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Muni Diaries

The Muni Diaries podcast is where you"ll hear true stories that happened on public transportation in San Francisco and the Bay Area, presented by the editors of MuniDiaries.com. Since our launch in 2008, we"ve gathered stories from more than 4,000 transit riders. To submit your own story, or read more bus tales, visit MuniDiaries.com.

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Ep 100: Sing it together! A new anthem for Muni riders

Muni Diaries ·

2020/04/16

We are celebrating 12 years of sharing your commute stories with our 100th episode. Most of us haven't been on a bus lately, and after this pandemic, we'd be so looking forward to getting back to our commute routine. Meanwhile we will continue to bring you stories from everyday San Franciscans. Nothing says "we're in it together" more than commuters banding together. Today's episode features Jefferson Bergey: he is a professional musician based in Oakland, and a regular performer in San Francisco's

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Ep. 99: My "little hat" on multicultural Muni

Muni Diaries ·

2020/04/01

We like to say that Muni is San Francisco's living room, and you never know where a conversation with a fellow bus rider will lead. In today's episode, rider Timo shares a story about the time when someone on the bus asked him why he was wearing his yarmulke. Muni Diaries is made of stories by everyday San Franciscans, and in these times, your stories are more important than ever! We will continue to publish stories from our archive and hope this takes some stress off of your day while sheltering

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Ep. 98: When the entire bus stood up for you

Muni Diaries ·

2020/03/21

In these times when most of your fellow bus riders are looking at their phone and have headphones on, reader Teresa submitted a story of how a group of women banded together when they saw another woman in a bad situation. Muni Diaries is made of your stories. If you have a tale to share, email us at muni.diaries.sf@gmail.com.

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Ep. 97: San Francisco Diaries: Walking San...

Muni Diaries ·

2020/02/27

Kristine Poggioli and coauthor Carolyn Eidson became the first people known to have walked San Francisco’s historic 49 Mile Scenic Drive over the course of a year. You know the route, or at least you've probably seen the light blue signs with seagulls on them all over town. They’ve published a book about their experience called Walking San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive. In this episode, you’ll find out all about their journey and what they discovered along the way.

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Ep. 96: New year, new way to practice kindness

Muni Diaries ·

2020/01/13

Storyteller Andrea Carla Michaels has worn many hats over the years, as a standup comic, writer for a game show, and briefly a writer for Designing Women. She now spends her time naming companies and constructing crossword puzzles for the New York Times. Two years ago she found her calling as "Pizza Lady" and you can find her daily in the alleys off lower Polk Street. We first aired this story in April 2018, and we feel like the new year is the right time to how to make a difference this year, no

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Ep. 95: Of 'ladyspreading' and leggings on BART with...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/12/24

Storyteller Annette Mullaney is a standup comic based in San Francisco. The San Francisco Chronicle named her one of six "comics to catch" in the Bay Area. She describes her comedy as self-deprecating, feminist, existentialist, smart, vulgar, and full of big words to prove she's been to grad school. In this episode, she shares a BART story that took a long time to see the light of day. But we're so glad she worked up the courage to share. If you have your own story to share on our podcast, send us a

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Ep. 94: Making my own crime scene on Muni, as told by...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/12/03

On her way home from a baby shower, storyteller Maureen Bogues encountered what most of us hope we wouldn't on Muni. Fueled by adrenaline, she chases after a mugger who took her phone. What would you do in this situation? Maureen is a writer, editor, and occasional public speaker who has been featured at Beyond Borders Storytelling. This story was taped at Muni Diaries Live at Rickshaw Stop in November, 2019. Do you have your own Muni story to share? Pitch us your Muni and San Francisco stories by

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Ep. 93: Exploratorium After Dark: Journey to Big Lots

Muni Diaries ·

2019/11/20

Storyteller Dhaya Lakshminarayana is a stand-up comedian and winner of the Liz Carpenter Political Humor Award. She's also the subject of the documentary “NerdCool.” This story was recorded at Exploratorium After Dark in 2019. If you have your own story to share on our podcast, pitch your stories at muni.diaries.sf@gmail.com.

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Ep. 92: San Francisco Diaries: Tradeswoman Molly...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/10/28

Today's story is from Molly Martin, a long-time activist and Bernal Heights resident. She was an organizer of Occupy Bernal, which saved many homes in the neighborhood from foreclosure. Molly is also a tradeswomen activist and is working on a book about the history of women construction workers in the Bay Area. Her story takes us back to 1973 San Francisco. Subscribe to the Muni Diaries podcast so you don't miss a minute of our new episodes! Muni Diaries Live is back on Nov. 2, 2019 at Rickshaw

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Ep. 91: San Francisco Diaries: DJ Steve Fabus...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/10/21

DJ Steve Fabus literally provided the soundtrack to one of the most tumultuous periods in San Francisco history. He has been a fixture in the underground music scene in San Francisco since he moved here in the '70s—he described it as a calling that brought him to the city. In today's episode, Steve shares the story of how he found himself at the turn table for the farewell party of disco legend Sylvester. You can hear stories like these live on stage at the next Muni Diaries Live show on Nov. 2,

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Ep. 90: Live from Clarion Alley

Muni Diaries ·

2019/10/03

Today's podcast episode was recorded live in Clarion Alley as a part of Litquake's LitCrawl in 2017. Storyteller Jesse James shares a story about his days working at the now-closed Nob Hill Theater, the famed all-male adult theater. One evening while working behind the counter, Jesse sees a familiar face walking in, and hilarity ensues. If you'd like to hear more stories live, we have two events coming up: a live podcast taping at Betabrand Podcast Theater on Oct. 3, and Muni Diaries Live at

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Ep. 89: San Francisco Diaries: Mission Comics and...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/09/28

Leef is the owner of Mission Comics and Art on Mission and 18th Street. He’s a San Francisco native who is passionate about making an open, inclusive space that celebrated the creative people in San Francisco. The store features lots of mainstream AND indie comic books and a gallery space. In today's episode, Leef shares the story of the AIDS Memorial Grove from the perspective of the city gardener's family. Leef's father was one of San Francisco's city gardeners, and helped build the the grove

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Ep. 88: How a high school student found herself...on...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/08/22

Muni is the through line in this week's podcast story from Simone Herko Felton, a senior at Lowell High School in San Francisco. Simone has lived here all her life and takes the 23-Monterey to go to school daily. She explains what it's like to be a high school student in San Francisco taking this cross town bus, and why this particular line is symbolic of her multi-ethnic identity. Simone is the President of the literary magazine at Lowell High School called The Junkyard. If you have a story to

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Ep. 87: San Francisco Diaries: Justina Wu on the...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/08/07

Do you often wish you said something to someone who was acting inconsiderate or rude, and you spend days thinking about what you should have said? In this episode, our storyteller didn't hold back and called out a rude fellow shopper at the checkout line, and the results would surprise you. Justina Wu is a writer, storyteller, and producer of Beyond Borders Storytelling, a series of travel-themed workshops and story jams. Check out Beyond Borders online at beyondbordersstorytelling.org, and mark

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Ep. 86: San Francisco Diaries: Who gets to define...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/07/24

Our previous episode featured Smiley Poswolsky, a self-described Millennial workplace expert who quit his stuffy Washington, D.C. job to become a writer in San Francisco. His story about personal growth and change, with NOPA/Western Addition in a prominent guest-starring role, really got our listeners talking more broadly about the state of our city—a hot topic lately. For this episode, we invited Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight from The San Francisco Chronicle, and Bernalwood blog founder Todd

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Ep. 85: San Francisco Diaries: A "Millennial expert"...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/07/09

Smiley Poswolsky quit his D.C. government job and left his suit-wearing days behind in order to become a writer in San Francisco. A few years in, he found himself realizing that some of the things he was excited about the city were also perhaps ruining the place he loves. But who has the right to define what this city is about? Poswolsky is an expert on millennials in the workplace, a topic that he speaks about professionally, and he is the author of the book, The Quarter-Life Breakthrough. The

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Ep. 84: Celebrating Pride: artist Kurt Schwartzmann...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/06/24

This weekend is Pride weekend, and we are highlighting stories from our LGBTQ community. Today’s story is from Kurt Schwartzmann. Kurt is an artist, printmaker, and photographer. In 2006, he lost all vision in his left eye due to complications of AIDS. In the first half of 2007 Kurt was homeless and living on the streets of San Francisco. Muni buses, running around the clock, often provided him the only safe place to sleep at night. He dedicated his first series of 64 drawings to Muni operators,

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Ep. 83: Ady Lady on how her Muni ride went "from piss...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/06/12

Ady Lady is a writer, performer, and all around funny person who's been described as wildly funny by The San Francisco Examiner. She's written and performed two solo shows: Sara Jane Tried to Shoot the President and From Piss to Bliss. She says she actually started writing From Piss to Bliss in a desperate attempt to maintain a state of love while riding Muni. This story was recorded at Muni Diaries Live at Rickshaw Stop in April, 2019. If you liked what you heard on the Muni Diaries podcast,

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Ep 82: San Francisco Diaries: The residents of "Camp...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/06/03

San Francisco has been a place where many young transplants found their own identity and voice. In today's episode, storyteller Colin Daly shares the tale of a house on Folsom Street where he and his group of friends found their own "chosen family" in the 1990s. The friends lovingly named the house "Camp Folsom," where a room in the Mission was only $300 and life lessons—about money, community, heartbreak, and learning to be a grownup—were included in the rent. We are celebrating the release of

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Ep. 81: Kathleen Auterio breaks the rules in a Muni...

Muni Diaries ·

2019/05/14

When the bus came to a halt, storyteller Kathleen Auterio noticed a familiar face from her Mission neighborhood. What happened next will keep you on the edge of your seat. This story was recorded at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. Kathleen was born in Boston but has called San Francisco home for 19 years. She is a heavy metal and horror movie fanatic, and has told stories at The Moth Grandslam, Risk, Porchlight and many more events in the bay. Subscribe to the Muni Diaries podcast so you don't miss

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