It's Our Birthday! Come Behind the Scenes

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate the third birthday of the Bay Curious podcast we are answering listener questions about our favorite episodes, how we make the show, our theme music, the way we choose questions, and questions we wish we received. Also don't miss our birthday celebration on November 14th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Babe's Monte Carlo in San Francisco. Register at BayCurious.org/events. Additional reading/listening: Why Do Some Hate the Nickname ‘Frisco’? What Would It Take to Make Lake Merritt Swimmable? Bay Curious has been made possible by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Vinnee Tong, Ryan Levi, Suzie Racho, Julie Caine, Erika Kelly, Paul Lancour, Kelly O’Mara, Carly Severn, Katie McMurran, Rob Speight, Pat Yollin, Maggie Galloway, Holly Kernan, Ethan Lindsay, and Julia McEvoy.

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0:00.0	From K-QED. 3 years ago during the first week of November in 2016, it was an extremely stressful
0:09.3	time for I think most people in this country.
0:12.3	As the final question and the final debate. or I think most people in this country.
0:12.8	As the final question and the final debate
0:15.0	to tell the American people why they should elect you
0:18.5	to be the next president.
0:19.9	The presidential candidates were making their final pitches to the American public.
0:24.6	But in a conference room in the KQED offices in San Francisco, the Bay Curious team was largely focused
0:30.9	on something else entirely.
0:33.4	We were barreling toward the launch of this very podcast,
0:39.0	trying to get all the last minute things just right.
0:42.6	Was the logo ready?
0:43.9	Was the website up?
0:45.0	What's our theme music?
0:47.0	And then on November 4th,
0:48.9	I'm about to publish episode zero on Bay Curious. This is a hot sun.
0:54.0	This is it. Ready?
0:55.0	After a few technical pinks...
0:57.0	Oh no!
0:58.0	Oh no, no, it's just happened.
1:00.0	It broke. Nothing happened.
1:01.0	Bay Curious was born.
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