Latest Northerncalifornia Podcast Episodes
Life of Thao
East Bay Insiders - June 28, 2024 23:50 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsThe FBI raids on Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and others on June 20 have set the East Bay afire with rumors, speculation, and expectations of the worst. We breakdown down what appears destined to be one of the biggest stories in East Bay political history.
J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines "50 Years, States & Ways of Giving"
On The Wine Road Podcast - June 28, 2024 07:15 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode you’ll meet Jerry Lohr, the founder of J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines. They’re a major player. The brand is found in nearly every grocery and liquor store across the country. J. Lohr produces 1.7 million cases annually and is 20th on the list of the largest U.S. wine companies. Th...
Handicapping the recalls
East Bay Insiders - June 08, 2024 01:40 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratingsIt's becoming increasingly likely two high-profile recalls will be on the ballot in Alameda County this November. We handicap the potential recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and the recall against DA Pamela Price. Plus, we take a look at the changing of the guard in Dublin, and Shawn reminisces...
Really?!!
East Bay Insiders - May 20, 2024 03:46 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratingsCo-host Dan Mendoza is out on assignment. Really?!! Tavares! Really?!! Capt. Wilson. How does Alameda County DA Pamela Price avoid a recall this fall? We break down how the recall campaign may go down. Homelessness is down a bit in Alameda County. Which cities are doing better than others? Haywa...
Never Before, Never AgaIn Wines
On The Wine Road Podcast - May 13, 2024 02:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode I celebrate this year’s Sonoma County Barrel Auction. The theme for the weekend is Never Before, Never Again wines. On May 2nd I was invited to the Tasting Preview event attended by trade, media guests, partners, and participating vintners. This year’s auction was the 10th an...
Vranken-Pommery Champagne and Rosé-Replay
On The Wine Road Podcast - May 02, 2024 07:07 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsFor today's episode, I'm reaching back to August of 2020. Clément Pierlot is the chef de cave (winemaker) of historic Champagne Pommery in France. I found it interesting that the Champagne house known for creating the Brut style of bubbly is now making a sparkling wine from California grapes. It...
Our comms expert Justin Berton is back!
East Bay Insiders - April 29, 2024 02:59 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsThe communications director for former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf offers some tips for Oakland's incoming police chief, and the "greater crime against communication" that was the San Leandro mayor's cringeworthy state of the city. We also remember East Bay legend Delaine Eastin, along with much ...
Aisha Knowles and The Apology
East Bay Insiders - April 08, 2024 05:33 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsAlameda County Board of Education Trustee Aisha Knowles joins the show to chat about "The Apology," the acclaimed documentary about the forced relocation of Russell City; the push for reparative justice for its former residents and descendents; and her future political plans.
Patrick Davis, SIP - Songwriters in Paradise 2024
On The Wine Road Podcast - April 07, 2024 19:31 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsPatrick Davis is returning to Northern California for SIP - Songwriters in Paradise 2024. You may have caught him on my podcast last year, and it’s a real pleasure to catch up with him again to chat about Songwriters in Paradise 2024 in Napa, very soon April 18th-21st, then Healdsburg, Sonoma Co...
National Women in Wine Day - Marimar Torres of Marimar Estates
On The Wine Road Podcast - March 28, 2024 07:05 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis month we celebrated Women’s History, International Women’s Day was March 8th, and this past Monday, the 25th, it was National Women in Wine Day in the U.S. So, appropriately, my guest for this episode is an accomplished woman in wine, who also happens to be an international woman. Marimar...
Back to basics
East Bay Insiders - March 23, 2024 21:39 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsWe debut our new recording equipment, even though we didn't test it beforehand. With the primary election in the books, we're going back to basics. Oakland finally has a new police chief. We weigh-in on the rollout, along with the Russell City documentary "The Apology," the intra-county rivalrie...
Primary Answers
East Bay Insiders - March 11, 2024 06:03 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsThe March Primary in the East Bay provided a few surprises. We break down the biggest races. East Bay Insiders Podfather Matt Santos sits in as guest and recording engineer, and recalls Steve Tavares' first foray into politics, among other embarrassing tidbits, and we reminisce about our first-e...
Delving Deep into Details with Joe Nielsen of Ram’s Gate Winery
On The Wine Road Podcast - March 01, 2024 18:26 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn my 11 years in and around the wine industry, people have often asked me about barrels, yet related to the surface details, like whether a winery uses French oak, or 100% new oak, how many months does the wine age in oak, etcetera. Well, there are so many other details involved with barrel sel...
Loren Taylor: Live in front of a studio audience
East Bay Insiders - February 28, 2024 23:07 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsThe first-ever East Bay Insiders LIVE was a smashing success! We sat down in front a live studo audience with Alameda County Democratic Central Committee candidate and former Oakland mayoral candidate Loren Taylor at Awaken Cafe in Oakland. Loren laid out his vision for Oakland, the Alameda Coun...
He's just Ken
East Bay Insiders - February 24, 2024 00:10 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsThe March Primary is around the corner. Don't forget to vote! Alameda County District 5 supervisorial candidate Ken Berrick joins the program to talk about his plans for the county--fixing Santa Rita Jail, caring for children, and helping Oakland. Later, we break down the big March Primary races...
Newsom's coup
East Bay Insiders - February 12, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsGov. Gavin Newsom is tired of the mayhem on the streets of Oakland and the East Bay, essentially sending in the troops and taking over the district attorney's office. We break down the unprecedented moves with Alameda County District 5 supervisorial candidate Chris Moore. Later, the boys dish on...
The Avant-Garde Aviana Wines
On The Wine Road Podcast - February 04, 2024 18:06 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis brand is what you get when you combine the 4th generation of a historic wine brand (Charles Krug Winery, first established in 1862), with an off-shoot winery that is predominantly owned by women who exhibit the courage and grace of the family’s immigrant matriarch (C Mondavi & Family), ...
Has the entire county gone nuts?
East Bay Insiders - January 28, 2024 20:09 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsAlameda County Democrats went berserk earlier this month, now their brethren across the aisle are trying to match their lunacy. Is there something in the water? A Hayward school boardmember made an incendiary comment toward a staffer, Rep. Eric Swalwell's opponent releases attack ad, BDS movemen...
What's up with that, Dems?
East Bay Insiders - January 15, 2024 01:47 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsIt was a wild first two weeks of 2024. Alameda County Democrats held a meeting that evoked a skit on Saturday Night Live, a judicial candidate undermined his own impartiality, and Vicki-Sparkle-Titz joined our political lexicon. We kickoff the new year with analysis on the demise of the Democrat...
Insidey Awards
East Bay Insiders - January 02, 2024 05:07 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsThe first annual Insidey Awards, already the least prestigious honor in Alameda County politics, makes it debut. Tune in for the best and worst performance by an elected official, best hair, and mayor of the year, among other categories, including the ultimate honor, Quote/Rant of the Year. We a...
Shawn is back!
East Bay Insiders - December 15, 2023 21:02 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsThe long wait is over. Shawn Wilson makes his triumphant return to the podcast. He has a new title and lays out his first directive as the podcast's president of code compliance, censorship, and content filtering. With the filing deadline for the March Primary past us, we preview the big races f...
Seneca Scott vs. Oakland Progressives
East Bay Insiders - December 09, 2023 01:27 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsOakland has a population of more than 400,000 and most of them will be listening to find out if Oakland raconteur Seneca Scott said anything about him. Scott joins the podcast for a second time and had plenty of barbs ready for Oakland progressives. He also recounted recently saving a woman from...
Null Wines, A New Take on N/A Wine Varietals
On The Wine Road Podcast - December 08, 2023 01:34 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAs we find ourselves in the period of holiday parties you may be considering how much alcohol you’re consuming. We’re also approaching a month that can be referred to as Dry January, which is supported by an international campaign that promotes a self-imposed break from alcohol. Does that mean w...
The Magical Bhutan Wine Company (Classic)
On The Wine Road Podcast - November 28, 2023 01:52 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis Classic episode was recorded in September of 2021 for my radio show, then uploaded as a podcast a year later. If you missed it the first time around, I know you'll enjoy it this time. The Kingdom of Bhutan has been referred to as "magical" for quite some time. So I suppose it should come ...
East Bay poster child for how the GOP has lost suburban voters
East Bay Insiders - November 20, 2023 23:30 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratingsIn part two of our discussion with former East Bay Assemblymember Catharine Baker: President Trump was not the reason why she lost re-election in 2018. "Candidates are responsible for either winning or losing their campaigns," Baker said, but "Trump was the single most dominant issue in my race....
Last of the East Bay Republicans
East Bay Insiders - November 17, 2023 08:05 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratingsFormer East Bay Assemblymember Catharine Baker joins the podcast for a lengthy discussion on the lack of civility in local and national politics, and how we can fix the problem. Baker served from 2014 to 2018. She is the last Republican elected from the East Bay to serve in the state Legislature...
State of Alameda County's safety net hospitals
East Bay Insiders - November 07, 2023 01:21 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsEast Bay labor leader Doug Jones of SEIU-UHW dishes on the Alameda County labor movement, including insights in the big 7th State Senate primary race, and helps us understand the dire state of safety net hospitals in Hayward, Alameda, and San Leandro, and what may come next.
Sheng Show
East Bay Insiders - October 20, 2023 22:35 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsFrom unceded Ohlone land, Steve Tavares and Dan Mendoza welcomed Justin Berton, former director of communications for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, to breakdown current Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao's first state of the city address, and other issues facing the city. Later, the latest developments in t...
Jennifer Brown of BACA
On The Wine Road Podcast - October 14, 2023 15:14 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode you’ll meet Jennifer Brown of Napa Valley’s Hall Family. They are more or less based in three counties, they source from a good number of appellations across California, and they have three brands that I’ll touch upon, but we’ll focus on BACA Wines. BACA only produces Zinfandel,...
March Primary Reset
East Bay Insiders - October 02, 2023 05:53 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 27 ratingsA U.S. Senate appointment could shake up the East Bay's primary election in several ways. Castro Valley school boardmember Mike Kusiak makes a cameo appearance while bearing empanadas, and Lee Thomas returns a co-host. We discuss Sen. Dianne Feinstein's passing, the epic rant by Hayward Mayor Ma...
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