# Jonathan Weber’s 'City on the Edge' Chronicles Decades-Long Battles Over Tech, Politics and the Soul of San Francisco

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728/jonathan-weber-s-city-on-the-edge-chronicles-decades-long-battles-over-tech-politics-and-the-soul-of-san-francisco
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728/jonathan-weber-s-city-on-the-edge-chronicles-decades-long-battles-over-tech-politics-and-the-soul-of-san-francisco.md
Podcast: [KQED's Forum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728)
Published: 2026-06-18T18:49:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC6369802343.mp3
Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC6369802343.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kqed-s-forum-910728/episodes/jonathan-weber-s-city-on-the-edge-chronicles-decades-long-battles-over-tech-politics-and-the-soul-of-san-francisco
Duration seconds: 3289

## Resource

Journalist Jonathan Weber has had a front row seat to San Francisco’s many rises and falls as the nation’s tech capital since the early 1990s. His new book, “City on the Edge” offers a sweeping history of the tech industry in San Francisco, chronicling its unprecedented successes as well as its devastating consequences. Drawing on 200 interviews with mayors, CEOs, political leaders, activists, entrepreneurs, and artists, Weber tells the story of a war waged for the heart of San Francisco that has had an impact far beyond the city’s famed Golden Gates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kqed-s-forum-910728/episodes/jonathan-weber-s-city-on-the-edge-chronicles-decades-long-battles-over-tech-politics-and-the-soul-of-san-francisco/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728/jonathan-weber-s-city-on-the-edge-chronicles-decades-long-battles-over-tech-politics-and-the-soul-of-san-francisco.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.