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East Bay Yesterday

East Bay history podcast that gathers, shares & celebrate stories from Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

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Long Lost Oakland, chapter 1: Grizzly bears & redwood trees

Long Lost Oakland, chapter 1: Grizzly bears & redwood trees

Up until the 1850s, the East Bay was home to hundreds of grizzlies and some of the tallest redwoods in the history of th... Read more

24 Jan 2018

38mins

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Deep in Canyon, part 1: “Paradise with a dash of chaos”

Deep in Canyon, part 1: “Paradise with a dash of chaos”

During the Gold Rush, Canyon had more residents than Oakland, but today few people know that this tiny village nestled i... Read more

20 Mar 2019

38mins

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EBY Q&A: Leland Stanford, the original tech bro

EBY Q&A: Leland Stanford, the original tech bro

It's almost impossible to image what Oakland would look like today if the Western terminus of the Transcontinental Railr... Read more

23 Nov 2019

1hr 29mins

Ranked #4

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EBY Q&A live: A wild ride through BART history

EBY Q&A live: A wild ride through BART history

Why did BART come "within a gnat's eyelash" of being derailed by voters before the first track had ever been laid? How d... Read more

16 Oct 2019

53mins

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The rise and fall of the Oakland Ku Klux Klan

The rise and fall of the Oakland Ku Klux Klan

The East Bay’s KKK started by burning crosses in the hills, and they quickly captured power in City Hall. This movement ... Read more

10 Jan 2017

32mins

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The East Bay punk explosion: How a scene rose from the ashes to create a music mecca

The East Bay punk explosion: How a scene rose from the ashes to create a music mecca

In the mid-1990s, the East Bay was the center of the punk rock universe. Lookout Records co-founder Larry Livermore shar... Read more

25 Jan 2017

43mins

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“They can’t believe he lived here”: Why John Muir settled down in the East Bay

“They can’t believe he lived here”: Why John Muir settled down in the East Bay

John Muir died on Christmas Eve of 1914, but his gravesite is finally just opening up to the public now. In honor of thi... Read more

21 Dec 2017

22mins

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Bruce Lee’s Oakland years: From a legendary fight to a new philosophy

Bruce Lee’s Oakland years: From a legendary fight to a new philosophy

Bruce Lee’s time in the East Bay affected him profoundly. This episode explores how a legendary fight sparked an evoluti... Read more

14 Mar 2017

51mins

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“Where are those ancestors now?”: How battles over sacred sites have revived Ohlone culture

“Where are those ancestors now?”: How battles over sacred sites have revived Ohlone culture

Have you ever wondered what the East Bay was like before colonization? In this episode, Corrina Gould of Indian People O... Read more

23 Mar 2017

40mins

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“It wasn’t part of my childhood”: Chicano Power and the rise of Día de los Muertos in Oakland

“It wasn’t part of my childhood”: Chicano Power and the rise of Día de los Muertos in Oakland

Many Mexican-Americans growing up during the 1950s and ’60s had no awareness of Día de los Muertos. Due to the pressures... Read more

28 Oct 2019

28mins

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EBY Q&A: How to do nothing in Oakland with Jenny Odell

EBY Q&A: How to do nothing in Oakland with Jenny Odell

Jenny Odell wrote that her inspiration for “How to Do Nothing” was “grounded in a particular location, and that is the M... Read more

23 May 2019

49mins

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EBY Q&A: Exploring Lake Merritt and Children’s Fairyland

EBY Q&A: Exploring Lake Merritt and Children’s Fairyland

With the weather warming up, I thought now would be a great time for a deep dive into Lake Merritt (not literally!). Fir... Read more

25 Apr 2019

1hr 4mins

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10,000 years of Oakland, 1 piece of land

10,000 years of Oakland, 1 piece of land

When Brock Winstead bought a house in the Golden Gate district, he decided to research the history of his property and f... Read more

20 Dec 2016

35mins

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Unfair housing: Why racism and real estate are so hard to untangle

Unfair housing: Why racism and real estate are so hard to untangle

In 1963, Northern California’s first African American State Assemblymember, Byron Rumford, championed a Fair Housing Act... Read more

7 Jan 2020

34mins

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Deep in Canyon, part 2: “It wasn’t utopia... it was real.”

Deep in Canyon, part 2: “It wasn’t utopia... it was real.”

During the 1960s, young people from all over the country flooded into a small village tucked behind the Oakland hills am... Read more

9 Apr 2019

52mins

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From garages to galleries in Uptown

From garages to galleries in Uptown

Ronald Reagan inadvertently sparked the birth of one of Oakland's most renowned and visionary art organizations. Find ou... Read more

11 Oct 2016

29mins

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“Celeste Guap is not the first”: A history of sexual abuse, the OPD, and a refugee community

“Celeste Guap is not the first”: A history of sexual abuse, the OPD, and a refugee community

Oakland has been an epicenter of minors engaged in the sex trade for a long time. A recent OPD scandal put a spotlight o... Read more

18 Oct 2016

56mins

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“This strange monument”: The story behind one of Oakland’s most prominent abandoned buildings

“This strange monument”: The story behind one of Oakland’s most prominent abandoned buildings

The abandoned pink building on the corner of MacArthur and Martin Luther King Jr. Way has visually dominated that busy i... Read more

31 May 2018

36mins

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EBY Q&A: The earth-shattering history of a small East Bay town

EBY Q&A: The earth-shattering history of a small East Bay town

One of the Bay Area’s first business booms was the rapid growth of explosives manufacturing following the Gold Rush. The... Read more

10 Jul 2019

38mins

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Oakland’s “lost” Latino neighborhood

Oakland’s “lost” Latino neighborhood

Get in the mood for Día de los Muertos with this history of Oakland’s “lost” Latino neighborhood. Tina “Tamale” Ramos an... Read more

25 Oct 2016

52mins

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