Name: Meet The People Making San Francisco's Election Run Safely And Smoothly by KALW 91.7 FM Bay Area
Duration: 7 min 56 s
Description: In San Francisco, there are 588 polling places spread out across the city. And, most elections, the city needs about 3,000 people to volunteer to work them. This year, the Department of Elections got more applicants than ever -- 14,000! They actually had to turn people away.

Here's the story of how one of the Bay Area’s brightest literary stars became the reigning “goddess” of Oakland’s first public library....

Back in the day, poetry was a lot like the hip hop industry is today—and I’m not just making that comparison because poets and rappers both kick rhymes. If you’re skeptical that the lives of California poets in the 1870s were just a wild as rap stars, listen to this episode about the life of the Bay Area’s first literary “It Girl.” 

Aleta George, the author of “Ina Coolbrith: The Bittersweet Song of California’s First Poet Laureate,” shares incredible stories of Ina’s connection with the early Mormon church, her rise to fame alongside the Bay Area’s first bohemians (including Mark Twain!), her impact on Oakland, and much, much more.

Oakland's first "celebrity" librarian

FSFSF is a co-production of KALW and Rooftop Comedy.

Comedy from Alice Wetterlund & Andy Peters

Comedy from Andy Haynes & Andy Kindler

Comedy from Guy Branum & Arden Myrin

Radio edited version of 99pi story. Check out the full episode here: http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/miss-manhattan/

99% Invisible: Miss Manhattan

Comedy from Nico Santos & Eliza Skinner

In San Francisco, there are 588 polling places spread out across the city. And, most elections, the city needs about 3,000 people to volunteer to work them. This year, the Department of Elections got more applicants than ever -- 14,000! They actually had to turn people away.

Meet The People Making San Francisco's Election Run Safely And Smoothly

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Meet The People Making San Francisco's Election Run Safely And Smoothly

KALW 91.7 FM Bay Area

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