Alameda: The Island That Almost Wasn't

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Nate Puckett lives, works and raises his kids on Alameda. In fact, he rarely leaves it. So he was surprised to learn that Alameda hasn't always been an island. We dig into a history with so many twists and turns it's make your head spin. Additional Reading: Alameda -- The Island That Almost Wasn't Why Is Part of Alameda Island in San Francisco? Bay Curious at Green Apple Books Event Sign up for our newsletter Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts This story was reported by Pauline Bartolone. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and Katherine Monahan. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Joshua Ling, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:03.0	One of the best things about those deep and long-running friendships in your life is you can poke a little fun at each other for your quirks,
0:12.0	like how you're a diehard fan for a chronically losing
0:15.3	sports team, or how you put catch-up on everything. Gross.
0:20.4	For Nate Puckett, his friends rib him about how he never leaves the city of Alameda.
0:25.0	So I work here, I live here, my kids go to school here, I have a four-year-old and a six-year-old,
0:31.0	so I don't lead the island for like weeks.
0:34.7	And people make fun of me for that.
0:36.3	Alameda is an island, in case you didn't know, and that fact is pretty wrapped up in the
0:41.6	identity of some people who live there.
0:44.0	You know, I have a t-shirt that says Islander that's like Alameda theme.
0:48.0	There's Alameda Island Brewing.
0:50.0	Like you talk about whether you know you're on the island or not on the island.
0:53.8	But recently, Nate's sense of place was thrown off kilter.
0:57.4	He was eating ice cream at a local spot, Tucker's,
1:00.5	and he glanced up at a historical took him to the core.
1:04.0	And there he saw something that shook him to the core.
1:09.0	Alameda was connected to what is now mainland Oakland.
1:14.8	It kind of felt like we've been all living to lie.
1:17.8	Kind of felt like, no, that's wrong.
1:20.0	Alameda is an island.
1:20.8	Alameda has always been an island.
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