Sad Francisco

Covering the end of capitalism from a "far Left" trans/queer POV.

Sad Francisco is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 169 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Sad Francisco, a news show with 169 episodes published.

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  Changing the Meaning of Gender with Susan Stryker

  Sep 28, 202646 minS1

  Trans historian Susan Stryker has been on the podcast to speak on the Compton's cafeteria riot and her documentary about the riot, Screaming Queens , and in March, she came on to speak about the third edition of Transgender History . Susan's newest book Changing Gender is about gender, but also deals with considerations on how to live an ethical life in 2026; her acid trips in Joshua Tree and the history of the Zionist Mormon settlers who gave the tree its name; the jazz musician Ornette Coleman's circumcision; and how the Tenderloin was nicknamed the "neon sex jungle" back in the day. Recorded live at Fabulosa Books. Changing Gender More episodes Susan on Transgender History, vol. 3 Susan on the Compton's Cafeteria riot Sophie Lewis on Enemy Feminisms Screaming Queens (KQED's YouTube)

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  Why movements split: ACT UP San Francisco with Dean Ouellette, Deeg & Kate Raphael

  Sep 17, 20261h 28mS1

  What leads movement groups to dissolve? Three members of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) San Francisco talk about the group's split following the Big Pharma-pilled 6th International AIDS Conference in 1990. You'll get a history of the local chapter of ACT UP, which was the most notorious organization to come out of the time when HIV was a death sentence, but beyond ACT UP, I'm interested in how movements keep going, how to deal with drama in groups, and when to refocus your energy. FYI: this episode combines one conversation with Deeg and Kate Raphael, and a separate conversation with Dean Ouelette. I tried to make it flow, but you can decide if I succeeded or not. LAGAI Queer Insurrection! ( Ultraviolet is LAGAI's quarterly zine) Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism! (QUIT!) Deeg and Kate have a piece in the upcoming anthology ACT UP Beyond New York: Stories and Strategies from a Movement to End the AIDS Crisis , out fall 2027 from Haymarket Books. ADHD key to figures and organizations discussed this episode AIDS Action Pledge. The name of both a written pledge to protest, and a group formed to combat, the politician Lyndon LaRouche's attempts to quarantine everyone with HIV and his anti-immigrant English-only initiatives. Started under the name Citizens for Medical Justice. Bathhouse Coalition. Formed against the 1984 policy banning bathhouses in San Francisco. CONTINUED HERE because podcast apps have character limits. Support the show and get merch on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco

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  Daniel Lurie's Web with Jeremy Mack

  Sep 7, 20261h 20mS1

  Another rabbit hole of an episode all about San Francisco's billionaire, Zionist, Levi's jeans-heir mayor and his clique. Mostly a bunch of bored billionaires who want to decide the future of San Francisco and if they get their way, the world. TW for electoralism. The Phoenix Project | Instagram | Twitter More Phoenix Project episodes Jeremy on TogetherSF, the now-defunct rightwing lobby group | Jeremy on the rise and fall of the San Francisco "Doom Loop" narrative | Julie Pitta on GrowSF Events 9/17, 7 PM: I'll be talking with Susan Stryker about her new book Changing Gender at Fabulosa Books (489 Castro Street, SF). 9/23, 7 PM: PUML presents The Internet Live and In-Person (at Make Out Room , 3224 22nd Street, SF). ADHD key to figures and organizations discussed this episode Daniel's clique and projects Chris Larsen. Crypto billionaire of Ripple Labs who, with his wife Lyna Lam, funds the cops and Trump so they look the other way. One of his pet projects is the SFPD Realtime Investigation Center, a surveillance den in Ripple's old offices at 315 Montgomery Street, which is partially owned by the Trumps, which he funds through the SF Police Community Foundation. CONTINUED HERE because podcast apps have character limits. Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco

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  The Google Bus and Gentrification with Manissa Maharawal

  Aug 31, 202644 minS1

  A decade ago, the Google bus was a hard-to-escape symbol of the housing unaffordability crisis in SF, as Manissa Maharawal describes in her new book, Anti-Eviction . Manissa works with the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and teaches anthropology at American University. Discussed: How politicians coddle the tech sociopaths, 9-9-6 , and burning piles of e-scooters. Manissa's site Anti-Eviction (code UCPSAVE30 = 30% off) Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement and Resistance FoundSF: Protesting Techsploitation in the 2010s (protest photos by Chris Carlsson) KRON 4: 5 tech buses reportedly shot with pellet guns SF housing groups Gay Shame Bay TANC Coalition on Homelessness POOR Magazine SF Community Land Trust SF Tenants Union SOMCAN WSTA WRAP Episodes Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism WSTA: "We Keep Each Other Housed" Events 9/12, 7 p.m.: Homotopia and Criminal Queers at Human Resources 9/17, 7 p.m.: Susan Stryker & Toshio talk Susan's book Changing Gender at Fabulosa Books Support the show and get merch on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco

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  Technofascist Manifestos with Eddie Kim

  Aug 24, 202644 minS1

  One of our tech overlords, Mark Zuckerberg recently published a manifesto in the Wall Street Journal describing why we should cheerlead him on his quest for infinite growth and profits. Eddie Kim writes for the anti-generative AI outlet Gazetteer SF, and several of his recent pieces contend with why Marc Andreesen (venture capitalist, Andreesen Horowitz/a16z), Alex Karp (co-founder with Peter Thiel of surveillance giant Palantir), and Zuckerberg keep larping as Aristotle. Also discussed: Crime reporting that only takes into account press releases from the District Attorney and Mayor's offices, how tech media article slop fed the AI bubble, and the Luigi Mangione effect. Eddie for Gazetteer : Asshole shrugged [on Mark Zuckerberg's manifesto] The banality of Palantir's evil airport ad Eddie on Twitter/X Mark Zuckerberg for the Wall Street Journal: The AI Future Is for Everyone Palantir on Twitter/X: The Technological Republic CNBC: New CNBC Generation Lab poll shows almost half of 18- to 34-year-olds see democratic socialism positively Most recent PatronScan coverage from Cydney Hayes: 'Members of the LGBTQ+ community have legitimate reasons to be sensitive about privacy' Thom Waite (Dazed): Techno-fascist fashion: Why Silicon Valley is moving into menswear Episodes: Enter the Panopticon with Ian Firstenberg Aesthetics of the New Rightwing Tech Intelligentsia with Jimmy Wu Support the show and get merch on Patreon: https://patreon.com/sadfrancisco PS. The 60th anniversary of the Compton's Cafeteria riot is this year. Come see Susan Stryker's documentary about the riot, Screaming Queens, on 8/27 in SF. It's free, and Susan Stryker and dee(dee) c. ardan from the podcast are also on the lineup. There will be Sad Francisco merch for sale.

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