfing, growing up near the water, the pull of bigger waves, and finding their own paths through work and life. From Maui to California, a conversation about the experiences and communities that keep bringing them back to the ocean.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A local Bay Area podcast

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