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01/01/2025

In no particular order, these are the five most listened to episodes of the podcast. THANK YOU to everyone who spent time with us on the podcast this past year. .pitta .dean PS. Tomorrow, New Year’s Day, the first episode of ‘AIPAC Zombies’ w will be on all the platforms. xo

11/02/2024

ICYMI catch up on recent eps on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, etc. including: the Sunset’s own Brandon Lee , who was politicized during the 2001 anti war protests that shut down SF; Jeremy Mack of on the dark money group TogetherSF; and hosting Jeremy, .zembla, on the limits of representative politics and elections!

10/10/2024

Zionists have infiltrated so much of the traditional press. If you run an alternative media outlet and are not a monster, join this podcast and others and commit to the Palestinian Campaign for the Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).Support autonomous action against the police, the state, and empire.�� End “Israel”writersagainstthewarongaza.com | bdsmovement.net | Sad Francisco

09/17/2024

New episode of .co : BAY2GAZA MUTUAL AID with + Lauren Gutierrez of + /// Come out to the benefit for with bands, food, more .secret on 9/20! /// Listen to the episode on all the podcast platforms, or at this 🔗 : https://pod.fo/e/269f5c

08/17/2024

Want to take this time to thank all of our Patreon Subscribers for supporting us. We still can’t believe there are 42 of you willing to donate. And we appreciate every single cent.
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07/14/2024

Stoked invited me to be part convo on Wednesday around SILICON VALLEY IMPERIALISM hosted by . July 17 at 6 pm PST online—RSVP at Eventbrite. (Also check Erin’s episode of .co from April!)

07/08/2024

Abe Woodliff needs his own podcast! For now this episode will have to suffice… Abe talks about how it’s impossible to actually predict when a meme will hit; writing; and the shocking lack of negatives there are to existing authentically. Plus his recent piece on who wins and loses from fake narratives around crime rates . Links to listen in bio!

07/06/2024

Our next episode with is up on our Patreon for our paid subscribers!!
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Episode will go public on all of our regular platforms THIS MONDAY. Stay tuned!

07/01/2024

YIMBY billionaires are buying up thousands of acres northeast of the Bay, to build a planned community of rich tech types. To sell the East Solano Plan (f.k.a. “California Forever”) to locals, its founders launched a PR campaign complete with artwashing and more. Vallejo-based Anna Kirsch, of Artists Against Billionaires, is part of the resistance. Link in bio!

06/24/2024

Kevin L. Jones from pod (“the podcast about the worst parts of the San Francisco Bay Area”) reached out! K and Toshio speak on the ongoing death of traditional corporate news, plus background on the origins of Sad Francisco…link in bio as always xoxo

06/17/2024

In this reupped episode (link in bio), get to know the gay Zionist Burner Manny Yekutiel, of Manny’s cafe in the Mission, and why a boycott of Manny’s was called for in 2018 by Gay Shame and Qu**rs Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!), among others!

06/10/2024

For our first live show taping in May, Jemma DeCristo, LaVelle Ridley, and Mama Ganuush spoke brilliantly on Trans Black-Palestinian Solidarity amidst the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Naturally, given the topic, things got emotional. Thanks to everyone who made the night possible! , LaVelle Ridley, and Jemma DeCristo. 🔗 in bio

06/03/2024

LEFT IN THE BAY exposes histories of the Bay Area that explain how we got our ideological reputation. Two from the collective, Matt Ray and Matt Wranovics, speak on their recent piece (at Notes from Below) covering the Bay’s protests in the 1980s against South African apartheid, and connections to the movement to end the genocide in Palestine. Links to listen in bio.

05/28/2024

On the new episode: Julie Pitta and Jeremy Mack from on 4 billionaires + 1 not-quite-a-billionaire who are intent on remaking Bay politics to serve their own interests and bank accounts. Link to listen in bio.

05/13/2024

Deeg is back for some oral history lessons about LAGAI-Queer Insurrection (formerly Le****ns And G**s Against Intervention), a radical collective that started organizing in 1983 in response to the US war machine meddling overseas.
Some of the same members from forty years ago continue to meet, plan direct actions, and send thousands of copies of their zine UltraViolet into prisons for free, with no 501(c)3 and next to no funding. We talk: avoiding burnout and cooptation, how to measure movement successes (and why sometimes you can’t), and more. Part 1 of a two-part episode, link in bio!

05/12/2024

Tomorrow! RALLY AT UCSF
KALMANOVITZ LIBRARY, 530 PARNASSUS
MONDAY MAY 13
3PM
PATIENTS WORKERS STUDENTS FACULTY AND ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVITED
FREE PALESTINE
BOYCOTT - DIVEST - SANCTION

05/07/2024

In the US, traditional media censorship of pro-Palestinian voices didn’t start October 2023. A new report on Zionism’s chilling effect on journalists is out this week, spotlighting how some reporters and editors self-censor, and corporate outlets keep Palestinian stories from being published. With Tiana Reid of the National Writers Union’s Freelance Solidarity Project. Links to listen in bio.
(*This episode was recorded in March. Subscribers to our Patreon got this episode early. Support the show and find shownotes there.)

05/06/2024

Next week, come thru on 5/17 at 7 PM (sharp). *Note that due to capacity there will be no VOCAL AF following the panel.

TRANS BLACK PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITIES
FRIDAY MAY 17 7PM
Q***R A.F.
575 CASTRO ST. SF
a live recording of SAD FRANCISCO .co
MAMA GANUUSH
JEMMA DECRISTO
LAVELLE RIDLEY
TOSHIO MERONEK

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