by kbronson | Jun 24, 2025 | Episodes
TRANSCRIPT: Hi, this is Knox Bronson at The Secret History of Frisco podcast. I have a great episode for you today featuring one of the most wickedly intelligent and delightfully roguish writers ever to grace the pages of a San Francisco Newspaper: Bob Patterson. Bob...
by kbronson | May 11, 2025 | Episodes
This episode explores the long and often contentious history of the nickname “Frisco” for San Francisco. Despite the strong disapproval of many, including Chronicle columnist Herb Caen, the term has deep roots stretching back to the Gold Rush era. We delve into the...
by kbronson | May 2, 2025 | Episodes
TRANSCRIPT Welcome to the Secret History of Frisco Podcast. I’m your host, Knox Bronson. We have a wonderful episode for you today, the story of the Hawaiian princess who came to San Francisco in 1933 to open a nightclub where she could sing. We will again encounter...
by kbronson | Mar 20, 2025 | Episodes
TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the first episode of the Secret History of Frisco podcast. I am your host, Knox Bronson. The focus of the Secret History of Frisco will be the last two decades, 1934 to 1953, when San Francisco was still a wide-open town and the over-riding...
