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San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack

Richard Miller

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Listen to San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack, a Society & Culture podcast by Richard Miller. Stream 176 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Sparkletack.

San Francisco history lovers: A notice that’s a bit overdue: I haven’t recorded a podcast for years, now, and the chances that I...

Feb 16, 2014
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Bimbo’s 365 Club

A couple of days ago, Toby of Bimbo’s 365 Club dropped me a line: “Here at Bimbo’s, we’ve recently stated to scan so...

Aug 4, 2010
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SepiaTown — a virtual San Francisco

This is awesome. SepiaTown is a brand new website integrating mapping technology with crowd-sourced historical photos to create a virtually...

Feb 25, 2010
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“Frisco”? I think not.

It’s not because Herb Caen got hot under the collar about it. And yeah, I know it was practically the official name of the City in the...

Feb 14, 2010
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Lefty O’Doul Hall of Fame Campaign

For years I’ve said that the enshrinement of San Francisco’s favourite son Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul at Co...

Jan 16, 2010
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Gangs of San Francisco

I’ve been meaning to post about these amazing T-shirts forever. Because they’re — I kid you not — unbearably cool. I...

Dec 14, 2009
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A map that’s just my type

Ork Posters has created something guaranteed to delight typophiles (that’s me) and San Francisco neighborhood geeks (check) alike. It&...

Oct 30, 2009
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Lefty O’Doul’s green suit — in color

In honor of that most noble of American pastimes, a lovely painting inspired by a favourite photo of the great San Francisco character, Left...

May 29, 2009
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San Francisco Timecapsule: 05.18.09

THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: 1922: Flappers in the newspapers May 19, 1922 Flappers Right off the bat I have to admit the fact that -- to...

0:10:10May 18, 2009

San Francisco Timecapsule: 05.11.09

THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: 1879: Stoddard, Stevenson, and Rincon Hill Sometime in 1879: The house on Rincon Hill Last week I read to yo...

0:00:01May 11, 2009

San Francisco Timecapsule: 05.04.09

THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: 1854: A future poet's boyhood outing Spring 1854 Charles Warren Stoddard In 1854, the down-on-their-luck Sto...

0:14:00May 4, 2009

San Francisco Timecapsule: 04.20.09

THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: 1906: Hotaling's Whiskey is spared by the Great Fire and Earthquake April 20th, 1906 The deliverance of Hota...

0:07:00Apr 20, 2009

San Francisco Timecapsule: 04.13.09

THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: 1958: The Giants play the Dodgers in the first major league baseball game on the West Coast April 15, 1958 M...

0:09:03Apr 13, 2009

San Francisco Timecapsule: 04.06.09

THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: 1871: The fall of a hoodlum king April 9, 1871: A hoodlum king's power is broken, and all because he hated t...

0:07:00Apr 6, 2009

The mysterious letter “E”

I get a lot of history questions here at Sparkletack — some I can handle, but others stump me completely. A few weeks ago, a longtime...

Mar 31, 2009
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San Francisco Timecapsule: 03.30.09

THIS WEEK’S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT:The San Francisco “Cocktail Route” 1890-something The Cocktail Route — “Champag...

0:12:40Mar 30, 2009

San Francisco Timecapsule: 03.23.09

THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: Slumming the Barbary Coast 1871 "A Barbary Cruise" I've been thinking about the fact that -- just like our o...

0:14:30Mar 23, 2009

San Francisco Timecapsule: 03.09.09

THIS WEEK'S PODCAST TRANSCRIPT: America's "Master Birdman" makes his final flight March 15, 1915: "The Man Who Owns the Sky" It was the year...

0:13:45Mar 10, 2009

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