P. Segal wants San Francisco to be a city full of culture again.

In this episode, P. charts her return to the city after college and a trip to Europe. She ran in art and intellectual circles in North Beach until her eviction from a place she lived there. She found an enormous house in the Western Addition and soon joined the Cacophony Society. Later, she opened Cafe Proust down the street.

These days, P. is working to establish a non-profit called Art House that would secure affordable housing for artists in San Francisco. ​ We recorded this podcast at P.'s home in the Western Addition in February 2020.

Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather