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“When I die, I’m dead.” —Eloise Westbrook

About:

Three horizontal stripes, red, black and green, add color to the streetlights and poles in and around the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco.

These Pan-African flags are a relatively new addition to the area. They were painted just about a year ago thanks to an initiative spearheaded by the neighborhood's local city supervisor, Malia Cohen.

“This is about branding the Bayview neighborhood to honor and pay respect to the decades of contributions that African-Americans have made to the southeast neighborhood and to the city,” she said in a statement.

But when compared to what’s going on in the neighborhood, these painted flags inadvertently serve as reminders of what this neighborhood once was and what it now isn’t. This used to be a place where you could be Black and thrive. You could find work and own a home. Now, not so much.

In Part II of this story about the term Frisco, we try and find out what happened.

Show Notes:

1. [00:35] More on “Wild Wes” and Wild SF Tours
2. [03:30] “Kid Kodi” by Blue Dot Sessions
3. [06:10] For reference: Map of San Francisco and its neighborhoods (San Francisco Association of Realtors)
4. [06:40] More on Dr. Raymond Tompkins (San Francisco Bay View Newspaper)
5. [07:40] “Allston Night Owl” by Blue Dot Sessions
6. [09:30] “Roundpine” by Blue Dot Sessions
7. [12:00] Light reading on environmental conditions of Bayview-Hunters Point:

1. Health Inequities in the Bay Area
2. San Francisco Community Health Needs Assessment 2016
3. On the 14 year life expectancy gap (San Francisco Chronicle)
4. Pollution Problems in Bayview-Hunters Point (Greenaction)

8. [12:30] “The Yards” by Blue Dot Sessions
9. [13:00] “Why I Love Living in Russian Hill” (The Bold Italic)
10. [13:20] On the naming of Russian Hill (FoundSF)

1. Related: the naming of other San Francisco neighborhoods (Mental Floss)

11. [13:50] Light reading on old history of Bayview-Hunters Point

1. Additional reading on the sale (Bernal History Project)

12. [14:30] On the formation of Butchertown (FoundSF)
13. [15:15] Further reading on history of Hunters Point Shipyard development and community (City of San Francisco)
14. [15:30] Light reading on history of Chinese shrimping industry in San Francisco (FoundSF)
15. [15:55] Light reading on Oscar James (Museum of African Diaspora)
16. [16:40] “D-Day” by Nat King Cole
17. [17:00] Light reading on San Francisco’s shipbuilding and war time history

1. World War II Shipbuilding in the Bay Area (National Parks Service)
2. “A Day’s Work” (FoundSF)

18. [17:20] Newsreel footage
19. [17:30] Light reading on the Great Migration:

1. “Great Migration: The African-American Exodus North” (NPR)
2. The African-American Migration Story (PBS)
3. “Why African Americans Left the South in Droves” (Vox)
4. The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great Migration (Smithsonian)
5. “The 'Great Migration' Was About Racial Terror, Not Jobs” (City Lab)
6. “The Second Great Migration: A Historical Overview” (University of Chicago Press)
7. United States Census

20. [18:20] Light reading on the War Manpower Commission
21. [18:40] The war effort impact on Bayview-Hunters Point

1. And on the population increases (San Francisco Chronicle)

22. [19:00] Excerpt from The Highest Tradition (1946)
23. [19:30] Light reading on treatment of African Americans in the war effort (PBS)

1. Additional reading on A. Philip Randolph
2. Light reading on Executive Order 8802

24. [21:50] Light reading on how the Japanese internment shaped San Francisco (The Culture Trip)
25. [22:40] Light reading on the history of the Fillmore District (KQED)
26. [23:00] Light reading on Jack’s Tavern (KQED)
27. [23:20] Light reading on Marie Harrison (San Francisco Chronicle)
28. [24:00] “Take Me Back Baby” by Jimmy Rushing
29. [24:30] On San Francisco’s role as the “Harlem of the West” (NPR)

1. Photos from back in the day. Note Bob Scobey’s ‘Don’t Call it Frisco’ jazz band in the gallery. (Timeline)

30. [24:40] “Ghost of Yesterday” by Billie Holiday
31. [25:00] Review of the  Failure and the Harlem Renaissance argument (The Georgia Review)
32. [25:50] “Leave the TV On” by Blue Dot Sessions
33. [28:40] Light reading on Juneteenth
34. [30:00] Related: James Baldwin on Urban Renewal
35. [30:45] The Dynamic American City
36. [31:30] Related reading on Urban Renewal:

1. “The Racist Roots Of “Urban Renewal” And How It Made Cities Less Equal” (Fast Company)
2. “The Wastelands of Urban Renewal” (City Lab)
3. Urban Renewal and Its Aftermath
4. A Study in Contradictions: The Origins and Legacy of the Housing Act of 1949
5. Urban Revitalization in the United States: Policies and Practices

37. [32:00] Audio of construction site (Freesound.org)
38. [32:20] Light reading on the legacy of the  Housing Act of 1949:

1. Legacy of the Housing Act of 1949: The Past, Present, and Future of Federal Housing and Urban Policy
2. Additional reading on the birth of slum removal and urban renewal
3. Timeline of public housing projects in the US

39. [33:30] Light reading on the Housing Act of 1965 and 1968

1. A Rundown of Just How Badly the Fair Housing Act Has Failed (Washington Post)
2. The Legacy of the 1968 Fair Housing Act
3. Residential Segregation after the Fair Housing Act (American Bar Association)

40. [33:45] Renewing Inequality Project (University of Richmond)
41. [35:00] “Our Digital Compass” by Blue Dot Sessions
42. [35:35] Inspired by this song
43. [35:40] Two tales of urban renewal’s impact on San Francisco’s black population:

1. How Urban Renewal Destroyed The Fillmore In Order to Save It (Hoodline)
2. Racism — and politics — in SF Redevelopment history (48 Hills)

44. [35:45] On the population metrics of San Francisco’s black population:

1. The Loneliness of Being Black in San Francisco (The New York Times)
2. San Francisco's Black population is less than 5 percent (KTVU)
3. The Dream vs. Reality: On Being Black in San Francisco (The Bold Italic)

45. [37:10] On black home ownership in San Francisco (City and County of San Francisco)
46. [37:15] Related:

1. On access to bank loans
2. San Francisco State College protests (FoundSF)
3. Job opportunities back in the day (FoundSF)

47. [37:30] The killing of Matthew Peanut Johnson (San Francisco Chronicle)
48. [37:50] Patrolman Alvin Johnson retelling what happened on the day Matthew “Peanut” Johnson was killed (Bay Area Television Archive)
49. [40:15] 1964: Civil Rights Battles (The Atlantic)

1. Additional reading here

50. [40:35] Short excerpt of video from San Francisco’s 1966 riot
51. [41:00] Light reading on the Human Be-In Festival

1. All the Human Be-In Was Saying 50 Years Ago, Was Give Peace a Chance (The Nation)
2. Full program of the Be-In Festival

52. [43:00] “Passing Station 7” by Blue Dot Sessions
53. [43:50] Light reading on the Big Five  

1. Footage of the Big Five supporting S.F. State Student Strike in 1968
2. Public Hearing in Bayview Hunters Point with Robert Kennedy (KQED)

54. [45:25] Light reading on The Big Five’s March on Washington—Redevelopment and the Politics of Place in Bayview-Hunters Point (UC Berkeley)
55. [46:40] Andre Herm Lewis from Part I
56. [48:30] “Hunters Point Health Problems Called an `Epidemic'” (San Francisco Chronicle)

1. San Francisco Department of Health Recommendations (2006)

57. [49:40] 'Appropriation At Its Worst': Supervisor Slams 'Bayview Is The New Mission' Ads (Hoodline)
58. [51:40] Light reading on the toxic state of San Francisco’s Navy Shipyard (San Francisco Magazine)
59. [55:05] More at thisissomenoise.com
60. [56:20] Podcast Recommendation: American Suburb (KQED)

“The fans just want to know who the fuck the artist is.” —Andre "Herm" Lewis

About:

For a place that proudly heralds slogans like #BlackLivesMatter, the homes of San Francisco house very few Black people.

What’s happened to the African-American community in San Francisco is a much more complex tale than just being pushed out by young and transient up-and-comers. Instead, it involves a deeply-rooted history spread across generations with a comet-sized impact that is still being felt today.

And for the sake of this three-part story, it begins with the very polarizing San Francisco nickname: Frisco.

In Part I, we explore why some view this term to be as offensive as the F-word and spend some time with those who simply don’t give a fuck.

Show Notes:

1. [02:15] “Valantis” by The Blue Dot Sessions
2. [03:30] “Lights” by Journey

3. [04:30] “Frisco” by I.M.P.
4. [05:50] “Lakeside Path” by The Blue Dot Sessions
5. [05:45] “49 square miles surrounded by reality.” —Paul Kantner (San Francisco Magazine)
6. [05:50] Light reading on the square mileage of San Francisco (SF Gate)
7. [06:00] Light reading on the 1906 Earthquake
   1. Related: Story on the historic Market Street film (60 Minutes)

8. [06:05] On San Francisco and Its Sourdough Bread (KQED)
9. [06:10] San Francisco and World War II (SF Gate)
10. [06:10] Archival footage of protests against the Vietnam War (KRON)
11. [06:15] The Full House house (Atlas Obscura)
    1. ...was listed at $4.15 million in 2016 (NBC Bay Area)
       1. ...and bought by the show’s creator (The Hollywood Reporter)

12. [06:15] The story behind Mrs. Doubtfire’s House (The Bold Italic)
    
    1. ...and how it was owned by a plastic surgeon (NBC Bay Area)
    2. ...and then sold for $4.15 million (The Hollywood Reporter)

13. [06:20] Trailer for Vertigo
    1. And tracking where the movie was shot in the city (SF Curbed)

14. [06:20] Trailer for The Rock, which has a 66 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes
15. [06:25] Light reading on San Francisco’s musical history (SF Gate)
16. [06:30] Light reading on Willie Mays
    1. And that time he was denied housing in San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle)

17. [06:30] Light reading on Barry Bonds
18. [06:35] Light reading on:
    1. Joe Montana
    2. Terrell Owens
    3. Colin Kaepernick (GQ Magazine)

19. [07:00] Light reading on:
    1. ...the Beatniks (San Francisco Chronicle)
    2. ...the Hippies (The Atlantic)
    3. ...the Hells Angels (Hunter S. Thompson)
       1. ...the early tech wave (WIRED)

20. [07:10] Light reading on San Francisco’s different neighborhoods
    1. According to locals (SF Curbed)
    2. In infographics (SF Curbed)
    3. For transplants (The Bold Italic)

21. [07:30] Shout out to @karlthefog
22. [07:40] Unrelated San Francisco driving sequence depicting cars and hills from The Streets of San Francisco
    1. And one more from the movie Bullitt

23. [07:45] Light reading on San Francisco and the Gay Rights movement (The New York Times)
    
    1. Related: More on Harvey Milk (San Francisco Magazine)

24. [07:55] Light reading on past San Francisco Mayors like:

    1. Willie Brown (San Francisco Magazine)
    2. Dianne Feinstein (Mother Jones)
       1. Sort of related: Her challenger Kevin de León won the California Democratic Party’s official endorsement (Los Angeles Times)
    3. Gavin Newsom (The New Yorker)

25. [08:00] Light reading on Nancy Pelosi (Rolling Stone)
26. [08:45] More on Woody LaBounty
    1. And his Western Neighborhoods Project

27. [08:55] “Shade Ways” by The Blue Dot Sessions
28. [10:20] Some more background on the use and popularity of the term Frisco
    1. Via Mother Jones
    2. Via BuzzFeed
    3. And from old newspapers

29. [10:30] When SF was called…
    1. The Paris of the West (SFist)
    2. And Baghdad By The Bay (San Francisco Chronicle)

30. [10:40] Light readingon the Ohlone tribe (Mother Jones)
    1. Additional reading here (The Bold Italic)

31. [10:40] Founding of San Francisco (SF Museum)
32. [10:45] Light reading on the formation of Spanish colony and Missions in California
33. [10:50] Light reading on Saint Francis of Assisi
34. [11:10] Light reading on Washington Bartlett (SFist)
35. [11:10] “Jog to the Water” by The Blue Dot Sessions
36. [12:00] San Francisco’s official name change (SF Museum)
37. [12:30] Light reading on Mexican migration to the States (National Parks Service)
    1. Related: Treatment of Non-Whites during the Gold Rush
    2. Light reading on the California Gold Rush

38. [12:45] Light reading on Peter Tamony
39. [13:00] On “frithsoken”
40. [13:30] Light reading on Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton (KQED) 
    1. And tracking down the myth over his $25 fine on using the term “Frisco”
    2. Thanks John Lumea!

41. [14:15] All the cool people who used the term Frisco (BuzzFeed)
42. [14:20] “The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding
    1. Genius lyrics

43. [14:40] Light reading on Herb Caen (San Francisco Chronicle)
    1. His book, Don’t Call it Frisco
    2. See point number 15 (BuzzFeed)
    3. His about-face years later (San Francisco Chronicle)

44. [15:05] BuzzFeed’s push to call it Frisco
    1. And as covered by a local blog (SFist)

45. [15:15] Again, a very thorough chronology of the term (Mother Jones)
46. [15:30] More on Joe Eskenazi (@EskSF)
47. [15:50] “Don’t Call It ‘Frisco’ If You’re Old and White” (SF Weekly)
48. [16:45] Light reading on San Quinn
49. [17:15] Charles Matthews aka Black C (@RBLPosse)
50. [18:05] Quick background on the RBL Posse (Passion of the Weiss)
51. [18:15] “Bammer” by RBL Posse
    1. Genius lyrics

52. [18:30] Recommended Viewing: Hip-Hop Evolution
53. [18:50] Marvin Gayes’ 1977 Live at the London Palladium Intro
54. [19:30] On San Francisco and its connection to the gay rights movement
    1. And a history on the Castro District (KQED)

55. [20:35] “Frisco” by I.M.P.
    1. Light reading on Cougnut
    2. Light reading on Ingleside a.k.a. Lakeview
    3. History on Ingleside
    4. A tour of Lakeview and some of the other San Francisco neighborhoods

56. [22:10] “Nigga Groove” by Hugh EMC
57. [23:25] “Alustrat” by The Blue Dot Sessions
58. [23:45] The lyrical odes to places like the…
    1. The LBC
    2. Compton
    3. Southside
    4. The Bronx
    5. Marcy Projects
    6. Queensbridge
    7. 8 Mile
    8. The Fifth Ward
    9. The various zones over in the ATL

59. [24:20] More reading on Andre Herm Lewis (Amoeba)
60. [24:50] Too $hort on how he started out in his early days (Vlad TV)
61. [25:00] “I Ain’t Trippin’” by Too $hort
62. [26:50] Light reading on Kyle Matthews aka Mr. Cee (San Francisco Chronicle)
63. [26:55] “Bounce to This” by RBL Posse
64. [28:25] “Cicle Vascule” by The Blue Dot Sessions
65. [28:30] Old news footage on gang violence (CBS)
    1. Old news footage on gang violence in Chicago (CBS)
    2. Related: Old news footage of San Francisco back in the day

66. [29:00] Light reading on the 80s Crack Epidemic
67. [29:10] Light reading on Gary Webb (Esquire)
    1. Dark Alliance Series (San Jose Mercury News)
    2. Reports from The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times
    3. Mea culpa from a Los Angeles Times reporter  (LA Weekly)
    4. A more recent take on the Webb investigation (The Intercept)

68. [29:30] Former CIA Director John Deutch’s speech in the Watts District of Los Angeles (CSPAN)
    1. Report from the event (The New York Times)

69. [30:30] Measuring Crack Cocaine and Its Impact (Harvard University)
    1. On the price of cocaine throughout the 80s (Business Insider)
    2. On the drug’s alternative (The World Bank)
    3. Background on the production side (Slate)

70. [31:00] What taking crack is like according to one New Republic writer back in 1989 (The New Republic)
    1. Rough overview of crack
    2. On pricing and size
    3. Though sold at a cheaper street price, here is an argument that it roughly equates to the same price as powdered cocaine

71. [31:20] Mapping the spread of crack (The New York Times)
72. [31:30] Racial disparity in the ongoing opioid epidemic (NPR)
    1. And the coverage comparison between the aforementioned crisis and the 1980s crack epidemic (Pacific Standard Magazine)
    2. And on the treatment of African Americans during the crack epidemic

73. [31:40] Original 1989 COPS intro
    1. The story of how the show got made (The Marshall Project)

74. [32:00] For more on how the media covered the crack epidemic, read Cracked Coverage: Television News, The Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy (Duke University)
75. [32:00] Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” PSA
    1. A look at the former First Lady’s anti-drug campaign (VICE)

76. [32:10] The death and drug overdose of Len Bias (ESPN)
77. [32:40] “Cicle Vascule” by The Blue Dot Sessions
78. [32:40] Light reading on the political climate around drugs following the death of Bias (The New York Times)
    1. 1986 United States Senate Hearing on the Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (CSPAN)
    2. Audio heard from former U.S. Senator Howell Heflin, a Democrat from Alabama
    3. The time Heflin voted against the nomination of present-day U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the same position back in 1986 (Vox)

79. [33:30] Light reading on the Anti Drug Abuse Act of 1986
80. [33:40] Break down of drug punishment, sentencing and incarceration rates from Cracks in the System (ACLU)
81. [34:00] President Obama’s signing of the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act (CNN)
82. [34:35] “Cicle Deseratt” by The Blue Dot Sessions
83. [34:40] On the freakonomics of dealing crack (TED Talk)
84. [35:00] “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems”
85. [35:20] On the militarization of local law enforcement during the War on Drugs (Mother Jones)
    1. Rap song on the Batter Ram
    2. That time Nancy Reagan was part of a drug raid (Counter Punch)

85. [36:20] Trying to Survive in the Ghetto by Herm Lewis
86. [37:20] “Intro” from the album above
87. [37:50] On the vulnerability genre of recent rap stars like Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and Drake (Impose Magazine)
88. [38:05] Steve Fox’s 20/20 report on hip hop from the late 70s (ABC)
    1. Recommended Viewing: Hip-Hop Evolution
    2. Recommended Viewing: Planet Rock The Story Of Hip Hop And The Crack Generation (VH1)

89. [38:40] First verses of gangsta rap…
    1. Via Schooly D — “PSK, What Does It Mean?”
    2. Via Ice T — “6 'N The Mornin'”

90. [39:00] “Fuck the Police” by N.W.A.
91. [39:20] Bay Area artists include:
    1. Too $hort
    2. Mac Dre
    3. Dre Dog aka Andre Nickatina
    4. E-40
    5. Souls of Mischief
    6. Tupac

92. [39:35] Urban legend on the lack of Bloods and Crips in San Francisco (SF Weekly)
93. [41:50] “Cicle Deseratt” by The Blue Dot Sessions
94. [43:00] Light reading on Lonnie Green and Demons of the Mind
95. [43:15] Sort of, but not really, but kind of related: Sucka Free City by Spike Lee
96. [45:25] “Cicle Deseratt” by The Blue Dot Sessions
97. [46:00] RBL Posse’s discography and rankings
98. [46:30] On the death of Mr. Cee (San Francisco Chronicle)
    1. As retold by Black C (Passion of the Weiss)
    2. A deeper read from the local paper (San Francisco Chronicle)

99. [47:05] A tribute to Hitman
100. [47:30] The album cover in question
101. [49:20] On the violence in Hunters Point (San Francisco Chronicle)
     1. Stunning photography by Alex Welsh

102. [56:55] Podcast recommendation: Dissect
103. [58:00] More at thisissomenoise.com

"They always leave when it gets hot in the cafe."

—Man counter-protesting protestors

About:

Since the turn of the millennium, the percentage of U.S.-based specialty coffee drinking folk, like those who have a cup everyday, has quadrupled. Travel to any major or minor city in the country, and you’ll see an offering of coffees that transcends the uniform Starbucks experience that’s on every block.

But the image that reflects after you place a mirror in front of any craft coffee company or cafe is a bit more clear, albeit unsettling. Stare at it long enough and you’ll come across matters like gentrification, the rise of the millennial-inspired yuppie wave and the old act of global economics, power dynamics and capitalism all at play.

This podcast episode explores the intricacies of coffee and attempts to answer two simple questions about one very complex drink. What makes specialty coffee special and who is it really for?

Show Notes:

1. [00:35] More on Tonya Kuhl
2. [00:45] “Castor Wheel Pivot” by Blue Dot Sessions
3. [01:35] “One Little Triumph” by Blue Dot Sessions
4. [02:15] Light reading on other unconventional courses:

1. The Politics of Beyonce
2. The Physics of Star Trek
3. The Art of Walking

5. [02:45] ECM 01 Syllabus

1. Additional reading here (San Francisco Chronicle)

6. [03:20] “Pain” by HileMele
7. [04:00] Light reading on percentage of global coffee that is considered specialty (The Coffee Guide)
8. [04:10] Light reading on the growth of specialty coffee over the past several years (SCA)
9. [05:15] Shout out to the original Cosmic Calendar
10. [05:25] “Drum Solo” by Turku Nomads of the Silk Road
11. [05:30] The first reference of the term coffee can be found here in the Canon of Medicine (The World of Caffeine)
12. [05:40] More on the tale of coffee being passed down to the Prophet Muhammad (The Literary Digest)
13. [05:45] More on Kaldi and his dancing goats
14. [06:00] On the history of coffee:

1. Light reading on coffee and Islam
2. Light reading on coffee and trade
3. On the mixing of cultures and coffee after the Crusades
4. On coffee and the Enlightenment era
5. On coffee and the American Revolution
6. On coffee and the Great War

15. [06:25] Recommended reading on coffee history: Uncommon Grounds by Mark Pendergrast
16. [06:30] Light reading on coffee’s etymology
17. [06:45] “Perky” by Al Hirt

1. That tune was used in Maxwell’s advertising campaign back in the day

18. [07:00] Light reading on the concept of coffee waves

1. Listen to a lecture that breaks down each wave
2. More light reading on the concept of coffee waves

19. [07:30] A short snippet from Mississippi John Hurt’s “Coffee Blues”
20. [07:45] A montage of sexist coffee commercials from the ‘60s
21. [07:55] “Pxl Eventaut” by Blue Dot Sessions
22. [09:50] More on William Ristenpart
23. [11:20] “Pxl Cray” by Blue Dot Sessions
24. [11:25] The new coffee flavor wheel (SCA)
25. [12:00] More on Molly Spencer
26. [13:40] More on Hanna Neuschwander (@hneuschwander)

1. Her book, Left Coast Roast

27. [14:30] An overview of coffee prices over the last 45 years

1. Related reading on coffee’s volatility (Daily Coffee News)
2. Related reading on the markets around coffee (Perfect Daily Grind)

28. [15:40] More on the differences between Arabica and Robusta beans (Coffee Chemistry)

1. Related reading on specialty robusta beans (Barista Magazine)

29. [16:10] More on the different coffee processing methods (Sweet Maria’s)
30. [16:25] “Pxl Htra” by Blue Dot Sessions
31. [16:30] More on the coffee grading rubric (SCAA)
32. [17:00] More on Alejandro Martinez and his farm Finca Argentina

1. A deeper dive on Martinez’s workflow and operational costs

33. [19:10] More on Brett Smith

1. And on Counter Culture
2. And its 2017 transparency report

34. [21:30] “Platax” by Blue Dot Sessions
35. [21:40] A graphic overview of the coffee supply chain
36. [21:55] Related: Light reading on how to purchase coffee (Sweet Maria’s)
37. [22:45] Related: Light reading on starting a roastery (Daily Coffee News)
38. [23:00] Related: Light reading on what goes into roasting (Cafe Culture)
39. [23:25] Related: Light reading on roast profiles
40. [23:50] More on Kyle Glanville (@glanvillain)
41. [24:20] Light reading on Espresso Vivace (Sprudge)
42. [24:45] “Clay Pawn Shop” by Blue Dot Sessions
43. [25:00] Light reading on the economics of running a coffee shop (Investopedia)

1. Related: Deeper dive on coffee shop economics

44. [25:40] SNL’s Michael Che on $18 coffee (NY Post)
45. [25:50] Light reading on Gesha coffees (Daily Coffee News)
46. [26:15] Related reading on the rise of the minimum wage (NPR)
47. [26:20] More on Ritual’s $12 cup of coffee (Barista Magazine)
48. [27:30] “Time Up” by Blue Dot Sessions
49. [27:45] The story behind those blue and white greek coffee cups (Narratively)
50. [28:20] More on Anand Sheth

51. [28:50] “Vulcan Street” by Blue Dot Sessions
52. [29:00] Detailed photos of the Sightglass on 20th Street (Knstrct)
53. [30:00] “Vulcan Street-Dew Morning” by Blue Dot Sessions
54. [32:00] More on Brian Jones (@brianwjones) of DCILY
55. [34:40] “Pushback” by Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping
56. [35:15] Light reading on Frank Braconi  
57. [36:30] “Warm Fingers” by Blue Dot Sessions
58. [36:35] Light reading on what is the middle class (CNN)
59. [36:50] More on Braconi’s 2004 study

1. A deeper read on the study (The New Yorker)

59. [37:20] "Burrow Burrow" by Blue Dot Sessions
60. [37:50] Light reading on a follow-up study by both Braconi and Columbia University Prof. Lance Freeman (City Lab)
61. [39:30] Bay Area salaries for computer engineers
62. [40:20] Light reading on economic state of New York City in the 70s
63. [41:30] Related: Light reading on Rev. Billy and his protest against Starbucks
64. [41:50] More on the rate of gentrification (Governing Magazine)
65. [43:20] Related: A Film About Coffee
66. [45:00] More on Charles Babinski

1. Related: He was also in the documentary Barista

67. [47:30] Light reading on the Hasta Muerte Coffee (East Bay Express)

1. Related: Protest at the coffee shop (KTVU)

68. [48:05] “Noe Noe” by Blue Dot Sessions
69. [48:30] Light reading on the coffee industry’s #MeToo movement (San Francisco Chronicle)
70. [48:50] Light reading on SCA’s decision to host its World Coffee Championships in Dubai (Sprudge)
71. [49:30] More on the impact of climate change and coffee (Barista Magazine)

1. Related: Science with a solution to coffee’s climate change problem (The Chicago Tribune)

72. [49:35] More on the percentage of coffee lands that will become unusable (NPR)

1. A specific case study on Ethiopia’s coffee (Science Friday)
2. Related: the increased spread of rust on coffee plants (The Guardian)
3. Related: A visual overview of coffee’s environmental dilemma (BBC)

73. [49:40] More on deforestation, climate change and coffee (Conservation International)
74. [50:00] More on the sale of Stumptown (The New York Times)

1. The sale of Peets (Los Angeles Times)
2. The sale of Intelligentsia (Eater)
3. The sale of Blue Bottle (San Francisco Chronicle)
4. And the portfolio of the JAB Holding Company

75. [50:50] More on Nick Cho (@nickcho) (San Francisco Magazine)
76. [57:20] “Fake Empire” cover by Lotte Kestner
77. [59:30] @thisissomenoise | @thisissomenoise
78. [59:40] Recommended Podcasts To Listen to:

1. Scene on Radio’s Seeing White Series
2. KPCC’S Repeat Podcast
3. Alexis Madrigal’s Container Series

79. More at thisissomenoise.com

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