by kbronson | Oct 11, 2025 | Episodes
Welcome back, Frisco fans! You’re tuning into Part Two and the conclusion of our deep dive into the San Francisco Examiner’s 1944 sensation: “WOMEN IN SALOONS—The Shame of My Sex,” by the legendary, if controversial, author Gertrude...
by kbronson | Oct 2, 2025 | Episodes
In this episode of The Secret History of Frisco, we’re diving into the San Francisco Examiner’s sensational 1944 moral crusade against Barfly Women and the threat they posed to the social fabric of San Francisco. The paper hired the renowned 86-year-old...
by kbronson | Aug 22, 2025 | Episodes
TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the Secret History of Frisco Podcast. I’m your host, Knox Bronson. I have a fun episode today, a bit of a departure in that it’s a verbatim reading of a portion of an oral history, the interviewing of former California Attorney...
by kbronson | Aug 12, 2025 | Episodes
This episode of “The Secret History of Frisco” podcast introduces listeners to Jimmie Tarantino, a man described as a “louse, a blowhard, a barely literate, anti-Communist shake-down artist.” The episode delves into Tarantino’s...
by kbronson | Jul 30, 2025 | Episodes
TRANSCRIPT: Welcome to the Secret History of Frisco Podcast. I’m your host, Knox Bronson.We are going to revisit the question of “FRISCO” today. Some people are quite passionate about it. This is the “Call It FRISCO, Part 2” Episode.Ever since I got sober many years...
by kbronson | Jul 24, 2025 | Episodes
TRANSCRIPT Knox(train chugging) (bell ringing) (horn blowing) Frisco: The Secret History, a podcast. (instrumental music) Hi, this is Knox Bronson at The Secret History of Frisco podcast, and we have a really great, uh, episode for you today. We’re talking to...
