What a Creep's Sonia Mansfield, Part 1 (S8E13)

About this episode

The episode features Sonia Mansfield, sharing her personal history and experiences growing up in Concord, California.

The story of Sonia Mansfield has roots in The Bay. In this episode, we meet and get to know my friend Sonia. She and I worked together at the Fangs' Examiner back in the mid-2000s, and have been friends since. I loved her presence in the newsroom. I'd often listen to her make us all laugh from her A&E desk across the room. We've been through weddings, births, illness, divorces, and many, many beers together. These days, she hosts the What a Creep podcast , and I'm so glad you get to meet her now. We begin Part 1 with the story of Sonia's parents. Her dad is from Richmond, California, and her mom is from Concord. Her dad eventually moved to Concord, where he went to Mt. Diablo High and dated a girl who turned out to be Sonia's mom's best friend. After her dad got his heart broken by that friend, Sonia's mom jumped right in. They were high school sweethearts who got married right after graduation, and have been together ever since. The young couple had their first kid—Sonia—a couple years later, when they were 21. Another girl came around about three years later, followed by a boy five years after that. Sonia was born and grew up in Concord. She recalls the East Bay town before…

People in this episode

Host: unknown

Guest: Sonia Mansfield

Topics covered

• personal stories
• friendship
• family history
• local culture
• nostalgia

Keywords

• Sonia Mansfield
• Concord
• Richmond
• family
• nostalgia
• roller skating
• Concord Pavilion
• Fangs' Examiner

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Richmond, California, Concord, Mt. Diablo High, Concord Pavilion, East Bay

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