Bay Curious
by KQED
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Estimated from 11 chart positions in 11 markets.
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- 🇺🇸US · Places & Travel#28100K to 300K
- 🇮🇳IN · Places & Travel#4730K to 100K
- 🇧🇷BR · Places & Travel#1021K to 10K
- 🇩🇰DK · Places & Travel#630K to 100K
- 🇨🇱CL · Places & Travel#4310K to 30K
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56K to 178K🎙 Daily cadence·509 episodes·Last published 6d ago - Monthly Reach
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186K to 592K🇺🇸51%🇮🇳17%🇩🇰17%+8 more - Active Followers
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56K to 178K
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From 21 epsHosts
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Why So Many Golf Courses in Public Parks?
Aug 27, 2026
16m 36s
Why Flock License Plate Readers Are So Controversial
Aug 20, 2026
36m 06s
Belay On! Outdoor Rock Climbing in San Francisco
Aug 13, 2026
21m 51s
A Long-Awaited Refresh for S.F.'s Trash Cans
Aug 6, 2026
14m 40s
Welcome to Anchorage 9: Where Ships Park
Jul 30, 2026
17m 34s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 8/27/26 | Why So Many Golf Courses in Public Parks? | Bay Curious listener Mary Newsom went on a lot of walks during the coronavirus pandemic. While hiking in the Oakland and Berkeley hills, she noticed that wildlife had come back to the golf courses located in East Bay parks. But once shelter-in-place lifted and golfers were back at it, all she saw were golf balls -- everywhere. It made her wonder, why are there so many golf courses in public parks in the Bay Area? Do they help the parks financially? Additional Resources: Why Are There so Many Public Golf Courses in the Bay Area? Read the transcript for this episode Sign up for our newsletter Got a question you want answered? Ask! Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcastsThis story was reported by Sarah Wright. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale, Anna Casalme and Olivia Allen-Price. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 16m 36s | ||||||
| 8/20/26 | Why Flock License Plate Readers Are So Controversial | Many Bay Area cities from Oakland to San Francisco have contracts with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that offers license plate readers that yield far more data than an average speed camera. Many citizens and privacy activists are concerned that the cameras are collecting so much information it's actually a violation of our fourth amendment rights. But law enforcement agencies and their supporters argue that since cities started using the cameras, crime has gone down. Bay Curious listener Dennis Riley has heard some of the news about Flock cameras and began to wonder, how much information do they have about someone like him, who hasn't done anything wrong and isn't suspected of a crime. We dig into why Flock is so controversial, how the technology works and learn what kind of information the cameras are collecting about people and vehicles that pass by. Additional Resources: Why Is Flock Safety So Controversial in the Bay Area? Read the transcript for this episode Sign up for our newsletter Got a question you want answered? Ask! Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Morgan Sung. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale, Anna Casalme and Olivia Allen-Price. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 36m 06s | ||||||
| 8/13/26 | Belay On! Outdoor Rock Climbing in San Francisco | In the heart of San Francisco, near the Castro Theater and Corona Heights, there's a rock wall with a striking appearance. Listener Ravi Bhoraskar stumbled on it and wondered why the rock has a shiny, almost wet-looking appearance. And as a new convert to rock climbing, he also wondered if he could climb it. We dig into the history of urban climbs like this one and how they helped put the Bay Area at the forefront of rock climbing innovation. And don't worry, we'll do some climbing too! Additional Resources: The San Francisco Rock Climbing Spot Known For Its Shiny Surface Read the transcript for this episode Sign up for our newsletter Got a question you want answered? Ask! Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Francesca Fenzi. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and Olivia Allen-Price. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 21m 51s | ||||||
| 8/6/26 | A Long-Awaited Refresh for S.F.'s Trash Cans | San Francisco’s trash cans have problems. From debris littering the streets around them, to the — more often than not — broken recycling compartments, these green garbage receptacles are past their intended life span. Replacing them has been a saga that Bay Curious started following in 2022, but at last the new cans are popping up on city streets. This is a refreshed version of our 2022 episode about the trash cans with an update at the end. Additional Resources: The Sordid Saga of San Francisco's Trash Cans Read the transcript for this episode Sign up for our newsletter Got a question you want answered? Ask! Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Christopher Beale. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and Olivia Allen-Price. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 14m 40s | ||||||
| 7/30/26 | Welcome to Anchorage 9: Where Ships Park | Stephanie Rolfs, like many Bay Area residents, has spent a lot of time looking out over the bay, watching as ships come and go. The cargo ships in particular are so big and obvious as they sit out in the middle of the bay, south of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge and north of the San Mateo bridge. She wondered, how do those ships know where to park? Are there invisible parking "spots" they're pulling up to? How does it all work out there? We called Vessel Traffic Services to find out. Additional Resources: Welcome to Anchorage 9: The Giant Ship Parking Lot You Pass Every Day Read the transcript for this episode Why Specialized Mariners Are Required on Every Ship Sailing Into San Francisco Bay Sign up for our newsletter Got a question you want answered? Ask! Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Katrina Schwartz. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and Olivia Allen-Price. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 17m 34s | ||||||
| 7/27/26 | Got Existential Questions About AI? Try “Life, Automated” | Olivia shares the trailer for a new show. "Life, Automated" explores how to live, work, and make decisions in a world increasingly shaped by machines. What does the economy look like if AI can do much of what humans can? Will AI tools isolate us further, or steer us back toward community and common ground? Can the average person expect to be better off a decade from now? And what the heck should we tell a sixteen-year-old who wants to know whether learning German (or design, or coding, or the piano) is still worth it? Life, Automated is grounded and non-ideological, going deep without getting too technical. Because you shouldn’t need to be an “AI person” to understand the future we’re collectively building. Find it wherever you listen or at https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/lifeautomated Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 5m 02s | ||||||
| 7/23/26 | Bruce Lee's Bay Area Legacy | Bruce Lee was one of the first Asian stars in Hollywood. His path to fame wasn’t easy but it paved the way for other Asian Americans to do the same today. Bruce was a disruptor in the kung fu world -- a young upstart who wanted to do things differently. Though he would eventually become this legendary figure in American culture, it took him years to hone his own style and philosophy. And many of the early moments that shaped him, the ones that made him the Bruce Lee we see on the silver screen, they took place in Oakland and San Francisco. Bay Curious listener Sam Hopkins wondered about his legacy here and why it isn't more celebrated. Additional Resources: The Bruce Lee Fight in Oakland That Became Martial Arts Legend Read the transcript for this episode Bruce Lee Chinese Historical Society exhibit Sign up for our newsletter Got a question you want answered? Ask! Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Elize Manoukian. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and Olivia Allen-Price. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 30m 27s | ||||||
| 7/19/26 | indigenous historyanthropology ethics+3 | — | KQED | Oroville, Calif. | IshiYahi+5 | — | 19m 49s | ||
| 7/9/26 | maritime navigationbar pilots+3 | — | KQEDBay Curious | San Francisco BaySan Francisco+1 | marinersbar pilot+5 | — | 20m 25s | ||
| 6/25/26 | Yemeni cafesmigration+3 | — | KQEDTeam KQED+1 | — | Yemeni cafesBay Area+3 | — | 15m 15s | ||
| 6/18/26 | intentional communitiescounterculture+4 | — | KQEDLafayette Morehouse | San Francisco Bay AreaContra Costa County | communeBay Area+7 | — | 19m 14s | ||
| 6/11/26 | ferriespublic transportation+4 | — | KQED | — | Bay Area ferriesferry breakdown+4 | — | 14m 34s | ||
| 6/4/26 | dispersed campingCalifornia+3 | Sarah Wright | KQEDBay Curious | — | dispersed campingCalifornia camping+3 | — | 18m 27s | ||
| 5/21/26 | surfinginvention+4 | — | wetsuitneoprene suits+1 | San FranciscoOcean Beach | wetsuitsurfing+5 | — | 22m 29s | ||
| 5/14/26 | public artBrutalism+4 | — | KQED | — | Vaillancourt FountainBrutalist art+5 | — | 20m 10s | ||
| 5/7/26 | thrift storesvinyl records+3 | Jess Garcia | KQEDFairmount Hotel+1 | San Francisco | thrift storevinyl+5 | — | 27m 27s | ||
| 4/30/26 | bridge tenderAlameda+4 | Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman | — | AlamedaOakland Estuary+2 | bridge tenderAlameda+5 | — | 18m 48s | ||
| 4/27/26 | urban redevelopmentmilitary history+4 | — | Bay Curious | — | ConcordNavy weapons station+5 | — | 16m 01s | ||
| 4/23/26 | societyculture+3 | — | Taco BellThe Pacifica Taco Bell+3 | San FranciscoCalifornia | Pacifica Taco Bellbeachfront views+3 | — | 17m 04s | ||
| 4/20/26 | societyculture+3 | Listener | The BayKQED+2 | the Bay AreaSan Jose | making friendsBay Area+3 | — | 27m 28s | ||
| 4/16/26 | historysociety+3 | — | KQEDTeam KQED+3 | San Francisco's | 1906 EarthquakeBlack community+6 | — | 22m 51s | ||
| 4/13/26 | societyculture+3 | — | KQEDTeam KQED+1 | SFWestside Streets+5 | San Franciscostreet names+5 | — | 14m 05s | ||
| 4/9/26 | societyculture+3 | — | KQEDTeam KQED+1 | San JoseSan Francisco Bay Area | Cambrian Park PlazaSan Jose+6 | — | 17m 47s | ||
| 4/6/26 | societytechnology+3 | — | BARTKQED+1 | the Bay Area | BART announcementsrobotic voice+3 | — | 14m 00s | ||
| 4/2/26 | societyculture+2 | — | KQEDTeam KQED+1 | Bay Areathe San Francisco Bay Area+3 | Muir Woods National Monumentold growth trees+7 | — | 23m 36s | ||
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Chart history for Bay Curious
Peaked at #6 in Denmark, top 10 in 1 of 11 tracked markets, currently #6 in Denmark.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | — | #6 | #6 | — |
| United States | — | #28 | #28 | — |
| CL | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| India | — | #47 | #47 | — |
| VN | — | #48 | #48 | — |
| AR | — | #95 | #95 | — |
| Brazil | — | #102 | #102 | — |
| GR | — | #104 | #104 | — |
| PL | — | #145 | #145 | — |
| HK | — | #168 | #168 | — |
| SG | — | #187 | #187 | — |
Chart Positions
11 placements across 11 markets.
Chart Positions
11 placements across 11 markets.