Podcasts about San Francisco, California

Press play on San Francisco this October and football arrives first. Locked On 49ers - Daily Podcast On The San Francisco 49ers posted RAPID REACT: 49ers Win FIGHT in Seattle to Defeat Seahawks 32-29 in Week 5 on October 12. Two days later it was asking 49ers are NFL's BEST Team, BUT... Do They Need Another Wide Receiver for a Super Bowl Run? The baseball shows sound more bruised. In October 2026 the San Francisco Standard described the Giants' season as finishing with the fourth-most losses in franchise history. TortureCast (SF Giants Podcast) had already titled its June 4 episode 340: At Least the 1902 Giants Were Worse.

Away from the scoreboard, the argument is about rent. In September 2026 Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rental emergency and proposed limits on landlords' ability to raise rents. The same month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported median rents up 26% over the preceding year. Housing reaches these podcasts sideways. In Sad Francisco's Toshio Meronek, Part 2, from Storied: San Francisco, the guest remembers leaving a Mission house found on Craigslist after a month, because the place was set on fire. The reply comes at once: "Wait, cross streets, please." It is a joke, and it is also a method: pin a life to a corner of the map.

That request is a key to the feed. The sports talk is loudest. The quieter shows circle who gets to stay, what the city keeps of its past, and who answers when things go wrong.

What San Francisco is

San Francisco is a city in California's Bay Area. It had 826,079 residents in the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate and 46.91 square miles of land in the 2020 census geography. Its economy is associated particularly with technology and finance, and its architecture, affluence and mild climate are prominent parts of its identity.

The 49ers, from first listen onward

The football shows split by temperament. Locked On 49ers - Daily Podcast On The San Francisco 49ers is the morning habit. Brian Peacock and Eric Crocker thank listeners for "making us your first listen of the day" before settling into questions of fit. In 49ERS DRAFT Q+A: Kadyn Proctor and Day 3 Prospect Pre-Draft Visits they weigh whether Proctor, a huge tackle, could move bodies at left guard in year one if he lasts to pick 27. Crocker, a former NFL player, supplies the memories. In 2026 NFL Draft Scenarios // Should the 49ers Trade for Dexter Lawrence?, after being teased for disliking big receivers, he recalls offseason workouts with Stevie Johnson, who would step out of a Range Rover onto a skateboard.

The Gold Standard: San Francisco 49ers Podcast Network is more combative. In Bully Ball: Will the 49ers draft with consensus + Our Mock Draft(s) the panel revisits the team's consensus reaches, and one panellist announces: "I'm going to make some puking noises as I read these names." The 2025 archive of 49ers Webzone: No Huddle Podcast nurses the same grievance. In [FULL EPISODE] Are The 49ers In The Myles Garrett Sweepstakes? a host argues that the front office has missed more than it has hit in the first three rounds since 2017.

Bleav in 49ers, with reporter Tommy Call and radio host Evan Giddings, covers contract stakes. BREAKING NEWS: Trent Williams and 49ers "Struggling" With Contract Extension? predicts a two-year deal for Williams in the $60 million range. Reaction: The 49ers land Future HOF WR Mike Evans in Free Agency calls the Evans move "a high-risk, high-reward signing."

Niner Noise Podcast on the 49ers widens the map. In 49ers NFL Draft preview with Jeremy Wohlfart the guest speaks from South Australia, ticket in hand for the team's opener in his home country. A prospect is also described as the first player from San Francisco Public Schools "in maybe multiple decades" to earn a Division I scholarship.

Here's the Catch: A show about the San Francisco 49ers, with The Athletic's David Lombardi and Matt Barrows, has a listed episode from early 2024. In The 49ers and Brock Purdy vs. a new-look Seattle defense Lombardi argues that Purdy is delivering exceptional efficiency behind a below-average line.

Giants, Warriors and the afternoon dial

Dirty Work is Adam Copeland and Derek Papa's weekday afternoon show on KNBR. In Giants salvage finale vs Cincy; does it change your opinion after team shows some fire? the hosts replay the radio call of the benches clearing after a 3-0 win. They then catch a fan in the background saying "there are kids here" and mock the outrage. In What will W's look like in 2026? We ask Marcus Thompson, plus a huge sound soiree, the hosts split over whether a play-in win deserves nostalgia. The Athletic's Marcus Thompson settles it: "You should feel like five heartbeats."

When its panel can't gather, TortureCast (SF Giants Podcast) has hosts take turns recording short series recaps. Series Recap 002 vs Mets follows Daniel Susac going three for three with a walk in his first plate appearances as a Giant, while a clan of Susacs was in the crowd. BSPN - Bay Area Sports Podcast Network bundles a Giants show, Thompson 2 Clark, with programmes on the Warriors, 49ers and Valkyries. In SF Giants Roster Moves & ABS Thoughts: 2026 Season Outlook | Thompson 2 Clark the hosts wish Luis Matos well in Milwaukee and put their win totals on the record.

Who gets to stay, and what the city remembers

Storied: San Francisco, hosted by Jeff, is the emotional centre here. In Rae Alexandra and "Unsung Heroines," Part 1, the KQED journalist traces her path from Cardiff zine kid to San Francisco resident. She admits: "I left San Francisco in 2013 because I was having a tantrum about what was happening in the Mission District." She says her friends and neighbours were being evicted at the time. She moved to New York.

In 577: Its It Ice Cream with Peter Hartlaub, Outside Lands San Francisco follows a Facebook post to two women who sold It's It from a booth at the Cliff House. The hosts mention a Herb Caen column that supposedly called them "the It's It girls." San Francisco History Podcast – Sparkletack, in #64: San Francisco's Treasure Island (pt. 2), recalls the mushroom clouds over the island in 1957, which were conventional imitations staged for demonstration. In Ep. 153: Muni operator Charles Haletky on teaching "professional paranoia", Muni Diaries hears from a trainer about a likeable trainee who had to be told twice to stop at red lights, the second time at Geneva, and was let go.

Overeaters Anonymous of San Francisco records speaker meetings in which members describe what it was like, what happened and what it is like now. In Erin F., (Relapse & Recovery, February, 2025) the speaker talks through a hard year of relapse and the moments when, for the first time, they felt okay.

Who answers for it

It’s All Political comes from the Chronicle's senior political writer Joe Garofoli. Its episodes here date to 2021, so treat it as a record. In Exit Interview: John Diaz, recorded in Garofoli's Oakland backyard, Diaz admits that some endorsed propositions did not pan out as advertised, and says he would bet Gavin Newsom survives the recall. For the statewide picture, continue to the California page, and to the United States page beyond it.

Toxic, from Chronicle reporters Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes, investigates fraud in the cleanup of a former Navy base. In The health official who helped sell shipyard homes the reporters describe a city health official reassuring buyers. They say the health department's own reports show air contamination problems in Bayview-Hunters Point.

Candy Matson's city

The detective here is fictional. Candy Matson|Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Mystery Dramas presents a post-war private eye, introduced by Adam Graham from Boise, Idaho. Candy Matson: The Egyptian Amulet sends Candy down California Street, opposite Old Saint Mary's, to her photographer friend Rembrandt Watson, with a stop at Octavia.

Where to start

• For a morning football habit: Locked On 49ers - Daily Podcast On The San Francisco 49ers, 2026 NFL Draft Scenarios // Should the 49ers Trade for Dexter Lawrence?
• If you want residents' own voices: Storied: San Francisco, Rae Alexandra and "Unsung Heroines," Part 1.
• For politics with institutional memory: It’s All Political, Exit Interview: John Diaz.
• For long-suffering baseball fans: TortureCast (SF Giants Podcast), Series Recap 002 vs Mets.
• For a mystery with street names: Candy Matson|Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Mystery Dramas, Candy Matson: The Egyptian Amulet.

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