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The Year That Was: 1978 and the Making of Contemporary San Francisco

The Year That Was: 1978 and the Making of Contemporary San Francisco

FromCommonwealth Club of California Podcast


The Year That Was: 1978 and the Making of Contemporary San Francisco

FromCommonwealth Club of California Podcast

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Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Nov 4, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

SPEAKERS

Lincoln Mitchell
Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University; Author, San Francisco Year Zero: Political Upheaval, Punk Rock and a Third Place Baseball Team

Art Agnos
Member, California State Assembly (1977–1987); Mayor of San Francisco (1988–1991)

Corey Busch
Former Press Secretary to Mayor George Moscone (1976–1978); Senior Executive, San Francisco Giants (1979–1992)

Louise Renne
Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1978–1986); San Francisco City Attorney (1986–2001)

Alvin Orloff
Songwriter, Jennifer and the Blowdryers; Author, Disasterama! Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on November 1st, 2019.
Released:
Nov 4, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's largest public affairs forum. The nonpartisan and nonprofit Club produces and distributes programs featuring diverse viewpoints from thought leaders on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast — the oldest in the U.S., since 1924 — is carried on hundreds of stations. Our website features audio and video of our programs. This podcast feed is usually updated multiple times each week.