“It makes professional radio relevant again,” said the Peanut Gallery’s David Anderson. He’s talking about podcasting, and he’s on a mellow mission to bring the medium to more than indie-rock playlists and sex advice. Since the Gallery started several years ago, he’s been mentioned in the New York Times, brought aboard fellow radio and bike nut Emily Goligoski, and recorded some fascinating stories. We sat down over dinner with both of them a little bit ago to talk about podcasting, documentary podcasting, and the inevitable burrito rankings.

Two years ago, Podcasting was going to save the universe, be the biggest thing in the world. You guys have been involved in it for a few years, where do you see it going?
David: My thought is – how have blogs affected your daily reading habits? You know the barrier to entry is higher in Podcasting – it’s easier for a good writer to sit down and write than it is to produce a good audio. Most podcasts really can’t do a good quality show.

Emily: Most of what I listen to are pretty niche. The branded ones are the worst. It’s not something that’s going to serve all purposes.

More on podcasting, plus burritos, after the jump!

David: Basically, it makes professional radio relevant again, and I think it will be a great recruiting tool for radio to find good citizens to draw into the fold.

Emily: Even on a day-to-day level, when you know that people your age have the ability to record things that happen every day. People think “if my grandma is dying, maybe I should record her stories.” Maybe you don’t have a magazine that can publish your piece…

David: But it’s still worth recording.

Age and Occupation
Emily: 23, interactive planner at an ad agency
David: 25, I work at an ad agency. I guess I’m a radio producer.

Home Town
Emily: Toledo
David: Catalina, Arizona.

How long have you lived in the Bay Area and Where (city, neighborhood etc.) and why?

Emily: One year, in the Upper Haight, I moved because I wanted to get out of the Midwest and I’d heard so much about it here.
David: Two years. First I lived in a closet at a hardcore venue in SOMA, now I live in the Presidio. I came out here because I was offered a job.

Favorite place to spend time online (website/blog/RSS feeds):
Emily: Notcot.org, it’s thumbnail photos hosted from all over the world. The visual equivalent of a station ID in different languages.
David: Flickr

Favorite local business:
Emily: I really like Cuco’s right now. But Doe is great.

Best Deal in San Francisco:
Emily: The Bike Kitchen
David: Living in San Francisco is probably the best deal in San Francisco

Favorite mode of transportation:
Emily: My bike
David: My bicycle.

Best Band or Musician to come out of the Bay Area:
Emily: I have two friends who are Toast – two white Jewish girls who are starting a rapping career. They’re recording an LP as we speak.
David: Primus

Favorite Bay Area Stereotype, and whether or not you buy into it:
Emily: the idea that there are certain neighborhoods that are just hipsters, and that makes the ‘hoods worse. It’s a reverse snobbery. I buy into it, but it’s still endearing. It doesn’t mean I’m going to stop showering and only wear tight black jeans.
David: Coming from somewhere else, you expect the Bay Area to have weather. I didn’t expect it to not have weather, and I’m ambivalent about that.

Favorite local hangout:
Emily: Alembic, right near my house
David: Generally, I’m floating around Marin on a bike.

SF has the BEST
Emily: Conversations you would not expect, or could not have in any other city.
David: Coincidental run-ins.

Now that Mayor Gavin is engaged, who are you going to set him up with?
David: There are some bloated pink nudists on Baker Beach he might be in to.
Emily: Danielle Steele

SF would be soooo much better if only
Emily: San Francisco IS great. Nothing comes to mind.
David: If it would be nice if it had more vegetation in it, and less concrete. You think of it as a green city, but it’s a concrete wasteland compared to Chicago or Portland.

Best Burrito:
Emily: I am a huge fan of this place (Cuco’s).
David: This is the best vegetarian burrito in the city. I really like the Gordo’s carnitas burrito. Salty, heavy, nigh-upon terminal.

Best Restaurant:
David: Khan Toke on Geary at 24th. It’s really swank inside, you think you’re going to leave without kidneys or your wallet, but it’s affordable and the food is great.
Emily: I really like Zoetrope. Best spaghetti in the city, and it’s such a cool building.

Favorite author to come out of the Bay Area:
Emily: I would say Amy Tan.
David: I would say Mark Twain because he wasn’t a native, but he counts.

Place you always tell visitors to check out:
Emily: City Lights.
David: I try to get them to ride bicycles naked through Bayview.

Favorite bridge in the area:
Emily: Golden Gate is like..you can’t live with it, can’t live without.
David: I don’t like bridges. I burn them, I don’t build them.

You have two hours and $15 to kill in SF, what are you going to do?
Emily: I’d ride my bike to Bi-Rite Creamery, go to Dolores Park for as long as we could be there without begging the question “how are you here on a Tuesday afternoon?” And then I’d go to my yoga studio in the Castro.
David: Between midnight and two in the morning, I’d go to Bobs’ Doughnuts and get $15 worth of apple fritters.

I have found/sold/bought the following on craigslist:
Emily: A bicycle that was 3 cm too short for me, a hoodie that I b ought for my boyfriend that was not made for him. It looked preposterous, so I sold it.
David: I found my job and sold my drum set.

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