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415 Day 2026 (S8 bonus)

Release Date: 04/21/2026

Todd Kurnat, aka Ink Letterman, aka DJ Circuit 73, Part 2 (S8E22)

Storied: San Francisco

In Part 2, we begin with Todd and me rapping about how much digital technology has changed just in our lifetimes. Even when he was in school in Colorado, San Francisco had been a goal for Todd, a destination. He got his impression of The City from skateboarding magazines and TV shows. But before moving here, Todd went to Europe, as he puts it, “chasing a girl.” He even tried living overseas. When that didn’t work out, he moved back to Grand Rapids to save money. In 2001, he made the big move west. When Todd arrived, he had a job already lined up for him. He just needed to find a place...

Todd Kurnat, aka Ink Letterman, aka DJ Circuit 73, Part 1 (S8E22)

Storied: San Francisco

Todd Kurnat is everywhere. In this episode, meet and get to know Todd. These days, he’s also known as for his art and DJ Circuit 73 for his musical stylings. We begin in Michigan. Both sets of Todd’s grandparents grew up in Greenville, Michigan, about an hour outside Grand Rapids. His parents met in high school in that small town. They eventually moved to Grand Rapids, the big city in that part of the world. His dad worked at a transportation company and his mom was a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital. It was the early Seventies—around 1972 or so. Todd was born in 1973. His mom had done...

The Golden Gate Park Band (S8 Bonus)

Storied: San Francisco

Listen in as I chat with German Gonzalez, musical conductor and principal director of the , now in its 144th year. We recorded this podcast in Golden Gate Park in June 2026.

The San Francisco Mime Troupe, Part 3 (S8E21)

Storied: San Francisco

In Part 3, we hear from Keiko and Michael about the history of the . In the late-1950s, a San Franciscan named R.G. Davis taught a class in movement—mime, dance, physical interpretation of stories … that sort of thing. A performing troupe sprang out of that class, and it was known as the R.G. Davis Mime Troupe. It was the era of the early Civil Rights and Anti-War movements, and the troupe became more and more political, basing much of their work around social issues of the day. The group started off doing silent mime work, but shifted later. Michael offers us the definition of mime at...

Michael Gene Sullivan of the San Francisco Mime Troupe (8E21)

Storied: San Francisco

Both sides of Michael Gene Sullivan’s family are from Detroit. In Part 2, we get to know Keiko’s fellow member. Michael was born in Livonia, Michigan, a small town outside of Detroit. His parents met at a summer camp, but we need to rewind a bit before we get to that. When his dad was a boy, he was kidnapped. Yes, really. He and his brothers, all Black boys, were taken from Detroit to work on a plantation in Louisiana. One day, three years later, a car pulled up to the plantation. Some people got out of the car, grabbed Michael’s dad and uncles, and threw them into the car (not minding...

Keiko Shimosato Carreiro of the San Francisco Mime Troupe (S8E21)

Storied: San Francisco

Keiko Shimosato Carreiro was born in the Bay Area … the Boston Bay Area. In Part 1 of this episode, meet Keiko. Today, she’s a longtime member of the collective. But her story goes back to her parents’ migration to the US from Japan after World War II. Keiko’s dad got a Fulbright scholarship to come to this country. He studied medicine. Her mom came to visit the US for one year, but in that time, met Keiko’s dad at a Japan Society picnic in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Two weeks after they met, her dad proposed, and roughly a year later, they had their first child—Keiko, named thusly...

Theo Ellington, Part 2 (S8E20)

Storied: San Francisco

In Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1. While in college at Marymount, Theo ran the Boys and Girls Club program with Phillip Redd. He liked the connections and impact he had made in SoCal, and wondered whether he could do the same at home. This was back when Barack Obama was first running for president, and there was a prevailing sense of hope and possibility pervading life for a lot of folks. And so Theo moved back home. He transferred to Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont after his sophomore year, and got a degree there three years later. Upon his arrival in The City and...

Theo Ellington, Part 1 (S8E20)

Storied: San Francisco

Today, Theo Ellington is the secretary at the Ruth Williams Opera House. This born-and-raised San Franciscan is also running to be the next D10 supervisor. In Part 1 of this episode, meet Theo. His maternal grandfather, Clifton Weeks, came to SF because his sister, Marie Weeks (Theo's great-aunt), had come here. Clifton and his sister had grown up in rural Natchez, Mississippi, but they came out West during the Great Migration. Their first landing spot was The Fillmore. Clifton found work as a laborer, where he helped build roads and bridges. He also did a little work at the shipyard back...

Frameline50 with Kate Bove (S8 Bonus)

Storied: San Francisco

Listen in as I chat with Frameline50 Associate Director of Programs Kate Bove about this year’s historic 50th annual LGBTQIA+ film festival, which runs June 17–27. For more information, including this year’s program and to buy tickets, please visit . Follow Frameline on Instagram . We recorded this podcast at the Frameline office in South of Market in June 2026.

Painter George (S8E19)

Storied: San Francisco

Painter George, aka George Harry Crampton-Glassanos, is fine if you wanna call him just “George.” In this episode, meet and get to know George. Both of his parents came to San Francisco early in their lives. His mom hails from the East Coast and her family were all working-class folks. His grandpa was a business agent for a machinist’s union in Massachusetts. That grandfather shaped George’s later involvement in organized labor. (Today, he’s a member of the ILWU). George never knew this grandparent who had an outsize impression on him. He died shortly after George was born. But in...

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Listen in as I chat with guests at 415 Zine’s 415 Day celebration at Madrone last week.

Find the guests of this bonus episode:

Mackenzie C Kirk

Carrie Cotini

Mike Bruno

Allison/If n Wendy