Berkeley High has long served as a language laboratory, where teenagers sling slang and slap songs. In a new Berkeleyside Podcast episode, we ask, what comes after hella and hyphy?
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Listen up: Berkeleyside launches its first podcast series
Pastor Michael McBride in conversation with KQED’s Joshua Johnson at Uncharted 2015. Listen to their conversation on the Uncharted:Berkeley podcast. Photo: Pete Rosos Berkeleyside is thrilled to be making available to our readers, for free, the first five of what we hope will be many fascinating podcasts — just in time for holiday downtime listening […]
Podcast: The Three Michaels in conversation
The Three Michaels — Lewis, Pollan and Chabon — entertained a large audience with stories of Berkeley and the writing life. Photo: Pete Rosos The Three Michaels — Lewis, Pollan and Chabon — entertained a large audience with stories of Berkeley and the writing life. Photo: Pete Rosos Two weeks ago, 600 Berkeleyside readers were […]
Podcast: Ain’t nobody here but us chickens
Berkeleyside contributor John Rieger wanted to know what’s up with all the chickens in Berkeley. So he set out with Berkeleyside contributing photographer Nancy Rubin to find out what’s clucking. You can find all of Rieger and Rubin’s podcasts in our new podcast collection. We will be reprising all the Rieger-Rubin oeuvre over the next couple of weeks to […]
Do Berkeley dog owners need to be put on a leash?
Berkeleyside contributor John Rieger today sets out to find out just how free our four-legged friends are in Berkeley. The wonderful photography is by Berkeleyside contributing photographer Nancy Rubin. Catch up with Rieger’s previous podcasts, which cover bumper stickers, rules of the road for cyclists (one of Berkeleyside’s most popular multimedia offerings last year), and holiday gifts, all with […]
Berkeleyside podcast: The ghosts of presents past
By John Rieger In the ever-repeating rituals of the holidays, today’s gift getters are tomorrows gift givers, so don’t mess up. Catch up with the first podcast by John Rieger, with photos by Nancy Rubin, on Berkeley being a “bumper stickery” kind of town, and the second, on the rules of the road for cyclists in […]
What exactly are Berkeley’s rules of the road for cyclists?
[powerpress] Berkeleyside’s second podcast examines the rules of the road — or lack of them — for cyclists in Berkeley. A contentious subject to be sure. John Rieger, who created today’s podcast, is an award-winning independent producer and former editor of the public radio series Beyond Computers. In his 30-year career in public radio, John, who lives […]
Berkeley: A ‘bumper stickery’ kind of town
In Berkeleyside’s inaugural podcast, veteran radio reporter John Rieger talks to Berkeleyans about a bumper sticker.