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- Intersections SF — Chris Ryan’s “not really a realtor” story at Broderick & Hayes
E03 is with Chris Ryan, author of Sex at Dawn and Civilized to Death and host of Tangentially Speaking. His story about finding out that his girlfriend was “not really a realtor” takes place in 1989. Read more » - Intersections SF — Maria Finn’s “I saw a fin” story at Fort Point
E02 is with Maria Finn, a forager, chef, event producer, author of Forage Gather Feast. Her story about swimming in San Francisco Bay—and getting more comfortable with being uncomfortable. Read more » - Intersections SF — Mani Niall’s San Francisco love story at Fell & Stanyan
S101E01 — Our first episode is with Mani Niall aka MJ Chef Mani, a chef, baker, author of Sweet! and other cookbooks, a food business advisor—and Michael Jackson’s first private chef! Read more » - Intersections SF—we’re putting stories on the map! New podcast coming Sept 9, 2026
Short, life-changing San Francisco stories that take place at specific intersections around The City. Read more » - What my dog taught me about being an addict
...and, how the extraordinary offers an alternative Read more » - Coming to The Intuitive Mirror
A new way of looking at the relationship between addiction and intuition Read more » - What if "intuition" is just a language we've forgotten?
Re-examining intuition—and addiction Read more » - Re-examining addiction—and intuition
What if the all-but-universal struggle with addictive behavior stems from a deeper crisis—one that we can actually fix? Read more » - We all need our own philosophy
How a dream of "Drepa's Shirt" illustrates my personal philosophy and mythology Read more » - Nothing said “home” to me more than an empty house
Home is about walking what’s real—and not away—or alone. Read more » - How trust emerges naturally from self-awareness—and eating well
Wayfinding and social adventure in Sardinia Read more » - Against Recovery
Recovery still carries a lot of cultural weight, but to me it's a ghost river, pouring dust. Read more » - "We get good at what we do."
Bowen Dwelle in conversation with Donna McArthur of The Bright Life Read more » - Learning to ride
The three-mile circuit around the docks where my floating home is tied up takes about an hour. I make my way up to the end of each one and wheel around to the next, sucking in the salt air and the winter light that slants in over the headlands, checking the minus tide, the mud exposed in the flats, listening to the birds out searching for grub, giving each neighbor a nod and a smile… Read more »
