The Bridge
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The Bridge
A weekly podcast featuring sound-rich, deeply reported stories about the San Francisco Bay Area from the KALW newsroom in San Francisco. Subscribe in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bridge/id1123540119?mt=2 RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thebridgekalw Or search "Bridge KALW" i...
Recent Episodes
52 episodes
Mini-Episode 13: The Lighthouse
Hello travelers!
We're celebrating a special occasion on the Transcontinental Bridge--so we've found Etta's first-ever (non-traffic-report-relat...
TRAILER: The Gatherings Order
In 1918-19 an influenza pandemic took an estimated 15,000 Australian lives, and millions more around the world. One hundred years on, as we grapple wi...
A Review and a Return
Hello travelers!
We have some exciting news for you!
Check out Rebecca Mahoney's STARRED Kirkus review for her debut YA novel, THE VALLE...
Another Special Announcement!
This still isn't our end-of-hiatus announcement, but we're hoping to bring you that soon!
For now, Chris Martin brings you some awesome...
A Special Announcement
THE ONE, THE ONLY, REBECCA MAHONEY HAS DONE SOMETHING SUPER COOL
Are you ready?
You're not ready.
You're rea...
Episode 14: The Enemy of Good
When two familiar faces reappear, the Watchtower 10 crew is divided on what to do with them. Roger breathes in some crisp ocean air. Etta misses an im...
Episode Five: A Bridge to the World
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is more than a harbour crossing. It’s a place of celebration, protest, adventure and inspiration.
Episode Four: Symphony in Steel
The opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 19 March 1932 was shared by a million people. Although it was a celebration, it was not without politics a...
Episode Three: Six Million Rivets
Building the Harbour Bridge was no easy feat, taking over 8 years, 6 million hand-driven rivets, 1400 labourers and the lives of 16 people.
Episode Two: Visions for a Bridge
Floating bridges, swing bridges, span bridges, subaqueous bridges, even filling in the harbour were all proposals to join a growing city.
Episode One: A City Divided
An ever-expanding colonial city in need of a harbour crossing that would take 100 years to realise.
Episode 13: Simple Fear
A confrontation, an arrival, and four impossible conversations.
Content Warning: Mentions of hallucinations/scenarios where a character might be...
Episode 12: Nothing Personal
The Watchtower 10 crew prepares Frank for his covert mission at the Hunt Club. Ideologies are debated, stories are told, and a responsibility is forgo...
Mini-Episode 12: Calypso
Azimuth gets micromanaged aboard the Morpheus.
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Mini-Episode 10: Transcription
75 years after Claudia Baker died, there would be a name for them.
Credits read by Linsey Miller!
Mini-Episode 09: Underbelly
Please join us for a lecture by [REDACTED], Visiting Scholar of the [REDACTED] Institute. Light refreshments will be served.
Credits read by Reb...
The Spooky Movie Show: The One Where Renessme Headbutts a Closet
In our inaugural episode, Alex and Rebecca discuss James Wan's The Conjuring! Join us for a fun trip to a secluded New England farmhouse that's full o...
A Few More Announcements!
On October 31, 2017, we'll launch our merch shop and our Patreon!!! Yay!
Check out our Twitter, @bridge_podcast, for links to our shop and our P...
Episode 11: Poor Bob is Dead
The crew holds a burial at sea. Roger reads a eulogy, Frank makes a phone call, Watchtower 10 prepares for company, and Bob is… you know.
Or is...
A Quick Announcement
Hello hello!
Team Bridge wanted to let you know that we are indeed still here, and that Episode 11 will hopefully exist...sometime in August. Li...
Episode 10: Gone Fishing
As the Watchtower 10 crew questions Frank's intentions, they're interrupted by an unexpected - and very dead - visitor. Roger and Kate play good-cop-b...
Episode 09: The Night Crowd
The Watchtower crew investigates what brought their unexpected guest to their doorstep - and what he might've brought with him in the process. Roger b...
Mini-Episode 08: Breakwater
Despite her better judgement, Kate sends a message.
Credits read by Liz Hull!
Music by Jake Hull!
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Mini-Episode 07: The Museum of Oceanic Curiosities
Is anyone there?
Credits read by Rebecca Mahoney!
Congratulations to Sara Fairchild on her Audioverse Award!
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Mini-Episode 06: Morpheus
Before he sets out for Ocean View, Frank has a story to tell.
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Mini-Episode 05: Home
There will always be terrible things.
Original Music by Sara Fairchild!
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Episode 08: Please Pardon Our Mess
Kate communicates with… someone. Meanwhile, Roger and Bertie discuss the consequences of card games, Etta deals with conflicting feelings, and Bob tri...
Episode 07: Oops! Part 2
In the second of a two-part episode, agendas are revealed, things are destroyed, motives are questioned, and the ocean is utilized.
Warnings: So...
Mini-Episode 04: Over Troubled Waters
Bertie takes time out of his busy schedule to discuss a rom com that never made it to theaters.
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Mini-Episode 03: The Wager
The Gold Dubloon was a casino where anything was possible… even eternal life. Well, maybe.
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Episode 06: Oops! Part 1
In the first of a two-part episode, Percy and Nora search for their missing asset, Bertie and Kate are wanna-be stand-up comedians, Roger and Etta hav...
Mini-Episode 02: Ocean View
Welcome to Ocean View! We've been waiting for you!
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Episode 05: Shenanigans
Recordings from the past haunt the Watchtower 10 crew. Suspicions grow, ultimatums are issued, and Frank breaks the law.
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Mini-Episode 01: Fight or Flight
Aqua Land had 99 problems, and this was one of them.
Original music was composed by Sara Fairchild!
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Episode 04: Stranger Danger
Percy and Nora sneak into Etta’s broadcasting room to tell a tale about an infamously doomed paranormal debunker. Meanwhile, the Watchtower 10 staff p...
Preview: Episode 04
A preview for our fourth episode, which will release on Friday, September 2! Just like Aqua Land, it's sure to be... a scream.
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Episode 03: Mystery Science...Whatever
The storm Roger predicted rages on while he... stands in the middle of it. Meanwhile, Kate finds an alarming book, Bertie worries about the state of h...
Preview: Episode 03
A preview of our third episode, which will air on Friday, August 19!
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Life after NUMMI
We wrap up Season 1 of The Bridge with one of our favorite stories - about the aftermath of the closure of the NUMMI car factory in Fremont, Californi...