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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Super Bowl 50 Sadness

    Super Bowl 50 is taking place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara this Sunday . Fans and attendees will descend upon nearby San Francisco this weekend to celebrate and watch the game. But San Francisco residents are so not down with that. There will be protests, displacement of vendors, and a ton of traffic.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 4, 2016 • 1 min read

    Super Bowl 50 is taking place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara this Sunday. Fans and attendees will descend upon nearby San Francisco this weekend to celebrate and watch the game. But San Francisco residents are so not down with that. There will be protests, displacement of vendors, and a ton of traffic. We have a comedic take on the situation with lifelong San Francisco resident Nato Green.

    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Media Mogul Resigns, L.A. School Report, and Super Bowl Woes
    1. 0:00Sumner Redstone Resigns
    2. 7:51L.A. School Report Takeover
    3. 16:37Web Roundup
    4. 26:39Up Close And Personal With George Miller
    5. 42:30Super Bowl 50 SadnessYou’re reading this
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Nato Green

      San Francisco Examiner

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Media Mogul Resigns, L.A. School Report, and Super Bowl Woes
    1. 0:00Sumner Redstone Resigns
    2. 7:51L.A. School Report Takeover
    3. 16:37Web Roundup
    4. 26:39Up Close And Personal With George Miller
    5. 42:30Super Bowl 50 SadnessYou’re reading this
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