San Francisco City Insider

by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight
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This podcast has merged into Fifth & Mission, the flagship newscast of the San Francisco Chronicle. Please subscribe to Fifth & Mission on your favorite podcast app.Old description: From the back rooms of City Hall to the chaotic streets of downtown, the San Francisco City Insider provides insight into the biggest news stories and most pressing issues facing one of the most interesting cities in the world. Chronicle columnist Heather Knight hosts, with regular appearances from The San Francisco Chronicle’s City Hall team – Trisha Thadani and Dominic Fracassa. They ask the tough questions of our city’s leaders to find out what’s going right and what needs to change.

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Recent Episodes
  • San Francisco City Insider Is Moving
    Apr 11, 2020 – 02:08
  • BART's Coming Off the Rails
    Apr 10, 2020 – 43:03
  • How to Combat Shutdown Loneliness
    Apr 8, 2020 – 23:06
  • Glide in the Time of COVID-19
    Apr 7, 2020 – 30:19
  • Homeless and Desperate
    Apr 3, 2020 – 21:45
  • San Francisco After COVID-19
    Apr 1, 2020 – 25:11
  • Is the Coronavirus Surge Still Coming?
    Mar 31, 2020 – 24:54
  • Inside San Francisco's Emergency Command Center
    Mar 27, 2020 – 23:10
  • Coronavirus: A Disaster for Small Businesses
    Mar 24, 2020 – 27:07
  • Treating Victims of S.F.’s Traffic Violence
    Mar 13, 2020 – 30:53
  • “This Is Going to Be Catastrophic”
    Mar 12, 2020 – 20:58
  • Fifth & Mission: A Top S.F. Doctor on the Coronavirus
    Mar 12, 2020 – 27:52
  • The Bart Board President's Big Dreams
    Mar 3, 2020 – 31:36
  • Race, Power and Inequity in San Francisco
    Feb 28, 2020 – 30:46
  • There's a New Sheriff in Town
    Feb 27, 2020 – 37:59
  • Vilaska Nguyen: Comedian, Public Defender and S.F. Supervisor Candidate
    Feb 13, 2020 – 37:00
  • Young, Homeless and Alone on the Streets
    Feb 11, 2020 – 25:26
  • Corruption in the Public Works Department
    Feb 7, 2020 – 33:11
  • Fifth & Mission Live: Primaries 2020
    Feb 6, 2020 – 01:02:25
  • The Rare San Francisco Trump Supporter
    Feb 4, 2020 – 24:45
  • Super Excited for the Super Bowl
    Jan 29, 2020 – 21:33
  • Fifth & Mission: Bombshell Arrest of "MrCleanSF"
    Jan 29, 2020 – 18:16
  • Why San Francisco Needs a Safe Injection Site
    Jan 28, 2020 – 33:59
  • No Love for the Haight
    Jan 24, 2020 – 24:20
  • The Public Defender Makes His Case
    Jan 21, 2020 – 30:54
  • Three Years of Rage
    Jan 14, 2020 – 26:36
  • Spending San Francisco's Big Bucks
    Jan 7, 2020 – 40:03
  • Best of City Insider: New Muni Director
    Jan 3, 2020 – 39:14
  • Best of City Insider: Chesa Boudin
    Dec 30, 2019 – 33:55
  • Best of City Insider: Vision Zero Isn’t Working
    Dec 27, 2019 – 44:18
  • The Most Loved Librarian in America
    Dec 23, 2019 – 19:21
  • The Drug Crisis, Firsthand
    Dec 20, 2019 – 21:50
  • A Rocky Year at City Hall
    Dec 18, 2019 – 36:11
  • Sacred sleep
    Dec 10, 2019 – 23:16
  • Talking Trash
    Dec 6, 2019 – 26:59
  • Dean Preston’s Big Plans
    Dec 2, 2019 – 24:55
  • Hungry in San Francisco
    Nov 27, 2019 – 21:35
  • Byron Cobb: Cable Car Bell Ringing Champion
    Nov 26, 2019 – 39:37
  • Meet Your New Muni Director
    Nov 23, 2019 – 39:14
  • The Effort to End Domestic Violence
    Nov 19, 2019 – 21:42
  • SF Takes Big Step Toward Mental Health Care Reform. What's next?
    Nov 14, 2019 – 18:08
  • Making San Francisco's Streets Safer
    Nov 8, 2019 – 34:27
  • Too Close to Call: Election Night Recap
    Nov 6, 2019 – 23:03
  • Celebrating Transgender Awareness Month
    Nov 5, 2019 – 26:04
  • Jonathan Moscone: 41 Years Without Dad
    Oct 18, 2019 – 28:58
  • Should 17-year-olds get to vote?
    Oct 15, 2019 – 25:06
  • Losing Summer
    Oct 11, 2019 – 11:39
  • “Off to the Races” Already
    Oct 5, 2019 – 18:41
  • San Francisco's New Political Spot
    Oct 3, 2019 – 28:41
  • Fifth & Mission: Rocks and Hard Places
    Oct 1, 2019 – 14:32
Recent Reviews
  • Patrick Tra
    Excellent podcast covering local issues
    This has been one of my favorite new podcasts. It covers important local issues in San Francisco, with a combination of reporting and interviews.
  • Peter28384
    Great journalism
    Heather Knight is the MVP of San Francisco journalism. I love the SF Chronicle’s coverage of housing, homelessness, and assorted political shenanigans, and her name is on EVERY byline! The podcast often provides additional insight into her reporting.
  • SFEileen
    Good local topic coverage
    Nice job covering current local topics, and a good extension of Heather Knight’s column. A welcome addition to the Chronicle’s podcast collection.
  • Currahee36
    Can't compare to KQED
    Some interesting insights, but poor editing, production and writing. It feels like the Chronicle is starting all these podcasts not because they have specific stories for audio in mind, but because it's the current trend for big newspapers. And the gap in audio production expertise really shows. A shame because there are so many interesting local stories to follow that would be really great in an audio format.
  • TwcBar
    Heather Knight is great.
    Via podcast or SFChron subscription, she's the best of Bay Area news.
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