Jun 12, 2019

Recorded live in San Francisco. Guests include the keeper of a 10,000-year clock, the co-founder of Lyft, a pioneer in male birth control, a specialist in water security, and a psychology professor who is also a puppy. With co-host Angela Duckworth, fact-checker Mike Maughan, and the Freakonomics Radio Orchestra.

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May 09, 2019

Pup play is a subculture of BDSM that has been around for some time, but the community and scene has blown up in recent years in San Francisco, where there are packs and parties.

April 26, 2019

In San Francisco, the dogs are very out.

February 05, 2019

Exploring the role of mentorship in the gay “pup play” community.

December, 2018

The Fog City Pack, probably best known for throwing Alpha, Beta, and Omega -Three recurring parties in San Francisco- on Pup play/culture, alter-personas and chosen family.

February 11, 2018

When he came out in his teens, Turbo worried that family wasn't in his future. But after starting an altogether new kind of relationship in his mid-30s, Turbo finds a family where he never expected.

September 21, 2016

The Fog City Pack could appear a little like a loose group of friends that quickly coalesced into a socially ambitious clique, but it's important to remember what drew the pups toward puppy-dom in the first place: loyalty, family, and kink.

May 12, 2016

Defining leather family is truly open to interpretation, but the rise in referencing and labeling as leather family… means that our leather and kink scene requires exactly the same closely connected and extended relationships that everyone needs.

February 15, 2015

In the dog-eat-dog world of San Francisco, everyone’s letting their inner pup out with the latest wave of "human canine" parties and clubs.