Outside Lands San Francisco

Since 1983, LEAP has hosted the Sandcastle Classic at Ocean Beach. Nicole chats with Jackie and Rafaella of Youth Arts Exchange who organize this annual epic event, and shares the story of James J. Taylor, sand sculpture artist, who dazzled beachgoers with his work in 1909.

Phil Faroudja regales us with the 1864 journey of Mark Twain from downtown to the Cliff House and back. Spoiler alert: he did not find it very pleasant!

Nicole and Drew share the remarkable life of pioneering Outer Sunset physician and pharmacist, Dr. Matilda Burns, through the connected histories of of Java Beach Cafe and Ruby's SF on Judah Street.

Nicole is joined by special guest Stephanie Brown! This week they're catching listeners up on some exciting recent news, discuss the Outside Lands magazine, and some potential changes and updates coming to WNP programming in the future - in Nicoles first episode back since sabbatical.

Woody LaBounty joins Randall Ann Homan and Al Barna from SF Neon to highlight some of their favorite Legacy Businesses in the Outside Lands, discuss the history of the Legacy Business Program and how businesses can achieve legacy status!

41-47 West Portal Avenue had bakeries, delis, hairdressers, toy shops, candy shops, and realtors over the years. Nicole & Arnold took a look at the building's history in this repodcast which originally aired in 2023.

We previously told the story of the GGIE's Art in Action, and in this classic episode of Outside Lands, Nicole and Arnold dug a little deeper into Diego Rivera's masterpiece, Pan American Unity.

Rebekah discusses the contraction of San Francisco museums and how that has effected her, and Nicole shares an early sabbatical discovery related to UCSF, Florence Nightingale, and...Country Joe MacDonald? Plus, we're teleporting back in time to read articles from the news 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago the day this episode airs.

You can't miss spotting a Rousseau-built "Storybook" home in the Sunset. Special guest Michael Lange joined the pod back in 2020 to tell the story of the Rousseau brothers and how they developed their distinctive homes across the West Side of San Francisco in this classic episode rerun of Outside Lands!

The Jesse B. Cook collection at the Bancroft Library is an amazing assortment of photos and ephemera spanning early 20th century San Francisco. Jesse Cook himself also has a fascinating, but complicated history. Learn how he compiled this cherished collection as one of San Francisco's earliest and prolific scrapbookers, in this classic episode of Outside Lands San Francisco.