Unpacked

Peculiar stories from real life. Hosted by Christopher Beale & Josh Taylor.

An independent production of No Midnight Media.

Other People's Kids

Dec 9, 2021

An Unpacked bonus featuring an announcement about the future of the podcast, and Christopher is at California's Great America with a short story about how the pandemic changed one person's approach to the job they love.

Thanks to California's Great America, Alaina Duffield, KALW, Lisa Morehouse, Abukar Adan, and Josh...

Presenting: Stereotypes - Straight Talk from Queer Voices

Aug 3, 2021

Unpacked will return! In the meantime check out episode one of Christopher Beale's new podcast Stereotypes - Straight Talk from Queer Voices. Listen and subscribe!

Everyone’s coming out is different. Some folks can’t come out, and for many — when we finally do — we discover that there are more questions on the...

San Francisco’s LGBTQIA Community Marches To Stop Asian Hate

Mar 25, 2021

Last weekend - San Francisco’s LGBTQIA community gathered to mourn with the Asian community, to speak and - in San Francisco’s long tradition of activism...to march.

"Enough is Enough!" - Michael Nguyen (GAPA)

To see photos from the event, and read the written version in Outword Magazine, click here.

To read...

Returning to work after COVID-19

Feb 22, 2021

If there is one piece of good news about the COVID-19 Pandemic its that more people recover from COVID-19 than die from it. In the state of California, so far, 40,000 people have died from COVID-19. But that’s out of more than 3 million diagnosed cases. Those people who recover, and quarantine...eventually...

The Complicated World of Coffee

Jan 11, 2021

How does coffee go from the field - to your cup? Is coffee addictive, and how can YOU positively impact the people who grow it? What's the difference between 'local' coffee and Starbucks?

On this episode, Josh Taylor on how to navigate the complicated world of coffee.

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