by kbronson | Jan 16, 2026 | Episodes
Dolly Fine was one of San Francisco’s last great madams and a defining figure of the city’s wide-open 1930s nightlife. Tall, blonde, impeccably dressed, and deeply embedded in the city’s underworld, Dolly ran one of the most profitable and professionally managed...
by kbronson | Jan 10, 2026 | Episodes
This is a trailer for my first official Patreon bonus episode. To hear future bonus episodes, please join FRISCO: The Secret History at Patreon. TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the Frisco the. Secret History Podcast. I’m your host, Knox Bronson. This is a bonus episode for...
by kbronson | Dec 23, 2025 | Episodes
This special holiday episode of Frisco — The Secret History explores how Christmas was celebrated in San Francisco from the Gold Rush through the 1940s. The episode opens with a reflection on Emperor Norton, the city’s most beloved eccentric and an early, outspoken...
by kbronson | Dec 19, 2025 | Episodes
In this episode of The Secret History of Frisco, Knox Bronson returns—hopefully for the last time—to San Francisco’s most emotionally charged semantic battlefield: the word “Frisco.” Building on the earlier episodes Call It Frisco and Call It Frisco #2 — Sally...
