Bay Area Weekend Podcast (bawcast.com)

205. Aaron Gruberg

We grill our friend A-A-ron about waymos, pickleball, and performing in sin franpsycho. Happy pride month Aaron Gruberg is a comedian in San Francisco who sleeps next to a fridge and hosts a comedy show at Midnite Theories skate shop with Jared Sena. BAWCAST.com text us your hopes and dreams at 657-229-2278

204. Rick Jay Glen Part 2

We bring our favorite Chinese movie star Rick Jay Glen back on air to grill him about showbiz, movies, games, voice acting, Michael Jackson, UFOs, etc www.rickjayglen.com https://www.instagram.com/rickjayglen/ bawcast.com

203. Peter Brastow

The debut of Chonkers the giant sea lion to our humble city inspired this episode. I interview Peter, a restoration ecologist for the local gov and outdoorsy kind of guy. Peter has worked for 30 years to restore biodiversity in San Francisco and to connect San Franciscans to nature in the city. Following geography graduate school at UCLA, Peter worked for ten years as a natural resources specialist for the National Park Service at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and then in 2005, Peter founded Nature in the City, the first and only organization (still) wholly dedicated to restoration and community stewardship of the Franciscan bioregion. Since 2012, Peter has worked at the San Francisco Environment Department as the Senior Biodiversity Coordinator, convening an interagency working group to promote local biodiversity policies and programs; producing and implementing the Healthy Ecosystems Chapter of the City’s 2021 Climate Action Plan; and serving as the restoration ecologist for Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands in San Francisco Bay. https://reimaginingsf.org/ Thanks for listening, Bay Area!

202. Eli "The Funemployed Comic" Kratochvil

Eli “The FunemployedComic” Kratochvil (Kra-Toe-HEEL)is a writer, spoken word artist, standup/sketch improv comic, and formerly incarcerated ward of the court, operated a foster youth alliance of over 3,000 membersspecifically to legislate and pass laws AB 12 and AB 403 respectively with many grassroots organizations in California. They have always stood for social change and a focus on child welfare, mental health and harm reduction in the Bay Area. They’ve performed nationwide in Tommy T’s comedy club, Maine House of Comedy, MadHouse Comedy Club, Gotham Comedy Club, Harold’s Chicken (L.A.), and have hosted and produced Adam + Steve Pride show, and the Straight Lives Matter shows as well. A honorary Berkeley Times Poet Laurete award winner 2024, Eli is a local phenom and complete force of nature.-Eli “The FunemployedComic” Kratochvil (They/He/She)Instagram: funemployedcomicYouTube: https://youtube.com/@funemployedcomic?si=5voShXKh3IChM3GC [https://youtube.com/@funemployedcomic?si=5voShXKh3IChM3GC]

201. Rick Jay Glen

Happy Thanksgiving, America! On this blessed turkey day, we want to thank our loyal and  devoted listeners, like you! For our season opener we interview the multi-talented voice actor, producer, and writer Rick Jay Glen about his work in independent film production and animated media. That's show biz, baby! Rick Jay Glen’s website  www.RickJayGlen.com Bay Area Indie Film Fund www.BayAreaIndieFilmFund.org Bay Area Weekend Podcast  www.bawcast.com Email us bawcast@hazybridge.com  Text us  657-BAW-CAST (657-229-2278) Thanks for listening, Bay Area!